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The Namnetes were a Celtic people at the mouth of the Loire, in today's border region of Brittany. Their capital became the later Nantes.
Like their neighbours, the mighty Veneti, the Namnetes were tied to the sea and the Atlantic trade. In Caesar's campaign against the coastal peoples in 56 BC they stood on the side of the rebel Celts.
Under Rome their territory became part of Gaul; their capital Condevincum grew into the civitas of the Namnetes – from which today's Nantes emerged. So the Celtic people lives on in the name of a major city.
"The Veneti called the Osismi, Lexovii, Namnetes … to their aid."after Caesar, The Gallic War III (public domain, own translation)
The Namnetes belong to the Celtic Atlantic world. Continue with the Veneti and Pictones.
The Veneti · The Pictones · The Santones · The Morini · The Celtic Warriors.
