Suebi

thumb|upright=1.2|Lombard possessions in Italy: the Lombard Kingdom (Neustria (Lombard)|Neustria, Austria and Tuscia) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento

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|400px|Approximate positions of some major Suebi peoples in the early 2nd century, in purple The Marcomanni were a Germanic people who lived close to the border of the Roman Empire, north of the River Danube, and are mentioned in Roman records from approximately 60 BC until about 400 AD. They were one of the most important members of the powerful cluster of allied Suebian peoples in this region, which also included the Hermunduri, Varisti, and Quadi along the Danube, and the Semnones and Langobardi to their north.

thumb|right|370px|Approximate settlement area of the Quadi people in the late Roman era (3rd-4th centuries)

Ariovistus was a leader of the Suebi and other allied Germanic peoples in the second quarter of the 1st century BC, whose name appears prominently in Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Before their conflict with the Romans, Ariovistus and his followers took part in a war in Gaul, assisting the Arverni and Sequani in defeating their rivals, the Aedui. They then settled in large numbers into conquered Gallic territory in the Alsace region. They were defeated however, in the Battle of Vosges and driven back over the Rhine in 58 BC by Julius Caesar.

thumb|500px|Approximate positions of some major Suebi peoples in the early 2nd century, in purple

historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi

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