Germanic tribes of Germania

Germanic tribes of Germania appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Central Europe (Europe) from c. 100 BCE to 500 CE, a span of 599 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Cherusci, Suebi, Chatti, Marcomanni and others east of the Rhine. Arminius destroyed three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, and Rome never held Germany beyond the Rhine.

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Facts

Dates

c. 100 BCE to 500 CE

Duration

599 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Came from

• Jastorf culture c. 600 to 1 BCE

Events in Europe during its time

• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated
• 410 Visigoths sack Rome
• 476 End of the Western Roman Empire

Neighbours in Europe

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE
• Merovingian Kingdom 481 to 751 CE
• Dacian Kingdom c. 82 BCE to 106 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia

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