Sebaginni Explained

The Sebaginni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the middle Durance valley during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Sebaginnos (var. -gninos, Sabagnanos) by Cicero (early 1st c. BC).^{[1] [2]}

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 river, north of present-day Sisteron (Segustero). Their territory was located south of the Avantici, east of the Vocontii, north of the Sogiontii, and west of the Edenates and Gallitae.^[3]

They were probably part of the Vocontian confederation.

References

Bibliography

• Book: Barruol, Guy. Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. 1969. E. de Boccard. 3279201. Guy Barruol.
• Book: Evans, D. Ellis. Gaulish Personal Names: A Study of Some Continental Celtic Formations. 1967. Clarendon Press. 468437906. Ellis Evans.
• Book: Falileyev, Alexander. Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. 2010. 978-0955718236.
• Book: Rivet, A. L. F.. Gallia Narbonensis: With a Chapter on Alpes Maritimae : Southern France in Roman Times. 1988. Batsford. 978-0-7134-5860-2. A.L.F. Rivet.
• Book: Talbert, Richard J. A.. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. 2000. 978-0691031699. Richard Talbert.

Notes and References

1. [Cicero]
2. , s.v. Sebaginni.
3. , Map 17: Lugdunum.