Ligauni
The Ligauni were a
Name
They are mentioned as Ligaunorumque by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1][2] A (colonia) in Liga in also attested in the Early Middle Ages (814 AD).[3]
The ethnic name Ligauni is probably Celtic, stemming from an earlier *Ligamnī. It has been derived from the root līg- ('to strike'), with Ligauni as 'the beating ones',[4] or from liga- ('mud, sediment, silt').[2] According to Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, such linguistically Celtic tribal names suggest that a Celto-Ligurian dialect played an important role among the languages spoken in ancient Ligury.[4]
Geography
Their territory was located east of the Deciates, west of the Verucini, south of the Suetrii, and north of the Oxybii.[5] According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation.[6][7]
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:35.
- ^ a b Falileyev 2010, s.v. Ligauni.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 215.
- ^ a b de Bernardo Stempel 2006, p. 46.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.
- ^ Barruol 1969, p. 188.
- ^ Rivet 1988, p. 16.
Bibliography
- OCLC 3279201.
- ISSN 1578-5386.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-0-7134-5860-2.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
