 They are mentioned as "Kaouárōn" (Καουάρων) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), as "Cauarum" by Pliny (1st c. AD), as "Avennio Cavarum" and "Cavaras" by Pomponius Mela (mid-1st c. AD), as "Kaúaroi" (Καύαροι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as "Cavares" on the "Tabula Peutingeriana" (5th c. AD).The name "Cauares" stems from Gaulish "cauaros" ('hero, champion'), ultimately from Proto-Celtic "*kawaro-" ('hero, champion'; cf.Old Irish "cuar" 'hero, champion, warrior', Breton "kaour", Welsh "cawr" 'giant, champion').