- The
Petrocorii were a
Gallic tribe dwelling in the present-day Périgord region,
between the
Dordogne and Vézère rivers,
during the Iron Age and the Roman...
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interior and
mountainous country in this
region had
better soil. The
Petrocorii and the
Bituriges Cubi had fine ironworks; the
Cadurci had
linen factories;...
- also the seat of a
Roman Catholic diocese. The name Périgueux
comes from
Petrocorii, a
Latinization of
Celtic words meaning "the four tribes" – the Gallic...
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Roman conquest of Gaul, the area was
organized as the
territory of the
Petrocorii (civitas Petrocoriorum) with its
capital near
modern Périgueux. This was...
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Aginnon (Agen)
Osismii (*Ostimī)
Vorgium (Carhaix)
Parisii Lutetia (Paris)
Petrocorii Vesunna (Périgueux)
Pictones Lemonum (Poitiers)
Rauraci Basel oppidum;...
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Brittonic goddess of the
River Wharfe Vesunna -
Gallic goddess of the
Petrocorii Vibēs - a
goddess in Nori****
Abandinus - a
Brittonic god of Durovigutum...
- Gallo-Roman
fanum (temple)
dedicated to Vesunna, a
tutelary goddess of the
Petrocorii. The
sanctuary was
built in the 1st or 2nd century.
Vesunna was the Gallo-Roman...
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Vesunna was
worshipped especially by the
Gaulish Celtic tribe known as the
Petrocorii,
whose name
survives in that of the
modern French city of Périgueux, located...
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production were
noted by the Gr****
author Strabo, who writes: "among the
Petrocorii there are fine iron-works, and also
among the
Bituriges Cubi;
among the...
- ‘old barracks’ in Périgueux (Dordogne), in the
ancient territory of the
Petrocorii,
where she is
partnered with the god Telo. By
comparison of the various...
