- Cananefates
The Cananefates - also referred to as "Canninefates", "Caninefates", or "Canenefatae"; meaning "
leek masters" [Lauran Toorians, "De Cananefaten in taalkundig perspectief". In: W. de Jonge, J. Bazelmans and D.H. de Jager (eds.), "Forum Hadriani. Van Romeinse stad tot monument". Utrecht, 2006] - were a Germanic tribe that lived in theRhine delta, on the western part of the Batavian Island (province ofGermania Inferior , currently the western part of theNetherlands ), in the Roman era, before and during the Roman conquest. They lived on the sandy grounds which is excellent soil to grow onions and, nowadays, to grow tulips. At the beginning of theBatavian rebellion underGaius Julius Civilis in the anarchic year AD69 , the Batavians sent envoys to the Canninefates to urge a common policy. "This is a tribe," saysTacitus ("Histories" Book iv [http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/histories.4.iv.html] ) which inhabits part of the island, and closely resembles the Batavians in their origin, their language, and their courageous character, but is inferior in numbers." In the failed uprising that followed, the Canninefates were led by their chieftain Brinno, the son of a chief who had faced downCaligula .The capital of thecivitas of the Cananefates wasForum Hadriani Notes
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