 These two tribes are among Germanic groups known to have been found north of the Danube in this period.Procopius in his "Gothic Wars" describes the land of the Varini as being south of the Danes, but north of the Slavs, who were in turn north of the uncultivated lands which lay north of the Danube.Procopius describes a marriage alliance between the Angles of Britain and the Varni in the 6th century.