Germania

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Roman provincial designation geographical region historical region

Germania was the ancient Roman term for the vast region of central Europe inhabited by various Germanic tribes beyond the empire’s northeastern frontiers.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman provincial designation → geographical region → historical region →
associatedWithTribe	Batavi → Chatti → Cherusci → Frisians → Goths → Marcomanni → Quadi → Suebi → Vandals →
borderedBy	Alps → Baltic Sea → Danube River → North Sea → Rhine River →
campaignsLedInBy	Drusus the Elder → Germanicus → Tiberius →
conqueredInPartBy	Julius Caesar →
describedBy	Tacitus →
ethnographicallyDescribedAs	land of free Germanic peoples →
hasLatinName	Germania →
hasSubregion	Germania Magna →
inhabitedBy	Germanic tribes →
knownTo	Roman Empire →
languageFamilyOfInhabitants	Germanic languages →
locatedBeyond	northeastern frontiers of the Roman Empire →
locatedInTimePeriod	Antiquity → Roman era →
mentionedInWork	Commentarii de Bello Gallico → Germania (work by Tacitus) →
neverFullyIncorporatedInto	Roman Empire →
opposedBy	Roman legions →
partiallyOrganizedAs	Germania Inferior → Germania Superior →
religionOfInhabitants	Germanic paganism →
roughlyCorrespondsTo	parts of modern Austria → parts of modern Belgium → parts of modern Czech Republic → parts of modern Denmark → parts of modern France → parts of modern Germany → parts of modern Luxembourg → parts of modern Netherlands → parts of modern Poland → parts of modern Switzerland →
siteOf	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest →
strategicImportanceFor	defense of Roman frontiers →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Limes Germanicus → court of Trier →	locatedIn
Agrippina the Younger →	birthPlace
Carolingian Empire ("Germany (part)") →	country
Nero Claudius Drusus →	deathPlace
Suebi →	describedInWork
Renaissance Latin ("Germany") →	geographicRegion
Germania →	hasLatinName
Germania ("Germania Magna") →	hasSubregion
Germanic languages →	historicalRegion
Raetia ("Germany") →	locatedInPresentDay
Marcomanni →	mentionedInSource
Tacitus →	notableWork
Roman army →	operatedIn
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania →	originalName
Quadi →	partOfRegion
Roman–Germanic wars →	primaryTheater
Helvetia →	relatedConcept
Gallic Empire →	territoryIncludes
Germanicus →	theaterOfWar
Tacitus →	workAuthored