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Chattuarii
(114 words)

[German version]

Germanic people; on the basis of etymology inhabitants of a former Chattian territory; possibly to be identified with the  Chasuarii. As neighbours of the Bructeri and the Cherusci counted as the ‘weaker’ inland peoples (Str. 7,1,3f.; Vell. Pat. 2,105,1); possibly to be identified with the Attuarii, who show up in the 4th cent. as part of a Frankish confederacy (Amm. Marc. 20,10,2); during the Middle Ages the C. are settled from the lower Ruhr and Lippe to the left bank of the Rhine.

 Chatti;  Francs

Bibliography

G. Neumann et al., s.v. Cha…

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Dietz, Karlheinz (Würzburg), “Chattuarii”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 30 November 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e232140>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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