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Veneti (other)
Veneti may refer to: *Veneti (Gaul), an ancient Celtic tribe described by classical sources as living in what is now Brittany, France *Adriatic Veneti, an ancient historical people of northeastern Italy, who spoke an Indo-European language *Vistula Veneti, an ancient historical people of north central Europe, who lived near the Vistula River and the Baltic Sea *Veneti, modern residents of the Veneto region of Italy See also * Venet, a surname * Veneta (other) *Venetia (other) Venetia may refer to: Places * Veneto or Venetia, a modern Italian region * Veneția, a tributary of the Olt River in Romania * Venetia, Pennsylvania, United States, an unincorporated community * 487 Venetia, an asteroid Arts and entertainment ... * Venetian (other) * Veneto (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneti (Gaul)
The Venetī (, Gaulish language, Gaulish: ''Uenetoi'') were a Gauls, Gallic tribe dwelling in Armorica, in the northern part of the Brittany Peninsula, during the La Tène culture, Iron Age and the Roman period. A seafaring people, the Veneti strongly influenced southwestern Celtic Britons, Brittonic culture through trading relations with Great Britain. After they were defeated by Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Junius Brutus Albinus in a naval battle in 56 BC, their maritime commerce eventually declined under the Roman Empire, but a prosperous agricultural life is indicated by archaeological evidence. Name They are mentioned as ''Venetos'' by Julius Caesar, Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Livy (late 1st c. BC) and Pliny the Elder, Pliny (1st c. AD), ''Ouénetoi'' (Οὐένετοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD) and Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), ''Veneti'' on the ''Tabula Peutingeriana'' (5th c. AD), and as ''Benetis'' in the ''Notitia Dignitatum'' (5th c. AD). The ethnonym ''Venetī'' is a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriatic Veneti
The Veneti (also Heneti) were an Indo-European people who inhabited northeastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of Veneto.Storia, vita, costumi, religiosità dei Veneti antichi at www.venetoimage.com (in Italian). Accessed on 2009-08-18. In these ancient people are also referred to as ''Paleoveneti'' to distinguish them from the modern-day inhabitants of the Veneto region, called ''Veneti'' in Italian. Ethnonym According to |
Vistula Veneti
The Vistula Veneti (also called Baltic Veneti) were an Indo-European people that inhabited the region of central Europe east of the Vistula River and the areas around the Bay of Gdańsk. The name first appeared in the 1st century AD in the writings of ancient Romans who differentiated a group of peoples whose manner and language differed from that of the Germanic and Sarmatian tribes. In the 6th century AD, Byzantine sources described the Veneti as the ancestors of the Slavs,Alexander M. Schenker, ''The Dawn of Slavic: An Introduction to Slavic Philology'' (1995), 1.4., including a reference to J. Ochmański, Ochmański, ''Historia Litwy'', 2nd ed. (Wrocław, 1982) who during the second phase of the Migration Period moved south across the northern frontier of the Byzantine Empire. Roman historical sources Pliny the Elder places the Veneti along the Baltic coast. He calls them the Sarmatian Venedi (Latin: ''Sarmatae Venedi''). Thereafter, the 2nd century Greco-Roman geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneto
Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. Later, after a Feudalism, feudal period, it was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797. Venice ruled for centuries over one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Republic was combined with Lombardy and annexed to the Austrian Empire as the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, until that was Italian unification, merged with the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence. Besides Italian language, Italian, most inhabitants also speak Venetian language, Venetian. Since 1971, the Statute of Veneto has referred to the region's citizens as "the Venetian people". Article 1 defines Veneto as an " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venet
Venet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernar Venet (born 1941), French artist *Nick Venet (1936–1998), American record producer *Philippe Venet (1929–2021), French fashion designer See also *Veneti (other) *Venets (other) Venets ( bg, Венец, ; also transliterated ''Venec'' or ''Venetz'', meaning "wreath") may refer to the following Bulgarian villages: * Venets, Burgas Province * Venets, Shumen Province, the administrative centre of Venets municipality ** Vene ... * Vinet {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneta (other)
Veneta may refer to: *Veneta, Oregon, a city in Oregon, United States * Veneta Krasteva (born 1991), a Bulgarian beauty pageant winner See also * *Veneti (other) Veneti may refer to: *Veneti (Gaul), an ancient Celtic tribe described by classical sources as living in what is now Brittany, France *Adriatic Veneti, an ancient historical people of northeastern Italy, who spoke an Indo-European language *Vistul ... * Veneto (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetia (other)
Venetia may refer to: Places * Veneto or Venetia, a modern Italian region * Veneția, a tributary of the Olt River in Romania * Venetia, Pennsylvania, United States, an unincorporated community * 487 Venetia, an asteroid Arts and entertainment * ''Venetia'' (Disraeli novel), an 1837 novel by Benjamin Disraeli * ''Venetia'' (Heyer novel), a 1958 novel by Georgette Heyer * "Venetia", a song from the album ''Eternal Atake'' by Lil Uzi Vert Other uses * Venetia (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * , a British Royal Navy destroyer launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 * , a steam yacht leased by the U.S. during World War I * Venetia Diamond Mine, South Africa's largest producer of diamonds See also * Venetia et Histria, an Augustan region of ancient Roman Italy * Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1815–1866), a crown land in the Austrian Empire * Veneția de Jos and Veneția de Sus, villages in Părău Commune, Brașov County, Romania * Venice (other) * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetian (other)
Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region * Venice, Florida, a city in Sarasota County, United States *The Venetian Las Vegas, a resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada *The Venetian Macao, a hotel and casino in Macau, China *Venetian blind, or Venetian, a common type of window blind similar to Persian blind *Venetian curtain, a type of theater front curtain *''The Venetian Woman'', ''The Venetian Comedy'', or ''The Venetian'' originally ''La veniexiana'' (play), a comedy in Venetian language, 1535-1537 *''The Venetians'', an 1892 novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon * ''The Venetian'' (play), a work by Clifford Bax * ''The Venetian'' (film), a 1958 TV movie directed by Ingmar Bergman *''The Venetian Woman'' (''La venexiana''), 1986 Italian erotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
