Carvetii
Sign in to saveThe Carvetii (Common Brittonic: *Carwetī) were a Brittonic Celtic tribe living in what is now Cumbria, in North-West England during the Iron Age, and were subsequently identified as a civitas (canton) of Roman Britain.
Key facts
- Celts of England.fullname
- Carvetii
- Celts of England.map
- Map of the Territory of the Carvetii.svg
- Celts of England.name
- Carvetii
- Celts of England.capital
- Clifton Dykes orCarlisle (Luguvalium)
- Celts of England.location
- CumbriaNorth Lancashire
- Celts of England.rulers
- Venutius?
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- Instance of
- tribe
- Subclass of
- Ancient Celts
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Carvetii
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- Evidence of existence
- Capital or centre
- Links with the Brigantes and Venutius
- See also
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
The Carvetii (Common Brittonic: *Carwetī) were a Brittonic Celtic tribe living in what is now Cumbria, in North-West England during the Iron Age, and were subsequently identified as a civitas (canton) of Roman Britain.
== Etymology == The suffix carv- is related to Welsh carw, Breton karv and Irish carow ('deer'). Richard von Kienle has proposed the translation "those who belong to the deer".
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