Amiens (Somme) - France
N 49° 55.383 E 002° 15.377
31U E 446615 N 5530340
[FR] Amiens est issu du nom du peuple gaulois local, les Ambiani. [EN] Amiens was the central settlement of the Ambiani, one of the principal tribes of Gaul.
Waymark Code: WMC7TF
Location: Hauts-de-France, France
Date Posted: 08/05/2011
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[FR] Les Ambiens (latin Ambiani) étaient un peuple belge du nord de la Gaule dont leur chef-lieu était Samarobriva (Amiens). Lors de la Guerre des Gaules, les Ambiens s'opposent plusieurs fois à César. En 57 av. J.-C., dix mille guerriers rejoignirent la coalition des peuples belges et se rendirent à César avec les bellovaques. Cinq mille soldats auraient secouru Vercingétorix à Alésia en 52 av. J.-C.. Ils soutiennent (encore cette fois avec les Bellovaques) la révolte de Corréos en 51 av. J.-C.
[EN] The Ambiani were a Belgic people of Celtic language, who were said to be able to muster 10,000 armed men, in 57 BC, the year of Julius Caesar's Belgic campaign. They submitted to Caesar. Their country lay in the valley of the Samara (modern Somme); and their chief town Samarobriva, afterwards called Ambiani and Civitas Ambianensium, is supposed to be represented by Amiens. They were among the people who took part in the great insurrection against the Romans, which is described in the seventh book of Caesar's Gallic Wars.
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