05-09-2013, 09:22 PM
What was Trier called in later Roman times?
Originally it was Augusta Treverorum, but the last reference I can find for that name is an inscription of Phillip the Arab - is there anything later?
‘Treveris’ appears in Ammianus - Valentinianus a Treveris motus (30,5.1). But is this just an inflected form of the tribal name Treveri? I think Ammianus uses other tribal names to denote cities - Remi for Durocortorum, which later transformed into the modern Reims, for example.
If there was a change from the original Roman city name to an alternative based on the 'tribal' title, when did the change happen? Was it official, or just a sort of nickname that stuck?
(* Incidentally, it took me seven attempts and much swearing to post this message - I eventually twigged that I'd written '30' in Roman numerals, and the board software was blocking it...! :-D )
Originally it was Augusta Treverorum, but the last reference I can find for that name is an inscription of Phillip the Arab - is there anything later?
‘Treveris’ appears in Ammianus - Valentinianus a Treveris motus (30,5.1). But is this just an inflected form of the tribal name Treveri? I think Ammianus uses other tribal names to denote cities - Remi for Durocortorum, which later transformed into the modern Reims, for example.
If there was a change from the original Roman city name to an alternative based on the 'tribal' title, when did the change happen? Was it official, or just a sort of nickname that stuck?
(* Incidentally, it took me seven attempts and much swearing to post this message - I eventually twigged that I'd written '30' in Roman numerals, and the board software was blocking it...! :-D )
Nathan Ross