Bructeri

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The Bructeri were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived in what is now northwestern Germany during the Roman era.

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Bructeri canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Germanic tribe
archaeologicalCultureAssociatedWith Roman Iron Age in northern Germany
conflictWith Chatti
Romans
culture Germanic Iron Age culture
defeatedBy Roman forces under Germanicus
describedAs hostile to Rome
warlike
describedInWork Tacitus' Germania
economyBasedOn agriculture
animal husbandry
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples
ethnogenesisRegion Lower Rhine region
event expulsion from their lands by neighboring tribes in late 1st century AD
languageFamily Germanic languages
livedDuring Roman era
livedIn northwestern Germany
locatedBetween Lippe River
linked to: Lippe

Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
locatedIn Germania
locatedNear Ems River
linked to: Ems
mentionedBy Cassius Dio
Pliny the Elder
Tacitus
militaryActivity raids across the Rhine
modernTerritoryOverlap Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
neighboringTribe Chatti
Cherusci
Sugambri
Tencteri
opposed Roman Empire
participatedIn Battle of Teutoburg Forest
partlyAbsorbedInto Frankish confederation
partOf tribal confederations in Germania
politicalStructure chiefdoms
region Germania Inferior
Germania Magna
linked to: Germania
religion Germanic paganism
romanMilitaryCampaignTarget campaigns of Germanicus
romanProvinceBorder Germania Inferior
romanTermForRegion Germania Libera
societyType tribal society
someMembersLaterKnownAs Chamavi
Franks
subgroupOf Istvaeones
linked to: Istaevones
timePeriod 1st century AD
2nd century AD

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