Nemeturii

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The Nemeturii (Gaulish *Nemeturioi, 'the inhabitants of nemetons') or Nemeturi were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Nemeturicae by Columella (1st c. AD), [1] and as Nemoturica and Nematuri (var.nemet-) by Pliny (1st c. AD). [2] [3]

The ethnic name Nemeturii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Nemeturioi. It derives from the stem nemeto -, meaning 'sacred place, sanctuary'. [3] Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel has proposed to interpret the name as Nemet-urii ('the inhabitants of sacred places'). [4] Alternatively, it may be built on a suffix -turii found in the ethnonyms Viturii (a people of the Genoa region) and Eguiturii (upper Verdon valley). [5]

Geography

The Nemeturii dwelled in the upper Verdon or Var valley. [6] Their territory was located east of the Eguiturii, west of the Ecdinii, north of the Vergunni and Nerusii, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges. [7]

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. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Columella. De Re Rustica, 12:22.
  2. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:137, 12:24:1.
  3. 1 2 Falileyev 2010, s.v. Nemeturii.
  4. ↑ de Bernardo Stempel 2006, p. 46.
  5. ↑ Barruol 1969, pp. 282, 381.
  6. ↑ Barruol 1969, p. 382.
  7. ↑ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, Map 17: Lugdunum.
  8. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674993648.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Bibliography

  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC   3279201.
  • 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. ISSN   1578-5386.
  • Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. ISBN   978-0955718236.
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0691031699.
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