Vertamocorii (Narbonensis)

The Vertamocorii (Gaulish: *Uertamocorī) were a Celtic people that lived in the Vercors region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Name

The Gaulish ethnonym Vertamo-corii is generally translated as 'those with the superior host' or 'the excellent troops', from uertamos ('superior; summit') attached to corios ('army').[1][2] Alternately, it could mean 'troops from the summit'.[1]

The toponym Vercors derives from the name of the Gallic tribe.[3]

Geography

The name Vercors appears in local place names such as Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors, Saint-Martin-en-Vercors, Saint-Julien-en-Vercors, La Chapelle-en-Vercors, and others. According to Guy Barruol, since these villages are early Christian or early medieval foundations whose dedication to widely venerated saints led to the addition of the qualifier "en Vercors" to distinguish them from homonymous settlements, the naming pattern may indicate the true extent of the pagus of the Vertamocorii.[3]

History

During the Roman period, they probably belonged to the Vocontian confederation.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Delamarre 2003, p. 317.
  2. ^ de Bernardo Stempel 2006, p. 46.
  3. ^ a b Barruol 1969, p. 294.
  4. ^ Barruol 1969, pp. 278–284.

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 (2006). "From Ligury to Spain: Unaccented *yo > (y)e in Narbonensic votives ('gaulish' DEKANTEM), Hispanic coins ('iberian' -(sk)en) and some theonyms". Palaeohispanica. 6: 45–58. ISSN 1578-5386.
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
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