What are some characteristics of the Germanic tribes?
Germanic peoples had a strong military, and warriors were fiercely devoted to their military leaders, or chieftains. Political leaders Odoacer and Theoderic the Great shaped later European civilizations. Did Germanic tribes have death penalty? The death penalty was reserved for two kinds of capital offenses: military treason or desertion was punished by hanging, and corporal…
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