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),[1] and as Sogionti and Sogion[ti]or(um) on inscriptions.[2][3]
The meaning of the name remains obscure. Guy Barruol compared the first element to the toponym Soio.[4]
Geography
The Sogiontii lived in the middle valley of the Durance river, around present-day Sisteron (Segustero).[5] Their territory was located north of the Reii, west of the Bodiontici, east of the Vocontii, and south of the Sebaginni.[6]
They were probably part of the Vocontian confederation.[7][8]
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.[1]
References
- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
- ^ CIL 5:7817, 12:1871.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Sogiontii.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 284.
- ^ Barruol 1969, pp. 284–285.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.
- ^ Barruol 1969, pp. 278–284.
- ^ Rivet 1988, pp. 16, 286.
Primary sources
- Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674993648.
Bibliography
- Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
- Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. ISBN 978-0955718236.
- Rivet, A. L. F. (1988). Gallia Narbonensis: With a Chapter on Alpes Maritimae : Southern France in Roman Times. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-5860-2.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
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