The Acitavones were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during the Iron Age.
They are mentioned as Acitavones (var.agitabo-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), [1] and as Acitavones on the Tropaeum Alpium. [2] [3]
The etymology of the name Acitauones is unclear. The first element, acito-, could mean 'field' (cf. Old Irish ached, achad), [4] or else be a variant of agido- ('face, appearance'). [5]
According to historian Guy Barruol, they may have dwelled in the Aosta Valley, near the Little St Bernard Pass. [6] Their territory was located north of the Medulli and Segusini, south of the Veragri, west of the Salassi, and east of the Ceutrones. [7]
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. [8] [1]
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