Segovii

The Segovii (Gaulish: *Segouioi, 'the victorious, powerful') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Cottiae, around present-day Cesana Torinese and Montgenèvre, during the Iron Age.

Name

They are attested as Segoviorum on the Arch of Susa.^[1][2]

The ethnonym Segovii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Segouioi. It derives from the root sego-, meaning 'victory, force'. It is comparable with the feminine forms Segouia (Segovia) and Segauias (now Göfis).^[3][2]

Geography

The Segovii dwelled around the towns of Gaesao/Tyrium (modern Cesana Torinese) and Druantium (Montgenèvre; also named *Alpis Cottia and Summae Alpes).^[4][5] Their territory was located south of the Belaci, north of the Brigianii and Quariates, and east of the Ucenni.^[6] The settlement of Ad Fines (modern Fenils) may have been the border between the territories of the Segovii and Belaci.^[4]

History

They are mentioned on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.^[7]