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