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use of Raetian language
- In Raetian language
  …language spoken by the ancient Raetians in southern Germany and in the Alpine regions of Italy, Austria, and Switzerland in pre-Roman times. The language is known from a number of inscriptions.
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In ancient Italic people: Populations of central northern Italy and of the Alps
…the Alpine foothills, and the Raeti, in the valleys of the Trentino and the Alto Adige. Minor peoples in the region belonged to one or the other of these stocks or to Ligurian stocks; with regard to many of these peoples, the sources speak of an Illyrian or an Etruscan…
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Trento
- In Trento
  …Strabo of Amaseia, by the Raetians, and it became a Roman colony and military base on the road north to the Reschen (Resia) and Brenner (Brennero) passes. Its first bishop, St. Vigilius, converted Trentino and the southern Tirol to Christianity in the late 4th–early 5th century. The seat of a…
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Austria
- In Austria: Prehistory and Roman times
  …the west, however, the ancient Raetian people were able to maintain their seat (see Raetian language). Then, attracted by the rich iron resources and the strategic importance of the region, the Romans began to assert themselves. After an initially peaceful penetration during the last two centuries bce, Roman troops finally…
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Switzerland
- In Graubünden
  …were originally settled by the Raeti (Rhaeti), a people probably Celtic in origin. Most of the modern canton formed the southern part of Raetia, a province set up by the Romans in 15 bce. Designated a county by the emperor Charlemagne about 806 ce, the region was largely ruled from…
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