In two texts, The Complete Works of Tacitus and The Ancient History Sourcebook: Procopius of Caesarea, a noticeable difference can be seen in the descriptions of the Germanic peoples through the time period of 422 years.
In Tacitus, the Romans view the Germans as outsiders in a land far removed from civilized society. They live in a region that no man would want to travel to on foot or by horse, where the country side is wild and the seas are raging, where these Germanic people are forced to intermix with one another and stay within their culture (Church and Brodribb, p. 709). At this time when trading in Rome is at an all time high, it's unthinkable that a society would not know the value of the gold or silver coin, and rather use the commodities one finds in their own region to barter with each other (Church and Brodribb, p. 711). They are a warring group of people who would rather pillage and raid for what they need, rather than do the work for themselves to get it. The......

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Title: Germanic Peoples
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