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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alemanni	2
Germanic Suebi	1
Semnones	1
Suebi in Hispania	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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Alans → alliedWith → Suebi ⓘ

Elbe Germanic languages → associatedWith → Suebi ⓘ

Germania → associatedWithTribe → Suebi ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → borderedBy → Suebi ⓘ

Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Suebi ⓘ

Ricimer → ethnicGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Majorian → foughtAgainst → Suebi ⓘ

Roman–Germanic wars → mainBelligerent → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alemanni

Marcomanni → neighboringGroup → Suebi ⓘ

Marcomanni → partOf → Suebi ⓘ

Gallic Wars → participant → Suebi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Germanic 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