Catenates Explained

The Catenates or Cattenates were a Gallic tribe dwelling between the Isar and Inn rivers during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Catenates (var. catte-) by Pliny (1st c. AD).^{[1] [2]}

The ethnic name probably contains the Gaulish stem catu-, meaning 'battle'. Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel has proposed to interpret the name as *Catu-(g)nat-es ('those born in battle').

Geography

The Catenates lived between the Isar and Inn rivers. Their territory was located south of the Rucinates, east of the Vindelici, north of the Baiovarii.^[3] They were part of the Vindelici.

History

They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the Tropaeum Alpium.

References

Primary sources

• Book: Pliny. Natural History. Harvard University Press. 1938. 978-0674993648. Loeb Classical Library. Rackham. H.. Pliny the Elder.

Bibliography

• Book: de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia. Der obere Donauraum 50 v. bis 50 n. Chr.. Frank & Timme. 2015. 978-3-7329-0143-2. Lohner-Urban. Ute. Zu den keltisch benannten Stämmen im Umfeld des oberen Donauraums. Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel. Scherrer. Peter.
• Book: Evans, D. Ellis. Gaulish Personal Names: A Study of Some Continental Celtic Formations. 1967. Clarendon Press. 468437906. Ellis Evans.
• Book: Falileyev, Alexander. Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. 2010. 978-0955718236.
• Book: Schumacher, Stefan. Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Dietz. Karlheinz. Zanier. Werner. De Gruyter. 2007. 978-3110187847. Beck. Heinrich. 2. 35. Vindeliker.
• Book: Talbert, Richard J. A.. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. 2000. 978-0691031699. Richard Talbert.

Notes and References

1. [Pliny the Elder|Pliny]
2. , s.v. Cat(t)enates.
3. , Map 12: Mogontiacum-Reginum-Lauriacum.