Herminones

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Herminones, also known as Irminones, were an ancient grouping of early Germanic tribes believed to have inhabited central parts of what is now Germany.

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Herminones canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic tribal group
ancient tribal grouping
ethno-linguistic group
alsoKnownAs Irminones
attestedIn Latin literary sources
category Ancient Germanic peoples
Ethnic groups in ancient Europe
Tribal confederations of antiquity
certaintyOfReconstruction disputed among scholars
culturalSphere Germanic culture
describedBySource Pliny the Elder
Tacitus
ethnicity Germanic
historicalStatus tribal confederation (hypothesized)
inhabitedRegion Central Europe
central parts of present-day Germany
languageFamily Germanic languages
mentionedIn Tacitus' Germania
modernCountryTerritory Czech Republic (partly, hypothesized)
Germany
Poland (partly, hypothesized)
linked to: Poland
nameEtymology possibly derived from the Germanic root *Irmin-
partOf early Germanic peoples
possibleDescendantTribes Chatti
Cherusci
Hermunduri
Suebi
religion Germanic paganism
siblingGroup Ingvaeones
Istaevones
subdivisionOf Germani
linked to: Germania
timePeriod 1st century CE
Roman Iron Age
early first millennium CE

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Irminones alternativeName Herminones