Tungri

TUNGRI(Τοῦγγροι), are placed by Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.9.9) east of the Tabullas river, and their chief place is Atuacutum, which is Aduatuca or Tongern[ADUATICA]. Tacitus ( German. 100.2) says. Those who first crossed the Rhine and expelled the Galli, are now called Tungri, but were then named Germani.Tacitus speaks of the Tungri in two other passages (Hist. 4.55, 79); and in one of them he appears to place the Tungri next to the Nervii. The name of the Eburones, whom Caesar attempted to annihilate [EBURONES], disappears in the later geography, and the Tungri take their place. (Plin. Nat. 4.31.) D'Anville observes ( Notice, &c. ) that the name of the Tungri extended over a large tract of country, and comprehended several peoples; for in the Notit. of the Provinces of Gallia, the Tungri divide with the Agrippinenses all Germania Secunda; and there is some evidence that the bishops of Tongernhad once a territory which bordered on that of Reims.
Ammianus (15.11) gives the name of the people, Tungri, to one of the chief cities of Germania Secunda; the other is Agrippina ( Cologne). This shows that Tongernunder the later Empire was a large place. Many Roman remains have been dug up there; and it is said that the old Roman road may still be traced through the town.
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