The Briniates were an ancient Ligurian tribe mentioned by

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as being subjugated by

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under consuls Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Quintus Mucius Scaevola in 175 BCE. They inhabited the valley of the Vara.The Encyclopædia Britannica (1894), Vol. 14, p. 646

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Ligures Tribes conquered by the Roman Republic Tribes conquered by Rome {{ethno-stub