Usipetes
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The Usipetes were an ancient Germanic tribe known from Roman accounts, particularly Julius Caesar’s writings, as inhabitants near the Rhine who frequently migrated and clashed with neighboring peoples and Rome.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Germanic tribe
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver |
Meuse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battleWith | Battle against Caesar near the Meuse and Rhine (55 BCE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Julius Caesar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| describedAs | nomadic or semi-nomadic ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | no surviving written records from the tribe itself ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Germanic ⓘ |
| ethnographicCategory | Germani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | defeated by Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1st century BCE
ⓘ
Late Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interactionWithRome |
diplomatic negotiations with Caesar
ⓘ
massacre after negotiations according to Caesar ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| laterTradition | sometimes linked to tribes in northwestern Germany ⓘ |
| legacy | example of Roman-Germanic frontier conflict ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Rhine River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratedFrom | east of the Rhine ⓘ |
| militaryActivity |
migration warfare
ⓘ
raiding ⓘ |
| mobility | highly mobile ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Sugambri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tencteri NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | crossing of the Rhine into Gaul in 55 BCE ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | tribal society ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | independent tribe ⓘ |
| primarySourceAuthor | Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySourceWork | Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lower Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| societalType | warrior society ⓘ |
| sourceType | primarily known from external accounts ⓘ |
| threatPerceivedBy | Roman Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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