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The Brigianii (Gaulish: *Brigianioi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Briançon during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Name

They are mentioned as Brigianii by Pliny (1st c. AD),[1] and as Brigiani, Brigantionis and Bricianiorum on inscriptions.[2][3]

Their name may be based on the Gaulish root brig- ('high, elevated'),[3] or on brīgo- ('might, strength').Шаблон:Sfn

Geography

The Gallitae lived in the region of Шаблон:Ill, in the center of the Cottian Kingdom.Шаблон:Sfn Their territory was located north of the Caturiges, west of the Quariates, east of the Tricorii, south of the Segovii.[4]

Their chief town was known as Brigantio (modern Briançon), meaning 'eminence, high/elevated place' in Gaulish.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

History

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.[1]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
  2. CIL 5:7817, 12:94, 80.
  3. 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Harvnb, s.v. Brigianii.
  4. Шаблон:Harvnb, Map 17: Lugdunum.