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  2. Early Germanic warfare - Wikipedia

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    Wars were frequent between and within the individual Germanic peoples. [2] The early Germanic languages preserve various words for "war", and they did not necessarily clearly differentiate between warfare and other forms of violent interaction. [3] The Romans note that for the Germans, robbery in warfare was not shameful.

  3. Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples

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    The nature of these wars varied through time between Roman conquest, Germanic uprisings, later Germanic invasions of the Western Roman Empire that started in the late second century BC, and more. The series of conflicts was one factor which led to the ultimate downfall of the Western Roman Empire in particular and ancient Rome in general in 476.

  4. List of wars involving Germany - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").

  5. Military history of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Germanic wars against the early Celts remain mysterious because neither side recorded the events. Germanic tribes are thought to have originated during the Jastorf culture in Iron Age in northern Germany and Denmark, their land was later called "Germania" by the Romans. The tribes spread south, possibly motivated by the deteriorating climate of ...

  6. Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) - Wikipedia

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    The Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) were a series of conflicts between the Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire.Tensions between the Germanic tribes and the Romans began as early as 17/16 BC with the Clades Lolliana, where the 5th Legion under Marcus Lollius was defeated by the tribes Sicambri, Usipetes, and Tencteri.

  7. Early Germanic culture - Wikipedia

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    Early Germanic peoples believed that heroic death in battle would enable a warrior admittance to Valhalla, a majestic hall presided over by Odin, chief of the Germanic pantheon. [52] In times of distress, a Germanic tribe would on occasion embark on a wholesale mass-migration, in which the entire able-bodied population became engaged in war.

  8. History of Germany - Wikipedia

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    2 Early history: Germanic tribes, Roman conquests, ... War broke out in 1792 as Austria and Prussia invaded France, but were defeated at the Battle of Valmy (1792).

  9. Category:Early Germanic warfare - Wikipedia

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    Wars involving Germanic peoples (5 C, 14 P) Germanic weapons (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Early Germanic warfare" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of ...