The Aneuniates (Gaulish: *Aneuniatis) were a small Gallic tribe dwelling near Lake Como, around present-day Samolaco, during the Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned Aneuniates on an inscription dated to the 2nd century AD and found in Gera Lario.[1][2]
The ethnonym Aneuniates can be derived from the Gaulish aneun- ('inspired') attached to the suffix -ates ('belonging to'), although the etymology of the first element remains unclear.[3][2] Xavier Delamarre has proposed to posit a deity named *Aneunos ('The Inspired'), with Aneuniates as 'those of *Aneunos'.[4]
Geography
The Aneuniates dwelled on the northern shores of Lake Como, around the settlement of Summus Lacus (modern Samolaco). Their territory was located north of the Ausuciates and Orobii, and south of the Bergalei.[5]
References
- ^ AE 1909:204.
- ^ a b Falileyev 2010, s.v. Aneuniates.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 49.
- ^ Delamarre 2019, p. 64.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 19: Raetia.
Bibliography
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2019). Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois. Ab-/Iχs(o)-. Vol. 1. Les Cents Chemins. ISBN 978-1-7980-5040-8.
- 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.
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