Nantuates
The Nantuates or Nantuatae (
Along with the Veragri, Seduni and Uberi, they were part of the Vallenses, a group of tribes living between Lake Geneva and the Pennine Alps.[1]
Name
They are mentioned as Nantuates (var. nantuatis, antuatis), Nantuatibus and Nantuatium by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[2] Nantuates by Pliny (1st c. AD),[3] Nantoua͂tai (Ναντουᾶται) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD),[4] and as Nantuani on the Tabula Peutingeriana (5th c. AD).[5][6]
The
The modern town of Nantua is named after the tribe.[10]
Geography
The Nantuates dwelled in the upper Rhône valley, between Lake Geneva and Saint-Maurice, near the Great St Bernard Pass trade route, where they organized trade between Lake Geneva and the Italian Peninsula.[10][8] Their territory was located northeast of the Allobroges, north of the Veragri, east of the Seduni, and south of the Helvetii.[11]
After the Roman conquered the region in 16–15 BC, their territory was initially administered in common with the province of
Their pre-Roman chief town, known as Tarnaiae (modern
History
They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the Tropaeum Alpium.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c Graßl 2006.
- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 3:1, 3:6, 4:10.
- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
- ^ Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:6:6.
- ^ Tabula Peutingeriana, 2:3.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Nantuates.
- ^ Kruta 2000, p. 71.
- ^ a b c Wiblé 2007.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, pp. 231–232.
- ^ a b Lafond 2006.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 18: Augustonemetum-Vindonissa.
- ^ Wiblé 2012.
Primary sources
- ISBN 978-0-674-99080-7.
- ISBN 978-0674993648.
- ISBN 978-0674990562.
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.
- Graßl, Herbert (2006). "Vallenses". Brill's New Pauly. .
- ISBN 2-221-05690-6.
- Lafond, Yves (2006). "Nantuatae". Brill's New Pauly. .
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
- Wiblé, François (2007). "Nantuates". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- Wiblé, François (2012). "Tarnaiae". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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