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Aquitani tribes at both sides of the Pyrenees.

The Cocosates or Cocosates Sexsignani were an Aquitani tribe dwelling in present-day Landes during the Iron Age.

Name

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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.[4][3]

Geography

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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.[5]

Their chief town was known as Caequosa (modern Sescouze, near Castets).[6]

Political organization

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The Cocosates were a confederation of six tribes. They were probably clients of the neighbouring Tarbelli.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 3:27:1.
  2. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:108.
  3. ^ a b Falileyev 2010, s.v. Cocosates (Sexsignani).
  4. ^ Delamarre 2003, pp. 120–121.
  5. ^ Talbert 2000, Map 25: Hispania Tarraconensis.
  6. ^ a b Duval 1989, p. 166.

Bibliography

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  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.

Further reading

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  • Jacques Lemoine, Toponymie du Pays Basque Français et des Pays de l'Adour, Picard, 1977,ISBN 2-7084-0003-7
  • Jean-Pierre Bost, Dax et les Tarbelles, "L ’Adour maritime de Dax à Bayonne".

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Aquitani

Landes Camponi (may have been the same tribe as the Oscidates Campestres) Cocosates or Sexsignani in the west of Landes département Consoranni in the tributary

Tarbelli

located east of the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Vardulli, south of the Cocosates, west of the Tarusates, Atures and Venarni. Their chief town was known

Auscii

Auscii Benenarnenses Belendi Bercorcates Bigerriones Camponi Caristii Cocosates Consoranni Convenae Datii Elusates Garites Garumni Iacetani Ilurones Lactorates

Consoranni

Auscii Benenarnenses Belendi Bercorcates Bigerriones Camponi Caristii Cocosates Consoranni Convenae Datii Elusates Garites Garumni Iacetani Ilurones Lactorates

Elusates

Auscii Benenarnenses Belendi Bercorcates Bigerriones Camponi Caristii Cocosates Consoranni Convenae Datii Elusates Garites Garumni Iacetani Ilurones Lactorates

Suburates

Auscii Benenarnenses Belendi Bercorcates Bigerriones Camponi Caristii Cocosates Consoranni Convenae Datii Elusates Garites Garumni Iacetani Ilurones Lactorates

Sotiates

Tarusates, south of the Oscidates, west of the Lactorates, and east of the Cocosates. Their pre-Roman chief town was the oppidum Sotiatum (Sot(t)ium; modern

Bigerriones

Auscii Benenarnenses Belendi Bercorcates Bigerriones Camponi Caristii Cocosates Consoranni Convenae Datii Elusates Garites Garumni Iacetani Ilurones Lactorates