Nitiobroges
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The Nitiobroges (Gaulish: *Nitiobrogis, 'the indigenous') were a Gallic tribe dwelling on the middle Garonne river, around their chief town Aginnon (modern-day Agen), during Iron Age and the Roman period.
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The Nitiobroges (Gaulish: *Nitiobrogis, 'the indigenous') were a Gallic tribe dwelling on the middle Garonne river, around their chief town Aginnon (modern-day Agen), during Iron Age and the Roman period.
== Name == They are mentioned as Nitiobroges (var. nitiobriges, iciobriges), Nitiobrogum and Nitiobrogibus (var. nit[h]iobrigibus, nithiobrogibus) by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Nitiobroges (var. antobroges) by Pliny (1st c. AD), Nitióbriges (Νιτιόβριγες) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as Nisiobroges by Sidonius Apollinaris (5th c. AD). The name is also attested as Nitiobrogeis (νιτιοβρογεις) on an inscription written on a torc with the Greek alphabet, found in Mailly-le-Camp and dated to the mid-1st century BC.thumb|left|Inscription on the torc of Mailly (CAG 47).
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