Lepontii

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The Lepontii were an ancient Celtic people who inhabited the Alpine region of what is now southern Switzerland and northern Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic tribe
ancient people
archaeologicalCulture La Tène culture
surface form: Golasecca culture
associatedCity Bellinzona
Domodossola
associatedMountainRange Lepontine Alps
associatedRiver Ticino River
conqueredBy Roman Republic
continent Europe
culture Celtic culture
ethnicity Celtic
historicalStatus extinct ethnic group
language Lepontic language
locatedIn Alps
Cisalpine Gaul
Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy

southern Switzerland
modernCountry Italy
Switzerland
neighboringPeople Helvetii
Insubres
Raeti
partOf ancient Alpine peoples
regionNamedAfter Lepontine Alps
Lepontine Gaul
religion Celtic polytheism
timePeriod Iron Age
pre-Roman period
writingSystem Cisalpine Celtic inscriptions
Lepontic alphabet
surface form: Lepontic script

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