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The '''Venicones''' were an ancient [[Celt]]ic tribe of [[UK|Britain]]. In the first century, around the time of the [[Roman conquest of Britain]], they lived in what is today [[Tayside]]. |
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The '''Venicones''' were a people of ancient [[Great Britain|Britain]], known only from a single mention of them by the [[geographer]] [[Ptolemy]] c. 150 AD. He recorded that their town was 'Orrea'.<ref>{{Citation |
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|title=Geographia, Book 2, Chapter 2: Albion island of Britannia |
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|publisher=LacusCurtius website at the University of Chicago |
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}}</ref> This has been identified as the Roman fort of Horrea Classis, located by Rivet and Smith as [[Monifieth]], six miles east of [[Dundee]].<ref>A.L.F. Rivet and C. Smith, ''The Place-Names of Roman Britain'' (1979), pp. 372-3,491.</ref> Therefore, they are presumed to have lived between the [[River Tay|Tay]] and the [[Mounth]], south of [[Aberdeen]]. [[Andrew Breeze]] has suggested that the tribal name probably means "hunting hounds".<ref name="a_breeze2">{{citation |title=Three Celtic names: Venicones, Tuesis and Soutra? | journal=Scottish Language| year=2006|url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-164221765/three-celtic-names-venicones-tuesis-and-soutra}}</ref> A slightly differing etymology, "kindred hounds", identifies the name with ''Maen Gwyngwn'', a region mentioned in the ''[[Y Gododdin|Gododdin]]''.<ref>J. T. Koch, The Stone of the ''Wenicones'', in: ''Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies'' 29, 1982, p. 87ff.</ref> |
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Whilst [[Kenneth H. Jackson|Kenneth Jackson]] argued that their name could not be explained as [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], J. T. Koch found identified the name with a later, [[Cumbric]], form from the ''[[Y Gododdin|Gododdin]]'', where a region ''Maen Gwyngwn'' (pron. ''gwɪngun'') is mentioned. According to Koch, ''Venicones''-''Gwyngwn'' translates as "kindred Hounds".<ref>J. T. Koch, The Stone of the ''Wenicones'', in: ''Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies'' 29, 1982, p. 87ff.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 1 August 2024
The Venicones were a people of ancient Britain, known only from a single mention of them by the geographer Ptolemy c. 150 AD. He recorded that their town was 'Orrea'.[1] This has been identified as the Roman fort of Horrea Classis, located by Rivet and Smith as Monifieth, six miles east of Dundee.[2] Therefore, they are presumed to have lived between the Tay and the Mounth, south of Aberdeen. Andrew Breeze has suggested that the tribal name probably means "hunting hounds".[3] A slightly differing etymology, "kindred hounds", identifies the name with Maen Gwyngwn, a region mentioned in the Gododdin.[4]
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[edit]- ^ Ptolemy (150), Thayer, Bill (ed.), Geographia, Book 2, Chapter 2: Albion island of Britannia, LacusCurtius website at the University of Chicago (published 2008), retrieved 26 April 2008
- ^ A.L.F. Rivet and C. Smith, The Place-Names of Roman Britain (1979), pp. 372-3,491.
- ^ "Three Celtic names: Venicones, Tuesis and Soutra?", Scottish Language, 2006
- ^ J. T. Koch, The Stone of the Wenicones, in: Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 29, 1982, p. 87ff.