1) Various Germanic tribes started moving from their homelands in the early centuries AD for reasons like fascination with the Roman civilization, need for more land and resources, and employment opportunities along the Roman frontier.
2) Major Germanic tribes that migrated included the Visigoths, Vandals, Lombards, Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Angles, Saxons, and later the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty.
3) The migrations of the Huns also contributed to displacement of Germanic tribes from their lands.
