| | Gauls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Rome conquered the Celts between 224 and 220 BC, extending its northeastern frontier to the Julian Alps. |
 | | After first joining the uprising led by the Carthaginian Hamilcar, an agent of Hannibal in Gaul, in 200 BC, they deserted the Insubres during the battle at Larius Lacus (Lake Como) in 196 BC and made their own treaty with the Romans. |
 | | The Insubres were finally subdued in 196 BC and gradually lost their identity in the rise of municipal communities. |
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