Anatilii
The Anatilii were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpilles region during the Iron Age.
Name
[edit]They are mentioned as Anatiliorum by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1][2]
Their name may be related to Gaulish anatia, meaning 'souls'.[3]
Geography
[edit]Pliny mentions a regio Anatiliorum situated between the Campi lapidei (the Crau) and the territories of Dexivates (between the Durance and Luberon) and Cavari (around present-day Avignon and Cavaillon).[4] Their territory was located north of Libicii and Avatici, east of the Volcae Arecomici.[5] According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation.[6]
An oppidum with Latin Rights given by Pliny as Anatilia has been linked to the site of Vernègues, near Salon-de-Provence.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:34, 3:36.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Anatilii.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 44.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 203.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 15: Arelate-Massalia.
- ^ Barruol 1969, pp. 187–188.
- ^ Haeussler, Ralph (2010). "Au-delà de la religion poliade : cité et religion en Gaule Narbonnaise". Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise. 43 (1): 67–84. doi:10.3406/ran.2010.1799.
- ^ Chapon, Philippe; Agusta-Boularot, Sandrine (2016). "Apport des découvertes récentes sur le site de Château-Bas (Vernègues, Bouches-du-Rhône)". Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise. 49 (1): 203–221. doi:10.3406/ran.2016.1934.
Bibliography
[edit]- Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. 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.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
