Ambiani

The Ambiani (Latin Ambiani ) were a Celtic tribe in Gaul in the area of present-day Amiens.

Settlement area and Name

The Ambiani settled on the Somme in the northeast of present-day France. They lived in close proximity with the Atrebates, Nervians, Bellovaci and Caleten. The tribe's name Ambiani "those from the two sides ," which probably indicates their settlement area on both sides of this river.

Resistance against Rome

The Ambiani are first mentioned in writing by the Roman general and author Julius Caesar in De Bello Gallico, his account of his wars in Gaul. They were involved with 10,000 warriors in the year 51 BC in the coalition of the tribes of Bellovaci, Caleten, Aulercer, Veliocasser and Atrebates, under the leadership of Correus and the resistance against the conquest of the north of present-day France by Caesar. Caeser expects the Ambiani to the Belgae, tribes of Celtic origin in the first place, which differed from the Gauls and Aquitanern in language and culture.

Capital

The capital of the Ambiani made ​​today Amiens. Under Roman occupation, the settlement was named Samarobriva (Latin: bridge over the Somme).

After the invasion of the Romans under Caesar the coalition of Belgic tribes had begun to take their coins with almost the same weight and similar design. These were created after the model of two-sided Ty the Ambiani and were widespread and in use. They were in a stable weight and purity currency and one of the first currencies allied nations.