How did the Romans interact with the Germanic peoples?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Roman interaction with Germanic peoples
1. Germanic invasions in the third century almost dissolved the empire
a. came in relatively small, highly mobile war parties, detached from their traditional kinship structures by loyalty to a warlord
2. displaced communities looked to Roman Empire for new opportunities
a. hunger, plague and exceptional cold induced unprecedented conflict, confusion, and movement of peoples
b. disrupted the traditional stability of Germanic societies
3. Interactions with migrating Germanic peoples often tragic
a. 200,000 Visigothic refugees
b. admitted into the Roman Empire but the Romans left them to starve
c. Visigoths took through a destructive migration across the empire in which they eventually sacked Rome
d. Rome's frontier with the Germans was becoming indefensible
4. regional and local priorities displaced empirewide perspectives
a. establishment of kingdoms led by German foreigners
b. entrusted with tasks of imperial defense
c. gradually usurped or accepted authority over non-Germanic populations
d. kingdoms delivered peace and administered laws
e. replaced the empire as the primary focus of people's allegiance
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