Before revision: Some of the descendants of the vassal kingdoms, like the Suebi (by suzerainty), that Augustus tried to create in Germania to expand the romanitas and the Empire would be the ones that invaded Rome in the fourth and fifth centuries.Tacitus, Book 12, 27–31: Text in Latin and English at Sacred TextsGermania, UNRV History Background Geopolitical situation Map showing the defeat of Publius Quinctilius Varus at Kalkriese Invasions of Drusus I in 12–8 BC Invasions of Tiberius and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in The Roman Republic had expanded rapidly in the first century BC, most notably under Julius Caesar, who had conquered most of western Europe and parts of the British Isles in the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC).
After revision: Some of the descendants of the vassal kingdoms, like the Suebi (by suzerainty), that Augustus tried to create in Germania to expand the romanitas and the Empire were the ones that invaded Rome in the fourth and fifth centuries.Tacitus, Book 12, 27–31: Text in Latin and English at Sacred TextsGermania, UNRV History Background Geopolitical situation Map showing the defeat of Publius Quinctilius Varus at Kalkriese Invasions of Drusus I in 12–8 BC Invasions of Tiberius and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in The Roman Republic had expanded rapidly in the first century BC, most notably under Julius Caesar, who had conquered most of western Europe and parts of the British Isles in the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC).