Osismii

E565083

The Osismii were an ancient Celtic tribe of northwestern Gaul, occupying the westernmost part of the Armorican peninsula (modern Brittany) during the Iron Age and Roman period.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Osismii canonical 7
Osismi 1
Osismioi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Celtic tribe ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence Iron Age hillforts in western Brittany ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture La Tène culture ⓘ
disappearance assimilated into Gallo-Roman population ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
ethnicity Celtic ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
historicalEra Classical antiquity ⓘ
languageFamily Continental Celtic ⓘ
locatedIn Armorican peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Cotentin Peninsula

modern Brittany ⓘ
northwestern Gaul ⓘ
linked to: Gaul

westernmost part of Armorican peninsula ⓘ
mentionedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
mentionedIn Commentarii de Bello Gallico ⓘ
linked to: Gallic Wars
militaryRole participants in Gallic resistance to Rome ⓘ
modernCountry France ⓘ
nameAttestedIn Greek sources ⓘ
Latin sources ⓘ
nameVariant Osismi ⓘ
linked to: Osismii

Osismioi ⓘ
linked to: Osismii
neighboringTribe Curiosolitae ⓘ
Redones ⓘ
Veneti ⓘ
partOf Armorica ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal polity ⓘ
regionCorrespondsTo Finistère ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
romanization integrated into Roman provincial system ⓘ
romanProvince Gallia Lugdunensis ⓘ
subjugatedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Armorica → inhabitedBy → Osismii ⓘ
Redones → neighboringTribe → Osismii ⓘ
Osismii → nameVariant → Osismi ⓘ
linked to: Osismii
Osismii → nameVariant → Osismioi ⓘ
linked to: Osismii
Aremorica → inhabitedBy → Osismii ⓘ
Armorican Gauls → neighbor → Osismii ⓘ