Adunicates

The Adunicates were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper Durance valley during the Roman era.

Name

They are mentioned as Adunicates by Pliny (1st c. AD).^[1]

The etymology of the name is unclear. If Celtic, it may be interpreted as a haplology (loss of syllable) of Gaulish *Andedunicates, based on the intensifying prefix ande-. In this view, it could be compared to the personal names Andedunis and Atedunus ('big fort').^[2]

Geography

The Adunicates lived in the upper Durance valley.^[3] They are mentioned by Pliny as living near the Suetrii and the Quariates, north of the Oxybii and Ligauni.^[4]

On the coast too are Athenopolis of the Massilians, Fréjus, a colony of the eighth legion, called Pacensis and Classica, a river named Argenteus, the district of the Oxubii and Ligauni, beyond whom come the Suebri, Quariates and Adunicates.

— Pliny 1938, Naturalis Historia, 3.35.

References

^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:35.
^ Evans 1967, p. 136.
^ Barruol 1969, p. 390.
^ Rivet 1988, p. 34.

Primary sources

Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674993648. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Bibliography

Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
Evans, D. Ellis (1967). Gaulish Personal Names: A Study of Some Continental Celtic Formations. Clarendon Press. OCLC 468437906.
Rivet, A. L. F. (1988). Gallia Narbonensis: With a Chapter on Alpes Maritimae : Southern France in Roman Times. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-5860-2.

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[1] Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:35.

[FOOTNOTEEvans1967136-2] Evans 1967, p. 136.

[FOOTNOTEBarruol1969390-3] Barruol 1969, p. 390.

[FOOTNOTERivet198834-4] Rivet 1988, p. 34.

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