Acitavones

The Acitavones were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Acitavones (var. agitabo-) by Pliny (1st c. AD),^[1] and as Acitavones on the Tropaeum Alpium.^[2]^[3]

The etymology of the name Acitauones is unclear. The first element, acito-, could mean 'field' (cf. Old Irish ached, achad),^[4] or else be a variant of agido- ('face, appearance').^[5]

Geography

According to historian Guy Barruol, they may have dwelled in the Aosta Valley, near the Little St Bernard Pass.^[6] Their territory was located north of the Medulli and Segusini, south of the Veragri, west of the Salassi, and east of the Ceutrones.^[7]

History

They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the Tropaeum Alpium.^[8]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
^ CIL 5:7817.
^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Acitavones.
^ Delamarre 2003, p. 31.
^ Evans 1967, p. 310.
^ Barruol 1969, p. 179.
^ Talbert 2000, Map 17: Lugdunum.
^ Barruol 1969, p. 317.

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.
Evans, D. Ellis (1967). Gaulish Personal Names: A Study of Some Continental Celtic Formations. Clarendon Press. OCLC 468437906.
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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[Pliny22-1] Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.

[2] CIL 5:7817.

[Falileyev-3] Falileyev 2010, s.v. Acitavones.

[FOOTNOTEDelamarre200331-4] Delamarre 2003, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEEvans1967310-5] Evans 1967, p. 310.

[FOOTNOTEBarruol1969179-6] Barruol 1969, p. 179.

[7] Talbert 2000, Map 17: Lugdunum.

[FOOTNOTEBarruol1969317-8] Barruol 1969, p. 317.

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