Veneni
Ligurian tribe
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The Veneni were a Ligurian tribe dwelling in the Varaita Valley during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned as Veneni by Pliny (1st c. AD).[1]
The ethnic name Veneni has been compared with the Indo-European stem uen- ('clan, family'). This interpretation depends on phonetic details that cannot be securely established, such as the quantity of the second -e-. According to Jean Loicq, if the name should be read instead as Venenni, by analogy with the neighbouring Vagienni listed by Pliny, the formation could be "palaeo-Ligurian".[2]