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E.  \n© Student Handouts, Inc. [www.studenthandouts.com](www.studenthandouts.com)  \nEnd of the Roman Empire  \n• 476 C. E.  \n– Traditional date for the end of the Roman empire  \n– ―Barbarian‖ Germanic general Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus  \n• Who were these barbarians who are charged with ultimately bringing down the Roman empire?  \nWho were the barbarians?  \n• Barbarians – term applied by the Romans to any group they considered uncivilized  \n– From a Greek word meaning ―anyone who is not Greek‖  \n• Barbarians were all of the groups/tribes living in Europe  \n– Europe was not populated like it is today  \n– Different tribes were migrating around the continent  \n– For example: ―Germanic tribes‖ describes a lot of different tribes who lived in the general area now called Germany, but they did not think of themselves as ―Germans,‖ and went on to eventually found completely different countries, such as the Germanic Franks founding France  \nSlide 4  \nSlide 5  \nSlide 6  \n• Romans had along history of conquering the peoples of Europe  \n• Julius Caesar conquered the Gauls of what is now called France  \n• Those European tribes who remained independent of Rome were considered barbaric by the Romans  \nEuropean Migrations  \n• First phase of migrations (circa 300-500 CE)  \n– Germanic peoples of northern Europe who settled throughout Europe (territory and border lands of Roman empire)  \n– Such as the Alamanni , Alans, Angles, Burgundians ,  \nFranks, Goths (Ostrogoths and Visigoths), Jutes, Langobards , Lombards , Saxons, Suebi , Vandals  \n• Second phase of migrations (circa 500-700 CE)  \n– Slavic tribes of eastern Europe  \n– Such as the Bulgars  \n• Division into phases not very important  \n– These tribes took centuries to eventually settle  \n– By the time they settled, a new migratory wave—the  \nViking invasions—took place starting in the 700s  \n\n| |\n| --- |\n| This map shows the movement southward of the tribes of northern Europe. For example, the Goths originated in Scandinavia. By 150 C. E. , the Goths were living on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea. By 200 C. E. , the Goths were in southeastern Europe along the Black Sea. Here, the Goths split, with those living in the east called Ostrogoths and those in the west called Visigoths |\n\n,  \nSlide 7  \nSlide 8  \nSlide 9  \n\n| Germanic Culture |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| • Economy\u003Cbr>– Hunters and farmers\u003Cbr>• War culture\u003Cbr>– Tribes always fighting one another\u003Cbr>• Religion\u003Cbr>– Valhalla – warriors’ heaven\u003Cbr>– Animal and human sacrifice | Tiu = Tuesday Woden = Wednesday Thor = Thursday Frig = Friday |\n| – Gods survive in our days of the week\u003Cbr>– Gradually converted to Christianity through exposure to the Roman empire and Christian missionaries |  |\n\nGermanic Justice  \n• Trial by ordeal  \n– Innocence proven by survival of a trial  \n– For example, retrieving an object from boiling water or walking over hot coals  \n– If the person survived the ordeal, or healed quickly, the verdict was innocent  \n– Modern era version: Salem Witchcraft Trials  \n• Trial by combat  \n– Winner of the fight is innocent of the crime, or winner of the dispute  \n– Modern era version: Dueling  \n• These trials survived through the Middle Ages in Europe  \nAngles, Saxons, and Jutes  \n• 400s  \n• Moved into Britannia as the Roman empire declined  \n• Gave the area its name  \n– England = ―Angle’s land‖  \n• Old English language  \n– Most closely related to Frisian, a German dialect  \n• Beowulf  \nSlide 10  \nSlide 11  \nSlide 12  \n\n| The Burgundians |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| • Late 400s to 530s\u003Cbr>• Founded a kingdom in southern Gaul (modern France) in the Valley of the Rhone | |\n\nThe Vandals  \n• Led by Genseric (lived circa 389 CE-477 CE)  \n– Crossed Gaul, to Spain, to north Africa  \n– Established Vandal kingdom around Carthage and on islands such as Corsica and Sardinia  \n• Famously sacked Rome in 455 C. 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