Germans (Chapter 16) Flashcards
A payment imposed by Germanic courts to punish people
Wergeld
Visigoth chieftain who captured Rome in 410
Alaric
Leader of Asian invaders called Huns
Attila
The original homes of the Goths were here
Balkan Peninsula
German general who ruled Italy after the last Roman emperor
Odoacer
Driven out of Spain by the West Goths
Romans and Vandals
Germanic people also known as East Goths
Ostrogoths
The Vandals gained their reputation for destructiveness as pirates of this sea
Mediterranean Sea
Ostrogoth leader who became ruler of Italy
Theodoric
What happened during 476 A.D.
Rome and Italy were ruled by generals and leaders of Germanic groups after this year
Germanic god of thunder and war
Thor
Severe trial
Ordeal
In Germanic belief, this is where the spirits of warriors would feast and fight forever
Valhalla
Willful destruction of property
Vandalism
Germanic people known for their acts of destruction
Vandals
Military leader
Chieftan
Germanic people who defeated the Romans at Adrianople
Visigoths
The battle fought between the West Goths and the Romans
The battle at Arianople
Chief Germanic god of war, poetry, learning, ad magic
Wodan
Wodan’s son, god of thunder, and god of war
Thor
The Germans were looking for this when they came into Rome
Warmer climate and new grazing land
What happened during 550 A.D.
About 80% of the Roman Empire was controlled by Germanic people
Long thatched-roof houses with farmland around them
Germanic settlement
Something the Germans believed a great deal about
Hospitality
Germanic people gave their greatest loyalty to this
Clan
What is a blood feud
Revenge sought by descendants of who quarreled
