 Acidinus had conquered the Taurisci in 183.The triumvirate led 3,000 families to settle the area meaning Aquileia probably had a population of 20,000 soon after its founding.Meanwhile, based on the evidence of names chiseled on stone, the majority of colonizing families came from Picenum, Samnium, and Campania, which also explains why the colony was "Latin" and not "Roman".