The Vennones or Vennonetes were a Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the northern Alps, between

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and Lake Constance, during the

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and the

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Name

They are mentioned as ''Ouénnōnes'' (Οὐέννωνες) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), as ''Vennonenses'' (var. -') by

Pliny Pliny may refer to: People * Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist, historian, and author of ''Naturalis Historia'' (''Pliny's Natural History'') * Pliny the Younger (died 113), ancient Roman statesman, orator, w ...

(1st c. AD),

. ''Naturalis Historia'', 3:135. and as ''Ouénnōnetes'' (Οὐέννωνετες) by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

(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 Constance. Their territory was located north of the

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 ''kaloúk ...

, west of the Estiones,

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 o ...

and Genaunes, south of the Brigantii. Pliny described the Vennones and Sarunetes as "Rhaetian tribes living near the sources of the river Rhine".

History

They were subjugated by the Roman forces of Publius Silius Nerva in 16 BC. The Vennonetes appear as the third tribe in the inscription 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 ...

. In the secondary tradition of the text by Pliny the Elder their position in the list was exchanged with the Venostes and the Vennonetes appear as the fourth tribe.Jules Formigé
''La dédicace du Trophée des Alpes (La Turbie).''
In: ''Gallia.'' Vol. 13, 1955, No. 1, p. 101—102.

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