[1933] The Lepontii probably dwelt in the modern Val Leventina and the Val d’Osula, near Lago Maggiore; the Salassi in the Val d’Aosta.
[1934] Making it to come from the Greek verb λείπω, “to leave behind.”
[1935] As though being εὐγένειοι or εὐγενεῖς, “of honourable descent,” or “parentage.”
[1936] Strabo mentions the Stoni or Stœni among the minor Alpine tribes. Mannert thinks that they dwelt near the sources of the river Chiese, about the site of the modern village of Storo.
[1937] It has been suggested that from them the modern Valtelline takes its name.
[1938] Hardouin suggests that the Suanetes, who are again mentioned, are the people here meant.
[1939] They are supposed to have dwelt in the present canton of Martignac in the Valais, and the Vaudois.
[1940] They dwelt in the Tarantaise, in the duchy of Savoy. The village called Centron still retains their name.
[1941] The states subject to Cottius, an Alpine chief, who having gained the favour of Augustus, was left by him in possession of this portion of the Alps, with the title of Præfect. These states, in the vicinity of the modern Mount Cenis, seem to have extended from Ebrodunum or Embrun in Gaul, to Segusio, the modern Susa, in Italy, including the Pass of Mont Genèvre. The territory of Cottius was united by Nero to the Roman empire, as a separate province called the “Alpes Cottiæ.”
[1942] They dwelt in the vicinity of Ebrodunum or Embrun already mentioned.