Lingones

The Lingones (Latin Lingones ) were a Celtic people of Gaul, and dwelt in the upper Seine, the Marne and the Saône, between the senones and the Sequani.

History

The Lingones supported Gaius Iulius Caesar in the Roman conquest of Gaul 58-51 BC and were connected to Rome by a formal contract ( foederati ). The field of Lingones lay to the north of the Roman province of Lugdunensis on the border of Belgica. Later, it was the westernmost part of the province Germania superior.

In 9 BC, Drusus is said to have built a temple for the cult of Augustus at the Lingones. According to Tacitus all Lingones received AD 69 Otho Roman citizenship. Shortly thereafter, however, joined under the leadership of Julius Sabinus the Bataveraufstand against Rome, were by its failure but pardoned. A client base of Lingones were the Tricassen on the upper Seine and Aube.

Capital of the civitas of Lingones was Andematunnum (now Langres ). A portion was drawn at the beginning of the 4th century BC to Italy of the people, lived in Cisalpine Gaul at the mouth of the Po.

Five cohortes Lingonum are detected as part of the Roman auxiliary troops in the provinces of Britain and Dacia.

Cults

The tribal sanctuary of Lingones with temples and cult theater was located in the city of Mediolanum (now Mâlain; Côte-d'Or department ), where especially the tribal god Cicollus ( Cicollos ) was worshiped along with the goddess Litavis, but also Epona, Sucellus and the Gallic Apollo with Thirona were called, as shown by inscriptions from the site. The latter pair of gods were worshiped under the name of Apollo Borvo and Damona the spa sanctuary and source of Bourbonne -les- Bains ( Haute- Marne). A third larger lingonisches sanctuary was in the city Vertillum (now Vertault; Côte-d'Or department ) excavated. In Britannic Ilkley in West Yorkshire, an altar was found, which had consecrated a prefect of the Second Cohort of the goddess Lingones Verbeia.

The Roman Inscriptions of Britain ( RIB) 0635 < / ref >

Others

As a " testament of Lingones " (French for " Testament you Lingon " ) is in research refers to a (only handwritten handed ) grave inscription from the 2nd half of the 2nd century AD, where a member of the local upper class rules for its afterlife met.