Ucennii

They are mentioned as Ucenni (var. uceni, ucermi) by Pliny (1st c. AD) and on the Tropaeum Alpium,Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20; CIL 5:7817. as Ucennos (var. {{lang|la|cennos}}, {{lang|la|sennos}}, {{lang|la|scennos}}) by Florus.Florus. Epitome, 2:22:4.{{Harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. Ucennii. The form {{Transliteration|grc|Ikónioi}} (Ἰκόνιοι) given by Strabo (early 1st c. AD) is most likely a variant of the ethnic name.{{Sfn|Barruol|1969|p=41}}

The meaning of the name remains obscure, although it is most likely of Celtic origin. It can be compared with the toponym Ucena in Galatia.

The Ucenni lived in the Romanche valley, in the region of Oisans.{{Sfn|Barruol|1969|pp=320–323}}{{Sfn|Graßl|2006}} Their territory was located south of the Graioceli, west of the Belaci, Segovii and Brigianii, north of the Tricorii, and west of the Vertamocorii and Allobroges.{{Harvnb|Talbert|2000}}, Map 17: Lugdunum.

Settlements are known at Catorissium (Le Bourg-d'Oisans), Mellosedum (Mont-de-Lans), and Durotincum (near La Grave and Villar-d'Arêne).{{Sfn|Barruol|1969|p=322}}

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.Pliny. Naturalis Historia, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL352.103.xml 3:20].

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• {{Cite book|last=Pliny|title=Natural History|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1938|isbn=978-0674993648|series=Loeb Classical Library|translator-last=Rackham|translator-first=H.|author-link=Pliny the Elder}}
• {{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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• {{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=Ucenni|journal=Brill's New Pauly|doi=10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1223950}}
• {{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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