The Tarbelli were an Aquitani tribe dwelling in the present-day regions of Labourd and Chalosse, in the west of Aquitania, during the Iron Age.
Alongside the Auscii, they were one of the most powerful peoples of Aquitania. [1]
They were subjugated in 56 BC by the Roman forces of Caesar's legatus P. Licinius Crassus. [2]
They are mentioned as Tarbelli by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), [3] as Tárbelloi (Τάρβελλοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), [4] as Tarbelli Quattuorsignani by Pliny (1st c. AD), [5] and as Tarbellus on an inscription. [6] [7]
Joaquín Gorrochategui proposed to see the name as the suffix tar- attached to the adjective bel ('black'), which is common in Aquitanian onomastics. [7]
The Tarbelli lived in the regions of Labourd and Chalosse, on both sides of the Adour river. [8] [2] Their territory was located east of the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Vardulli, south of the Cocosates, west of the Tarusates, Atures and Venarni. [9]
Their chief town was known as Aquae Terebellicae or Aquae Tarbellicae (present-day Dax). [2]
It is believed that the Tarbelli spoke a form or dialect of the Aquitanian language, a precursor of the Basque language. [10]
The Tarbelli were a confederation of four tribes. The Cocosates and Tarusates were probably their clients. [11]
Gold extraction and mineral springs brought them a certain wealth, although their main activities remained centred on field and meadow husbandry. [2]
The Tarbelli were an Aquitani tribe dwelling in the present-day regions of Labourd and Chalosse, in the west of Aquitania, during the Iron Age.
Alongside the Auscii, they were one of the most powerful peoples of Aquitania. [1]
They were subjugated in 56 BC by the Roman forces of Caesar's legatus P. Licinius Crassus. [2]
They are mentioned as Tarbelli by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), [3] as Tárbelloi (Τάρβελλοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), [4] as Tarbelli Quattuorsignani by Pliny (1st c. AD), [5] and as Tarbellus on an inscription. [6] [7]
Joaquín Gorrochategui proposed to see the name as the suffix tar- attached to the adjective bel ('black'), which is common in Aquitanian onomastics. [7]
The Tarbelli lived in the regions of Labourd and Chalosse, on both sides of the Adour river. [8] [2] Their territory was located east of the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Vardulli, south of the Cocosates, west of the Tarusates, Atures and Venarni. [9]
Their chief town was known as Aquae Terebellicae or Aquae Tarbellicae (present-day Dax). [2]
It is believed that the Tarbelli spoke a form or dialect of the Aquitanian language, a precursor of the Basque language. [10]
The Tarbelli were a confederation of four tribes. The Cocosates and Tarusates were probably their clients. [11]
Gold extraction and mineral springs brought them a certain wealth, although their main activities remained centred on field and meadow husbandry. [2]