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Vacomagi
The Vacomagi were a people of ancient Scotland, known from a single mention of them by the geographer Claudius Ptolemy. Their principal places are known from Ptolemy's map c.150 of Albion island of Britannia – from the First Map of Europe.
The Vacomagi were a confederacy of smaller tribes, each one a separate polity with its own hierarchy of leaders. According to the data collected by Ptolemy, the Vacomagi were spread over a wide area between the Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth; to the east of the Cairngorms and north of the isthmus between the Firth of Clyde and Firth of Forth.
..."Warriors from Northern Briton
fought naked and used narrow shields,
a spear and a sword...
The term Vacomagi was used by the Romans to distinguish between those Caledonians whose territory was in the lower plains to the east of the Grampian Mountains, from the Caledonii whose territory was in the Highland glens further west. Ptolemy's map is the only classical source to mention the Vacomagi by name; other classical sources generally used a generic term, for example Britons or Caledonians.
Terminology — from 2nd century AD to 4th century AD:
The name is sometimes seen as a derisory insult to the enemy of the Roman army:[improper synthesis?]
Other etymologies were proposed, including Isaac (2005) etymology *wako-mago, 'Those inhabiting curved fields', Macbain (1909) referred to the "vaco" element as "obscure", mentioning its possible cognate with Welsh "gwag" (empty), possibly of Latin origin.
The Picts are reported to have believed in the magi – people with supernatural powers; for example the magus Broichan, who was alleged to have the ability to influence the weather.
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Vacomagi
The Vacomagi were a people of ancient Scotland, known from a single mention of them by the geographer Claudius Ptolemy. Their principal places are known from Ptolemy's map c.150 of Albion island of Britannia – from the First Map of Europe.
The Vacomagi were a confederacy of smaller tribes, each one a separate polity with its own hierarchy of leaders. According to the data collected by Ptolemy, the Vacomagi were spread over a wide area between the Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth; to the east of the Cairngorms and north of the isthmus between the Firth of Clyde and Firth of Forth.
..."Warriors from Northern Briton
fought naked and used narrow shields,
a spear and a sword...
The term Vacomagi was used by the Romans to distinguish between those Caledonians whose territory was in the lower plains to the east of the Grampian Mountains, from the Caledonii whose territory was in the Highland glens further west. Ptolemy's map is the only classical source to mention the Vacomagi by name; other classical sources generally used a generic term, for example Britons or Caledonians.
Terminology — from 2nd century AD to 4th century AD:
The name is sometimes seen as a derisory insult to the enemy of the Roman army:[improper synthesis?]
Other etymologies were proposed, including Isaac (2005) etymology *wako-mago, 'Those inhabiting curved fields', Macbain (1909) referred to the "vaco" element as "obscure", mentioning its possible cognate with Welsh "gwag" (empty), possibly of Latin origin.
The Picts are reported to have believed in the magi – people with supernatural powers; for example the magus Broichan, who was alleged to have the ability to influence the weather.