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the interests of larger numbers of people. In Norway, the thing was a space where free men and elected officials met and discussed matters of collective interest, such as taxation. Though some scholars say that the things were dominated by the most influential members of the community, the heads of clans and wealthy families, other scholars describe how every free man could put forward his case for deliberation and share his opinions. History professor
Torgrim Titlestad describes how Norway, with the thing sites, displayed an advanced political system over a thousand years ago, one that was characterized by high participation and democratic ideologies. These things also served as courts of law, and if one of the smaller things could not reach agreement, the matter at hand would be brought to one of the bigger things, which encompassed larger areas. The legislature of Norway is still known as the Storting (Big Thing) today.
1091:, meetings at Þingvellir required people to travel from long distances and gather together for an extended period of time, thus it was inevitable that entertainment, food, tools, and other goods would have played a role in the gatherings. The main question lies in whether trade was conducted in the assembly or on the margins of the gathering. Similarly, there are unanswered questions about the connection between trade and assembly in Greenland. Research on Scandinavian trade and assembly is burgeoning, and thus far evidence has mostly been found in written sources, such as the sagas, and place names, "such as the 'Disting' market that is said to have been held during the thing meetings at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden."
937:, England. It was lost to history until its rediscovery in 2005–06 by local history enthusiasts Lynda Mallett and Stuart Reddish. The site lies amidst the old oaks of an area known as the Birklands in Sherwood Forest. Experts believe it may also yield clues as to the boundary of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. English Heritage has recently inspected the site, and has confirmed it was known as "Thynghowe" in 1334 and 1609. It functioned as a place where people came to resolve disputes and settle issues. Thynghowe is an Old Norse name, although the site may be older than the Danelaw, perhaps even Bronze Age. The word "howe" is derived from the Old Norse word
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assembly sites are found, scholars question whether these are old jurisdiction districts which the king used as a foundation for his organization or whether he created new administrative units. In southeast Norway in particular, one hypothesis for why the king would have established new thing sites might be that they were a "strategic geopolitical response to the threat from the Danish king in the beginning of the 11th century." Since the record of
Norwegian thing sites is not comprehensive, it is not favorable to rely on archeological and topographical characteristics to determine whether they were established prior to the state-formation period.
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583:-culture of Scandinavia, the members of a clan were obliged to avenge injuries against their dead and mutilated relatives. As a result, feuding is often seen as the most common form of conflict resolution used in Viking society. However, things are in a more general sense balancing structures used to reduce tribal feuds and avoid social disorder in North-Germanic cultures. They played an important role in Viking society as forums for conflict resolution, marriage alliances, power display, honor, and inheritance settlements.
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850:. These two sites were located through a combination of written sources and archeological evidence. Between these two Greenlandic sites, there are a number of overlapping characteristics that support the hypothesis that these booth sites are assemblies. However, not all "assembly features" previously seen in Scandinavia appear at every assembly site, and there are also characteristics that have either not been recorded in Greenland or are unique to Greenland.
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890:, and jurisdiction subject to the wapentake in which they served, which often extended over a surrounding ground called a thorpe ("hamlet"). If there was a riding surrounding the wapentake, the wapentake would merely be a local assembly coordinating the power of the riding. In Scandinavian York's case, it would be under the king's command at what is now
957:, and the lowest level of the centena. The pagi are being considered the oldest building block, and probably took place three times a year and attended by all freemen. Early-medieval Frisia consisted of about 16 pagi. The other thing levels only became relevant during the Middle Ages. The thing was led by law-speakers called asega, with the component
478:, two specific types of assemblies recorded in Old Frisian codices from around 1100 onward. These were specific types of assemblies. Perhaps the distinction was: the 'fixed thing' protected by the god Thincsus, the 'extra-ordinary thing' protected by the god Beda, and the 'informative or non-decision-making thing' protected by the god Fimmilena.
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power between the king and local magnates is most visible through runic inscriptions at thing sites, which were used to make important power statements. Swedish assembly sites could be characterized by a number of typical features: large mounds, rune-stones, and crossings between roads by land or water to allow for greater accessibility.
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narratives of Viking chieftains as well as the distribution of large grave mounds. Ultimately, this neutrality was important for thing participants' cooperation; royal officials required cooperation in order to look after the king's interests in local areas. In this regard, Norwegian things became an
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Intended to keep the peace in the region, the excursion was made every third summer, according to the law. An assembly of chieftains was called to choose the cases in which the kings were to pass judgment. Attending the assembly was regarded as an entertainment, as men attended from all the lands of
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The temporary turf structures of the
Greenlandic booths have only been recorded in Iceland and would not have been seen at the assembly sites of Viking Age Sweden. Further, the booth sites at Brattahlíð and Garðar were located close to high-status farms. Taken together, it indicates that trade would
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experienced changes in administrative organization beginning in the late tenth and eleventh century. This was a result of the power struggle between the rising
Christian royal power in the process of establishing itself and the old, local magnate families attempting to maintain power. The battle for
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In Sweden, assemblies were held both at natural and man-made mounds, often burial mounds. Specifically in
Scandinavia, unusually large rune-stones and inscriptions suggesting a local family's attempt to claim supremacy are common features of thing sites. It is common for assembly sites to be located
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went through a state-formation process that elevated the control and power of the king. On the regional level, it has been assumed that the king would have taken control of the organization of assemblies via local representatives. Today, few thing sites from Norway are known for certain, and as new
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is considered to be the oldest surviving parliament in the world, the
Norwegian Gulathing also dating back to 900-1300 CE. While the things were not democratic assemblies in the modern sense of an elected body, they were built around ideas of neutrality and representation, effectively representing
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It is contested between scholars to what extent things were sites of economic transactions and commerce as well as arenas for political and legal decisions. In Norway, it is clear that the assemblies functioned as an administrative level for economic transactions and taxes to the king. The role of
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meaning 'to say/speak'. Every pagus had its own thing but due to lack of written sources it is difficult to establish where the thing sites were. Thing sites are being presumed by historians at
Naaldwijk in the pagus Maasland (Land of the River Meuse), at Katwijk in the pagus Rijnland (Land of the
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in the older meaning "assembly"; later it referred to a being, entity or matter (sometime before 899), and then also an act, deed, or event (from about 1000). The original sense of "meeting, assembly" did not survive the shift to Middle
English. The meaning of personal possessions, commonly in the
568:). They functioned as both parliaments and courts at different levels of society—local, regional, and supra-regional. Their purpose was to solve disputes and make political decisions, and thing sites were also often the place for public religious rites. According to Norway's Law of the
791:), the main assembly during the Viking period and the Middle Ages. Unlike other European societies in the Middle Ages, Iceland was unique for relying on the Althing's legislative and judicial institutions at the national level rather than an executive branch of government.
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In northern and southwestern Norway, there appears to have been a close association between chieftains' farms and sites interpreted to be assemblies or court sites. These areas were considered neutral ground where the landowning elite could meet for political and
917:, which was divided into three ridings like Yorkshire. Again, the naming of the two roads named Inner and Outer Ting Tong on a hill-top in Devon between Budleigh Salterton, Woodbury and Exmouth is widely derided as fanciful, but may be derived from Thing-Tun, a
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Netherlands. However, these Tuihanti tribesmen have been interpreted by different historians as Frisians. Deo Mars Thincsus means 'god Mars of the Thing'. "Mars of the Thing" may be interpreted in analogy with the week-day name (the Germanic
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Towards the end of the Viking age, royal power became centralized and the kings began to consolidate power and control over the assemblies. As a result, things lost most of their political role and began to function largely as courts in the later Middle Ages.
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commerce at the thing is more undetermined in
Iceland in particular because of the role of saga literature in influencing conclusions about things. Þingvellir was thought of as a trading place as a result of saga passages and law texts that refer to trade:
598:" (the judge). The thing's negotiations were presided over by the lawspeaker and the chieftain or the king. More and more scholarly discussions centre around the things being forerunners to democratic institutions as we know them today. The Icelandic
803:), a legislative assembly. The Lögrétta reviewed the laws which the lawspeaker recited, made new laws, set fines and punishments and were informed of sentences of outlawry and banishment that were passed by the courts in local spring assemblies.
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have taken place at these sites, and given the sparse nature of the Greenlandic settlement, it is reasonable that the participants of the thing would have taken the opportunity for social interaction or trade when gathered with others.
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were similar to those in greater Scandinavia, but they had a very clear organizational structure. Iceland was divided into four administrative quarters during the Viking Age with a fixed number of thirty-nine lawmakers
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The assembly attracted a gathering of traders. People attended in large numbers, and there was plenty of entertainment, drinking and games, and festivities of all sorts. Nothing especially newsworthy occurred.
470:) was likely an important god in early Germanic times, and has numerous places in England and Denmark named after him. The possible theonyms Beda and Fimmilena in the same inscription seem to relate to the
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was the site of the Althing, and it was a place where people came together once a year to bring cases to court, render judgments, and discuss laws and politics. At the annual Althing, the thirty-nine
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Storli, Inger (2010). “Court Sites of Arctic Norway: Remains of Thing Sites and Representations of Political Consolidation Processes in the Northern Germanic World during the First Millennium ad?”
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To the god Mars Thincsus and the two Alaisiagae, Beda and Fimmilena, and to the Divinity of the Emperor the Germanics, being tribesmen of Tuihanti, willingly and deservedly fulfilled their vow.
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On the lower administrative level the governing bodies on the county level in Norway are called Fylkesting, the Thing of the County. The names of the judicial courts of
721:(c. 980–1022) that the people, not the king, held power in Sweden; the king realized that he was powerless against the thing and gave in. Main things in Sweden were the
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around 1300, and eventually led to the modern sense of "object". This semantic development from "assembly" to "object" is mirrored in the evolution of the
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River Rhine), at Heemskerk in the pagus Kennemerland, at De Waal in the pagus Texel, at Franeker in the pagus Westergo and at Dokkum in the pagus
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in 1398. In late medieval times the thing was made up of twelve representatives for the farmers, free-holders or tenants.
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meaning hill or mound). This site was one of Norway's most important places for the proclamation of kings. In 1130,
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30:"Folkmoot" redirects here. For the festival, see
2306:(Second ed.). Dublin: James Duffy & Co.
2102:. Cornwall: TJ Books Limited. pp. 151–154.
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1126: – The Icelandic "General Thing"
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2521:'Well, the Thing is...' Frisia Coast Trail blog
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379:, drawn after the depiction in a relief of the
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2372:Making Things Public: Atmospheres of Democracy
1698:. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. p. 423.
913:, depending on who ruled there; together with
697:not only to accept peace with his enemy, King
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2127:. Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 298–301.
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1733:Oil version. There is a related watercolour
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2272:The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology
1348:. The primary level of courts is called the
1042:. In Sweden, there are several places named
1002:, which etymologically is the same word as "
406:in the UK. It is dated 43–410 CE and reads:
352:
329:Today the term lives on in the English term
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990:, the old location of the Icelandic thing (
814:who lived in each local assembly district (
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670:was proclaimed king in 1193 at Haugating.
2311:Gansum, Terje; Oestigaard, Terje (2004).
1848:
1846:
1207:), a semi-official body representing the
974:, near the current town of Aurich in the
220:'time'. All of these terms derive from *
2370:. In Bruno Latour; Peter Weibel (eds.).
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1352:, with the same meaning as the Swedish
1257:provinces, that were superseded by the
514:) was analogous, the forerunner to the
253:("judicial lawsuit", "case") to modern
2836:Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
2200:
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1309:, has historically been divided into
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2471:The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection
1644:
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1344:contain for the most part the affix
76:, was a governing assembly in early
2291:Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories
693:, 1018. The lawspeaker forced King
322:in German, which in languages like
1211:, and those of the three distinct
713:A famous incident took place when
705:Similar to Norway, thing sites in
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2469:Thorsson, Örnólfur, ed. (2010).
2425:10.1179/007660909X12457506806289
2289:Chantrell, Glynnis, ed. (2004).
1907:"Vikingene som demokratibyggere"
1826:"What is a Thing? | THING Sites"
1403:, most noticeably with the term
1199:can be found in the name of the
1115:all have names that incorporate
1018:and Tingwall, occurring both in
961:meaning 'law' and the component
810:) was brought together by three
651:in Norway, which was located in
522:Parliament of the United Kingdom
4156:Christianization of Scandinavia
2320:European Journal of Archaeology
1982:Norwegian Archaeological Review
1824:The Thing Project (2011–2019).
1578:is pronounced as unvoiced "th"
1237:, has borne a different style,
848:Eastern Settlement of Greenland
628:. This view is based partly on
4146:Christianization of the Franks
3219:Continental Germanic mythology
1305:The Norwegian parliament, the
1286:Similarly, prior to 1953, the
1261:in the 17th century. The name
1185:– The Greenlandic "Land Thing"
1158:also have names that refer to
520:and a precursor of the modern
204:) or "thingstow" (Old English
138:is purely orthographical), in
1:
2489:Journal of the North Atlantic
2442:Journal of the North Atlantic
2381:Journal of the North Atlantic
2349:"Online Etymology Dictionary"
2347:Harper, Douglas, ed. (2014).
1721:Journal of the North Atlantic
1283:), the 'court of the thing'.
1138:– The Norwegian "Great Thing"
1132:– The Danish "People's Thing"
1026:, and further south there is
336:
1853:Øyrehagen Sunde, J. (2017).
4161:Christianization of Iceland
1201:Swedish Assembly of Finland
419:The pillar was raised by a
4236:
2473:. New York: Penguin Books.
2240:Broderick, George (2003).
1358:Norwegian Courts of Appeal
1219:in Norwegian and Swedish (
1179:(administrative districts)
298:in Norwegian and Swedish,
39:Medieval Scandinavian laws
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2123:Dijkstra, M.F.P. (2011).
1663:10.5771/9783465144120-301
1470:Medieval Scandinavian law
1430:Ecclesia (ancient Athens)
1290:legislature was known as
1269:system, which are called
1205:Svenska Finlands folkting
1169:– The Ålandic "Law Thing"
994:). The parliament of the
381:Column of Marcus Aurelius
240:plural, first appears in
73:
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3384:Germanic parent language
2904:Early Germanic calendars
2332:10.1177/1461957104047994
2017:Gansum & Oestigaard
1881:"Demokrati i vikingtid?"
1501:amphitheatres were built
1066:now stands, until 1685.
130:(the difference between
49:A Germanic assembly, by
4210:Historical legislatures
3404:West Germanic languages
3394:East Germanic languages
3389:Proto-Germanic language
3209:Proto-Germanic folklore
3146:Romano-Germanic culture
2570:Gods and divine figures
2226:Greenland Home Rule Act
1984:43, no. 2: pp. 128–144.
1649:Iversen, Frode (2020).
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905:defending land against
528:Use in Germanic society
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1233:national legislature,
1079:which we have reports…
899:Kingdom of East Anglia
717:told the Swedish king
715:Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker
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2393:10.3721/037.002.sp806
1937:Store norske leksikon
1859:Store norske leksikon
1411:) which refers to an
1298:"People's Thing" and
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1064:Saint Andrew's Church
1032:Dumfries and Galloway
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2509:Retrieved 2009-08-02
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2098:Hines, John (2021).
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2805:De temporum ratione
2268:Barnhart, Robert K.
2174:, pp. 286–287.
1905:Landro, J. (2012).
1855:"ting – forsamling"
1736:The Icelandic Thing
1038:, a village on the
1034:and – in England –
723:Thing of all Swedes
508:; modern Norwegian
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2085:, pp. 178–92.
1931:Gisle, J. (2018).
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727:Thing of all Geats
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1971:, pp. 42–63.
1959:, pp. 42–43.
1879:Saga Bok (2017).
1705:978-1-78327-561-8
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2854:Spong Hill
1885:Sagabok.no
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1375:Borgarting
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596:lawspeaker
476:fimelthing
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3745:Gambrivii
3698:Dulgubnii
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3583:Brondings
3509:Bastarnae
3499:Baiuvarii
3479:Armalausi
3442:Raetovari
3376:Languages
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3204:Folklore
3199:Festivals
3035:Seax-Wica
3030:Heathenry
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154:Afrikaans
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114:Old Saxon
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90:Etymology
4179:Category
4086:Hasdingi
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4051:Tubantes
4036:Toxandri
4016:Tencteri
3991:Suarines
3976:Sicambri
3971:Semnones
3951:Reudigni
3921:Mattiaci
3911:Marsacii
3862:Lombards
3852:Lacringi
3847:Juthungi
3678:Corconti
3663:Cherusci
3638:Charudes
3618:Chaedini
3588:Bructeri
3573:Bateinoi
3544:Eburones
3539:Condrusi
3534:Caeroesi
3529:Atuatuci
3464:Ambrones
3427:Brisgavi
3422:Alemanni
3300:Paganism
3189:Clothing
3184:Calendar
3131:Germania
3053:Category
2989:Weregild
2909:Folkmoot
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1864:24 March
1835:24 March
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4091:Silingi
4081:Vandals
4056:Tulingi
4046:Triboci
4041:Treveri
4021:Teutons
4011:Taifals
3986:Sitones
3926:Nemetes
3884:Helisii
3857:Lemovii
3775:Gutones
3708:Firaesi
3703:Favonae
3683:Cugerni
3673:Cobandi
3628:Chamavi
3623:Chaemae
3613:Casuari
3608:Caritni
3578:Betasii
3549:Paemani
3484:Auiones
3349:Warfare
3327:Scripts
3295:Numbers
3119:History
2939:Maypole
2865:Widsith
2798:Beowulf
2784:Æcerbot
2769:Sources
2683:Waldere
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1607:Harper
1397:lawsuit
1315:Lagting
1277:Finnish
1239:Riksdag
1231:Swedish
1189:Tynwald
1177:várting
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1105:Iceland
1056:Ireland
1028:Tinwald
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3894:Manimi
3879:Diduni
3817:Heruli
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3668:Cimbri
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3561:Morini
3519:Belgae
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