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

^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:7:47.
^ ^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.

[1] Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:7:47.

[FOOTNOTEBorel201986–87-2] Borel 2019, pp. 86–87.

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