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thumb|Germania in the late 1st century AD; the Cimbri in northern Jutland. The Cimbri (, ; ) were an ancient tribe in Europe. Ancient authors described them variously as a Celtic-Gaulish, Germanic, or even Cimmerian people. Several ancient sources indicate that they lived in Jutland, which in some classical texts was called the Cimbrian peninsula. There is no direct evidence for the language they spoke, though some scholars argue that it was a Germanic language, while others argue that it was Celtic.

400 px|thumb|The approximate locations of the Sicambri and Bructeri in about 10 BC 400 px|thumb|Approximate positions of tribes in about 100 AD The Bructeri were a Germanic people, who lived in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, just outside what was then the Roman Empire. The Romans originally reported them living east of the lower Rhine river, in a large area centred around present day Münster stretching from both sides of the upper River Ems in the north, to both sides of the River Lippe in the south. At its greatest extent, their territory apparently stretched between the vicinities of th

400px|thumb|The approximate locations of the Sicambri and Bructeri in about 10 BC The Sicambri or Sugambri were a Germanic people who lived in the area between the Rhine, Lippe, and Wupper rivers, in what is now Germany, near the border with the Netherlands. They were first reported by Julius Caesar, who encountered them in 55 BC. They became a significant opponent of Roman imperial power in the Rhine region. After a major defeat by the Romans in 8 BC many of the Sicambri were moved into Roman territory.

400 px|thumb|The approximate locations of the Sicambri and Bructeri in about 10 BC 400 px|thumb|Approximate positions of tribes in about 100 AD The Chamavi were a Germanic people of Roman imperial times who lived north of the Roman border () in the Rhine river delta region, in what is now the Netherlands, and perhaps stretching into what is now Germany.

thumb|right|350px|The Ubii around AD 30 thumb|right|200px|Fannius, a member of the Ubii, corporis custos, the Germanic bodyguard of [[Nero, Museo Epigrafico, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome]]

thumb|right|300px|A proposed distribution of the primary [[Germanic languages|Germanic dialect groups in Europe in around AD 1. The depiction of Jutland as a West Germanic area is typical within German scientific tradition.

The Tungri (or Tongri, or Tungrians) were a tribe, or group of tribes, who lived in the Belgic part of Gaul, during the times of the Roman Empire. Within the Roman Empire, their territory was called the Civitas Tungrorum. They were described by Tacitus as being the same people who were first called "Germani" (Germanic), meaning that all other tribes who were later referred to this way, including those in Germania east of the river Rhine, were named after them. More specifically, Tacitus was thereby equating the Tungri with the "Germani Cisrhenani" described generations earlier by Julius Caesar

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