Venedi
Who were the Venedi? by Edward Dawson & Peter Kessler, Updated 22 March 2019 It is a truth universally acknowledged - or at least it should be - that if you place three academics in the same room, you'll get at least four opinions. This certainly is true when it comes to the complex subject of the Belgae and, in particular, the Veneti or Venedi. The relationship between the two is uncertain and is often very murky in historical sources. It seems that no archaeological evidence exists to prove the Venedi/Belgae relationship one way or the other. Despite - or probably because - the link cannot be archaeologically proven, several schools of thought exist when it comes to pinning down the Venedi and describing their perceived origins. Unfortunately, any origins that have been produced by these disparate schools of thought are largely exclusive of one another - they cannot be combined simply because the origin theories are mutually exclusive. The main characters In the ...