Nemaloni

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.^[1]^[2]

Geography

The Nemaloni lived in the middle valley of Durance river, in the southern part of the French Alps.^[3]

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.^[2]

References

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.

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