Alauni
The Alauni (
Roman period
.
Name
They are mentioned as Alaunoí (Ἀλαυνοί) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),[1] and as Alaunorum in the Notitia Dignitatum (5th c. AD).[2][3]
The ethnic name Alauni is a latinized form of the
Proto-Celtic stem *alamo- ('herd'; cf. OIr. alam, Welsh alaf), built on a root *alǝ- ('to wander').[4][5] The name of the Gallic deity Alaunos is related.[4]
According to scholar Lionel S. Joseph, the semantic opposition between the Alauni and Anauni recalls the later opposition between the wandering fían and the settled túath in early Ireland.[6]
Geography
The Alauni lived near Chiemsee, a lake in present-day
Baiovarii.[7]
References
- ^ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:13:2.
- ^ Notitia Dignitatum, oc 42:68.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Alaunoi.
- ^ a b Delamarre 2003, p. 37.
- ^ de Bernardo Stempel 2015, p. 88.
- S2CID 249187452.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 19: Raetia.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-3-7329-0143-2.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
