Menapii
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The Menapii were an ancient Belgic tribe inhabiting parts of what are now northern France and Belgium, known from Julius Caesar’s accounts of the Gallic Wars.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgic tribe
ⓘ
ancient tribe ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| culture |
Belgic
ⓘ
Celtic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| environment |
forested areas
ⓘ
marshy areas ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Belgae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonymType | exonym recorded by Romans ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Roman historians
ⓘ
classical sources ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Celtic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInThePast |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flanders region NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallia Belgica NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Gaul ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Meuse River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheldt River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Commentarii de Bello Gallico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryActivity | resistance to Roman conquest ⓘ |
| modernNameDerivedFrom |
Bruges region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Menen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringTribe |
Eburones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morini NERFINISHED ⓘ Nervii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Gallic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman province of Gallia Belgica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | tribal polity ⓘ |
| regionCorrespondsTo |
modern Belgium
ⓘ
northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Celtic polytheism ⓘ |
| subjugatedBy | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
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