chiefdom · France and the Low Countries

Abrincatui

300 BCE – 56 BCE (approx.) · capital Ingena

Small Gallic people of the bay of Mont Saint-Michel, whose name survives in the town of Avranches.

Origins

Known only from Pliny, Ptolemy and later Roman records, the Abrincatui held the southern end of the Cotentin coast on the border of Normandy and Brittany. They were neighbours of the Unelli and Redones and were probably dependents of a larger Armorican people.

Rule and society

Nothing is recorded of their institutions. Ptolemy names their town Ingena, generally placed at Avranches.

Decline and legacy

They were drawn into the Roman conquest of Armorica in 57 and 56 BCE. Under Rome they formed a small civitas in Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town took the people's name as Abrincatae, the origin of Avranches, later a bishopric.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Abrincatui. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/abrincatui
MLA
“Abrincatui.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/abrincatui. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Abrincatui.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/abrincatui.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Abrincatui’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/abrincatui (Accessed: ).

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