| Western Roman rule was first violated with the Crossing of the Rhine and the following invasions of the Vandals and Suebi. |
| He also describes the Marcomanni as a tribe distinct from the Suebi, and also active within the same alliance. |
| German linguist Jacob Grimm believed that the name Suebi was of Slavic origin. |
| Beyond Mainz is Suevia, the country of the Suebi, and beyond that is Alamannia, the country of the Alamanni. |
| The former Kingdom of the Suebi then became the sixth province of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania. |
| The Suebi abandoned their towns closest to the Romans, retreated to the forest and assembled an army. |
