Nervii

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Belgic tribe ancient people

The Nervii were a powerful and warlike Belgic tribe of northern Gaul, noted in Roman accounts for their fierce resistance to Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nervii canonical 4
Nervii and allied Belgic tribes 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgic tribe ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture La Tène culture ⓘ
battleOpponents Roman legions of Julius Caesar ⓘ
capital Bagacum Nerviorum ⓘ
capitalPresentDayCountry France ⓘ
capitalPresentDayLocation Bavay ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture Celtic culture ⓘ
describedAs powerful ⓘ
warlike ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
ethnicGroup Belgae ⓘ
fortificationType hedged fields and thick hedgerows used as defenses ⓘ
foughtAgainst Julius Caesar ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
geographicalFeature territory between the Sambre and Scheldt rivers ⓘ
knownFor fierce resistance to Julius Caesar ⓘ
participation in the Gallic Wars ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Gallia Belgica ⓘ
Gallia Belgica ⓘ
surface form: northern Gaul
locatedInPresentDay Belgium ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
southern Netherlands ⓘ
mentionedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
mentionedIn Gallic Wars ⓘ
surface form: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
militaryReputation among the bravest of the Belgae ⓘ
militaryTactics ambush warfare ⓘ
modernEthnonymDerivedFrom Hainaut region populations (disputed) ⓘ
neighboringTribe Aduatuci ⓘ
Atrebates tribe ⓘ
surface form: Atrebates

Menapii ⓘ
Viromandui ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of the Sabis ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal confederation ⓘ
postConquestStatus subject people of the Roman Empire ⓘ
preRomanPoliticalStatus independent tribe ⓘ
regionType frontier region of the Roman world ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
romanization partially romanized after conquest ⓘ
romanProvinceAfterConquest Gallia Belgica ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
urbanCenter Bagacum Nerviorum ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Gallic Wars → participant → Nervii ⓘ
Belgae → subTribe → Nervii ⓘ
Battle of the Sabis → combatant → Nervii ⓘ
Battle of the Sabis → belligerent → Nervii ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nervii and allied Belgic tribes
Roman conquest of Gaul → hasParticipant → Nervii ⓘ