What is Brigantes?
[[File:Map of the Territory of the Brigantes.svg|250px|thumb|Where the '''Brigantes''' used to live - in red.]] The '''Brigantes''' were a British [[Celt]]ic [[tribe]] ([[people]]), that used to live in the [[North]] of [[Roman Britain]]; between the rivers [[Tyne]] and [[Humber]]. They occupied what was later Northumbria.<ref>David Hughes, ''The British Chronicles'', Volume 1 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007), p. 78</ref> To the north was the territory of the Votadini, which straddled the present day border between England and Scotland. ==Nearby tribes== The tribes that used to live next to the Brigantes were the [[Carvetti]], the [[Parisii]], the [[Cornovii (Midlands)|Cornovii]], and the [[Corieltauvi]]. ==Related tribes== There was a Brigantes tribe who used to live in the [[South]] of [[Ireland]] as well. They may both be [[Kinship|related]] to the ''Brigantii'' of the [[east]]ern [[Alps]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.brigantesnation.com/ Brigantes Nation] * [http://www.roman-britain.co.uk/tribes/brigantes/ Brigantes] at [http://www.roman-britain.org Roman-Britain.co.uk] * [http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/clb_tribe_brigantes.htm Brigantes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051108042412/http://romans-in-britain.org.uk/clb_tribe_brigantes.htm |date=2005-11-08 }} at [http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/ Romans in Britain] == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|UK|history}} [[Category:History of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Celtic peoples]]