TheSuanetes were anRaetian tribe living in the Alps, near modernChur (eastern Switzerland), during theIron Age and theRoman era.
They are mentioned asSuanetes (var.suanene-, suannene-) byPliny (1st c. AD),[1] and asSouánetes (Σουάνετες) byPtolemy (2nd c. AD).[2][3]
According toXavier Delamarre, the name could be interpreted as the CelticSu-anates, fromanatia ('soul').[4] The ethnic nameCosuanetes appears to be linguistically related.[4]
The tribe was located in the valley of theHinterrhein and in theOberhalbstein region, near modernChur (eastern Switzerland).[5][3][6] Pliny mentions them conjointly with theCosuanetes and theRugusci.[6]
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 theTropaeum Alpium.[7] Weapons discovered atTiefencastel and on theSeptimer Pass provide further evidence to this account.[6]
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