This essay is mainly about the tribes that inhabited Germany before it became a nation and their struggles against the Romans. Those who were once known as the Germanic tribes were in many ways different than the people of ancient Rome, but were also the same in some senses. The two cultures thrived around their beliefs and relied on the military to bring the people honor and fame. It was the goal of both the …showed first 75 words of 517 total…

…showed last 75 words of 517 total…in was having too many foreigners in their army. Everywhere they went, they'd recruit new soldiers until eventually there weren't enough natives and the army as a whole just stopped caring. The Germanics downfall was their lack of weapon technology. The enemies could be using trebuchets and flaming arrows while the Germanic tribes were swinging an axe around. Sources: http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Germans_GermanTribes.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_tribe