The Nantuates or Nantuatae (Gaulish: Nantuatis, 'those of the valley') were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Massongex, in the modern Canton of Valais (Switzerland) and adjacent areas of France, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Along with the Veragri, Seduni and Uberi, they were part of the Vallenses, a group of tribes living between Lake Geneva and the Pennine Alps.[1]
They are mentioned as Nantuates (var. nantuatis, antuatis), Nantuatibus and Nantuatium by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Nantuates by Pliny (1st c. AD), Nantoua͂tai...
Celtic etymologies: e.g. Caturiges from catu- ("fight" or "warriors") and Nantuates from nantu- ("valley") respectively. The Tropaeum Alpium inscription contains...
(Switzerland), during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Along with the Nantuates, Veragri and Seduni, the Uberi were part of the Vallenses, a group of...
together occupied about half the cultivated land of the Valais, with the Nantuates and Ubii inhabiting the other half. As commonly done for Celtic nations...
present-day Sion, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Along with the Nantuates, Veragri and Uberi, they were part of the Vallenses, a group of tribes...
sends Servius Sulpicius Galba with Legio XII into the territory of the Nantuates, Seduni and the Veragri. He occupies Octodurus (modern-day Martigny) in...
Legion and some cavalry to Gallia Transalpina, into the country of the Nantuates, Veragri, and Seduni. He sent this force to protect the Poeninus Pass...
receiving the submission of the people, sent troops into the country of the Nantuates, and with his remaining army determined to winter in Octodurus. Galba...
Médoc, southwestern Gaul Namnetes – Nantes, in Aremorica or Armorica Nantuates / Nantuatae Nitiobroges/Nitiobriges Osismii - Western end of Brittany...
the Roman conquest by Celtic tribes known as the Vallenses, namely the Nantuates, Veragri, Seduni, and Uberi. After the Roman invasion led by Augustus...
Pennine Alps, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Along with the Nantuates, Seduni and Uberi, they were part of the Vallenses, a group of tribes...
Galba, and distinguished himself in battle when Galba was defeated by the Nantuates in 57 BC. In 55 BC Volusenus was sent out by Caesar in a single warship...
sends Servius Sulpicius Galba with Legio XII into the territory of the Nantuates, Seduni and the Veragri. He occupies Octodurus (modern-day Martigny) in...
and the Allobroges around Geneva. South of the Swiss plateau were the Nantuates, Seduni and Veragri in the Valais, the Lepontii in the Ticino, and the...
and into the Second Iron Age, four Celtic tribes shared the region: the Nantuates, who occupied the Monthey region, the Veragri the Martigny region (then...
derivations. Examples include: Caturiges from catu- ("fight" or "armed host"); Nantuates, from nantu- ("valley"). The Taurisci and Taurini probably derive from...
appears in the names of many Gallic tribes across Europe (e.g., Atrebates, Nantuates, Caeracates). The origin of the first element Soti- is still unknown....
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