Suanetes
Sign in to saveThe Suanetes were an Raetian tribe living in the Alps, near modern Chur (eastern Switzerland), during the Iron Age and the Roman era.
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- Instance of
- tribe
- Subclass of
- Rhaetian people
- Located in
- Rheinwald
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- located in/on physical feature
- Raetia
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The Suanetes were an Raetian tribe living in the Alps, near modern Chur (eastern Switzerland), during the Iron Age and the Roman era.
== Name == They are mentioned as Suanetes (var. ') by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as ' () by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).
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