Charlemagne's Wars // Gudfred: King of the Danes (804-810)

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[@Erik-vp5bm]

Interesting and elaborate video. Charlemagne was actually quite renowned in Norway for his military prowess in the middle ages. The last viking king (born after the viking age, but definitely a viking), and grandson of famous viking Harald Hardrada, was named after him, King Magnus I Barefoot, from Karla Magnus. The names Magnus and Magne, as a result, are very common names in Norway to this day. Nobody asked for this information, but here it is.

[@Christian_Bagger]

Erik always love more info! Also love the story of Harald Hardrada!

[@Maliique]

Thank you

[@cooolbigguy]

Thank you for the info from a northmen

[@blaisevillaume2225]

Information I needed to know, but didn't know I needed to know until now.

[@magnuss3378]

I do believe Magnus Berfættr (barefoot) was the 3rd Magnus, aka Magnus III, the first Magnus was Magnus I the Good, son of King Olaf III

[@fredriks5090]

I'm from western Norway and I'll tell you; The tonality of Lithuanian sounds identical to the dialects around my area. The closer you go to listen to them however, the less you understand - it's amazing.

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[@maisiecarruthers695]

Micahistory hello where are.you from is your name Micah mine is and I very rarely get a chance.to talk to.other Micah named people hi :)

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Wha da fuq mang, dis is fawkin bs mang, oim an oyster!

[@maisiecarruthers695]

Micahistory I'm from England near the lake district on hadrians wall

[@maisiecarruthers695]

Micahistory Us Of Many So Was There Knew Never HahaH

[@maisiecarruthers695]

Micahistory Us Of Many So Was There Knew Never HahaH

[@Epok317]

I like how the video portion is basically just maps. I friggin' love maps.

[@PeopleProfiles]

Superb video as ever dude, congrats on monetization!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks buddy. Glad you like it!

[@ryanaegis3544]

So interesting. We often think of the Viking age as starting with Lindesfarn, and suppose no one had ever heard of the northmen until then, but for centuries before, the wars between the Franks, Saxxons, Frisians, Angles, and Danes, and their settlements, defined northern Europe. The history of Frisia, though glanced over here, is particularly interesting to me. Caught between the Franks and Danes, they were repeatedly subjugated. It is interesting that not too far down the road, Ragnar's son Uber was known as the duke of Frisia. And interesting that the practice of buying off Danes to protect the northern coasts of Frisia and Frankia was already a successful strategy in the days of Charlemagne.

[@HistoryTime]

Such a fascinating time. More on Frisia on the way!

[@JackHaveman52]

Looking forward to that. My family is from that area and it's a big part of our history that isn't that well known.

[@brentlund2272]

Yes and yet these were all foras along coastal " sight of land " routes The Norse took shipbuilding tech. , and new navigational knowledge and made the whole universe of oceans a .Viking Oyster .

[@davidrosner6267]

Are the Frisians the ancestors of the Dutch?

[@JackHaveman52]

David Rosner No. They are a separate ethnic group with a different language and history. My mother was from Friesland which is a small province in the northwest of the Netherlands. The Dutch have a different ethnic background, although both of them are now considered Dutch.

[@adamthetired9319]

The irony... Later, the Saxon guy Otto the Great, creates the HRE, becoming a successor to Charlemagne's empire.

[@davidlefranc6240]

the history is paved with situations like that!

[@stephanreichelt2700]

Greedy for power...

[@reed3249]

One mistake, Denmark had extensive contact with the roman world and archeology shows proof of danes having served as mercenaries and even generals in the roman army, despite never being conquered.

[@robertsroberts1688]

Reed another mistake is the coverage on the map showing britain in 804 810 much of the western region of northern britain the area encompassibg the kingdom of strathclyde was still british controlled

[@EmilReiko]

@Lars Nielsen the cimbri where not danes, when the tribe of the danes came into existence the cimbres was a legendary memory in jutland. At the time of the cimbri there where no danes.

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[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like it my friend! Much more on the way :) and soon!

[@sallyreno6296]

This definitely adds another layer to the usual narrative to do with Viking raids. Bravo!

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[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like it my friend! So many more stories to tell (thousands)

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A video I would like to see is about old germanic law texts. There are quite a few around and they speak volumes about real life back in ancient times. Maybe wrong channel thought :) Thanx for all your great videos!

[@HistoryTime]

This does sound like something I could do. Probably not until next year mine you.

[@EmilReiko]

germanic law, but written in latin

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[@monkiram]

Well textured? That's a compliment I haven't heard before...

[@spokemagnet19-zs9de]

As mentioned but worth repeating: the Viking attacks such as on Lindisfarne were not random brutality but along a continuum that could be interpreted as pre-emptive or revenge for attacks against the "wretched heathens" to the north of the Franks.

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Why is this video on youtube better than History Channel.... screw normal TV, this is really well done

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Nice job. Love the eerie music.

[@HistoryTime]

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That was brilliant! You should do one about Brian Boru the high king of ireland.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks!. Definitely. One in the works.

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Max2304 Titko Clontarf not klontarf

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More on the way! Thanks so much

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[@madsdahlc]

Great video . Its awesome that someone woud make about King gudfred or Godfred as we call him danish . I am a dane myself and a huge history geek . So yes I read about Godfreds campaings already as teenager . The attack on Lindisfarne in 793 was carried out norwegian vikings . But with Godfred , Denmark also started to really enter the viking age . Soon danish viking attacks woud be plague upon europe . Heck even after Charlemagnes death . His Capital of Aachen woud be attacked and plundered by a danish viking Army ... And another thing in your video are also true . By Godfreds time . Denmark was a series of different kingdoms . And leaders were elected by reputation . But contacts with Franks and later the holy roman Empire chanced Denmark and the viking World . By 965 Denmark was United as a single nation under King Harold Bluetoth . As in Harolds time . Viking Kings ruled because they had a right to throne and because of their Royal blood . So Danish Kings and other Scandinavian mornarcs copied what they seen in other European Christian Nations (like France, Germany England etc) . Harold was also the first Christian King of Denmark .

[@r0b0saurusrex80]

Great background music! Looking forward to the rest of the Charlemagne's Wars... Liked the art you showed, would like to see what made Charlemagne's army successful.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. More on the way!

[@rohitrai6187]

Great video A video on the rise of Italian city states would be intriguing :)

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you liked it! I'm actually working on quite a few scripts on Early Medieval Italy!

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Enjoyed this a lot

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Excellent!

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thanks for the heads up on the history of Vikings channel but I cant fined it in a search. could you provide a link, please. awesome channel @History Time

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this was so good ☺️👏👏

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[@madsdahlc]

Yes you did it . Hallo from Denmark again . I newer knew you a video about Gudfred or Godfred as we Call him in danish . But he the recorded King in Denmark . There was King Sigfred before him . Sigfred supported the saxon rebillion against the franks . And the saxon rebel leader widukind actully fleed the Denmark many times . According to the viking sagas . Sigfred had become by defeating the legendary King Harold wartoth (Harald Hildetand in danish ) in battle.Harald Wartoth was killed in that battle . And Sigfred became King . But he dies around 804. And thats when Godfred appears in Frankish sources as King .... But he must have a powerfull in Jutland . Because around the same time . And canal for ships was dug at at Island of Samsø.(it was later found by modern archaeologist). And that canal coud only have been built/dug on the orders of Gudfred/ Godfred . So even though Denmark woud not be unified in single nation untill Jelling /Knytlinga dynasty under King Harold Bluetoth in 965. There was already a strong central power ruling in Jutland around the early viking age . And thats was Gudfred/Godfred ... So already in the early viking age . Parts of Denmark(in this case Jutland ) was already the rule of powerfull Kings . And I am s Jute myself . I Live in northen Jutland . Outside The town were I was born(I live in the Aalborg today further noth from my chilhood town ) there is the remains if one of Harold Bluetoth’s ringfortreses . So vikings and the viking age has been close to me all my life . But for us danes . The viking age are part of our countrys history and cultural herritage .

[@OleOlson]

This was really good. And helpful for my personal genealogy research (Frisia)

[@globalcombattv]

I very much enjoyed the video. You left us with a cliffhanger there though :D Planning on doing one on Brian Boru eventually as well?

[@dsala2614]

20:18 minutes OF EXCELLENT HISTORY

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Love the videos.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

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Great channel, dunno how it went under my radar.

[@l.p.8041]

Brilliant video! Could anyone tell me where I can read the full accounts/sources of Charlemagne's chroniclers?

[@ramibu239]

2nd vid of yours I've watched today. You are just blowing my mind!🤯 I have just started my geneological search so I am still learning alot, but I was really shocked about Charlagmange attacking the Sachsens (from which the name Saxon derives). I thought they must have been friends being that Charlagmange (whom I am descended of twice) married his son Peppin to King Sachsen's (King of Bavaria) (whom I am also descended of twice) daughter Judith. Also, I was surprised to see on your map of Denmark the town of Lund. Lund was my Father's mother's maiden name. She was 1st gen born in America, both of her parents have coming from Odense, Denmark. I had no idea there was a Lund, Denmark!!!!

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Great video!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks very much!

[@coyotemojo]

Charlemagne=reason for the Viking age

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Too good.!

[@HistoryTime]

Thankyou!

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Very interesting, thx, thx, thx...

[@nicolasi.castrosanmartin1041]

Hi, amazing video! Could there be a video about Charlemagne and the muslims coming from the south? Thank you! Loving the videos!

[@Heatsaber]

Do you have a good list of books on this era?

[@romelnegut2005]

History Time, it would be nice to see some videos about the Frigian and Saxon wars. The People Profiles channel seems to be somewhat close to Biographics, a channel I'm currently watching. I will definitely check it out to see what is all about.

[@HistoryTime]

They are in the works :) it's a great channel with a lot of potential!

[@BritishFreedom]

Excellent video. This period of history fascinates me. I have my own hypothesis on the spread of the Viking war machine, but Charlemagnes push in to NW Germany certainly made the "Vikings" become more militaristic, and the Vikings attacks on Christianitys holy sites wasn't a coincidence or greedy need for gold.

[@roberthoover8784]

So you would have advised the Christians to just accept the viking raids? Showing weakness is not how you prevent those cultures enslaving and raping and robbing others.

[@BritishFreedom]

Robert Hoover: What I was getting at is, that it was the spread of "Christianity" (mainly by the sword) that propelled the Viking expansion. It was an act of self preservation.

[@JackHaveman52]

BritishFreedom That's a little simplistic. Viking power was growing and it had grown strong enough to withstand the Frankish threat. However, the power of the Franks waned and doesn't explain why the Vikings and the Danes moved into Britain, expanded west to Iceland, east into Russia and as far away as Constantinople. As ethnic groups gained power, economically and militarily, they would invariably use this new power to expand influence. It was just the Viking turn to do what so many other groups had done before them and which continued after their power waned. They may have reacted to Frankish threats but that wasn't why they continued their raids and expansions.

[@roberthoover8784]

+BritishFreedom I just find it weird, you make it sound as if vikings are some "peaceful" tribe that was just minding their own business. www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/36zble/viking_raids_and_political_division_of_europe/ The vikings were raiding in britain before Charlemagne's Wars. Your username makes your standpoint extra weird, as enslaving brits is hard to combine with BritishFreedom. In general Europe after the fall of the romans went into a pretty volatile time. Europeans were mostly christian, but they weren't a united front. If you look at the christian countries around that time, "Christianity" wasnt spread by sword. The christians are loosing many territories, especially to the umayad kingdom(Syria was once christian for example, Spain is mostly muslim around 800, the orthodox christians in byzantine are threatened and will in the end become Turkey). The crusades only started in 1096, almost 300 years after this. Around 800 the Rus(later Russia) converted to christianity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church#Christianization_of_the_Rus'._The_Kievan_period But i wouldnt call that "by the sword". Maybe im missing something, which incidents of "spreading christianity by the sword" around the time of charlemagne do you think about?

[@roberthoover8784]

KungKras Are you suggesting some alternate timeline here? Because every bigger religion has caused a lot of damage to the world. Why would it be any more peaceful if the christians didnt massacre the danish pagans for example? Do you think the danes would stop invading? Which religion would you rather have? Or do you prefer no religion, like in Hitlers socialism, or Stalins/Maos communism. You sound like you have no understanding of societies and history if you just say "what happened back then was bad".

[@PalleRasmussen]

Godfred was the only king of the Danes at the time, the Frankish sources lists those magnates that signed a peace treaty in 808 or 810(I forget which and my books are packed away for a move), and they represent the entity of medieval Denmark; IE including what is today southern Sweden.

[@isengard9956]

Great video, enjoyed it thoroughly. Just curious, but do you think you'll ever cover the stories about Ragnar Lodbrok? Rolf The Walker (Rollo)? Ivaar The Boneless? Or what about the events at Lindisfarne? Would love to see you cover some of these in the future if you have the time, but nonetheless keep up the great work.

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you liked it! Yes to all of these.

[@luis5984]

aren't historians unsure whether ragnar lodbrok was a real person? more of a combination of several different people of the times

[@isengard9956]

I think so, and to be quite honest I wouldn't be surprised if his legend was an amalgamation of several different heroes during those days.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Real nice video :) One thing, though. Archaeology over the past 20 yrs has firmly established that Scandinavians were in much more close contact with the roman empire than previously believed. Many graves have shown the occupier to have been a roman soldier, especially in the period 200 to 500 CE.

[@HistoryTime]

Nice insights. Thankyou for this.

[@magnuschristianssen8999]

I think you mean "mercenary" because we know that the Romans never expanded up that far north. Believe me, they would have mentioned it if they did!

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Some germanics were mercenaries, recruited as auxiliary forces in large groups, but germanics adopted or held hostage by the romans, often chose a career in the legions, some possibly returning home, or to wherever their tribe had moved on to (they do call it the migration period..) after their time in the legion was up. Those buried with roman mass-produced swords were possibly of the latter group.

[@ilirlluka6789]

What is the title of the first track at the beginning of the video? It's not Kevin MacLeod - Lost Time, I can't seem to find it? Any information please? I quite like it very much as a background, it gives the videos a very melodramatic meaning.

[@mariapalmer5671]

Great channel. I found out recently from a Danish history channel that Charlemagne had the 4000 Saxons baptised and then slaughtered them , with the Danes looking on from the Danne Virke . So they fought him off and more or less deliberately sailed off to attack the Monasteries . Before that , for hundreds of years they had traded quite peacefully with the British Isles .

[@basreiziger6689]

Do you have a source for this? For example the name of the history program?

[@mattayres3955]

Only problem is first recorded raid is on England not the Franks. So Danes taking vengeance for Saxon on the English for something the Franks did doesn’t really connect

[@solidaritetdenmark]

The Danes know about romes and other cultures; we fund lot of old wartools from the rome a long before the vikinge age - but nice dokumentary :)

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Love your videos. I’m sure you have gotten this a lot but you sound a lot like Ewan McGregor. Great vid!

[@basreiziger6689]

What is the golden chest around 5.52? Do I see runes? And what is depicted? I see crosses, but also a sun.

[@datarater]

Excellent.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks!

[@oran9519]

Can you do a video on the frisians?

[@HistoryTime]

Yes. Soon.

[@oran9519]

History Time take your time. All of your videos are good anyway

[@CharlesOffdensen]

After this video, I will subscribe.

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you liked it!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

It just kills me that we can't watch video from these times. It would be so awesome to see a relative traveling around. My mother is pure Dane so I'm sure I have Viking relatives.

[@TheOreo1210]

ANTIQUEFOTOS Viking was what they did, not what they called themselves. They called themselves Northman.

[@XCashfull]

mostly every european has everything in them.

[@elvenkind6072]

"I'm not coming to spread peace, but the sword" - Jesus You got yourself a new subscriber, a thumbs up for your knowledge about this, that I have to admit is the most interesting period in European History. Did the rumor spread among the Norse of Karl "the great", from his blatant disrespect for their most holy sites in Saksland (Saxony), where they had their traditional trade route from the Roman Era via the Germanic Peoples, did they hear tales about how Thunors Oak was cut down by a priest and it's timber used to build a church and how they had defiled Irminsul. Did the massacres of those clinging to the old ways, send a tremor among the whole Norse story-telling society and make them band together and strike (Lindisfarne, "The Holy Island" and Iona, the two most holy places of equal fame as Thunors Oak and irminsul - coincidence? What reason should they have to suddenly hate Christians so much? The British Isles had converted peacefully, by missionaries, rather then the sword) before becoming subjugated part by part by themselves? Do you have any clear evidence of exactly what the Irminsul was? I have my guess it was a very old Yew tree. An evergreen that a father could say to his son had been the same when his great-grandfather was as old as him since they grow slowly and potentially for thousands of years. There's a saying about that the bowmaker had a short life, and this was due to the very toxic needles, bark, and wood of the tree, that later gave the famous victories in the 100 Years War with common Brits using yew longbows to cut down the flowers of the French nobility, with heavy cavalry. The coast of Europe was virtually deforested and made the tree close to extinct since there was a tax of a certain amount of yew stocks in order to enter a harbor in England. I have read somewhere that it was used in mass-suicides by Celts preferring death to Roman slavery, so this life and death symbology was probably not lost on the old priestesses. There's a rune of its own in Proto-Germanic that just means "Yew". Also outside the Temple at Upsala, there were said to be growing a tree. It might be that Yggdrasil is based on the Irminsul. A bow made of yew also in Norse militaristic culture was not just a simple "bogi", but a Y-bogi (yew-bow), and cost A LOT and is THE BEST to this day of self-bows.

[@elvenkind6072]

@shaz I do understand the meaning of the verse. Why do you attack me without knowing who I even am?

[@FlashPointHx]

If only he had really said, “ let my armies be like the rocks and the trees, and the birds in the sky!”

[@HistoryTime]

That right there is one of the most upsetting aspects of researching these videos. When you realise that the figures you thought you knew didn't actually say most of the things you thought they did.

[@FlashPointHx]

Sometimes the myth is as powerful as the truth

[@mamlukkonez8297]

HEAVY!!!! Gotta be my favorite one so far. That was sssso intense l heard the wood of the forest trees creak & faint clanks of Iron swords & chainmail

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you liked it!! Thanks so much

[@MrFusionCube]

Åhh, Godfred (Gudfred, Gøtrik eller Gudrød)* Konge af Danmark! *As we say in Denmark: Kært barn har mange navne :)

[@pugfugly1989]

I just think it's cool Good Fredrick was eventually translated into Gotfried.

[@schmaiahgoldberg6621]

why we never heard about this slavic tribes in history such as veleti and Obotrites

[@HistoryTime]

They pop up quite a bit in this period. I'll try and shed some more light on them in future episodes.

[@martinan22]

The Obotrites where balts, not slavs, no?

[@denethorr3]

no.

[@Sturminfantrist]

Schmaiah Goldberg in short during the time of the barbarian invasion, german tribes left the area east of Elbe and moved westwards then "slavic" tribes filled the Vacuum

[@johnvictorengland7703]

It would be interesting to see a video on the Slavic invasion of Eastern Europe.

[@jimboAndersenReviews]

I concur; it seems very likely that the initial raids on the east coast of Britain where in retaliation for the war on the Saxons. -If so, then there is a bit of sad irony, in that after Svend Gormssøn (Svend Forkbeard) took possesion of large parts of England, he and his dynasty sought a solution with the English church, and got papal approval for making Denmark fall in under, IIRC, Ely, or Canterbury; which got Denmark out of being laid under Bremen, thereby also avoiding being under the heel of any Frankish thoughts and deeds. By the way, Svend I is my personal first choice of "the greatest king that Denmark ever had", he really was one of those persons that was happening, and when he did happen, the world had to adjust to it. naturally a king or emperor that gets known for having advanced science would be an even better pick, come to think of it, but Rudolf II was not a Dane, and so I default to that one hugely successful chap :3

[@JustKantGetEnough]

What's the song from 19.11?

[@maxtitko9106]

Really big like. Really Vitukind onse really was saved by danish king, and that why he was able to rise a revolt in 782, and gloriously win a Zuntel battle in 783

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like it. Going to be making a video on Widukind and Charlemagne's Saxon Wars fairly soonish.

[@rayz639]

Then he bowed to Charlemagne 😊

[@zedwms]

Charlemagne: Here's my god of love. Accept him and be blessed. Germanic tribes: No thanks. We'll stick with our own gods, thank you. Charlemagne: Kill them all for rejecting my god of love!

[@davidanderson7782]

Kind of like Islam,religion can be deadly.

[@wildfire9280]

@@davidanderson7782 okay atheist

[@deathtomichaelknagge4397]

It doesn't matter if its for God or state, people are wired for killing.

[@adrianseguras.9659]

funny. are you referring to islamic practices in our age? because it sounds just like that

[@ivarfoslien116]

@The NIFB Jesus thinks this rock just stays together on its own. Lol thinks everything stays in formation on accident. 😂🤣😜

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

Please do a vedio on the goths, Roman empire during the migration period and early middle ages

[@HistoryTime]

You are in luck.

[@arng111]

Awesome. You should do a video on the Merovingian Franks and Clovis

[@octodaddy4494]

Wait he said Scandinavias never had contact with Romans... In sweden there have been found that swedish germanic warriors served in the Roman army and there has been found a Roman outpost on Öland.

[@daneman8353]

Archeologists are still not sure if scandinavians had direct contact with romans. But there are strong indications that Danes and romans traded and shared technology. I’ve never heard about Swedish contact with Romans. Do you have a source? I’d love to read it

[@user-mq5xt5jf4o]

Scandinavians, mainly Swedes but also even some Icelanders, served as the Varangian Guard - highly trusted elite warriors - for the Byzantine Emperor, not the Roman Emperor. Many of them converted to orthodox Christianity not Roman Catholicism.

[@user-mq5xt5jf4o]

The Scandinavians sure had contact with the Romans. The Scandinavians are described for instance in Bellum civile/Pharsalia by the Roman Lucan (d. AD 65) and by Tacitus in his Germania from 98 CE There were more or less constant conflicts between the Germanics and Romans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_Wars Artefacts in Denmark suggest that the Danes took part in the battle in 9 AD in Teutoburg Forest in lower Saxony, this battle is labelled the worst defeat that has ever happened to the Romans. But this is not true, in 113 BC, the Romans tried to lure 3 Danish tribes - the Teutons, the Cimbri and the Ambrones - into a trap, the Romans were defeated and lost 120.000 in one battle, which was at least 4 times as many men as they lost 120 years later. This incident was named “The Teutonic Fury” by the Romans; also because - in a later battle - 300 captured women from the tribes committed suicide overnight rather than being brought to Rome to be sold off as slaves. One of the favourite methods the Roman used, was to kidnap children from the Germanic tribes, “do what we say and pay taxes or else”. That’s why the wall originally was build, as a protection against the Romans and their allies. Last time the Scandinavians went to war against the Roman Empire was in the 17th century.

[@octodaddy4494]

There was surely Swedish tribes in Germanic lands too, Like the Goths, Herulli, vandals, Gepids and Langobard they all have their origin in Sweden. We also have the Rugii tribe from Norway.

[@octodaddy4494]

DaneMan Here are some sources arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/remains-at-iron-age-fort-tell-a-story-of-a-horrible-massacre/ , www.thelocal.se/20180411/ancient-onion-reveals-roman-links-with-swedens-pompeii , www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43899393