Armies of Rohan - War of the Rohirrim Middle-Earth Lore DOCUMENTARY

[@WizardsandWarriors]

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[@abcdef27669]

“Wizards and Warriors calls for a new video!” “And Rohan shall answer!”

[@balabanasireti]

Cringe

[@PaulJohn01]

@@balabanasireti +1

[@salazarway]

Funny fact: every horse on the trilogy of LOTR were Puro Sangue Lusitanos, Portuguese horses, the oldest Warhorse breed in the world.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Seriously?? That's DEEP cut there. Who would even know that?? That's amazing! But also...why? They weren't actually going to war so any old horse could have served. But that's an awesome deep-dive fact! 🙂

[@salazarway]

@Crimethoughtfull The answer is in the animal fearless aspect and behavior and docile character towards people. Tolkien knew very well that is the horse of champions Search for "richest athlete in human history" and you will have an idea! Have a good Sunday!

[@salazarway]

@Crimethoughtfull Peter Jackson knew that the European elites would mainly ride these horses and because of their warlike aspect and docile behavior. Also he is fan of the richest sportsman ever lived, a Lusitanian (nowadays Portugal) called Caio Apuleio Diocles a raider that used only Puro Sangue Lusitano (edit) during the Roman Empire at the arenas.

[@samuelleask1132]

That’s cool

[@zaczac2240]

Didn't they ask anyone with a horse and could ride to come in for the big charge as extras?

[@ydkaachillesa9353]

Fyrdmen were not supporting militias, it's old theory due to misunderstanding of Anglo-Saxon terms. Fyrd was THE army and could include houscarls, thanes and others, even mercenaries, of very different combat value. Also in UT Tolkien did not descibed Eohere riders as professionals, i.e. they were not always at arms (as evidenced how little of them come to Pelennor fields). They were "fully equipped and trained" for war, but part-time warriors, except three selected eoreds kept by Marshalls at all time.

[@hisdudeness8328]

It makes sense in the fact that much of their gear is pretty light and cheap in regards to the armaments of Gondor.

[@ydkaachillesa9353]

@@hisdudeness8328 This was due to different traditions, civilizational level and craftsmenship. Tolkien descibed for example their mails as similar to Bayeux tapestry, "but not such stiff" (he probably meaned here size of rings). They should also probably be equipped in kite shields aka Normans instead of circular ones- it would be strange choice for shock cavalrymen to keep the latter. while their legs and lower parts were exposed to enemy blows. Riders from the book also appear to have very colourful shields, clothes and signs; ubiquitus green we see in movies was only mark of House of Eorl. We don't know a great deal about Gondor military either, except guard companies and levies send by fiefs. Recruitment, pay, terms of service etc. are barely known. Compared to medieval armies, Middle-Earth hosts display high level of dicipline, obedience to superiors and military cohesion. Probably it was due to Tolkien's wartime experiences in British Army; he was linguist, not a historian. That is also why he often freely used terms that normally should have great consequences for his world-building, for example "knights".

[@luelee6168]

To be fair that would've been considered a professional force by medieval standards. Men whose primary role is to form the nucleus of the army were declared professional soldiers. This is due to the lack of infrastructure that the Roman empire had once provided. In order to maintain a standing army (or more appropriately a well trained fighting population) lords divided their territories amongst the warrior class as payment. Feudal troops had to provide their own training and equipment at their own expense after all.

[@barbarossarotbart]

Minor nitpick: the beacons of Gondor were never used to call the Rohirrim, they were used to call the Gondorian vassals to Minas Tirith.

[@HistoryBeyondBordersTV]

I think this video is a great addition to my knowledge of the history of Middle-earth. I learned a lot of new things from it.

[@Fabio-Jose-DragonKing]

Love your content ❤❤❤❤

[@DynamicHistoryTV]

I love your content. Thank you!

[@IrfanJ92]

I ask you now Wizards and Warriors... Where was Gondor when Westfold fell???

[@Emanon...]

Did they ask them for help? No? Also, coincidentally, where the hell was Rohan when the Westfold fell?

[@IrfanJ92]

@Emanon... they were trying to fight in order for Westfold not to fall??? Battle of Isen River? Lol Btw it was just a reference to the movie. Some people like to use that line just out of nowhere!!!?

[@Groblinmode]

Neither of you seem to understand what the quote means, its not about the war of the ring its about Gondor not helping Rohan against Wulf and his Dunlending host about 200 years before the events of the war of the ring. Gondor couldn't help due to them being attacked by southrons and corsairs.

[@Emanon...]

@@IrfanJ92 Oh, I know. It's just a dig at Theoden because he blames Gondor for his own failures.

[@johnmooers5594]

The beacons stopped at Halifirien / Merring Stream. No beacons were close to Edoras.

[@CinematicCraft4310]

book version and the movie version

[@jaysonagapito8663]

Sana ma I feature din ang mga Druidains

[@valtterihakala9378]

Can you make a Temeraire videos.

[@Writer-Two]

I feel like I've already watched this. Somehow...?

[@TFB3BibsyG]

This content is better than the movie, that's for sure!

[@PaulJohn01]

Low bar to pass but yeah i agree.

[@Emanon...]

More like "Single battle of the Rohirrim"

[@ciscoduncan1490]

A sword day! A red day! AND THE SUN RISES!!!

[@Emanon...]

MaWeenie is a funny name

[@jonbaxter2254]

Hail the victorious dead...

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

The horses of Rohan are not mentioned enough

[@anlkaya]

Bilader alooo 40k videosu atacaktin

[@nikoborz5854]

Very Cool 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Please made a Video about the Dunland and the Dunlendings. The Army of the Dunlendings and they Warfare. I thing the Warfare of the Dunlendings is the mix between ancient Celts and middle age vikings.

[@xvct2661]

Yes yes yes but what about abaddon, what happened to him. Boys if you’re object is to create anticipation with in us for the next video than you have succeeded, please don’t make us wait to long 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Keep up the good work ❤❤❤❤

[@Jayokay989]

We need to do our own fan made films of the lore and keep the LOTR universe true to honor Tolkien. What they keep doing is beyond comprehension. They had to make some random made up girl that the real men who spilled the real blood took orders from its disgusting. I guess that’s what happens when the men do such a good job at defending this bubble of society they genuinely think women would have a chance and it’s just not true.

[@Biftapopoulos]

I feel like the Franks were left out of this video :(

[@Apollo1989V]

War of the Rohirrim is a good movie that is faithful to the spirit of both Tolkien and Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the LOTR trilogy. Warner Brothers did a terrible job marketing it.

[@canthideforever6839]

There was a movie? Never heard of it

[@henrikg1388]

Where did you get the idea that middle-men where illiterate? The thought have never crossed my mind. I have always assumed they were not.

[@theawesomeman9821]

The Riders of Rohan remind me of the real life Poles who were known for their warrior-cavalry culture.

[@Techtalk2030]

Rohan was like a mixture of Persian Sassanids and Vikings

[@captainvalourous6668]

How about the love child of Anglo-Saxons, Scandanavians and Cumans? 😅

[@emerestthisk990]

@@captainvalourous6668 Cumans, yes, I can see that. Although the Rohirrim had no equivalent to an armoured cataphract

[@goughrmp]

Anglo Saxon. You can see it in the names and culture. Their horsemanship is their only major difference

[@Liquidsback]

Ostrogoths more than Sassanids, the Ostrogoths provided a lot of heavy cavalry for Atilla. Easterlings are arguably Sassanids.

[@Jayokay989]

No, not at all… DEFINITELY WESTERN EUROPEAN mixture of Saxon-Vandal-Roman he literally says that, nice try though.

[@davidreynolds1604]

Now more elder scrolls please 😅

[@BlueNightZX]

cool, now, MOAR WARHAMMER 40K VIDEOS

[@razgriz821]

Did they have random unnamed girl bosses?

[@PaulJohn01]

Well they do now... 😬😬

[@T0XICGRIEFER666]

The wainriders are a take on the aryans that went into India on chariots

[@bordocofrivia2896]

Good video, it's just too bad that "the war of the rohirrim" movie is a subversive, non-canonical girlboss fanfic.

[@PaulJohn01]

+1

[@Apollo1989V]

It is better than Rings of Power by many leagues. And I find Héra compelling. She is no Mary Sue or as we call them now Rey Skywalker.

[@Sirilere]

+1

[@danf3201]

@bordocofrivia2896 Subversive implies there is a centrally created and enforced set of ideaologies that all people are required to follow under threat of punishment, which is only true in dictatorships where culture stagnates and degenerates under enforced "tradition". War of the Rohirrim contradicts nothing already established by Tolkien, it merely follows the exisitng barebones timeline laid out in the Appendicies. Nothing from who dies to who wins where is contradicted. As for the girlboss, have you even read Eowyn's story? The idea of a woman fighting to protect her people and kingdom is if anything a regurgitation of an existing story in the setting, not something new.

[@patrickb1303]

@@danf3201imagine thinking all tradition is a form of stagnation. Wow what a foolish viewpoint.

[@Jrocc811]

Little did we know that if it wasn't for the mighty Hera Hammerhand, Rohan would not have survived long enough to be involved in the war of the ring. Thanks for the "modern lore" WB 😂

[@matthewmitcham1999]

Did you actually see the movie?

[@Vektordeformacio]

War of the Rohirrim is not Lord of the Rings. Otherwise good video.

[@williamreffner6542]

Terrible fan fiction.......hard pass

[@brettmorris9387]

"War Horses" fiction and proud gibberish. Iroquois taught the entire world Individual liberty 😋

[@3lgat097]

We dont need this content for this stupid girlboss amazon crap. Do other content pls like Horus Heresy