Romanized Germans - Unknown date/artist

"The most conspicuously brave of all the German tribes in Gaul, the Batavi, hold little of the river- bank, but do hold the Rhine island. They were once a section of the Chatti, and on the occasion of a civil war they migrated to their present home - destined there to become a part of the Roman empire. But they still retain an honourable privilege in token of their ancient alliance with us. They are not subjected to the indignity of tribute or ground down by the tax-gatherer. Free from imposts and special levies, and reserved for employment in battle, they are like weapons and armour - 'only to be used in war'."

-Tacitus' Germania

Romanized Germans - Unknown date/artist

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https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~wstevens/history331texts/barbarians.html