Sunici

The Sunuker or Sunuci are a West Germanic tribe with strong keltisierter leadership, on the 1st and 2nd centuries was the settlement area in today's Rhineland between Aachen and Jülich. Their tribal goddess is Sunuxal.

Since almost all the inscriptions of their tribes Goddess located in the territory of Ubii, it is presumed that the Ubii the successors of the Sunuker or that the Sunuker are a breakaway tribe of Ubii.

The Roman officer Pliny the Elder mentions in his " Naturalis historia " the Sunuker as allies of the Tungrer in Belger country. In the historical works of Tacitus they come up short in describing the Bataveraufstands before 69 and 70 AD. The last record dates from the time of Emperor Hadrian ( 117-138 ) as a cohort, under the command of Cantifanus, son of Alban: Coh. I. Sun (u ) cor - ex pedite C (a) ntifani, Albani ( filii ), ( Su ) nuco.

Name

The origin of the name is uncertain; is suspected

• Indo-European * su - ( = pig; cf. Latin sus pig, suinus of the pig ) and
• Indo-European * seu - ( = give birth; cf. Gothic sunus son).

The first possibility underscores the high esteem and even holiness of the pig with the Celts and Teutons.

The second option is interpreted that the Sunuker seceded due to overpopulation as a new young team from the old trunk.

Deities

The tribal goddess of Sunuker was Sunuxal