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Nemaloni

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The Nemaloni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle valley of Durance river during the Iron Age.

Name

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They are mentioned as Nemaloni by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription.[1][2]

Geography

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The Nemaloni lived in the middle valley of Durance river, in the southern part of the French Alps.[3]

History

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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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ CIL 05:7817.
  2. ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
  3. ^ Barruol 1969, p. 289.

Primary sources

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  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674993648.

Bibliography

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  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
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