chiefdom · France and the Low Countries

Lingones

400 BCE – 51 BCE (approx.) · capital Andematunnum

Gallic people of the Langres plateau around the sources of the Seine and Marne, who stayed loyal to Rome during the great revolt of 52 BCE.

Origins

The Lingones held the uplands around Andematunnum (Langres), between the Sequani, the Aedui and the Leuci, astride the watershed between the Seine and Saône basins. Livy and Polybius record that part of the people joined the Celtic migrations into Italy around 400 BCE and settled near the Adriatic coast south of the Po.

Rule and society

Like their neighbours they lived in fortified oppida, struck their own coins and profited from the routes linking the Saône with the Seine. Little is known of their institutions, but they were large enough to supply Caesar's armies with grain.

Decline and legacy

The Lingones refused to join Vercingetorix in 52 BCE and were rewarded with the status of an allied civitas under Rome. In 70 CE their nobleman Julius Sabinus joined the revolt of the Batavi and proclaimed himself Caesar; after its failure his wife Epponina hid him for nine years before both were executed.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lingones. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lingones
MLA
“Lingones.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lingones. Accessed .
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