That, in addition to the:
- Papflagonian
- Adriatic
- Gallic
- Danubian (see Tabula Peutingeriana), and
- Vistula
Veneti, there also were Illyrian Veneti we have hints from Herodotus. But those hints are unclear to say the least. There is another source suggesting Venetic presence (B.C.) along the northern Macedonian border. The below report comes from Appian (AD 95 – AD 165) of Alexandria (Appianus Alexandrinus) the Greek-Roman historian who in his book Ῥωμαικά Rhomaiká or Historia Romana describes the campaigns of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (139 BC – 78 BC). Sulla had been causing havoc in Anatolia but, at some point, withdrew to Greece where, apparently, he decided to have some R&R by going after the local tribes:
“…Such were the terms which he offered. Archelaus at once withdrew his garrison from all the places he held and referred the other conditions to the king. In order to make use of his leisure in the meantime, Sulla marched against the Eneti, the Dardani, and the Sinti, tribes on the border of Macedonia, who were continually invading that country, and devastated their territory. In this way he exercised his soldiers and enriched them at the same time.”
Historia Romana, Book 12 (The Mithridatic Wars), chapter 8, section 55 (Terms of Treaty).
Incidentally, the Mithridatic Wars deal with much interesting stuff around the understudied area of Pontus and Paphlagonia where some names of local potentates are, to say the least, interesting. We will only mention here that, for example, Bithynia was ruled by monarchs with names such as Prusias… You can read all about that in Appian’s History.
And, as we mentioned, if you go East you get to the curious Laks (whose tribal names seemingly end in -vand but whose language is (currently) Caucasian)), the Svaneti or such monarchs as Kuji of Colchis.
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