2 ▁paint ings ▁Category : St ill ▁life ▁paint ings <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Hel vet ii ▁( ▁), ▁ang lic ized ▁as ▁Hel vet ians , ▁were ▁a ▁C elt ic ▁tribe ▁or ▁trib al ▁conf eder ation ▁occup ying ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Swiss ▁plate au ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁their ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁Roman ▁Republic ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁BC . ▁According ▁to ▁Julius ▁Ca esar , ▁the ▁Hel vet ians ▁were ▁divided ▁into ▁four ▁sub groups ▁or ▁pag i . ▁Of ▁these ▁Ca esar ▁names ▁only ▁the ▁Verb igen i ▁and ▁the ▁Tig ur ini , ▁while ▁Pos id on ius ▁mentions ▁the ▁Tig ur ini ▁and ▁the ▁T oug eni ▁( ). ▁They ▁feature ▁prom in ently ▁in ▁the ▁Comment aries ▁on ▁the ▁Gall ic ▁War , ▁with ▁their ▁failed ▁migration ▁attempt ▁to ▁south western ▁Ga ul ▁( 5 8 ▁BC ) ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁catal yst ▁for ▁Ca esar ' s ▁con quest ▁of ▁Ga ul . ▁ ▁The ▁Hel vet ians ▁were ▁sub j ug ated ▁after ▁ 5 2 ▁BC , ▁and ▁under ▁August us , ▁C elt ic ▁opp ida , ▁such ▁as ▁V ind on issa ▁or ▁Bas ile a , ▁were ▁re - pur posed ▁as ▁g arr isons . ▁In ▁AD ▁ 6 8 , ▁a ▁Hel vet ian ▁u pr ising ▁was ▁cr ushed ▁by ▁A ulus ▁Ca ec ina ▁Ali en us . ▁The ▁Swiss ▁plate au ▁was ▁at ▁first ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁Roman ▁province ▁of ▁Gall ia