Tarbelli
The Tarbelli were an ancient, pre-Roman people in southwest Aquitaine (the later Roman province of Novempopulana ), so they belonged to the tribes of Gaul . They lived in the coastal region of the Bay of Biscay on both sides of the Aturrus (today Adour ) up to the Pyrenees . According to Ptolemy , their settlement area was south of that of the Bituriges Vibisci . The older Pliny calls them Tarbelli Quattuorsignani , which means something like Tarbelli of the four banners , but the epithet Quattuorsignani is not explained. The Tarbelli exploited the gold deposits of their territory and came to some prosperity also due to their cold and hot mineral springs. Above all, however, they lived from agriculture and grazing.
That of Gaius Julius Caesar during his Gallic War 56 BC. Publius Licinius Crassus , commissioned with the subjugation of Aquitaine, brought the Tarbelli to the recognition of Roman sovereignty. As a result, they belonged with other tribes to the civitas Aquensium in Gallia Aquitania. Their most important place was the Aquae Tarbellicae (today's Dax ) through which the Aturrus flows . In late antiquity the area of the Tarbelli belonged to the province of Novempopulana established by Emperor Diocletian .
literature
- Hans Zeiss : Tarbelli . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2292-2294.
- Jeanne-Marie Demarolle: Tarbelli. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , column 24.
Remarks
- ↑ Ptolemy 2,7,9.
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 4,108.
- ↑ Strabo 4,2,1, p. 190.
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 31.4.
- ↑ Caesar, De bello Gallico 3,27,1.