Batavian Island

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historical region river island

Batavian Island was the ancestral homeland of the ancient Batavi, a Germanic tribe known for serving as elite auxiliaries in the Roman army in the region of the Rhine delta.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Batavian Island canonical 2

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
river island ⓘ
ancestralHomelandOf Batavi ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Batavi tribe ⓘ
surface form: Batavi
boundedBy Meuse ⓘ
surface form: Meuse River

Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River

Waal ⓘ
surface form: Waal River
cultureOfInhabitants Germanic ⓘ
ethnicGroupCategoryOfInhabitants Germanic tribe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
inhabitedBy Batavi tribe ⓘ
surface form: Batavi
knownFor providing elite auxiliary troops to the Roman army ⓘ
languageFamilyOfInhabitants Germanic ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Rhine region ⓘ
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
surface form: Rhine delta
locatedInPresentDay Netherlands ⓘ
modernRegionOverlap Gelderland ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
notableEventAssociated Batavian revolt ⓘ
partOf Germania Inferior ⓘ
Lower Rhine limes ⓘ
Roman frontier zone ⓘ
roleInRomanArmy recruitment area for Batavian auxiliaries ⓘ
romanNameDerivedFrom Batavi tribe ⓘ
surface form: Batavi
strategicImportance logistical ⓘ
military ⓘ
timeInhabitedByBatavi 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batavi tribe → homeland → Batavian Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Batavi
Batavian revolt → location → Batavian Island ⓘ