Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources: Geography, Society, Warfare, Religion, and Customs

Presents the ancient sources on the Germanic peoples who resisted Roman conquest and reshaped Europe.

The ancient Germans occupied lands extending from the river Rhine east to the Vistula and from the Danube north to Scandinavia. Their homelands formed the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire, but despite large-scale military and political efforts, the Romans never conquered or fully subjugated the territory they called Germania.

Greek and Roman records provide extensive evidence for the Ge...