Ucennii

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The Ucennii,Ucenni or Iconii were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Romanche valley, in the Alps, during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Ucenni (var.uceni, ucermi) by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on the Tropaeum Alpium, [1] as Ucennos (var. cennos, sennos, scennos) by Florus. [2] [3] The form Ikónioi (Ἰκόνιοι) given by Strabo (early 1st c. AD) is most likely a variant of the ethnic name. [4] [3]

The meaning of the name remains obscure, although it is most likely of Celtic origin. It can be compared with the toponym Ucena in Galatia. [3]

Geography

The Ucenni lived in the Romanche valley, in the region of Oisans. [5] [6] Their territory was located south of the Graioceli, west of the Belaci, Segovii and Brigianii, north of the Tricorii, and west of the Vertamocorii and Allobroges. [7]

Settlements are known at Catorissium (Le Bourg-d'Oisans), Mellosedum (Mont-de-Lans), and Durotincum (near La Grave and Villar-d'Arêne). [8]

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. [9]

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References

  1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20; CIL 5:7817.
  2. Florus. Epitome, 2:22:4.
  3. 1 2 3 Falileyev 2010, s.v. Ucennii.
  4. Barruol 1969, p. 41.
  5. Barruol 1969, pp. 320–323.
  6. Graßl 2006.
  7. Talbert 2000, Map 17: Lugdunum.
  8. Barruol 1969, p. 322.
  9. Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0674993648.
  • Strabo (1923). Geography. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Jones, Horace L. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0674990562.

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