The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe in Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

The list of early Germanic peoples is a catalog of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilizations from antiquity. This information is derived from various ancient historical sources, beginning in the 2nd …

Germanic peoples, any of the Indo-European speakers of Germanic languages. The origins of the Germanic peoples are obscure. During the late Bronze Age, they are believed to have inhabited southern Sweden, the Danish peninsula, and northern Germany between the Ems River on the west, the Oder River

2024年6月4日 · The Germanic tribes were groups of people living in central and northern Europe during the Iron Age, sharing a common language group that is the root of all Germanic languages (which today includes over 515 million native speakers of languages like English, German, Dutch, and the Nordic languages to name a few).

2024年5月18日 · Ancient historical documents, ranging from Roman military accounts to medieval chronicles, provide a rich tapestry of information about the early Germanic peoples. These sources offer glimpses into the complex interactions between the Germanic tribes and the Roman world, highlighting periods of conflict, migration, and eventual settlement.

Who and what were Germanic tribes? There is no easy answer to this question! Although many assume Germanic tribes formed a big and uniform group, not unlike a people, that notion has been proven to be incorrect. Germanic tribes spoke languages that were similar, but individual tribes formed different local cultures.

日耳曼人（拉丁语：Germani； 德语：Germanen），他们在 罗马帝国 时期与 凯尔特人 、 斯拉夫人 一起被罗马人并称为 欧洲 的三大 蛮族，也是现今欧洲人的代表民族之一。 关于日耳曼人的最早文字记载，是 古希腊 作家 皮提亚斯 的旅行记 [1]，罗马人 塔西佗 说 凯尔特人 称 莱茵河 以东的民族为“日耳曼人”， 古罗马 独裁官 盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒 也在《高卢战记》中提到日耳曼人。 [2] 现今 瑞典 南部境内、 挪威 西部境内的 斯堪的纳维亚半岛，被认为是日耳曼人的故乡，后部分 …

The ancient Germanic tribes and their migrations throughout Europe in the first millennium AD are a pivotal period in world history, but the origins of those tribes are often misunderstood. From their primordial home in Scandinavia, the Germanic tribes flowed into Continental Europe after 1,000 BC and had divided into the West Germans and East ...

In the 2nd century BC, Germanic tribes move south and east from Scandinavia. The Goths and the Vandals drive the Balts east along the coast of the Baltic. Other Germans press south along the Rhine as far as the Danube, forcing the Helvetii - a Celtic tribe - to take refuge among the Swiss mountains.

These tribes played a crucial role in shaping modern nations such as Germany, England, the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian countries. By exploring their origins, social structures, customs, and encounters with the Roman Empire, we gain insight into their transformation from nomadic warriors to key contributors in European civilization.