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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 This information comes from various ancient historical documents, beginning in the 2nd century BC and extending into late antiquity. By the Early Middle Ages, early forms of kingship had begun to have a historical impact across Europe, with the exception of Northern Europe, where influences from the Vendel Period (from AD 550 to 800) and the subsequent Viking Age (until AD 1050) can be seen in the Germanic context.
The associations and locations of the numerous peoples and groups in ancient sources are often subject to heavy uncertainty and speculation, and classifications of ethnicity regarding a common culture or a temporary alliance of heterogeneous groups are disputed. It is uncertain whether certain groups are Germanic in the broader linguistic sense or whether they consisted of speakers of a Germanic language.
The names listed below are not terms for ethnic groups in any modern sense but the names of groups that were perceived in ancient and late antiquity as Germanic. It is essentially an inventory of peoples, groups, alliances and associations stretching from the Barbaricum region east of the Rhine to the north of the Danube (also known as Germania), especially those that arrived during the Migration Period.
In alphabetical order
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The present list is largely based on the list of Germanic tribal names and its spelling variants contained in the first register of the Reallexikons der Germanischen Altertumskunde.[1]
The first column contains the English name and its variants, if one is common, otherwise the traditional ancient name. The second column contains ancient names of Latin and Greek authors, the latter both in transcription and in Greek. The third column gives a brief description followed by a location.
The fifth column gives important sources of tradition for the group in question. The few main ancient sources for names and location of Germanic tribes are not linked. These are:
- Julius Caesar: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
- Jordanes: De origine actibusque Getarum, short Getica
- Ptolemy: Geography
- Tacitus: Germania
| Name | Ancient name | Description | Location | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||
| Adogit | Hålogaland, the northernmost Norwegian Petty Kingdom. Between the Namdalen valley in Nord-Trøndelag and the Lyngen fjord in Troms. | Jordanes | ||
| Adrabaecampi | Adrabaikampoi (´Αδραβαικαμποι) | See Kampoi | North of the Danube, south of Bohemia | Ptolemy |
| Aduatuci, Atuatuci | Aduatici, Atouatikoi (Ἀτουατικοί) | Left bank of the Rhine in the squad of the Belgian tribes against Caesar | In the first century BC in the area of today's Tongeren (Belgium), between the Scheldt and the Meuse | Julius Caesar |
| Aelvaeones, Elouaiones, Elvaiones, Aelvaeones, Ailouaiones, Alouiones, Ailouones | Alouiones (Αλουίωνες), Helouaiones ('Ελουαίωνες) | See Helveconae | Presumably at the middle Oder, today's Silesia | Tacitus, Ptolemy |
| Aglies | ||||
| Agradingun | Saxon tribe | Middle course of the Weser | ||
| Ahelmil | Scandza | Jordanes | ||
| Alemanni, Alamanni | Alamanni | From various Elbe Germanic tribes, among them probably Suebian tribes, armies and followers from the 3rd century on population group, which emerged from provincial Roman soil (Agri decumates) | Core areas in Baden-Württemberg and Alsace, in Bavarian Swabia, German-speaking Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Vorarlberg | |
| Ambrones, Obrones, Ymbre | Ambrones | Participation of tribal groups in the calvacade of the Cimbri and the Teutons at the end of the 2nd century BC | North Sea Coast | |
| Amoþingas | ||||
| Ampsivarii, Ampsivari, Amsivarii, Amsivari | Ansibarii, Ansivaroi (Ἀνσιβαριοί) | Southern neighbours of the Frisii | 1st century in the lower Emsland | Tacitus |
| Anartes, Anarti, Anartii, Anartoi | Anarti | Possibly Germanic tribe in the border area between the Teutons and the Dacians | Hungary or Romania | Julius Caesar |
| Angarii | See Angrivarii | |||
| Angeron | ||||
| Angisciri | Tribe in the wake of Dengizich | Jordanes | ||
| Angles, Anglians | Anglii, Angeiloi (Άγγειλοι), Angiloi (Άγγιλοι) | North Germanic people counted among the Ingaevones by Tacitus | Originally in Jutland (Schleswig-Holstein), later Mittelelb-Saale area, after 200 emigration to Great Britain | Tacitus |
| Anglevarii, Angleverii, Anglevaries, Angleveries | ||||
| Anglies | ||||
| Anglo-Saxons | A collection of people from the Angles and Saxons, as well as the Jutes and Franks, who originated on British soil | Southeastern England | ||
| Angrivarii, Angrevarii, Angrivari, Angrevari, Angarii, Angerii, Angrii, Angari, Angeri, Angri, Aggeri, Angriouarroi, Aggerimenses, Angerienses | Angrivarii, Angriouarioi (Αγγριουάριοι) | In the 1st century, south of the Chauci, north of the Cherusci, northwest of the Dulgubnii and east of the Ampsivarii | On the Weser, mainly on the right bank, from the tributary of the Aller to the Steinhuder Meer | |
| Aringon | ||||
| Armalausi, Armilausi | Probably a part of the Hermunduri, in the 3rd and 4th centuries between the Alemanni and the Marcomanni | Possibly in the Upper Palatinate | Tabula Peutingeriana | |
| Arochi | ||||
| Arosaetan | ||||
| Ascomanni | Designation of the Vikings at Adam of Bremen | |||
| Astfalon | ||||
| Atmoni | ||||
| Auarinoi | ||||
| Augandxii | ||||
| Augandzi | ||||
| Avarpi, Auarpoi, Avarni | ||||
| Aviones, Auiones, Chaibones | Aviones | |||
| B | ||||
| Baemi, Baimoi | ||||
| Bainaib | ||||
| Baiuvarii, Bavarii, Baioarii, Baiovarii | Bavarii | People formed towards the end of the migration of peoples in the 5th century, with a core area in Raetia and Noricum | Altbayern, Austria and South Tyrol | |
| Banochaemae, Bainochaimai | ||||
| Bardes, Bards, Bardi | Possibly group of the Lombards, which didn't migrate south | South of the Elbe, in the area of Bardowick and Lüneburg | ||
| Bardongavenses | ||||
| Bastarnae, Bastarni, Basternae | Bastarnae | Fights with the Romans in the 3rd century BC, presumably Germanic tribe predominates | East side of the Carpathian Mountains to the mouth of the Danube estuary | Polybius |
| Batavi, Batavii, Batavians | Batavi | Originally allies of the Romans in the province of Gallia Belgica, 69 Revolt of the Batavi under Gaius Julius Civilis | In the 1st century at the mouth of the Rhine | |
| Bateinoi, Batini | Batini | |||
| Bergio | ||||
| Betasii, Baetasi | Baetasii | |||
| Boutones | ||||
| Brisgavi, Brisigavi | Brisgavi, Brisigavi | Alemannic tribe in the 5th century | Breisgau | |
| Brondings | ||||
| Bructeri, Boructuarii, Boruactii, Borchtii | Bructeri, Boructuarii, Broukteroi (Βρούκτεροι) | In the 1st century, opponents of the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest | Between the middle Ems and the upper Lippe | |
| Bructuarii | ||||
| Bucinobantes | Bucinobantes | Alemannic tribe in the 4th century | Main estuary at Mainz | Ammianus Marcellinus |
| Burgodiones | ||||
| Burgundians | Burgundiones | East Germanic people with late antique foundations on the Rhine and later the Rhone | ||
| Buri | Buri | |||
| C | ||||
| Caemani | Caemani, Paemani | |||
| Caeroesi, Caerosi | Caerosi, Caeroesi, Ceroesi, Cerosi | Left Rhine Celto-Germanic tribe | In the 1st century BC in the Eifel-Ardennes area | Julius Caesar |
| Calucones | ||||
| Campsiani | ||||
| Cananefates, Canninefates, Caninefates, Canenefatae | Cannenefates, Canninefates, Cannenafates, Cannefates | In the 1st century, western neighbours of the Batavi | Around Voorburg in South Holland | |
| Cantware | ||||
| Caracates. Caeracates | Possibly an old Northern German Celtic tribe of the Cimbri or a Vindelician tribe. Location unknown. | |||
| Carpi, Carpiani | Carpi, Carpiani | Southeastern European people, classification as Germanic is controversial | End of the 3rd century in Moesia and Dacia | |
| Caritni | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Ptolemy | ||
| Casuari | ||||
| Caulci | ||||
| Chaedini | Chaideinoi | |||
| Chaemae | ||||
| Chaetuori | Chaituoroi (Χαιτούωροι) | |||
| Chaibones, Aviones, Auiones | ||||
| Chaideinoi | ||||
| Chali | Chali | |||
| Chamavi | Chamavi, Chamauoi (Χαμαυοί) | Neighbours of the Angrivarii and Dulgubnii, eventually went into the Franks | In the 1st century on the Lower Rhine | Tacitus |
| Charini, Charinni, Harii | Charini, Harii | |||
| Charudes | See Harudes | |||
| Chasuarii | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Germanic_tribe | |||