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Vennones
The Vennones or Vennonetes were a Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the northern Alps, between Chur and Lake Constance, during the Iron Age and the Roman era. Name They are mentioned as ''Ouénnōnes'' (Οὐέννωνες) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), as ''Vennonenses'' (var. -') by Pliny (1st c. AD),Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:135. and as ''Ouénnōnetes'' (Οὐέννωνετες) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD)., s.v. ''Vennon(et)es''. The etymology of the name remains obscure. If Celtic, and not Rhaetic, it could be derived from the root '- ('friend'), with a sound shift -''n-'' > -''nn-'' attested in other cases (e.g. ''Vena'' / ''Venna''), or else from to '- (< *'-), meaning 'chariot'. Geography The Vennones dwelled in the northern Alps, between and Lake Constan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaetian People
The Raeti (spelling variants: ''Rhaeti'', ''Rheti'' or ''Rhaetii'') were a confederation of Alpine tribes, whose language and culture was related to those of the Etruscans. Before the Roman conquest, they inhabited present-day Tyrol in Austria, eastern Switzerland and the Alpine regions of northeastern Italy. After the Roman conquest, the province of Raetia was formed, which included parts of present-day Germany south of the Danube. The etymology of the name ''Raeti'' is uncertain. The Roman province of Raetia was named after these people. Ancient sources characterise the Raeti as Etruscan people who were displaced from the Po valley by the Gauls and took refuge in the valleys of the Alps. But it is likely that they were predominantly indigenous Alpine people. Their language, the so-called Raetian language, was probably related to Etruscan, but may not have derived from it. At least some of the Raeti tribes (those in northeastern Italy) probably continued to speak the Raeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focunates
The Focunates were an ancient Alpine tribe dwelling near present-day Innsbruck (Tyrol) during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Focunates'' by Pliny (1st c. AD).Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 Geography The Focunates lived west of Veldidena (modern Wilten, Innsbruck), in Raetia. Their territory was located south of the Genauni, north of the Venostes, west of the Breuni, east of the Vennones and Calucones., Map 19: Raetia. History They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the Tropaeum Alpium The Tropaeum Alpium (Latin 'Trophy of the Alps', French: ''Trophée des Alpes''), is a Roman trophy (''tropaeum'') celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps. The monument's ruins are in La Turbi .... References Bibliography * * Tribes conquered by Rome {{europe-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigantii
The Brigantii (Gaulish: ''Brigantioi'', 'the eminent, high ones') were a Gallic tribe dwelling southeast of Lake Constance, near present-day Bregenz (Vorarlberg), during the Roman era. Name They are mentioned as ''Brigántioi'' (Βριγάντιοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD)., s.v. ''Brigantii''. An identification with the '' Brixentes'', a tribe listed on the Tropaeum Alpium, has been proposed. The ethnic name ''Brigantii'' is a latinized form of Gaulish ''Brigantioi''. It derives from the stem ''briganti''-, meaning 'high, elevated', and can be compared with the name of the goddess ''Brigantia'' and the various toponyms ''Brigantio(n)'' ('eminence'), at the origin of modern ''Briançon'', ''Brégançon'', '' Briantes'', and ''Bregenz''. Geography The Brigantii lived southeast of Lake Constance (''Lacus Brigantinus''), in Raetia. Their territory was located north of the Vennones, west of the Estiones, east of the Lentienses., Map 19: Raetia. Their chief town was k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calucones
The Calucones were a Gallic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling around present-day Chur (eastern Switzerland) during the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Calucones'' (var. ''Callucones'', ''Allucones'') by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as ''kaloúkōnes'' (καλούκωνες; var. καλούκονες, κουλούκωνες) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD)., s.v. Calucones. The etymology of the name remains debated. It could go back to a Celtic form ''calo-uco-on''-, derived from the stem ''calo''- ('call'). Alternatively, it may be derived from a stem *''calu''- ('hard') attached to -''cones'' ('wolves'), and translated as 'hard wolves'. An homonym tribe, the ''Kaloukones'', lived further north, near the Germanic Suebi. Geography The Calucones probably dwelled around present-day Chur (Curia), in the Canton of Grisons. Their territory was located north of the Suanetes and Rugusci, west of the Focunates and Venostes, south of the Vennones., Map 19: Raetia. History They are m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genaunes
The Genauni (Gaulish: ''*Genaunoi'', earlier *''Gēnomnoi'', 'the natives') or Genaunes were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the eastern valley of the Inn river, in Tyrol, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Genaunos'' by Horace (1st c. BC), as ''Genaúnōn'' (Γεναύνων) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), and as ''Genaunes'' by Pliny (1st c. AD).Pliny. ''Naturalis Historia''3:20 The ethnic name ''Genauni'' is a latinized form of Gaulish *''Genaunoi'' (sing. ''Genaunos''), which can be translated 'the natives'. It stems from an earlier form *''Géno-mnoi'', based on the stem ''gen(o)''- ('descendants, family'). Geography The Genauni lived in the eastern valley of the Inn river, in Raetia. Their territory was located north of the Focunates, east of the Breuni, south of the Estiones, Licates and Cosuanetes, west of the Vennones., Map 19: Raetia. History They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribes Conquered By Rome
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflicting theoretical understandings of social and kinship structures, and also reflecting the problematic application of this concept to extremely diverse human societies. The concept is often contrasted by anthropologists with other social and kinship groups, being hierarchically larger than a lineage or clan, but smaller than a chiefdom, nation or state. These terms are equally disputed. In some cases tribes have legal recognition and some degree of political autonomy from national or federal government, but this legalistic usage of the term may conflict with anthropological definitions. In the United States, Native American tribes are legally considered to have "domestic dependent nation" status within the territorial United States, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historisches Lexikon Der Schweiz
The ''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'' is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience. The encyclopedia is published by a foundation under the patronage of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW/ASSH) and the Swiss Historical Society (SGG-SHH) and is financed by national research grants. Besides a staff of 35 at the central offices, the contributors include 100 academic advisors, 2500 historians and 100 translators. Print edition The encyclopedia is published simultaneously in three of Switzerland's national languages: German (''Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz'', HLS, in red), French (''Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse'', DHS, in blue) and Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venostes
The Venostes were a Celtic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the present-day Vinschgau Valley (Val Venosta) during the Iron Age. Geography The Venostes dwelled in the Vinschgau valley. They were located south of the Focunates, west of the Isarci, north of the Tuliassi, and east of the Rugusci. History They are one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC. The Venostes appear as the fourth tribe in the inscription on the Tropaeum Alpium. In the secondary tradition of the text by Pliny the Elder their position in the list was exchanged with the Vennonetes The Vennones or Vennonetes were a Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the northern Alps, between Chur and Lake Constance, during the Iron Age and the Roman era. Name They are mentioned as ''Ouénnōnes'' (Οὐέννωνες) by Strabo (early 1st c. ... and the Venostes appear as the third tribe.Jules Formigé''La dédicace du Trophée des Alpes (La Turbie).''In: ''Gallia.'' Vol. 13, 1955, No. 1, p. 101—102. Cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropaeum Alpium
The Tropaeum Alpium (Latin 'Trophy of the Alps', French: ''Trophée des Alpes''), is a Roman trophy (''tropaeum'') celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps. The monument's ruins are in La Turbie (France), a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco. Construction The Trophy was built c. 6 BC in honor of Augustus to celebrate his definitive victory over the 45 tribes who populated the Alps. The Alpine populations were defeated during the military campaign to subdue the Alps conducted by the Romans between 16 and 7 BC. The monument was built of stone from the Roman quarry located about 800 metres away, where traces of sections of carved columns are visible in the stone. The monument as partially restored is 35 meters high. When built, according to the architect, the base measured 35 meters in length, the first platform 12 meters in height, and the rotunda of 24 columns with its statue of an enthroned Augustus is 49 metres hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publius Silius Nerva
Publius Silius Nerva was a Roman senator and general, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. He was consul in 20 BC as the colleague of Marcus Appuleius. Biography Nerva was the son of a senator who had achieved the rank of propraetor. A partisan of the emperor Augustus, Nerva was rewarded with a number of important postings throughout his career. Having risen through the ranks of the cursus honorum, he was awarded the consulate in 20 BC, becoming one of the many '' homines novi'' ennobled during Augustus's Principate. After his consulate he was posted to Hispania Citerior in 19 BC as legatus, where he was involved in the ongoing Cantabrian Wars, helping Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa finally end the long and bloody campaign. Following this he was posted to Illyricum where he was legate from 17 to 16 BC. Nerva had three sons, all consular: Publius Silius (consul suffectus AD 3), Aulus Licinius Nerva Silianus (consul AD 7),Olli Salomies, ''Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
