Segusini

 ( Historical Celtic Peoples ) 

The Segusini (Gaulish: * Segusinoi, 'those of Segusio') were a Gauls tribe dwelling around present-day Susa, in the Alpes Cottiae, during the Iron Age.

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Name They are mentioned as Segosianō̃n (Σεγοσιανῶν) Strabo (early 1st c. AD),Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:1:11. as Segousianō̃n (Σεγουσιανῶν) Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 3:1:36. as Segusinorum on the Arch of Susa,CIL 5:7231. and as Segusinae on an inscription.CIL 5:7250., s.v. Segusini.

The ethnonym Segusini is a latinized form of Gaulish * Segusinoi. It means 'the people of Segusio', itself from the root sego- ('victory, force').

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Geography The Segusini dwelled in the valley of the Dora Riparia, around Segusio (modern Susa). Their territory was located east of the Medulli and Belaci, south of the Acitavones, and west of the Iemerii and Taurini., Map 17: Lugdunum.

Their chief town, Segusio, controlled the route over Mont Genèvre and served as the gateway into the Italian Peninsula. Segusio possessed Latin law probably from the time of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD) and was a municipium from the time of Nero (54–58 AD). It was conquered by Constantinus in 312 AD.

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History They are attested on the Arch of Susa, erected by Cottius in 9–8 BC.

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Primary sources

• Strabo (2025). 9780674990562, Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674990562

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Bibliography

• Alexander Falileyev (2025). 9780955718236, CMCS. ISBN 9780955718236
• Richard J. A. Talbert (2025). 9780691031699, Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691031699

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