Anagnutes
The Anagnutes were an ancient Gallic tribe living in Gallia Aquitania during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Name
[edit]They are mentioned as Anagnutes by Pliny (1st c. AD),[1] and as Agnōtēs (Ἀγνῶτες) by Artemidorus (1st c. BC), cited by Hermolaus in his summary of the Ethnica of Stephanus of Byzantium.[2][3]
According Xavier Delamarre, Anagnutes may be a Celtic compound reconstructed as *ana-gnūt-es, possibly combining the stem *ana- (an obscure element that may mean 'marsh'), with *-gnut- ('one who knows'). On this basis, he proposes the interpretation 'those who know the marshes'.[4]
Geography
[edit]In the 1st century AD, they are cited by Pliny as living in Gallia Aquitania, along with the Ambilatri and Pictones.[1][3]
Their exact location remains uncertain. One hypothesis places them in the region of Aunis (modern Charente-Maritime).[5][3]
Like the Ambilatri, they may have been a pagus of the Pictones.[6] Their incorporation into Picton territory may have occurred as early as the Augustan period, possibly as a reward for Picton support in 56 BC during the Gallic Wars.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pliny, IV 33.
- ^ Boudet 1986, p. 18.
- ^ a b c Rémy 2021.
- ^ Delamarre 2019.
- ^ Duval 2009, p. 10.
- ^ Boudet 1986, p. 20.
- ^ Mouchard et al. 2020, p. 69.
Primary sources
[edit]- Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674993648.
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Secondary sources
[edit]- Boudet, Richard (1986). "Aspects du peuplement autour de l'estuaire girondin au Ier siècle avant notre ère d'après les sources littéraires et la documentation archéologique". Revue Aquitania. ISSN 0758-9670.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2019). Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois. Ab-/Iχs(o)-. Vol. 1. Les Cents Chemins. ISBN 978-1-7980-5040-8.
- Duval, Alain (2009). "Les peuples du Centre-Ouest de la Gaule : Unité et diversité à la fin de l'Âge du Fer". AFEAF. 31: 7–16. ISSN 2728-7718.
- Mouchard, Jimmy; Guitton, David; Monteil, Martial; Favreau, Xavier; Ménez, Nicolas; Yacger, Matthieu (2020). "Le port romain du quartier de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) : origine et évolution". Gallia. Archéologie des Gaules. 77 (1): 67–97. doi:10.4000/gallia.5773. ISSN 0016-4119.
- Rémy, Julie (2021). Territoires et réseaux en Bretagne et Pays de la Loire à la fin de l’âge de Fer (IIIe-Ier siècles a.C.). Ausonius Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.ausonius.19828. ISBN 978-2-35613-593-3.
