The Esuvii (or Esubii; Gaulish: Esuuii) were a Gallic tribe dwelling between the lower Seine and the Loire rivers, in what is now Normandy, during the Iron Age.
Name
editTheir tribal name appears to be related to the theonym Esus.[1]
Geography
editThe Esuvii lived at the time of the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC) around the present-day town of Sées (Orne), between the Coriosolites and the Aulerci.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ MacKillop 2004, s.v. Esus, Hesus.
- ^ Lafond 2006.
- Bibliography
- Lafond, Yves (2006). "Esuvii". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e402810.
- MacKillop, James (2004). A dictionary of Celtic mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860967-1.