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Strabon, Geographia

Passus 4, 3, 4 [e] (C 194): Μενάπιος [ethnic]

Date: AD 15 - 23 about?
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Status: ethnicon (group)
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Details: 'Next after the Treveri are the Nervii, who are also a Germanic tribe. Last come the Menapii, who dwell on both sides of the river (sc. the Rhenus) near its mouths, in marches and woods (not of tall timber, but dense and thorny). It is opposite to these that the Sugambri are situated, a Germanic people.'
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