The Anatilii were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpilles region during the Iron Age.
Name The Anatilii are recorded by Pliny (1st c. AD), who gives their name in the Latin genitive case (Anatiliorum).Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:34, 3:36., s.v. Anatilii. Their name may be related to Gaulish anatia, meaning 'souls'.
Geography Pliny mentions a regio Anatiliorum situated between the Campi lapidei (the Crau) and the territories of Dexivates (between the Durance and Luberon) and Cavari (around present-day Avignon and Cavaillon). The Barrington Atlas locates their territory north of Libicii and Avatici, east of the Volcae Arecomici., Map 15: Arelate-Massalia. According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation.
An oppidum with Latin Rights given by Pliny as Anatilia has been linked to the site of Vernègues, near Salon-de-Provence.
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