<P> Scientific consensus established time frames for the Migration Period as beginning with the invasion of Europe by the Huns in 375 , and ending with the conquest of Italy by the Lombards in 568 . Various factors contributed to this phenomenon as role and significance of each one is still very much discussed among experts on the subject . Starting in 382 , the Roman Empire and individual tribes made treaties regarding their settlement in its territory . The Franks , a Germanic tribe which would later found Francia -- a predecessor of modern France and Germany -- settled in the Roman Empire and were given a task of securing the northeastern Gaul border . Western Roman rule was first violated with the Crossing of the Rhine and the following invasions of the Vandals and Suebi . With wars ensuing between various tribes , as well as local populations in the Western Roman Empire , more and more power was transferred to Germanic and Roman militaries . </P>
<P> Scientific consensus established time frames for the Migration Period as beginning with the invasion of Europe by the Huns in 375 , and ending with the conquest of Italy by the Lombards in 568 . Various factors contributed to this phenomenon as role and significance of each one is still very much discussed among experts on the subject . Starting in 382 , the Roman Empire and individual tribes made treaties regarding their settlement in its territory . The Franks , a Germanic tribe which would later found Francia -- a predecessor of modern France and Germany -- settled in the Roman Empire and were given a task of securing the northeastern Gaul border . Western Roman rule was first violated with the Crossing of the Rhine and the following invasions of the Vandals and Suebi . With wars ensuing between various tribes , as well as local populations in the Western Roman Empire , more and more power was transferred to Germanic and Roman militaries . </P>
which barbarian groups entered the western roman empire through germany
which barbarian groups entered the western roman empire through germany
Vandals Suebi .
Vandals Suebi .