TheAcitavones were a smallGallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during theIron Age.
They are mentioned asAcitavones (var.agitabo-) byPliny (1st c. AD),[1] and asAcitavones on theTropaeum Alpium.[2][3]
The etymology of the nameAcitauones is unclear. The first element,acito-, could mean 'field' (cf.Old Irishached,achad),[4] or else be a variant ofagido- ('face, appearance').[5]
According to historianGuy Barruol, they may have dwelled in theAosta Valley, near theLittle St Bernard Pass.[6] Their territory was located north of theMedulli andSegusini, south of theVeragri, west of theSalassi, and east of theCeutrones.[7]
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 theTropaeum Alpium.[8][1]
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