The Quariates or Quadiates were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of Queyras, in the Alps, during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Quariates (var. quadr-) by Pliny (1st c. AD),[1] and as Quadiatium and Quariat(ium?) on inscriptions.[2][3]

The etymology of the name is obscure. Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h and Xavier Delamarre proposed to derive it from Celtic *kwario- ('cauldron'), with sporadic preservation of the initial kw , attached to the suffix -ati- ('belonging to').[4] Alexander Falileyev notes that the q-Celtic reflex remains problematic in this scenario.[3]

The region of Queyras, whose castle is attested as Quadratum in the 12th century, may be named after the Gallic tribe.[5]

Geography

The Quariates dwelled in the valley of Queyras, in the Alps.[6] Their territory was located south of the Brigianii, east of the Segovii, and north of the Caturiges and Veneni.[7]

History

They appear on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:35.
  2. ↑ CIL CIL 5:7321, 12:80.
  3. 1 2 Falileyev 2010, s.v. Quariates.
  4. ↑ Delamarre 2003, p. 247.
  5. ↑ Nègre 1990, p. 1202.
  6. ↑ Barruol 1969, pp. 344–346.
  7. ↑ Talbert 2000, Map 17: Lugdunum.
  8. ↑ Barruol 1969, p. 35.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674993648.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
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