Diablintes
The Diablintes or Aulerci Diablites (also Diablintres or Diablindes) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the north of the modern
Name
They are mentioned as Diablintes (var. Diablintres, Diablindes) by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[2] Diablinti by Pliny (1st c. AD),[3] Aúlírkioi hoi Diablítai or Diaultai (Αύλίρκιοι οἱ Διαβλίται/Διαυλται) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),[4] and as Diablentas by Orosius (early 5th c. AD).[5][6]
The meaning of the name is unclear. Pierre-Yves Lambert has proposed a connection with the Proto-Celtic root *dwēblo- ('double'; cf. Old Irish díabul), attached to an -e-nt- participial suffix, or perhaps to *anto-/*ento- ('face'; cf. Old Irish étan; also Bret. Daou-dal 'two-faced').[7]
The city of Jublains, attested ca. 400 as civitas Diablintum ('civitas of the Diablintes', Jublent ca. 1100) is named after the Gallic tribe.[8]
Geography
Their position can be calculated from Pliny's enumeration,
A wooden tablet found in London records the sale of one Fortunata, a Diablintian slave girl.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Kruta 2000, p. 440.
- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 3:9:10.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:107.
- ^ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:8:7.
- ^ Orosius. Historiae Adversus Paganos, 6:8.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Noiodounon Diablintum.
- ^ Lambert 2005, s.v. Αὐλίρκιοι and οἱ Διαβλίνται.
- ^ Nègre 1990, p. 154.
- ^ The Real Lives of Roman Britain Guy De la Bédoyère, Yale University Press, 2015, page 54.
Bibliography
- 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 2-221-05690-6.
- ISBN 978-8478825721.
- ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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