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Will, I think you need to take a lesson in Roman history. The Romans fought the Germanic tribes for CENTURIES. Hadrian even erected a turf analogy of the wall in Britain to keep the Germanics at bay. There were raids over the border by both sides before Ceasar. It was a 500-year low grade war that flared very hot at time. Generally speaking the Romans won out because their technological advances kept them much better armed, but when the Empire started to stagnate they quickly lost that edge. That's why Rome was sacked multiple times in the end.
Also, the Romans didn't enslave whole cultures. That was illegal, and the Romans were nothing if not sticklers for the law. They enslaved individuals, usually for nonpayment of bills or taxes. Generally, though, they just bought slaves from others, so the majority of German slaves in Rome would have been sold by their own people (or rival tribes).
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