The Arverni are classified as a Celtic tribe. They lived in Gaul in the Cevennes, a mountain range in present-day southern France, and are discussed as Celts or Gauls. Among
Arvanites time line
ARVANITES
Location:
Greece
Time period:
11th century C. E. to present
Ancestry:
Albanian
Language:
Arvanitika (South Albanian)
C. E.
11th century First migrations of Albanians to Greece
1821-28 Arvanites aid Greeks in rebellion against Ottoman Turks.
1923 Arvanites relocated from Turkey to Greece by terms of Treaty of Lausanne.
1980s Cultural revival among Arvanites
ARVERNI
Location:
Southern France
Time period:
Second century b. c.e. to fifth century c. e.
Ancestry:
Celtic
Language:
Gaulish (Celtic)
See Vandals.
This gold coin was used by the Arverni. (Drawing by Patti Erway)
The more powerful Celtic tribes, they sometimes allied themselves with the Suebi and other Germanics against rivals. Along with their allies the Allobroges, they were conquered by the Romans in 121 b. c.e.
An Arverni nobleman by the name of Vercingetorix led a rebellion against the Romans in 52 b. c.e. (see sidebar “Vercingetorix” under Gauls). The Aedui, traditional enemies of the Arverni, joined the revolt as well, forcing the Romans to abandon their siege of the Arverni town of Gergovia on the Gergovie plateau. other tribes whose warriors participated in the rebellion included Ambiani, Atrebates, Aulerci, Bellovaci, Bituriges, Boii, Carnutes, Helvetii, Lemovices, Mediomatrici, Menapii, Morini, Nervii, Nitobriges, Parisii, Petrocorii, Pictones, Raurici, Ruteni, San-tones, Senones, Sequani, Suessiones, Turones, plus some from the region known as Armorica (modern Britanny and eastern Normandy). Yet a Roman victory led by Julius Caesar on the Vingeanne River forced Vercingetorix to retreat northward to Alesia, a town of the Mandubii, thought to be located about 32 miles northwest of present-day Dijon. After a long siege at Alesia, the rebels surrendered in October 52 B. C.E. Vercingetorix was executed in 46 B. C.E. as a part of Caesar’s victory celebrations.
Augustonemetum in Arverni territory, on the site of present-day Clermont-Ferrand, because a civitas capital in Roman Gaul through the period of occupation lasted until the fifth century C. E.
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