- Redones
The Redones or Rhedones ( _gr. polytonic|Ῥήδονες, polytonic|Ῥηΐδονες) are an ancient tribe of
Gaul , in theCeltogalatia Lugdunensis ofPtolemy (ii. 8. § 12), placed by him west of theSenones and along the Liger (modernLoire River ). Their capital was Condate (modernRennes ). But other authors contend that the Redones were not on the Loire. Pliny (iv. 18) enumerates the Redones among the peoples ofGallia Lugdunensis :Diablindi , Rhedones,Turones . After the bloody fight on theSambre (57 BCE)Julius Caesar sentPublius Licinius Crassus with a single legion into the country of the Veneti, Redones, and otherCelt ic tribes between theSeine River and the Loire, all of whom submitted. ("B. G." ii. 34.) Caesar here enumerates the Redones among the maritime states whose territory extends to theAtlantic Ocean . In 52 BCE the Redones with their neighbors sent a contingent to attack Caesar during the siege of Alesia. In this passage also ("B. G." vii. 75), the Redones are enumerated among the states bordering on the ocean, which in the Celtic language were called the Armoric States.D'Anville supposes that their territory extended beyond the limits of the diocese of Rennes into the dioceses ofSt. Malo andDol-de-Bretagne . Their chief town, Rennes, is the capital of the départment ofIlle-et-Vilaine .References
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