Lemovii(79 words)
[German version]
Tribe on the Baltic Sea between the Oder and the Vistula (Tac. Germ. 44,1), neighbouring the Rugii. The version of the name is uncertain, and identification with other tribal names, passed down to us, for instance in Ptolemy, is hypothetical.
Wiegels, Rainer (Osnabrück)
Bibliography
A. Franke, s.v. L., RE Suppl. 5, 549
G. Perl, in: J. Herrmann (ed.), Griech. und lat. Quellen zur Frühgesch. Mitteleuropas bis zur Mitte des 1. Jt. u.Z., Teil 2, 1990, 249.
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Wiegels, Rainer (Osnabrück),
“Lemovii”, 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 28 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e700670>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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