Arecomici
The Arecomici or Volcae Arecomici were a
Name
The meaning of the
Geography
Their chief town Nemausus was inhabited since the Bronze Age; its original pre-Celtic name was likely forgotten after the takeover of the settlement by the Celtic Volcae.[3]
Another settlement was known as Vindomagus ('white market').[3]
History
The Arecomici were probably first recognized or defined as a political entity by Rome around 75 BC.[4] According to anthropologist Michael Dietler, the Roman colonization of the region, which led to the organization of Nemausus as a colonia Latina in the late 1st century AD, "resulted in the ethnogenesis of the Volcae Arecomici out of a formerly fluid coalition of different polities and ethnic groups".[5]
They were indeed part of a political confederation encompassing multiple smaller tribes. By the early first century AD, the Volcae Arecomici were the dominant force of the confederation, ruling over twenty-four subject towns (oppida ignobilia) from their capital Nemausus.[6]
Economy
The Roman conquest was soon followed up by the first emissions of coins in Nemausus. Coins with the legend 'Volcae Arecomici' (AR/VOLC or VOLC/AREC) are dated to 70 BC.[7]
References
- ^ de Hoz 2005, p. 178.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 327.
- ^ a b de Hoz 2005, p. 179.
- ^ Dietler 2015, p. 359.
- ^ Dietler 2015, p. 90.
- ^ Dietler 2015, pp. 88–89.
- ^ Dietler 2015, p. 91.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-8478825721.
- ISBN 9782877723695.
- Dietler, Michael (2015). Archaeologies of Colonialism: Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-28757-0.
Further reading
- Dupraz, Emmanuel. "Commémorations cultuelles gallo-grecques chez les Volques Arécomiques". In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 44, 2018. pp. 35-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/ecelt.2018.2180; www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2018_num_44_1_2180
External links
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