Nemeturii
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The Nemeturii (Gaulish *Nemeturioi, 'the inhabitants of nemetons') or Nemeturi were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Nemeturicae by Columella (1st c. AD),Columella. De Re Rustica, 12:22. and as Nemoturica and Nematuri (var. nemet-) by Pliny (1st c. AD).Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:137, 12:24:1.{{harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. Nemeturii.
The ethnic name Nemeturii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Nemeturioi. It derives from the stem nemeto-, meaning 'sacred place, sanctuary', and can be translated as 'the inhabitants of sacred places'.{{Sfn|de Bernardo Stempel|2006|p=46}}
Geography
The Nemeturii dwelled in the upper Verdon or Var valley.{{Sfn|Barruol|1969|p=382}} Their territory was located east of the Eguiturii, west of the Ecdinii, north of the Vergunni and Nerusii, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges.{{harvnb|Talbert|2000}}, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, Map 17: Lugdunum.
History
They 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.Pliny. Naturalis Historia, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL352.103.xml 3:20].
References
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= Primary sources =
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- {{Cite book|last=Pliny|title=Natural History|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1938|isbn=9780674993648|series=Loeb Classical Library|translator-last=Rackham|translator-first=H.|author-link=Pliny the Elder}}
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= Bibliography =
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- {{Cite book|last=Barruol|first=Guy|title=Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique|date=1969|publisher=E. de Boccard|oclc=3279201|author-link=Guy Barruol}}
- {{Cite journal|last=de Bernardo Stempel|first=Patrizia|author-link=Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel|year=2006|title=From Ligury to Spain: Unaccented *yo > (y)e in Narbonensic votives ('gaulish' DEKANTEM), Hispanic coins ('iberian' -(sk)en) and some theonyms|journal=Palaeohispanica|volume=6|pages=45–58|issn=1578-5386}}
- {{Cite book|last=Falileyev|first=Alexander|title=Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World|publisher=CMCS|year=2010|isbn=978-0955718236}}
- {{Cite book|last=Talbert|first=Richard J. A.|title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0691031699|author-link=Richard Talbert}}
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