Atesui

The Atesui were a Gallic tribe living in Gallia Lugdunensis during the Roman period.

Name

They are mentioned as Atesui by Pliny (1st c. AD).^[1]

Geography

Little is known about this tribe beyond Pliny's location in Gallia Lugdunensis. In this passage, Pliny enumerates the peoples of this province without an apparent logical order, making their geographical location difficult to determine.^[2]

On linguistic grounds (at esui ?), they are often identified with the Esuvii of Normandy.^[3][2][4] An identification with the Ambarri (in eastern France) is now rejected in scholarship.^[5]

References

1. Pliny, IV 107.
2. Bernouis, Philippe (1999). Carte archéologique de la Gaule: 61. L'Orne. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris. p. 60. ISBN 978-2-87754-060-5.
3. Prévot, Françoise (1996). Topographie chrétienne des cités de la Gaule, des origines au milieu du VIIIe siècle. De Boccard. p. 12.
4. Ferdière, Alain (2011). La Gaule lyonnaise. Picard. p. 20. ISBN 978-2-7084-0893-7.
5. Nouvel, Pierre; Cramatte, Cédric (2007). "Le massif du Jura à l'époque romaine. Terre de frontière ou de peuplement ?". In Richard, A.; Schifferdecker, F.; Mazimann, J.-P.; Bélet-Gonda, C. (eds.). Le peuplement de l'Arc jurassien de la Préhistoire au Moyen Âge. Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté. p. 398. ISBN 978-2-84867-458-2.

Primary sources

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