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The Chauci were an ancient Germanic tribe living in the low-lying region between the Rivers Elbe and Ems. The Chauci inhabited the Continental European coast from Zuyder Zee to south Jutland along with the nearby Frisians, Saxons and Angles. However the Chauci in particular made peace with the Romans and in fact provided Roman auxiliaries to serve all over the Limes border between the Roman Empire and Germania. Tacitus describes the Chauci homeland as immense, densely populated and well-stocked with horses. He describes them as the noblest of the Germans, preferring justice to violence - neither aggressive nor predatory, but ready for war if the need arose. Pliny the Elder visited the Chauci coastal region and said they lived on a barren coast in small cotttages and huts on hilltops. They fished for food, had no cattle and drank rainwater. He says they had a spirit of independence and resent for anyone who attempted to conquer them.