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Calates
The Caletes or Caleti (Gaulish language, Gaulish: ''Caletoi'' "the hard [stubborn, tough] ones"; la, italic=yes, Calētēs or ''Calētī'') were a Belgae, Belgic or Gauls, Gallic tribe dwelling in Pays de Caux, in present-day Normandy, during the La Tène culture, Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Caletes'' (var. ''Caletos'', ''Cadetes'') by Julius Caesar, Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), as ''Káletoi'' (Κάλετοι) and ''Kalétous'' (Καλέτους) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), as ''Galetos'' (var. ''Galletos'') by Pliny the Elder, Pliny (1st c. AD), as ''Kalē̃tai'' (Καλη̃ται) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as ''Caleti'' by Orosius (early 5th c. AD). The Gaulish language, Gaulish ethnonym ''Caletoi'' literally means 'the hard ones', that is to say 'the stubborn' or 'the tough'. It derives from the Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic stem ''*kaleto''- ('hard, cruel, strong'; cf. Old Irish ''calath'' 'heroic,'' Middle Welsh ''caled'' 'hard'), itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caletes
The Caletes or Caleti (Gaulish language, Gaulish: ''Caletoi'' "the hard [stubborn, tough] ones"; la, italic=yes, Calētēs or ''Calētī'') were a Belgae, Belgic or Gauls, Gallic tribe dwelling in Pays de Caux, in present-day Normandy, during the La Tène culture, Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Caletes'' (var. ''Caletos'', ''Cadetes'') by Julius Caesar, Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), as ''Káletoi'' (Κάλετοι) and ''Kalétous'' (Καλέτους) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), as ''Galetos'' (var. ''Galletos'') by Pliny the Elder, Pliny (1st c. AD), as ''Kalē̃tai'' (Καλη̃ται) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as ''Caleti'' by Orosius (early 5th c. AD). The Gaulish language, Gaulish ethnonym ''Caletoi'' literally means 'the hard ones', that is to say 'the stubborn' or 'the tough'. It derives from the Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic stem ''*kaleto''- ('hard, cruel, strong'; cf. Old Irish ''calath'' 'heroic,'' Middle Welsh ''caled'' 'hard'), itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |