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Tigurini

The Tigurini were a pagus of the Helvetii.
«Die Helvetier zwingen die Römer unter dem Joch hindurch» ("The Helvetians force the Romans to pass under the yoke"). Romantic painting by Charles Gleyre (19th century) celebrating the Tigurini victory over the Romans at Agen (107 BCE) under Divico's command.

The Tigurini were a clan or tribe forming one out of four pagi (provinces) of the Helvetii.[1][2]

The Tigurini were the most important group of the Helvetii, mentioned by both Julius Caesar and Poseidonius, settling in the area of what is now the Swiss canton of Vaud, corresponding to the bearers of the late La Tène culture in western Switzerland. Their name has a meaning of "lords, rulers" (cognate with Irish tigern "lord"). The other Helvetian tribes included the Verbigeni and the Tougeni (sometimes identified with the Teutones), besides one tribe that has remained unnamed.

  1. ^ Harry Mountain (1998). The Celtic Encyclopedia. Universal-Publishers. p. 231. ISBN 9781581128901. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. ^ Harry Mountain (1998). The Celtic Encyclopedia. Universal-Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 9781581128901. Retrieved 2017-04-26.

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