CENOMANI (Ken-b-mah'ne), a branch of the Aulerci in Gallia Celtica, whose territory corresponded generally to Maine (department of Sarthe). Their chief town was Vindinum, after wards Civitas Cenomanorum (whence Le Mans). They assisted Vercingetorix in the great rising (52 B.C.) with a force of 5,000 men. Under Augustus they formed a civitas stipendiaria (tributary community) of Gallia Lugdunensis. About 400 B.e., under the leadership of Elitovius (Livy v. 35), a large number of the Cenomani crossed into Italy, drove the Etruscans southwards, and occupied their territory. The limits of their territory are not clearly defined, but were probably the Adige on the east, the Addua on the west and the Padus (Po) on the south. Their chief towns were Brixia (Brescia) and Verona. They assisted the Romans in the Gallic war (225 B.c. ), when the Boii and Insubres took up arms against Rome, and during the war against Hannibal. They joined in the revolt of the Gauls under Hamilcar (200), but after they had been defeated by the consul Gaius Cornelius (197) they finally submitted. In 49 B.C., with the rest of Gallia Transpadana, they acquired the rights of citizenship.