Editing Atrebates (section)

=== Settlements ===
During the [[Roman Empire|Roman period]], their centre was transferred from the hill-fort of [[Étrun]] to Nemetocennae (present-day [[Arras]]), on an important road junction.{{sfn|Drinkwater|2015}} The name ''Nemetocennae'' means in [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] either 'far' or 'born' 'from the sacred wood, the sanctuary', stemming from the root ''[[Nemeton|nemet(o)-]]'' ('sacred wood' >  'sanctuary') attached to the suffix -''cenna'' ('far') or, more likely, to a deformed suffix -''genna'' ('born from').{{sfn|Delamarre|2003|pp=114, 233}} It is later attested as ''Metacon'' by [[Ptolemy]] (ca. 170 AD), and as ''Nemetacum'' (ca. 300 AD) or ''Nemetaco'' (365), with the same root attached to the Gaulish suffix ''-acos''.{{sfn|Delamarre|2003|pp=114, 233}}

Before 54 BC, an offshoot of the Gallic tribe probably settled in Britain.{{sfn|Frere|Millett|2015}} After the [[Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain|Roman invasion of Britain]], three ''[[Civitas|civitates]]'' were created in the late 1st c. BC: one of the Atrebates, with a capital in [[Calleva Atrebatum]] ([[Silchester]]); one of the [[Belgae]] with its capital at [[Venta Belgarum]] ([[Winchester]]); and one of the Reg(i)ni, with a capital at [[Noviomagus Reginorum]] ([[Chichester]]).{{sfn|Frere|Millett|2015}}