Soti (tribe)

The Soti were an ancient Ligurian tribe.

Name

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

F. Rubat Borel has proposed to emend Soti to Sotani (based on a confusion of -an- with -iu- by copyists), and identify them with the Stoeni, a tribe from Lake Como. ^[2]

The name may also be compared with the vinum Sotanum, cultivated in the territory of Vienna (modern Vienne), the capital of the Allobroges. ^[2]

Geography

They are listed among the "Ligurians beyond the Alps" (Ligurum celeberrimi ultra Alpes) by Pliny. ^[2]

References

1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:7:47.
2. Borel 2019, pp. 86–87.

Primary sources

• Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674993648.

Bibliography

• Borel, F. Rubat (2019). "Incolae iugi. I popoli delle Alpi occidentali in storici e geografi dell'età di Livio". Preistoria Alpina. 9bis: 81–91.