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TAURINI , an See also:ancient Ligurian See also:people, although the name may be of See also:Celtic origin, who occupied the upper valley of the Padus (Po) in the centre of the See also:modern See also:Piedmont. In 218 B.e. they were attacked by See also:Hannibal, with whose See also:friends the 'See also:Insubres they had a See also:long-See also:standing See also:feud, and their See also:chief See also:town (Taurasia) was captured after a three days' See also:siege (See also:Polybius iii. 6o, 8). As a people they are rarely mentioned in See also:history. It is not known when they definitely became subject to the See also:Romans, nor when the See also:colony of (Julia) See also:Augusta Taurinorum (Torino, See also:Turin) was founded in their territory (probably by See also:Augustus after the See also:battle of See also:Actium). Both See also:Livy (v. 34) and See also:Strabo (iv. p. 209) speak of the See also:country of the Taurini as including one of the passes of the See also:Alps, which points to a wider use of the name in earlier times. See H. Nissen, Italische Landeskunde, ii. (1902), p. 163; and ancient authorities quoted in A. Holder, Altceltischer Sprachschatz, ii. (1904). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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