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  2. Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples

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    Cimbri, Charudes, Semnones and other Germanic tribes who inhabit the region declare themselves friends of the Roman people. [28] [29] 6–9, Uprising in Illyricum, which cancels the major Roman project of war against Suevic Marcomanni. Romans forced to move eight of eleven legions present in Magna Germania to crush the rebellion in the Balkans ...

  3. Germanic–Roman contacts - Wikipedia

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    Germanic tribes who fought against the Romans seized weapons and armor as war spoils. The Romans probably influenced Germanic military tactics and organisation as well. [ citation needed ] This can be discerned from the huge Illerup Ådal excavation in Denmark , in which huge amounts of Roman and Roman inspired arms and equipment were found.

  4. Migration Period - Wikipedia

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    Tribes invading the declining Roman Empire The Migration Period ( c. 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions , was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post ...

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

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    Augustus recalled Ahenobarbus to Rome in 2 BC and replaced him with a more seasoned military commander, Marcus Vinicius. [13] [14] Between 2 BC and AD 4, Vinicius commanded the 5 legions stationed in Germany. At around the time of his appointment, many of the Germanic tribes arose in what the historian Velleius Paterculus calls the "vast war ...

  6. Battle of the Teutoburg Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also called the Varus Disaster or Varian Disaster (Latin: Clades Variana) by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place somewhere near modern Kalkriese from September 8–11, 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus and their auxiliaries.

  7. Sack of Rome (410) - Wikipedia

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    The Germanic tribes had undergone massive technological, social, and economic changes after four centuries of contact with the Roman Empire.From the first to fourth centuries, their populations, economic production, and tribal confederations grew, and their ability to conduct warfare increased to the point of challenging Rome.

  8. Goths - Wikipedia

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    This was part of a wider southward movement of eastern Germanic tribes, which was probably caused by massive population growth. [94] As a result, other tribes were pushed towards the Roman Empire, contributing to the beginning of the Marcomannic Wars. [94] By 200 AD, Wielbark Goths were probably being recruited into the Roman army. [95]

  9. Cimbrian War - Wikipedia

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    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.