The Tritolli were a Gauls tribe dwelling in lower Provence, south of the Durance river, during the Iron Age.
Name
The Tritolli are solely attested by Pliny as
Tritollorum (var. tritull-, tricoll-) in the 1st century AD.
[Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:34.]
The meaning of the Gaulish name Tritolli remains obscure. The first element is probably the prefix tri- ('three'), but the second component is difficult to interpret.[, s.v. Tritolli.]
Geography
Pliny describes the territory of the Tritolli as located between the
Tricores (near the Mediterranean Sea) and the
Vocontii (north of the
Durance). They may have lived in the mountainous region of Saint-Maximin,
Barjols, and Rians, to the east of the
Salyes, although strong evidence is lacking.
According to history Guy Barruol, they were part of the Salyes confederation.
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