Usipètes
The Usipètes were Germanic people whose territory extended on Right Bank from the the Rhine (thus in Germanie, apart from the Roman Empire), probably between the valley of Lahn and Sieg. They were mentioned in the geography of Ptolémée and in the book Germanic the (chapter 32) of Tacite, where they are described like one of the neighbors of the people of the Chattes and the Tenctères during the I er century after JC.
They are more manifestly mentioned in the book Vie of Agricola (chapter 28) of Tacit, where he tells how a detachment of troop inside the Roman army engaged a mutiny while they were in shift in the north of the Brittany (probably on the west coast) with his/her father-in-law, the general Julius Agricola (towards 82). They killed the centurion and of the Roman soldiers based with them in intentions of drive, then stole three boats and navigèrent towards the northern distance of the island of Brittany, their tests led them to the Cannibalisme with a lack of food. They were found finally on the territory of the Suèves where they were captured by these people. Others of the crew were caught by the Clippings and little of the survivors were sold as slaves to tell their tours.
Dion Cassius told a similar history but placed the events a few front years. It is plausible that they were attacked before by Jules César in 55.
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