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The Suebi were a large Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region. First mentioned by Julius Caesar in connection with the invasion of Gaul, they had Been moving southwards aggressively at the expense of Gallic tribes and established a Germanic presence in the immediate area north of the Danube. Tacitus described them as the most warlike to the Germanic peoples. One group of Suebi under King Hermetic worked their way to the south of France, crossed the Pyrenees and entered the Iberian Peninsula which was free of Roman rule - and settled in Gallaecia in north-western Iberia.