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The Insubres or Insubri were a population settled in Insubria, in what is now Lombardy. Insubria is a historical-geographical region which corresponds to the area inhabited in the past by the Insubres, a Celtic people which dwelt in the 4th-5th century B Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the They were the founders of Milan (Mediolanum). Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Though Celtic at the time of Roman conquest, they were most likely the result of the fusion of pre-existing Ligurian and Italic population strata with Gaulish tribes who had come from what is now southern France. Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the Gaulish or Gallic is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Together with the Boii, Lingones, Taurini, Gesati and other Gaulish groups, the Insubres were defeated in 224 or 225 BC by the Roman army led by consul Lucius Aemilius Papus at the Battle of Telamon. Boii ( Latin plural singular Boius; Greek) is the Roman name of an ancient Celtic tribe, attested at various Lingones were a Celtic tribe that originally lived in Gaul in the area of the headwaters of the Seine and Marne rivers The Taurini were an ancient Celt - Ligurian people who occupied the upper valley of the river Po, in the centre of modern Piedmont. Events By place Greece After the Spartan King Cleomenes III takes Pellene Phlius and Argos, Aratus Events By place Roman Republic A coalition of Cisalpine Gallic tribes ( Taurini, Taurisces Insubres, Lingones Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Lucius Aemilius Papus (fl 216 BC a member of the Gens Aemilia of the branch cognominated Papus (a plebian family who was pittied upon by many patrician family's The Battle of Telamon was fought between the Roman Republic and an alliance of Gauls in 225 BC. Two years later the Romans, backed by their Gaulish allies the Cenomani, reduced the only fortified place of the Insubres at Acerrae, and defeated them again at the Battle of Clastidium. The Cenomani ( Greek:, Strabo, Ptol;, Polyb) was an ancient tribe of the Cisalpine Gauls who occupied the tract north of the Padus This article is about the city Acerra For the Ancient Roman sacrificial incense box see Acerra (incense box. The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman Republican army led by the Roman consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the After the defeat of the Gesati, they were compelled to accept the Roman occupation of Milan in 221 and forcible alliance with Rome, while the victors annexed much of their territory. Events By place Carthage The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal is murdered by a Celtic assassin while campaigning to increase

During the invasion of Hannibal of 218-217 BC, the Insubres rebelled in support of the Carthaginians. Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash Events By place Carthage A Carthaginian army under Hannibal attacks Rome's Spanish allies Events By place Roman Republic Gaius Flaminius Nepos is re-elected Consul with Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, in what is They supported the Carthaginians again in 200 BC, this time under Hamilcar. Events By place Seleucid Empire Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine. Hamilcar ( Punic -Phoenician ḥmlqrt, Canaanite Hebrew אחי-מלקרת meaning brother of Melqart, a Tyrian god) was After several other clashes, they definitively allied with Rome in 194, maintaining some autonomy for their capital. Events By place Greece After checking the ambitions of the Spartan Tyrant, Nabis, the Roman forces under In 89 BC they obtained Latin citizenship and, in 49 BC, Roman citizenship. Year 89 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Year 49 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus

Romanization of the Insubres was probably quick, also due to the reported similarities of the Celtic and Latin languages; in a short span of time after the Roman conquest several literary figures emerged, like that of Caecilius Statius. The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic" a branch of the greater Indo-European Language family. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Caecilius Statius, or Statius Caecilius (died 168 (or 166 BC was a Roman comic Poet.

Insubria and Insubric language have been named after this people's name. Insubria is a historical-geographical region which corresponds to the area inhabited in the past by the Insubres, a Celtic people which dwelt in the 4th-5th century B Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como


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