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Suebian peoples in red, and other Irminones in purple. The Suebi (also spelled Suavi, Suevi or Suebians) were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and Czechia. In the early Roman era they included many peoples with their own names such as the Marcomanni, Quadi, Hermunduri, Semnones, and ...
Little is known about the Suebi who crossed the Rhine on the night of 31 December 406 AD and entered the Roman Empire. It is speculated that these Suevi are the same group as the Quadi, who are mentioned in early writings as living north of the middle Danube, in what is now lower Austria and western Slovakia, [3] [4] and who played an important part in the Germanic Wars of the 2nd century ...
Suevian peoples in red, and other Irminones in purple. The Semnones were a Germanic and specifically a Suebi people, located between the Elbe and the Oder in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They were described in the late 1st century by Tacitus in his Germania: "The Semnones give themselves out to be the most ancient and renowned branch of the Suebi.
The details of the confrontation between the two tribes are not clear, but it is possible to deduce that it was the Suebi who took the initiative in commencing hostilities seeing as the Nervasos Mountains (named for either the ancient Narbasi people or for the Roman General Erbasius), [5] due to their imprecise location, could have been situated in the region of El Bierzo in today's Province ...
A century later, the differences between Gallaeci and Suebi people had faded, which led to the systematic use of terms like Galliciense Regnum [7] (Galician Kingdom), Regem Galliciae [8] (King of Galicia), Rege Suevorum (King of Suebi), and Galleciae totius provinciae rex (king of all Galician provinces), [9] while bishops, such as Martin of ...
In 63 BC the Sequani and Arverni secured the aid of Ariovistus, a king of the Germanic Suebi tribe, [4] [5] [6] who crossed the Rhine into Gaul with a confederation of Germanic tribes. [ 7 ] The location of the final battle between the Aedui and the combined forces of their enemies took place close to the Sequani town of Magetobria (or ...
The Suebi, that is, Alamanni, following them, seized Gallaecia.' [7] Based on Jerome's letter, Kulikowski argued that the Vandals, Alans and Suebi probably mostly stayed in northern Gaul until at least the spring of 409 (the earliest possible date of Jerome's letter), because almost all cities pillaged by the barbarians listed by Jerome were ...
Pages in category "Suebian people" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Droctulf; F. Frumar; H.