page_title: List of ancient Germanic peoples
section_title: List of ancient Germanic peoples and tribes (by possible Ethnolinguistic kinship)
hierarchical_section_title: List of ancient Germanic peoples / List of ancient Germanic peoples and tribes (by possible Ethnolinguistic kinship)
caption_attribution_description: image from the German wikipedia article on en:Scandza - Image on the German Wikipedia listed it as a GDFL
context_page_description: This list of ancient Germanic peoples is a list of groups and alliances of ancient Germanic peoples in ancient times. These reports begin in the 2nd century BC and extend into late antiquity. Beginning with the states of the Early Middle Ages, the period in which forms of kingship had a historical impact ends, with the exception of northern Europe, where the Vendel Period from 550 AD to 800 AD and the subsequent Viking Age until 1050 AD are still seen in the Germanic context.
  The associations and localisations of the numerous peoples and groups in ancient sources are subject to uncertainty and speculation, and classifications of ethnicity with a common culture or a temporary alliance of heterogeneous groups are disputed. For some, it is not even certain that these groups are Germanic in the broader linguistic sense, or in other words, that they consisted of speakers of a Germanic language.
caption: Possible map of Scandza, with a selection of tribes
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