O antroponimiji Azala
Anthroponymy of the Azali

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper the author deals with native personal names of the tribe of the Azali who lived in northern Pannonia, where they were organized into a large civitas peregrina in Roman times. Based on the anthroponymy, it is usually considered that the Azali were of Pannonian (“Illyrian”) origin, and that the tribe, positioned between the Celtic tribes of Boii and Eravisci, represented a “south Pannonian linguistic island in northern Pannonia”. It has also been suggested that they were resettled from southern Pannonia to the north by Tiberius. However, the onomastic evidence indicates that this thesis needs revision. The author tries to examine the epigraphically attested personal names of the Azali, dividing them into two cathegories: 1. non-Latin personal names recorded in Latin inscriptions, in which the Azalian origin is expressed (29); 2. non-Latin personal names attested in the inscriptions from the territory of the civitas peregrina (38). The analysis of the onomastics inventory shows that a significant number of records appear to be Celtic.

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