They are identified by their use of Germanic languages, which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic, Suebian, or Gothic in older literature) are an ethno-linguistic Indo-European group of northern European origin. retinues: Bodies of persons “retained” in the service of a noble or royal personage.nomadic: Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode peripatetic, itinerant.Political leaders Odoacer and Theoderic the Great shaped later European civilizations.Germanic peoples had a strong military, and warriors were fiercely devoted to their military leaders, or chieftains.Many Germanic tribes merged, including the Jutes with the Danes in Denmark, the Geats and Gutes with the Swedes in Sweden, and the Angles with the Saxons in England. Various Germanic tribes migrated into Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa.

When the Roman Empire lost strength during the 5th century, Germanic peoples migrated into Great Britain and Western Europe, and their settlements became fixed territories. The Germanic people were a diverse group of migratory tribes with common linguistic and cultural roots who dominated much of Europe during the Iron Age.

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