▁Rh ed ones ), ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Il le - et - V ila ine ▁département . ▁They ▁gave ▁their ▁name ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁R ennes ▁( Ro az hon ▁in ▁Bre ton ▁language , ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁département ) ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Red on ▁( in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁département , ▁border ing ▁the ▁département ▁of ▁Lo ire - At lant ique ▁in ▁the ▁administrative ▁région ▁of ▁Pays ▁de ▁la ▁Lo ire , ▁where ▁its ▁sub urb ▁town ▁of ▁Saint - N icol as - de - Red on ▁is ▁located ; ▁however ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Red on ▁was ▁founded ▁around ▁AD ▁ 8 3 2 ▁under ▁the ▁initial ▁name ▁of ▁R ied ones , ▁long ▁after ▁the ▁Red ones ▁people ▁were ▁assim il ated ▁to ▁Bret ons ▁; ▁the ▁cultural ▁link ▁between ▁R ied ones ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁Red ones ▁people ▁is ▁highly ▁probable ▁but ▁difficult ▁to ▁recover ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁R ied ones ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁written ▁from ▁a ▁local ▁usage ▁pres erving ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁vern ac ular ▁or al ▁language ▁from ▁a ▁reading ▁of ▁an ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁orth ography ). ▁ ▁The ▁Ven eti , ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁Mor b ih an ▁département ▁and ▁gave ▁their ▁name ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁V annes . ▁Despite ▁confusion ▁by ▁the ▁classical ▁scholar ▁Stra bo , ▁they ▁were ▁un related ▁to ▁the ▁Adri atic ▁Ven eti . ▁ ▁Those ▁people ▁had ▁strong