The Quariates or Quadiates were a
Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of
Queyras
The Queyras (; ) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem' ...
, in the Alps, during the
Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...
.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Quariates'' (
var. ''quadr''-) by
Pliny (1st c. AD),
[ Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:35.] and as ''Quadiatium'' and ''Quariat(ium?)'' on inscriptions.
[, s.v. ''Quariates''.]
The etymology of the name is obscure.
Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h and
Xavier Delamarre
Xavier Delamarre (; born 5 June 1954) is a French linguist, lexicographer, and former diplomat. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on the Gaulish language.
With linguist Romain Garnier, Delamarre is the co-publishing edi ...
proposed to derive it from Celtic *''k
wario''- ('cauldron'), with sporadic preservation of the initial ''k
w'', attached to the suffix -''ati-'' ('belonging to'). Alexander Falileyev notes that the q-Celtic reflex remains problematic in this scenario.
The region of
Queyras
The Queyras (; ) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem' ...
, whose castle is attested as ''Quadratum'' in the 12th century, may be named after the Gallic tribe.
Geography
The Quariates dwelled in the valley of
Queyras
The Queyras (; ) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem' ...
, in the Alps. Their territory was located south of the
Brigianii, east of the
Segovii, and north of the
Caturiges
The Caturiges (Gaulish: ''Caturīges'', 'kings of combat') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper Durance valley, around present-day towns of Chorges and Embrun, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Catu ...
and
Veneni.
[, Map 17: Lugdunum.]
History
They appear on the
Arch of Susa, erected by
Cottius
Marcus Julius Cottius was King of the Celtic and Ligurian inhabitants of the mountainous Roman province then known as '' Alpes Taurinae'' and now as the Cottian Alps early in the 1st century BC. Son and successor to King Donnus, he negotiated a ...
in 9–8 BC.
References
Primary sources
*
Bibliography
*
*
*
*
*
{{Authority control
Historical Celtic peoples
Gauls
Tribes in pre-Roman Gaul