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The Venostes were a Celtic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the present-day Vinschgau Valley (Val Venosta) during the Iron Age.

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Geography

The Venostes dwelled in the Vinschgau valley. They were located south of the Focunates, west of the Isarci, north of the Tuliassi, and east of the Rugusci. [1]

History

They are one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC. The Venostes appear as the fourth tribe in the inscription on the Tropaeum Alpium. In the secondary tradition of the text by Pliny the Elder their position in the list was exchanged with the Vennonetes and the Venostes appear as the third tribe. [2]

Culture

Their ethnic identity remains unclear. They have been variously described as a Celtic or as a Rhaetian tribe. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Talbert 2000, Map 19: Raetia.
  2. Jules Formigé: La dédicace du Trophée des Alpes (La Turbie). In: Gallia. Vol. 13, 1955, No. 1, p. 101—102.
  3. Waldherr 2006.
  4. Bundi 2014.

Primary sources

  • Pliny (1938). Natural History. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Rackham, H. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674993648.

Bibliography