TheCalucones were aGallic orRhaetian tribe dwelling around present-dayChur (eastern Switzerland) during theRoman period.
They are mentioned asCalucones (var.Callucones,Allucones) byPliny (1st c. AD),[1] and askaloúkōnes (καλούκωνες;var. καλούκονες, κουλούκωνες) byPtolemy (2nd c. AD).[2][3]
The etymology of the name remains debated. It could go back to a Celtic formcalo-uco-on-, derived from the stemcalo- ('call').[3] Alternatively, it may be derived from a stem *calu- ('hard') attached to -cones ('wolves'), and translated as 'hard wolves'.[4]
An homonym tribe, theKaloukones, lived further north, near the GermanicSuebi.[3]
The Calucones probably dwelled around present-dayChur (Curia), in theCanton of Grisons.[5][6]
Their territory was located north of theSuanetes andRugusci, west of theFocunates andVenostes, south of theVennones.[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][6]
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