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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aremorica canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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

Armorica → alternativeName → Aremorica ⓘ