Sentences with phrase «germanic tribes»

Attila takes you to the end of the western Roman empire and puts you in control of one of the Mediterranean or Germanic tribes that carved up former Roman territory, and their enemy's hides in the process.

The Alemanni, an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river in Germany.

Switzerland's history follows a similar path to that of many other European countries in that its earliest settlers were displaced by the attentions of the Roman Empire, which prospered here in the first and second centuries AD but began to decline under pressure from Europe's Germanic tribes in the fourth century.

One common belief is they travelled with Germanic tribes and descended from Asian herding dogs.

How could lightly armed Germanic tribes defeat heavily armed Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest that took place in the fall of 9 AD?

But these new arrivals, the Germanic tribes, left very little genetic trace.

The battles near Alken Enge were waged during that part of the Iron Age when major changes were taking place in Northern Europe because the Roman Empire was expanding northwards, putting pressure on the Germanic tribes.

That was considered the start of a period when fearsome Germanic tribes such as the Vandals swept around Europe, wresting territory from Romans and others.

And Arminius by no means united the more than 50 Germanic tribes of the time.

Hailed as the first «German» hero, he was said to have united the Germanic tribes and driven the Romans from their territory.

Alrik was one of the famous Kings of the Ostrogoths, the Germanic tribes.

The centuries of isolation and all those wars between the Germanic tribes to the north and Latins on the south have left the place with a language all its own, called Ladin, and a people who are quietly proud to belong to the valley, not the country.

I don't think there were too many of what we call «white» (germanic tribes, Nordic, celts, slavs, etc) inhabiting the region at that time.

During St. Augustine's final years, North Africa was being conquered by Vandals, a Germanic tribe notorious for its destructive violence.

Not exact matches

According to Nazi intellectuals, cherished holiday traditions drew on winter solstice rituals practiced by «Germanic» tribes before the arrival of Christianity.

When we speak of Christianity, and of its importance to European cultural history, we commonly assume that Christianity belongs to European culture, that it is a part of that culture, an element among other elements: e.g., Jewish ethics, Greek democracy and philosophy, pagan sacrality, Roman law and organization, not to mention the customs of the Germanic, Slavic, and Hungarian tribes who were invaders.

Tacitus, the Roman historian, reports that in 9 C.E. a member of the Germanic Cherusci tribe called Arminius led a rebellion against the Romans near the village of Kalkriese in northern Germany.

Early Germanic and Celtic tribes throughout Western Europe built the hearth in the center of the dwelling.

Instead, he devoted considerable time to German mythology, exploring the forests where Germanic barbarian tribes had battled with Roman legions and which were themselves a constant source of mystery and stimulation.