The Focunates were an ancient Alpine tribe dwelling near present-day Innsbruck (Tyrol) during the Iron Age.
Name
They are mentioned as
Focunates by Pliny (1st c. AD).
[Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 3:20.]
Geography
The Focunates lived west of Veldidena (modern Wilten,
Innsbruck), in
Raetia. Their territory was located south of the
Genauni, north of the
Venostes, west of the
Breuni, east of the
Vennones and
Calucones.
[, Map 19: Raetia.]
History
They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as one of the Alpine tribes conquered by Rome in 16–15 BC, and whose name was engraved on the
Tropaeum Alpium.
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