Gallitae
TheGallitaewere aGallictribe dwelling in the upper valley of theBléoneriver (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) during theIron Age.
Name
[edit]They are mentioned asGallitae(var.-tre) byPliny(1st c. AD) and on an inscription.[1][2]
The nameGallitaeappears to be based on the Celtic rootgal(l)-,meaning 'power, ability', which can also be found in the ethnic namesGalli(Gauls) andGalátai(Galatians).[3][2]
Geography
[edit]The Gallitae lived in the upper valley of theBléoneriver, in a land later calledager Galadiusin the early Middle Ages (813–814 AD).[4]Their territory was located north of theBodiontici,east of theSogiontiiandSebaginni,west of theEguiturii,south of theEdenates.[5]
History
[edit]They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on theTropaeum Alpium.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Pliny.Naturalis Historia,3:20.CIL5:7817
- ^abFalileyev 2010,s.v.Gallitae.
- ^Matasović 2009,p. 150.
- ^Barruol 1969,pp. 387–389.
- ^Talbert 2000,Map: 16 Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum; Map 17: Lugdunum.
- ^Pliny.Naturalis Historia,3:20.
Primary sources
[edit]- Pliny(1938).Natural History.Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press.ISBN9780674993648.
Bibliography
[edit]- Barruol, Guy(1969).Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique.E. de Boccard.OCLC3279201.
- 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.
- Matasović, Ranko(2009).Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic.Brill.ISBN9789004173361.
- Talbert, Richard J. A.(2000).Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.Princeton University Press.ISBN978-0691031699.
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