Focunates

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The Focunates were an ancient Alpine tribe dwelling near present-day Innsbruck (Tyrol) during the Iron Age.

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Name

They are mentioned as Focunates by Pliny (1st c. AD). [1]

Geography

The Focunates lived west of Veldidena (modern Wilten, Innsbruck), in Raetia. [2] Their territory was located south of the Genauni, north of the Venostes, west of the Breuni, east of the Vennones and Calucones. [3]

History

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 the Tropaeum Alpium. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.
  2. Anreiter 1997, pp. 8–9, 173.
  3. Talbert 2000, Map 19: Raetia.

Bibliography

  • Anreiter, Peter (1997). Breonen, Genaunen und Fokunaten: vorrömisches Namengut in den Tiroler Alpen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft. ISBN   978-963-8046-18-5.
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0691031699.