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What caused Germanic peoples to begin attacking roman territory?
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There was a great migration of Germanic people seeking new lands in Western Europe in the late 2nd Century BCE, which put them in collision with the Romans who were expanding control in southern France and in Spain.
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What caused the manpower shortage in the Roman Empire?
There was no manpower shortage, it was just that the Germanic peoples who flooded in from Eurasia greatly outnumbered the Romans.
Who are the germanic people?
Germanic is a language group in north-western Europe which comprises German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English. In the last days of the western part of the Roman Empire several Germanic peoples from Germany and central Euroe invaded it and caused it to fall.
What Problems Did The Germanic Tribes Cause to the roman empire?
The Germanic peoples invaded the western part of the Roman Empire and caused it to fall. They eventually took over all of its lands. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years.
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Why were the germanic tribes able to crumble the mighty roman empire?
The Germanic tribes invaded the western part of the Roman Empire and caused it to fall. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for another 1,000 years. The Germanic invasions were part of Migration Period. In this period many peoples north and east of the Roman Empire were migrating. Several Germanic peoples migrated from northern Europe to central Europe. There were also migrations by the Scythians (Iranian-speaking peoples) and the Huns from Asia into eastern Europe. This created a squeeze in central Europe and some Germanic peoples from that area (the Vandals, Sueves, Alans and Burgundians) migrated into Gaul and then also into Spain, and northwest Africa. These invasions were more than military actions. They were migrations which often involved the movement 100-150,000 people for each of these peoples. Moreover, the Germanic peoples had good soldiers and powerful cavalries. In its later days, the Roman Empire, had become overstretched militarily. Because of the mentioned migrations, its vast frontiers were under constant attack. This created a sort of cat and mouse game. The Romans had to gather large armies and deploy them to the areas under attack. This exposed other areas because many of its soldiers had been moved to the areas under attack. These areas were, in turn, also attacked. This created a pattern of raids into the parts empire followed by retreat before the Roman army was redeployed to reach the raiders. Over time this increased the strain on the Roman Army. The initial invasion into Gaul occurred at a time when Roman soldiers were withdrawn from Britain and the frontier of Gaul to fight an attempted invasion of Italy by an Ostrogoth king. The Romans defeated him, but at the price of the mentioned Germanic peoples taking advantage of this to cross the river Rhine and invade Gaul. Because this involved migrations, these invasions were no longer just raids. They were occupations of territories. The number of attackers and invaders was too large for the Roman army to deal with. When the Roman legions withdrew from Britain, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians migrated there in waves and eventually took over this island. The Alemanni of southern Germany and the Franks of southern Holland and central Germany took advantage of the original invasion of Gaul to conquer territories there as well.
What caused the manpower shortage in the Roman Empire?
There was no manpower shortage, it was just that the Germanic peoples who flooded in from Eurasia greatly outnumbered the Romans.
Who are the germanic people?
Germanic is a language group in north-western Europe which comprises German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English. In the last days of the western part of the Roman Empire several Germanic peoples from Germany and central Euroe invaded it and caused it to fall.
What Problems Did The Germanic Tribes Cause to the roman empire?
The Germanic peoples invaded the western part of the Roman Empire and caused it to fall. They eventually took over all of its lands. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years.
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Why did the Germans begin to move south torward the Roman empire?
It is not known. It is possible that the areas of southern Scandinavia and northern Germany became unable to feed the Germanic peoples who lived there, forcing them to migrate. This might have been caused by climate cooling. Another possibility is that population growth led the peoples in question to seek to expand southwards.
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What caused the final collapse of the western roman empire?
The major cause of the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire was the invasions by the Germanic peoples. The Romans lacked unity and were unable to fend off these invasions. These peoples, and two more Germanic peoples, who had been allowed to settle in parts of the empire, took over lands in this part of the empire. Eventually all of its lands were seized, except for Italy. At the end of this process, even Italy was taken over by the Ostrogoths, who were sent there by the eastern Roman Emperor to depose a usurper.
