Anagnutes

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The Anagnutes were an ancient Gallic tribe living in Gallia Aquitania during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

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Name

They are mentioned as Anagnutes by Pliny (1st c. AD), [1] and as Agnōtēs (Ἀγνῶτες) by Artemidorus (1st c. BC), cited by Hermolaus in his summary of the Ethnica of Stephanus of Byzantium. [2] [3]

According Xavier Delamarre, Anagnutes may be a Celtic compound reconstructed as *ana-gnūt-es, possibly combining the stem *ana- (an obscure element that may mean 'marsh'), with *-gnut- ('one who knows'). On this basis, he proposes the interpretation 'those who know the marshes'. [4]

Geography

In the 1st century AD, they are cited by Pliny as living in Gallia Aquitania, along with the Ambilatri and Pictones. [1] [3]

Their exact location remains uncertain. One hypothesis places them in the region of Aunis (modern Charente-Maritime). [5] [3]

Like the Ambilatri, they may have been a pagus of the Pictones. [6] Their incorporation into Picton territory may have occurred as early as the Augustan period, possibly as a reward for Picton support in 56 BC during the Gallic Wars. [7]

References

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0674993648.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Secondary sources

  • Boudet, Richard (1986). "Aspects du peuplement autour de l'estuaire girondin au Ier siècle avant notre ère d'après les sources littéraires et la documentation archéologique". Revue Aquitania. ISSN   0758-9670.
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2019). Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois. Ab-/Iχs(o)-. Vol. 1. Les Cents Chemins. ISBN   978-1-7980-5040-8.
  • Duval, Alain (2009). "Les peuples du Centre-Ouest de la Gaule : Unité et diversité à la fin de l'Âge du Fer". AFEAF. 31: 7–16. ISSN   2728-7718.
  • Mouchard, Jimmy; Guitton, David; Monteil, Martial; Favreau, Xavier; Ménez, Nicolas; Yacger, Matthieu (2020). "Le port romain du quartier de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) : origine et évolution". Gallia. Archéologie des Gaules. 77 (1): 67–97. doi:10.4000/gallia.5773. ISSN   0016-4119.
  • Rémy, Julie (2021). Territoires et réseaux en Bretagne et Pays de la Loire à la fin de l’âge de Fer (IIIe-Ier siècles a.C.). Ausonius Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.ausonius.19828. ISBN   978-2-35613-593-3.
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