strata with Gaulish tribes who had come from what is now southern France . Classical sources The Insubres ... . Ethnicity of the Insubres Further Canegrate culture Golasecca culture Bellovesus Image Iron Age ... BC. Regarding the ethnic origin of the Insubres there are two main theses 1.The first wants them ... Ligurians Ligurian people. The Roman historian, Livy , wrote about the Insubres. According ... exchange, not of an invasion. Finally, regarding their origin can be said that the Insubres ... as Celtic Ligurians . Culture and society The Insubres culture followed then what was a slow and of its ... , Venetia and Transalpine Gaul , the Insubres knew progress and created a distinct society ... oligarchic society , where power was in the hands of a few Lords . History The Insubres, or rather the Gauls Gaul Insubres, being at the time the Gaulish element at least culturally and politically ... place of the Insubres at Acerrae Cisalpine Gaul Acerrae , and defeated them again at the Battle of Clastidium .... During the invasion of Hannibal of 218 BC 218 217 BC , the Insubres rebelled in support of the Carthaginians ... of the Insubres was probably quick, also due to the reported similarities of the Celtic languages ... emerged, like that of Caecilius Statius . Insubria and Insubric language are named after the Insubres ... ca nsubres cy Insubres de Insubrer et Insuberid fr Insubres it Insubri lt Insubrai nl Insubres ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date August 2007 The Vertacomorii people was a celtic tribe that lived in Cisalpine Gaul around Novara , in Eastern Piedmont . Category Tribes of ancient Gaul Category Ancient peoples hist stub ca nsubres et Insuberid fr Insubres it Insubri nl Insubres pl Insubrowie ... more details
nations together furnished a force of 20,000 men, with which they threatened the frontier of the Insubres ... of the Insubres but even then the defection seems to have been but partial, and after their defeat ... in the geographical description of Gallia Cisalpina, and assigns their cities to the Insubres ... from the Insubres but this is probably a mistake. The limits above assigned them, namely, the Addua ... more details
File Gallia cisalpina.jpg thumb 300px Peoples of Cisalpine Gaul 391 192 BC. The Taurini were an ancient Celto Ligurian ref Livy XXI, 38 Taurini semigalli . ref Alpine race Alpine people, who occupied the upper valley of the river Po River Po , in the centre of modern Piedmont . In 218 BC , they were attacked by Hannibal since his allies were the Insubres . The Taurini and the Insubres had a long standing feud. Their chief town Taurasia was captured by Hannibal s forces after a three day siege Polybius iii. 60, 8 . As a people they are rarely mentioned in history. It is believed that a Ancient Rome Roman colony was established in 27 BC with the name Castra Taurinorum and afterwards Julia Augusta Taurinorum modern Turin . Both Livy v. 34 and Strabo iv. p. 209 speak of the country of the Taurini as including one of the passes of the Alps , which points to a wider use of the name in earlier times. Notes references Sources 1911 See also Ancient peoples of Italy Category Ancient peoples Category Ancient peoples of Italy Category Ligurians br Taorined ca Taurinis es Taurinos fr Taurins it Taurini lt Taurinai no Taurini ro Taurini ru ... more details
Concolitanus Greek was one of the two leaders of the Gaesatae , a group of Gaul ish mercenaries who lived in the Alps near the Rh ne River Rh ne and fought against the Roman Republic in the Battle of Telamon of 224 BC. He and his colleague Anero stes were hired by the Boii and Insubres in response to the Roman colonisation of the formerly Gallic region of Picenum . He was captured after the defeat at Telamon modern Talamone , Tuscany . Anero stes escaped with a small group of followers and committed suicide. ref Polybius , Histories http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Polybius 2 .html 21 2 21 31 ref References reflist Category Ancient Gauls Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category 3rd century BC deaths it Concolitano ... more details
Acerrae was a city of Cisalpine Gaul , in the territory of the Insubres . Polybius describes it merely as situated between the Alps and the Po River Po and his words are copied by Stephanus of Byzantium but Strabo tells us that it was near Cremona and the Tabula peutingeriana Tabula places it on the road from that city to Laus Pompeia Lodi Vecchio , at a distance of 22 Roman miles from the latter place, and 13 from Cremona. These distances coincide with the position of Gherra or Gera Pizzighettone Gera , a village, or rather suburb of Pizzighettone , on the right bank of the river Adda River Adda . It appears to have been a place of considerable strength and importance probably as commanding the passage of the Adda even before the Roman conquest and in B.C. 222, held out for a considerable time against the consuls Marcellus which? there seem to be two alternatives and Scipio which? , but was compelled to surrender after the battle of Clastidium . ref Quoted from Edward Herbert Bunbury , http books.google.com books?id 9y0BAAAAQAAJ&pg PA11 ACERRAE , in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , ed. by William Smith lexicographer William Smith , 2 vols London Walton and Maberly, 1854 , small I small , 11. Bunbury supplies the following references Pol. ii. 34 Plut. Marc. 6 Zonar. viii. 20 Strab. v. p. 247 Steph.B. s.v Tab. Peut. Cluver. Ital. p. 244. ref According to Polybius ref Polybius, Histories , 2 34 ref , in 222BC the Romans invaded the territory of the Insubres and laid seige to Acerrae during the consulships of Consuls whom Polybius names Marcus Claudius and Gnaeus Cornelius ie . Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus and Marcus Claudius Marcellus . References reflist coord missing Italy Category Native populated places in ancient Gaul Category Roman towns and cities in Italy Category Cities and towns in Lombardy fr Acerrae it Acerrae la Acerrae Transpadana pl Acerrae Galia Przedalpejska ... more details
unreferenced date July 2008 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Clastidium image caption partof Roman Gaulish wars date 222 BC place Clastidium , Italy result Roman victory combatant1 Roman Republic combatant2 Gauls commander1 Marcus Claudius Marcellus Marcellus commander2 Viridomarus strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 Campaignbox Roman Gaulish Wars The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman Republic an army led by the Roman consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Insubres led by Viridomarus . The Romans won the battle, and in the process, Marcellus earned the Spolia opima , one of the highest honors in ancient Rome, by killing Viridomarus in single combat. See also Roman Republican governors of Gaul coord missing Italy Category 222 BC Category Battles involving the Roman Republic Clastidium 222 BC Category Battles involving the Gauls Clastidium 222 BC AncientRome battle stub bg ca Batalla de Clastidium de Schlacht von Clastidium es Batalla de Clastidio fr Bataille de Clastidium it Battaglia di Clastidium pl Bitwa pod Clastidium sh Bitka kod Klastidijuma ... more details
motto, which he placed as a heading in all his works Insubres sumus, non latini We are Insubrians ... , El Dragh Bloeu as The Blue Dragon . See also Duchy of Milan Euroregion Insubres List of euroregions ... more details
. They placed the Gaesatae and Insubres at the rear against Papus, and the Boii and Taurisci at the front ... into the ranks, and the infantry advanced in Maniple military unit maniples . The Insubres, Boii and Taurisci ... more details
Infobox Italian comune name Pizzighettone official name Comune di Pizzighettone image skyline Pizzighettone torre ponte.JPG imagesize image alt image caption image shield Pizzighettone Stemma.png shield alt image map map alt map caption pushpin label position pushpin map alt latd 45 latm 11 lats latNS N longd 9 longm 47 longs longEW E coordinates type region IT type city 6845 coordinates display coordinates footnotes region RegioneIT sigla LOM province province of Cremona Cremona CR frazioni Ferie, Regona, Roggione mayor party mayor Luigi Edoardo Bernocchi area footnotes area total km2 32 population footnotes population total 6777 population as of 1 January 2009 pop density footnotes population demonym Pizzighettonesi elevation footnotes elevation m twin1 twin1 country saint St. Bassian day 19 January postal code 26026 area code 0372 website official http comune.pizzighettone.cr.it footnotes Pizzighettone is a comune of the Province of Cremona in the Italy Italian region Lombardy . The main population centre is located on the river Adda River Adda and is divided into two parts Pizzighettone on the east bank and Gera on the west. It was the site of the Insubres Insubrian town of Acerrae Cisalpine Gaul Acerrae , and is home to the football soccer football team A.S. Pizzighettone , which plays in Italy s Serie C Serie C1 A . commonscat Pizzighettone External links http www.comune.pizzighettone.cr.it Official town website It icon br Cremona geo stub br Province of Cremona Category Cities and towns in Lombardy bg de Pizzighettone es Pizzighettone eo Pizzighettone fr Pizzighettone it Pizzighettone lmo Pissighiton nl Pizzighettone ja nap Pizzighettone pl Pizzighettone pt Pizzighettone ru roa tara Pizzighettone uk vi Pizzighettone vo Pizzighettone war Pizzighettone ... more details
Anero stes Greek ref also spelled Anero stus or Anero stos Greek ref died 225 BC was one of the two leaders of the Gaesatae , a group of Gaul ish mercenaries who lived in the Alps near the Rh ne River Rh ne and fought against the Roman Republic in the Battle of Telamon of 224 BC. He and his colleague Concolitanus were hired by the Boii and Insubres in response to the Roman colonisation of the formerly Gallic region of Picenum . After some initial success in Etruria , when faced with the army of the consul Lucius Aemilius Papus , Anero stes persuaded the Gauls to withdraw, but they were cut off at Telamon modern Talamone , Tuscany by the other consul, Gaius Atilius Regulus consul 225 BC Gaius Atilius Regulus , and forced to fight a pitched battle of Telamon battle . The Gaesatae fought at the front, naked apart from their weapons, but their small shields offered little protection against Roman javelins. The Gaesatae were forced back and their allies slaughtered. Colcolitanus was captured. Anero stes escaped with a small group of followers, who took their own lives. ref Polybius , Histories http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Polybius 2 .html 21 2 21 31 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aneorestus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aneorestus Category Ancient Gauls Category Year of birth missing Category 224 BC deaths ca Aneroestus it Aneroesto sh Aneroest ... more details
The Ilvates were a Ligures Ligurian tribe, whose name is found only in the writings of Livy . He mentions them first as taking up arms in 200 BCE , in concert with the Gaulish tribes of the Insubres and Cenomani Cisalpine Gaul Cenomani , to destroy the Roman colonies of Placentia modern Piacenza and Cremona . They are again noticed three years later as being still in arms, after the submission of their Transpadane allies but in the course of that year s campaign 197 BCE they were reduced by the consul Quintus Minucius , and their name does not again appear in history. Liv. xxx. 10, xxxi. 29, 30. From the circumstances here related, it is clear that they dwelt on the north slopes of the Apennines , towards the plains of the Padus modern Po River , and apparently not very far from Clastidium modern Casteggio but we cannot determine with certainty either the position or extent of their territory. Their name, like those of most of the Ligurian tribes mentioned by Livy, had disappeared in the Augustus Augustan age, and is not found in any of the geographers. Walekenaer, however, supposes the Eleates over whom the consul Marcus Fulvius Nobilior consul 159 BC Marcus Fulvius Nobilior celebrated a triumph in 159 BCE Fast. Capit. ap. Gruter , p. 297 , and who are in all probability the same people with the Veleiates of Pliny the Elder Pliny , to be identical also with the Ilvates of Livy but this cannot be assumed without further proof. Walckenaer, G ogr. des Gaules , vol. i. p. 154. References SmithDGRG Category Ancient peoples of Italy Category Ligurians Category Ancient peoples ... more details
Quintus Petronius Didius Severus Reference necessary 1 born c. 100 date April 2010 was a Roman who lived in the 2nd century. Severus family was one of the most prominent and significant families in Midolanensis or Mediolanum modern Milan , Italy . Severus was of the gens Didius Didia . Reference necessary His father was Quintus Petronius Severus, born c. 70, was a distinguished General and had a sister named Petronia Vara, born c. 75. date April 2010 His mother was Didia Jucunda, Reference necessary born c. 70. date April 2010 His paternal grandfather Quintus Petronius, son of one Gaius Petronius, was an Insubres Insuber or Insubria n in the city. His grandfather, father, aunt and Severus himself were born and raised in Midolanensis. Severus married Aemilia Clara , an Africa Roman province Africa n woman from Hadrumetum . Their sons were Didius Proculus, Reference necessary born c. 125 date April 2010 , married, his son was betrothed to his niece Didia Clara . Didius Nummius Albinus, Reference necessary born c. 130. date April 2010 Marcus Didius Severus Julianus, 137, best known as Didius Julianus , briefly Roman Emperor in 193. References 1911 Augustan History Didius Julianus External links http www.roman empire.net decline julianus.html http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 1761.html DEFAULTSORT Petronius Didius Severus, Quintus Category People from Milan Category Roman era inhabitants of Italy Category 2nd century Romans bg it Quinto Petronio Didio Severo ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 225 BC year in topic 225 NOTOC Year 225 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Papus and Regulus or, less frequently, year 529 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 225 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Roman Republic A coalition of Cisalpine Gaul Cisalpine Gallic Tribe disambiguation tribes Taurini , Taurisces, Insubres , Lingones , Salasses, Agones, and Boii , reinforced by large numbers of Gallia Narbonensis Transalpine adventurers called Gaesatae Gaesati , invade Italy . Avoiding the Roman Republic Romans at Ariminum , the Gauls cross the Apennine Mountains Apennines into Etruria , plunder the country. To meet this invasion, the Romans call on the Insubres enemies, the Adriatic Veneti , the Padua Patavini , and the Cenomani Cisalpine Gaul Cenomani , who rapidly mobilise defensive forces. These armies are placed under the command of consul s Lucius Aemilius Papus and Gaius Atilius Regulus. After the Battle of Faesulae near Montepulciano between the Gauls and a Roman army in which the Romans lose many men, the combined Roman forces succeed in outmaneuvering the Gauls and force the invaders towards the coast of Tuscany . Seleucid Empire Seleucus III Soter Seleucus III takes up the task of reconquering Pergamum in Anatolia from Attalus I Soter Attalus . However, Andromachus , the first general whom he sends, is decisively defeated and captured by Attalus. China The state of Qin conquers the state of Wei . onlyinclude Births Deaths References Reflist DEFAULTSORT 225 Bc Category 225 BC ast 225 edC be 225 . . be x old 225 . . bs 225 p.n.e. ca 225 aC cs 225 p . n. l. cy 225 CC da 225 f.Kr. de 225 v. Chr. el 225 . . es 225 a. C. eo 225 eu K. a. 225 fa fr 225 gl 225 ko 225 hy ... more details
The gens Catia was a plebs plebeian family at Ancient Rome Rome from the time of the Second Punic War to the 3rd century The gens achieved little importance during the Roman Republic Republic , but held several Roman consul consulships in Roman Empire imperial times . ref Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith lexicographer William Smith , Editor. ref Origin of the gens The Catii may have been of Vestini an origin Gaius Catius, who served under Mark Antony Marcus Antonius , is said to have belonged to this ancient race. However, members of the family were already at Rome by the time of the Second Punic War , when Quintus Catius was aedile plebeian aedile . The philosopher Catius was an Insubres Insuber , a native of Cisalpine Gaul Gallia Transpadana , and may have been a freedman of the gens, or perhaps his name arose by coincidence. ref name ReferenceA Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero , Epistulae ad Familiares , x. 23. ref ref name ReferenceB Livy Titus Livius , Ab Urbe Condita book Ab Urbe Condita , xxvii. 6, 43, xxviii. 45. ref Members of the gens Quintus Catius , aedile plebeian aedile in 210 BC, he served in the Second Punic War . ref name ReferenceB Gaius Catius, military tribune tribunus militum in the army of Mark Antony Marcus Antonius , in 43 BC. ref name ReferenceA Catius , an Epicureanism Epicurean philosopher, thought to have been an Insubres Insubrian Gaul he may have been a freedman of the gens. Catia, mentioned by the poet Horace Horatius . ref Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus , Satires Horace Satirae , 1, 2, 95 sq. ref Silius Italicus Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus , an epic poet, and Roman consul consul in AD 68, at the end of Nero Nero s reign. Catius Crispus, mentioned by the elder Seneca the Elder Seneca . ref Seneca the Elder Lucius Annaeus Seneca , Suasoriae , 2, 16. ref Tiberius Catius Caesius Fronto , the son or adopted son of Silius Italicus, he was consul suffectus ex Kal. Sept. in AD 96, shortly before ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 199 BC year in topic 199 NOTOC Year 199 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Tappulus or, less frequently, year 555 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 199 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Roman Republic The Roman Republic Roman general Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus attacks the Insubres in Gaul , but loses over 6,700 soldiers in the process. Scipio Africanus becomes Roman censor censor and princeps Senatus the titular head of the Roman Senate . The Roman law, Lex Porcia, is proposed by the tribune P. Porcius Laeca to give Roman citizens in Italy and provinces the right of appeal in capital cases. onlyinclude Births Deaths References Reflist DEFAULTSORT 199 Bc Category 199 BC ast 199 edC be 199 . . be x old 199 . . bs 199 p.n.e. ca 199 aC cs 199 p . n. l. cy 199 CC da 199 f.Kr. de 199 v. Chr. el 199 . . es 199 a. C. eo 199 eu K. a. 199 fa fr 199 gl 199 ko 199 hy . . . 199 hr 199. pr. Kr. io 199 aK id 199 SM it 199 a.C. ka . . 199 kk . . . 199 sw 199 KK la 199 a.C.n. lb 199 lt 199 m. pr. m. e. hu I. e. 199 mk 199 . . . mr . . . ms 199 SM nl 199 v.Chr. ne . . new ja 199 nap 199 AC no 199 f.Kr. oc 199 uz Mil. av. 199 nds 199 v. Chr. pl 199 p.n.e. pt 199 a.C. ro 199 .Hr. qu 199 k ru 199 . . sq 199 p.e.s. sk 199 pred Kr. sl 199 pr. n. t. sr 199. . . . sh 199. pne. su 199 SM fi 199 eaa. sv 199 f.Kr. tl 199 BC th . . 345 tr M 199 uk 199 . . vec 199 a.C. vi 199 TCN vo 199 b.K. war 199 UC yo 199 SK zh 199 ... more details
about Roman Milan this article has used the BC AD convention since 12 42, 6 October 2004 File Mura en.jpg thumb 250px A section of Roman wall 11 m high with a 24 sided tower. Mediolanum , the ancient Milan , was an important Celts Celtic and then Ancient Rome Roman centre of northern Italy . This article charts the history of the city from its settlement by the Insubres around 600 BC, through its conquest by the Ancient Rome Romans and its development into a key centre of Western Christianity and capital of the Western Roman Empire , until its decline under the ravages of the Gothic War , its capture by the Lombards in 569, and their decision to make Pavia the capital of their Kingdom of Italy Lombard Kingdom of Italy . History Mediolanum appears to have been founded around 600 BC by the Celtic Insubres , for whom this region of northern Italy was called Insubria and they named the city they founded Medhlan in the Gaulish language Citation Needed date May 2011 . The Romans, led by consul Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus , fought the Insubres and captured the city in 222 BC the chief of the Insubres submitted to Rome, giving the Romans control of the city. ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0234 3Aid 3Db2c34 Polybius, Histories ref They eventually conquered the entirety of the region, calling the new province Cisalpine Gaul Gaul this side of the Alps and may have given the site its Latin Celtic name. ref Compare G. Quintela and V. Marco Celtic Elements in Northwestern Spain in Pre Roman times e Keltoi Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, 2005, referring to a toponym, clearly in the second part of the composite Medio lanum Milan , meaning plain or flat area... ref Image Ruins imperial complex milan .jpg thumb 250px Ruins of the Emperor s palace coord 45 27 54.43 N 09 10 50.15 E in Milan. Here Constantinus and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan . Mediolanum was important for its location as a hub in the road network of north ... more details
thumb 200px Lands of the Insubres in the Tabula Peuntingeriana In the first millennium ... with Livy s passage documenting the arrival of Bellovesus and his Insubres during the reign ... by Insubres , has led Italian and French archaeologists and scholars to date the Celtic presence in Italy ... sources Main Insubres Bellovesus File CelPha.jpg thumb 160px Ancient Celtic artifacts br retrieved in Lombardy ... inhabitants of his own time, the Insubres , with these invading Gauls. In the Periplus of Scylax ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 222 BC year in topic 222 NOTOC Year 222 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Calvus or, less frequently, year 532 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 222 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Roman Republic Mediolanum modern Milan , fortification stronghold of the Gaul Gallic tribe of the Insubres led by Viridomarus , falls to Roman Republic Roman legions in Lombardy led by consul , Marcus Claudius Marcellus , in the Battle of Clastidium . Marcus Claudius Marcellus personally slays the chief, Viridomarus. This victory removes the Gallic threat to Rome. Marcellus wins the spolia opima spoils of honour the arms taken by a general who kills an enemy chief in single combat for the third and last time in Roman history. Greece Cleomenes III of Sparta is defeated in the Battle of Sellasia north of Sparta by Antigonus III Doson Antigonus III and his allies, the Achaean League and the Illyria ns under the command of Demetrius of Pharos , and flees to Ancient Egypt Egypt under the protection of King Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy III . Antigonus III s forces occupy Sparta, which is the first time this city has ever been occupied. Almost all of Ancient Greece Greece falls under Macedon ian suzerainty after Antigonus III re establishes the Hellenic Alliance as a confederacy of leagues, with himself as president. Seleucid Empire The Seleucid forces under their general Achaeus general Achaeus succeed in winning back from Pergamum all the Seleucid domains in Anatolia lost six years earlier. Mithridates II of Pontus gives his daughter Laodice III of Syria Laodice in marriage to the Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III . Another of his daughters, also named Laodice of Pontus Laodice , is ma ... more details
Infobox Italian comune name Magenta official name Citt di Magenta native name image skyline Magenta chiesa san martino facciata1.jpg image caption Saint Martin Church image shield StemmaMagent.PNG shield alt shield size 90px image map map alt map caption pushpin label position pushpin map alt latd 45 latm 28 lats latNS N longd 08 longm 53 longs longEW E coordinates type coordinates display title coordinates footnotes region Lombardy province Province of Milan Milan MI frazioni Ponte Vecchio, Ponte Nuovo mayor party mayor Luca Del Gobbo area footnotes area total km2 21 population footnotes population total 23354 population as of 31 December 2005 pop density footnotes population demonym Magentini elevation footnotes elevation m 138 twin1 twin1 country saint St. Martin of Tours , St. Roch , Saint Blaise St. Blaise day November 11 postal code 20013 area code 02 website official http www.comunedimagenta.it footnotes Magenta is a town and comune in the province of Milan in Lombardy , northern Italy . It is notable as the site of the Battle of Magenta . The colour magenta is named after the battle, ref Cunnington, C. Willett, English Women s Clothing in the Nineteenth Century , Dover Publications, Inc. New York 1990, page 208 ref most likely referring to the uniforms used by Zouave French troops. Magenta is the birthplace of St. Gianna Beretta Molla . Magenta has many different bars and shops which offer goods from jewelleries to groceries, especially on its main street called Via Roma . History Magenta was probably a settlement of the Insubres , a Celtic tribe, who founded it around the 5th century BC. The area was conquered by the ancient Rome Romans in 222 BC. The name is traditionally connected to castrum Maxentiae , meaning castle of Maxentius . After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , it was ruled by the Lombards . In the Middle Ages, it was destroyed two times, in 1162 by Frederick Barbarossa and in 1356 by the troops opposing the house of Visconti Visconti rul ... more details
one source date February 2012 no footnotes date February 2012 File Constantine multiple CdM Beistegui 233.jpg thumb right Gold multiple of Constantine, minted in Ticinum, 313 AD alt Full view image of the coin Ticinum the modern Pavia was an ancient city of Gallia Transpadana , founded on the banks of the river of the same name now the Ticino river a little way above its confluence with the Padus Po river Po . It is said by Pliny the Elder to have been founded by the Laevi and Marici Ligures Marici , two Liguria n tribes, while Ptolemy attributes it to the Insubres . Its importance in Ancient Rome Roman times was due to the extension of the Via Aemilia from Ariminum Rimini to the Po River Padus or Po 187 BC , which it crossed at Placentia Piacenza and there forked, one branch going to Mediolanum Milan and the other to Ticinum, and thence to Laumellum where it divided once more, one branch going to Vercellae and thence to Eporedia and Augusta Praetoria and the other to Valenza Po Valentia and thence to Augusta Taurinorum Turin or to Pollentia . File Plan de la ville et des fortifications de Pavie, XVIIe si cle.jpg thumb left Seventeenth century drawing of the street layout and fortifications of the town of Pavia alt Full view image of the plan The branch to Eporedia must have been constructed before 100 BC. Ticinum is frequently mentioned by classical writers. It was a municipium , but we learn little of it except that in the 4th century AD there was a manufacture of bows and a mint there. The first Christian bishops of the city are identified as Juventius of Pavia Juventius and Syrus of Pavia Syrus . It was pillaged by Attila in 452 AD 452 and by Odoacer in 476, but rose to importance as a military centre in the Gothic period. At Dertona and here the grain stores of Liguria were placed, and Theodoric the Great constructed a palace, Thermae baths and amphitheatre and new town walls while an inscription of Athalaric relating to repairs of seats in the amphitheatr ... more details
Expand Italian Leponzi date April 2012 File R mische Provinzen im Alpenraum ca 14 n Chr.png thumb right 300px Map of the Alpine provinces as of AD 14, showing the position of the Lepontii within Rhaetia and north of Gallia Transpadana Image Historische Karte CH Helvet.png thumb 300px Celts Celtic orange and Rhaetic language Rhaetic green settlements in Switzerland The Lepontii were an ancient people occupying portions of Rhaetia in modern Switzerland and northern Italy in the Alps during the time of the Ancient Rome Roman conquest of that territory. The Lepontii have been variously described as a Celt ic, Ligures Ligurian , Raetia n, and Germanic tribes Germanic tribe. Recent archeological excavations and their association with the Golasecca culture of Northern Italy may point to a Celtic affiliation, although an amalgamation of Rhaetia ns who were partly of Etruscan civilization Etruscan related origin may not be excluded. The chief towns of the Lepontii were Oscela , now Domodossola , Italy, and Bilitio , now Bellinzona , Switzerland. Their territory included the southern slopes of the St. Gotthard Pass and Simplon Pass , corresponding roughly to present day Ossola and Ticino . Map of Rhaetia A http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Gazetteer Maps Periods Roman Places Europe Rhaetia 1.html map of Rhaetia shows the location of the Lepontic territory, in the south western corner of Rhaetia. The area to the south, including what was to become the Insubres Insubrian capital Mediolanum modern Milan , was Etruscan civilization Etruscan around 600 500 BC, when the Lepontii began writing tombstone inscriptions in their alphabet, one of several Etruscan derived alphabets in the Rhaetian territory. See also Lepontic language Canegrate culture Celts Alps and Po Valley Celts in the Alps and Po Valley Cisalpine Gaulish Golasecca culture Ancient peoples of Italy Notes reflist Sources PIANA AGOSTINETTI P. 1972, Documenti per la protostoria della Val d Ossola. San Bernardo d Ornavas ... more details
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