BREUNI
Eth.
BREUNI,
BREONES or BRIONES (
Βρεῦνοι), a Raetian tribe dwelling in the north of the modern Tyrol, about Mount Brenner, whose capital is called by Pliny (
3.24), Breunorum caput, and is probably identical with the modern
Brunecken. The Breuni were one of the Alpine tribes conquered in the reign of Augustus. (Plin.
l.c.; Strab. iv. p.206;
Hor. Carm. 4.14. 11; Venant. Fortunat.
Vit. S. Martini, p. 470, ed. Luchi; Cassiod.
Var. 1.11; Paul. Diac.
Longob. 2.13.)
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