Venisami

The Venisami (Gaulish: *Uenisamoi) or Venisamores were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Venisamorum on the Arch of Susa.

The ethnic name Venisami is a latinized form of Gaulish *Uenisamoi (sing. Uenisamos). It can be derived from the stem ueni- ('family, clan, friends') attached to -sāmo- ('calm'), and translated as the 'friendly ones'. It is comparable with the personal names Uenisamus (in Cisalpina) and Uenixama (in Lepontia).

Geography

The Barrington Atlas locates their territory around Forum Germanici (modern Busca), south of the Binbelli, north of the Epanterii, and east of the Statielli.

History

They appear on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.

References

  1. 1 2 Falileyev 2010, s.v. Venisami.
  2. ↑ de Bernardo Stempel 2015, p. 85.
  3. ↑ Delamarre 2003, p. 313.
  4. ↑ Talbert 2000, Map 39: Mediolanum.
  5. ↑ Barruol 1969, p. 32.

Bibliography

  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
  • de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (2015). "Zu den keltisch benannten Stämmen im Umfeld des oberen Donauraums". In Lohner-Urban, Ute; Scherrer, Peter (eds.). Der obere Donauraum 50 v. bis 50 n. Chr. Frank & Timme. ISBN 978-3-7329-0143-2.
  • 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.
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.