Bastarnae
E50692
The Bastarnae were an ancient tribal group of mixed Celtic and Germanic (and possibly Sarmatian) origin that inhabited regions north of the Danube and frequently clashed with the Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bastarnae canonical | 5 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient tribal group
ⓘ
historical people ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Peucini ⓘ |
| archaeologicalAssociation |
La Tène culture
ⓘ
surface form:
La Tène cultural sphere (debated)
Przeworsk culture (partly) ⓘ
surface form:
Przeworsk cultural sphere (debated)
|
| associatedWithRegion |
Carpathian Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Carpathian region
Bessarabia ⓘ
surface form:
Dniester River region
Danube ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Danube
|
| conflictWith |
Dacian tribes
ⓘ
surface form:
Dacians (intermittent)
Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | interactions with Thracian and Dacian populations ⓘ |
| disappearance | gradual assimilation into neighboring populations ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Celtic
ⓘ
Germanic ⓘ possibly Sarmatian ⓘ |
| ethnogenesis |
mixed Celtic-Germanic origin (hypothesized)
ⓘ
possible Sarmatian admixture (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| groupType | tribal confederation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conflicts with the Roman Empire
ⓘ
conflicts with the Roman Republic ⓘ contacts with Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
possibly Celtic
ⓘ
possibly Germanic ⓘ |
| locatedInThePast |
area between the Carpathians and the Dniester
ⓘ
eastern Central Europe ⓘ regions north of the Danube ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource |
Livy
ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ Polybius ⓘ Strabo ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ |
| militaryActivity |
raided Roman territories across the Danube
ⓘ
served as allies and mercenaries of Hellenistic rulers ⓘ |
| mobility | partly migratory across the Danubian and Pontic regions ⓘ |
| politicalRelations |
allied at times with Macedonian kings
ⓘ
threatened Roman client states in the Balkans ⓘ |
| religion | polytheistic Iron Age beliefs (inferred) ⓘ |
| roleInRegionalHistory | part of the barbarian groups on the Danubian frontier ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | origin and language remain uncertain ⓘ |
| statusInRomanSources |
classified among Germanic peoples by some authors
ⓘ
sometimes distinguished from both Celts and Germans ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Republican period
early Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.