Bormani
The Bormani were an ancient tribe living near modern Bormes-les-Mimosas during the Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned as Bormani by Pliny, and probably as Bormanici on an inscription.They have been identified with the ethnic name Bormanici, mentioned on a dedication to Caligula found at Solliès-Toucas. The suffix -ici is the Latinized form of -ii, and was a commonly used ending in the formation of ethnonyms in southeastern Gaul and the Alps.
The toponym Bormes-les-Mimosas, attested as Borma in 1056 AD, derives from the tribal name. It has further been compared to the toponym Lucus Bormani, located in Liguria between Albingaunum and Albintimilium.
Geography
Pliny cites the Bormani as living between Aetea and the Comani. Their territory was located in the region lying between the Toulonnais Mountains and the western part of the Massif des Maures, north of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.It remains uncertain whether their oppidum was located within the territory of Bormes-les-Mimosas. Although two Iron Age settlements occupied into the Roman period are known there, neither has produced archaelogical evidence allowing identification as an oppidum latinum.