In 16, when governor of Gaul, he was defeated by the Sigambri (Sygambri), Usipetes and Tencteri, German tribes who had crossed the Rhine.
The costume of the Mirdite and Mat tribes is peculiar.
For nations, or rather tribes, were then distinguished by personal names only.
This was done by the guerrillas in Spain, by the mountain tribes in the Caucasus, and by the Russians in 1812.
Greek ' Bvri, tribes, races, the word used for the "Gentiles" in the New Testament.
