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- Caledonia is derived from the tribal name Caledones (a Latinization of a Brittonic nominative plural n-stem Calēdones or Calīdones, from earlier *Kalēdon[i]oi)...
- According to Zimmer (2006), Caledonia is derived from the tribal name Caledones (or Calīdones), which he etymologises as "'possessing hard feet', alluding...
- then set for a struggle between King and Queen, between Dal Riada and Caledones, between the Sun God and the Great Mother; a theme used in many Sutcliff...
- Map (a) 2nd century AD Caledones east of the Great Glen; Vacomagi east of the Caledones. Map (b) 3rd – 4th century AD Caledones occupy a larger area east...
- an ancient Celtic tribe. Andrew Jennings has suggested a link with the Caledones. In 43 AD, the Roman author Pomponius Mela made reference in his writing...
- succession, and an external conflict to defend their frontiers against the Caledones. The highlands above the village of Lochgilphead were used for a scene...
- succession, and an external conflict to defend their frontiers against the Caledones. In Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth...
- Forest (Caledonia Silva) was in their land. Caledonians / Caledones - a tribal confederation Caledones Proper / Caledonii Proper (along the Great Glen) Taexali/Taezali...
- (2002) pp. 10–13. Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) states that "a tribe of Caledones" are "named by the geographer Ptolemy as living within boundaries which...
- refers to birds the size of turkeys being present in marshy areas of New Caledone, suggesting that it may have survived into historic times. The native name...