Brigantes

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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

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

Celtic tribes exampleTribe Brigantes
Conquest of Britain hasParticipant Brigantes
this entity surface form: Brigantes tribe
Britannia Inferior inhabitedBy Brigantes
ancient Britain ethnicGroup Brigantes