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Mediolanum, the ancient city where Milan now stands, was originally an Insubrian city, but afterwards became an important Roman city in Northern Italy.
Back in 286 AD, Milan was elected capital of the Western Roman Empire with the name of Mediolanum. At that time the empire was as extensive as it was problematic; for this reason, the emperor Diocletian decided to divide the territories into two large areas, one east and one west of Rome, entrusting them to two of his “deputies”.
MEDIOLANUM (Milano) Lombardy, Italy. A Ligurian and then a Celtic center at the junction of important prehistoric roads from the plains and from the Alps.
Mediolanum, the ancient city where Milan now stands, was originally an Insubrian city, but afterwards became an important Roman city in Northern Italy. Mediolanum superimposed on modern Milan.
May 31, 2018 · In 222 BC, Rome took the Mediolanum from the Celtic Insubres in a brutal conquest. It then set out to develop the Mediolanum into the capital of the Western Empire western half of the then sprawling empire that stretched from western Europe all the way to Asia Minor.
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Then Maximian, one of the “soldier emperors” who governed the Empire in the 3rd century AD, made it the Western capital. From here, he could better control the frontiers along the Danube and the Rhine, and hold the raids of the Burgundians, Goths, Alemanni and Teutons at bay.
MEDIOLANUM, or Mediolanium (mod. Milan, q.v.), an ancient city of Italy, and the most important in Gallia Transpadana. Livy attributes its foundation to the Galli Insubres under Bellovesus after their defeat of the Etruscans, in the time of the older Tarquin.
