OMANI
Eth.
OMANI or
OMANNI (
Λούγιοι οἱ Ὀμανοί or
Ὀμαννοί), a branch of the Lygii, in the NE. of Germany, between the Oder and the Vistula, to the S. of the Burgundiones, and to the N. of the Lygii Diduni (
Ptol. 2.11.18). Tacitus (
Germ. 43) in enumerating the tribes of the Lygii does not mention the Omani, but a tribe occurs in his list bearing the name of Manimi, which from its resemblance is generally regarded as identical with the Omani.
But nothing certain can be said.
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