Celtic War in Northern Italy
The Celtic War in Northern Italy 225–222 BC BC was a war of the Roman Empire against the Celtic tribes of the Boier , Insubr , Taurisker and Gaesati in northern Italy . Allies of the Boier and Insubrian were the Venetians , Samnites , Etruscans and Cenomanians . In the battle of Telamon in 225 BC The allies suffered a heavy defeat, and at the Battle of Clastidium in 222 BC the allies suffered a heavy defeat . The Insubrians were defeated again. Their main town Mediolanium was conquered and in 218 BC. The Roman colonies Placentia , Cremona and Mutina were founded and the construction of the Via Flaminia began.
In the Celtic War 200–190 BC After the Second Punic War , the Romans subdued the Insubrians and Boier, allied with Carthage . 197-194 BC The Roman army carried out a punitive action against the Insubrians. The Boier were born in 193 BC. The last Celtic city fell in Italy with its main town Bologna , whereupon they withdrew to Bohemia (Latin Boiohaeum ). In the newly annexed areas of northern Italy, the Romans reinforced the Romanization of the remaining Celtic population by sending more colonists .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bernhard Maier : The Celts. Your story from the beginning to the present . Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-46094-1 , pp. 97f.
- ^ Klaus Geus, Klaus Zimmermann (eds.): Punica, Libyca, Ptolemaica. Festschrift for Werner Huss on his 65th birthday . Peeters, Leuven 2001, ISBN 90-429-1066-6 , p. 284.
- ↑ Gerhard Herm : The Celts - The people that came out of the dark , Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf 1975, ISBN 978-3430-144537