The Setantii (sometimes read as Segantii) were a possible pre-Roman Briton people who apparently lived in the western and southern littoral of Lancashire in England. It is thought likely they were a sept or sub-tribe of the Brigantes, who, at the time of the Roman invasion, dominated much of what is now northern England.
The Setantii (sometimes read as Segantii) were a possible pre-Roman Briton people who apparently lived in the western and southern littoral of Lancashire in England. It is thought likely they were a sept or sub-tribe of the Brigantes, who, at the time of the Roman invasion, dominated much of what is now northern England.
==Background== thumb|right|Reconstruction of Roman roads in mid-Lancashire around 400 AD showing possible location of Portus Setantiorum or Portus Setantii The Setantii name is known from a single source only, the 2nd century Geographia of Ptolemy. Recorded there is the placename Portus Setantiorum (Port of the Setantii). Its precise location remains unknown although various suggestions have been made, including the possibility that it has since been lost to the sea. Some scholars argue that it may have been located in present-day Fleetwood. Also recorded by Ptolemy is the hydronym Seteia, assumed by its position in his text to refer to the River Mersey.
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