Question: This group encompassed a federation of Alpine tribes, including the Calucones, for about 6 centuries starting around 500 BC.  
Sentence (from "Calucones"): Pliny the Elder (Book 3 Chapter 24 of Naturalis Historia, published in 77 CE) quotes a monument to the reign of Augustus, the tropeaum Alpium, located in the Rhaetia of his day, stating that Augustus subdued the Alpine peoples from the upper sea to the lower sea, including the Calucones.
Relevant evidence: Yes