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The Goths were one of the people of Germany.

History

Origins[]

The Goths were descendants of a mixed race including Vanir, Aesir, and Cimmerians.

The Goths thmemselves were the ancestors of the other Scandinavian and Germanic tribes, including the Anglo-Saxons.[1]

2nd century B.C.[]

Circa the 2nd century B.C., Germanic tribes, including the Goths, the Franks, the Teutons, the Suevi, the Cherusci, the Swabians, the Alamani, and the Bavarians, migrated into an area of northern Europe that was previously held by the Celts, soon became the dominant culture, and was clashed with the neighboring Roman Empire. They attacked Gaul and repelled the advances of the Roman Empire into the regions east of the Rhine.[2]

End of the Roman Empire[]

When the Roman Empire declined, the Germanic tribes whittled away at its territory.[2] Alaric and his Goths (including a previous incarnation of James Allison) were key elements in the fall of that empire.[3]

5th century AD[]

By the 5th century, the Germanic tribes occupied much of the Western Roman Empire.[2]

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