The Vertamocorii (Gaulish: *Uertamocorī) were a Celtic people that lived in Cisalpine Gaul around Novara, in Eastern Piedmont (Italy).
Name The Gaulish ethnonym Vertamo-corii is generally translated as 'those with the superior host' or 'the excellent troops', from uertamos ('superior; summit') attached to corios ('army'). Alternately, it could mean 'troops from the summit'.
History According to Cato, the Vertamocorii who founded Novara were Ligurians, a view rejected by Pliny (1st c. AD), who classifies them as Gauls.
See also Ancient peoples of Italy
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External links Teuta Vertamocori - Group of historical reconstruction from Novara