Teutonia (Pendant in antiqued silver)

Ancient Germanic Cross, 34 x 50 mm, 925 old silver finish, two-faced design

The Teutons were a Germanic people of antiquity, originally lived in what is now Jutland. The Teutons migrated to 120 v. Chr. Together with the Cimbri of Jutland and moved to Italy. The traditional Greek and Roman sources Name teutones or teutoni reveals no clear origin. He could be both celtic and vorgermanisch. There was also a large amount of similar words, is no factual connection allows certain localities, such as the Teutoburg Forest, pull. The Roman author Pliny the first that the Teutons lived on the west coast of Jutland, probably south of the Cimbri, and there benefited from trade with Bernstein. Apart from a few deviations (Claudius Ptolemy moved the trunk between Elbe and Oder to confirm this and other ancient sources. According to ancient writers, a devastating storm surge forced the Teutons finally to leave their settlement area. When the tribe of Cimbri around the year 120 v. Chr. Jutland left, also the Teutons joined the train at. This led the tribes by Germania. As evidence of its participation mentioning the ancient city Teutoburgium is often seen near the present city of Vukovar. it is unclear, however, whether they be the Cimbri joined immediately, or whether this nachfolgten some distance. Their participation in the battle of noreia in 113 v. Chr. occupied by various ancient sources. the train later passed the Rhine and devastated, as Julius Caesar reported Gaul before they suffered a defeat against Celtic Belger. [6] the Germans now turned against the Roman settlement area and defeated a Roman army at the battle of Arausio in 105 v. Chr. Then the train separated. While the Cimbri to Spain attracted, the Teutons were in Gaul. Only two years later they joined again at a joint attack on the Roman Empire. Teuton Chr a crushing defeat this suffered under their king Teutobod in the Battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 v... After the battle the Teutons are no longer mentioned in Roman sources. The parts of the Teutonic army, which were not affected by the defeat, but settled in the next few years as Aduadici on the Meuse on. Probably settled yet in the 2nd and 3rd centuries descendants in the area of ​​the Main.