Tungri

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The Tungri were an ancient Germanic people living in the region of modern-day Belgium, known from Roman-era sources and for providing auxiliary troops to the Roman army.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tungri canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic tribe ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence inscriptions ⓘ
military diplomas ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
associatedWith Lower Rhine region ⓘ
capital Aduatuca Tungrorum ⓘ
linked to: Atuatuca Tungrorum

Aduatuca Tungrorum ⓘ
linked to: Atuatuca Tungrorum
country Roman Empire ⓘ
culture Romanized Germanic culture ⓘ
describedBySource Julius Caesar ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germani ⓘ
linked to: Germania
ethnicNameAttestedIn Latin inscriptions ⓘ
Roman literary sources ⓘ
ethnogenesis formedFromVariousGermanicGroups ⓘ
language Germanic languages ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Belgium ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Tongeren ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gallia Belgica ⓘ
Germania Inferior ⓘ
militaryRole Roman auxiliary troops ⓘ
neighboringPeople Batavi ⓘ
linked to: Batavi tribe

Eburones ⓘ
Nervii ⓘ
Ubii ⓘ
partOf Belgica ⓘ
Limes Germanicus frontier zone ⓘ
linked to: Limes Germanicus
raisedUnit Ala Tungrorum ⓘ
Cohors I Tungrorum ⓘ
linked to: cohors I Tungrorum

Cohors II Tungrorum ⓘ
religion Germanic paganism ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
romanCitizenshipGrantedTo auxiliary veterans ⓘ
romanCivitas Civitas Tungrorum ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century AD ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ
3rd century AD ⓘ
Roman era ⓘ
underRomanRule yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Cohors I Tungrorum → raisedFrom → Tungri ⓘ
subject linked to: cohors I Tungrorum
Cohors I Tungrorum → associatedPeople → Tungri ⓘ
subject linked to: cohors I Tungrorum
Atuatuca Tungrorum → capitalOf → Tungri ⓘ
subject linked to: Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongeren)
Atuatuca Tungrorum → inhabitedBy → Tungri ⓘ
subject linked to: Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongeren)