Germans, together with Celts and Slavs, were called the three barbarians in Europe by the Romans during the Roman Empire, and they are also one of the representative nationalities in Europe today. After the Germans settled in Central Europe, they kept the clan organization. With the evolution of production and lifestyle, the continuous expansion of group population and more complicated affairs, it is necessary to establish core power. The status and role of tribal chiefs, military chiefs and entourage captains have been significantly improved. They began to break away from production, occupy excellent land and gain more wealth. As a result, inequalities such as privileged figures and the distribution of the rich and the poor above tribal members gradually emerged. This shows that the Germanic clan system is moving towards disintegration; The movement of the Roman Empire against Germanic tribes greatly accelerated this process.
Germanic tribes living in northern Germany and Scandinavia can be roughly divided into North Germanic, West Germanic and East Germanic.
North Germans are Scandinavian Germans. They later evolved into Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and Icelanders.
West Germanic people include: Iberian Germanic people such as Svibi, and later evolved into Schwabens, Makamani/Marchman and Quadi/Quadi, and finally became Bavarians.
North Sea Germans, such as Batavians, Frisian/Fries, Cockens, Saxons/Saxons, Angles, Jutes, etc. , and later formed the Anglo-Saxon/English. Rhine-Wesset Germans such as Cherusi, Cartier (the ancestor of Hessian), Franks, etc.
East Germans include Goths, Vandals and Burgundy south of the Baltic Sea.