Foretani

a Pleiades place resource

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Pliny the Elder describes a group among the Veneti named the Foretani.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913178185

Locations:

None

Names:

Ethnic Names:
- Foretani (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Foretani makes connections with:

None

Foretani receives connections from:

None

Place type:
people, tribe (historical cultural group)

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 3.130.11

See Further:

RE Foretani (Moses Jakob Weiss)

Related:

ToposText 21978: Foretani

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Foretani: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913178185> [accessed: 22 July 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913178185 |title=Places: 913178185 (Foretani) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=July 22, 2026 12:26 am |publisher=Pleiades}}