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+Title: Veneti
+Date: 2021-08-07
+Tags: Wends, Veneti, Brittany, Italy
+Category: Etymology
+
+Who were the Veneti? This is not an easy question to answer.
+
+### Baltic Veneti 
+The *[Vistula Veneti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula_Veneti){target="_blank"}*
+were called *[Wends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends){target="_blank"}*,
+by German-speaking people. But another theory is that *Veneti* is a diminutization
+of *venus*, as per Latin origins. And for further confusion, Slavs living
+near Germanic settlements were also called *Wends*.
+
+The *Vistula Veneti* hailed from Eastern Poland.
+
+### Adriatic Veneti
+The *[Adriatic Veneti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Veneti){target="_blank"}*
+lived in a region that we now identify as "the area around Venice".
+Indeed, this area is known by the name
+*[Veneto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneto){target="_blank"}*,
+or *Venetia*.
+
+Strabo, the Greek historian, conjectures that the *Adriatic Veneti* are
+related to the Veneti of Brittany.
+
+### Breton Veneti
+The *[Veneti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneti_(Gaul)){target="_blank"}*
+of the [Breton Peninsula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany){target="_blank"},
+were a tribe of Gauls which were defeated by
+[Julius Brunus Albinus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus){target="_blank"},
+in a
+[naval battle in 56 BC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus#During_the_Wars){target="_blank"},
+as part of Julius
+Caesar's campaign to pacify Gaul.
+
+Part of the drama here was that the
+Veneti were experienced in operating on the ocean, whereas the Romans
+would have only ever known the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
+In particulary, ships sailed by the Veneti were faster than the Roman ships.
+
+### Recommended
+
+* [Wends, Sorbs, and Other Slavs - History of Germany Podcast 40](https://play.acast.com/s/historyofgermany/040-wends-sorbs-andotherslavs){target="_blank"}
+* [The Celtic Holocaust - Hardcore History 60](https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-60-the-celtic-holocaust/){target="_blank"}
+* ["De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10657){target="_blank"}