Orobii
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The Orobii (also Orobi, Oromobi or Orumbovii) were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling around present-day Como and Bergamo during the Iron Age.
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- Instance of
- tribe
- Has part
- Ancient peoples of Italy
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Lecco
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- present in work
- Cato the Elder
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- www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/orobi
- name
- Orobi
- epoch
- prehistory
- stated in
- Pliny the Elder
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The Orobii (also Orobi, Oromobi or Orumbovii) were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling around present-day Como and Bergamo during the Iron Age.
== Name == They are mentioned as Orobii by Cato the Elder (early 2nd century BC).
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