Germanic Tribes

Title: Belt Buckle with a Griffin- second half 6th century- Made in Burgundy- Frankish- Copper alloy, "tinned" surface

reconstructed buckle. Belt Buckle with an Eagle 500–700 Ostrogothic On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301 Ostrogothic women of high-ranking status typically wore an ankle-length garment, secured at the shoulders by a matching pair of brooches and belted at the waist by an elaborate buckle such as this one. A necklace, bracelet, rings, and earrings with polyhedral beads would complete the ensemble.

Belt Buckle with an Eagle 500–700 Ostrogothic On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301 Ostrogothic women of high-ranking status typically wore an ankle-length garment, secured at the shoulders by a matching pair of brooches and belted at the waist by an elaborate buckle such as this one. A necklace, bracelet, rings, and earrings with polyhedral beads would complete the ensemble.

Ostrogothic Belt Buckle Zoomorphic Type: (Pictured: Ostrogothic belt buckles with Raven /Eagle headed design; circa 6th-7th c. AD)

one of a pair of Ostrogothic fibula. Date : Migration period, around 500 AD. Location : Domagnano (San Marino) Material : gold, silver, bronze, almandine, lapis lazuli, ivory, putty

the funerary inventory of an Ostrogothic noble lady of the 5th-6th centuries, found in 1892-1893. during the excavation of a grave in the village of Lagucci, the commune of Domagnano, in San Marino (Lagucci, Domagnano, San Marino). According to researchers, it belongs to the era of Theodoric reign (493-526) or one to two decades earlier, i.e. to the era when Italy was Arian.

The peplos dress is found up to approx. 400 AD. , consisting of an undergarment and an upper garment. The women's undergarments can range from just below the knee to the ankle, depending on the time and fashion. In the past, the undergarments tended to be shorter, later they were worn longer. The undertunic is usually made of undyed linen, sleeves cut tight from elbow to wrist. The neckline is close to the neck and later also slit, often closed with a fibula.

Ostrogothic brooches (c. 500) from Emilia Romagna, Italy

Germanic women Scandinavian (Thulean?) Germanic women from the Pre-Roman Iron Age (4th-1st centuries BC).

Germanic warriors from the Pre-Roman Iron Age (4th-1st centuries BC).

The Ostrogoths' wanderings through Roman lands belie their origins as a powerful empire. Originally known as the Greuthungi, they are a confederation of distinct peoples originally from the Baltic coast who settled close to the Black Sea. Unfortunately, this means they were the first of the Germanic peoples to face the wave of Hun and Alani invasions that have shattered the known world. the Ostrogoths are vulnerable to Roman abuse and barbarian attack alike.