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West Germanic: including Old Saxon (attested from the 5th c. CE), Old English (late 5th c.), Old Frisian (6th c.), Frankish (6th c.), Old High German (6th c.), and possibly Langobardic (6th c.), which is only scarcely attested; [95] they are mainly characterized by the loss of the final consonant -z (attested from the late 3rd century), [96 ...
This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The list of early Germanic peoples is a register of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilisations in ancient times. This information comes from various ...
An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online; George Henry Townsend (1867), "Germany", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9) prevented annexation by the Roman Empire, although the Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were established along the Rhine. Following the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Franks conquered the other West Germanic tribes.
This was part of a wider southward movement of eastern Germanic tribes, which was probably caused by massive population growth. [98] As a result, other tribes were pushed towards the Roman Empire, contributing to the beginning of the Marcomannic Wars. [98] By 200 AD, Wielbark Goths were probably being recruited into the Roman army. [99]
The rise of the barbarian kingdoms in the territory previously governed by the Western Roman Empire was a gradual, complex, and largely unintentional process. [11] Their origin can ultimately be traced to the migrations of large numbers of barbarian (i.e. non-Roman) peoples into the territory of the Roman Empire.
In pink the anti-Roman Germanic coalition led by Arminius. In dark green, territories still directly held by the Romans, in yellow the Roman client states. 17, Cessation of military offensives east of the Rhine by Tiberius, Civil war between pro-Roman and anti-Roman Germanic tribes ends in a stalemate. [36] [37] 19, Death of Germanicus.
407 – 409: Visigoths and other Germanic tribes cross into Roman-Gaul for the first time. 410: Visigoths sack Rome in 410 for the first time since 390 BC. 415: Germanic tribes enter Spain. 420: The general Liu Yu usurps the Jin in southern China, beginning the Liu Song dynasty. 429: Vandals enter North Africa from Spain for the first time.