Gater (people)
The Gater ( Latin Gates ) were probably a Celtic tribe , whose residence was in the later Roman province of Gallia Aquitania . The exact location cannot be localized, but it may have been in the area between the Elusaten (near Eauze ) and the Auscern (near Auch ) in the Haut-Armagnac near Vic-Fezensac or Mirande (both in the Gers department ).
During the Gallic War , a sub-general of Caesar , the Legate Publius Licinius Crassus , marched in 56 BC. In Aquitaine (the later Roman province of Novempopulana ). After some victories of the Romans, most of the Aquitaine tribes surrendered ; the to be named Tarbeller , bigerriones , Ptianier , Vasaten (also Vocaten ) Tarusaten , elusates, Gater, ausci, Garumner , Sibulaten and Cocosaten ( De Bello Gallico III 27). Whether the names, including those of the gates , are clearly Celtic cannot be stated with certainty. Some modern authors include some of the Celtiberians . Except for this Caesar passage, the Gater tribe is apparently not mentioned in ancient literature.
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
- Harry Mountain: The Celtic Encyclopedia. Universal Publishers, 1998, ISBN 9781581128901; S. 177. (accessed November 27, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaius Iulius Caesar: Commentarii de bello Gallico III 27: Maxima Pars Aqutaniae sese Crasso dedit: Tarbelli, Bigerriones, Ptianii, Vocates, Tarusates, Elusates, gates, Ausci, Garumni, Sibulates, Cocosates: paucae ultimae nationes su , hoc facere neglexerunt.
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 204.