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Vocontii
The Vocontii (Gaulish: *''Uocontioi''; Greek: Οὐοκόντιοι, Οὐοκοντίων) were a Gallic people dwelling on the western foothills of the Alps during the Iron Age and the Roman period. The Vocontii settled in the region in the 3rd century BC at the latest. Pompeius Trogus, a Gallo-Roman historian and citizen of Vasio during the 1st century BC, was a member of the Vocontii. During the Roman period, they were probably at the head of a confederation that included the Sogiontii, Avantici, Sebaginni and Vertamocorii. Name They are mentioned as ''Vocontiorum'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Livy (late 1st c. BC), Pliny (1st c. AD) and Pomponius Mela (mid-1st c. AD), as ''Ouokóntioi'' (Οὐοκόντιοι) and ''Ouokontíōn'' (Οὐοκοντίων) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), ''Ou̓okóntioi'' (Οὐοκόντιοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as ''Bocontii'' on the ''Tabula Peutingeriana''. The ethnonym ''Vocontī'' is a latinized form of Gaulish *''Uocontioi''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasio
Vaison-la-Romaine (; oc, Vaison) is a town in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins and mediaeval town and cathedral. It is also unusual in the way the antique, mediaeval and modern towns spanning 2,000 years of history lie close together. The old town is split into two parts: the "upper city" or ''Colline du Château'' on a hill on one side of the Ouvèze, and on the opposite bank, the "lower city" centred on the ''Colline de la Villasse''. With four theatres and numerous exhibitions and galleries, Vaison-la-Romaine is also renowned for its art scene. Many writers, painters and actors live in the area. History The area was inhabited in the Bronze Age. At the end of the fourth century BC Vaison became the capital of a Celtic tribe, the Vocontii, centred on the oppidum in the upper city. The Roman Period After the Roman conquest (125-118 BC) in the wars against the Salyes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allobroges
The Allobroges (Gaulish: *''Allobrogis'', 'foreigner, exiled'; grc, Ἀλλοβρίγων, Ἀλλόβριγες) were a Gallic people dwelling in a large territory between the Rhône river and the Alps during the Iron Age and the Roman period. The Allobroges came relatively late to Gaul compared to most other tribes of Gallia Narbonensis; they first appear in historical records in connection with Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC. Their territory was subsequently annexed to Rome in 121 BC by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus. An attempted revolt was crushed by in 61 BC. However, they had rejected the second Catilinarian conspiracy in 63 BC. During the Gallic Wars, the Allobroges did not side with Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC. Name Attestations They are mentioned as ''A̓llobrígōn'' ( Ἀλλοβρίγων) by Polybius (2nd c. BC) and Strabo (early 1st c. AD),Polybius. ''Historíai'3:49–51 Strabo4:1:11 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sogiontii
The Sogionti or Sogiontii were a Gauls, Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Sisteron during the La Tène culture, Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Sogionti'' (var. ''songi''-, ''sonti''-) by Pliny the Elder, Pliny (1st c. AD),Pliny the Elder, Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 and as ''Sogionti'' and ''Sogion[ti]or(um)'' on inscriptions., s.v. ''Sogiontii''. The meaning of the name remains obscure. Guy Barruol compared the first element to the toponym ''Soio''. Geography The Sogiontii lived in the middle valley of the Durance river, around present-day Sisteron (Segustero). Their territory was located north of the Reii, west of the Bodiontici, east of the Vocontii, and south of the Sebaginni., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. They were probably part of the Vocontii, Vocontian confederation. 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. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertamocorii (Narbonensis)
The Vertamocorii (Gaulish: *''Wertamocorī'') were a Celtic people that lived in Cisalpine Gaul around Novara, in Eastern Piedmont (Italy). The Vertamocorii are reported by Pliny in the third book of Naturalis Historia, where they are said to be the founders of the city of Novara: and indicates their Gaulish origin (the Vocontii were a people of Gallia Narbonensis) and not Ligurian. See also * Ancient peoples of Italy This list of ancient peoples living in Italy summarises groupings existing before and during the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy. Many of the names are either scholarly inventions or exonyms assigned by the ancient writers of works in anc ... References External links Teuta Vertamocori - Group of historical reconstruction from Novara Historical Celtic peoples Gauls Ancient peoples of Italy Novara {{Italy-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebaginni
The Sebaginni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle Durance valley during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Sebaginnos'' (var. -''gninos'', ''Sabagnanos'') by Cicero (early 1st c. BC).Cicero. ''Pro P. Quinctio'', 25:80., s.v. ''Sebaginni''. The meaning of the name remains obscure. The first element, ''seba''-, can be compared with the personal names ''Seboθθu'', ''Sebosus'', ''Sebosiana'', and ''Sebbaudus''. The second component, -''ginn''-'','' may be Celtic, too. Geography The Sebaginni lived in the middle valley of the Durance river, north of present-day Sisteron (Segustero). Their territory was located south of the Avantici, east of the Vocontii, north of the Sogiontii, and west of the Edenates and 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. ''Natu . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avantici
The Avantici (Gaulish: *''Auanticoi'') were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Gap, in the western part of the modern Hautes-Alpes department, during the Roman period. Name They are only mentioned once as ''Avanticos'' (var. ''acanticos'', ''aganticos'') by Pliny (1st c. AD).Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:37., s.v. ''Avantici''. The Gaulish ethnonym ''Avantici'' is a latinized form of the Gaulish *''Auanticoi'' (sing. ''Auanticos''), deriving from the stem ''auant''- ('source') attached to the adjectival suffix -''ico''-. The stem does not appear to be Celtic. As the hydronymic lexicon is particularly resistant to name changes, the stem ''auant''- is probably a term of pre-Celtic Indo-European origin (cf. Latv. ''avuots'' 'source', Skr. ''avatá''- 'well, cistern'), which eventually came to be adopted by the Celts; the latter may have made use of it in proper names only. Geography Territory The territory of the Avantici roughly corresponded to the later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrocorii
The Petrocorii were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the present-day Périgord region, between the Dordogne and Vézère rivers, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Etymology They are mentioned as ''Petrocoriis'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), ''Petrokórioi'' (Πετροκόριοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD) and Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), ''Petrocori'' by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as ''Petrogorii'' by Sidonius Apollinaris (5th c. AD)., s.v. ''Petrocori'' and ''Vesunna''. The Gaulish ethnonym ''Petrocorii'' means 'four armies', or 'four troops'. It derives from the Gaulish stem ''petru-'' ('four') attached to ''corios'' ('army'), after a Gallic custom of including numbers in tribal names (e.g. '' Vo-contii'', '' Vo-corii'', '' Tri-corii'', '' Suess-iones''). Their name may indicate a relatively recent formation emerging from the union of fragmented small ethnic groups. The word ''corios'' derives from Proto-Celtic ''*koryos'' ('troop, tribe'; cf. Middle Welsh 'tribe, clan'; Mid. Ir. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suessiones
The Suessiones were a Belgic tribe, dwelling in the modern Aisne and Oise regions during the La Tène and Roman periods. During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), their oppidum Noviodunum ( Pommiers) was besieged and conquered by Caesar. Following their defeat by the Romans at the end of the campaign of 57 BC, they fell into dependence upon Rome and remained faithful to the Romans during the revolt of 51 BC. Name Attestations They are mentioned as ''Suessiones'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD), as ''Souessíōnes'' (Σουεσσίωνες) and ''Ou̓essíōnas'' (Οὐεσσίωνας) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), and as ''Ouéssones'' (Οὐέσσονες) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). Etymology The etymology of the Gaulish ethnonym ''Suessiones'' has been debated, but most scholars derive it from the word for 'six', (cf. Gaulish 'sixth', Irish , Welsh 'six'), after a Gallic custom of including numbers in tribal names (e.g. '' Vo-contii'', '' Vo-corii'', '' Tri-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segovellauni
The Segovellauni (Gaulish: ''*Segouellaunoi'', 'chiefs-of-victory') were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Drôme department, near the present-day city of Valence, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Little is known about the early history of the Segovellauni. After 121 BC, their territory was annexed to the province of Gallia Transalpina by the Roman Republic. In 62 BC, their oppidum Ventia was destroyed by the Roman legate Manlius Lentinus during the revolt of the Allobroges. By the 1st century AD, the Segovellauni were part of the Cavarian confederation. Name They are mentioned as ''Sengalaunoì'' (Σεγγαλαυνοὶ; var. σεταλλανοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). A ''regio segovellaunorum'' is also attested by Pliny (1st c. AD). The ethnonym ''Segovellauni'' is a latinized form of Gaulish *''Segouellaunoi'' (sing. ''*Segouellaunos''), which literally means 'chiefs-of-victory'. It stems from the root ''sego-'' ('victory, strength') attached to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône (french: le Grand Rhône, links=no) and the Little Rhône (). The resulting delta forms the Camargue region. The river's source is the Rhône Glacier, at the east edge of the Swiss canton of Valais. The glacier is part of the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which gives rise to three other major rivers: the Reuss, Rhine and Ticino. The Rhône is, with the Po and Nile, one of the three Mediterranean rivers with the largest water discharge. Etymology The name ''Rhône'' continues the Latin name (Greek ) in Greco-Roman geography. The Gaulish name of the river was or (from a PIE root *''ret-'' "to run, roll" frequently found in river names). Names in other languages include german: R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus
Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus also anglicized as was a Gallo-Roman historian from the Celtic Vocontii tribe in Narbonese Gaul who lived during the reign of the emperor Augustus. He was nearly contemporary with Livy. Life Pompeius Trogus's grandfather served under Pompey in his war against Sertorius. Owing to Pompey's influence, he was able to obtain Roman citizenship and his family adopted their patron's praenomen and nomen Gnaeus Pompeius. Trogus's father served under Julius Caesar as his secretary and interpreter. Trogus himself seems to have been a polymath. Works Following Aristotle and Theophrastus, Pompeius Trogus wrote books on the natural history of animals and plants. His principal work, however, was his 44-volume ''Philippic Histories and the Origin of the Whole World and the Places of the Earth'' ('' Historiae Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs''), now lost, which, according to its surviving epitome, had as its principal theme the Macedonian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauls
The Gauls ( la, Galli; grc, Γαλάται, ''Galátai'') were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (''Gallia''). They spoke Gaulish, a continental Celtic language. The Gauls emerged around the 5th century BC as bearers of La Tène culture north and west of the Alps. By the 4th century BC, they were spread over much of what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, by virtue of controlling the trade routes along the river systems of the Rhône, Seine, Rhine, and Danube. They reached the peak of their power in the 3rd century BC. During the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, the Gauls expanded into Northern Italy ( Cisalpine Gaul), leading to the Roman–Gallic wars, and into the Balkans, leading to war with the Greeks. These latter Gauls eventually settled in Anatolia, becoming known as Galatians. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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