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 | | Identified by these writers as the Salians, Ripuarians, and Chatti, they are said to have shared the same language and to have many similar laws. |
 | | The Chatti (also Catti) were a tribe belonging to the NATSI Istvaeones (also Istaevones), that in the time of the Roman emperor Marcus Claudius Tacitus (275 AD) occupied what is now Hesse, but later were absorbed by the Franks. |
 | | Along with the Batavi, the Sicambri and others, the Catti formed the nucleus that became the Confederation of the Franks. |
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