Sogionti


The Sogionti or Sogiontii were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Sisteron during the Iron Age.

Name

They are mentioned as Sogionti by Pliny, and as Sogionti and Sogionor on inscriptions.
The meaning of the name remains obscure. Guy Barruol compared the first element to the toponym Soio.

Geography

The Sogiontii lived in the middle valley of the Durance river, around present-day Sisteron. Their territory was located north of the Reii, west of the Bodiontici, east of the Vocontii, and south of the Sebaginni.
They were probably part of the Vocontian confederation.

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.

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