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Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU
ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK 65, 2014
Marjeta ŠAŠEL KOS
Cincibilus and the march of C. Cassius Longinus towards Macedonia
Abstract
Livy’s passage about the ill-fated march, that C. Cassius Longinus (consul in 171 BC) planned from Aquileia to Macedonia, is analysed and commented upon. Longinus was recalled by the Senate, and on his way back his army plundered the lands of the Iapodes, Carni, Histri, and Alpine peoples, the allies of the king of the transalpine Celts, Cincibilus, taking several thousand slaves. It is proposed that the residence of Cincibilus might have been at Celeia. The identity of the transalpine Celts is discussed (the Norici or more probably the Taurisci?), as well as the identity of the Alpini populi, on whom some light may be shed by Pliny’s mention of the Alpine peoples in the hinterland of the Histri and Tergeste.
Keywords: Roman Republican period, C. Cassius Longinus, Cincibilus, Carni, Norici, Taurisci, Alpine peoples
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