Menapii

E572885

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Menapii canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgic tribe ⓘ
ancient tribe ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture Belgic ⓘ
Celtic ⓘ
describedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
environment forested areas ⓘ
marshy areas ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Belgae ⓘ
ethnonymType exonym recorded by Romans ⓘ
incorporatedInto Roman Empire ⓘ
knownFrom Roman historians ⓘ
classical sources ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
locatedInThePast Belgium ⓘ
linked to: Belgica

Flanders region ⓘ
linked to: Flemish Region

Gallia Belgica ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
northern Gaul ⓘ
locatedNear Meuse River ⓘ
linked to: Meuse

North Sea coast ⓘ
Scheldt River ⓘ
linked to: Scheldt
mentionedIn Commentarii de Bello Gallico ⓘ
linked to: Gallic Wars
militaryActivity resistance to Roman conquest ⓘ
modernNameDerivedFrom Bruges region ⓘ
linked to: West Flanders

Menen ⓘ
neighboringTribe Eburones ⓘ
Morini ⓘ
Nervii ⓘ
opposed Julius Caesar ⓘ
participatedIn Gallic Wars ⓘ
partOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica ⓘ
politicalStatus tribal polity ⓘ
regionCorrespondsTo modern Belgium ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
subjugatedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgae → subTribe → Menapii ⓘ
Nervii → neighboringTribe → Menapii ⓘ
Eburones → neighboringTribe → Menapii ⓘ
Morini → neighboringTribe → Menapii ⓘ