Santones

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Coin of the Santones, 1st century BCE, Cabinet des Médailles.
Coin of the Santones, 1st century BCE, Cabinet des Médailles.

The Santones (Latin: santones, modern French: Santons) were a tribe of ancient Gaul located in the modern region of Saintonge and around the city of Saintes, city to which they gave they name. The Romans occupied the territory of the Santones from the 1st century BCE.