Segovii
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The Segovii (Gaulish: *Segouioi, 'the victorious, powerful') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Cottiae, around present-day Cesana Torinese and Montgenèvre, during the Iron Age.
Name
They are attested as Segoviorum on the Arch of Susa.CIL 5:7231.{{harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. Segovii.
The ethnonym Segovii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Segouioi. It derives from the root sego-, meaning 'victory, force'. It is comparable with the feminine forms Segouia (Segovia) and Segauias (now Göfis).{{Sfn|Delamarre|2003|pp=269–270}}
Geography
The Segovii dwelled around the towns of Gaesao/Tyrium (modern Cesana Torinese) and Druantium (Montgenèvre; also named *Alpis Cottia and Summae Alpes).{{sfn|Prieur|1968|p=77}}{{Sfn|Graßl|2006}} Their territory was located south of the Belaci, north of the Brigianii and Quariates, and east of the Ucenni.{{harvnb|Talbert|2000}}, Map 17: Lugdunum. The settlement of Ad Fines (modern Fenils) may have been the border between the territories of the Segovii and Belaci.{{sfn|Prieur|1968|p=77}}
History
They are mentioned on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.{{sfn|Barruol|1969|p=32}}
References
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= Bibliography =
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- {{Cite book|last=Barruol|first=Guy|title=Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique|date=1969|publisher=E. de Boccard|oclc=3279201|author-link=Guy Barruol}}
- {{Cite book|last=Delamarre|first=Xavier|title=Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental|year=2003|publisher=Errance|isbn=9782877723695|author-link=Xavier Delamarre}}
- {{Cite book|last=Falileyev|first=Alexander|title=Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World|publisher=CMCS|year=2010|isbn=978-0955718236}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Graßl|first=Herbert|date=2006|title=Segovii|journal=Brill's New Pauly|language=en|doi=10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1106910}}
- {{Cite book|last=Prieur|first=Jean|title=La province romaine des Alpes Cottiennes|date=1968|publisher=Impr. R. Gauthier|oclc=834310867}}
- {{Cite book|last=Talbert|first=Richard J. A.|title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0691031699|author-link=Richard Talbert}}
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Category:Historical Celtic peoples