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Eguiturii
The Eguiturii or Eguituri were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Eguituri'' by Pliny (1st c. AD).Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 The meaning of the ethnonym ''Eguituri(i)'' remains unclear. The original nominative form was probably ''Eguiturii''. The prefix ''egui''- may be a variant of ''equi''-, which can be translated as 'horse', with an archaic preservation of labio-velar ''-kʷ-'' (in contrast to Gaul. ''epos''). The suffix -''turi(i)'' may be compared with the ethnic name ''Turi'' or ''Turii'' ('' Tyrii''), a tribe living nearby in upper Stura valley. Geography The Eguiturii probably dwelled in the upper Verdon valley. Their territory was located east of the Adanates, Gallitae and Bodiontici, west of the Nemeturii, north of the Sentii and Vergunni, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, Map 17: Lugdunum. History They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodiontici
The Bodiontici or Brodiontii were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Digne ( Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) during the Roman period The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro .... Name They are mentioned as ''Bodionticos'' by Pliny the Elder, Pliny (1st c. AD).Pliny the Elder, Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:37. Possible variants are also attested as ''Brodionti(i)'', ''Bodionio'' and ''Bodi(ontio?)'' on inscriptions., s.v. ''Bodiontici''. The ethnic name ''Bodiontici'' appears to derive from the Gaulish stem ''bodio-'' ('blond') attached to -''ont-ici''. Geography The Bodiontici dwelled around present-day Digne, in the valley of the Bléone river. Their territory was located north of the Sentii, south of the Gallitae, east of the Sogiontii, and west of the Eguiturii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemeturii
The Nemeturii (Gaulish *''Nemeturioi'', 'the inhabitants of nemetons') or Nemeturi were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Nemeturicae'' by Columella (1st c. AD), and as ''Nemoturica'' and ''Nematuri'' (var. ''nemet''-) by Pliny (1st c. AD)., s.v. ''Nemeturii''. The ethnic name ''Nemeturii'' is a latinized form of Gaulish *''Nemeturioi''. It derives from the stem '' nemeto''-, meaning 'sacred place, sanctuary', and can be translated as 'the inhabitants of sacred places'. Geography The Nemeturii dwelled in the upper Verdon or Var valley. Their territory was located east of the Eguiturii, west of the Ecdinii, north of the Vergunni and Nerusii, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, Map 17: Lugdunum. History They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the Tropaeum Alpium.Pliny Pliny m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropaeum Alpium
The Tropaeum Alpium (Latin 'Trophy of the Alps', French: ''Trophée des Alpes''), is a Roman trophy (''tropaeum'') celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps. The monument's ruins are in La Turbie (France), a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco. Construction The Trophy was built c. 6 BC in honor of Augustus to celebrate his definitive victory over the 45 tribes who populated the Alps. The Alpine populations were defeated during the military campaign to subdue the Alps conducted by the Romans between 16 and 7 BC. The monument was built of stone from the Roman quarry located about 800 metres away, where traces of sections of carved columns are visible in the stone. The monument as partially restored is 35 meters high. When built, according to the architect, the base measured 35 meters in length, the first platform 12 meters in height, and the rotunda of 24 columns with its statue of an enthroned Augustus is 49 metres hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savincates
The Savincates were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Ubaye valley, around present-day Faucon-de-Barcelonnette in the Alpes Maritimae, during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Savincatium'' on two inscriptions., s.v. ''Savincates''. The meaning of the ethnonym remains obscure. The toponym ''Savines'' has been traditionally compared with ''Savincates'' and associated with their chief town, although this has been criticized by Guy Barruol. Geography The Savincates dwelled south of the Guil valley, in the Ubaye valley, around the town of Rigomagus (modern Faucon-de-Barcelonnette). Their territory was located west of the Veneni, Soti, and Tyrii, south of the Caturiges, east of the Avantici and Adanates, and north of the Gallitae, Eguiturii, and Nemeturii., Map 17: Lugdunum. The '' civitas Rigomagensis'', mentioned in 400 AD in the ''Notitia Galliarum'', extended to all the Ubaye valley. In the 8th–9th centuries, it designated a ''pagus (Rigomagensis)'' or a ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vergunni
The Vergunni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of the Riou, near the Verdon river, during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Vergunni'' by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription.Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 CIL 5:7817., s.v. ''Vergunni''. The meaning of the name remains obscure. It could be derived from the Gaulish stem ''uergo''- (cf. Gaul. ''uergo-bretus'' 'magistrate', OBret. ''guerg'' 'efficax', Welsh ''gwery'' 'active', OIr. ''ferg'' 'anger'). The village of Vergons, attested as ''villa Virgonis'' in 814, is probably named after the Gallic tribe. Geography The Vergunni lived in a small piece of land situated in the valley of the Riou, a stream tributary of the Verdon river. Their territory was located north of the Suetrii, east of the Sentii, south of the Eguiturii and Nemeturii, and west of the Ecdinii, Vesubiani and Nerusii., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. History They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adanates
The Adanates or Edenates were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Seyne, in the Alpes Cottiae, during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Edenates'' (var. '-) by Pliny (1st c. AD),Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 and as ''Adanatium'' on the Arc of Susa., s.v. ''Edenates''. The etymology of the name ''Adanates'' is unclear. Guy Barruol has proposed to compare it with ''Adenatius'' (or ''Adenatis'') and ''Adana'', and postulated an original *''Senedenates'', with loss of the initial ''s-'' retained in ''Sedena''. According to Alexander Falileyev, "if the original form was indeed *''Sed-'', the name could be Celtic, from ''sedo-'' 'seat, location'; but in view of the form recorded in inscriptions, it is unlikely. If ''Eden-'' is the original form, the name does not appear Celtic." Xavier Delamarre has proposed to interpret the name as ''Ed-en-ati'' ('those from the land/country'), from a Gaulish stem ''edo-(n)-'' ('space, land'). Geography The Adanates d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallitae
The Gallitae were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the Bléone river ( Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Gallitae'' (var. -''tre'') by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription.Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 CIL 5:7817, s.v. ''Gallitae''. The name ''Gallitae'' appears to be based on the Celtic root ''gal(l)-'', meaning 'power, ability', which can also be found in the ethnic names ''Galli'' (Gauls) and '' Galátai'' (Galatians). Geography The Gallitae lived in the upper valley of the Bléone river, in a land later called ''ager Galadius'' in the early Middle Ages (813–814 AD). Their territory was located north of the Bodiontici, east of the Sogiontii and Sebaginni, west of the Eguiturii, south of the Edenates., Map: 16 Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum; Map 17: Lugdunum. History They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the Tropaeum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Celtic Peoples
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugdunum
Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, ; modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon. The Roman city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, but continued an existing Gallic settlement with a likely population of several thousands. It served as the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis and was an important city in the western half of the Roman Empire for centuries. Two emperors, Claudius and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum. In the period 69–192 AD, the city's population may have numbered 50,000 to 100,000, and possibly up to 200,000 inhabitants. The original Roman city was situated west of the confluence of the Rhône and Saône, on the Fourvière heights. By the late centuries of the empire much of the population was located in the Saône River valley at the foot of Fourvière. Name The Roman city was founded as ''Colonia Copia Felix Munatia'', a name invoking prosperity and the blessing of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caturiges
The Caturiges (Gaulish: ''Caturīges'', 'kings of combat') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper Durance valley, around present-day towns of Chorges and Embrun, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Caturiges'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD), and as ''Katourgídōn'' (Κατουργίδων) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). The Gaulish ethnonym ''Caturīges'' (sing. ''Caturix'') literally means 'kings of combat'. It stems from the Celtic root ''catu''- ('combat, battle') attached to ''rīges'' ('kings'). The city of Chorges, attested in the 4th c. AD as ''Caturrigas'' (''Cadorgas'' in 1062, ''Chaorgias'' in 1338), is named after the tribe. Geography Territory The Caturiges dwelled in the upper course of the Durance river. Their territory was located east of the Tricorii, Avantici and Edenates (further west lived the Vocontii), south of the Brigianii and Quariates, west of the Veneni and Soti, and north of the Savincat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentii
The Sentii (Gaulish: ''Sentioi'') were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Senez, in southeastern France, during the Roman era. Name They are mentioned as Σέντιοι (var. Σένποι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD)., s.v. ''Sentii''. The ethnic name ''Sentii'' is a latinized form of Gaulish ''Sentioi''. It derives from the stem ''sentu''- ('pathway') and can be interpreted as 'the people who live near the path', 'those who know the path', or as 'those who control the road'. Geography The Sentii dwelled around their chief town, Sanitium (modern Senez). The settlement is not mentioned in ancient sources until the ''Notitia Galliarum'' (4th–6th centuries AD). Their territory was located west of the Vergunni, north of the Suetrii, east of the Reii and Vocontii, and south of the Bodiontici., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. The area of their civitas corresponded mainly to the upper basin of the river Asse; it may have also included parts of the valley of the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celto-Ligurian
The Ligures (singular Ligur; Italian language, Italian: liguri; English language, English: Ligurians) were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day Northern Italy, north-western Italy, is named. Ancient Liguria corresponded more or less to the current Italian region of Liguria. However, this region was much larger than today's borders. To the north the boundary was the Po (river), Po river in present-day Piedmont, to the west it was the Var (river), Var river in the Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes Maritimes, to the east it was the Magra, Magra river as is still the case . And to the south, the region has been bordered since the dawn of time by the Ligurian Sea. This region is therefore very mountainous including the south of the Alps and the Ligurian Apennines. Little is known about the Ligurian (ancient language), ancient language of the Ligurians because there are no known written records or inscriptions in it, and because it is not known where the ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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