FrozenMix
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As it was stated above, most of western and southern Germania was celtized and close to what existed in Gaul.
Giving that Rome managed to export a lot of its feature and way of life trough trade and clientelism in Gaul (It's particularly obvious in the last century of independent Gaul, with decline of druidism, rise of vergobret, the lot of roman coinage and roman products), I don't see why it couldn't be done as well in these regions.
In a previous thread about Caesar failing to takeover Gaul, I suggested that a surviving Ariovist's confederacy, allied with Rome, and crossing Rhine to dominate Sequani and southern Germanic (in the geographical meaning) peoples, and *maybe* Helvetii, could form a strong entity comparable to which influence Aedui had in Central Gaul.
Such entities, with a following conquest/absorbtion, could be a good first step for what you search.
There is definitely evidence suggesting that Germania in the 200s AD was vastly more conducive to being conquered and integrated into the Empire than it was when Rome actually was trying to do so in the reign of Augustus. Contact with Rome had definitely affected them, as you said regarding western and southern Germania.
I guess I was referring to if Rome decided to make another go at it after Teutoberg and really went for it rather than just avenging honor and punishing the tribes. That kind of war would be really nasty from start to finish, and likely would reflect the Cantabrian Wars rather than the Gallic campaigns.
The political will and stability to do this however is a lot more difficult to find than the military ability to carry it out. I suggested Severus's reign maybe being the time for it, and maybe, one of the five Good Emperors could have given it a go, but it likely would have been a more difficult conquest at that point.
I suppose that you are right that in time, the ability for Romanization to occur increases, but the window for the military and political determination to get this done decreases.