Allied with the Germanic tribes of the east, they repeatedly engaged in warfare against the Parisii and the Senones. * Their capital was at Durocortum (Reims, France) the second largest oppidum of Gaul, on the Vesle. In fact, being obese was an honor in the Remi tribe. The Remi were known to be a rather overweight tribe because of their vast supply of food available on the Champagne Plain.
The Romans regarded them as a civitas, a major and influential polity of Gaul, The Remi occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa (Meuse) and Matrona (Marne), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle. The Remi were a Belgic people of north-eastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica).
