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SUEVES [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Of or relating to the Suevians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Relatif aux Suèves.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-07-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

one of an ancient Germanic people prob. of many distinct tribes mentioned by Caesar as dwelling east of the Rhine and by Tacitus as extending to the Elbe and the Baltic; also: one of a Germanic horde from this region that overran France and Spain early in the 5th century A.D.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Ensemble de populations de la Germanie habitant au-delà de l'Elbe. Une partie se dirigea vers le Rhin avec Arioviste(58 av. J.-C.), mais les Suèves se fixèrent surtout entre le Rhin, la Saale et le Danube(Souabe, ou pays des Suèves). Ils traversèrent la Gaule au début du Ve s. et passèrent en Espagne, où ils fondèrent en Galice un État qui dura jusqu'en 585.

Spanish

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