I Taurini ed Annibale - 218 a. C. - The Taurini and Hannibal - 218 BC

 Nel 218 a.C. Annibale valicò le  Alpi, probabilmente passando per le Traversette. Per giungere ad attaccare Roma, Annibale doveva passare per il  territorio dei Taurini, predecessori dei Torinesi. I Taurini rallentarono la sua avanzata, segno evidente della loro consistenza militare, ma la città dei Taurini fu infine presa e i suoi abitanti che avevano scelto di ribellarsi e resistere furono passati a fil di spada. Da allora sino alla romanizzazione si perde traccia dei Taurini.
Tutti i Taurini, e dico tutti, sono scomparsi dalla storia, grazie ad Annibale, "one of the greatest military leaders in history", come lo definisce Jona Lendering in livius.org.

In 218 BC Hannibal crossed the Alps, probably through the Traversette. To attach Rome, Hannibal had to cross the land of the Taurini, predecessors of the Torinesi. The Taurini slowed down his march, and this is a clear sign of their military consistence. However, the town of Taurini was captured and its people, who had chosen to rebel and resist, had been put to the sword. From that time until the Romanization, any track of the Taurini is lost.
The Taurini as a whole, I mean all of them, disappeared from history, thanks to Hannibal, "one of the greatest military leaders in history", as defined by Jona Lendering in livius.org.

Resta solo il ricordo di questo popolo valoroso nel nome della nostra grande città fondata da Giulio Cesare,  Torino!


Adattato  da: http://www.museotorino.it/view/s/c1d7e02f24f74b1b91b58b307020f856
Bibliografia: Culasso Gastaldi, Enrica, Annibale e i Taurini, in Sergi, Giuseppe (a cura di), Storia di Torino. Dalla preistoria al Comune medievale, Vol. 1, G. Einaudi, Torino 1997, pp. 116-121

Taurasia

When Hannibal arrived in the plan near Torino, he found Taurasia with its gates closed. Taurasia was pro-Rome. After a battle of three days, Hannibal destroyed completely Taurasia and also the Celtic people of Taurini. He did it so well that, today, we have no idea where Taurasia was. What happened? The people of Taurini survived only in the name of Torino or are here in our DNA? I think that they are here in DNA. But Taurini disappeared from history, and we know them only from the name of the town, Julia Augusta Taurinorum, in honor of the alliance with Rome.
The emblem of Torino is the bull (toro), but the name of the people, Taurini, had its origin in a Celtic word meaning  "gate", "tower". That is, the people of the Gate of the Alps.