DAIRIORIGUM
DAIRIORIGUM (
Δαριόριγον), the capital of the Veneti, one of the Armoric nations of Gallia (
Ptol. 2.8). The Table has the same place on the road from Juliomagus (
Angers) to Gesocribate (
Brest), but under the name Dartoritum. Dariorigum is supposed to be the modern town of
Vannes, in the department of
Morbihan. It seems that Dariorigum according to the fashion of many other Gallic towns, took the name of the people under the Empire, and the name Veneti is the origin of
Vannes. The Bretons still call the place
Wenet or
Guenet. [
G.L]
