Tungri
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The Tungri were a tribe of ancient Gaul who occupied the lands of the northern Arduenna Silva (Forest of Ardennes), along the lower valley of the Mosa (Meuse River). They were bordered to the north and east by Germanic tribes, but were bolstered by the Belgic Nervii on the west and by the Remi and Treveri to the south. Their tribal capital lay at Atuatuca, modern Tongeren in the Limburg province of Belgium.
The Tungri tribe was mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum, an early 5th century AD document, in which was transcribed every military and governmental post in the late Roman Empire. The document mentions the Tribune of the First Cohort of Tungri stationed along Hadrian's Wall at Vercovicium (now known as Housesteads, Northumberland), who had been mentioned on four military diplomata dating to the beginning of the 2nd century, as well as on altars and insdcriptions, even on one of the Vindolanda writing tablets. The cohort was split in Hadrianic times to form a Second Cohort of Tungri as well, both cohorts 1000 men strong.
External link
- Roman Britain website: Cohors Primae Tvngrorvmde:Tungerer