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The Teutons (Latin: Teutones, Teutoni, Ancient Greek: Τεύτονες) were an ancient northern European tribe mentioned by Roman authors. The Teutons are best known for their participation, together with the Cimbri and other groups, in the Cimbrian War with the Roman Republic in the late second century BC.
Map of the Kingdom of the Germans (regnum Teutonicorum) within the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1000The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom (Latin: regnum Teutonicorum 'kingdom of the Germans', regnum Teutonicum 'German kingdom', [1] regnum Alamanie "kingdom of Germany" [2]) was the mostly Germanic language-speaking East Frankish kingdom, which was formed by the Treaty of Verdun in 843.
German troops evacuated Athens on 12 October 1944, and by the end of the month, they had withdrawn from mainland Greece. The first British troops under General Scobie arrived in Athens on 14 October 1944. Four days later, the Greek government-in-exile returned to the Greek capital. [129]
The Cimbrian or Cimbric War (113–101 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones and Tigurini, who migrated from the Jutland peninsula into Roman-controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies.
The Ambrones are generally classified as a Germanic tribe. [2] [3] [1] Celtic influences have also been suggested, but this is controversial.[2]According to Hans Kuhn and Reinhard Wenskus, the Ambrones may have originated in Jutland, around the island of Amrum or Fehmarn, from which they accompanied the Teutons in their southward march in the late 2nd century BC.
Another term, ancient Germans, is considered problematic by many scholars since it suggests identity with present-day Germans. Although the first Roman descriptions of Germani involved tribes west of the Rhine, their homeland of Germania was portrayed as stretching east of the Rhine , to southern Scandinavia and the Vistula in the east, and to ...
Furor Teutonicus ("Teutonic Fury") is a Latin phrase referring to the proverbial ferocity of the Teutons, or more generally, of the Germanic tribes of the Roman Empire period. Generally, the original expression is attributed to the Roman poet Lucan (d. AD 65). It occurs for the first time in his work, Bellum civile/Pharsalia.
The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons Roman victories Cimbrian and Teutone victories. The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC.After a string of Roman defeats (see: the Battle of Noreia, the Battle of Burdigala, and the Battle of Arausio [1] [2]), the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones as they attempted to advance through the ...