-
Great Britain, Pretanī,
which also
produced the Gr**** form
Prettanike or
Brettaniai. In the 2nd century,
Roman Britannia came to be
personified as a goddess...
- revolt, all of
Armorica and the rest of Gaul
followed the
example of the
Brettaniai. A
letter from
Emperor Honorius in 410 has
traditionally been seen as...
- word
derives from a Gr**** word, Πρεττανική (Prettanikḗ) or Βρεττανίαι (
Brettaníai), used by Pytheas, an
explorer from M****alia who
visited the
British Isles...
-
reference to them.
Pytheas called the
islands collectively αἱ Βρεττανίαι (hai
Brettaniai),
which has been
translated as the
Brittanic Isles, and the
peoples of...
- as Πρεττανική (Prettanikē), "The
Britannic [land, island]", and nēsoi
brettaniai, "Britannic islands", with *Pretani
being a
Celtic word that
might mean...
- (Prettanikē), "The
Britannic [land, island]", and νησοι βρεττανιαι (nēsoi
brettaniai), "Britannic islands", with
Pretani being a
Celtic word that
might mean...
- 3rd
centuries BC. He
reported its name as
Prettanike (Πρεττανική) and
Brettaniai (Βρεττανίαι), for
Britain and the
British islands,
which became Britannia...
-
collective name "Brittanic Isles" (Gr****: αἱ Βρεττανίαι, romanized: hai
Brettaníai, lit. 'the Britains') was "a
geographic rather than a
cultural or political...
