The Triulatti (Gaulish: *Triulat(t)oi, 'the three rulers') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the French Alps during the Iron Age.
Name
editThey are mentioned as Triullati by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1]
The ethnic name Triulatti is a latinized form of Gaulish *Triulat(t)oi, meaning 'the three rulers'. It stems from the prefix tri- ('three') attached to ulatos ('prince').[2]
Geography
editThe Triulatti dwelled in the southern part of the French Alps. Their exact location remains uncertain. According to Guy Barruol, they may have been part of the civitas of the Sentii.[3]
History
editThey 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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 323.
- ^ Barruol 1969, pp. 382–383.
Primary sources
edit- Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674993648.
Bibliography
edit- 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.