▁out ▁the ▁Ga uls , ▁and ▁are ▁now ▁called ▁T ung ri ans , ▁were ▁then ▁called ▁Germ ans ▁[ G erm ani ]. ▁Thus ▁what ▁was ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁tribe , ▁and ▁not ▁of ▁a ▁race , ▁gradually ▁pre va iled , ▁till ▁all ▁called ▁themselves ▁by ▁this ▁self - in vent ed ▁name ▁of ▁Germ ans , ▁which ▁the ▁conquer ors ▁had ▁first ▁employed ▁to ▁insp ire ▁terror . ▁ ▁Some ▁gener ations ▁earlier , ▁Julius ▁Ca esar , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁did ▁not ▁mention ▁the ▁T ung ri , ▁but ▁did ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁Cond rus i , ▁the ▁E bur ones , ▁the ▁Ca ero esi ▁and ▁the ▁Pa em ani , ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁approximate ▁area ▁as ▁the ▁later ▁T ung ri , ▁were ▁" called ▁by ▁the ▁common ▁name ▁of ▁Germ ans ▁( G erm ani )" ▁and ▁had ▁settled ▁in ▁Ga ul ▁already ▁before ▁the ▁C im br ic ▁wars , ▁having ▁come ▁from ▁Germany ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁Rh ine . ▁The ▁Rom ans ▁al lies ▁named ▁them ▁as ▁having ▁one ▁collect ive ▁contribution ▁of ▁men ▁to ▁the ▁Belg ic ▁revol t ▁against ▁him , ▁within ▁which ▁the ▁E bur ones ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁important . ▁The ▁E bur ones , ▁who ▁apparently ▁lived ▁as ▁far ▁east ▁as ▁C ologne , ▁were ▁led ▁by ▁Amb ior ix ▁and ▁C ativ ol cus . ▁Also ▁neighbour ing ▁these ▁tribes ▁where ▁the ▁A du atu ci , ▁whose ▁origin ▁Ca esar ▁describes ▁more ▁specifically