Sentii
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They are mentioned as Σέντιοι (var. Σένποι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).[1][2]
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'.[3][2]
Geography
The Sentii dwelled around their chief town, Sanitium (modern Senez).[4][5] The settlement is not mentioned in ancient sources until the Notitia Galliarum (4th–6th centuries AD).[5]
Their territory was located west of the Vergunni, north of the Suetrii, east of the Reii and Vocontii, and south of the Bodiontici.[4][6] 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.[5]
Economy
References
- ↑ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:10:8.
- 1 2 Falileyev 2010, s.v. Sentii.
- ↑ de Hoz 2005, p. 178.
- 1 2 Barruol 1969, pp. 282–284.
- 1 2 3 4 Rivet 1988, p. 343.
- ↑ Talbert 2000, Map 16: Col. Forum Iulii-Albingaunum.
Bibliography
- Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
- de Hoz, Javier (2005). "Ptolemy and the linguistic history of the Narbonensis". In de Hoz, Javier; Luján, Eugenio R.; Sims-Williams, Patrick (eds.). New approaches to Celtic place-names in Ptolemy's Geography. Ediciones Clásicas. pp. 173–188. ISBN 978-8478825721.
- Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. ISBN 978-0955718236.
- Rivet, A. L. F. (1988). Gallia Narbonensis: With a Chapter on Alpes Maritimae : Southern France in Roman Times. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-5860-2.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
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