The Lapicini were an ancient
Ligurian tribe mentioned by
Livy
Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...
as being subjugated by
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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under consuls
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and
Quintus Mucius Scaevola in 175 BCE. (Liv. xli. 19.) They inhabited the extreme northern regions of
Liguria
Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...
, as it was defined in Roman times, on a tributary of the
Magra
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The Magra is a long river of Northern Italy, which runs through Pontremoli, Filattiera, Villafranca in Lunigiana and Aulla in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany); Santo Stefano di Magra, Vezzano Ligure, Arcola, Sarzana and Amegli ...
( la, Macra) river.
[J. Murray, The Academy (1880), vol. 18, p. 32.]
References
Ligures
Tribes conquered by the Roman Republic
Tribes conquered by Rome
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