The Acitavones were a small
Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during the
Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Acitavones'' (
var. ''agitabo''-) by
Pliny (1st c. AD),
[ Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'']
3:20
and as ''Acitavones'' on the
Tropaeum Alpium.
[, s.v. ''Acitavones''.]
The etymology of the name ''Acitauones'' is unclear. The first element, ''acito''-, could mean 'field' (cf.
Old Irish ''ached'', ''achad'')'','' or else be a variant of ''agido''- ('face, appearance').
Geography
According to historian
Guy Barruol
Guy Barruol (born 10 June 1934) is a French historian and archaeologist. He is director of research emeritus at the CNRS.
Biography
Guy Barruol was born on 10 June 1934 in Mazan, Vaucluse, the son of Jean Barruol (1898–1982), a local histori ...
, they may have dwelled in the
Aosta Valley, near the
Little St Bernard Pass
The Little St Bernard Pass (French: ''Col du Petit Saint-Bernard'', Italian: ''Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo'') is a mountain pass in the Alps on the France–Italy border. Its saddle is at 2188 metres above sea level. It is located between S ...
. Their territory was located north of the
Medulli and
Segusini
The Segusini (Gaulish: *''Segusinoi'', 'those of Segusio') were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Susa, in the Alpes Cottiae, during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Segosianō̃n'' (Σεγοσιανῶν) Strabo (early 1st c. ...
, south of the
Veragri, west of the
Salassi, and east of the
Ceutrones
The Ceutrones (or Centrones) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Tarantaise Valley, in modern Savoie, during the Iron Age and Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Ceutrones'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), ''Keútrōnes'' (Κεύτρωνε ...
.
[, 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.
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