Alpes Maritimae
The Alpes Maritimae (; English: 'Maritime Alps') were a small province of the Roman Empire founded in 63 AD by Nero. It was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy, along with the Alpes Graiae et Poeninae a ...
, during the
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age ( Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age ( Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostl ...
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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
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 histo ...
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Geography
The Savincates dwelled south of the
Guil
The Guil (french: le Guil) is a long river in the Hautes-Alpes ''département'', southeastern France. Its drainage basin is .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
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 ''Catur ...
, east of the
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. ' ...
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) ...
, and
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 ''Nemoturi ...
., Map 17: Lugdunum.
The '' civitas Rigomagensis'', mentioned in 400 AD in the ''
Notitia Galliarum
The ''Notitia Galliarum'' (or ''Notitia provinciarum et civitatum Galliae'') is a Roman register of cities dating to the 4th–6th centuries AD., contains the text of the ''Notitia'' with a map. The Latin register is divided into two headings. Te ...
'', extended to all the Ubaye valley. In the 8th–9th centuries, it designated a ''pagus (Rigomagensis)'' or a ''vallis (Reumagensis)'', which corresponded to the middle Ubaye valley.
Cottius
Marcus Julius Cottius was King of the Celtic and Ligurian inhabitants of the mountainous Roman province then known as '' Alpes Taurinae'' and now as the Cottian Alps early in the 1st century BC. Son and successor to King Donnus, he negotiated a ...