Nemaloni

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The Nemaloni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle valley of Durance river during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Nemaloni by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription. [1] [2]

Geography

The Nemaloni lived in the middle valley of Durance river, in the southern part of the French Alps. [3]

History

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 the Tropaeum Alpium. [2]

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References

  1. CIL 05:7817.
  2. 1 2 Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
  3. Barruol 1969, p. 289.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0674993648.

Bibliography

  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC   3279201.