Английская Википедия:Caeracates
Шаблон:Short description The Caeracates (Gaulish: *Caeracatis, 'the shepherds' or 'sheep-folk') were small tribe dwelling in Gallia Belgica during the Roman period. Like the Aresaces, they were probably a sub-tribe (pagus) of the larger Treveri, since they were too small to form their own civitas.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Name
They are mentioned by Tacitus (early 2nd c. AD) as Caeracatium and Caeracatibus.[1]
The ethnonym Caeracates is a latinized form of Gaulish *Caeracatis. It derives from a stem Шаблон:Not a typo, meaning 'ewe' or a similar animal (cf. Old Irish gen. caerach 'ewe', Welsh caeriwrch 'roe deer'), attached to the suffix -atis ('belonging to'). It thus means 'those of the sheep', that is to say 'the shepherds' or 'sheep-folk'. Caeracates is cognate with other Celtic tribal names such as the Belgic Caeroesi, the Brittonic Caereni, and the Pictish Kairênoi (Καιρηνοί).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
History
Tacitus mentioned them in his account of the Batavian revolt of 69–70 AD. They were called up, along with the Vangiones and the Triboci, to reinforce a Treveran force:
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