Eguiturii

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The Eguiturii or Eguituri were a Ligurian tribe living in the upper Verdon valley, in the Alpes Maritimae, during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Eguituri by Pliny (1st c. AD). [1]

The meaning of the ethnonym Eguituri(i) remains unclear. The original nominative form was probably Eguiturii. [2] The prefix egui- may be a variant of equi-, which can be translated as 'horse', with an archaic preservation of labio-velar -kʷ- (in contrast to Gaulish epos). [3] The second part -turi(i) may be compared with the ethnic name Turi (from the upper Stura valley), and the suffix in Viturii (a people of the Genoa region) and Nemeturii (from the upper Verdon or Var valley). [4]

Geography

The Eguiturii probably dwelled in the upper Verdon valley. [2] Their territory was located east of the Adanates, Gallitae and Bodiontici, west of the Nemeturii, north of the Sentii and Vergunni, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges. [5]

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

  1. 1 2 Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
  2. 1 2 Barruol 1969, p. 381.
  3. ↑ Evans 1967, p. 200.
  4. ↑ Barruol 1969, pp. 282, 381.
  5. ↑ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum, Map 17: Lugdunum.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674993648.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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