▁Ca esar ' s ▁time . ▁To ▁the ▁n ortheast , ▁in ▁the ▁b end ▁of ▁the ▁Rh ine , ▁were ▁the ▁C ug erni , ▁who ▁were ▁probably ▁desc ended ▁from ▁a ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Sic amb ri , ▁and ▁probably ▁the ▁Ba et asi ▁also . ▁To ▁the ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁T ung ri ▁were ▁the ▁Sun ici ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁Rh ine ▁the ▁U b ii , ▁whose ▁city ▁was ▁C ologne , ▁the ▁provincial ▁capital . ▁The ▁T ung ri , ▁along ▁with ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁trib al ▁states ▁of ▁Germania ▁In fer ior , ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Revol t ▁of ▁the ▁Bat avi . ▁ ▁T ong eren ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁town ▁on ▁several ▁notable ▁east - west ▁Roman ▁routes ▁including ▁Am iens - B av ay - T ong eren - Ma astr icht - He er len - C ologne , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁important ▁route , ▁and ▁Bou log ne - K ort rijk - T ienen - T ong eren , ▁which ▁ran ▁just ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁main ▁road ▁running ▁T ienen - St ▁Tru iden - B org lo on - T ong eren , ▁through ▁the ▁villages ▁of ▁Over hes pen , ▁Hel sh oven , ▁and ▁B omm ers h oven . ▁The ▁more ▁fert ile ▁areas ▁south ▁of ▁these ▁roads ▁were ▁more ▁heavily ▁populated ▁and ▁more ▁fully ▁Roman ized . ▁In ▁the ▁sand y ▁north ▁of ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg , ▁the ▁Roman ized ▁population ▁th