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Which Celtic tribe made ancient Milan its capital?
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The Celtic tribe that established ancient Milan as its capital was the Insubres.
The settlement, known then as Mediolanum, was founded by the Gauls around 600 BCE and subsequently became the primary city of the Insubres, who were the most powerful Celtic people in Cisalpine Gaul.12