Caletes
The Caletes or Caleti (
Name
They are mentioned as Caletes (var. Caletos, Cadetes) by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[1] as Káletoi (Κάλετοι) and Kalétous (Καλέτους) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD),[2] as Galetos (var. Galletos) by Pliny (1st c. AD),[3] as Kalē̃tai (Καλη̃ται) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),[4] and as Caleti by Orosius (early 5th c. AD).[5][6]
The
The Pays de Caux, attested in 843 as Pago Calcis (Kaleto in 1206), is named after the Gallic tribe.[8][9]
Geography
The territory of the Calates closely corresponded to the
They occupied a section of the coast, between the Sequana and the Phrudis rivers. Harfleur (Caracotinum) was their principal port.[citation needed]
Culture
Whether the Catales should be regarded as Gallic or Belgic is debatable.[9] Caesar appears to attribute them to Belgica, their coins were of Belgic type, and they joined the Belgic opposition to Rome 57 BC. But, elsewhere, Caesar lists them along Armorican peoples, and they were not, unless briefly, part of the province of Gallia Belgica under the Roman Empire.[9]
References
- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico. 2:4, 7:75, 8:7.
- ^ Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:1:14; 4:3:5.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:106.
- ^ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:8:4.
- ^ Orosius. Historiae Adversus Paganos, 6:7.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Caletes.
- ^ Lambert 1994, p. 34; Delamarre 2003, p. 98; Busse 2006, p. 199; Matasović 2009, p. 185
- ^ a b Nègre 1990, p. 153.
- ^ a b c d Wightman 1985, p. 27.
Bibliography
- Busse, Peter E. (2006). "Belgae". In ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0.
- 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 978-2-87772-089-2.
- ISBN 9789004173361.
- ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
- ISBN 978-0-520-05297-0.
