Aneuniates
Appearance
TheAneuniates(Gaulish:*Aneuniatis) were a smallGallictribe dwelling nearLake Como,around present-daySamolaco,during theRoman period.
Name
[edit]They are mentionedAneuniateson an inscription dated to the 2nd century AD and found inGera Lario.[1][2]
TheethnonymAneuniatescan be derived from the Gaulishaneun-('inspired') attached to the suffix-ates('belonging to'), although the etymology of the first element remains unclear.[3][2]Xavier Delamarrehas proposed to posit a deity named *Aneunos('The Inspired'), withAneuniatesas 'those of *Aneunos'.[4]
Geography
[edit]The Aneuniates dwelled on the northern shores ofLake Como,around the settlement of Summus Lacus (modernSamolaco). Their territory was located north of theAusuciatesandOrobii,and south of theBergalei.[5]
References
[edit]- ^AE1909:204.
- ^abFalileyev 2010,s.v.Aneuniates.
- ^Delamarre 2003,p. 49.
- ^Delamarre 2019,p. 64.
- ^Talbert 2000,Map 19: Raetia.
Bibliography
[edit]- Delamarre, Xavier(2003).Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental.Errance.ISBN9782877723695.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2019).Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois. Ab-/Iχs(o)-.Vol. 1. Les Cents Chemins.ISBN978-1-7980-5040-8.
- Falileyev, Alexander (2010).Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.CMCS.ISBN978-0955718236.
- Talbert, Richard J. A.(2000).Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.Princeton University Press.ISBN978-0691031699.