TheBagienni (orVegenni orVagienni) were an ancientLigurian people of north-westernItaly mentioned inPliny the Elder’sNaturalis Historia. They were based in various areas of what is today south-westernPiedmont, but particularly in the upper part of theTanaro valley. They were also present in theVal Trebbia in today'sEmilia Romagna. Their capital, known to theAncient Romans asAugusta Bagiennorum, was located in the frazione Roncaglia ofBene Vagienna in the modernProvince of Cuneo.
The Bagienni were conquered by the Romans around the middle of the second century BC, their territories becoming part of Roman Italy.[1][2]
The manuscript tradition of Pliny's text is inconsistent. The 9th-centuryCodex Leidensis Vossianus F 4 readsuagienni, while other manuscripts havebagiensi. The formuagienni also appears inLigurumVagiennorum from the same codex (3.20.117), likely influenced by the preceding<m> inLigurum, whereas other witnesses readgabi-. In 3.24.135, however,Vagienni is transmitted by all manuscripts and is emended by editors toBagienni.[3]
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