Ancient Germany

Ancient Germans were a very strong and stubborn people. They are believed to have come from the Middle East, then headed northwest to modern day Germany. They then stayed there for awhile and developed their culture. There were several clans that fought each other that were all the same people in respects to their culture, just different individuals. A couple of the larger clans moved north into Norway and Sweden, which is why there are several cultural similarities and parallels in Scandinavian and German cultures. The Germans quickly came down from the north, however, when they found their southern border was being attacked by the Romans. At this time it was just the republic, but still a threat. The Germans had a continuous battle with the Romans for a while, despite the Germans having poor quality weapons and next to no armor and the Romans were the most professional fighters in the ancient world. The war ended for a time when Julius Caesar was assigned as the general fighting the Germans. Julius quickly conquered France, which was directly west of Germany, meaning the Romans were attacking from two angles, threatening the Germans. It wasn’t until the time of the emperor Tiberius that the Germans were defeated. This defeat did not last long however, because 15 years later when the Germans led a successful ambush at Teutoburg Forest, which destroyed 3 legions of Roman soldiers. Many historians claim that this ambush is the worst Roman defeat in the whole of it’s history. Due to this the Romans left the Germans alone for a while. During this period the German tribes began fighting each other again, which gave the Romans an idea. They decided to trade and give money to tall the tribes, so that they can all destroy each other until they were weak enough to be defeated by the Romans. However, this plan backfired when Rome started to fall before the Germans. Eventually, a group of Middle Eastern nomads called “The Huns” invaded Germany, pushing them into a weakened Rome. A German leader named Odoacer then marched into Rome and became the ruler of Italy. Eventually the nomads, being nomads, left Germany and allowed the Germans back into their land.