Anatilii

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The Anatilii were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpilles region during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Anatiliorum by Pliny (1st c. AD). [1] [2]

Their name may be related to Gaulish anatia, meaning 'souls'. [3]

Geography

Pliny mentions a regio Anatiliorum situated between the Campi lapidei (the Crau) and the territories of Dexivates (between the Durance and Luberon) and Cavari (around present-day Avignon and Cavaillon). [4] Their territory was located north of Libicii and Avatici, east of the Volcae Arecomici. [5] According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation. [6]

An oppidum with Latin Rights given by Pliny as Anatilia has been linked to the site of Vernègues, near Salon-de-Provence. [7] [8]

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References

  1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:34, 3:36.
  2. Falileyev 2010, s.v. Anatilii.
  3. Delamarre 2003, p. 44.
  4. Barruol 1969, p. 203.
  5. Talbert 2000, Map 15: Arelate-Massalia.
  6. Barruol 1969, pp. 187–188.
  7. Haeussler, Ralph (2010). "Au-delà de la religion poliade : cité et religion en Gaule Narbonnaise". Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise. 43 (1): 67–84. doi:10.3406/ran.2010.1799.
  8. Chapon, Philippe; Agusta-Boularot, Sandrine (2016). "Apport des découvertes récentes sur le site de Château-Bas (Vernègues, Bouches-du-Rhône)". Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise. 49 (1): 203–221. doi:10.3406/ran.2016.1934.

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