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The Mattiaci were by Tacitus recorded as an ancient Germanic tribe and related ot the Chatti, their Germanic neighbors to the east. The Mattiaci were settled on border of the Roman Empire on the right side of the Rhine in the area of present-day Wiesbaden (''Aquae Mattiacorum''), the southern Taunus, and the Wetterau. Archaeological evidence of Wiesbaden cannot prove their alleged origin. While the worship of various Gaulic deities like Sirona or Epona is attested, there is so far no evidence for Germanic gods nor for specific products of Germanic origin.〔Czysz, W.: Wiesbaden in der Römerzeit, ISBN 3806210888〕 Tacitus relates that they were not required to pay tribute to the Romans but were to provide assistance in war and thus were an outpost of Roman rule on the border with Germania. He refers to them in his ''Germania'' (ch 29) in relation to the Batavians:
With the Chatti, the Mattaci took part in the Revolt of the Batavi in 69 AD, besieging the Roman city of ''Mogontiacum'' (present-day Mainz). After the foundation of the Limes Germanicus, the tribal identity of the Mattiaci seems to have eroded away. When the municipality of the Civitas Mattiacorum had been established unter emperor Trajan, the citizens of ''Aquae Mattiacorum'' referred to themselves as ''vicani Aquaenses'' instead of "Mattiaci". In the late 1st century AD, Valerius Martialis mentions a kind of soap that was named for the Mattiaci and may have been a local product: Sapo: A ''Cohors II Mattiacorum Milliaria Equitata'' has been attested by several findings in the Roman province of Moesia inferior. It may have originated in Mattiaci recruited after the Revolt of the Batavi. The ''Notitia Dignitatum'', an early 5th century document, lists two ''auxilia palatina'', the ''Mattiaci seniores'' and the ''Mattiaci iuniores''. The references imply Mattiaci in Roman service. ==Fictional references== * Two main characters of the novel series ''Romanike'' are Romanized Mattiaci.〔(The Romanike Series ), by Codex Regius (2006-2014)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mattiaci」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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