Nemaloni
Gallic tribe
The Nemaloni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle valley of Durance river during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Nemaloni by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription.[1][2]
Geography
The Nemaloni lived in the middle valley of Durance river, in the southern part of the French Alps.[3]
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.[2]
References
- ^ CIL 05:7817.
- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 289.
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.
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Gauls
- Battle of the Allia (ca. 387 BC)
- Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe
- Galatian War (189 BC)
- First Transalpine War (125–121 BC)
- Gallic Wars (58–50 BC)
- Roman Gaul (50 BC–476 AD)
settlements
- Alesia
- Argentomagus
- Avaricum
- Basel-Münsterhügel
- Bibracte
- Bibrax
- Cenabum
- Cularo
- Ensérune
- Entremont
- Gergovia
- Magetobria
- Noreia
- Tylis
- Vertillum
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