TheVennones orVennonetes were aGallic orRhaetian tribe dwelling in the northern Alps, betweenChur andLake Constance, during theIron Age and theRoman era.
They are mentioned asOuénnōnes (Οὐέννωνες) byStrabo (early 1st c. AD),[1] asVennonenses (var. -onetes) byPliny (1st c. AD),[2] and asOuénnōnetes (Οὐέννωνετες) byPtolemy (2nd c. AD).[3][4]
The etymology of the name remains obscure. If Celtic, and notRhaetic, it can be derived from the rootueno- ('friend'), with a sound shift -n- > -nn- attested in other cases (e.g.Vena /Venna),[5][4] or else from touenno- (< *uegno-), meaning 'chariot'.[6]
The Vennones dwelled in the northern Alps, betweenChur andLake Constance.[7] Their territory was located north of theCalucones, west of theEstiones,Focunates andGenaunes, south of theBrigantii.[8]
Pliny described the Vennones andSarunetes as "Rhaetian tribes living near the sources of the river Rhine".[2]
They were subjugated by the Roman forces ofPublius Silius Nerva in 16 BC.[7]
The Vennonetes appear as the third tribe in the inscription on theTropaeum Alpium. In the secondary tradition of the text by Pliny the Elder their position in the list was exchanged with theVenostes and the Vennonetes appear as the fourth tribe.[9]
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