Ampsivarii
The
Ampsivarii were a
Germanic tribe mentioned by the
Roman author
Tacitus, writing in the
1st century C.E. Their homeland was located in what is now northwestern
Germany around the river
Ems, which flows into the
North Sea. Tacitus' name for them is a
Latin rendering of the Germanic "Ems-werer", meaning "men of the Ems".