Germanic

This map shows the migration of Germanic tribes from what is now Scandinavia to northern Europe, from 750 BCE to 1 AD.

By 476 AD several Germanic tribes ruled former provinces of ancient Rome.

The term Germanic refers to peoples speaking the Germanic language, or a language derived from it. Germanic tribes that occupied former provinces of ancient Rome include the Franks, Vandals, Goths, Angles, Jutes, Saxons, Frisians, Alemanni,