1 sentences with 'foederati'

Example sentences and phrases with the word foederati and other words derived from it.

• « Many of the Germanic peoples who settled along these frontiers were known as foederati, tribal groups who entered into treaties with Rome requiring them to pay taxes in kind (i.e. in crops, animals and other forms of wealth rather than in currency) and to send troops to aid Roman conquests, and who received peace and recognition (and usually annual gifts) in return. »