Durocasses

The Durocasses were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Dreux.

Coins minted by the Durocasses.

Name

The meaning of the name Durocasses is unclear. The second element -casses may have meant 'hair, hairstyle', perhaps a particular warrior coiffure, or 'tin, bronze (helmet?)'.[1]

The city of Dreux, attested as Drocas ca. 930 CE (Drewes in the 12th c.), is named after the Gallic tribe.[2]

Economy

The production of coins by the Durocasses suggests that they benefited from some economic autonomy. Their wealth probably came from tolls collected on the inland water shipping on the Eure river.[3]

References
  1. Delamarre 2003, pp. 109–110.
  2. Nègre 1990, p. 154.
  3. Harmand 1970, p. 107.

Bibliography
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (in French). Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
  • Harmand, Jacques (1970). Les Celtes au second age du fer (in French). Fernand Nathan.
  • Lacroix, Jacques (2003). Les noms d'origine gauloise: La Gaule des combats (in French) (2012 ed.). Errance. ISBN 978-2-87772-479-1.
  • Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France (in French). Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
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