Bagienni

The Bagienni (or Vegenni or Vagienni) were an ancient Ligurian people who lived in north-western Italy. They are mentioned in the writings of Pliny the Elder in his work called Naturalis Historia. Their homes were in parts of what we now call south-western Piedmont, especially in the upper part of the Tanaro valley.

They also lived in the Val Trebbia area, which is today in Emilia Romagna. The most important town of the Bagienni was known to the Ancient Romans as Augusta Bagiennorum. This town was located in a place called Roncaglia, which is part of modern Bene Vagienna in the Province of Cuneo.

Origins

The ancient writer and scientist Pliny the Elder talked about a group of people called the Bagienni in his book "The Natural History." He said that groups like the Salluvii, Deciates, and Oxubii were well-known on one side of the Alps, while on the other side, there were people called the Veneni and the Vagienni. He thought the Vagienni came from a group called the Caturiges. This was written a long time ago in the 1st century.

History

The Bagienni were an ancient group of people who lived in north-western Italy. Around the middle of the second century BC, they were conquered by the Romans, and their lands became part of what was then known as Roman Italy.

Name

The ancient name of the Bagienni people has changed a bit depending on which old book you look at. One important book from a long time ago says "uagienni," while others say "bagiensi." Sometimes they are called "Vagienni," but scholars usually change that to "Bagienni" to match what they think is the correct name.