Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
In 181 BC a Roman triumvirate of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Caius Flaminius, and Lucius Manlius Acidinus founded a Latin colony at Aquileia as a base to protect the territory of the Veneti from incursions of the hostile Carni and Histri. From then on, Roman influence over the area increased. In 169 BC 1,500 more colonising families were sent by Rome to Aquileia. In 148 BC the "Via Postumia" was completed connecting Aquileia to Genoa. In 131 BC, the "Via Annia" joined Adria to Patavium (modern Padua) to Altinum to Concordia to Aquileia.