The Nemaloni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle valley of Durance river during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Nemaloni by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription.
Geography
The Nemaloni lived in the middle valley of Durance river, in the southern part of the French Alps.
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
- CIL 05:7817.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
- Barruol 1969, p. 289.
Primary sources
- Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674993648.
Bibliography
- Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
