What were the peoples of Europe in the earliest periods, and how many major peoples were there in Eu

The decline of the Western Roman Empire opened the door to barbarian national invasions. From the 4th century onwards, large numbers of Germanic peoples, Slavs, and other peoples from Asia entered the empire's borders to establish new homes in this vast and fertile land. This invasion was not the same as a general military invasion, but the migration of entire tribes, so it was historically called the Great Migration of European Peoples.

The process lasted for four centuries, from the 4th century to the 7th century.

During this period, the distribution of ethnic groups in Europe began to change dramatically. The Germanic tribes between the Rhine and Oder gradually expanded southward, and most of their eastern branches migrated westward to Italy, southern Gaul, and even Spain and North Africa, with the exception of some settlements on the steppes north of the Black Sea and the lower reaches of the Doban River. The Anglo-Saxons, Saxons and Lats of the western branch returned to the Teresan Peninsula from their original places and settled east of the Rhine estuary, crossed the sea to the British Isle in the 5th century, and combined them into the Anglo-Saxons, and combined with the local Celts and later the Dans and Normans to form the English people.

The Saxons who remained on the mainland merged with the Bavarians, East Francians, and Alemans, and assimilated the Celts and West Slavs to form the Germans. The Franks of the West Germanic peoples were the same as the Gaul-Romans and the Visigoths of the Germanic peoples. The Bochadian formed the French after a long period of union.

Over the course of the Middle Ages, the Slavs gradually divided into three branches: eastern, western, and southern. The Eastern Slavs developed into today's Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians; The West Slavs are today's Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, and Sorbians; The Yugoslavs included Bulgarians, Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks.

Italy, located in the heart of the Western Roman Empire, was invaded by the Ostrogoths, Lombards, Franks, Arabs, and later by Austria and France after the collapse of the empire, until it was unified in 187o. The Italians were mainly formed by the ancient Romans absorbing various ethnic elements such as the Etruscans, Greeks, Germans, and Arabs.

Germanic language family.

Anglo-Saxon.

German, Austrian, Liechtenstein, German, Dutch, Swiss, Flemish, Belgian.

Danish Ethnic Norwegians.

Ethnic Swedish Icelandic.

Luxembourgish: Romance language family.

French, Belgian, Walloon, Swiss-French, Monaco, Italian, Swiss-Italian.

Hispanic Portuguese ethnicity.

Romanian Ethnic Moldovans.

Romansh Catalonian people.

Slavic language family.

Russian ethnic Belarusians.

Ukrainian, Polish.

Bulgarians.

Czech, Slavak.

Serbo-Croatian Muslims Montenegrins (Montenegros) Slovenes.

Macedonian Baltic language family.

Lithuanian Latvians.

Greek-speaking family Greek.

There are four main groups of European peoples instead of three, which are Germanic, Slavic, Celtic and Latin, which are described as follows:

1. Germanic peoples.

During the Roman Empire, the Germanic people, along with the Celts and Slavs, were called the three barbarian tribes of Europe by the Romans, and they are also one of the representative ethnic groups of today's Europeans.

Today's Germans, Austrians, Swiss, Anglo-Saxons (English), Dutch, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, and Icelanders are all Germanic peoples, with German, Austrian, and Swiss languages being German.

2. Slavs.

During the Roman Empire, the Slavs, along with the Germanic and Celtic peoples, were called the three major barbarian tribes of Europe by the Romans, and they are also one of the representative ethnic groups of today's Europeans. Today's Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Sorbians, Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Luxonians, Serbs, Montenegrins, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians, Bosniaks, and Bulgarians are all Slavs.

3. Celtic.

During the Roman Empire, the Celts, along with the Germanic and Slavic peoples, were called the three major barbarian tribes of Europe by the Romans, and they are also one of the representative ethnic groups of today's Europeans. The present-day Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish in England and Breton in France all belong to the Celtic people, which are represented by the Irish, Scots, and Welsh.

4. Latins.

Latins originally referred to the ancient peoples of the Latin region of central Italy. Its greatest contribution to history is Latin. It now refers to the Indo-European-Romance-speaking peoples, including Italians, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, and Romanians, who are heavily influenced by Latin and Roman culture.

Germanic peoples: German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, etc.

Celtic: Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, France.

Slavs: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic.

Goths: Spain, Portugal.

Latins: Partly Italian (Germanic mixed Latina), French (mainly Celtic Gaulic mixed Latin German).

The Roman Empire was present on the European continent in ancient times.

French Empire, Grand Duchy of Russia, Germanic Empire, Scottish England, Spain, Portugal, Kingdom of Macedonia, Greece, Poland. Denmark,