Germania Libera

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Germania Libera was the collective term used by the Romans for the unconquered tribal regions of central and northern Europe beyond the formal boundaries of the Roman Empire.

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Germania Libera canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman concept
geographical term
historical region
beyond formal boundaries of the Roman Empire
limes Germanicus
borderedBy Roman province of Britannia across the North Sea
Roman province of Dacia
Roman province of Germania Inferior
Roman province of Germania Superior
Roman province of Noricum
Roman province of Pannonia
Roman province of Raetia
boundedBy Baltic Sea
Danube River
linked to: Danube

Elbe River
linked to: Elbe

North Sea
Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
characterizedBy absence of Roman provincial administration
non-urban settlement patterns
tribal political structures
country Germanic tribal territories
describedAs unconquered Germania
ethnicallyAssociatedWith Chatti
Cherusci
Frisians
Germanic tribes
Goths
Marcomanni
Quadi
Saxons
Suebi
Vandals
historicalSuccessor early medieval Germanic kingdoms
languageFamily Germanic languages
LatinName Germania Libera
locatedIn Central Europe
Northern Europe
meaning Free Germany
mentionedIn Roman geographical literature
Tacitus Germania
works of Julius Caesar
northOf Roman Empire
opposedTo Roman provinces in Germania
politicalStatus non-provincial territory
outside direct Roman control
relatedTo Germania Magna
linked to: Germania

Magna Germania
religion Germanic paganism
timePeriod 1st century AD
2nd century AD
3rd century AD
Roman Imperial period
linked to: Early Roman Empire
usedBy Ancient Romans
linked to: Romans

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Referenced by (3)

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

Chatti partOf Germania Libera
Germania Libera LatinName Germania Libera
Bructeri romanTermForRegion Germania Libera