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-2. Frisii and Frisiavones:
the literary evidence
The most important source of our knowledge about
Frisii and Frisiavones is offered by classical authors.
Pliny the Elder, Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Ptolemy and
Pomponius Mela provide limited but important evidence.
Some of them refer only briefly to the Frisians
while others provide more detailed information. This
information, however, is often difficult to interpret and
sometimes even contradictory. Tacitus distinguishes
between Greater and Lesser Frisians, while Pliny is
the only author to mention the Frisiavones. The descriptions
of the territories inhabited by the Frisii and
Frisiavones vary among the authors and this has led
to different interpretations. The following quotes from
the descriptions by classical authors may illustrate
these differences.
Pliny (NH 4, 101) who ... -
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Hoe Vanbrabant aan zijn wijsheden komt, weet ik niet. Maar wellicht betrekt hij passages die in de buurt staan van de Friese passages, ten onrechte op die Friese passages.
Altijd aardig te lezen jouw enthousiasme over de Friezen. Ga zo door.
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