Taurisci

Map showing the barbarian peoples of Pannonia prior to the Roman conquest. The Taurisci are on the left

The Taurisci were a federation of Celtic tribes who dwelt in today's Carinthia and northern Slovenia (Carniola) before the coming of the Romans (c. 200 BC).[1] According to Pliny the Elder, they are the same as the people known as the Norici.[2][3]

  1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Krain" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia.
  3. ^ James Cowles Prichard (1841). Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind. Houlston & Stoneman. p. 92.

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