Raeti

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The Raeti were an ancient Alpine people of central Europe, known from Roman sources for inhabiting the mountainous regions that later formed the Roman province of Raetia.

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Label Occurrences
Raeti canonical 6

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine people
ancient people
archaeologicalEvidence fortified sites
hilltop settlements
inscriptions in Rhaetian script
associatedWith Roman province of Raetia
borderedBy Celtic tribes of Gaul
Helvetii
Noricum
Vindelicia
surface form: Vindelici
conqueredBy Augustus
Roman Republic
conquestDateApprox 15 BC
culturalRegion Alps region
surface form: Alpine region
economyActivity mountain agriculture
pastoralism
transalpine trade
ethnicGroupOf central Europe
ethnogenesisContext interaction of Alpine, Etruscan, and Celtic groups
gaveNameTo Raetia
incorporatedAs Roman province of Raetia
surface form: province of Raetia
incorporatedInto Roman Empire
inhabitedRegion Alps
Central Alps
surface form: central Alps

Eastern Alps
surface form: eastern Alps

eastern Switzerland
Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy

western Austria
knownFrom Roman sources
languageFamilyHypothesis Raetic language
surface form: Rhaetian language
laterRomanStatus provincial population of Raetia
mentionedBy Livy
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
militaryReputation mountain warriors
modernNameSurvival Raetia
surface form: Raetia (historical toponym)

Rhaetian Alps
Rhaetian Railway
surface form: Rhaetian Railway (indirectly from Raetia)
possibleLinguisticRelation Etruscan language
religionInfluence Celtic religion
local Alpine cults
religionType polytheism
terrainAdaptation high mountain environment
timePeriod Iron Age
Roman period

Referenced by (6)

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

Raetia namedAfter Raeti
Raetia ethnicGroups Raeti
Veneti neighboringPeople Raeti
the Norici tribe neighbouringPeople Raeti
subject surface form: Norici
Norici neighbouringPeople Raeti