Segusini
{{Short description|Gallic tribe}}
The Segusini (Gaulish: *Segusinoi, 'those of Segusio') were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Susa, in the Alpes Cottiae, during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Segosianō̃n (Σεγοσιανῶν) Strabo (early 1st c. AD),Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:1:11. as Segousianō̃n (Σεγουσιανῶν) Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 3:1:36. as Segusinorum on the Arch of Susa,CIL 5:7231. and as Segusinae on an inscription.CIL 5:7250.{{harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. Segusini.
The ethnonym Segusini is a latinized form of Gaulish *Segusinoi. It means 'the people of Segusio', itself from the root sego- ('victory, force').
== Geography ==
The Segusini dwelled in the valley of the Duria, around Segusio (modern Susa).{{sfn|Prieur|1968|p=77}}{{sfn|Barruol|1969|pp=331–333}} Their territory was located east of the Medulli and Belaci, south of the Acitavones, and west of the Iemerii and Taurini.{{Harvnb|Talbert|2000}}, Map 17: Lugdunum.
Their chief town, Segusio, controlled the route over Mont Genèvre and served as the gateway into the Italian Peninsula. Segusio possessed Latin law probably from the time of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD) and was a municipium from the time of Nero (54–58 AD). It was conquered by Constantinus in 312 AD.{{Sfn|Graßl|2006}}
History
They are attested on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.{{sfn|Barruol|1969|p=32}}
References
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= Primary sources =
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- {{Cite book|last=Strabo|title=Geography|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1923|isbn=978-0674990562|series=Loeb Classical Library|translator-last=Jones|translator-first=Horace L.|author-link=Strabo}}
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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=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= Segusio |journal=Brill's New Pauly|doi=10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1106930}}
- {{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