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Salyes
The Salyes or Salluvii (Greek: ) were an ancient Celto-Ligurian people dwelling between the Durance river and the Greek colony of Massalia during the Iron Age. Although earlier writers called them 'Ligurian', Strabo used the denomination 'Celto-ligurian' in the early 1st century AD. A Celtic influence is noticeable in their religion, which centred on the cult of the ''tête coupée'' ('severed head'), as well as in the names of their towns and leaders. During the 2nd century BC, the Salyes were most likely at the head of a political and military confederation that united both Gallic and Ligurian tribes. During most of their early history, the Salyes were in conflict with the neighbouring Greek inhabitants of Massalia, and later on with their ally the Roman Republic, until the consul Gaius Sextius Calvinus sacked their hill-fort Entremont ca. 122 BC. Revolts against the Roman conquerors were crushed in 90 and 83 BC. Name They are mentioned as ''Sallyas'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. B ...
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Celto-Ligurian
The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named. Because of the strong Celtic influences on their language and culture, they were also known in antiquity as Celto-Ligurians. In pre-Roman times, the Ligurians occupied the present-day Italian region of Liguria, Piedmont, northern Tuscany, western Lombardy, western Emilia-Romagna, and northern Sardinia, reaching also Elba and Sicily. They inhabited also the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica;Strabo, ''Geography'', book 4, chapter 6Livy, ''History of Rome'', book XLVII however, it is generally believed that around 2000 BC the Ligurians occupied a much larger area, extending as far as what is today Catalonia (in the north-eastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula). The origins of the ancient Ligurians are unclear, and an autochthonous origin is increasingly probable. What little is known today about the ancient Ligurian language is based ...
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Entremont (oppidum)
Entremont is a archaeological site three kilometres from Aix-en-Provence at the extreme south of the Puyricard plateau.''Histoire d'une ville. Aix-en-Provence'', Scéren, CRDP de l'académie d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille, 2008, p. 20-25. In antiquity, the oppidum at Entremont was the capital of the Celtic-Ligurian confederation of Salyes. It was settled between 180 and 170 B.C., somewhat later than the inhabitation of other oppida, such as Saint-Blaise (7th to 2nd centuries B.C.).Patrice Arcelin, « Avant ''Aquae Sextiae'', l'oppidum dEntremont'' » in ''Carte archéologique de la Gaule : Aix-en-Provence, pays d'Aix, val de Durance'', 13/4, Fl. Mocci, N. Nin (dir.), Paris, 2006, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, ministère de l'Éducation nationale, ministère de la Recherche, ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, maison des Sciences de l'homme, centre Camille-Jullian, ville d'Aix-en-Provence, communauté du pays d'Aix, p. 125.''Voyage en Massalie. 100 an ...
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Segobrigii
The Segobrigii or Segobriges were a Celto-Ligurian people dwelling in the hinterland of the Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greek colony of Massilia, Massalia (modern Marseille) during the European Iron Age, Iron Age. They are mentioned in the Founding myth of Marseille, founding myth of Massalia, recounted by the Greek philosopher Aristotle and by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, Pompeius Trogus, a Gallo-Roman writer who lived among the nearby Vocontii in the 1st century BC. Built around the historical founding of the city by Greek settlers ca. 600 BC, the legend tells how the daughter of the Segobrigian king Nannus chose a Phocaean sailor as her husband during her own wedding, the two of them eventually founding the colony of Massalia. Name They are only mentioned once as ''Segobrigii'' by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, Pompeius Trogus (1st c. BC), in a text later summarized by the Roman writer Justin (historian), Justin in the 3rd–4th century AD. The ethnonym appears to be a Celtic languages, Ce ...
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Dexivates
The Dexivates (Gaulish: ''Dexiuates'') were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the southern part of modern Vaucluse, near the present-day village of Cadenet, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Name The tribe is attested as ''Dexivatium'' (var. ''dexuia''-) by Pliny in the 1st century AD. The Gaulish ethnonym ''Dexiuates'' derives from the stem ''deksiu(o)-'' ('on the right, in the south, favourable'). A local goddess is also attested as ''Dexiua (Dea)'' or ''Dexsiua''. The name ''Dexivates'' thus either means 'those who live in the south' (i.e. 'the Southerners'), or 'those of the goddess Dexiua' (i.e. 'Worshippers of Dexiua'), whose name could be translated as 'she who is on the right / in the south', whence 'the Favourable'. Geography The territory of the Dexivates was located in the Durance valley, south of the Luberon massif, in what is today known as the . They dwelled north of the Salyes and Anatilii, east of the Cavares, south of the Vocontii and Albici, and w ...
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Tritolli
The Tritolli were a Gallic tribe dwelling in lower Provence, south of the Durance river, during the Iron Age. Name The Tritolli are solely attested by Pliny as ''Tritollorum (var. tritull-, tricoll-)'' in the 1st century AD. Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:34. The meaning of the Gaulish name ''Tritolli'' remains obscure. The first element is probably the prefix ''tri''- ('three'), but the second component is difficult to interpret., s.v. ''Tritolli''. Geography Pliny describes the territory of the Tritolli as located between the Tricores (near the Mediterranean Sea) and the Vocontii (north of the Durance). They may have lived in the mountainous region of Saint-Maximin, Barjols, and Rians, to the east of the Salyes The Salyes or Salluvii (Greek: ) were an ancient Celto-Ligurian people dwelling between the Durance river and the Greek colony of Massalia during the Iron Age. Although earlier writers called them 'Ligurian', Strabo used the denomination 'Celto-l ..., al ...
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Durance
The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Durance (La)
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Its source is in the southwestern part of the , in the Montgenèvre ski resort near ; it flows southwest through the following



Anatilii
The Anatilii were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpilles region during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Anatiliorum'' by Pliny (1st c. AD). Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:34, 3:36., s.v. ''Anatilii''. Their name may be related to Gaulish ''anatia'', meaning 'souls'. Geography Pliny mentions a ''regio Anatiliorum'' situated between the ''Campi lapidei'' (the Crau) and the territories of Dexivates (between the Durance and Luberon) and Cavari (around present-day Avignon and Cavaillon). Their territory was located north of Libicii and Avatici, east of the Volcae Arecomici. According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation. An oppidum with Latin Rights given by Pliny as ''Anatilia'' has been linked to the site of Vernègues, near Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence (, ; or , ), commonly known as Salon, is a commune located about northwest of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (Metropolis of Aix-Marseille Provenc ...
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Tricores
The Tricores were a Gallic tribe dwelling near the Mediterranean Sea, between the Rhône river and Massalia (modern Marseille), during the Iron Age. Name The Tricores are solely attested by Pliny as ''Tricorium'' in the 1st century AD. Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:34. They must be distinguished from the Tricorii of the Drac river valley. The Gaulish name ''Tricores'' probably derives from the prefix ''tri''- ('three') attached to '' corio''- ('army')., s.v. ''Tricores''. Geography Pliny describes the territory of the Tricores as located between the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Tritolli to the north, and between the Rhône river to the west and Massalia to the east. The region of L'Estaque L'Estaque (; ) is a village in southern France, just west of Marseille. Administratively, it belongs to the commune in France, commune of Marseille. Overview Many artists of the Impressionism, Impressionist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impression ... and Vitrolles, to ...
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Avatici
The Avatici (Gaulish: *''Auaticoi'') were a Gallic tribe dwelling near the Étang de Berre, between the mouth of the Rhône river and Massilia (modern Marseille), during the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Au̓atilō͂n'' (Αὐατιλῶν; var. Αὐατικῶν) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and an ''oppidum'' ''Maritima Avaticorum'' is documented by Pliny (1st c. AD) and Pomponius Mela (mid-1st c. AD). Geography Territory The Avatici dwelled near the Étang de Berre, southwest of the Saluvii, and possibly northwest of the Tricores., Map 15: Arelate-Massalia. Their territory stretched from the eastern part of the mouth of the Rhône river to the west of Massilia, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Crau in the north. According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation. Settlements Their chief town, located in the province of Gallia Narbonensis, was known as . The location of the settlement is not precisely indicated by ...
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Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') 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 (Gulf of Lion). At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône () and the Little Rhône (). The resulting River delta, delta forms the Camargue region. The river's source is the Rhône Glacier, at the east edge of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Valais. The glacier is part of the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which gives rise to three other major rivers: the Reuss (river), Reuss, Rhine and Ticino (river), Ticino. The Rhône is, with the Po (river), Po and the Nile, one of the three Mediterranean rivers with the largest Discharge (hydrology), water discharge. Etymology The name ''Rhône'' continues the Latin name (Ancient Greek, Greek ) in Greco-Roman geography. The Gaulish name of t ...
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Antibes
Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area. The capes house the Hôtel du Cap, Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc and Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat respectively, widely considered two of the most exclusive hotels in the world.Chanial, Jean-Pierre"Cap-Eden-Roc, 100 ans de légende" ''Le Figaro'' , 11 June 2014. The town of Juan-les-Pins is in the commune of Antibes; the Sophia Antipolis technology park is northwest of it. In 2020, the commune had a population of 74,709, making it Alpes-Maritimes's second-most populated. History Origins Traces of occupation dating back to the early Iron Age have been foundPatrice Arcelin, Antibes (A.-M.). Chapelle du Saint-Esprit. In : Guyon (J.), Heijmans (M.) éd. – ''D’un monde à l� ...
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Celtiberian Language
Celtiberian or Northeastern Hispano-Celtic is an extinct Indo-European language of the Celtic branch spoken by the Celtiberians in an area of the Iberian Peninsula between the headwaters of the Douro, Tagus, Júcar and Turia rivers and the Ebro river. This language is directly attested in nearly 200 inscriptions dated from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD, mainly in Celtiberian script, a direct adaptation of the northeastern Iberian script, but also in the Latin alphabet. The longest extant Celtiberian inscriptions are those on three Botorrita plaques, bronze plaques from Botorrita near Zaragoza, dating to the early 1st century BC, labeled Botorrita I, III and IV (Botorrita II is in Latin). Shorter and more fragmentary is the Novallas bronze tablet. Overview Under the P/Q Celtic hypothesis, and like its Iberian relative Gallaecian, Celtiberian is classified as a Q Celtic language, putting it in the same category as Goidelic and not P-Celtic like Gaulish ...
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