How do you use Foederati in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Foederati in a sentence
Foederati meaning
plural of foederatus
Using Foederati
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of foederatus
- In the example corpus, foederati often appears in combinations such as: as foederati, the foederati, foederati and.
Context around Foederati
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foederati
- In this selection, "foederati" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, allies, became, goths and taken stand out and add context to how "foederati" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include army as foederati and as allies foederati. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foederati" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foederati
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After these invasions, the Huns begin to be noted as Foederati and mercenaries. (13 words)
Leader of the foederati By 470, Odoacer had become an officer in what remained of the Roman Army. (18 words)
About this time the foederati, who had been quartered on the Italians all of these years, had grown weary of this arrangement. (22 words)
Additionally, the difficulties encountered by Alboin in building a solid political entity resulted from a lack of imperial legitimacy, as unlike the Ostrogoths, they had not entered Italy as foederati but as enemies of the Empire. (36 words)
Establishment The Visigoths were sent in 416 by the Emperor to fight the Germanic invaders in Hispania, but they soon re-established themselves as foederati in Aquitania after completely defeating the Alans and the Silingi Vandals. (36 words)
With the honourable status as foederati taken into account, it is hard to believe that the Helvetii ever sustained casualties quite as heavy as those given by the Roman military leader. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
About this time the foederati, who had been quartered on the Italians all of these years, had grown weary of this arrangement.
Additionally, the difficulties encountered by Alboin in building a solid political entity resulted from a lack of imperial legitimacy, as unlike the Ostrogoths, they had not entered Italy as foederati but as enemies of the Empire.
After these invasions, the Huns begin to be noted as Foederati and mercenaries.
During this period a Briton colony and bishopric (see Mailoc ) was established in Northern Galicia ( Britonia ), probably as foederati and allies of the Suebi.
Establishment The Visigoths were sent in 416 by the Emperor to fight the Germanic invaders in Hispania, but they soon re-established themselves as foederati in Aquitania after completely defeating the Alans and the Silingi Vandals.
First marriage In the disturbances that followed the fall of Stilicho, throughout the Italian Peninsula the wives and children of the foederati were slain.
Honorius then incited the Roman population to massacre tens of thousands of wives and children of foederati Goths serving in the Roman military.
Hoping that they would become farmers and soldiers, the Eastern Roman emperor Valens allowed them to establish themselves in the Empire as allies ( foederati ).
It also connected Alboin and his people to the Gothic heritage, and in this way obtain the support of the Ostrogoths serving in the Byzantine army as foederati.
Kaegi, p. 319. The Serbs, who briefly lived in Macedonia, became foederati and were baptized at the request of Heraclius (before 626).
Leader of the foederati By 470, Odoacer had become an officer in what remained of the Roman Army.
With the honourable status as foederati taken into account, it is hard to believe that the Helvetii ever sustained casualties quite as heavy as those given by the Roman military leader.
Common combinations with foederati
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as foederati 6×
- the foederati 3×
- foederati and 3×