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<h2 id="name">Name</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Gaulish_language/CAQo48pc">Gaulish</a> <a href="/facts/Ethnonym/fEFU3fYr">ethnonym</a> <i>Aulerci</i> is generally interpreted as meaning 'those who are far away from their traces' (tracks, paths), composed of the <a href="/facts/Ablative_case/GotGMD3k">ablative</a> prefix <i>au</i>- ('out of, away from') attached to the root <i>lerg</i>- ('trace', cf. <a href="/facts/Middle_Irish/r3dtV2Mb">MIr.</a> <i>lorg</i>, <a href="/facts/Old_Breton/e0Rpgyvf">OBret.</a> <i>lerg</i>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Pierre-Yves_Lambert/sAg28QAr">Pierre-Yves Lambert</a> has also proposed a comparison with the <a href="/facts/Old_Irish/79xpaDv5">Old Irish</a> <i>lerg</i> ('slope, brink'), or with the <a href="/facts/Welsh_language/4Pz8r6yk">Welsh</a>/<a href="/facts/Breton_language/e0Rpgyvf">Breton</a> <i>alarch</i> ('swan').<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>According to <a href="/facts/Livy/Plc1YwYE">Livy</a>, they joined <a href="/facts/Bellovesus/3BvoF6HC">Bellovesus</a>' legendary migrations towards Italy ca. 600 BC, along with the <a href="/facts/Aedui/jg3jbt95">Aeduii</a>, <a href="/facts/Ambarri/6T68H6Xr">Ambarri</a>, <a href="/facts/Arverni/CuvUkYnz">Arverni</a>, <a href="/facts/Carnutes/cBvgSVsG">Carnutes</a> and <a href="/facts/Senones/NnokLEMz">Senones</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Julius_Caesar/ptR603Gv">Julius Caesar</a> (<i>B. G.</i> ii. 34) names the Aulerci with the <a href="/facts/Veneti_(Gaul)/bq2HsnCe">Veneti</a> and the other maritime states. In <i>B. G.</i> vii. 75, he enumerates, among the clients of the <a href="/facts/Aedui/jg3jbt95">Aedui</a>, the <a href="/facts/Brannovices/WRt2RV3q">Aulerci Brannovices</a> and Brannovii, as the common text stands; but the names in this chapter of Caesar are corrupt, and Brannovii does not appear to be genuine. If the name Aulerci Brannovices is genuine in vii. 75, this branch of the Aulerci, which was dependent on the Aedui, must be distinguished from those Aulerci who were situated between the Lower <a href="/facts/Seine/Chd1gSKo">Seine</a> and the <a href="/facts/Loire/CD3bEb6h">Loire</a>, and separated from the Aedui by the <a href="/facts/Senones/NnokLEMz">Senones</a>, <a href="/facts/Carnutes/cBvgSVsG">Carnutes</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bituriges_Cubi/v6m1LjmA">Bituriges Cubi</a>. </p><p>Again, in vii. 75, Caesar mentions the Aulerci Cenomani and the Aulerci <a href="/facts/Eburovices/3r1oNoJP">Eburovices</a>. In <i>B. G.</i>vii. 75 Caesar mentions the maritime states (ii. 34) under the name of the <a href="/facts/Armorica/GfloNVus">Armoric</a> states; but his list does not agree with the list in ii. 34, and it does not contain the Aulerci as the Aulerci were not regarded a maritime tribe. Caesar (iii. 17) mentions a tribe of <a href="/facts/Diablintes/xXSrWNbr">Diablintes</a> or Diablintres, to whom <a href="/facts/Ptolemy/htudGQTQ">Ptolemy</a> gives the generic name of Aulerci. It seems, then, that Aulerci was a general name under which several tribes were included. </p> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Xavier_Delamarre/jEyvFSxD">Delamarre, Xavier</a> (2003). <i>Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental</i>. Errance. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9782877723695.</li> <li>Lafond, Yves (2006). "Aulerci". <i>Brill's New Pauly</i>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1574-9347_bnp_e208920">10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e208920</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pierre-Yves_Lambert/sAg28QAr">Lambert, Pierre-Yves</a> (1994). <i>La langue gauloise: description linguistique, commentaire d'inscriptions choisies</i>. Errance. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-2-87772-089-2.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pierre-Yves_Lambert/sAg28QAr">Lambert, Pierre-Yves</a> (2005). "The place names of Lugdunensis [Λουγδουνησία]". In de Hoz, Javier; Luján, Eugenio R.; Sims-Williams, Patrick (eds.). <i>New approaches to Celtic place-names in Ptolemy's Geography</i>. Ediciones Clásicas. pp. 215–251. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-8478825721.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Venceslas_Kruta/7NuBmmgT">Kruta, Venceslas</a> (2000). <i>Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaire : des origines à la romanisation et au christianisme</i>. Robert Laffont. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 2-221-05690-6.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ranko_Matasovi%25C4%2587/mn8JfIym">Matasović, Ranko</a> (2009). <i>Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic</i>. Brill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9789004173361.</li></ul> <ul><li> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/facts/Public_domain/YWKMDKw4">public domain</a>: <a href="/facts/William_Smith_(lexicographer)/FMSstmWB">Smith, William</a>, ed. (1854–1857). <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D21%3Aentry%3Daulerci-geo">"Aulerci"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Geography/rIQmdKEM">Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography</a></i>. London: John Murray.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kruta 2000, p. 440. - Kruta, Venceslas (2000). Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaire : des origines à la romanisation et au christianisme. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-05690-6. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Lafond 2006. - Lafond, Yves (2006). "Aulerci". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e208920. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1574-9347_bnp_e208920" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1574-9347_bnp_e208920</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Kruta 2000, p. 440. - Kruta, Venceslas (2000). Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaire : des origines à la romanisation et au christianisme. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-05690-6. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Lambert 1994, p. 36. - Lambert, Pierre-Yves (1994). La langue gauloise: description linguistique, commentaire d'inscriptions choisies. Errance. ISBN 978-2-87772-089-2. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Delamarre 2003, pp. 60, 199. - Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Matasović 2009, p. 244. - Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. ISBN 9789004173361. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Lambert 2005, p. 223. - Lambert, Pierre-Yves (2005). "The place names of Lugdunensis [Λουγδουνησία]". In de Hoz, Javier; Luján, Eugenio R.; Sims-Williams, Patrick (eds.). New approaches to Celtic place-names in Ptolemy's Geography. Ediciones Clásicas. pp. 215–251. ISBN 978-8478825721. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Livius, Ab Urbe condita 5.34-35.3. <a href="/wiki/Ab_Urbe_condita" target="_blank">/wiki/Ab_Urbe_condita</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>