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Which Italian region is named after a Germanic people?
Answer: Lombardy
Why: The Lombards' Latin name, Langobardi, is usually explained as the long-beards.
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Which people's fall lies behind the Nibelungenlied?
Answer: Burgundians
Why: The real Burgundian king Gundahar lives on in the epic as King Gunther.
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Who was the first Roman emperor killed in battle by Goths?
Answer: Decius
Why: Decius fell at Abrittus in 251, more than a century before Valens died fighting Goths at Adrianople.
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Where did Tacitus say Germanic tribes worshipped their gods?
Answer: In sacred groves
Why: Tacitus reports that they thought walls and human-shaped images unworthy of their gods.
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Who did Augustus beg to give back his lost legions?
Answer: Varus
Why: The numbers of the three lost legions, XVII, XVIII and XIX, were not used again by the Roman army.
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Which missionary created an alphabet for the Gothic language?
Answer: Wulfila
Why: Most Gothic letters came from the Greek alphabet, with a few borrowed from Latin and from runes.
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