The Tritolli were a Gallic tribe dwelling in lower Provence, south of the
Durance
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Name
The Tritolli are solely attested by Pliny as ''Tritollorum (var. tritull-, tricoll-)'' in the 1st century AD.Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:34.
The meaning of the Gaulish name ''Tritolli'' remains obscure. The first element is probably the prefix ''tri''- ('three'), but the second component is difficult to interpret., s.v. ''Tritolli''.
Geography
Pliny describes the territory of the Tritolli as located between the Tricores (near the
Mediterranean Sea
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) and the
Vocontii
The Vocontii (Gaulish: *''Uocontioi''; Ancient Greek, Greek: Οὐοκόντιοι, Οὐοκοντίων) were a Gauls, Gallic people dwelling on the western foothills of the Alps during the La Tène culture, Iron Age and the Roman period.
The Vo ...
(north of the
Durance
The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Saint-Maximin,
Barjols
Barjols (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
At the gateway to Haute Provence and the hills of Var, near the Verdon gorges and the Lake of St. Croix, the town is set on a li ...
Salyes
The Salyes or Salluvii (Greek: ) were an ancient Celto-Ligurian people dwelling between the Durance river and the Greek colony of Massalia during the Iron Age. Although earlier writers called them 'Ligurian', Strabo used the denomination 'Celto-l ...
, although strong evidence is lacking.
According to history Guy Barruol, they were part of the Salluvian confederation.