foederati

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/fiːdɛˈɹɑːti/

A form of foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of foederatus
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    [DATE?]: Prys Morgan, The Invention of Tradition, pUnknown The third part of the vision was more conventional and it concerned lines of native princes descending from tribal leaders, or Roman foederati like Cunedda, or from Cadwaladr the Blessed, last Welsh king to claim over-lordship of Britain, in the seventh century, right down to the death of Llywelyn II in 1282.

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