TheAdanates orEdenates were a smallGallic tribe dwelling around present-daySeyne, in theAlpes Cottiae, during theIron Age.
They are mentioned asEdenates (var.edemn-) byPliny (1st c. AD),[1] and asAdanatium on theArc of Susa.[2][3]
The etymology of the nameAdanates is unclear.Guy Barruol has proposed to compare it withAdenatius (orAdenatis) andAdana, and postulated an original *Senedenates, with loss of the initials- retained inSedena.[4] According to Alexander Falileyev, "if the original form was indeed *Sed-, the name could be Celtic, fromsedo- 'seat, location'; but in view of the form recorded in inscriptions, it is unlikely. IfEden- is the original form, the name does not appear Celtic."[3]Xavier Delamarre has proposed to interpret the name asEd-en-ati ('those from the land/country'), from a Gaulish stemedo-(n)- ('space, land').[5]
The Adanates dwelled around the settlement of Sedena (modernSeyne).[6] Their territory was located south of theAvantici, west of theSavincates, east of theSebaginni, and north of theGallitae andEguiturii.[7]
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 theTropaeum Alpium.[1] They also appear on theArch of Susa, erected byCottius in 9–8 BC.[8]
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