Lepontii
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Map of the Alpine provinces as of AD 14, showing the position of the Lepontii within Rhaetia and north of [[Gallia Transpadana]] thumb|300px|Celts|Celtic (orange) and Rhaetic (green) settlements in [[Switzerland]] thumb|Central and northern Italy according to the Historical Atlas, showing the Lepontii in the northern area of Gallia Transpadana.
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- Etymology
- History
- Origins and classical sources
- Roman conquest
- Language
- See also
- Bibliography
- Primary sources
- Historical literature
- Notes
thumb|right|300px|Map of the Alpine provinces as of AD 14, showing the position of the Lepontii within Rhaetia and north of [[Gallia Transpadana]] thumb|300px|Celts|Celtic (orange) and Rhaetic (green) settlements in [[Switzerland]] thumb|Central and northern Italy according to the Historical Atlas, showing the Lepontii in the northern area of Gallia Transpadana.
The Lepontii (also Leponti or Lepontini) were an ancient Celtic or celticized people or tribe settled during the Iron Age occupying portions of Rhaetia, in the central and western Alps, between modern Switzerland and north-western Italy during the late Bronze Age/Iron Age.