Viducasses
Sign in to saveThe Viducassēs (Gaulish: *Uiducassēs) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Calvados department during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
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The Viducassēs (Gaulish: *Uiducassēs) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Calvados department during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
== Name == They are mentioned as Viducasses by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as Bidoukesíōn (Βιδουκεσίων; var. Βιδουκασίων, Βιδουκαίσιων) and Bidoukésioi (Βιδουκέσιοι; var. Οὐιδουκαίσιοι, Οὐιδουκέσιοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).
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