Irminones

thumb|500px|Approximate positions of some major Suebi peoples in the early 2nd century, in purple thumb|Osterby Man from northern Germany showing a [[Suebian knot, dated beween 75 and 130 AD]]

thumb|right|400px|The Roman Empire under [[Hadrian (r.117–138), showing the former location of the Cherusci in northwestern Germany]] The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germania in the area of the Weser River and present-day Hanover during the first centuries BCE and CE. Roman sources reported they considered themselves kin with other Irmino tribes and claimed common descent from an ancestor called Mannus.

thumb|450px|The approximate positions of some Germanic peoples reported by Graeco-Roman authors in 9 BC.

thumb|400px|Approximate positions of some major Suebi peoples in the early 2nd century, in purple

thumb|300px|The approximate positions of some Germanic peoples reported by Graeco-Roman authors, Suevian peoples in red, and other Irminones in purple The Irminones, also referred to as Herminones or Hermiones (), were a large group of early Germanic tribes settling in the Elbe watershed and by the first century AD expanding into Bavaria, Swabia, and Bohemia. This included the large sub-group of the Suevi, that itself contained many different tribal groups, but the Irminones also included for example the Chatti.