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The Carnutes (Latin: Carnuti) were a strong Celtic people at the heart of independent Gaul. They inhabited an exceptionally large area between the Sequana (Seine) and the Liger (Loire). Their lands today correspond to the episcopal region of Chartres, Orléans and Blois; or the largest area of the departments of Eure-et-Loir, Loiret and Loir-et-Cher. The area of the Carnutes was known to the Romans as the political and religious center of the Gallic nations. The main fortified cities were Cenabum (Orléans) and Autricum (Chartres). The great annual gathering of druids, mentioned by Julius Caesar, must have taken place in one of these cities. Livius wrote that there was legend that the Carnutes had been one of the tribes that had invaded Italy along with Bellovesus during the reign of Tarquinius Priscus.
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