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Budenicenses
The Budenicenses were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the present-day Gard department during the Roman period.
They are attested as Budenicenses on an inscription found in Collias (Gard). A dedication to the god Mars Budenicus was also discovered in the same town.
The ethnonym Budenicenses derives from the Celtic term *budīnā, meaning 'troop, host', probably 'troop guarding the frontier' (cf. Old Irish buiden, Middle Welsh byddin 'troop, army'; Late Latin bodǐna 'boundary marker' > French borne, a loanword from Gaulish).
The town of Bezouce (Gard), attested as Biducia in 1146 AD, is named after the Gallic tribe.
On the basis of their association with Mars Budenicus, the Budenicenses have been identified as community neighbouring Collias, similar to the Coriobedenses.
This identification is consistent with a localisation at or near Bezouce (Biducia), located near Collias, whose name is linguistically related to that of the Budenicenses.
They appear on an inscription dedicated to Jupiter alongside the Coriobedenses.
While the Budenicenses honoured Jupiter collectively with the Coriobedenses, they also had a distinct protective deity of their own, identified as Mars Budenicus. The latter is probably a Celtic equivalent of Mars Militaris.
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Budenicenses
The Budenicenses were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the present-day Gard department during the Roman period.
They are attested as Budenicenses on an inscription found in Collias (Gard). A dedication to the god Mars Budenicus was also discovered in the same town.
The ethnonym Budenicenses derives from the Celtic term *budīnā, meaning 'troop, host', probably 'troop guarding the frontier' (cf. Old Irish buiden, Middle Welsh byddin 'troop, army'; Late Latin bodǐna 'boundary marker' > French borne, a loanword from Gaulish).
The town of Bezouce (Gard), attested as Biducia in 1146 AD, is named after the Gallic tribe.
On the basis of their association with Mars Budenicus, the Budenicenses have been identified as community neighbouring Collias, similar to the Coriobedenses.
This identification is consistent with a localisation at or near Bezouce (Biducia), located near Collias, whose name is linguistically related to that of the Budenicenses.
They appear on an inscription dedicated to Jupiter alongside the Coriobedenses.
While the Budenicenses honoured Jupiter collectively with the Coriobedenses, they also had a distinct protective deity of their own, identified as Mars Budenicus. The latter is probably a Celtic equivalent of Mars Militaris.