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The Paemanen (also Paemaner or Permanen , Latin Paemani ) are a Celtic or Celto-European tribe known from De bello Gallico by Gaius Iulius Caesar .
Caesar counts the Paemanen together with the Eburonen , Caerosern and Condrusern to the Germanic tribes on the left bank of the Rhine ( Germani cisrhenani ) . Together, they presented during the war of the Belgians against Caesar in 57 BC. 40,000 armed men. The Paemanen settlement area was probably in the Eifel-Ardennes area between the tribal areas of the Treveri , the Eburones and the Remer, who lived on the other side of the Meuse .
The late antique historian Orosius read the text passage in Caesar as Caemani , which is why they appear under this name in later authors.
literature
- Stefan Zimmer : Paemani. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 22, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017351-4 , pp. 443-444.
- Hermann Reichert : Teutons on the left bank of the Rhine. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 18, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 3-11-016950-9 , pp. 483-494.
- Tilmann Bechert : Economy and society in the province of Germania inferior . In: Thomas Grünewald (ed.): Germania inferior (= RGA supplementary volume 28). de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, p. 19.
- Peter Goessler : Caemani. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 2, Stuttgart 1942, Col. 2275-2279.