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The Treveri lived on the Moselle, Saar and Middle Rhine – in the area of today's Trier, Luxembourg and the Eifel. They were a wealthy, Celtic-influenced people with far-reaching trade links. Their name lives on in Trier (Roman Augusta Treverorum) to this day.
Caesar praised the Treveri cavalry as the strongest in all of Gaul. In the turmoil of the Gallic War they stood sometimes on the Roman, sometimes on the opposing side; their prince Indutiomarus led a revolt against Rome. After the conquest their land became Roman – and Trier later rose to be one of the most important cities of the Empire north of the Alps.
Tacitus reports that the Treveri and Nervii boasted of a Germanic descent to set themselves apart from the "peaceful" Gauls. Archaeologically they belong clearly to the Celtic La Tène world. They are a prime example of how fluid the boundary between "Celtic" and "Germanic" really was on the Rhine.
"The Treveri and Nervii are even eager for the glory of Germanic descent."after Tacitus, Germania 28 (public domain, own translation)
The Treveri show: on the Moselle and Rhine, the Celtic and Germanic worlds always merged. Continue with the Eburones and the Ubii.
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