Ruteni
The Rutēni ( Greek Ῥουτῆνοι Routenoi ; German "Rutener"; French "les Rutènes") were a Celtic tribe in southern Gaul was located.
They belonged to the clientele of the Arverni , who were their northern neighbors. Their tribal area was in the Massif Central in the south of what is now France . The main town of the Ruteners was Segodunum , later called Ruthena civitas , on the site of today's Rodez ( Aveyron department ).
etymology
The tribal name is derived from the Gallic and means something like "The Blondes".
history
The Ruteni were made in 121 BC. Defeated and subjugated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus . Part of the tribal area was included in the new Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis . The rest of the Rutener remained independent for the time being and reappeared as allies of the Arverni in 52 BC In the great Gauls uprising of Vercingetorix at the battle of Alesia . After the Gallic War, the Rutener remained under Roman rule and became part of the Roman province of Gallia Aquitania under Augustus .
economy
The Ruteni gained supraregional economic importance mainly in the 1st century AD, among other things through their ceramic industry. The La Graufesenque pottery , where the southern Gaulish variant of Terra Sigillata (TS) was produced and traded throughout the Roman Empire , was located on their territory . Furthermore, the Ruteni had important flax weavers and mined silver .
swell
- Gaius Iulius Caesar , de bello Gallico 1, 45, 2.
- Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 3, 37.
literature
- Jeanne-Marie Demarolle: Ruteni. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 .
Remarks
- ^ Gaius Iulius Caesar , de bello Gallico 1, 45 .
- ^ Caesar, de bello Gallico 7, 75 .
- ↑ Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 19, 8 .
- ^ Strabo 4,191.