The Celto-Ligurian hypothesis became associated with the Funnelbeaker culture and "expanded to cover much of Central Europe". Julius Pokorny adapted the Celto-Ligurian hypothesis into one linking the Ligures to the Illyrians, citing an array of similar evidence from Eastern Europe. Under this theory the "Ligures-Illyrians" became associated with the prehistoric Urnfield peoples.

Cisalpine Gaul (Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, also called Gallia Citerior or Gallia Togata) was the part of Italy inhabited by Celts during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.. After its conquest by the Roman Republic in the 200s BC it was considered geographically part of Roman Italy but remained administratively separated until 42 BC. It was a Roman province from c. 81 BC until 42 BC, …

The historic French province of Provence, located in the southeast corner of France between the Alps, the Mediterranean, the river Rhône and the upper reaches of the river Durance, was inhabited by Ligures beginning in Neolithic times; by the Celtic since about 900 BC, and by Greek colonists since about 600 BC. It was conquered by Rome at the end of the 2nd century BC. …

Gap was the capital of the Celto-Ligurian Tricorii tribe. These peoples, probably belonging to the Caturiges tribe, spoke the Celtic language. The Roman period. Roman roads in the Alps, during the 4th century. The Gapençais was then part of the territory of the Tricorii, a Gallic people who were Romanised during the conquest of Gallia Narbonensis in 125-124 BC, and whose …

The Durance (French pronunciation: ; Durença in the Occitan classical norm or Durènço in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France.A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 323.2 km (200.8 mi) long. Its drainage basin is 14,472 km 2 (5,588 sq mi).. Its source is in the southwestern part of the Alps, in the Montgenèvre ski resort near Briançon; it flows southwest …

Mappa dell'antica Liguria, tra i fiumi Po, Varo e Magra. I Liguri (in latino Ligures) furono un'antica popolazione che ha dato il suo nome all'odierna regione della Liguria e al Mar Ligure che la bagna.. In epoca preromana i Liguri occupavano l'attuale Liguria, il Piemonte a sud del Po, le Alpi Marittime che si trovano anche nell'area geografica italiana e parte della costa nord …

Ancient origins. The Taurini were an ancient Celto-Ligurian Alpine people, who occupied the upper valley of the Po River, in the center of modern Piedmont.In 218 BC, they were 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 a three-day siege.As a people they are …

Acqui Terme (Italian pronunciation: [ˈakkwi ˈtɛrme]; Piedmontese: Àich) is a city and comune in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy.It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-southwest of Alessandria.It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'Acqui.. The city's hot sulphur springs have been famous since this was the …

Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy, and Germany west of the Rhine.It covered an area of 494,000 km 2 (191,000 sq mi). According to Julius Caesar, Gaul was divided into three parts: …

Provence (/ p r ə ˈ v ɒ̃ s /, US also / p r oʊ ˈ-/, UK also / p r ɒ ˈ-/, French: [pʁɔvɑ̃s] (), locally [pχoˈvã(n)sə]; Occitan: Provença (in classical norm) or Prouvènço (in Mistralian norm), pronounced [pʀuˈvɛnsɔ]) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the …