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Eguiturii
The Eguiturii or Eguituri were a 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)'' remains unclear. The original nominative form was probably ''Eguiturii''. The prefix ''egui''- may be a variant of ''equi''-, which can be translated as 'horse', with an archaic preservation of labio-velar ''-kʷ-'' (in contrast to Gaul. ''epos''). The suffix -''turi(i)'' may be compared with the ethnic name ''Turi'' or ''Turii'' ('' Tyrii''), a tribe living nearby in upper Stura valley. Geography The Eguiturii probably dwelled in the upper Verdon valley. Their territory was located east of the Adanates, Gallitae and Bodiontici, west of the Nemeturii, north of the Sentii and Vergunni, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, Map 17: Lugdunum Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, ; modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodiontici
The Bodiontici or Brodiontii were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Digne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) during the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Bodionticos'' by Pliny (1st c. AD). Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:37. Possible variants are also attested as ''Brodionti(i)'', ''Bodionio'' and ''Bodi(ontio?)'' on inscriptions., s.v. ''Bodiontici''. The ethnic name ''Bodiontici'' appears to derive from the Gaulish stem ''bodio-'' ('blond') attached to -''ont-ici''. Geography The Bodiontici dwelled around present-day Digne, in the valley of the Bléone river. Their territory was located north of the Sentii, south of the Gallitae, east of the Sogiontii, and west of the Eguiturii and Nemeturii.. Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. In Roman times, their civitas was situated around the basin of the river Bléone and its tributary the . In 69 AD, the territory of the Bodiontici was transferred, along with that of the Avantici, to the province of Gallia Narb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Nemoturica'' and ''Nematuri'' (var. ''nemet''-) by Pliny (1st c. AD)., s.v. ''Nemeturii''. The ethnic name ''Nemeturii'' is a latinized form of Gaulish *''Nemeturioi''. It derives from the stem '' nemeto''-, meaning 'sacred place, sanctuary', and can be translated as 'the inhabitants of sacred places'. Geography The Nemeturii dwelled in the upper Verdon or Var valley. Their territory was located east of the Eguiturii, west of the Ecdinii, north of the Vergunni and Nerusii, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, 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 The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropaeum Alpium
The Tropaeum Alpium (; ) is a Roman trophy ('' tropaeum'') celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps. The monument's ruins are in La Turbie (France), a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco. Construction The Trophy was built in honor of Augustus to celebrate his definitive victory over the 45 tribes who populated the Alps. The Alpine populations were defeated during the military campaign to subdue the Alps conducted by the Romans between 16 and 7 BC. The monument was built of stone from the Roman quarry located about away, where traces of sections of carved columns are visible in the stone. The monument as partially restored is high. When built, according to the architect, the base measured in length, the first platform in height, and the rotunda of 24 columns with its statue of an enthroned Augustus is high. Inscription One of the stones of the tower contained the names of the tribes. The inscription was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savincates
The Savincates were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Ubaye valley, around present-day Faucon-de-Barcelonnette in the Alpes Maritimae, during the Iron Age. 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. Geography The Savincates dwelled south of the Guil valley, in the 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, east of the Avantici and Adanates, and north of the Gallitae, Eguiturii, and Nemeturii., Map 17: Lugdunum. The ''civitas Rigomagensis'', mentioned in 400 AD in the ''Notitia Galliarum'', extended to all the Ubaye valley. In the 8th–9th centuries, it designated a ''pagus (Rigomagensis)'' or a ''va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vergunni
The Vergunni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of the Riou, near the Verdon river, during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Vergunni'' by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription. Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 CIL 5:7817., s.v. ''Vergunni''. The meaning of the name remains obscure. It could be derived from the Gaulish Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ... stem ''uergo''- (cf. Gaul. ''uergo-bretus'' 'magistrate', OBret. ''guerg'' 'efficax', Welsh ''gwery'' 'active', OIr. ''ferg'' 'anger'). The village of Vergons, attested as ''villa Virgonis'' in 814, is probably named after the Gallic tribe. Geography The Vergunni lived in a small piece of land situated in the valley of the Riou, a stream tributary of the Verdon river. Their territory w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adanates
The Adanates or Edenates were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Seyne, in the Alpes Cottiae, during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Edenates'' (var. '-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 and as ''Adanatium'' on the Arc of Susa., s.v. ''Edenates''. The etymology of the name ''Adanates'' is unclear. Guy Barruol has proposed to compare it with ''Adenatius'' (or ''Adenatis'') and ''Adana'', and postulated an original *''Senedenates'', with loss of the initial ''s-'' retained in ''Sedena''. According to Alexander Falileyev, "if the original form was indeed *''Sed-'', the name could be Celtic, from ''sedo-'' 'seat, location'; but in view of the form recorded in inscriptions, it is unlikely. If ''Eden-'' is the original form, the name does not appear Celtic." Xavier Delamarre has proposed to interpret the name as ''Ed-en-ati'' ('those from the land/country'), from a Gaulish stem ''edo-(n)-'' ('space, land'). Geography The Adanates d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 CIL 5:7817, s.v. ''Gallitae''. The name ''Gallitae'' appears to be based on the Celtic root ''gal(l)-'', meaning 'power, ability', which can also be found in the ethnic names ''Galli'' (Gauls) and '' Galátai'' (Galatians). Geography The Gallitae lived in the upper valley of the Bléone river, in a land later called ''ager Galadius'' in the early Middle Ages (813–814 AD). Their territory was located north of the Bodiontici, east of the Sogiontii and Sebaginni, west of the Eguiturii, south of the Edenates., Map: 16 Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum; 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 Tropae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Celtic Peoples
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugdunum
Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, ; modern Lyon, France) was an important Colonia (Roman), Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon, France, Lyon. The Roman city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, but continued an existing Gallic settlement with a likely population of several thousands. It served as the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis and was an important city in the western half of the Roman Empire for centuries. Two emperors, Claudius and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum. In the period 69–192 AD, the city's population may have numbered 50,000 to 100,000, and possibly up to 200,000 inhabitants. The original Roman city was situated west of the confluence of the Rhône River, Rhône and Saône, on the Fourvière heights. By the late centuries of the empire much of the population was located in the Saône River valley at the foot of Fourvière. Name The Roman city was founded as ''Colonia Copia Felix Munatia'', a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Caturiges'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD), and as ''Katourgídōn'' (Κατουργίδων) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). The Gaulish ethnonym ''Caturīges'' (sing. ''Caturix'') literally means 'kings of combat'. It stems from the Celtic root ''catu''- ('combat, battle') attached to ''rīges'' ('kings'). The city of Chorges, attested in the 4th c. AD as ''Caturrigas'' (''Cadorgas'' in 1062, ''Chaorgias'' in 1338), is named after the tribe. Geography Territory The Caturiges dwelled in the upper course of the Durance river. Their territory was located east of the Tricorii, Avantici and Edenates (further west lived the Vocontii), south of the Brigianii and Quariates, west of the Veneni and Soti, and north of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentii
The Sentii (Gaulish: ''Sentioi'') were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Senez, in southeastern France, during the Roman era. Name They are mentioned as Σέντιοι (var. Σένποι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD)., s.v. ''Sentii''. The ethnic name ''Sentii'' is a latinized form of Gaulish ''Sentioi''. It derives from the stem ''sentu''- ('pathway') and can be interpreted as 'the people who live near the path', 'those who know the path', or as 'those who control the road'. Geography The Sentii dwelled around their chief town, Sanitium (modern Senez). The settlement is not mentioned in ancient sources until the ''Notitia Galliarum'' (4th–6th centuries AD). Their territory was located west of the Vergunni, north of the Suetrii, east of the Reii and Vocontii, and south of the Bodiontici., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. The area of their civitas corresponded mainly to the upper basin of the river Asse; it may have also included parts of the valley of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligures
The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day Northern Italy, north-western Italy, is named. Because of the strong Celts, 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 Regions of France, 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 20th century BC, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
