The Statielli, Statiellātes, or Statiellenses were members of a small Ligurian tribe that inhabited an area south of the river Padus (today the Po).
[1] The Statielli settled in the territory bordered to the west and north by the course of the Tanaro river, to the east by the Orba, and to the south by the Alpine-Apennine Ligurian watershed, an area now included between the current provinces of Alessandria, Savona, Asti and Cuneo.
The origin of the name can be traced back to the Indo-European root for "to stay", and therefore means "the natives, those who occupy a territory", evidently in contrast with other neighboring groups to which a movement is attributed.
Their capital was "Caristum", an Oppidum that would later be called Aquae Statiellae by the Roman people and was located in the area where the town of Acqui Terme now stands.
A year later, due to intervention by the Senate of Rome, this harsh treatment was terminated, and the Statielli, having regained their freedom, were gradually Romanized.