Latest posts tagged with #historyfiles on Bluesky
The History Files: Houses of Atlanta (American Lives)
Houses of Atlanta: a series to showcase various houses, historic & new, of the city of #Atlanta, GA, examining #architectural #heritage and historic notes of interest.
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#history #historyfiles #AmericanLives #HousesofAtlanta #Georgia #photography
The History Files: Ambarri (Celts)
Ambarri: they may have been a client tribe of the Aeduii or, according to one theory, one and the same tribe as the Aeduii, the names being combined as #Aeduii #Ambarri.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope
The History Files: Aeduii
Aeduii: prior to the arrival of #Rome the #Aeduii were very powerful, contesting with the #Arverni for nominal overlordship of all #Gaulish tribes prior to defeat by their enemy and by Rome.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #ancienteurope
The History Files: Churches of Cornwall
#Churches of #Cornwall: #StLantys, #Lanteglos-by-Fowey, aka #StWyllow / #StWillow after a #Cornish #saint, beheaded by a relative but who took his own head to the church location.
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#history #historyfiles #chapels #churchesofcornwall #churchesofthebritishisles
The History Files: Votodroni (Celts)
Votodroni: a tribe known only via an inscription, found in Somma Lombarda ( #Varese), near #LagoMaggiore: HER[C]VLI VICANI VOTODRONES V(OTVM) S(OLVERVNT).
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #Votodroni #Latin
The History Files: Verucini
Verucini: they occupied territory in the inlands of SE #Provence, not far south of the #Gallitae, but their only mention in the historical record comes from #Pliny.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #verucini
The History Files: Churches of the Scilly Isles
Churches of the #ScillyIsles: #AllSaints Church, #Bryher, replaced a small 1700s chapel of 'God and All Saints' which replaced a lost #medieval chapel.
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#history #historyfiles #churches #chapels #Scillies #churchesofthescillyisles #churchesofthebritishisles
The History Files: Vertamocores (Celts)
Vertamocores: they were mentioned by #Cato as the Ventamocori, and by #Pliny as the Vertacomacori, while in #French they are the Vercors or Vertacomicorien.
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#history #historyfiles #celts #celtic #tribes #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #Vertamocores
The History Files: Venisami (Celts)
Venisami: the fact that the tribe is named on the #ArchofSusa suggests it was located in the #CottianAlps, quite possibly part of the #CottiRegnum.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #Venisami #Susa #Alps
The History Files: Churches of Devon
Churches of #Devon: the Church of #StJohn the Baptist, #ColetonRaleigh, was built after #WilliamtheBrewer acquired some land here from #HenryI at the end of the 1100s.
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#history #historyfiles #churches #chapels #churchesofdevon #churchesofthebritishisles
The History Files: Uperaci (Celts)
Uperaci: two clues have been provided to account for their existence, one coming from a funerary inscription in #Seggauberg in #Styria, about 35km south of #Graz.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #uperaci
The History Files: Celto-Alpine Tribes
Celto-Alpine #Tribes: #Livy wrote about an initial #Celtic breakthrough into #Italy through the W #Alps, also resulting in very minor Celtic tribes in the region, including these.
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#history #historyfiles #celts #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #alpine
The History Files: Tricastii
Tricastii: by the mid-100s BC there was a cluster of small tribes in the W #Switzerland #Alps which included the #Tricastii in their small territory in the Drome area.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #alpine
The History Files: What You've Missed
What have you missed by not visiting the History Files frontpage and the RSS feed on a daily basis? Quite a lot! Catch up now by visiting the RSS feed (the orange icon at the top of each page):
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#history #historyfiles #RSS
The History Files: Churches of Somerset
Churches of #Somerset: Old #StJames #UptonFarm, survives in terms of its 1300s tower, in #Exmoor National Park, the rest being demolished in 1861.
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#history #historyfiles #churches #chapels #WestSomerset #Upton #churchesofsomerset #churchesofthebritishisles
The History Files: Taurisci / Norici (Celts)
Taurisci / Norici: #Strabo stated the #Taurisci were an individual tribe while the #Norici was a collective, and that the Taurisci were also Norici, 'of the north'.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #gaulish #rome #ancienteurope #noricum
The History Files: Iasi (Celts)
Iasi: one of the attached #Noricum minor #tribes was the #Iasi or Jasi who are thought of as #Gaulish, appearing to have been a later sub-division of the confederation just like the #Varciani.
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#history #historyfiles #gauls #celts #rome #ancienteurope
The History Files: Churches of Cornwall
Churches of #Cornwall: #Polruan Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1880 by #JamesHicks to replace the town's older #Wesleyans building, closing in 1995.
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#history #historyfiles #churches #chapels #churchesofcornwall #churchesofthebritishisles #methodists
The History Files: Varciani (Celts)
Varciani: located in #Pannonia, on the #Noricum SE edge and the upper edge of #Illyrian territory, they exhibit non #Celtic traits to make them part #Germanic or perhaps Illyrians.
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#history #historyfiles #gauls #celts #rome #tribes #ancienteurope #varciani
The History Files: Serapili (Celts)
Serapili: confirmed as #Gaulish, they were one of two larger units to be connected to the #Noricum from their very arrival on the southern bank of the #Danube around 300 BC.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #rome #ancienteurope #serapili
The History Files: Belgites (Celts)
Belgites: confirmed as being #Gaulish, they were located in #Pannonia, around the SE edge of the #Noricum, close to the #Iasi & #Varciani, playing no real part in history.
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#history #historyfiles #celts #celtic #gauls #tribes #rome #ancienteurope #belgites
The History Files Recap: 22 February 2026
A quick recap of recent publications on the History Files site, all of which can still be accessed via the site's frontpage, RSS feed, or 'Latest' links at www.historyfiles.co.uk.
#history #historyfiles #Recap #Video
The History Files: Churches of the Scilly Isles
#Churches of the #ScillyIsles: #StNicholas, eastern #Tresco, built 1878-1879, a cruciform-plan work dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, travellers, & others.
www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBrit...
#history #historyfiles #chapels #Scillies #churchesofthescillyisles #churchesofthebritishisles
The History Files: Sevarces (Celts)
Sevarces: on the #Danube south bank with the #Isar to their south in #Bavaria, in an isolated NW pocket of the #Noricum, but possibly less #Gaulish than #Vindelici in origin.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #gauls #celts #celtic #rome #ancienteurope #Sevarces
The History Files: Suelteri
Suelteri: this particular tribe is mentioned by #Pliny as the #Suelteri in the 1st c AD, and is shown as Selteri on the #TabulaPeutingeriana from the 4-5th c AD.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #gauls #celts #celtic #rome #ancienteurope
The History Files: Churches of Devon
Churches of #Devon: #HolyTrinity Old Church, #Bicton, survives as a small tower and some #plannedruins, having been replaced in 1850 and turned into a romantic ruin, in part by #NicholasPugin.
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#history #historyfiles #devon #Pugin #churchesofthebritishisles
The History Files: Segovii (Celts)
Segovii: occupied the #CottianAlps near today's #CesanaTorinese & #Montgenevre, known as #Segoviorum on the #AugustanArch of #Cottius of the #CottiRegnum in #Susa, now #Turin.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #rome #celts #celtic #gauls #ancienteurope #segovii
The History Files: Sebagini (Celts)
Sebagini: since they are named by just one source it's possible that its name does not designate a Gaulish tribe but refers to a pagus/vicus as an #Avantici dependency.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #celts #celtic #gauls #ancienteurope #rome #sebagini
The History Files: Savincates
Savincates: occupied the #Ubaye valley around #Rigomagus (now #Faucon-de-Barcelonnette), south of the #Guil valley with civitas #Rigomagensis, noted AD 400 in #NotitiaGalliarum.
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#history #historyfiles #tribes #ancienteurope #rome #celts #celtic #gauls
The History Files Recap: 15 February 2026
A quick recap of recent publications on the History Files site, all of which can still be accessed via the site's frontpage, RSS feed, or 'Latest' links at www.historyfiles.co.uk.
#history #historyfiles #Recap #Video
