Aulerci

Aulerci, ōrum, m., = Αὐλίρκιοι, a people in Celtic Gaul, Liv. 5, 34, 5; acc. to Caesar, divided into three branches.

• I Aulerci Eburovīces or Eburōnes (in Ptolem. Αὐλίρκιοι Ἐβουραϊκοί), whose chief city was Mediolanum, now Dép. de l’Eure, in Normandy, Caes. B. G. 3, 17; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107.—
• II Aulerci Cenomani, now Dép. de la Sarthe, Caes. B. G. 7, 75; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107.—
• III Aulerci Brannovīces, now le Briennais, Caes. B. G. 7, 75.

Aulercī, ōrum, m. (Αυλίρκιοι), eine große weitverzweigte Völkerschaft in Gallia Celtica, Liv. 5, 34, 5, in vier Zweige geteilt, 1) Aul. Eburovīces, mit der Hauptstadt Mediolanum (j. Evreux), j. Dép. de l'Eure in der Normandie, Caes. b. G. 3, 17, 3. – 2) Aul. Cenomani, j. Dép. de la Sarthe, Caes. b. G. 7, 75, 3. – 3) Aul. Brannovīces, wahrsch. j. le Briennois an der Loire, Caes. b. G. 7, 75, 2. – 4) Aul. Diablintes od. Diablinti, j. Dép. de la Maine, Caes. b. G. 3, 9, 10. Plin. 4, 107.

Aulercī, (13) ōrum, m. , Aulerques, [peuple de la Gaule Lyonnaise] : Cæs. G. 7, 75 ; Liv. 5, 34, 5.

AULERCI

AULERCIappears to be a generic name, which included several Celtic tribes. Caesar ( B. G. 2.34) names the Aulerci with the Veneti and the other maritime states In B. G. 7.75, he enumerates, among the clients of the Aedui, the Aulerci Brannovices and Brannovii, as the common text stands; but the names in this chapter of Caesar are corrupt, and Brannoviidoes not appear to be genuine. If the name Aulerci Brannovices is genuine in 7.75, this branch of the Aulerci, which was dependent on the Aedui, must be distinguished from those Aulerci who were situated between the Lower Seine and the Loire, and separated from the Aedui by the Senones, Carnutes, and Bituriges Cubi.

Again, in 7.75, Caesar mentions the Aulerci Cenomani and the Aulerci Eburones, as the text stands; but it is generally agreed that for Eburones we must read Eburovices, as in B. G. 3.17. In this chapter (7.75) Caesar also mentions the maritime states (2.34) under the name of the Armoric states; but his list does not agree with the list in 2.34, and it does not contain the Aulerci. Caesar (3.17) mentions a tribe of Diablintes or Diablintres, to whom Ptolemy gives the generic name of Aulerci. It seems, then, that Aulerci was a general name under which several tribes were included [CENOMANI, DIABLINTES, EBUROVICES].

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Aulerci

A powerful Gallic race divided into three tribes: (1) Aulerci Eburovīces, dwelling near the coast on the left bank of the Sequana (Seine) in what is now Normandy, and having as their chief town Mediolanum, afterwards Eburovices (Evreux).

(2) Aulerci Cenomāni, dwelling southwest of the preceding tribe near the Liger (Loire), and having Subdinnum (Le Mans) as their capital.

(3) Aulerci Brannovīces, dwelling east of the Cenomani near the Aedui (q.v.).