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BITURIGES , a Celtic people, according to Livy (v. 34) the most powerful in Gaul in the time of Tarquinius Priscus. At some period unknown they split up into two branchesBituriges Cubi and Bituriges Vivisci. The name is supposed to mean either " rulers of the world " or " perpetual kings:" The Bituriges Cubi, called simply Bituriges by Caesar, in whose time they acknowledged the supremacy of the Aedui
Allier
chief
Augustus
district
The Bituriges Vivisci occupied the strip of land between the sea and the left bank of the Garonne
part
capital was Burdigala (Bordeaux), even then a place of considerable importance and a wine-growing centre. Like the Cubi, they also are called liberi by Pliny.See A. Desjardilis, Geographie historique de la Gaule romaine; (1876-1893) ; A. Longnon, Geographie de la Gaule au VP siecle (1878); A. Holder, Alt-celtiseher Sprachschatz; T. R.Holmes, Caesar's Conquest of Gaul (1899). End of Article: BITURIGES If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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