Segovii Explained

The Segovii (Gaulish: *Segouioi, 'the victorious, powerful') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Cottiae, around present-day Cesana Torinese and Montgenèvre, during the Iron Age.

Name

They are attested as Segoviorum on the Arch of Susa.^{[1] [2]}

The ethnonym Segovii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Segouioi. It derives from the root sego-, meaning 'victory, force'. It is comparable with the feminine forms Segouia (Segovia) and Segauias (now Göfis).

Geography

The Segovii dwelled around the towns of Gaesao/Tyrium (modern Cesana Torinese) and Druantium (Montgenèvre; also named *Alpis Cottia and Summae Alpes). Their territory was located south of the Belaci, north of the Brigianii and Quariates, and east of the Ucenni.^[3] The settlement of Ad Fines (modern Fenils) may have been the border between the territories of the Segovii and Belaci.

History

They are mentioned on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.

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: Delamarre, Xavier. Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. 2003. Errance. 9782877723695. Xavier Delamarre.
• 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.
• Graßl. Herbert. 2006. Segovii. Brill's New Pauly. en. 10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1106910.
• Book: Prieur, Jean. La province romaine des Alpes Cottiennes. 1968. Impr. R. Gauthier. 834310867.
• 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. [Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum|CIL]
2. , s.v. Segovii.
3. , Map 17: Lugdunum.