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Les Nerviens et la résilience ? Un peuple en mutation de l’époque gauloise à l’époque romaine
Deru, Xavier; Hoët-Van Cauwenberghe, Christine; Leman-Delerive, Germaine
2020In Revue du Nord, n°434 (1), p. 19
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Keywords :
Archeology; History
Abstract :
[en] Powerful Belgian people, the Nervians were attacked by the Romans and suffered a serious defeat at the battle of Sabis in 57 before our era. In The Gallic War, Caesar claims to have inflicted very heavy casualties on them in a decisive fight. Other sources, however, seem to show that the Caesarean tale is probably not entirely truthful. Far from being wiped out, the Nervians had a rich territory (Hainaut and Cambrésis) and enjoyed a rather favorable status within the framework of the Empire : the civitas Nerviorum was organized around Bavay and became a civitas libera. The ruling elite quickly obtained Roman citizenship and many Nervians fought in the army, leaving epigraphic traces in Great Britain or Romania. The Nervians therefore survived, and even throve. They also retained a kind of cultural identity, which took the form of specific funeral customs linked to the domestic cult. Characteristic hypogea were surmounted by black marble steles on which the epitaphs were painted in red letters.
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Deru, Xavier  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie romaine et gallo-romaine
Hoët-Van Cauwenberghe, Christine
Leman-Delerive, Germaine
Language :
French
Title :
Les Nerviens et la résilience ? Un peuple en mutation de l’époque gauloise à l’époque romaine
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Revue du Nord
ISSN :
0035-2624
eISSN :
2271-7005
Publisher :
CAIRN
Volume :
n°434
Issue :
1
Pages :
19
Peer reviewed :
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