tribal confederation · France and the Low Countries

Vocontii

300 BCE – 124 BCE (approx.) · capital Vasio

Confederation of the pre-Alps of the Drôme and Vaucluse that became an allied state of Rome, with its towns at Vaison and Die.

Origins

The Vocontii held the mountains and valleys between the Rhône and the Alps, from the Drôme to Mont Ventoux. They were a league of smaller communities. Rome campaigned against them under Marcus Fulvius Flaccus in 124 BCE, during the first wars in Transalpine Gaul.

Rule and society

After submission they kept unusual autonomy as a federated people, with two capitals, Vasio (Vaison-la-Romaine) and Lucus Augusti (Luc-en-Diois), later replaced by Dea Augusta (Die). The historian Pompeius Trogus came from a Vocontian family granted Roman citizenship.

Decline and legacy

Their land was incorporated into Gallia Narbonensis. Vaison-la-Romaine preserves one of the largest excavated Roman towns in France, with houses, a theatre and a bridge still in use.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vocontii. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/vocontii
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“Vocontii.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/vocontii. Accessed .
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