Ancient peoples of Italy

ancient civilization on the Appenine Peninsula

thumb|Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy. Ligures are located in the upper left corner of the map (green).

thumb|Amiternum, an ancient city founded by the Sabines right|thumb|Map showing the location of the Sabines. The border with Latium to the south was the Aniene river; however, it is possible that Sabines extended to Lake [[Regillus slightly to the south of it near Gabii.]]

ancient people living in the Alps during the 1st millenium B.C.

The Carni (Greek: Καρνίοι) were a tribe of the Eastern Alps in classical antiquity of Celtic language and culture, settling in the mountains separating Noricum and Venetia. They probably gave their name to Carso, Carnia, Carinthia, and Carniola.

earliest inhabitants of central Italy in Roman mythology

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.

thumb|alt=A map of central Italy is depicted|Map of Roman Latium The Rutuli or Rutulians were an ancient people in Italy. The Rutuli were located in a territory whose capital was the ancient town of Ardea, located about 32 km (20 miles) southeast of Rome.

The Oenotrians or Enotrians were an ancient Italic people who inhabited a territory in Southern Italy from Paestum to southern Calabria. By the sixth century BC, the Oenotrians had been absorbed into other Italic tribes.

The Salassi or Salasses were a Gallic or Ligurian tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the Dora Baltea river, near present-day Aosta, Aosta Valley, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

thumb|250px|Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: [[Camunian rose and two human figures (one in , the other in graffiti)]] The Camuni or Camunni were an ancient population located in Val Camonica during the Iron Age (1st millennium BC); the Latin name Camunni was attributed to them by the authors of the 1st century. They are also called ancient Camuni, to distinguish them from the current inhabitants of the valley (the Camuni or Camunians). The Camunni were among the greatest producers of rock art in Europe; their name is linked to the famous rock engravings of Valcamonica.

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The Euganei (fr. Lat. Euganei, Euganeorum; cf. Gr. εὐγενής (eugenēs) 'well-born') were a group of populations, difficult to define, settled in the flat and mountainous areas of Northeast Italy, between the Eastern Alps and the Adriatic. With the arrival of the Adriatic Veneti they retreated to the Alpine valleys, blending in with the Rhaetians.

people of Cisalpine Gaul

The Morgetes (, ) were an ancient oenotrian tribe, of Pelasgian descent, who occupied the region of southern Italy from Calabria to Sicily.

The Trumpilini were an ancient tribe that settled in Val Trompia, one of three main valleys in the Province of Brescia in Northern Italy.

The Venostes were a Celtic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the present-day Vinschgau Valley (Val Venosta) during the Iron Age.

The Orobii (also Orobi, Oromobi or Orumbovii) were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling around present-day Como and Bergamo during the Iron Age.

The Acitavones were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during the Iron Age.

thumb|Ancient Italy - Northern Part from Shepherd's Historical Atlas showing the Isarci at the northeastern corner of Venetia The Isarci were an ancient Alpine people who settled in the Eisack Valley (Italian: ''Val d'Isarco'').