Sessions ( Latin: Suessiones, Suaeuconi , Greek. Σουεσσωωεε ) - a strong Celtic tribe of belgs , inhabiting in the 1st century BC. e. the Belgian Roman province of Belgian Gaul , an area in the Oise and Marne rivers, the word Suaeuconi served as the name of the modern city of Soason . In 57 BC e. were conquered by Julius Caesar .
Pliny the Elder tells of them in Natural History , calling them Suaeuconi .
Caesar tells in his Notes on the Gallic War , which in 57 BC. e. Sressions were ruled by the leader Galba . He traces the fate of the Sressions until about 80 BC.
The area of this Celtic tribe was particularly fertile. Their neighbors were bumps , nervousness , viromandui , bellows [1] .
The rulers of the swings could have put up more than 50,000 people for the battles, and after the Bellows they were considered the bravest in Belgian Gaul [2] . Their leader Divithiac not only owned a huge part of Gaul, but also part of Britain [3] . The Sessions fought along with other Belga tribes against the Romans, but were subjugated. They became allies of the Romans and ruled by the Senate .
Their main city was Noviodunum , later Augusta Suessonum , now Soissons.
Coins minted by Belgian galls first appeared in Britain in the middle of the II century BC, now this coinage is classified as the “Gallo-Belgian type”. Coins associated with the leader Divithiac , issued around or between 90-60 years BC, were classified as "Gallo-Belgic C." The finds of this coin extend from Sussex to Wash and concentrate mainly near Kent . The finds of the later Gallo-Belgic F coins (approximately 60-50 BC) are concentrated near Paris , throughout the sessions and southern coastal areas of Britain . These findings allow scholars to suggest that the Swedes had significant trade and migration to Britain during the 2nd and 1st centuries before the Roman conquest.
Notes
- ↑ Lubker Friedrich. Illustrated Dictionary of Antiquity / I. Pimenova. - M .: Eksmo, 2005 .-- 1344 p.
- ↑ According to Caesar, "the bravest of all northern tribes."
- ↑ A real dictionary of classical antiquities. Edited by J. Geffken, E. Tsibart. - Toybner. F. Lubker. 1914.
Literature
- Suessiones // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885.