Seduni
The Seduni or Sedunii were a Gallic tribe, dwelling around their capital Sedunum (modern Sion, Switzerland) in the valley of the Upper Rhone river.
They were conquered by Rome are also mentioned in the Trophy of the Alps (Plin. iii. 20) in the same order.
Name
They are mentioned as Sedunos by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[1] and as Seduni by Livy (late 1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD).[2][3][4]
Geography
They were east of the Veragri, in the modern Swiss canton of Valais. Their chief town was Sedunum (modern Sion, Switzerland). The Seduni also participated in the Battle of Octodurus at the site of modern-day Martigny, Switzerland.
References
- Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 3:1:1
- Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, 21:38:9
- Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:137
- Falileyev 2010, p. entry 4166a.
Bibliography
- 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.