TheVenostes were aCeltic orRhaetian tribe dwelling in the present-dayVinschgau Valley (Val Venosta) during theIron Age.
They are mentioned asVenostes byPliny (1st c. AD).[1]
The Venostes dwelled in theVinschgau valley. Their territory extended eastwards as far as Mount Töll.[2] They could have been located south of theFocunates, west of theIsarci andBrixentes (there is, though, no scholarly agreement where the Brixentes lived),[3] north of theTuliassi, and east of theRugusci.[4]
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.[2][5] According to Gerhard H. Waldherr, since tribes are listed in the order of their subjugation to Rome, the Venostes and theCamunni may have been subjugated in 16 BC by the Roman pro-consulP. Silius.[2]
The Venostes appear as the fourth 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 theVennonetes and the Venostes appear as the third tribe.[6]
Their ethnic identity remains unclear. They have been variously described as a Celtic or as a Rhaetian tribe.[2][7]
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