Nemeturii

The Nemeturii (Gaulish *Nemeturioi, 'the inhabitants of nemetons') or Nemeturi were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age.

They are mentioned as Nemeturicae by Columella (1st c. AD),[1] and as Nemoturica and Nematuri (var.

[2][3] The ethnic name Nemeturii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Nemeturioi.

[5] Their territory was located east of the Eguiturii, west of the Ecdinii, north of the Vergunni and Nerusii, and south of the Savincates and Caturiges.

[6] 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 the Tropaeum Alpium.