 There is archeological evidence from the 6th and 5th centuries BC that a settled community of Venetic people had been established there.Beginning in the 3rd century BC, the area gradually came under Roman domination.The demonym "Misquilesi" for the locality's residents is thought to derive from the Roman period on the basis of the inscription on a Roman soldier's tomb found in nearby Borso del Grappa referring to the "paganis misquilen" ("Misquiline people").