Vergunni

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The Vergunni were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of the Riou, near the Verdon river, during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Vergunni by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on an inscription. [1] [2]

The meaning of the name remains obscure. It could be derived from the Gaulish stem uergo- (cf. Gaul. uergo-bretus 'magistrate', OBret. guerg 'efficax', Welsh gwery 'active', OIr. ferg 'anger'). [3]

The village of Vergons, attested as villa Virgonis in 814, is probably named after the Gallic tribe. [4] [3]

Geography

The Vergunni lived in a small piece of land situated in the valley of the Riou, a stream tributary of the Verdon river. [4] Their territory was located north of the Suetrii, east of the Sentii, south of the Eguiturii and Nemeturii, and west of the Ecdinii, Vesubiani and Nerusii. [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. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20; CIL 5:7817.
  2. ↑ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Vergunni.
  3. 1 2 Delamarre 2003, p. 315.
  4. 1 2 Barruol 1969, pp. 379–380.
  5. ↑ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.
  6. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0674993648.

Bibliography

  • Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC   3279201.
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN   9782877723695.
  • Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. ISBN   978-0955718236.
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0691031699.
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