Everything about The Centrones totally explained
The
Centrones were a pre-Roman
Celtic tribe of ancient
Gaul.
According to
d’Anville, they occupied most of the
Tarentaise Valley region in the modern
department of
Savoie,
France.
Pliny the Elder called them "borders," that is, people living on the western border of the Alps.
Ptolemy places them in the
Graian Alps occupying the regions west of the
Aosta Valley inhabited by the
Salassi.
The Centrones had a sizeable population readily willing to defend themselves, probably with well cultivated lands, according to written accounts by great armies that passed through.
Polybius describes how the Centrones aggressively attacked
Caesar’s army on its march through the
Alps to
Lake Bourget. The onslaught included by an assault by rolling rocks and stones in the mountainous passes, and inflicted great losses of life on the
Roman forces. Polybius also describes a meeting by envoys of the Centrones with
Hannibal.
The capital city of the Centrones was
Darantasia, which gave the
Tarentaise Valley and region its name.
Medieval clergy made this city an important religious center before the end of the first
millennium. They called it
Monasterium, which became
Moûtiers, by which it's now known.
The village of Centron in
Montgirod, Savoie, likely the place known as
Forum Claudii under the Romans, preserves the tribal name.
Important cities of the Centrones
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