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. ^ a b 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.

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