Lepontic Celts

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Celtic people ancient people

The Lepontic Celts were an ancient Celtic people of the Alpine region, known from early inscriptions and archaeological remains in what is now northern Italy and southern Switzerland.

Aliases (2)

Celts of Cisalpine Gaul ×1
Raetians ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Celtic people → ancient people →
archaeologicalCulturePhase	Golasecca II → Golasecca III →
archaeologicalSite	Lugano → Ornavasso → Sesto Calende →
associatedWith	Celtic epigraphy → Golasecca culture →
culturalSphere	La Tène horizon →
culture	Celtic culture →
earliestAttestation	early 1st millennium BCE →
ethnicGroupOf	Alpine region →
evidenceType	grave goods → inscriptions on metal objects → inscriptions on stone →
inhabitedRegion	Lombardy → Piedmont → Ticino NERFINISHED → Valais →
integratedInto	Roman Empire →
knownFrom	archaeological remains → epigraphic evidence →
languageFamily	Celtic languages →
languageStatus	extinct language community →
locatedIn	Central Alps → Northern Italy → Southern Switzerland →
neighbouringPeople	Etruscans NERFINISHED → Insubres → Ligurians → Raetians →
partOf	Continental Celts →
regionNamedAfter	Lepontine Alps NERFINISHED →
religion	Celtic polytheism →
spoke	Lepontic language →
subgroupOf	Cisalpine Gauls →
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE → Iron Age →
usedScript	Cisalpine Celtic alphabet → Lepontic alphabet →
writingSystemOrigin	derived from Etruscan script →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ancient Italy ("Celts of Cisalpine Gaul") →	inhabitedBy
Veneti people ("Raetians") →	neighbor
Lepontic alphabet →	usedBy