Viromandui
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Plan of the oppidum of the Viromandui at Vermand by Édouard Fleury (1877) The Viromanduī or Veromanduī (Gaulish: *Uiromanduoi) were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Vermandois region (Picardy) during the Iron Age and Roman periods. During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), they belonged to the Belgic coalition of 57 BC against Caesar.
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- Name
- Geography
- Territory
- Settlements
- Pre-Roman period
- Roman period
- History
- La Tène period
- Gallic Wars
- Roman period
- Religion
- Inscriptions
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|Plan of the oppidum of the Viromandui at Vermand by Édouard Fleury (1877) The Viromanduī or Veromanduī (Gaulish: *Uiromanduoi) were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Vermandois region (Picardy) during the Iron Age and Roman periods. During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), they belonged to the Belgic coalition of 57 BC against Caesar.
== Name == They are mentioned as Viromanduos and Viromanduis (var. vero-) by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Viromanduos by Livy (late 1st c. BC), Veromandui (var. uir-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), (Ou̓i)romándues () by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as Veromandi by Orosius (early 5th c. AD).