The Veneti (sometimes also referred to as Venetici, Ancient Veneti or Paleoveneti to distinguish them from the modern-day inhabitants of the Veneto region, called Veneti in Italian) were an Indo-European people who inhabited northeastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of Veneto, from the middle of the 2nd millennium BC ...

Feb 25, 2022 · The true origin of the Veneti (or Venedo) culture remains an intricate historical problem, but Eastern Europe is considered the most likely area of their origins. The Veneti gradually settled a vast territory along the Adriatic coast, and inland in …

The Veneti were a Celtic tribe which inhabited northeastern Italy, now known as Veneto. The Veneti were originally Illyrians, but they were Celticized; another origin myth stated that, after the Trojan War in 1240 BC, the Trojan prince Antenor led the …

Jan 10, 2024 · The Adriatic Veneti were an Indo-European people who inhabited northeastern Italy along the 1st millennium BC. Their language is evidenced in approximately 300 short inscriptions dating from the 6th to 1st centuries BC .

There was also a third group of Veneti in Iron Age Italy, known as the Adriatic Veneti. That name is shown in various ways by various authors, but they all mean exactly the same thing. The most popular form is Veneti or Venedi (both in Latin), but Ptolemy calls them Ouenedai (in Greek), while Venedae is an alternative Latin plural (although ...

Mar 8, 2024 · The Anatolian Enetoi, according to Homer's Iliad, played a role in the Trojan War and were considered the mythical ancestors of the Adriatic Veneti. Despite their prominence, the origins and migration patterns of the Veneti have remained debated and speculative.

The Venetī (Latin: [ˈwɛnɛtiː], Gaulish: Uenetoi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in Armorica, in the southern part of the Brittany Peninsula, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. A seafaring people, the Veneti strongly influenced southwestern …

Veneto, regione, northern and northeastern Italy, comprising the provincie of Venezia, Padova, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, and Belluno. It is bounded by Trentino–Alto Adige (north), Emilia-Romagna (south), Lombardia (Lombardy; west), Austria (northeast), and Friuli–Venezia Giulia and the Adriatic Sea (east).

The tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius I the Elder, trades with the Adriatic Veneti, desiring their famed horses and founding trading colonies along the Adriatic coast to work with them. He helps the town of Adria to build canals to link it to the sea and thereby breaks Sina's trading monopoly.

The Aremoric Veneti (Caes.+). This Gaulish tribe once was located in what is now Vannes in the department of Morbihan. Latin sources generally refer to them with precisely the same form as the Adriatic Veneti, with one exception.