The Quariates or Quadiates were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of Queyras, in the Alps, during the Iron Age.
They are mentioned as Quariates (var. quadr-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), [1] and as Quadiatium and Quariat(ium?) on inscriptions. [2] [3]
The etymology of the name is obscure. Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h and Xavier Delamarre proposed to derive it from Celtic *kwario- ('cauldron'), with sporadic preservation of the initial kw , attached to the suffix -ati- ('belonging to'). [4] Alexander Falileyev notes that the q-Celtic reflex remains problematic in this scenario. [3]
The region of Queyras, whose castle is attested as Quadratum in the 12th century, may be named after the Gallic tribe. [5]
The Quariates dwelled in the valley of Queyras, in the Alps. [6] Their territory was located south of the Brigianii, east of the Segovii, and north of the Caturiges and Veneni. [7]
They appear on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC. [8]
The Quariates or Quadiates were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of Queyras, in the Alps, during the Iron Age.
They are mentioned as Quariates (var. quadr-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), [1] and as Quadiatium and Quariat(ium?) on inscriptions. [2] [3]
The etymology of the name is obscure. Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h and Xavier Delamarre proposed to derive it from Celtic *kwario- ('cauldron'), with sporadic preservation of the initial kw , attached to the suffix -ati- ('belonging to'). [4] Alexander Falileyev notes that the q-Celtic reflex remains problematic in this scenario. [3]
The region of Queyras, whose castle is attested as Quadratum in the 12th century, may be named after the Gallic tribe. [5]
The Quariates dwelled in the valley of Queyras, in the Alps. [6] Their territory was located south of the Brigianii, east of the Segovii, and north of the Caturiges and Veneni. [7]
They appear on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC. [8]