Briniates

The Briniates were an ancient Ligurian tribe mentioned by Livy as being subjugated by Rome under consuls Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Quintus Mucius Scaevola in 175 BCE.[1] They inhabited the valley of the Vara.[2]

References

Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1857), s.v. Ligures (Liv. xli. 19.)
The Encyclopædia Britannica (1894), Vol. 14, p. 646

Ligures
Apuani Bagienni Binbelli Briniates Deciates Epanterii Euburiates Friniates Garuli Genuates Hercates Iadatini Ilvates Ingauni Intimilii Laevi Lapicini Ligauni Maielli Marici Nerusii Orobii Oxybii Reii Salyes Segobrigii Segusini Suetri Statielli Taurini Veaminii Vediantii Viturii Langenses

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