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The '''Chasuarii''' were a Germanic tribe mentioned by
Tacitus in the 'Germania'. According to him, they dwelt 'beyond the
Chamavi and
Angrivarii', who dwelt on the lower
Rhine river. Many, therefore, believe the tribe to have inhabited the modern region of
Hannover. Some take the name 'Chasuarii' to mean 'Dwellers on the Hase [river]', a tributary to the
Ems. The
2nd century geographer
Claudius Ptolemy mentions that the 'Kasouarioi' lived to the east of the Abnoba mountains, in the vicinity of
Hesse. Many historians are of the opinion that the Chasuarii were the same as the people called the '
Chattuarii' mentioned by several authors.
