Ancient Germanic Society: a Game of Power

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Hahaha, yes those poor chickens... But on the other hand, they were also very cheeky!

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Caesar: "The Gauls are too much like us, and that makes them a threat!" Caesar: "The Germans are too different from us, and that makes them a threat!"

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Correct on both accounts

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Caesar proved how difficult is was to be a schizophrenic diabetic!

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as someone from a village with an germanic well and multiple burial mounts and earth walls (separating farm fields) still visible. i really miss edu content on this. thanks a lot kerels!

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Thanks for bringing this period to life so well. I would like to see a video on the transition of Germanic society between early Roman Imperial period and the Migration period.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Yeah that definitely has our interest as well, the problem is that portraying that period isn't easy at all, in terms of finding the right equipment etc.

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Amazing work, as usual. Glad to see the Germanic perspective covered.

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Thanks! Glad to hear it's appreciated :)

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16:23 ‘Me and the boys on our way to that big Ting in the sacred forest’

[@theamziss]

I'm hoping for more content on germanic tribes in the future. It's a lot less covered than roman history, but super interesting. Especially with you guys based on germanic lands, will make for some cool shots as well.

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Hope you all keep going, it's a joy to watch each video you release.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks, we hope we've got the strenght to be able to continue hehe

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Great content yet again, its so wonderful that you are all so dedicated to deliver such quality content!

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks Caspar, we try to keep up the dedication as best we can haha. But reading through the comments always helps a lot :D

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Very informative video. Provides great insights about how militarism, centralization and autocracy became prevalent in societies by feeding each other

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks Okan!

[@degustablegerbil]

A topic very seldom discussed! Another great video :)

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks!

[@troydodson9641]

A grand video, high quality and truly shows the in an outs of Germania in a clear way yet shows how complex and free flowing the governing is. Thank you noble sir

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Thanks!

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks a lot Michael, really means a lot!

[@tomasruizdiaz9930]

"the trees speak germanic" -roman legionnaire at teutoburg

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This is incredible - the sets, the props, the clothing, it's all simply amazing. The fact you only have 50,000 subscribers is criminal!

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks Calum, we sometimes wonder the same ... but actually this weekend has been crazy busy in terms of views somehow, no clue why but it's given us a great boost of confidence :D

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These videos would provide valuable context to any traditional course on antiquity, even in the curriculum of a prestigious university.

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I’ve missed this video from your current library, fantastic stuff. Can’t believe how in depth you guys go.

[@marcusulpiustraianus6096]

Is amazing what you are doing, guys! Congrats! If you can, don´t forget to add further readings, it would be great. Thanks!

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks! Best recommendation for further reading on this topic is: "From Caesar to Tacitus: Changes in Early Germanic Governance circa 50 BC-50 AD" from Andrew T. Young

[@marcusulpiustraianus6096]

@@ImperiumRomanumYT Thanks a lot!

[@chajah2102]

As always, great video! Nice to see your scope extends beyond the Roman empire itself, and that you also have such extensive knowledge about the neighbours of the romans!

[@Rymontp]

Really amazing video. I don't think I've ever seen such a detailed and in depth description that is simple enough to understand as well. The animations and art is great too. I really loved the depiction of the different villages merging, then communities and so on until it becomes a confederation of tribes. Well done!

[@Genkaro]

Visually stunning and informative presentation. Great to see how my ancestors lived so many centuries ago. No matter the time- we're definitely made for each-other, there's no doubt that.

[@unOrdinaryWorld]

I love your videos, so much work goes into these. Thank you for bringing your passion to us, it's so refreshing. Strength and honour from your Celtic brothers! 😜☘️🤘🏽

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

haha thanks man, and indeed every video is quite a project hehe

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Perfect told story, thank you Imperium Romanum for your research and motivation. You changed my perception of ancient history!

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Thanks for the kind words :)

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That was a great video, thanks for sharing, about how democracy slowly turns to oligarchy, then autocracy does happen, even that same exact act can be seen today. Hope this video can teach everyone in times like these an important lesson so it won't ever happen again, cuz history does in fact repeat itself. Thank you and have a great day.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Very well said and glad you picked up on the bigger topic and the comparison that can be made to so many different eras and peoples. If time/money permitted we wanted to spend a bit more time on such conclusions and comparisons, but alas ... too much work and too little time. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated :)

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Outstanding Presentation! Thank you all for making and sharing this.

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Wow. Congratulations. I thought those 20mins went by like 5. Very good job

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Thanks Leonardo!

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Great video! This was a nice look into a little understood group in ancient history.

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Thanks Geeman!

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This felt like 4 minuts !!! Very good !

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Thanks Nathan, glad you liked it.

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So nice and easy to follow while watching! Great work!

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks! Great to hear, I feared I may have gone too deep again and overcomplicated things hehe

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Darn. Looks like the channel has stalled. Well, thanks for the marvelous videos you guys made. Enjoyed them all.

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We're back alive again though, just posted a new vid :P

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Another fascinating video, thank you all!!

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Grazie tanto Elena!

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No, thank you!

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First I want to say thank you very much for taking the time energy money producing your videos. I found out about your channel from the interview you did with Ancient Warfare. I must confess I have not watched your videos yet but I’m going to after I finish listening to the podcast mentioned above. Was just looking at the subject matters they seem really interesting. And your interview I’m finding fascinating thank you.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks Paul, great to hear! Hope you enjoy the channel and stick around for a while :D

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[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Good to hear, will do! Thanks!

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[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

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Great episode. Another complex subject clearly presented and explained.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks, great to hear mate!

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

15:02 Had such a good giggle at the "young men seeking honour" swaggering their way through the frame here! 😆 (Although not getting QUITE as much swagger on as those darn chickens - they are fearless... 🤣) Another really awesome episode, thank you team! So cool to see some in-depth analysis of sociocultural development in the Germanic area - it feels like all too many creators gloss over this pre-Roman space, perhaps still falling for the "it's just all barbarians" propaganda...? Really look forward to anything else you do focusing on your neighbourhood's history & culture in this era, feels like a great area of opportunity definitely not over-covered elsewhere! Intriguing to see the way armed conflict drove early social + political patterns in this time, and then look ahead into how that pattern seemed to repeat so often in so many later time periods, right up into the 1800s & 1900s? (Of course, part of that seems to have involved leaders intentionally harking back to earlier times, whether imagined or real, in order to fuel their political & territorial ambitions... so I guess we should not be too surprised! 🤦🏻‍♀️)

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Glad you enjoyed Anna, we did too, especially in that one scene hahah. These topics are quite hard to research though, as there's not many sources on such non-roman peoples. In large part it comes down to speculation, which doesn't help with 'selling' the video to the audience, which is a serious concern when making this type of content anyway unfortunately - as you can see by the very low number of views on this video. And it's the views that bring in the sponsors, and its the sponsors that bring in the money, and its the money that allows us to do produce more content. But now and then we will definitely try to make a step outside the comfort zone and try something new, when the topic presents itself. Thanks!

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This is wonderful, may I ask if there's any published pdf text or something like that? This form of media wasn't so readable for me, as I have bad hearing.

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If you put captions/subtitles on it might help in understanding for you. Somebody (they themselves I think) added actual subtitles. Not the auto generated stuff either.

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Hit the [cc] button on the bottom right

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

We don't have a website or something, so we don't publish the texts seperately. Subtitles is the only way to read along for now, subtitles which we paid good attention too though, so no auto-generated stuff with mistakes

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i cant believe this guy only has 40k subs considering the quality of his videos

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[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

You are welcome Razor, we appreciate your comment!

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Awesome content! Please keep producing :) I would love to see you guys making short stories in Roman form, that would be awesome

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks man! For now, we got a lot of stuff coming :). Then after that we'll see how much succes we have and if we can continue this channel. And a short movie has definitely crossed our mind more than once, who knows someday ...

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working hard on it, but it will be a little while longer still

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Thanks mister Sandman!

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thanks Marcelo!

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Thanks Stefanie!

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happy to know more about my ancestors.

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A very interesting topic! It's always good to see a deep dive into how the Germanic tribes worked during ancient times besides the Romans.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Very good material, as always. If I may venture a suggestion, when you have a long on-screen narration, instead of standing motionless and stare into the camera, try interacting with your environment - and it'll feel much less stiff if you allow yourself to be natural about where you look, you don't have to keep eye-contact on the camera all the time. Walk around, look up at the trees, play around with a stick and use it to illustrate an attack, throw stones in a river to illustrate impacts, etc. Use your environment to add to what you're explaining, be creative! 🙂

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Yeah you're right. Really moving around is difficult though, as often times we use a teleprompter to do the texts - but when we don't, we move around, usually these are the intro and outro of a video. Next to that we're still struggling to relax while a camera is pointed at us, and presenting a tight script doesn't make things easier to relax and improvise. Presenting is an art in itself we found it. We really want to focus on this for the next batch of videos though, so bear with us for a bit longer :P

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Well done! Very informative.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks Jake!

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Recently discovered your channel, it's ridiculously good. It's just ashame that our society is more interested in random crap... I hope you have the views and subs that you all rightful deserve.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks and welcome Josh! And yeah people's attention span has been reduced to nothing it seems, and it's hard to compete with random clickbaitey crap. But as long as we're reaching new people still, we have not yet reached our full potential and there's still hope to grow this further into something successful :)

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Thanks DJL!

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I imagine they're not making content during winter? Miss your docu-series

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We sure are! A new video is coming very soon, this week :D!

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Great videos on this channel!

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one of the most interesting videos y'all have done yet! Very interesting to think of how relatively democratic a lot of these small-scale polities were.

[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks! Great to hear someone appreciates this video especially, since the views have been kind of lacking unfortunately (something is up with youtube ...)

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Once again, amazing and informative!

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Great video as always!

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Thank you Julie!

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Thanks weezer!

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[@ImperiumRomanumYT]

Thanks mate!

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@@ImperiumRomanumYT your welcome, whatever helps get this video out there.

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[@TheChangelingBrony]

Was there any differences between Celtic and Germanic arms and armor since this channel shows mostly Celtic equipment

[@JCobelens]

The mainly Celic La-Tene culture had a strong influence on the early Germanic tribes, La-Tene sword where used by Germanic peoples, these swords were found in the Low Countries, Norhern Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Poland etc, also spear shapes were influenced by Celtic designs, shields were also influenced by Celtic styles but the circulair spiked or conical iron shieldboss is more of a Germanic inovation. Germanic warriors also used single edged swords which were also a native development.

[@TheChangelingBrony]

@@JCobelens so as far as we know everything is Celtic aside from the Cherusker sword and a shield boss?

[@JCobelens]

@@TheChangelingBrony I know that Sword maker Albion has a Single edged sword based on examples from Germania but there is no direct connection with the Cheruscii tribe regarding this sword type (they probably also used it) Germanic Single edged swords were more popular in the lands around the western baltic sea, Like Jutland, South Sweden, North Eastern Germany and North Western Poland, In Central Germany and Poland (closer to the La-Tene world) Celtic La-Tene style swords were more popular. They seemed also to be more popular in the Netherlands and NW Germany and the Rhineland but these areas have mostly votive weapon deposits, Burials with weapons were much rarer in these areas. There is only one Germanic SE sword known from dutch archeology know so far I know. Another interesting thing (well for me it is ;-) there are several cases of La-Tene swords that were retrofitted with Germanic SE style hilts. The thing is that the La-Tene culture was a big influence on weapon design, even the Romans were influenced.

[@TheChangelingBrony]

@@JCobelens so these peoples have nothing unique about themselves military equipment wise as far as we know

[@JCobelens]

@@TheChangelingBrony There were some differences but at the end their equipment was rather similar compared to their Celtic and Roman neighbors. So no large two handed double bitted axes or giant clubs . War axes were used (were not common) but they were one-handed with a small axe head. There also also a few findings and depictions of war clubs but early Germanic warriors were normally armed with spear(s). a shield. The more wealthy would have a sword (double edged La-Tene style or Single edged Germanic style sword later Roman style swords would become more popular. Armor (mail, helmets etch) would be only used by leaders and some elite warriors. Germanic warrriors used 3 type of spears, Fighting spears with a large bayonet spearhead or a large leaf shaped one. Multifunction spearheads for throwing and figthing. These are the Framea that Tacitus mentions in Germania and spears (javelins for throwing) the spearheads of these were sometimes barbed. Shields used by the early germanics used to be oblong of oval, hexagonal or retangular shape or intermediate shape with a protruding iron shieldboss. Poorer warriors probably would have shields with wooden bosses similar like the ones found at Hjortspring. These oblong shields were good for more individual fighting style. Later in the Roman iron age large round shields started to replace the oblong Celtic style like shields. These were better fitted for shieldwall style fighting. Migration period Germanic warriors have a more distinct equipment, like Angons javelins, Throwing axes, Saxes etc.

[@jus_sanguinis]

Good documentary. P.S. 15:18 "King in the castle, king in the castle" - Borat ))