Catenates

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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'.[3][2] Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel has proposed to interpret the name as *Catu-(g)nat-es ('those born in battle').[4]

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.[5] They were part of the Vindelici.[6]

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.[1]

References

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