Veneti
People / regional collective
The Veneti enter the narrative through coastal power, maritime resources and the detention of Roman envoys. Caesar describes ships and the naval encounter before explaining severe punishment. Political bargaining, technical description and the victor’s justification belong to the same narrative sequence.
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Editorial evidence: Gallic War 3.8 · Gallic War 3.13 · Gallic War 3.16
Gallic War 2.34
Caesar
At the same time he was informed by P. Crassus, whom he had sent with one legion against the Veneti, the Unelli, the Osismii, the Curiosolitae, the Sesuvii, the Aulerci, and the Rhedones, which are maritime states, and touch upon the [Atlantic] ocean, that all these nations were brought under the dominion and power of the Roman people.
Gallic War 3.7
Caesar
… He, as there was a scarcity of corn in those parts, sent out some officers of cavalry, and several military tribunes among the neighbouring states, for the purpose of procuring corn and provision; in which number T. Terrasidius was sent among the Esubii; M. Trebius Gallus among the Curiosolitae; Q. Velanius, T. Silius, amongst the Veneti.
Gallic War 3.8
Caesar
The influence of this state is by far the most considerable of any of the countries on the whole sea coast, because the Veneti both have a very great number of ships, with which they have been accustomed to sail to Britain, and [thus] excel the rest in their knowledge and experience of nautical affairs; and as only a few ports lie scattered along that stormy and open sea, of which they are in possession, they hold as tributaries almost all those who are accustomed to traffic in that sea. …
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Gallic War 2.34 · Gallic War 3.7 · Gallic War 3.8 · Gallic War 3.9 · Gallic War 3.11 · Gallic War 3.12 · Gallic War 3.16 · Gallic War 3.17 · Gallic War 3.18 · Gallic War 4.21 · Gallic War 7.75