The Bagienni (or Vegenni or Vagienni) were an ancient Ligurian people of north-western

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mentioned in

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''. They were based in various areas of what is today south-western

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, but particularly in the upper part of the Tanaro valley. They were also present in the Val Trebbia in today's Emilia Romagna. Their capital, known to the

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as Augusta Bagiennorum, was located in the frazione Roncaglia of Bene Vagienna in the modern

Province of Cuneo The province of Cuneo (; ) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west, it borders the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes), to the north the ...

. The Bagienni were conquered by the Romans around the middle of the second century BC, their territories becoming part of Roman Italy.Brunette Boccaccia, Bobbio: Cities of Europe - Ed Pontegobbo 2000.

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