The Sogionti or Sogiontii were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Sisteron during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Sogionti (var. songi-, sonti-) by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as Sogionti and Sogionor(um) on inscriptions.
The meaning of the name remains obscure. Guy Barruol compared the first element to the toponym Soio.
Geography
The Sogiontii lived in the middle valley of the Durance river, around present-day Sisteron (Segustero). Their territory was located north of the Reii, west of the Bodiontici, east of the Vocontii, and south of the Sebaginni.
They were probably part of the Vocontian confederation.
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.
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
- CIL 5:7817, 12:1871.
- Falileyev 2010, s.v. Sogiontii.
- Barruol 1969, p. 284.
- Barruol 1969, pp. 284–285.
- Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.
- Barruol 1969, pp. 278–284.
- Rivet 1988, pp. 16, 286.
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.
- 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.
- Rivet, A. L. F. (1988). Gallia Narbonensis: With a Chapter on Alpes Maritimae : Southern France in Roman Times. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-5860-2.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
