The Atrebates (singular Atrebas, meaning "settlers") were a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain before the Roman conquests. The Atrebates in Gaul The Gaulish Atrebates lived in or around modern Artois in northern France. Their capital, Nemetocenna, is now the city of Arras. In 57 BC they were part of a Belgic military alliance in response to Julius Caesar's conquests elsewhere in Gaul, contributing 15,000 men. Caesar took this build-up as a threat and marched against it, but the Belgae had the adva… (More on Atrebates)