|
Maponi |
Lochmaben |
10817 |
|
Mixa |
? |
10817 = 10818 |
|
Panouius |
In Galloway? |
10818 |
|
Minox |
? |
10818 = 10817 |
|
Taba |
Carpow? |
10819 |
|
Manaui |
(The locus of the Manavi) |
10819 |
|
Segloes |
Crawford? |
10820 |
|
Dannoni |
Barochan Hill? |
10820 |
The first name, *(Locus) Maponi survives as the modern Lochmaben. If Steer’s (1958, 106) hypothesis is correct, this would have been a tribal meeting-place supervised from the fort (or meeting near the fort following its abandonment). The next name does not suggest an obvious emendation, but the third, <Panouius>, is connected by Rivet and Smith (1979, 212) with *Fl Nouius, the River Nith (Ekwall 1928, 303); however, the Cosmographer lists the River Nith below at 10832, so it is unlikely to be the name intended here. It is also possible to emend *Nouantes without difficulty, giving the name of the meeting-place of the Novantae of Galloway.
The fourth name looks like a doublet of <Mixa>, with its repetition of mi…x…, and cannot be identified. <Taba> is clearly for *Taua, either the River Tay (Ekwall 1928, 394) or a place on it. This may have been Carpow, where occupation continued after the death of Severus in 211 (Frere 1987, 178). Next comes a tribal name Manavii, recorded in no classical sources but surviving as Manau medieval Welsh tradition; Rivet and Smith (1979, 410) unnecessarily and no doubt wrongly identify Manaui with the Isle of Man. The Welsh traditions associated the Manavii with the Votadini, and their territory is thought to have lain around the River Forth.
<Segloes>and <Dannoni> (for *Selgoues and *Dumnoni) are both tribes listed by Ptolemy (Geography II.3, 6 and 7). Where their loci might have been is a matter for conjecture; it is possible that *Locus Dumnoniorum was the site of Coria among the Dumnonii, which Rivet and Smith (1979, 319) identify with Barochan Hill.
The group has more coherence than Rivet and Smith allow, whether or not Steer’s (1958, 106) hypothesis about the third century administration of the area between the Walls is correct. If it is, the apparent mention of a *Locus Tauae suggests that the political settlement was intended to cover all those parts of northern Britain in which Severus had campaigned. From what we know of Caracalla’s activities in the north, following the death of his father, it is a tribute to his government that the settlement proved to be lasting.