TheDulgubnii are aGermanic tribe mentioned inTacitus andPtolemy as living in what is today northwest Germany, near theWeser river.
In about 100 AD Tacitus indicated that the Dulgubnii andChasuarii were respectively "behind" theAngrivarii andChamavi, meaning further away from the Frisians who lived on the Rhine (Latin:Angrivarios et Chamavos a tergo Dulgubnii et Chasuarii claudunt aliaeque gentes haud perinde memoratae, a fronte Frisii excipiunt).[1]
Spelling variants in surviving manuscripts includedulgitubini, dulcubuni, anddulgicubini.[2]
According to Tacitus, during the period he was writing, the Angrivarii and Chamavi had both moved into the territory of their neighbours theBructeri, who had been living between the upperEms, theLippe, and the Weser, between these two tribes.[3]
The Chasuarii lived near theRiver Hase, north of the Bructeri lands, between the Ems and the Weser.[4]
According to the account of Tacitus, theChauci in his time (around 100 AD) stretched from the coast down to border upon the lands of theChatti andCherusci, apparently near the Weser and the original Angrivarii territory.[5]
The Dulgubnii in Tacitus are generally believed to be the same asPtolemy'sDoulgoumnioi of the same region, mentioned in hisGeography, made in the 2nd century. Ptolemy describes them between theWeser andElbe, south of the "Laccobardi" (Langobardi), who are south of the Chauci. Also near them in this group between the Weser and Elbe are the Angrivarii.[6]
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