People

On this page, you will find an overview of people who are best known as groups (and not as individuals).

There are 59 items in People:

Cimmerians

Cimmerians: nomadic tribe, living in Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE. The world of the Cimmerians The Cimmerians are known from…

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Cugerni

Cugerni or Cuberni: Germanic tribe from Germania Inferior, settled by the Romans on the western bank of the Rhine, inhabitants of Xanten. …

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Dahae

Dahae (Old Persian Dahâ): nomadic tribe in Central Asia. The name is also spelled Daai, Dai, or Daoi. A mounted archer The…

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Eburones

Eburones: ancient tribe, probably living in the area of Tongeren, Maastricht, and Aix-la-Chapelle. They were massacred by Julius Caesar. Model of…

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Edomites

Edom: Iron Age kingdom, directly south of the Dead Sea, situated in modern Jordan and Israel. In Greek, it is called Idumea.Bronze Age …

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Etruscans

Etruscans: ancient nation, living in the first millennium BCE in the area between the rivers Tiber and Arno.Origin Lemnos, tombstone of an…

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Franks

Franks (Latin: Franci): tribal federation on the north and east bank of the Lower Rhine, which created a late antique kingdom in France.Origins Reconstruction…

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Hernici

Hernici: ancient people, living in the valley of the Tolerus River. They appear to have been an ally and later an enemy of archaic Rome. …

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Hittites

Hittites: ancient nation in Central Anatolia, named after their capital Hattusa, builders of one of the great Bronze Age empires.Origin Kaneš, the…

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Illyrians

Illyrians (Greek Ἰλλυρίοι): the name the ancient Greeks and Romans gave to the various tribes and states in the general area of Albania and former Yugoslavia.Name …

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