Cocosates
The Cocosates or Cocosates Sexsignani were an Aquitani tribe dwelling in present-day Landes during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Cocosates by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[1] and as Cocosates Sexsignani by Pliny (1st c. AD).[2][3]
The etymology of the name remains obscure. It can be derived from the Gaulish stem cocos- ('scarlet red') attached to the suffix -ates ('belonging to'). Red is a colour commonly used in personal names (Cocus, Cocca, Cocidius, etc.) and associated with warfare.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[3]
Geography
The Cocosates lived in present-day Landes. Their territory was located east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Oscidates and Sotiates, north of the Tarbelli and Tarusates, and south of the Boii.[4]
Their chief town was known as Caequosa (modern Sescouze, near Castets).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Political organization
The Cocosates were a confederation of six tribes. They were probably clients of the neighbouring Tarbelli.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
References
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- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 3:27:1.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:108.
- ^ a b Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found., s.v. Cocosates (Sexsignani).
- ^ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found., Map 25: Hispania Tarraconensis.
Bibliography
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Duval, Paul-Marie (1989). "Les peuples de l'Aquitaine d'après la liste de Pline". Travaux sur la Gaule (1946-1986). Vol. 116. École Française de Rome. pp. 721–737. ISBN 9782728301676.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. ISBN 978-0955718236.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
Further reading
- Jacques Lemoine, Toponymie du Pays Basque Français et des Pays de l'Adour, Picard, 1977, Template:ISBN
- Jean-Pierre Bost, Dax et les Tarbelles, "L ’Adour maritime de Dax à Bayonne".
