Batavi tribe

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The Batavi tribe was an ancient Germanic people living in the Rhine–Meuse delta who became renowned as elite auxiliary troops in the Roman army.

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Batavi 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic tribe
ancient people
associatedWithSite Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum
surface form: Oppidum Batavorum
batavianRevoltDate 69–70 CE
batavianRevoltLeader Julius Civilis
capital Gelderland
surface form: Nijmegen region
culturalInfluenceOn Batavian identity in Dutch historiography
ethnicity Germanic
homeland Batavian Island
island between Waal and Lower Rhine
languageFamily Germanic languages
laterIntegration absorbed into broader Frankish groups
legacy name used in early modern Dutch Republic symbolism
livedIn Rhineland
surface form: Lower Rhine region

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
surface form: Rhine–Meuse delta
locatedWithin Roman province of Germania Inferior
mentionedBy Cassius Dio
Pliny the Elder
Tacitus
militaryReputation excellent swimmers
expert river-crossers
modernRegionOverlap Rhineland
surface form: Germany (Lower Rhine)

Netherlands
nameEtymology possibly related to "good island" or "fertile island"
neighboringPeoples Chatti
Frisians
Ubii
notableEvent Batavian revolt
participatedIn Roman conquest of Britain
surface form: Claudian invasion of Britain

Roman conquest of Britain
Year of the Four Emperors
politicalStatus allies of Rome
foederati-like relationship with Rome
rebelledAgainst Roman Empire
religion Germanic paganism
renownedFor cavalry and infantry auxiliaries
elite auxiliary troops in the Roman army
roleInRomanArmy Batavian cohorts
bodyguard cavalry for Roman emperors
romanAdministrativeUnit civitas Batavorum
romanization partially romanized
servedAs auxilia in Roman army
servedUnder Roman Empire
suppliedUnitsTo Roman auxiliary cohorts across the empire
timePeriod 1st century CE
early Roman Imperial period

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Germania associatedWithTribe Batavi tribe
this entity surface form: Batavi
Batavia namedAfter Batavi tribe
Batavian Republic namedAfter Batavi tribe
this entity surface form: Batavi
this entity surface form: Batavi