Suebi

It is said that their speech and customs were like those of the Suebi.

The term Suebi is usually applied to all the groups that moved into this area, though later in history (ca.

In the classical sources, the ethnonym Suebi is used with two different meanings.

The Suebi sent men to aid the Treveri, we didn't!

When the Suebi faltered, the legions tore them apart.

Two of the Gaulish slaves taken by the Suebi were writhing on the ground.

During Roman times the area was settled by Celts and Suebi.

When the foot soldiers of the Suebi rushed them, they widened their line to bring as many swords as possible into the attack.

His expeditionary forces raided the countryside, but did not encounter significant opposition as the Suebi retreated.

Without an apparent signal, the entire mass of the Suebi formed another charge and thundered down toward the Roman lines.

In the same category he places the Chatti, Cherusci, and Suebi.

Troucillus is held by the Suebi until the decisive battle, in which the Romans are victorious.

The Suebi camped near the Rhine returned home.

People in this region of Germany are still called Schwaben, a name derived from the Suebi.

Rechiar, king of the Suebi (captured and executed)

The first people who are known to have inhabited Brandenburg were the Germanic Suebi.

The Suebi abandoned their towns closest to the Romans, retreated to the forest and assembled an army.

The Suebi established a kingdom in what is today modern Galicia and northern Portugal.

However, Roman culture still prevailed, and Suebi influence is only present today in a few names of towns and parishes.

Spain as well continued to slip away from imperial control during the early to mid 440s as the Suebi extended their control.

Julius saw Ariovistus gather his bodyguard around him, a thousand of the very best of the Suebi.

Rechila, king of the Suebi (approximate date)

Nevertheless, the Suebi became free of Roman control forever after Majorian was assassinated two years later.

After the Suebi left, Celtic Gauls re-inhabited the region.

"King Ariovistus of the Suebi persuaded them to let him settle on one-third of their lands.