Anatilii

Anatilii

Anatilii

Gallic tribe

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

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]

References

  1. [1]
    Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:34, 3:36.
  2. [2]
    Falileyev 2010, s.v. Anatilii.
  3. [3]
    Delamarre 2003, p. 44.
  4. [4]
    Barruol 1969, p. 203.
  5. [5]
    Talbert 2000, Map 15: Arelate-Massalia.
  6. [6]
    Barruol 1969, pp. 187–188.
  7. [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. [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.

Bibliography

  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
  • 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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