The
Raeti (spelling variants:
Rhaeti,
Rheti or
Rhaetii;
Ancient Greek:
Ραιτοί: transcription
Retí) were a
confederation of
Alpine tribes, whose language and culture may have derived, at least in part, from the
Etruscans. From not later than ca. 500 BC, they inhabited the central parts of present-day
Switzerland, the
Tyrol in
Austria, and the Alpine regions of northeastern
Italy.