Quickly displacing or assimilating the indigenous people of the regions they entered, they never truly settled anywhere, ever-moving as their needs and resources changed.  Eventually they did settle and create homes and lifestyles for themselves, yet their culture was never elaborate.  Those who they came in contact with considered them uncivilized, and yet were fascinated by their strength, stamina, force of will, charisma, and versatility.  They were respected by those they befriended, and feared by those who opposed them.  Even within their own society, they fought amongst themselves, seeking supremacy of power and controllership of the lands they acquired. 

In Northern Europe they became known as the Teutons, Norse, Goths, and Celts, and within those tribes arose many sub-tribes.  Settling deep in the regions of Northern Europe, they were forgotten by the various civilizations to the South and East such as Greece, Assyria, Persia, and Egypt.  It was not until the end of the Bronze age and the onset of the Iron Age that the cultures would re-emerge, clashing with those civilizations fronting the Mediterranean Sea; Greece, and Rome. 

Reviled by the Greeks, and both respected and feared by the Romans, these people would time and again engage in battles against those civilizations.  Those of Teutony proved to be indomitable, and even the ones conquered by Rome did not remain under Roman rule for long.  Their fierce, warlike nature and coarse behaviors earned them the name "barbarians", meaning both "illiterates" and "wanderers". 

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