Lingones

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The Lingones were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gaul, known from Roman sources and located in the region of present-day northeastern France and western Switzerland.

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Label Occurrences
Lingones canonical 7

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Celtic tribe
archaeologicalCulture oppida settlements
capitalInRomanPeriod Andematunnum
capitalInRomanPeriod Lingonae
capitalModernName Langres
continent Europe
culture La Tène culture
economy agriculture
metalworking
trade
ethnicity Celtic
knownFrom Roman sources
languageFamily Celtic languages
laterReligion Roman religion
locatedInPresentDay northeastern France
western Switzerland
locatedInThePast Gaul
northeastern Gaul
mainSettlement Langres
mentionedBy Julius Caesar
Pliny the Elder
Ptolemy
linked to: Ptolemaios
mentionedIn Commentarii de Bello Gallico
linked to: Gallic Wars

Naturalis Historia
militaryRole provided auxiliary troops to Roman army
militaryStatusUnderRome allied to Rome
modernCountry France
Switzerland
modernNameDerivedFrom Langres
neighbouringTribe Aedui
Leuci
Senones
Sequani
partOf Celtic Gaul
linked to: Gallia Celtica

La Tène cultural sphere
linked to: La Tène culture
politicalOrganization tribal society
provinceUnderRome Gallia Lugdunensis
region Gallia Belgica
Gallia Lugdunensis
religion Celtic polytheism
romanization partially romanized under the Roman Empire
territoryFeature plateau of Langres
linked to: Plateau de Langres

upper Marne basin
upper Seine basin
timePeriod Iron Age
Roman period

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Referenced by (7)

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

Helvetii neighbouringTribe Lingones
Sequani neighboringTribe Lingones
Andematunnum civitasOf Lingones
Andematunnum inhabitedBy Lingones
Aedui neighbouringTribe Lingones
Gallia Celtica hasEthnicGroup Lingones
Cenomani neighboringPeople Lingones