 It is, therefore, theoretically not unlikely that Aquileia had been a Gallic "oppidum" even before the coming of the Romans.However, few Celtic artifacts have been discovered from 500 BC to the Roman arrival.The colony was established with Latin rights by the triumvirate of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Caius Flaminius, and Lucius Manlius Acidinus, two of whom were of consular and one of praetorian rank.