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See also:BRIGANTES (See also:Celtic for " mountaineers " or " See also:free, privileged ")
, a See also:people of See also:northern See also:Britain, who inhabited the See also:country from the mouth of the Abus (See also:Humber) on the See also:east and the Belisama (See also:Mersey; according to others, Ribble) on the See also:west as far northwards as the See also:Wall of See also:Antoninus
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Their territory thus included most of See also:Yorkshire, the whole of See also:Lancashire, See also:Durham, See also:Westmorland, See also:Cumberland and See also:part of See also:Northumberland
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Their See also:chief See also:town was See also:Eburacum (or Eboracum; See also:York)
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They first came into contact with the See also:Romans during the reign of See also:Claudius, when they were defeated by Publius Ostorius Scapula
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Under See also:Vespasian they submitted to Petillius See also:Cerealis, but were not finally subdued till the See also:time of Antoninus See also:Pius (Tac
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See also: Haverfield in Archaeological See also:Journal, xlix., 1892), and also that of a See also:god Bergans=Brigans (See also:Ephemeris Epigraphica, vii . No . 920) . A See also:branch of the See also:Brigantes also settled in the See also:south-east corner of See also:Ireland, near the See also:river Birgus (See also:Barrow) . See A . Holder, Altceltischer Sprachschatz, i . (1896), for See also:ancient authorities; J . Rhys, See also:Celtic Britain (3rd ed., 1904); Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie, iii. pt. i . (1897) . |
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