Brigianii
The Brigianii (Gaulish: *Brigianioi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Briançon during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Name[]
They are mentioned as Brigianii by Pliny (1st c. AD),[1] and as Brigiani, Brigantionis and Bricianiorum on inscriptions.[2][3]
Their name appears to be based on the Gaulish root brig- ('high, elevated').[3]
Geography[]
The Gallitae lived in the region of Cottian Kingdom.[4] Their territory was located north of the Caturiges, west of the Quariates, east of the , south of the Segovii.[5]
, in the center of theTheir chief town was known as Brigantio (modern Briançon), meaning 'eminence, high/elevated place' in Gaulish.[4][6]
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, 12:94, 80.
- ^ a b Falileyev 2010, s.v. Brigianii.
- ^ a b Barruol 1969, pp. 338–340.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 17: Lugdunum.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 87.
Primary sources[]
- Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674993648.
Bibliography[]
- Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
- 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.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
- Historical Celtic peoples
- Gauls
- Tribes of pre-Roman Gaul