Aremorica

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Aremorica is the ancient Latin name for a region in northwestern Gaul, roughly corresponding to modern Brittany and parts of Normandy in France.

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Aremorica canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
associatedWith maritime trade
seafaring Celts
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
Seine River region
linked to: Seine River Basin
country Gaul
culturalRegionOf Armorican Celts
linked to: Armorican Gauls
etymology from Gaulish elements meaning "in front of the sea" or "by the sea"
hasAlternativeName Armorica
hasLatinName Armorica
hasModernEquivalent Armorican Massif region (geological and cultural sense)
linked to: Armorican Massif
hasNameInLanguage Latin
hasToponymicLegacyIn Brittany
Normandy
historicalStatus no longer an administrative unit
influenced later identity of Brittany
inhabitedBy Celtic tribes
Osismii
Redones
Veneti
knownFor coastal oppida and fortified settlements
resistance to Roman authority at various times
languageSpoken Gaulish
laterLanguageSpoken Breton (in parts of the region)
linked to: Breton

Gallo-Romance dialects
Latin
laterReligionPracticed Christianity
Roman paganism
locatedIn modern France
northwestern Gaul
mentionedIn Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico
linked to: Gallic Wars

works of classical geographers
partOf Celtic Gaul
linked to: Gallia Celtica

Roman Gaul
linked to: Gaul

Western Roman Empire (as provincial territory)
regionType coastal region
religionPracticed Celtic polytheism
roughlyCorrespondsTo Brittany
parts of Normandy
strategicImportance control of Channel and Atlantic sea routes
successorRegion Brittany
Normandy (partly)
linked to: Normandy
timePeriod Iron Age
Late Antiquity
Roman period

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Armorica alternativeName Aremorica