Confederations of Germanic Tribes

Germanic Confederations

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230 BC

Bastarnae, a mixture of Germanic tribes , at the Black Sea. They participated in the Siege Of Olbia in 220 BC (Olbia is today Odessa?).

109 BC

Huge Federation at Greinberg, Germany of Cimbri, Teutoni?, and Helvetii(Celtic-Germanic) near Miltenberg in Franconia.

8-6 BC

Marcomanni from the northern Bavarian and Main river area went to the original homeland of the Boii in Boemia Bohemia and under king Marbod formed a Confederation of Marcomanni, Lugier, Semnonen?, Lombards, etc. Under king Ariovisto? they fought against take-overs by Roman emperor [Caesar Augustus]?.

5 AD

Pliny? reported that Cimbri and Charydes sent ambassadors to Rome.

6 AD

Marcomannic Confederation.

167 AD

The Marcomannic Confederation also includes Quadi?, Sarmatians?, Suebi, Jazygen? and more.

400 AD

Thuringian regna.Turingii? are reputed to have held the territory from the Danube to the Lower Elbe? river. This regna (loosely translated as kingdom or realm) was destroyed by the victory of Theoderic? of Austrasia? , who in 530 at Zuelpich defeated and killed the Thuringian king Hermanafrid.