✎ Early Germanic tribes, incl *Semnones* (100 BCE - 100 CE) (jan 1, 100 BC – jan 1, 100)
Description:
Early / Classical‑era Germanic groups (1st century BCE–1st century CE)
These are the peoples Caesar describe:
• Suebi
• Cherusci
• Chatti
• Marcomanni
• Quadi
• Semnones
• Langobardi (early Lombards, but not yet the medieval Lombards)
These groups are:
• Early West Germanic / Elbe Germanic
• Tribal confederations, not yet the later named kingdoms
• Mostly located in Central and Northern Germany
They belong to the proto‑stage of the Germanic world.
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