The first confrontations between a Roman army and the peoples of Germania Inferior occurred during Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars.Caesar invaded the region in 57 BC and in the next three years annihilated several tribes, including the Eburones and the Menapii, whom Caesar called "Germanic" but who probably were Celtic or at least mixed Celtic-Germanic.. Germanic …

Language. The material culture of the Sicambri which was a variant of the La Tène culture, which is associated with Celtic languages.. Like the Cimbri, and like their neighbours across the Rhine, the Eburones, many names of Sicambrian leaders end in typical Celtic suffixes like -rix (Baetorix, Deudorix, etc.).. If the Sicambri were not Celtic speakers themselves, this could also indicate ...

Ambiorix of the Eburones tribe destroys around 9,000 Roman soldiers at Atuatuca. 54 BCE - 29 BCE. Forum of Caesar constructed in Rome by Julius Caesar as another area to conduct judicial business. It is the best surviving of his monuments. 53 BCE. Julius Caesar holds council of Gallic tribes in Lutetia.

Jan 16, 2021 · Led by Ambiorix the Eburones, a Belgic tribe in North East Gaul, launched a surprise attack on the Roman forces encamped in their territory. After surrounding the Roman camp, Ambiorix offered the Romans safe passage to one of the other nearby Roman forts. Following a bitter debate, the Romans choose to accept the offer.

Ambiorix (Gaulish "king of the surroundings", or "king-protector") (fl. 54–53 BC) was, together with Cativolcus, prince of the Eburones, leader of a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica), where modern Belgium is located. In the nineteenth century Ambiorix became a Belgian national hero because of his resistance against Julius Caesar, as written in Caesar's Commentarii de …

Feb 06, 2019 · In 54 B.C. the Eburones under Ambiorix wiped out the Roman legions under Cotta and Sabinus. This was the Romans' first major defeat in Gaul. They then besieged the troops under legate Quintus Cicero's command. When Caesar got the word, he came to help and defeated the Eburones. Troops under Roman legate Labienus defeated the Treveri troops ...

Pope Boniface II (Latin: Bonifatius II; died 17 October 532) was the first Germanic bishop of Rome.He ruled the Holy See from 22 September 530 until his death.. Boniface's father's name was Sigibuld. He was probably born in Rome, and was designated to succeed to the papacy by his predecessor, Felix IV, who had been a strong adherent of the Arian Ostrogothic kings.

The Lombards (/ ˈ l ɒ m b ər d z,-b ɑːr d z, ˈ l ʌ m-/) or Langobards (Latin: Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774, with origins near the Elbe in northern Germany and Scania in southern Sweden before the Migration Period.. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the History of the Lombards (written …

The Viducasses dwelled south of the Bodiocasses, north of the Aulerci Diablintes, southeast of the Venelli, northeast of the Abrincatui, west of the Lexovii, and northwest of the Sagii.. During the Roman period, their chief town was known as Aregenua ('by the Guigne river'; modern Vieux), whose area roughly corresponded to the plain of Caen.The city grew from the first half of the …

Gallische volkeren of Galliërs waren de verschillende Keltische stammen die leefden in Gallië.Dankzij de Commentarii de bello Gallico van Gaius Iulius Caesar en de aardrijkskundige werken van onder anderen Claudius Ptolemaeus en Strabo kennen we heel wat namen van deze stammen. Vele van deze namen zijn nog terug te vinden in geografische namen, zoals Remi in …