Insubres

E295795

The Insubres were an ancient Celtic people of northern Italy, centered around Mediolanum (modern Milan), known for their resistance to Roman expansion before eventual incorporation into the Roman Republic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Insubres canonical 11
Insubres (early phase) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic tribe ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
alliedWith Boii ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Hannibal ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence settlements around Milan ⓘ
capital Mediolanum ⓘ
centeredAround Mediolanum ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
conquestCenturyBC 3rd century BC ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture La Tène culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
stockbreeding ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicity Celtic ⓘ
eventualStatus incorporation into the Roman Republic ⓘ
foughtAgainst Roman Republic ⓘ
involvedInConflict Roman–Gallic wars ⓘ
knownFor resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
laterIntegration Roman citizen body ⓘ
legacy contributed to the development of ancient Mediolanum ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lombardy ⓘ
mentionedBy Livy ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ
militaryRole provided auxiliary troops to Rome after conquest ⓘ
modernCenter Milan ⓘ
neighbouringPeople Boii ⓘ
Cenomani ⓘ
Lepontii ⓘ
Orobii ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
Battle of Telamon ⓘ
partOf Cisalpine Gauls ⓘ
linked to: Cisalpine Gaul
politicalOrganization tribal ⓘ
region Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
romanization gradual ⓘ
territoryCharacteristic Alpine foothills ⓘ
Po Valley ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
urbanCenter Mediolanum as major Gallic oppidum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lepontii → neighboringPeople → Insubres ⓘ
Cisalpine Gaul → ethnicGroup → Insubres ⓘ
Insubria → ethnonym → Insubres ⓘ
Insubria → namedAfter → Insubres ⓘ
Golasecca culture → ethnicGroup → Insubres (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: Insubres
Boii → alliedWith → Insubres ⓘ
Ingauni → neighboringPeople → Insubres ⓘ
Cenomani → neighboringPeople → Insubres ⓘ