The Verucini were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the inlands of southeastern Provence during the Iron Age.
Name
The Verucini are solely attested by Pliny as Verucini in the 1st century AD. [1] [2]
The ethnonym Verucini is latinized form of Gaulish Uerucinoi (sg. Uerucinos). It derives from the stem ueru- ('large'), and is related to the personal names Ueru-cloetius, Ueru-clonis, Ueruccius, and Ueruco. [3]
Geography
Pliny describes the territory of the Verucini as situated near the Suelteri ( Saint-Tropez). They appear to have lived between the Argens and Verdon rivers, near modern Draguignan, Salernes, and Aups. [4] A deus Mars Veracinius is attested in the Adon pass ( Les Mujouls). It was probably the protector deity of the Verucini, and perhaps also that of the travellers to this mountainous region. [5]
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:34.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Verucini.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 317.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 212.
- ^ Tournie, Irène (2001). "Religion et acculturation des peuples alpins dans l'Antiquité". Dialogues d'histoire ancienne. 27 (2): 171–188. doi: 10.3406/dha.2001.2519.
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.
