Brigantes

E555038
Celtic tribe tribal confederation

The Brigantes were a powerful Celtic tribal confederation in northern Britain, occupying much of what is now northern England during the Roman period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brigantes canonical 5
Brigantes tribe 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic tribe ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ
alliedWith Cartimandua's pro-Roman faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Isurium Brigantum NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern Aldborough, North Yorkshire ⓘ
conflictWith Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venutius' anti-Roman faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture La Tène culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicity Celtic ⓘ
governedBy Cartimandua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venutius NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor being largest tribe in Roman Britain by territory ⓘ
complex relationship with Rome ⓘ
hillfort settlements ⓘ
language Brittonic ⓘ
locatedIn Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Britain ⓘ
mentionedIn Ptolemy's Geography NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tacitus' Agricola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tacitus' Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameEtymology possibly from Celtic root meaning "high" or "upland" ⓘ
neighbour Carvetii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corieltauvi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ordovices NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parisii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Setantii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Votadini NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupied Pennines region NERFINISHED ⓘ
area between River Humber and Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
much of modern northern England ⓘ
partOf province of Britannia ⓘ
regionNow Cumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
subgroup Carvetii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Setantii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Textoverdi NERFINISHED ⓘ
submittedTo Roman rule ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman period in Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman conquest of Britain → opponent → Brigantes ⓘ
Celtic tribes → exampleTribe → Brigantes ⓘ
Conquest of Britain → hasParticipant → Brigantes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brigantes tribe
Britannia Inferior → inhabitedBy → Brigantes ⓘ
Brigantian territory → inhabitedBy → Brigantes ⓘ
ancient Britain → ethnicGroup → Brigantes ⓘ