Tectosages
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The Tectosages or Tectosagii (
Trocmii.[1]
Name
The
Gaulish *Textosagioi (sing. Textosagios), where the voiceless velar fricative ⟨x⟩, unknown in Latin, was replaced with the sound ⟨k⟩.[2] It can be translated as 'those who seek a dwelling', or 'those who seek possessions', from the Celtic stem *texto- ('goods, property, possessions'; cf. Old Irish techt 'possession') attached to sagi- ('who is seeking'). The name can be compared with the Old Irish legal term techtaigidir, meaning 'to seek to establish (or reestablish) legal claim to land'.[2][3]
History
According to
Galatians.[citation needed
]
The Tectosages occupied the centre of the Galatian territory, round their capital Ancyra, with the Tolistobogii in the west and the Trocmii to the east.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ Livy, xxxviii. 16
- ^ a b Lambert 1994, p. 35.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, pp. 265, 294.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-2-87772-369-5.
- ISBN 978-2-87772-089-2.
Further reading
- King, John (2000). Kingdoms of the Celts: A History and a Guide. Blandford. ISBN 978-0-7137-2693-0.
- Coşkun, Altay (2013). "Belonging and Isolation in Central Anatolia: The Galatians in the Graeco-Roman World". In Ager, Sheila L.; Faber, Riemer A. (eds.). Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World. Vol. 51. University of Toronto Press. pp. 73–95. JSTOR 10.3138/9781442699441.11.
- Maier, Bernhard; Windle, Kevin (2003). "The Celts in Asia Minor". The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 90–96. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1r2bc7.12.
External links
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