ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Teutons (Latin: Teutones, Teutoni, Ancient Greek: ) were an ancient northern European tribe mentioned by Roman authors. The Teutons are best known for their participation, together with the Cimbri and other groups, in the Cimbrian War with the Roman Republic in the late second century BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tacitus relates that according to their ancient songs the Germans were descended from the three sons of Mannus, the son of the god Tuisto, the son of Earth. Hence they were divided into three groups-the Ingaevones, the Herminones, and the Istaevones-but the basis for this grouping is unknown.

Detailed explanation-3: -Origins. The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic, Suebian, or Gothic in older literature) are an ethno-linguistic Indo-European group of northern European origin. They are identified by their use of Germanic languages, which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.