Batavi (Germanic tribe)

The Batavi [bäˈt̪äːu̯iː] were an ancient Germanic^[1] tribe that lived around the modern Dutch Rhine delta in the area that the Romans called Batavia, from the second half of the first century BC to the third century AD. The name is also applied to several military units employed by the Romans that were originally raised among the Batavi. The tribal name, probably a derivation from batawjō ("good island", from Germanic bat- meaning "good, excellent", which is also in the English "better", and awjō meaning "island, land near water"), may refer to the fertile Betuwe, a region today known as the fruitbasket of the Netherlands.

^ Drinkwater, John Frederick (2012). "Batavi". In Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (eds.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0191735257. Retrieved January 26, 2020. Batavi, a Germanic people, living on the lower Rhine... an offshoot of the Chatti...

[1] Drinkwater, John Frederick (2012). "Batavi". In Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (eds.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0191735257. Retrieved January 26, 2020. Batavi, a Germanic people, living on the lower Rhine... an offshoot of the Chatti...

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Batavi (Germanic tribe)

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