Fenni
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Map of the Roman Empire and surrounding peoples in AD 125. The map shows two possible locations of the Fenni, based on possible readings of [[Tacitus (Livonia) and Ptolemy (upper Vistula river). Another location given by Ptolemy, in northern Scandinavia, is not shown as the map does not cover that region]] The Fenni were an ancient people of northeastern Europe, first described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in AD 98.
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thumb|right|300px|Map of the Roman Empire and surrounding peoples in AD 125. The map shows two possible locations of the Fenni, based on possible readings of [[Tacitus (Livonia) and Ptolemy (upper Vistula river). Another location given by Ptolemy, in northern Scandinavia, is not shown as the map does not cover that region]] The Fenni were an ancient people of northeastern Europe, first described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in AD 98.
== Ancient accounts ==
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