The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians) were an ancient Indo-European people who appear to have originated in, and gave their name to, Liguria, a region of north-western Italy."Liguria", in William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) Elements of the Ligures appear to have migrated to other areas of western Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula.
Ligures
According to numerous studies, this ancient population lived divided into tribes, counting dozens of them: Alpini (or Montani) (in the hinterland of Savona) Apuani (in Lunigiana) Bagienni (or Vagienni) (in the area of Bene Vagienna) Beretini Bimbelli Briniates (or Boactes) (in the area of Brugnato) Casuentillani Cavaturini Celeiates Cerdiciates Deciates (in modern Provence, west of the river Var) Dectunini Docilii Ectini Eguituri Epanterii Euburiates Friniates (in the area now called Frignano) Garuli Genuates (or Genuenses) (in and around Genoa) Hercates Iemeri Ingauni Intemelii Ilvates-Iriates Ilvates / Mainland Ilvates / Iriates / (Iluates?) (in the territory of Tortona, Voghera and Libarna) Ilvates / Island Ilvates (or Iluates) (if different from the Iriates) (on the island of Ilva, today's Elba) Laevi (along the Ticino River and in the area of Pavia) Lapicini (or Lapicinii) Libici (or Libui) / Libarnesi Magelli (or Mucelli) (in the Mugello region) Marici (near the confluence of the rivers Orba, Bormida and Tanaro) Nematuri Nerusi Odiates Oratelli Olivari Oxybii (or Oxibii) (in modern Provence) Sabates (in the area of Vado Ligure) Segusini - in Susa Soti Statielli (or Statiellates) (in the valleys of the Orba [left bank], Bormida and Tanaro) Suelteri (or Sueltri) Tigulli (or Tigullii) (with main town at Tigullia, now in the frazione of Trigoso) Triullati Turi Vediantii Veiturii (west of the Genuates, in and around Voltri [now a suburb of Genoa]) Langates (or Langenses) (north of the Genuates) Mentovini Sestrini Utrini Veleiates (or Veliates) (between Veleia and Libarna) Vellauni Veneni Venisani Vesubiani – Vésubie, Southern Gaul Vibelli
Ligures mixed with other peoples
Celto-Ligurians / Gallo-Ligurians May have been Celtic tribes influenced by Ligurians, heavyly Celticized Ligurian tribes that shifted to a Celtic ethnolinguistic identity or mixed Celtic-Ligurian tribes. They dwelt in southeastern Transalpine Gaul and northwestern Cisalpine Gaul, mainly in the Western Alps regions, Rhodanus eastern basin and upper Po river basin. Acitavones Adanates / Adenates – slopes of the Western Alps (Maurienne-Modanne), Southern Gaul Adunicates – Andon área, Southern Gaul Albici – Middle and Lower Durance river valley, Southern Gaul (tribal confederation) Albienses / Albici Proper Vordenses Vulgientes Anatili Avantices (Avantici) Avatices / Avatici – Camargue – Rhodanus river delta, south of the Volcae Arecomici, in Southern Gaul Belaci Bodiontici – in Southern Gaul Bormanni Bramovices – Low Tarentaise, Savoy, Southern Gaul Briganii / Brigianii – Briançon, High Durance river valley, Southern Gaul Caburri Camatulici Casmonates / Cosmonates (in the area of Castellazzo Bormida) Caturiges – Chorges, High Durance river valley, in Southern Gaul Cavares/Cavari – North of Low Durance, Arausio (Orange), in Southern Gaul (tribal confederation) Cavares Proper Meminii / Menimii Ceutrones / Centrones – Moûtiers, in the western Alps slopes, Southern Gaul Coenicenses Dexivates Esubiani – Ubaye Valley, Southern Gaul Euburiates Gabieni Glanici Graioceli / Garocelli – Alps western slopes in part of eastern Savoy, and Alps eastern slopes, northwestern Piedmont in the Graian Alps Iadatini Iconii – Gap, in Southern Gaul Irienses Libii / Libici Ligauni Maielli Medulli – upper valley of Maurienne, Southern Gaul Naburni Nearchi Nemalones / Nemolani – in Southern Gaul Nemeturii – High Var river valley, Southern Gaul Orobii - in the northern Italian Alpine valleys of Bergamo, Como and Lecco Quariates – in Southern Gaul Reieni / Reii - in Southern Gaul Salassi (Gallo-Ligurian people) – Aosta Valley and Canavese (Northern Piedmont) (Ivrea) Salyes / Salluvii - in southeastern Cisalpine Gaul (modern Provence) Savincates Sebagini Segobriges Segovi Segusini - in Segusa (today's Susa, Piemonte) Sentienes / Sentii – Senez, in Southern Gaul Sigorii Sogiontii Suelteri / Sueltri Suetrii Taurini (or Taurisci) (Gallo-Ligurian people) – parts of central Piedmont (Turin region) Tebavii Tricastini Tricorii – in Southern Gaul Tritolii Ucenni Veamini – in Southern Gaul Vennavi Vergunni – Vinon-sur-Verdon, Southern Gaul Verucini Vocontii / Transalpine Gaul Vertamocori – Vaison-la-Romaine, Southern Gaul (in modern Provence, on the east bank of the Rhône and Vercors, southern Gaul. Vertamocorii – Eastern Piedmont (Novara). Said by Pliny to descend from the Vocontii.
Ibero-Ligurians Elisyces / Helisyces – a tribe that dwelt in the region of Narbo (Narbonne) and modern northern Roussillon. May have been either Iberian or Ligurian or a Ligurian-Iberian tribe.
See also Ligures Ligurian (ancient language) Italic peoples List of ancient Corsican and Sardinian tribes Ancient peoples of Italy Alpine race Torrean civilization
References
Bibliography ARSLAN E. A. 2004b, LVI.14 Garlasco, in I Liguri. Un antico popolo europeo tra Alpi e Mediterraneo, Catalogo della Mostra (Genova, 23.10.2004–23.1.2005), Milano-Ginevra, pp. 429–431. ARSLAN E. A. 2004 c.s., Liguri e Galli in Lomellina, in I Liguri. Un antico popolo europeo tra Alpi e Mediterraneo, Saggi Mostra (Genova, 23.10.2004–23.1.2005). Raffaele De Marinis, Giuseppina Spadea (a cura di), Ancora sui Liguri. Un antico popolo europeo tra Alpi e Mediterraneo, De Ferrari editore, Genova 2007 (scheda sul volume). John Patterson, Sanniti, Liguri e Romani, Comune di Circello;Benevento Giuseppina Spadea (a cura di), "I Liguri. Un antico popolo europeo tra Alpi e Mediterraneo" (catalogo mostra, Genova 2004–2005), Skira editore, Genova 2004
External links - Source texts of ancient Greek and Roman authors - Strabo's work The Geography (Geographica). Book 4, Chapter 6, is about Liguria (that the author includes in Cisalpine Gaul).