Avantici
The Avantici (
Name
They are only mentioned once as Avanticos (var. acanticos, aganticos) by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1][2]
The Gaulish ethnonym Avantici is a latinized form of the Gaulish *Auanticoi (sing. Auanticos), deriving from the stem auant- ('source') attached to the adjectival suffix -ico-.[3][4] The stem does not appear to be Celtic. As the hydronymic lexicon is particularly resistant to name changes, the stem auant- is probably a term of pre-Celtic Indo-European origin (cf. Latv. avuots 'source', Skr. avatá- 'well, cistern'), which eventually came to be adopted by the Celts; the latter may have made use of it in proper names only.[5]
Geography
Territory
The territory of the Avantici roughly corresponded to the later
Settlements
The pre-Roman chief town of the Avantici was probably the oppidum of the hill of Saint-Mens, located 1km southeast of Vapincum.[11]
During the Roman period, their capital was known as Vapincum (modern
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:37.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Avantici.
- ^ de Hoz 2005, p. 178.
- ^ Delamarre 2019, p. 93.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 61; Delamarre 2019, p. 93.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 289.
- ^ Rivet 1988, pp. 251–252.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 17: Lugdunum.
- ^ Barruol 1969, pp. 278–284.
- ^ Rivet 1988, pp. 16, 286.
- ^ a b Rivet 1988, p. 251.
- ^ a b Barruol 1969, p. 287.
- ^ Winkle 2006.
Primary sources
- ISBN 978-0674993648.
Bibliography
- OCLC 3279201.
- ISBN 978-8478825721.
- ISBN 9782877723695.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2019). Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois. Ab-/Iχs(o)-. Vol. 1. Les Cents Chemins. ISBN 978-1-7980-5040-8.
- 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 978-0-7134-5860-2.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
- Winkle, Christian (2006). "Vapincum". Brill's New Pauly. .
Further reading
- Ganet, I. (1995). Carte archéologique de la Gaule: 05. Hautes-Alpes. Les Editions de la MSH. ISBN 978-2-87754-036-0.
