Re: Roma/Roman/Romulus, etc

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> Picked from http://www.pelasgians.bigpondhosting.com/website5/33_09.htm
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> (...)
>
> As we see, the Arimic tribes of the Italic peninsula appear under
> various dialectal names with the ancient authors. Based on the

elements which

> we presented above, we sum up and reconstitute here these names,

under the

> following forms:
>
>
> In Etruria, the ancient Arimii were called Ramnes; in Umbria, Arimini
> and Armuni; in the upper parts of
> the Tiber, Rumones and Rumores; on the seven hills of Rome, Remones,

Remores, Archemones and Archemores; in Latium, Ramnes, Remi, Romi and
Rumi; in Lucania, Erimones (Arimones); and in Sicily, Hirmini or Hurmini.

>
>
> Finally, in central Italy also existed the
> archaic form of Rumini, as results
> from the names of the divinities Jupiter
> Ruminus (Augustinus, Civ. Dei,
> lib. VII. 11), Dea Rumina (Ibid,
> lib. IV. 11, Varro, L. L. lib. II.
> 11. 5), as well as from the names of the places vicus Ruminalis (Sextus
> Rufus, De reg. urb. Romae. VII), ficus
> Ruminalis (Livy, lib. I. 4; Tacitus, Ann. XIII. 58), and Rumina

ficus (Ovid, Fast. II. v. 411).

> (...)
>
> 1) I don't know if these theories are correct or plausible, but it's

a good theme for discussions.

>
> 2) An idea occurred to me. Aryaman/Airyaman points to a well-stated

*Aryaman god in Indo-Iranian block, and Irish Eremon seems to fit
into this source, but we have Germanic *Irminaz, Irmunaz. Let me
sugest... how if *Aryaman was originated from a contamination of an
older *Ar(V)man by *arya- ? Could we have a PIE god name like *HerHmon-?

>

Rimini, Etruscan Arimna
Ischia, Etruscan Inarime
http://www.geocities.com/erwan-ar-skoul/city.html
Etr. *arim "monkey"
http://tinyurl.com/2d7top
arimoi
http://www.troya.com.mx/Peoples_Iliad/PEOPLES.html


Torsten