Read the passage below, make a scheme, write down all the necessary details to describe the Germans.

According to Pliny there were several Germanic tribes:

The Vindili. They lived in the eastern part of the territory inhabited by the Germanic tribes. They consisted of the Goths, the Burgundians and the Vandals.

The Goths first inhabited the lower coast of the river Vistula. Later they moved to the south and formed powerful tribal unions of Ostrogoths and Visigoths.

The Burgundians came to the continent from the island of Bornholm. It was in the Baltic Sea. Later they moved to the west and settled in south-eastern part of France in the area called Burgundia.

The Vandals first inhabited the territory between the Oder and the Vistula. Later they moved to Northern Africa through Spain. The word vandalism originated from Vandal (means Barbary).

The Ingvaenoes. They lived in the north-western part of the Germanic territory. They inhabited the Jutland peninsula and the coast of the North Sea. The tribes of Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians were formed later of this group.

The Istaevones. They lived on the Rhine. Later they formed a very powerful tribal union of Franconians. In the early Middle Ages they were powerful group of West Germans.

The Herminones lived in the centre of Germany and later the German nation was formed of these tribes.

The Hilleviones were isolated from other Germanic tribes. They inhabited Scandinavia. Modern Scandinavian nations are the descendants of these tribes.

Ø The Vindili spoke Eastern Germanic;

Ø the Hilleviones spoke Northern Germanic,

Ø the Ingvaones, Istaevones and Herminones – West Germanic.

Tell the group who ...

1. sailed much an told that Germanic tribes were great raiders;

2. stated that the ancient Germans had a tribal society. In the head of each tribe there was a chief who was called ‘kuning’.

3. described Germans as wild nomadic tribes as a warlike tribe;

4. enumerated and classified the military tribes;

5. wrote about Germans nomads engaged in cattle bringing;

6. wrote that Germans lived in tribal unions, gave a detailed description of the structure of their society and peculiarities of their life;

Tell the group what Germanic tribe ...

1. includes Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians;

2. consisted of the Goths, the Burgundians and the Vandals;

3. lived on the Rhine;

4. formed powerful tribal unions;

5. lived in the centre of Germany;

6. settled in south-eastern part of France;

7. moved to Northern Africa;

8. inhabited Scandinavia.

Render the main idea of the lecture using the schemes below

a common language in the Elbe river region about 3,000 years ago a spoken language reconstructed by methods of comparative linguistics one language, though dialectally colored three branches

Pytheas * Strabo * Plutarch * Julius Caesar * Pliny * Tacitus

* The Vindili * The Ingvaenoes * The Istaevones * * The Herminones * The Hilleviones *

6. Write a paragraph about ….

v Julius Caesar

v Roman Empire

v Historian Pliny and his “Natural History”

PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES

10000BC

Iron Age