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: ''This article is about a tribe, for alternate meanings see [[Remi (disambiguation)]].''
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The '''Remi''' were a [[Belgae|Belgic]] tribe of north-eastern [[Gaul]] in the [[1st century BC]]. They occupied the northern [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]] plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of [[Ardennes]], between the rivers Mosa ([[Meuse]]) and Matrona ([[Marne]]), and along the river valleys of the [[Aisne River|Aisne]] and its tributaries the [[Aire (Aisne)|Aire]] and the [[Vesle]].
They were surrounded on all sides by friendly Belgic states, and their tribal capital was at Durocortum ([[Reims]], France) the second largest "[[oppidum]]" of [[Gaul]], on the Vesle. Allied with the [[Germanic tribes]] of the east, they repeatedly engaged in warfare against the [[Parisii]] and the [[Senones]]. They were renowned for their horses and cavalry. The Remi, under Iccius and Andecombogius, allied themselves with [[Julius Caesar]] and remained loyal to him throughout the entire Gallic Wars, the most pro-[[Ancient Rome|Roman]] of all the peoples of Gaul.
A late legend accounts that [[Remus]], the brother of [[Romulus]], founded the city of [[Reims]] after having fled the [[Latium]], nowaday north of [[France]], as well as originated the Remi people.
==See also==
* [[List of peoples of Gaul]]
* [[List of Celtic tribes]]
{{Peoples of Gaul}}
[[Category:Tribes of ancient Gaul]]
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