The Sicambri (var. Sicambers, Sicambres, Sigambrer, Sugumbrer, or Sugambri) were a Germanic people living in what's now called the Netherlands at the turn of the first millennium. Originating in the Germanic-Celtic contact zone (c.f. Nordwestblock), they'd become Frankish by the 4th century, associated with the Low Franconian Salians. History The Sicambri appear in history around 55 BC, during the time of conquests of Gaul by Julius Caesar and his expansion of the Roman Empire. Caesar wrote in h… (More on Sicambri)