birri

Updated: July 10, 2025

The country was almost exclusively agricultural, but it is interesting to note, in view of later developments, that, even at this remote period, the Menapii, who dwelt in Flanders, had acquired a reputation for cattle breeding and manufactured woollen mantles which, under the name of "birri," were exported beyond the Alps.

Emile Cammaerts - Belgium: From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day