▁Mann us ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁ancest or ▁of ▁the ▁Ir min ones ▁is ▁named ▁Er minus ▁( or ▁Armen , ▁Er men ius , ▁Er men us , ▁Armen on , ▁Er meno , ▁as ▁it ▁appears ▁in ▁various ▁manuscript s ). ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁father ed ▁the ▁Ost rog oth s , ▁Vis ig oth s , ▁V and als , ▁G ep ids ▁and ▁Sax ons . ▁In ▁a ▁variation ▁on ▁the ▁table ▁that ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁Historia ▁Brit ton um , ▁the ▁V and als ▁and ▁Sax ons ▁have ▁been ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Burg und ians ▁and ▁Lang ob ards . ▁ ▁They ▁may ▁have ▁differenti ated ▁into ▁the ▁tribes ▁Al am anni , ▁Herm und uri , ▁Mar com anni , ▁Qu adi , ▁Sue bi ▁by ▁the ▁first ▁century ▁AD . ▁By ▁that ▁time ▁the ▁Sue bi , ▁Mar com anni ▁and ▁Qu adi ▁had ▁moved ▁south west ▁into ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁modern - day ▁Bav aria ▁and ▁Sw ab ia . ▁ ▁In ▁ 8 ▁BC , ▁the ▁Mar com anni ▁and ▁Qu adi ▁drove ▁the ▁Bo ii ▁out ▁of ▁Boh emia . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁Sue bi ▁is ▁usually ▁applied ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁groups ▁that ▁moved ▁into ▁this ▁area , ▁though ▁later ▁in ▁history ▁( around ▁ 2 0 0 ▁AD ) ▁the ▁term ▁Al am anni ▁( mean ing ▁" all - men ") ▁became ▁more ▁commonly ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁group . ▁ ▁J ǫ rm un , ▁the ▁Vik ing ▁Age ▁Nor