Silvius Brabo is the legendary Roman soldier which killed the Géant Druon Antigone with Antwerp.

Druon Antigone required a right-of-way on the the Scheldt and sliced the hand of the bad debtors. Brabo killed the giant, sliced the hand to him and threw it in the Fleuve. According to this explanation the name " Antwerpen" (Dutch of Antwerp) would come from " hand werpen" (to throw the hand).

Admittedly, the history of Brabo is only a Légende, but it probably hiding place a historical reality: archeologists discovered close to the Steen the traces of an establishment going back from the 1st century and the remainders to a Roman site. It would seem that Antwerp was inhabited much earlier than allowed currently.

A Statue of Silvius Brabo is located on the Grand-Place of Antwerp. Very close from there, a older representation throne above the well of Quentin Matsys, the Putkevie , on Handschoenmarkt (Gone with the Gloves).

The legend is told in the album of Bob and Bobette the seven pawns .

See too

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External bond

• Putkevie description