The Caturiges ( Gaulish : Caturīges , 'kings of combat') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper Durance valley, around present-day towns of Chorges and Embrun , during the Iron Age and the Roman period .
17-415: Embrun may refer to: Embrun, Hautes-Alpes , a town and former archbishopric in southeastern France Embrun Cathedral , the national monument and former cathedral there Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Embrun Embrun, Ontario , a community in eastern Ontario, Canada Ottawa/Embrun Aerodrome , the local airport of that community. Embrun Panthers ,
34-506: Is connected to Paris by a night train ( Intercités de nuit ), and also by TER regional trains to Gap station , La Brillanne - Oraison , and intermediate train stations. There are also buses and a single bus-tram line. Caturiges They are mentioned as Caturiges by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD), and as Katourgídōn (Κατουργίδων) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). The Gaulish ethnonym Caturīges ( sing. Caturix ) literally means 'kings of combat'. It stems from
51-577: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Embrun, Hautes-Alpes Embrun ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bʁœ̃] ; Occitan : Ambrun pronounced [amˈbryn] , Latin : Ebrodunum , Ebrudunum , and Eburodunum ) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France . It
68-549: Is easily determined by the itineraries and the name. Ptolemy (iii. 1) mentions Eborodunum as the city of the Caturiges, and no other. In the Jerusalem Itinerary Ebrodunum is called Mansio , like Caturiges (modern Chorges ), which was also in the territory of the Caturiges. There are Roman remains at Chorges, and none are mentioned at Embrun, though it appears that the cathedral of Embrun is built on
85-708: Is located between Gap and Briançon and at the eastern end of one of the largest artificial lakes in Western Europe : the Lac de Serre-Ponçon . The Canadian town of Embrun, Ontario was named after Embrun in 1856. Embrun was formerly known as Ebrodunum ( Ἐβρόδουνον in Greek language sources). There is some variation in the writing of the first part of the name. It is Epebrodunum in Strabo 's text, but later translators corrected it. Strabo (iv.) says that from Tarasco to
102-620: The Brigianii and Quariates , west of the Veneni and Soti , and north of the Savincates . They were probably clients to the larger Vocontian people as part of their confederation. Initially part of the province of Alpes Cottiae after the Roman conquest, the Caturiges were integrated into the province of Alpes Maritimae during the reign of Diocletian (284–305 AD). Their chief town
119-623: The Celtic root catu - ('combat, battle') attached to rīges ('kings'). The city of Chorges , attested in the 4th c. AD as Caturrigas ( Cadorgas in 1062, Chaorgias in 1338), is named after the tribe. The Caturiges dwelled in the upper course of the Durance river. Their territory was located east of the Tricorii , Avantici and Edenates (further west lived the Vocontii ), south of
136-585: The Caturiges were originally part of the Insubres . The presence of a Mars Caturix in another town named Eburodunum ( Yverdon-les-Bains , Switzerland), as well as other mentions near Barrois , in the Po Valley , and perhaps in Haute-Savoie , may indicate ancient migrations, although their period and direction remain unknown. Other communities that have perished are the Caturiges, an exiled section of
153-739: The Caturiges'; modern Chorges ) was a frontier city located on the route to Italy via the Col de Montgenèvre , in the western part of the Caturigian territory near the border between the Regnum Cottii and the Vocontian confederation . Probably outshined by the neighbouring Eburodunum and Vappincum ( Gap ), the city declined in the 4th century AD and was not listed as civitates by the Notitia Galliarum ca. 400. According to Pliny,
170-575: The Insubrians... In the mid-first century BC, the Caturiges are mentioned by Julius Caesar as a tribe hostile to Rome. In what appears to be a concerted attack, they attempted to prevent his passage through the upper Durance along with the Ceutrones and Graioceli in 58 BC. There [Titus Labienus] enrolled two legions, and brought out of winter quarters three that were wintering about Aquileia; and with these five legions made speed to march by
187-704: The borders of the Vocontii and the beginning of the ascent of the Alps , through the Druentia and Caballio , is 63 miles; and from thence to the other boundaries of the Vocontii, to the kingdom of Cottius (the Alpes Cottiae ), to the village of Ebrodunum, 99 miles. Ebrodunum was in the civitas (tribal state) of the Caturiges , and just on the borders of the Vocontii, as it appears. The position of Ebrodunum
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#1732764701180204-620: The ice hockey team of Embrun. See also [ edit ] Sir Ebrum, a character from the television series Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Embrun . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embrun&oldid=1138340239 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
221-457: The other French cities. That's because Embrun is very far from the French coasts, and near the mountains. It creates a severe climate throughout the year. In spite of the cold winters, summers tend to be hot and hazy. The afternoon average temperatures are around 28 °C (82 °F), but can sometimes exceed 35 °C (95 °F). The commune is served by Gare d’Embrun train station, which
238-684: The shortest route to Further Gaul, over the Alps. In that region the Ceutrones, the Graioceli, and the Caturiges, seizing points on the higher ground, essayed to stop the march of his army. They were repulsed in several actions; and on the seventh day he moved from Ocelum, the last station of Hither Gaul, into the borders of the Vocontii in Further Gaul. They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of
255-509: The site of a Roman temple, or that some of the materials of a temple were used for it. Ebrodunum was, for a time, the capital of the Roman province of Alpes Maritimae . In the feudal age, it was an important archbishopric see . The town was sacked in 1585 by Huguenots and in 1692 by the duke of Savoy during the Nine Years' War . In stage 17 of the 2013 Tour de France , Embrun was
272-604: The starting point for an individual time trial . In 2017, stage 19 of the Tour de France started at Embrun. Embrun was the see of a bishopric since the fourth century, which became a Metropolitan archbishopric in the fourteenth century and was suppressed in the French Revolution . Embrun features an oceanic climate ( Cfb ) with strong continental influences ( Dfb ). Winters are rather cold and snowy. Winter nights are very cold (about −3 °C (27 °F)) compare to
289-665: Was known as Eburodunum (modern Embrun ), located on a rocky plinth that dominated the Durance river. It was an important station on the route between Gaul the Italian Peninsula . After the western part of the province of Alpes Cottiae was transferred to the Alpes Maritimae under Diocletian (284–305), Eburodunum replaced Cemenelum as the capital of the Alpes Maritimae. Caturigomagus ('market of
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