Gabali
The Gabali (
Roman period
.
Name
They are mentioned as Gabalos or Gabalis by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[1] as Gabalei͂s (Γαβαλεῖς) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD),[2] as Gabales by Pliny (1st c. AD),[3] and as Tábaloi (Τάβαλοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).[4][5]
The
OBret. gabl), initially designating the 'forked branch of a tree', then more generally a 'fork'. The name is related to the Gallo-Latin *gabalottus ('spear'), which may have given the word javelot in French.[6][7]
The city of Javols, attested ca. 400 AD as civitas Gabalum ('civitas of the Gabali', Javols in 1109), and the Gévaudan region, attested in the 1st c. AD as Gabalicus pagus (Gavuldanum in the 10th c., Gavalda in the 13th c.), are named after the Gallic tribe.[8]
Geography
The Gabali dwelled in the
Their chief town was Anderitum (present-day Javols).[9]
History
They were subject, and allied to the
Alesia.[citation needed
]
Economy
The Gabali were cattle breeder. Many of them were also miners as their region was rich in silver mines.[9]
References
- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 7:7:2, 75:2.
- ^ Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:2:2.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:109.
- ^ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:7:11.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Gabali.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, pp. 172–173.
- ^ Matasović 2009, pp. 147–148.
- ^ Nègre 1990, p. 154.
- ^ a b c Lafond 2006.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Lafond, Yves (2006). "Gabali". Brill's New Pauly. .
- ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
- ISBN 9789004173361.
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