Lingones (ancient Gallic tribe)

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The Lingones were an ancient Gallic tribe of northeastern Gaul, known for their strategic location near the upper Seine and Marne rivers and for later becoming integrated into the Roman Empire.

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Lingones 0
Andematunnum 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic people
ancient Gallic tribe
associatedModernRegion Burgundy NERFINISHED
Côte-d’Or NERFINISHED
Haute-Marne NERFINISHED
capital Andematunnum NERFINISHED
civitasCenter Andematunnum NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Roman Republic NERFINISHED
culture La Tène culture NERFINISHED
economy agriculture
metalworking
trade
ethnicGroupOf Gaul NERFINISHED
ethnonymPreservedIn Langres NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Langres plateau NERFINISHED
integratedInto Roman Empire NERFINISHED
knownFor strategic position between Seine and Marne river basins
knownFromSource Julius Caesar’s Commentarii de Bello Gallico NERFINISHED
Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia NERFINISHED
Ptolemy’s Geographia NERFINISHED
language Gaulish NERFINISHED
laterLanguage Latin
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
Roman religion NERFINISHED
locatedIn northeastern Gaul
locatedNear upper Marne River NERFINISHED
upper Seine River
mainSettlement Andematunnum NERFINISHED
militaryRole provided auxiliary troops to Roman army
modernName Langres NERFINISHED
neighbouringTribe Aedui NERFINISHED
Leuci NERFINISHED
Senones NERFINISHED
Sequani NERFINISHED
participatedIn Gallic Wars NERFINISHED
partOf Gallia Comata NERFINISHED
provinceUnderRome Gallia Lugdunensis NERFINISHED
region Celtic Gaul NERFINISHED
religion Celtic polytheism
romanCivitasName civitas Lingonum
romanization high
romanRoadJunction Andematunnum NERFINISHED
strategicFunction controlled access between northern Gaul and central Gaul
controlled routes between Rhine and Seine basins
subgroupOf Gauls NERFINISHED
timePeriod Iron Age
Roman period

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Langres namedAfter Lingones (ancient Gallic tribe)