Lepontii
The Lepontii were an ancient people occupying portions of
Raetia (in modern
Switzerland and
Italy) in the
Alps during the time of the
Roman conquest of that territory. The Lepontii have been variously described as a
Celtic, Raetian, and
German tribe, but insufficient data remains to categorize them definitively.
The chief town of the Lepontii was Oscela, now Domodossola, Italy, and their territory included the Southern slopes of the Saint Gothard Pass and the Simplon Pass and the headwaters of the Rhine River.