The Manimi were a
Germanic tribe. They were mentioned by
Tacitus, in his ethnographic book
Germania
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, where he stated that the Manimi were one of the five most powerful tribes of the
Lugii. They lived between the
Oder
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and the
Vistula.
The Manimi have been compared to the "
Atmonoi" mentioned by
Strabo
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as a branch of the
Basternes
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, and the "Lougoi Omanoi" mentioned by
Claudius Ptolemy.
See also
*
List of Germanic peoples
References
* Tacitus, ''
Germania.XLIII''
{{Germanic peoples
Early Germanic peoples
Lugii