Editing Ubii (section)

{{Short description|Roman-era Germanic people}}
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[[image:Ubiens.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Ubii around AD 30]]
[[File:DM Fannius, natione Ubius, corporis custos.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fannius, a member of the Ubii, ''corporis custos'', the [[Germanic bodyguard]] of [[Nero]], Museo Epigrafico, [[Baths of Diocletian|Terme di Diocleziano]], [[Rome]]]]

The '''Ubii''' were a [[Germanic tribes|Germanic tribe]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brogan |first1=Olwen Phillis Frances |author-link1=Olwen Brogan |last2=Drinkwater |first2=John Frederick |author-link2=John Frederick Drinkwater |date=2012 |chapter=Ubii |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-6630? |editor1-last=Hornblower |editor1-first=Simon |editor1-link=Simon Hornblower |editor2-last=Spawforth |editor2-first=Antony |editor3-last=Eidinow |editor3-first=Esther |editor3-link=Esther Eidinow |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |title-link=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |edition=4 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780191735257 |access-date=26 January 2020 |quote=Ubii, a German tribe just east of the Rhine }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bgsl.1993.1993.issue-115/bgsl.1993.1993.115.367/bgsl.1993.1993.115.367.xml|title = De Gruyter}}</ref> first encountered dwelling on the east bank of the [[Rhine]] in the time of [[Julius Caesar]], who formed an alliance with them in 55 BC in order to launch attacks across the river. They were transported in 39 BC by [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]] to the west bank, apparently at their own request, as they feared the incursions of their neighbors, the [[Chatti]].<ref>William Smith, ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' ''s.v.'' "Colonia Agrippina".</ref>

A colony for Roman veterans was founded in 50 AD under the patronage of Agrippa's granddaughter, [[Agrippina the Younger]],<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''Annales'' 12.27.1–2.</ref> who had been born at Ara Ubiorum, the capital of the Ubii. The colony derived its title from the names of Agrippina and her husband, the emperor [[Claudius]], and received the name ''Colonia Claudia Ara Augusta Agrippinensium'', which is the origin of the city's modern name, [[Cologne]]. Alongside the allotment of land to veterans, the existing town of Ara Ubiorum was elevated to the status of a ''[[Colonia (Roman)|colonia]]'', which would have conferred many privileges on the inhabitants.<ref>Barrett, Anthony A. (1996). ''Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire'', New Haven and London: Yale.</ref> The Ubii were also at Bonna ([[Bonn]]) of the [[Eburones]].

The Ubii remained loyal allies of Rome; they were instrumental in crushing the [[Batavian rebellion]] in 70 AD and, although some of them made part of the invasion of [[Pannonia]] in 166 AD, they become ''[[foederati]]'' supporting Roman troops in the [[Marcomannic Wars]] in 166–67 AD.

They seem to have been so thoroughly [[Romanization (cultural)|Romanized]] that they adopted the name ''Agrippinenses'' in honour of their "founder",<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''Germania'' c.28 and ''Histories'', iv.28 (as noted in Smith, ''loc. cit.'').</ref> and their later history is submerged with other [[Franks]] in that of eastern [[Gaul]] as a whole.