Grovii

Grovii

Grovii

Ancient Portuguese tribe

The Grovii or Gravii were an ancient Gallaeci tribe who inhabited the low valley of the Minho river, present day Portugal and Galicia (Spain), and also along the coast near the rivers "Avo" (the Ave river), Celadus, Nebis and Limia, northern Portugal.

Origin and History

Pomponius Mela stated that all the people living along the coast of Gallaecia were Celtic, with the exception of the Grovii, while Pliny wrote that they had a Greek origin. Anyhow, E.R. Luján, studying their onomastics, couldn't conclude on their non-Celtiness, since their anthroponyms and toponyms could be Celtic.[1]

Their main settlement was Tude, present day Tui, Pontevedra, by the border with Portugal along the Minho river.[2] The non-localized oppida of Avobriga and Lambriaca were located near the Grovii lands.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Luján, E. R. (2006). "PUEBLOS CELTAS Y NO CELTAS DE LA GALICIA ANTIGUA: FUENTES LITERARIAS FRENTE A FUENTES EPIGRÁFICAS" (PDF). xxii seminario de lenguas y epigrafía antigua. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    Manuel Albaladejo Vivero (2012). Léxico de topónimos y etnónimos del Noroeste de la Península Ibérica en la Antigüedad. Polifemo Ediciones. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-84-96813-63-2.
  3. [3]
    Don José de Santiago y Gómez (1896). Historia de Vigo y Su comarca. Imprenta y Lotografía Del Asilo De Huérfanos Del Sagrado Corázon de Jesús.


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