The Venellī or Unellī (Gaulish: *Uenellī/Wenellī) were a Gallic tribe dwelling on the Cotentin peninsula, in the northwest of modern Normandy, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
[1] They are mentioned as V[e]nellos by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[2] Venelli by Pliny (1st c. AD),[3] Oủenéllōn (Οủενέλλων, var.
The surrounding region, called in Latin the pagus Constantinus subsequently became known as the Cotentin Peninsula.
The force of Viridovix was very large, and he was joined by desperate men from all parts of Gallia, robbers and those who were 'too idle to till the ground'.
The Roman general entrenched himself in his camp, and made the Galli believe that he was afraid and was intending to slip away by night.
The trick deceived the Galli, and they attacked the Roman camp, which was well placed on an eminence with a sloping ascent to it about a mile (1.6 km) in length.