Re: Atuatuci

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

>
> The Atuatuci was a part of the Cimbri that the main force had left
> behind in the present Belgium, between Sambre and Meuse. Caesar
> learns (VI,2,3) that "Nervios, Atuatucos, Menapios adiunctis
> Cisrhenanis omnibus Germanis esse in armis", thus the Atuatici,

hence

> the Cimbri are not Germanic? Is there a Germanic etymology for

their

> name?
>
> Torsten

Are you sure these Atuatuci weren't one of the Celtic tribes that
joined their confederation?

-Michael