The Iemerii (

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, ...

: *''Iemerioi'', 'the twins') were a

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-Liguria ...

tribe dwelling in the Val Chisone (

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) during the

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

Name

They are mentioned as ''Iemeriorum'' on an inscription. The ethnic name ''Iemerii'' is a Latinized form of *''Iemerioi'', which can be compared with the

noun ''iemurioi'', meaning 'twins'.

Geography

The Iemerii lived in the Val Chisone, in the

. Their territory was located north of the Maielli, west of the

Taurini The Taurini were a Ligurian or Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the river Po, around present-day Turin, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Taurĩnoí'' (Ταυρῖνοί) by Polybius ...

., Map 39: Mediolanum.

History

They appear on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.

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