Oratelli

The Oratelli were a Ligurian tribe living in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Oratelli by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1]

Geography

The list of tribes on the Tropaeum Alpium follows no discernible topographic order, making it impossible to determine even an approximate location for the Oratelli.[2] Nino Lamboglia has compared the ethnonym to the toponym Oria, which in the 6th century designated a small settlement (mansum) near Peille in the middle Paillon valley. Guy Barruol, however, notes that this village lies close to Cimiez, capital of the Vediantii, and that it gained importance only in early Middle Ages as a refuge for coastal populations during Saracen incursions. He also considers the linguistic connection between Oratelli and Oria to be highly uncertain.[2]

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
  2. ^ a b Barruol 1969, pp. 367.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674993648. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Bibliography

  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.


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