Sitones were a people living somewhere in Northern Europe in the 1st century CE. They are only mentioned by Cornelius Tacitus in 97 CE in Germania. Tacitus considered them a Germanic people similar to Suiones (ancestors of modern Swedes): "Upon the Suiones, border the people Sitones; and, agreeing with them in all other things, differ from them in one, that here the sovereignty is exercised by a woman.

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  • Sitones were a people living somewhere in Northern Europe in the 1st century CE. They are only mentioned by Cornelius Tacitus in 97 CE in Germania. Tacitus considered them a Germanic people similar to Suiones (ancestors of modern Swedes): "Upon the Suiones, border the people Sitones; and, agreeing with them in all other things, differ from them in one, that here the sovereignty is exercised by a woman. So notoriously do they degenerate not only from a state of liberty, but even below a state of bondage. " Speculations on Sitones' background are numerous. According to one theory, the name is a partial misunderstanding of Sigtuna, one of the central locations in the Swedish kingdom, that is known to have had a Latin spelling "Situne" much later. Related to this may be a memory of a period in which the Swedes were ruled by a certain queen as described in the Disas saga. Another speculative hypothesis is that the Sitones were living in Western Finland and were Germanic settlers or actually a Finnic group; sometimes they have been seen as the early inhabitants of ancient Kvenland.
  • Sithonen ist eine Bezeichnung für die Nordeurasischen Stämme, östlich von Skandinavien und dem Baltikum. "Den Suionen schließen sich die Stämme der Sithonen an. Im allgemeinen den Suionen ähnlich, unterscheiden sie sich dadurch, dass eine Frau die Herrschaft hat: so tief sind sie nicht nur unter die Freiheit, sondern selbst unter die Knechtschaft hinabgesunken. " Aus Germania von Tacitus
  • Sitons (sitones) foren un poble del nord d'Europa, a la moderna Finlàndia. Eren veïns dels suiones, però a diferencia d'aquestos eren governats per una reina.
  • I Sitoni furono un popolo vissuto in Scandinavia nel I secolo. Vengono citati solo da Tacito nel 97 nella sua Germania. Tacito li considerava un popolo simile ai Sueoni, ma non è chiaro se appartenessero, al pari di questi, ai popoli germanici settentrionali.
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  • Sitones were a people living somewhere in Northern Europe in the 1st century CE. They are only mentioned by Cornelius Tacitus in 97 CE in Germania. Tacitus considered them a Germanic people similar to Suiones (ancestors of modern Swedes): "Upon the Suiones, border the people Sitones; and, agreeing with them in all other things, differ from them in one, that here the sovereignty is exercised by a woman.
  • Sithonen ist eine Bezeichnung für die Nordeurasischen Stämme, östlich von Skandinavien und dem Baltikum. "Den Suionen schließen sich die Stämme der Sithonen an. Im allgemeinen den Suionen ähnlich, unterscheiden sie sich dadurch, dass eine Frau die Herrschaft hat: so tief sind sie nicht nur unter die Freiheit, sondern selbst unter die Knechtschaft hinabgesunken. " Aus Germania von Tacitus
  • Sitons (sitones) foren un poble del nord d'Europa, a la moderna Finlàndia. Eren veïns dels suiones, però a diferencia d'aquestos eren governats per una reina.
  • I Sitoni furono un popolo vissuto in Scandinavia nel I secolo. Vengono citati solo da Tacito nel 97 nella sua Germania. Tacito li considerava un popolo simile ai Sueoni, ma non è chiaro se appartenessero, al pari di questi, ai popoli germanici settentrionali.
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