Tungrian
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The Tungrians were an ancient Germanic people from the region of modern-day Belgium who served as auxiliaries in the Roman army and gave their name to the civitas Tungrorum.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tungrians | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Germanic tribe
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| associatedWith | civitas Tungrorum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | provincial Roman-Germanic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Germanic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo | civitas Tungrorum ⓘ |
| hadCapitalAt | Aduatuca Tungrorum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabited | Gallia Belgica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Roman provincial system ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Roman literary sources
ⓘ
epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| locatedInThePast |
Lower Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
region of modern-day Belgium ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Pliny the Elder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
auxiliary cavalry
ⓘ
auxiliary infantry ⓘ |
| modernCountryTerritory |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernLocationCorrespondsTo | Tongeren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Batavi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eburones NERFINISHED ⓘ Treveri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman auxiliary forces
ⓘ
civitas Tungrorum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedUnit |
Cohors I Tungrorum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cohors II Tungrorum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCorrespondsTo |
Meuse valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Belgium ⓘ |
| religion | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| servedAs | auxiliaries in the Roman army ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Roman army in Britain
ⓘ
Roman army on the Rhine frontier ⓘ |
| spoke | Germanic language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st–3rd centuries AD
ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| underRomanRule |
1st century AD
ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cohors I Tungrorum