VENETI, a people of Gallia Celtica, who inhabited what is now called Vannes, in the south of Britanny, and also a considerable tract on the other side of the Alps, extending from the Po along the Adriatic, to the mouth of the Ister.

VERCELLÆ, now Vercelli in Piedmont.

VERONA, now Verona, in the territory of Venice, on the Adige.

VESONTIUM, the capital of the Sequani; now Besançon, the chief city of Burgundy.

VETERA, i.e. Vetera Castra. The Old Camp, which was a fortified station for the legions; now Santen, in the duchy of Cleves, not far from the Rhine.

VIA SALARIA, a road leading from the salt-works at Ostia to the country of the Sabines.

VIADRUS, now the Oder, running through Silesia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, and discharging itself into the Baltic.

VICETIA, now Vicenza, a town in the territory of Venice.

VIENNÆ, a city of Narbonese Gaul; now Vienne, in Dauphiné.

VINDELICI, a people inhabiting the country of Vindelicia, near the Danube, with the Ræhti to the south; now part of Bavaria and Suabia.