Ubii

Ubĭi, ōrum, m.,

• a Germanic people, who in Caesar's time occupied the territory on the east bank of the Rhine, near the mod. Cologne, but were transferred to the left bank of the Rhine by Agrippa, B. C. 39, Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 4, 3; 4, 16; 6, 9; Tac. G. 28; id. A. 1, 31; 1, 36: oppidum Ubiorum, their chief city, id. ib. 1, 39; 1, 57.
• —Hence, Ubĭus, a, um, adj., Ubian, of the Ubii: mulier Ubia, Tac. H. 5, 22.

Ubiī, ōrum, m., eine germanische Völkerschaft am rechten Rheinufer von der Lahn bis unterhalb Kölns, mit Cäsar befreundet u. deshalb den übrigen Germanen verhaßt. Unter Augustus wurden sie durch M. Agrippa auf das linke Rheinufer versetzt u. ihre Hauptstadt i.J. 50 n. Chr. zur colonia Agrippina (Köln) erhoben, Caes. b.G. 1, 54, 1; 4, 3, 3. Tac. Germ. 28: oppidum Ubiorum, die Hauptstadt der Ubier, s. Agrippīnaa.E.: ara Ubiorum, in der Hauptstadt der Ubier, Tac. ann. 1, 39 u. 57. – Dav. Ubius, a, um, ubisch, mulier, Tac. hist. 5, 22.

Ubĭī, (11) ōrum, m. , les Ubiens, peuple du Rhin, [capitale Cologne] : Cæs. G. 1, 54, etc. || adj. Ubĭus, a, um  : mulier Ubia Tac. H. 5, 22, femme ubienne.

UBII

U´BII (Οὔβιοι), a German people who in Caesar's time lived on the east bank of the Rhine and opposite to the Treviri, for Caesar having made his bridge in the country of the Treviri passed over into the country of the Ubii. Owing to their proximity to the Rhine they were somewhat more civilised than the other Germans, being much visited by merchants and accustomed to Gallic manners (B. G. 4.3, 18, 6.29, 35), The Sigambri were the neighbours of the Ubii on the north. The Suevi were pressing the Ubii hard, when the Ubii applied to Caesar for help: they gave him hostages, and offered to supply him with a large number of boats to cross the river, from which we may infer that they were accustomed to navigate the Rhine. (B. G. 4.16.) In the time of Augustus (Strab. 4. p. 194), the nation crossed the Rhine, and Agrippa assigned them lands on the west bank of the river, the policy of the Romans being to strengthen the Rhenish frontier against the rest of the Germans. (Tacit. Germ. 100.28, Annal. 12.27; Sueton. Aug. 100.21.) In the new territory of the Ubii was Colonia Agrippina (Cöln), and hence the people had the name of Agrippinenses, which was one of the causes why the Germans east of the Rhine hated them. They were considered as traitors to their country, who had assumed a new name. (Tac. Hist. 4.28.) North of the Ubii on the west side of the Rhine were the Gugerni [GUGERNI]; and south of them were the Treviri. [COLONIA AGRIPPINA; ARA UBIORUM.]

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Ubii

A German people, who originally dwelt on the right bank of the Rhine, but were transported across the river by Agrippa, in B.C. 37, at their own request, because they wished to escape the hostilities of the Suevi (Caes. B. G. iv. 3, 18; Tac. Ann. xii. 27; Suet. Aug. 21). They took the name of Agrippenses, from their town Colonia Agrippina (Cologne).