arvernia

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"And as no change in the population of Arvernia had taken place between the Roman conquest and the year a.d. 452, these same ancestors held the faith which the Druids of the times of Julius Cæsar professed and taught; and these same rude altars and shrines were the same before which the Druid priests had bowed down and worshipped."
"The Gauls were punished for their insubordination, the nobles of Arvernia, in particular, suffering the blows of offended power."
"Suddently it was learned that Cæsar had reappeared in Gaul, and was now carrying fire and sword into Arvernia."

Etymology tree Gaulishbor. Latin Arvernus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin Arverniabor. English Arvernia Borrowed from Medieval Latin Arvernia, from Arvernus (“Arvern”) + -ia (suffix forming country names). By surface analysis, Arvern + -ia. Doublet of Auvergne.

Arverni Arvernian