In Caesar's account, the clearest defining characteristic of the Germani people was that they lived east of the Rhine, opposite Gaul on the west side, an observation he made with historical digressions in his writing.
S Caesar, samal wa eqqalan hullan wa affissaran addinat win germani eqqal as izzaɣan daɣ alqiblat n Rhine, amlallayan fal Gaul daɣ achrut wan ataram, akayad ijja s isimmutiyan n tinfusen n attarex daɣ ikitban net