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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] |
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] |
Suetrii
The Suetrii (Gaulish: *''Su(p)etrioi'', 'the good birds') or Suetri were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Castellane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Suebri'' (var. ''suberi'', ''uebri'') and ''Svetri'' by Pliny (1st c. AD), as ''Souētrōn'' (Σουητρ...ων; var. Σουιντρ...ων, Σουκτρ...ων) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as ''Suetrio'' on an inscription., s.v. ''Suetrii''. The ethnonym ''Suetrii'' can be explained as the Gaulish *''su-(p)etri-'', meaning 'good birds' (cf. Lat. ''accipiter''). Geography Territory The Suetrii dwelled in the middle valley of the Verdon river, with an extension in the valley of the . Their territory was located south of the Vergunni and Sentii, west of the Nerusii, and north of the Ligauni. On the west, they were separated from the Sentii and the Reii by the Verdon Gorge., Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. Settlements Their chief town, Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
Gauls
The Gauls (; , ''Galátai'') were a group of Celts, Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age Europe, Iron Age and the Roman Gaul, Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (''Gallia''). They spoke Gaulish, a continental Celtic language. The Gauls emerged around the 5th century BC as bearers of La Tène culture north and west of the Alps. By the 4th century BC, they were spread over much of what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, by virtue of controlling the trade routes along the river systems of the Rhône, Seine, Rhine, and Danube. They reached the peak of their power in the 3rd century BC. During the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, the Gauls expanded into Northern Italy (Cisalpine Gaul), leading to the Roman–Gallic wars, and Gallic invasion of the Balkans, into the Balkans, leading to Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC), war with the Greeks. These latter Gauls eventually settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdon (river)
The Verdon (, ) is a river in Southeastern France, left tributary of the Durance. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Verdon (Le) Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA The Verdon is best known for its impressive canyon: the Verdon Gorge. This limestone canyon, also called the "Grand Canyon of Verdon", long and more than deep, is a popular climbing and sight-seeing area. The name comes from the green appearance of the waters of the river, in the canyon. Course [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tène Culture
The La Tène culture (; ) was a Iron Age Europe, European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman Republic, Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any definite cultural break, under considerable Mediterranean influence from the Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, the Etruscan civilization, Etruscans, and the Culture of Golasecca, Golasecca culture, but whose artistic style nevertheless did not depend on those Mediterranean influences. La Tène culture's territorial extent corresponded to what is now Prehistory of France#The Iron Age, France, History of Belgium#Celtic and Roman periods, Belgium, Early history of Switzerland#Iron Age, Switzerland, History of Austria#Iron Age, Austria, History of England#Later Prehistory, England, History of Germany#Iron Age, Southern Germany, the History of the Czech lands#Iron Age, Czech Republic, Prehistoric Italy#Iron Age, Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pliny The Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic (''Natural History''), a comprehensive thirty-seven-volume work covering a vast array of topics on human knowledge and the natural world, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field. Among Pliny's greatest works was the twenty-volume ''Bella Germaniae'' ("The History of the German Wars"), which is Lost literary work, no longer extant. ''Bella Germaniae'', which began where Aufidius Bassus' ''Libri Belli Germanici'' ("The War with the Germans") left off, was used as a source by other prominent Roman historians, including Plutarch, Tacitus, and Suetonius. Tacitus may have used ''Bella Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
The ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''CIL'') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw light on all aspects of Roman life and history. The ''Corpus'' continues to be updated in new editions and supplements. CIL also refers to the organization within the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities responsible for collecting data on and publishing the Latin inscriptions. It was founded in 1853 by Theodor Mommsen and is the first and major organization aiming at a comprehensive survey. Aim The ''CIL'' collects all Latin inscriptions from the whole territory of the Roman Empire, ordering them geographically and systematically. The earlier volumes collected and published authoritative versions of all inscriptions known at the time—most of these had been previously published in a wide range of publications. The desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine). In a wider sense, it also comprises varieties of Celtic that were spoken across much of central Europe ("Noric language, Noric"), parts of the Balkans, and Anatolia ("Galatian language, Galatian"), which are thought to have been closely related. The more divergent Lepontic language, Lepontic of Northern Italy has also sometimes been subsumed under Gaulish. Together with Lepontic and the Celtiberian language, Celtiberian spoken in the Iberian Peninsula, Gaulish is a member of the geographic group of Continental Celtic languages. The precise linguistic relationships among them, as well as between them and the modern Insul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vergons
Vergons is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The following is a list of the 198 communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{AlpesHauteProvence-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
