Garumni
The Garumni or Garunni were a people of Aquitania, named by Caesar among those who submitted to Publius Crassus in 56 BC. Their name is that of the Garonne river.
Name
[edit]Caesar names the people Garumni, with the variant Garunni, in his account of the Aquitanian campaign of 56 BC.[1][2]
The name comes from that of river Garonne (Garumna).[3] Jean-Pierre Bost argues that Garunni may not be a people's name, but a name of convenience for obscure groups living near the Garonne.[4]
The origin of the river-name is debated. Some scholars take it as Celtic, and others as Aquitanian.[3][4]
History
[edit]In 56 BC the legate Publius Crassus overran Aquitania for Caesar. After his victory most of the Aquitanian peoples gave hostages, and Caesar lists the Garumni among them, with the Sibuzates and Cocosates.[2]
References
[edit]Primary sources
[edit]- Caesar (1917). The Gallic War. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Edwards, H. J. Harvard University Press.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bost, Jean-Pierre (2001). "Dax et les Tarbelles". L'Adour maritime de Dax à Bayonne. Bordeaux: Publications de la Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine. ISBN 978-2-85892-285-7.
- Duval, Paul-Marie (1989) [1955]. "Les peuples de l'Aquitaine d'après la liste de Pline". Travaux sur la Gaule (1946–1986). Publications de l'École française de Rome. Vol. 116. Rome: École française de Rome. pp. 721–737.
- Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Aberystwyth: CMCS Publications.