Germanic Tribes: Did you mean...?

In ancient times, the Rhine was a major communications artery stretching right across Europe, allowing trade, contacts, and cultural exchange between different regions. Then as now, the river was of immense importance strategically for controlling...

Germanic influence reigned in the Roman Empire from the end of the 4th century CE through the 5th. Germanic individuals took important posts in the government and the military, and Germanic tribes penetrated ever further into lands that had...

This map shows the various Celtic and Germanic tribes around circa 52 BCE.

The Twelve Tribes of Israel refer to the sons of the Jewish Patriarch Jacob and are important for the tribal lineages of those who constituted the nation of Israel. In the ancient world, all ethnic groups developed stories of their ancestors...

Germanic forces cross the Rhine and invade the Roman Empire in 406 CE. Illustration by Zvonimir Grbasic.

This replica panel (the original is the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy) refers to a lost Germanic legend about a figure called Hos who, the runic inscriptions relates, is made to suffer by Ertae. Its mysterious imagery includes...

The left half of this front panel of the casket refers to the Germanic tale of Weland, a smith who was imprisoned and lamed by a legendary king. Weland took revenge by killing the king's sons and turning their skulls into drinking cups. Here...

Representatives of the Five Civilized Tribes: (clockwise from upper left) Sequoyah of the Cherokee, Pushmataha of the Choctaw, Selecta of the Muscogee Creek, Osceola of the Seminole, and a typical Chickasaw warrior. Image and description...

A depiction of Roman soldiers battling Dacian and Germanic warriors during the conquest of Dacia by the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). By Darren Tan. Courtesy of Ancient Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

An artist's depiction of Medieval Germanic warriors with captive soldiers. From the game Old World.