-
Catullus also used the
plural Britanniae in his Carmina.
Avienius used
insula Albionum in his Ora Maritima.
Orosius used the
plural Britanniae to
refer to the...
- 111–112, i.e.
eamque late gens
Hiernorum colit;
propinqua rursus insula Albionum patet. Unger, G. F. (1883). "Die K****iteriden und Albion". Rheinisches...
-
earliest known name for
Great Britain is
Albion (Gr****: Ἀλβιών) or
insula Albionum, from
either the
Latin albus meaning "white" (possibly
referring to the...
- the
different race of Hiberni" (gens hibernorum), and
Britain as
insula Albionum, "island of the Albions". The term
Pritani may have
reached Pytheas from...
- the
older name for the
island was Albion, and
Avienius calls it
insula Albionum, "island of the Albions". The name
could have
reached Pytheas from the...
- name of
their hill-fort (ablative):
Nicer Clvtosi >
Cavriaca principis Albionum:
Nicer son of Clutosius, from (the hill-fort
known as) Cauria,
prince of...
- the
ancient Gallaecia,
among them:
Nicer Clvtosi >
Cariaca Principis Albionum:
Nicer son of Clutosius, from (the hill-fort
known as) Cariaca, prince...
- (abreviature of castellum)
Origo (abl. s.) as:
Nicer Clvtosi ⊃
Cavriaca Principis Albionum : Nicer, son of Clutosios, from
castle Cauria,
prince of the
Albion Caeleo...
- the inscription: ☧
NICER CLUTOSI (filius) C(astello)
CARIACA PRINCIPIS ALBIONUM AN(norum) LXXV HI(c) S(itus) EST,
which can be
translated as " Nicer, [son]...
- "inhabited by the race of Hiberni" (gens hiernorum), and
Britain as
insula Albionum, "island of the Albions".
Several sources from
around 150 BC to AD 70 include...
