Reii
The Reii were a
Name
The ethnonym Reii has been interpreted as meaning 'the free ones', stemming from an earlier *Reiī (< *Riioi), itself formed with the Celtic stem *riio- ('free'). According to Xavier Delamarre, the Reii could have been a group of freedmen or, more probably, an autonomous tribe among a group of subjugated peoples.[1]
The city of Riez, attested as Alebaece Reiorum Apollinarium in the 1st c. AD (concilium Regense in 439, civitati Regensi in 990–7, Rietz in 1402) is named after the tribe.[2]
Geography
Territory
The Reii dwelled in the valleys of the
Settlements
Their capital was Alebaece (modern
Another important settlement was located at Gréoux-les-Bains, a Roman spa town where was found a dedication to the Nymphae Griselicae made by Annia Fundania Faustina.[10]
References
- ^ Delamarre 2015, p. 131.
- ^ Nègre 1990, p. 1203.
- ^ a b c d e Rivet 1988, pp. 243–244.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 220.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 188.
- ^ Rivet 1988, p. 16.
- ^ Lafond & Olshausen 2006.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Reii and Augusta Apollinaris Reiorum.
- ^ Rivet 1988, p. 245.
Bibliography
- OCLC 3279201.
- .
- 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; Olshausen, Eckart (2006). "Reii". Brill's New Pauly. .
- ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
- ISBN 978-0-7134-5860-2.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
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