Nemeturii
TheNemeturii(Gaulish*Nemeturioi,'the inhabitants ofnemetons') orNemeturiwere aGallictribe dwelling in theAlpes Maritimaeduring theIron Age.
Name
[edit]They are mentioned asNemeturicaebyColumella(1st c. AD),[1]and asNemoturicaandNematuri(var.nemet-) byPliny(1st c. AD).[2][3]
The ethnic nameNemeturiiis a latinized form ofGaulish*Nemeturioi.It derives from the stemnemeto-, meaning 'sacred place, sanctuary',[3]and can be translated as 'the inhabitants of sacred places'.[4]
Geography
[edit]The Nemeturii dwelled in the upperVerdonorVarvalley.[5]Their territory was located east of theEguiturii,west of theEcdinii,north of theVergunniandNerusii,and south of theSavincatesandCaturiges.[6]
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.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Columella.De Re Rustica,12:22.
- ^Pliny.Naturalis Historia,3:137, 12:24:1.
- ^abFalileyev 2010,s.v.Nemeturii.
- ^de Bernardo Stempel 2006,p. 46.
- ^Barruol 1969,p. 382.
- ^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.
- de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia(2006). "From Ligury to Spain: Unaccented *yo > (y)e in Narbonensic votives ('gaulish' DEKANTEM), Hispanic coins ('iberian' -(sk)en) and some theonyms".Palaeohispanica.6:45–58.ISSN1578-5386.
- 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.
