Suebi

E49327

Germanic people tribal confederation

The Suebi were a confederation of Germanic tribes known from classical antiquity for their migrations, warfare with the Roman Empire, and significant role in the history of Central and Western Europe.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Suebi canonical	28
Alamanni	2
Alemanni	2
Germanic Suebi	1
Semnones	1
Suebi in Hispania	1
Suebi royal house	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic people ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ
archaeologicalCultureAssociated	Germanic Iron Age ⓘ surface form: Jastorf culture (early phases, debated)
conflictWith	Julius Caesar ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Romans on the Rhine frontier ⓘ
culturalPractice	distinctive hair knot (Suebian knot) ⓘ
describedInWork	Gallic Wars ⓘ surface form: Commentarii de Bello Gallico Germania ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture and pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicity	Germanic ⓘ
event	crossed the Rhine in 406 CE with Vandals and Alans ⓘ
fate	eventually absorbed by Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia ⓘ
formedPolity	Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
influencedToponym	Swabia (Bavaria) ⓘ surface form: Schwaben Swabia (Bavaria) ⓘ surface form: Suebia Duchy of Swabia ⓘ surface form: Swabia
kingdomCapital	Braga ⓘ
kingdomLocation	Galicia ⓘ surface form: Gallaecia
knownFor	migrations ⓘ role in the history of Central Europe ⓘ role in the history of Western Europe ⓘ warfare with the Roman Empire ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ
laterReligion	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian Christianity Nicene Christianity ⓘ
legacyRegion	Swabia (Bavaria) ⓘ surface form: Swabia in southwestern Germany
mentionedBy	Julius Caesar ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ
migratedTo	Galicia ⓘ surface form: Gallaecia Iberian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Hispania northern Spain ⓘ surface form: northwestern Iberian Peninsula
nameEtymology	possibly related to Proto-Germanic *swēbaz ⓘ
notableLeader	Ariovistus ⓘ Hermeric ⓘ Rechiarius ⓘ Rechila ⓘ
politicalStructure	loose confederation of tribes ⓘ
region	Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea hinterland Central Europe ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ surface form: Elbe River region
relatedEthnicGroup	Suebi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alemanni Marcomanni ⓘ Quadi ⓘ Suebi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Semnones
religion	Germanic paganism ⓘ
socialCharacteristic	reputation for ferocity in war ⓘ
subgroupOf	Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe Germanic tribes
timePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
tribalOrganization	multiple semi-independent kings or chieftains ⓘ

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Suebi
Description of subject: The Suebi were a confederation of Germanic tribes known from classical antiquity for their migrations, warfare with the Roman Empire, and significant role in the history of Central and Western Europe.

Referenced by (36)

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

Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Suebi ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → borderedBy → Suebi ⓘ

Gallic Wars → participant → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Germanic Suebi

Alans → alliedWith → Suebi ⓘ

Roman–Germanic wars → mainBelligerent → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alemanni

Marcomanni → neighboringGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Marcomanni → partOf → Suebi ⓘ

Quadi → possibleSuccessorPeoples → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suebi in Hispania

Suebi → relatedEthnicGroup → Suebi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alemanni

Suebi → relatedEthnicGroup → Suebi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semnones

Germania → associatedWithTribe → Suebi ⓘ

Majorian → foughtAgainst → Suebi ⓘ

Ricimer → ethnicGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Elbe Germanic languages → associatedWith → Suebi ⓘ

Chatti → neighboringTribe → Suebi ⓘ

Narses → opponent → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alamanni

West Germanic peoples → hasSubgroup → Suebi ⓘ

Great Migration → involved → Suebi ⓘ

limes Germanicus → attackedBy → Suebi ⓘ

subject surface form: Limes Germanicus

this entity surface form: Alamanni

Cherusci → relatedGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Theodoric II → inConflictWith → Suebi ⓘ

Irminones → descendedInto → Suebi ⓘ

Irminones → hasSubgroup → Suebi ⓘ

Ariovistus → leaderOf → Suebi ⓘ

Ariovistus → tribalAffiliation → Suebi ⓘ

Roman Spain → laterInvadedBy → Suebi ⓘ

Kingdom of the Suebi → ethnicGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Kingdom of the Suebi → foundedBy → Suebi ⓘ

Kingdom of the Suebi → namedAfter → Suebi ⓘ

Hermeric → ethnicGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Rechila → ethnicGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Rechila → dynasty → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suebi royal house

Rechiarius → ethnicGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Germanic Europe → includesPeople → Suebi ⓘ

Roman conquest of Germania → opposingForce → Suebi ⓘ