Nautae

The nautae ( plural of Latin nauta , m. , Derived from this in technical French nautes ) were the river boatmen in the Roman Empire . The word nauta corresponds to the Greek Ναύτης ("seaman", "sailor"). The Nautae belonged to the Navicularii and were organized in collegia (professional associations).

There is evidence of the

• Nautae Ararici ( Saône )
• Nautae Aruranci Aramici ( Aare and tributaries)
• Nautae Atricae et Ovidis ( Ardèche and Ouvèze )
• Nautae Comenses ( Lake Como )
• Nautae Danuvi ( Danube )
• Nautae Druentici ( Durance )
• Nautae Lacus Lemanni or nautae Lacu Lemanno qui Leusonnae consistunt or nautae Leusonnenses ( Lausanne , Lake Geneva )
• Nautae Ligerici ( Loire )
• Nautae Mosallici ( Moselle )
• Nautae Parisiaci , the sailors of the Parisii in Lutetia Parisiorum ( Paris , Seine )
• Nautae Rhodanici et Ararici ( Rhone and Saône )
  • Nautae Rhodanici
  • Nautae Ararici

The Nautae in Lutetia ( Nautae Parisiaci )

→ Main article : Pillar of the Nautae Parisiaci

An elaborate consecration monument in honor of Jupiter , the pillar of the Nautae Parisiaci , also known as the Pilier des nautes , has been preserved by the boatmen of Lutetia , which was found under the Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1710 and is now in the Musée national du Moyen Âge .

The model of the pillar of the Nautae Parisiaci

This monument, erected in the time of Tiberius (14–37 AD), shows the images of numerous Roman and Celtic deities.

literature

• Edouard-Philippe Engelhardt: La Tribu des bateliers de Strasbourg et les collèges de nautes gallo romains. In: Revue alsacienne October 1887 (also separately Paris 1887).
• Wilhelm Liebenam : On the history and organization of Roman associations . Leipzig 1890, p. 81ff.
• Jean Pierre Waltzing : Étude historique sur les corporations professionnelles chez les Romains. Vol. 4, Löwen 1900, pp. 100ff.
• Wim Broekaert: De Romeinse navicularii: een onderzoek naar de sociale, economische en juridische positie van de reders in de Keizertijd . Dissertation University of Ghent 2005, pp. 23–29 ( full text ).
• Wim Broekaert: Navicularii et negotiantes. A prosopographical study of Roman merchants and shippers (= Pharos 28). Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden 2013, ISBN 978-3-86757-256-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Incorrectly used in travel guides also in German-speaking countries: Cathrin Rummel: Michelin - The green travel guide: Rhônetal, Ardèche, Lyon. Travel-House-Media, Munich 2008, p. 56 ( Google book search ); Joost Ouendag: River cruises in France on the Seine, Rhône and Saône. Trescher, Berlin 2011, p. 293 ( Google book search ); Rainer Eisenschmid, Hilke Maunder, Madeleine Reincke: Baedeker Travel Guide Paris. Baedeker, Ostfildern 2013, p. 271.
2. ↑ CIL 12, 1005 ; CIL 13, 672 .
3. ↑ CIL 13, 5096 .
4. ↑ CIL 12, 3316 ; CIL 12, 3317 ; CIL 12, 4107 .
5. ↑ CIL 5, 5911 .
6. ↑ CIL 3, 7485 .
7. ↑ CIL 12, 721 ; CIL 12.731 ; CIL 12,982 .
8. ↑ AE 1939, 102 ; AE 1946, 256 .
9. ↑ CIL 13, 1709 ; CIL 13, 3105 .
10. ↑ CIL 13, 4335 .
11. ↑ CIL 13, 3026 .
12. ↑ CIL 12, 3316 ; CIL 12, 3317 ; CIL 13.695 ; CIL 13, 1688 ; CIL 13, 1918 ; CIL 13, 3144 .
13. ↑ CIL 12, 1797 ; CIL 13, 1716 ; CIL 13, 1966 ; CIL 13, 1967 ; CIL 13, 2002 ; CIL 13, 4294 ; AE 1982, 702 ; AE 1997, 130 .
14. ↑ CIL 6, 29722 ; CIL 12, 714 ; CIL 13, 1911 ; CIL 13, 1954 ; CIL 13, 1972 ; CIL 13, 2020 ; CIL 13, 2028 ; CIL 13, 2041 ; CIL 13,5489 ; AE 1975, 613 ; AE 1976, 445 ;