Adriatic Veneti

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The Adriatic Veneti were an ancient people who inhabited the northeastern Italian coast along the Adriatic Sea, known from classical sources for their seafaring, trade, and interactions with neighboring Italic and Celtic cultures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age people
ancient ethnic group
ancient people
archaeologicalCulture Este culture
archaeologicalEvidence inscriptions
necropolises at Este and Padua
capitalOrMainCenter Este
continent Europe
culture Venetic culture
economy agriculture
animal husbandry
long-distance trade
metalworking
ethnicity Venetic
linked to: Venetic language
ethnoLinguisticStatus distinct from Celts
distinct from Illyrians
integratedInto Roman Empire
Roman Republic
knownFor amber trade
contacts with Celtic peoples
contacts with Etruscans
contacts with Greeks
horse breeding
maritime trade
seafaring
language Venetic language
locatedIn Po Valley region
linked to: Po Valley

Venetia
linked to: Lombardy–Venetia

northeastern Italy
locatedOn Adriatic Sea
majorSettlement Altinum
Opitergium
Padua
mentionedBy Herodotus
Livy
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
neighbor Celtic peoples of Cisalpine Gaul
Etruscans
Illyrians across the Adriatic
Raeti
regionToday Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Veneto
religion polytheism
romanConquestCenturyBCE 3rd–2nd century BCE
status extinct people
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Iron Age
writingSystem Old Italic script
Venetic alphabet

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Veneti of Paphlagonia possibleConnection Adriatic Veneti