The Eguiturii or Eguituri were a Ligurian tribe living in the upper Verdon valley, in the Alpes Maritimae, during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as Eguituri by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1]
The meaning of the ethnonym Eguituri(i) remains unclear. The original nominative form was probably Eguiturii.[2] The prefix egui- may be a variant of equi-, which can be translated as 'horse', with an archaic preservation of labio-velar -kʷ- (in contrast to Gaulish epos).[3] The second part -turi(i) may be compared with the ethnic name Turi (from the upper Stura valley), and the suffix in Viturii (a people of the Genoa region) and Nemeturii (from the upper Verdon or Var valley).[4]
Geography
The Eguiturii probably dwelled in the upper Verdon valley.[2] Their territory was located east of the Adanates, Gallitae and Bodiontici, west of the Nemeturii, north of the Sentii and Vergunni, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges.[5]
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]
References
Primary sources
- Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674993648.
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Bibliography
- Barruol, Guy (1969). Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard. OCLC 3279201.
- Evans, D. Ellis (1967). Gaulish Personal Names: A Study of Some Continental Celtic Formations. Clarendon Press. OCLC 468437906.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
