Sentii
Name
They are mentioned as Σέντιοι (var. Σένποι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:10:8.{{harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. Sentii.
The ethnic name Sentii is a latinized form of Gaulish Sentioi. It derives from the stem sentu- ('pathway') and can be interpreted as 'the people who live near the path', 'those who know the path', or as 'those who control the road'.{{Sfn|de Hoz|2005|p=178}}
Geography
The Sentii dwelled around their chief town, Sanitium (modern Senez).{{sfn|Barruol|1969|pp=282–284}}{{sfn|Rivet|1988|p=343}} The settlement is not mentioned in ancient sources until the Notitia Galliarum (4th–6th centuries AD).{{sfn|Rivet|1988|p=343}}
Their territory was located west of the Vergunni, north of the Suetrii, east of the Reii and Vocontii, and south of the Bodiontici.{{sfn|Barruol|1969|pp=282–284}}{{harvnb|Talbert|2000}}, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum. The area of their civitas corresponded mainly to the upper basin of the river Asse; it may have also included parts of the valley of the Verdon, further east.{{sfn|Rivet|1988|p=343}}
Economy
The economy of the area must have been rather poor in ancient times. The Sentii probably relied principally on pastoral activity, although the road crossing through Sanitium and Barrême may have helped trade.{{sfn|Rivet|1988|p=343}}
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=de Hoz|first=Javier|title=New approaches to Celtic place-names in Ptolemy's Geography|publisher=Ediciones Clásicas|year=2005|isbn=978-8478825721|editor-last=de Hoz|editor-first=Javier|pages=173–188|chapter=Ptolemy and the linguistic history of the Narbonensis|author-link=Javier de Hoz|editor-last2=Luján|editor-first2=Eugenio R.|editor-last3=Sims-Williams|editor-first3=Patrick}}
- {{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 book|last=Rivet|first=A. L. F.|title=Gallia Narbonensis: With a Chapter on Alpes Maritimae : Southern France in Roman Times|date=1988|publisher=Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-5860-2|author-link=A.L.F. Rivet}}
- {{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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