Angrivarii
Sign in to save400 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 thumb|right|A view of the country around Minden, part of ancient Engern The Angrivarii (or Angrivari) were a Germanic people of the early Roman Empire, who lived in what is now northwest Germany near the middle of the Weser river. They were mentioned by the Roman authors Tacitus and Ptolemy.
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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 thumb|right|A view of the country around Minden, part of ancient Engern The Angrivarii (or Angrivari) were a Germanic people of the early Roman Empire, who lived in what is now northwest Germany near the middle of the Weser river. They were mentioned by the Roman authors Tacitus and Ptolemy.
They were part of the Germanic alliance led by Arminius and his defeat of the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the ninth year of the Common Era.