taken and the Insubre king dead, the Romans then easily took the capital of the Insubres, which they named Mediolanum (Milan). The Insubres surrendered...

Insubres to fear Roman incursion on their existing lands. With the help of the Gaesatae, mercenaries from Transalpine Gaul, the Boii and the Insubres...

consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Insubres, a Celtic people in northern Italy. Florus writes that the Insubres were led by Viridomarus, or Britomartus...

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...

bank). The Insubres lived free and independently until the arrival of the Gauls, led by Belloveso, who, around the year 600 BC, undid the Insubres and settled...

allies. The Insubres advanced to take their place while the velites were withdrawn and the Roman hastati advanced in maniples. The Insubres, Boii, and...

and Insubres, as mercenaries to fight the Romans, stood naked at the head of their army at the Battle of Telamon in 225BC. The Boii and Insubres at this...

described as antagonists by Greek and Roman writers were the Senones, Insubres, Boii, and Gaesatae. The Romans first came into conflict with Gauls who...

battle with the Gauls, this time the Insubres. The Romans at first sustained significant losses against the Insubres while they were attempting to cross...

who occupied the tract north of the Padus (modern Po River), between the Insubres on the west and the Veneti on the east. Their territory appears to have...

which corresponds to the area inhabited in Classical antiquity by the Insubres; the name can also refer to the Duchy of Milan (1395–1810). For several...

Language codes ISO 639-3 xlp Linguist List xlp Glottolog lepo1240 Map showing the position of the Insubres and Lepontii in or near Gallia Transpadana....

Gallic military leader of the Gaesatae. In 222 BC he was hired by the Insubres who were fighting the Romans. Viridomarus led an mercenary army against...

attacked by Hannibal as he was allied with their long-standing enemies, the Insubres. The Taurini chief town (Taurasia) was captured by Hannibal's forces after...

Insubres territory and besiege Acerrae, an Insubre fortification on the right bank of the River Adda between Cremona and Laus Pompeia. The Insubres are...

oldest Celts of Italy and included several groups that had the name of Insubres, Laevi, Lepontii, Oromobii (o Orumbovii)". (Raffaele C. De Marinis) Vitali...

Ducarius was a Gallic nobleman from the Insubres who fought for Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War...

naming years. A coalition of Cisalpine Gallic tribes (Taurini, Taurisces, Insubres, Lingones, Salasses, Agones, and Boii), reinforced by large numbers of...

Lepontii. Boii Carni Cenomani Lingones Senones Vertamocorii Gaesatae? Insubres Arverni Aedui Ambarri Aulerci Bituriges Carnutes Lepontics Graioceli Lepontii...

given that the Pisa-Luni-Genoa sea route was now safe. In 222 BC the Insubres, during a war with Romans occupied the oppidum of Clastidium, that at that...

as meaning 'mercenaries'. According to Polybius' account, the Boii and Insubres of Cisalpine Gaul paid the Gaesatae, under their leaders Concolitanus and...

Aventicum (Avenches) Helvii (*Helwī) Alba Helviorum (Alba-la-Romaine) Insubres Mediolanom (Milan) Lemovices (*Lemowīcēs) Durotincum (Villejoubert); Augustoritum...

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, fought the Insubres and captured the settlement in 222 BC. The chief of the Insubres then submitted to Rome, giving the Romans...

Historical affiliations Celtic tribe belonging to the Insubres group 590–222 BC Roman Republic 222–27 BC Roman Empire 27 BC–AD 395 Western Roman Empire...

subdued the Insubres, a Gaul tribe that had crossed the Alps and settled around Mediolanum (now Milan). A Gallo-Celtic tribe, perhaps the Insubres themselves...

between two Roman forces and crushed. In the Second Punic War, the Boii and Insubres allied themselves with the Carthaginians, laying siege to Mutina (Modena)...

for naming years. The Roman general Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus attacks the Insubres in Gaul, but loses over 6,700 soldiers in the process. Scipio Africanus...

victory, the Republic shifted its attention to its northern border as the Insubres and Boii were threatening Italy. Meanwhile, Carthage compensated the loss...

Network of Biosphere Reserves. Magenta was probably a settlement of the Insubres, a Celtic tribe, who founded it around the 5th century BC. The area was...

Galatian tactics against a Roman army at the Battle of Telamon of 225 BC: The Insubres and the Boii wore trousers and light cloaks, but the Gaesatae, in their...