The Briniates were an ancient Ligurian tribe mentioned by

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...

as being subjugated by

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under consuls Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Quintus Mucius Scaevola in 175 BCE. They inhabited the valley of the

Vara Vara or VARA may refer to: Geography *Vara (river), in Liguria, Italy * Vara Parish, former municipality in Tartu County, Estonia * Vara, Estonia, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia * Vara Municipality, municipality in western S ...

.The Encyclopædia Britannica (1894), Vol. 14, p. 646

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