Bituriges

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The Bituriges (Bituriges-Cubi) was a tribe with its capital at Bourges (Avaricum).

A map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative positions of the Celtic tribes.
A map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative positions of the Celtic tribes.

Earlier in the century they had been one of the main tribes, but recently declined in importance. Argentomagus (near today's Argenton-sur-Creuse) was another important oppidum of theirs. This is one of several tribes which seem to have split, the Bituriges-Cubi lived near Bourges/Berry, the Bituriges-Vivisci near Burdigala (Bordeaux). The name seems to mean kings of the world.[1]

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  1. ^ Stanley Alexander Handford, Jane F. Gardner (1983), The Conquest of Gaul By Julius Caesar, Penguin Classics, ISBN 0140444335, <http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0140444335&id=FbuvaXmRqdcC&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202&ots=313uWZajL5&dq=Bituriges+tribe&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=OU6y3xTw37Lx2rW9Skj3Gntbt6w> 
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