...thumb|300px|Germanic |Thing, drawn after the depiction in a relief of the Column of Marcus Aurelius (193)]The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic in older literature) are a historical ethno-linguistic group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The descendants of these peoples became, and in many areas contributed to, the ethnic groups of North Western Europe: the Germans,Norwegians, Swedish, Finland-Swedes, Danish, Faroese, English, Icelanders,Austrians, Dutch and Flemish, and the inhabitants of Switzerland, Alsace and Friesland on the continent. Read full entry
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- The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic in older literature) are a historical ... Migrating Germanic peoples spread throughout Europe in Late Antiquity (300-600) ...
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Did the ancient pagan Germanic I'm well aware of the druids
among the Celts, but some
sources indicate the ancient
Germanics when they were still
pagan did not have priests or
religious leaders. Is this
true?
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answer: there were some priests/priestesses - you can see them referred to from descriptions of traveling priests/priestesses of Freya by Tacitus. Commonly though, no. Each head of the house was seen as a priest and priestess of the religion because it was part of daily life. |
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Celtic and Germanic peoples 1)broad agricultural plains in
the east
2)grain fields
3)cattle
4)cold, wet forests
5)warmer climate
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Good one i''d say 1) exept those fields were not in the east. |
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Discuss both the violent and The"barbarian invasions" of
Roman Empire reflect
compromise more than invasion.
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Most of the "friendly" barbarians usually just became roman mercenaries. As Rome got older, it depended more and more on mercenaries. Eventually when the Huns came in, it pushed huge swathes of hostile barbarians into Roman territorry. The mercenaries guarding the border weren't very patriotic to begin with and many of them just fled the battles. Eventually Odoacer, king of the Ostrogoth's, (barbarian-ish) sacked Rome. |
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