TheAneuniates (Gaulish: *Aneuniatis) were a smallGallic tribe dwelling nearLake Como, around present-daySamolaco, during theRoman period.
They are mentionedAneuniates on an inscription dated to the 2nd century AD and found inGera Lario.[1][2]
TheethnonymAneuniates can be derived from the Gaulishaneun- ('inspired') attached to the suffix-ates ('belonging to'), although the etymology of the first element remains unclear.[3][2]Xavier Delamarre has proposed to posit a deity named *Aneunos ('The Inspired'), withAneuniates as 'those of *Aneunos'.[4]
The Aneuniates dwelled on the northern shores ofLake Como, around the settlement of Summus Lacus (modernSamolaco). Their territory was located north of theAusuciates andOrobii, and south of theBergalei.[5]
