Ambibarii

The Ambibarii were an ancient Gallic tribe living in Armorica during the Iron Age.

Name

They are attested as Ambibarii by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC).[1][2]

Most linguists analyse the name Ambibarii as based on the Gaulish stem bar(i)o ('anger, fury, passion').[3][4][5] Xavier Delamarre proposes to translate the name as 'the Furious' or 'the Passionate'.[3]

Venceslas Kruta has suggested to identify them to the Ambiliati,[2] although Julie Rémy notes there is no real evidence to support this proposal, apart from the fact that in both cases the names are associated with Armorican peoples.[6]

Geography

The Ambibarii have been located in the Manche department.[7]

History

During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), the Ambibarii are mentioned among the seven Armorican peoples bordering the Ocean who together supplied a contingent of twenty thousand men to the Gallic coalition in 52 BC.[2]

References

  1. ^ Caesar, VII 75
  2. ^ a b c Kruta 2000, p. 408.
  3. ^ a b Delamarre 2003, pp. 67–68.
  4. ^ Lacroix 2003, p. 177.
  5. ^ Matasović 2009, p. 56.
  6. ^ Rémy 2021, p. 32.
  7. ^ Alain Deyber (2008). En Gaule La Tène finale : stratégies, tactiques et techniques celtiques de guerre (De La Tène D1 à la romanisation – IIe/Ier s. av. J.-C.) (PhD thesis). Université Paris IV – Sorbonne.

Primary sources

  • Caesar (1917). The Gallic War. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Edwards, H. J. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-99080-7. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Secondary sources

  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise. Errance. ISBN 978-2-87772-369-5.
  • Kruta, Venceslas (2000). Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaire : des origines à la romanisation et au christianisme. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-05690-6.
  • Lacroix, Jacques (2003). Les noms d'origine gauloise : La Gaule des combats. Vol. 1. Errance. ISBN 978-2-87772-479-1.
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. ISBN 9789004173361.
  • 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.
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