Sogionti

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.

[Pliny3-1] Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.

[2] CIL 5:7817, 12:1871.

[Falileyev-3] Falileyev 2010, s.v. Sogiontii.

[FOOTNOTEBarruol1969284-4] Barruol 1969, p. 284.

[FOOTNOTEBarruol1969284–285-5] Barruol 1969, pp. 284–285.

[6] Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.

[FOOTNOTEBarruol1969278–284-7] Barruol 1969, pp. 278–284.

[FOOTNOTERivet198816,_286-8] Rivet 1988, pp. 16, 286.

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