• The Volcae (Latin pronunciation: [ˈwɔɫkae̯]) were a Gallic tribal confederation constituted before the raid of combined Gauls that invaded Macedonia c...
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  • Arecomici (redirect from Volcae Arecomici)
    The Arecomici or Volcae Arecomici were a Gallic tribe dwelling between the Rhône and the Hérault rivers, around present-day Nîmes, during the Iron Age...
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    known to the Romans as Volcae (in the writings of Julius Caesar) and to the Greeks as Οὐόλκαι Ouólkai (Strabo and Ptolemy). The Volcae tribe occupied territory...
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    the south—became an important trading place in the sixth century BC. The Volcae Tectosages fortified it and made it into an oppidum, a hill fort, which...
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    the Danube basin, coinciding with their movement into Italy. The Boii and Volcae were two large Celtic confederacies who generally cooperated in their campaigns...
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    seized by the ancient Roman proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio from the Volcae town of Tolosa, modern-day Toulouse. Near-contemporary Cicero briefly mentioned...
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    "toutios Namausatis" ("citizen of Nîmes"). Nemausus was the god of the local Volcae Arecomici tribe. The Neolithic site of Serre Paradis reveals the presence...
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    an army of Gallic Volcae attacked the Carthaginian army on the east bank of the Rhône. The Roman army camped near Massalia. The Volcae tried to prevent...
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    (Old English wælisċ). Proto-Germanic *walha comes from the name of the Volcae, a Celtic tribe who lived first in southern Germany and central Europe,...
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    Seduni, Sequani, Segobriges, Allobroges, Segusiavi, Helvetii, Vocontii and Volcae Arecomici. Navigation was difficult, as the river suffered from fierce currents...
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