Soti (tribe)

The Soti were an ancient Ligurian tribe.

Name

They are mentioned as Soti by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1]

F. Rubat Borel has proposed to emend Soti to Sotani (based on a confusion of -an- with -iu- by copyists), and identify them with the Stoeni, a tribe from Lake Como.[2]

The name may also be compared with the vinum Sotanum, cultivated in the territory of Vienna (modern Vienne), the capital of the Allobroges.[2]

Geography

They are listed among the "Ligurians beyond the Alps" (Ligurum celeberrimi ultra Alpes) by Pliny.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:7:47.
  2. ^ a b c Borel 2019, pp. 86–87.
Primary sources
  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674993648. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Bibliography
  • Borel, F. Rubat (2019). "Incolae iugi. I popoli delle Alpi occidentali in storici e geografi dell'età di Livio". Preistoria Alpina. 9bis: 81–91.
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