Durocasses
The Durocasses were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Dreux.Name
The meaning of the name Durocasses is unclear. The second element -casses may have meant 'hair, hairstyle', perhaps a particular warrior coiffure, or 'tin, bronze '.
The city of Dreux, attested as Drocas ca. 930 CE, is named after the Gallic tribe.Economy
The production of coins by the Durocasses suggests that they benefited from some economic autonomy. Their wealth probably came from tolls collected on the inland water shipping on the Eure river.
