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Brinno

1st century CE · 1st century

Brinno was a chieftain of the Cananefates, a Germanic people of the western Rhine delta. According to Tacitus, in 69 CE his people raised him on a shield to proclaim him leader, the earliest record of that custom, and he opened the Batavian revolt of Julius Civilis by attacking Roman forts on the North Sea coast.

Brinno
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Brinno. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/brinno
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