- Camunni
The Camunni or ancient Camuns (Greek: polytonic|Καμοῦνοι for
Strabo or polytonic|Καμούννιοι forCassius Dio ) were anAlpine people who inhabited the valley of the Ollius (modern Oglio), from the central chain of theRhaetian Alps to the head of the Lacus Sebinus (modernLago d'Iseo ). This valley, which is still called theVal Camonica , is one of the most extensive on the Italian side of theAlps , being over 100 km in length. The actual inhabitants ofVal Camonica are called "Camuns" (Italian: "Camuni").According to Pliny, the Camunni were a Euganean tribe, while
Strabo reckons them among the Rhaetians.The name of the Camunni appears among the Alpine tribes who were reduced to subjection by Roman emperor
Augustus , after which the inhabitants of all these valleys were attached, as dependents, to the neighbouring towns ofGallia Transpadana ("finitimis attributi municipiis", Plin. iii. 20. s. 24; Strab. iv. p. 206; Dion Cass. liv. 20). At a later period, however, the Camunni, appear to have formed a separate community of their own, and we find mention in inscriptions of the "Res Publica Camunnorum". (Orell. Inscr. 652, 3789.)In the later division of the provinces, they came to be included in Regio X Venetia et Histria.
Classical references
ee also
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Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
*Camunic language
*Val Camonica References
*SmithDGRG
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