Literarys sources concerning germanic clubmen?

[Olaf]

Can anyone here give me a hint if there are literary sources about the auxillary clubmen depicted on Trajans column?
Or a source confirmng that certain Germanic warriors did use the club as a primary or secondary weapon, so they might have used the same weapon in Roman service?
I am currently thinking about reenacting such a warrior in the context of our groups military branch, but aside from Trajans column there doesnt seem to be any other evidence for these auxillary troops...

[Ross Cowan]

The only soldiers that I can think of who fought with clubs in battle are the Palestinians employed by Aurelian to batter Palmyrene cataphracts (Zosimus 1.52-53).

Your best bet for literary refs to Germanic clubmen is Speidel's Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas (2004). It's had mixed reviews, though.

[Ross Cowan]

Tacitus, Histories 2.22, mentions German auxiliaries fighting 'naked' at Placentia in AD 69. They used shields but weapons are not specified.

[D B Campbell]

Writing of the (clearly non-Germanic) Aestii of Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia, Tacitus noted that "they seldom use iron weapons, but frequently use clubs" (Tac., Germ. 45).

[Olaf]

Many thanks,
I will look up Speidel's Ancient Germanic Warriors and check the Tacitus references, been a long time I read the Histories.
At least the Aestii reference does indicate that tribes with a limited supply of iron might very well have made good use of the club in battle.