What is "sequani"

Usage examples of "sequani".

The Aedui had held pride of place until the Sequani allied with the Ubii from over the Rhine and usurped their dominant position.

The Sequani had originally invited Ariovistus to cross into their territory with the promise that he would receive one third of Sequani land.

But the Suebi kept pouring across the great river in such numbers that Ariovistus was soon demanding two thirds of the Sequani lands.

But I now command it of the Aedui, the Mandubii, the Ambarri, the Sequani and the Segusiavi.

Mosella and into the lands of the Sequani, who had gone to the muster at Carnutum.

Because those Sequani who had not gone to Carnutum were massed closer to the Rhenus in case the Suebic Germans tried to cross, he was not challenged or opposed, nor asked any questions by some thane suspicious as to why a stray Aeduan should be riding through the lands of recent enemies with a pack horse for his only company.

King Ariovistus of the Suebic Germani had entered into a treaty with the Celtic tribe of the Sequani to settle on one-third of the Sequani lands, and it was to encourage a friendly attitude on the part of the Germani that the selfsame Gaius Caesar secured for King Ariovistus the title of Friend and Ally of the Roman People.

He rode down the Mosella and into the lands of the Sequani, who had gone to the muster at Carnutum.

This people, quitting their homes, had passed through the country of the Sequani, and were plundering the territories of the AEdui.

Before then, a rebel attempt on the Sequani had met disaster, and Roman units had begun moving in from Italy, Spain, and Britain.

Under the title of allies of the Romans, they established themselves in certain cantons of the Sequani and of upper Germany, receiving a part of the lands, houses and serfs that belonged to the inhabitants.

German king Ariovistus had defeated the Aedui, who were allies of Rome, and had wrested from the Sequani a large portion of their territory.