The Sebaginni were a
Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle
Durance
The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .[Iron Age
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.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Sebaginnos'' (
var. -''gninos'', ''Sabagnanos'') by
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the est ...
(early 1st c. BC).
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the est ...
. ''Pro P. Quinctio'', 25:80.[, s.v. ''Sebaginni''.]
The meaning of the name remains obscure. The first element, ''seba''-, can be compared with the personal names ''Seboθθu'', ''Sebosus'', ''Sebosiana'', and ''Sebbaudus''. The second component, -''ginn''-'','' may be Celtic, too.
Geography
The Sebaginni lived in the middle valley of the
Durance
The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .[Sisteron
Sisteron (; , oc, label= Mistralian norm, Sisteroun; from oc, label=Old Occitan, Sestaron) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.
Sisteron is situated on the banks of the r ...]
(Segustero). Their territory was located south of the
Avantici
The Avantici (Gaulish: *''Auanticoi'') were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Gap, in the western part of the modern Hautes-Alpes department, during the Roman period.
Name
They are only mentioned once as ''Avanticos'' (var. ' ...
, east of the
Vocontii
The Vocontii (Gaulish: *''Uocontioi''; Greek: Οὐοκόντιοι, Οὐοκοντίων) were a Gallic people dwelling on the western foothills of the Alps during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
The Vocontii settled in the region in the 3r ...
, north of the
Sogiontii
The Sogionti or Sogiontii were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Sisteron during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Sogionti'' (var. ''songi''-, ''sonti''-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 and as ''Sog ...
, and west of the
Edenates and
Gallitae.
[, Map 17: Lugdunum.]
They were probably part of the
Vocontian confederation.
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