Ghost Warriors: The German Tribes That Hunted Romans | Ancient Black Ops | Odyssey

The deadly work of top ancient assassins. The elite Harii tribe of Germania were trained to fight only at night and inflicted the Roman Army's worst-ever defeat.
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[@sidviscous5959]

As one who is half German descent and half Scottish, I feel compelled to point out that Scotland and Germany were two places that resisted Rome most successfully.

[@VFella]

I seriously doubt it. GERMANY did not exist until the nationalist (Leftist) revolution in the XIX Century. If you mean Germania, you are wrong too, as all the Germanic lands on the West of the Rhine were part of the Empire. Germanic as any other, just part of the Empire, like California is part of the USA. And not to forget: Germany, the region, actually WAS the Roman Empire, until 1806 when it was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars. ;)

[@user-ij9ei3ek6x]

So did the Welsh and English, the Romans never conquered the western parts of Wales and England, they left us with taxes though, enough said. Grrrrrr.

[@MommaLousKitchen]

💪🏻

[@MommaLousKitchen]

The last name Rogers means "spear of renown" pretty cool. Imo....lol

[@sableempire9654]

As an Australian who has experienced Scottish Plumbing and German Food I would like to point out the Italians did both better.

[@robertballard8833]

One tenth of the army wiped put? You might say they were... Decimated

[@user-cx1lv3ji6f]

well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !

[@justinreilly1]

Decimated means 90% wiped out.

[@boomcrypto8347]

I see they missed your point LOL as Dec is 10 LOL

[@aprilward-scott6230]

Good one, it's truly SAD that so few actually "Get" the joke.

[@azurephoenix9546]

Nice. 😏

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

I was born an hour drive from the Teutoburger Forrest in Minden. Skulls, bones, helmets and weapons are still found there to this day in the ground.

[@user-fy6rz5qb1x]

Test the bones for their dna/ haplogroup

[@edfitzgerald2591]

9th ,⁸in​@@user-fy6rz5qb1x

[@leejones5810]

Now the area will get flooded with relic hunters

[@easbreid9879]

That would be cool to find Germanic tribal weapons. Im sure its common knowledge in that area that artifacts are still being found today. Its no secret

[@antonpressing]

I have seen Roman ghosts there - naked, because the Germans robbed them of their clothes !

[@johndavidnew]

this documentary is incorrect about Arminius. He wasn't recruited as an auxiliary as an adult. He and his brother were the young children of a cherusci chieftan, and they were taken as child hostages by the romans to force the chieftan to comply with roman rule. A common practice of many past societies. Arminius and his brother were raised in rome as romans. They were only sent back Saxony as adults after they were sufficiently "romanized" and trained in the roman military, to lead the tribe as pro-roman chieftans in an attempt to assimilate the entire tribe to roman rule.

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

My Latin teacher used to call him "Herman the German" because that was actually his name. Arminius is just a Latinized version.

[@kimberlysamuel474]

Yes, you are absolutely correct. It was assumed that boys taken before age 12 wouldn't remember the country of their origin, being an asset to the country who captured them. Arminious did remember, was angry with his family and neighbors for not fighting harder to keep their families together. I wonder how many seasons of Romans coming to collect the boys he witnessed and dreaded.

[@mrkus-nc7od]

Tube "" Wir Rufen deine Wolfe ""

[@notsogreen]

I see your bias. THE ROMANS. ROME. And Arminius sure sounds more noble than herman the german.

[@shaunmathis2474]

Teutonberg massacre

[@Baschn66]

The forest in the movie does not look like a German forest. It is very bright. I have spent my childhood in the forest collecting mushrooms and berries. It’s much darker and creepier. Especially the winters.

[@randyhelgeson1254]

Is that like the Olympic Mountains in Washington? When we're in the woods, we tend to think it's getting close to stop hunting, but it's just that dark in there at dusk.

[@heidipetrick918]

This hits home in a couple of ways. My mom was from Germany, my dad had a fair amount of German blood on his side of the family. I also see the "Roman attitude" more and more around the world including our own country. This is history, but it's also a call to be aware of what goes on around you.

[@stianthijsen4784]

Rome is still in control

[@Thekoryostribalpodcast]

I am Scottish, and German/french. With ties to Visigoths, and suebi, and the Pictish. Im proud that my ancestors fought the romans the way they did. That fight still lives in us today. 😎👍🏻💪🏻

[@kasegiyabu5030]

If so: why have you allowed foreign invaders to take control of much of your administration, including an overtly racist, white-hating, muslim? If the news is to be believed, Scots are committing suicide; directly or through 'rolling over'.

[@maghangajohn5675]

As soon as I heard Alisdair Thompson 's voice, I was hooked. I like how he narrates the documentaries. He is my all time best narrator. 🔥

[@coppertopv365]

Much info is Wrong though

[@user-cx1lv3ji6f]

well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !

[@reeseni7620]

I love learning about my German heritage. It makes me realize where my traits come from. I am extremely independent and love nothing more than to be alone and by Gods, I would fiercely kill to protect my country. Thank you for this.

[@hellhound1389]

These are my ancestors and it's why I have so many soldiers in my family

[@tobiasgriffin]

Did most of them get killed by the Soviet and you are probably half russian as well after the russian had fun with German girls 😂😅 😉

[@Tiberiotertio]

Sure and next you will say your great great something is directly related to Arminius - hört sich eher an wie eine Cheese-Burger Vergiftung an von einem kleinen Wichtigtuer.

[@Mada-yq5sf]

I am the official ghost warrior

[@biffmarcum5014]

Really, because according to some, the dna evidence shows that the original inhabitants almost completely died out during the black death as they had no immunity to the plague where as the later arrivals to europe became dominant due to being at least partially resistant to the plague.

[@alobre3826]

During WWII as well? :S

[@themeliadonpepe6713]

love the ghost warrior in the L L Bean shirt

[@user-cx1lv3ji6f]

well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !

[@Westlandia924]

@31min 33 seconds ay

[@Westlandia924]

In his pyjamas😂

[@WestCoastReign]

Varus was NOT regarded as "the best general" in Rome at the time. He was an effective governor, but by no means a military man

[@mrkus-nc7od]

The tax Man - ruthless!

[@ExperienceCologne]

I heard he was a cruel governor and married into the Julian Claudia Dynasty. He was an outstanding lawyer but incompetent with the troops.

[@Sturminfantrist]

Drusus did the Job in germania and his Brother Tiberius after Drusus Death, D. Ahenobarbus moved with his forces even further over the Elbe River

[@user-cx1lv3ji6f]

well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !

[@RackerPaS]

@@Sturminfantrist The Romans came as far as the Elbe, not beyond the Elbe.

[@sidgarrett7247]

One thing I learned is that in the German forest, the Black Forest, is the glow in the dark mold. It is very beautiful and interesting.

[@kevinnorwood8782]

Oh, Varus! Oh, Quintillius Varus, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!!!!

[@user-sh8gm4dl4v]

Exactly 😂

[@GenuinelyCurious120]

My people beat back the Romans, that's a great ancestral brag.

[@tomjohnson-ix3qc]

might makes right.

[@user-fh6vg4pb5u]

I think we’ve done great in all our military endeavors until now

[@user-jo6wn9sl1j]

Yeah, they also committed histories worst genocide...

[@cyberserk5614]

​@user-jo6wn9sl1j the covid vaccine was a German invention?

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

@@user-jo6wn9sl1j The people didn’t. The regime did ☝🏻

[@ramonrodriguez3741]

I was never special ops, but what I learned, during my years in the Army. Special OPS train how to kill silently, not face to face like regular forces. If they are in close combat, that means something went wrong.

[@coppertopv365]

Brother, I agree with you. But times have changed. They sure didn't have a way to kill at distance effectively, especially at night.

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

That depends on what our ROEs & objectives are & how long we are in the area... If it's a hunter-killer mission, rules say we put them down & then disappear after we put a calling card on each body... The Abu Sayyaf KNEW 1st SFG wasn't going to play with them in the Philippines - we made it VERY clear...

[@nolataoists8575]

Look at you...thank you for your service. Hopefully we'll meet in the shadows in the days to come here, on our soil, in the days to come. Stay well, see you soon​@@nunyadambusiness6902

[@user-cx1lv3ji6f]

well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

@user-cx1lv3ji6f we don't spend any more ToT than we have to. If we're doing a sweep-&-search, 1 of our team is standing there with a stopwatch calling out the time over coms or the radio (usually 1 of our 18Es) while we search & someone is writing down everything we call out... Once time is up, we disappear back into the jungle... UNLESS we are looking for something specific... then we keep searching while the overwatch keeps us updated... That's why it's called a retrieval team - & if you ask what we're retrieving, we literally tell you it's none of your business, lmfao... & we didn't gaf what your rank was when we said it 😂😂😂... If we were doing a hostage snatch, ANYONE on target got put down. Except the hvt we wanted. We ALREADY know if there are civilians around or not. The Abu Sayyaf didn't have civilians around, which meant anyone we found got wasted & we didn't stop till we hit the LOA. 1500 meter kill-sweep is just that - no need to explain... I used to LOVE the interdiction missions, because the ASG would always switch camps at night. That meant they couldn't see tripwires. We would toss an APM into each hooch with the timer set for 30 seconds. Set it in the middle of the room - timer ticks down & 8 tripwires shoot out in all directions. Once armed, it has a mousetrap setup in it, so if you even move it with a stick, it explodes. APMs are a much smaller/better version of the bouncing betty - every team guy carried 2. If we had to break contact, we pulled a rolling retreat on purpose - as last man pulled back, he sets 1 to 10 secs & tosses it over his shoulder... At 10 secs, the mine shoots out the tripwires & ARMS. 500 lil ball bearings inside... If you were DUMB enough to follow us, you're going to have a BAD day... The asg tried to put a bounty on our heads - but the $10k they offered was WORTHLESS, because our chain or command offered a cool $1 million to any Filipino who gave us info that led to the capture or death of ANY verified ASG member. I still have the leaflets & posters our 37 foxes put out during our psyop blitz... 😂😂😂 I can't say any more - it violates our OPSEC. And MANY of us who were in on the Philippine ops have been sent into Taiwan now, just WAITING for China to twitch 😂🤫👻🤫😂

[@GregorydavidMck]

Looks like whoever was in charge of wardrobe for the Germans deffo just went down to the thrift shop and filled a few bags with whatever.

[@scottmartin7717]

Hahaha the dude in the red flannel definitely broke the 4th wall for me

[@arthurjones9580]

Half the clothing looked like target night time wear!

[@Gerwi545]

​@@arthurjones9580 It's Aldi clothing. I noticed a long tartan shirt dress that totally looked like something I got from Aldi - the most German of all supermarket. 😂😂

[@FredBTs]

Are some of those German tribesmen wearing Pendleton shirts? Some had lovely trendy hairstyles, I especially like the ones with buns. They would not look out of place waiting tables in Los Angeles.

[@FredBTs]

What a load of fanciful crap.

[@user-adoyle123]

That was brilliant. I really enjoyed watching that.

[@eugeneariz4395]

Hard to imagine that Augustus was too surprised about the head of Varus. The head had to travel 900 miles south in those times so the smell of decay would have been significant.

[@gladtech4740]

It's honestly almost impossible to tell how these events really happened. History is written by the victors and sometimes they exaggerate for the publicity just like today

[@aussiemum1982]

They tended to put the heads in alcohol or oil. I have read of one that was preserved in salt to be brought to their leader

[@Archangelsword]

Salt stops the smell, 😂

[@eugeneariz4395]

@@Archangelsword still 900 miles with the rate of travel it would take months through heat damp etc it would still reek. Get a piece of raw salted meat and carry it around in your pocket unsealed for even just a few weeks and see how popular you are. Not to mention that the tribes probably wouldn't have taken the time and trouble to preserve the head.

[@CTCDetroit]

Honey would preserve the head if completely covered.

[@bobbypugh2666]

Hard to hide in the woods wearing a checkerboard pattern outfit. That cracked me up. Excellent camo! They did not, however, touch on the Roman's revenge for this betrayal. The old Romans did not let stuff like that slide on by.

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

Germanicus went and slaughtered his way all over Germania.

[@jamesberlo4298]

It was Primarily the Chatti he took by Surprise , He used negotiations and helped Defend a Tribe against Arminius , who of course was Killed several years later by a Rival Chief. But he never made it all the way through and knew he would be driven out, But in the end the Germans ended Rome permanently , just as every invading horde ended up that tried to take them on. , As Wild as the Germanic Tribes were and constantly combating rival Tribes they were repulsed by the Brutality of Rome and felt they were unjust , duplicitous and treacherous and determined to subjugate , The Germans just wanted to be left alone. Rome was a brutal expansionist and genocidal Empire (Carthage) this allowed Europe to become the modern West of European Nations@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

@@jamesberlo4298 I don't disagree, I first heard about the teuroberg massacre when I read ,"I Claudius", by Robert Graves then read more and more and then I found myself driving through the area whilst visiting engineering firms in Northern Germany and talking to the locals, they told me of caches of coins found and rusty old weapons and then we have the British army officer who nailed the location of the massacre. Rome needed constant expansion otherwise it would wither and die, we see the same nowadays with the EU and their constant expansionist policies !

[@letsdothis9063]

They were eventually pushed back out though.

[@nicolasrose3064]

"Varus was one of the best Generals of his Day..." Varus was a Politician/Lawyer, he had hardly any Campaign experience, was greedy and disinterested in the Legions under his Command, he wanted to Govern and reap the spoils of conquest, he imposed harsh, unrealistic taxes on the Germanic tribes, imprisoned their Chiefs and subjugated the tribesmen, he raided Village harvests which were vital to the tribes survival through the harsh Winters, he was Not "one of Rome's best Generals".

[@steiner554]

He even taxed the Frisians so much that at one point all they had to offer was their women as nothing was left. So they rose up.

[@charliebubbles9501]

Indeed, Varys was a military nobody, just an administrator and tax collector not a soldier.

[@Sturminfantrist]

@@charliebubbles9501 "He came to the rich Province syria as a poor man and later left the poor Syrian province as a rich man" thats all you need to know about him

[@LTPottenger]

Rome doesn't send their best

[@jasonmarshall771]

Absolutely brilliant first class narration and very interesting subject

[@carguybikeguy]

Germany has always been Metal AF! 🤘

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

Es ist im Blut

[@tombrunner8181]

The last flap has fallen. The Morgenthau Plan is almost complete.

[@MsChristyCox]

Very much enjoyed that .

[@jeffransom2977]

Ahhhh! Germania! Brings back so many memories.

[@VFella]

You got a time machine? Because the place is now called "Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia"... And we do have streets with concrete and all. We do have Romans though, but we call them "reenactors" ;)

[@sixxfreak58]

I was unaware that the Germanic tribes from 2000 years ago fought in plaid pajamas.

[@lauraburdey1229]

Well who doesn't love pajamas?!? 😂

[@franciscorodriguez259]

VERY CONFY,ILL SAY😅

[@zpydawebb2344]

It's difficult to imagine how advanced the Romans were in pretty much everything, compared to the tribes in Germany or Britain. They'd use a kind of scortched earth policy of burning down forests in order to do battle in open land where they could utilize formation fighting.

[@dahjeekwenglee5909]

sounds pretty simple to me....

[@johnfisher697]

Sounds stupid to me, why clear a forest to have a battle, they might clear ground around and about, but forests?

[@jamesw.scarber4924]

It does seem so stupid ..your coming to my country..we ain't changing anything

[@nicolasrose3064]

"The Club is a very effective Weapon, even through Armour, it's going to have an Impact...." Amazing, a Club has "impact"......

[@20chocsaday]

It is also one of the traditional Zulu weapons. The hard round wooden head can stop a knee from moving through sheer pain. Even if the bone is not greatly damaged the brain can lose control of it. Then you fall and are despatched as you are used to gain height for the next victim. If it should ever happen, of course.

[@rogerroth7782]

Sure, a club has an impact when it hits something. ???

[@Pleasemison]

How else would you describe the type of blow a club delivers?

[@NgugiKamau-rr3zp]

In Kenya among the Maasai,a big lorry wheel bolt (fiat or Mercedes)is attached as the club knob.direct strike is mostly fatal.

[@nicolasrose3064]

@@20chocsaday My Father had a collection of "Knob-Carry's", a Club shaped out of a single piece of Hardwood with a large bulbous "knob" on the end of a slender "handle", most brutal looking things, you couldn't look at one and resist imagining a Warrior swinging it through an enemy's life...

[@WAYSOFLOVINGDARKNESS]

Did anyone else laugh at the watermelon 😂? Like hey were in ancient europe oh btw heres our PRACTICE WATERMELON 😂😂😂

[@barryohara2099]

I think was only these guys and (scottish pict tribes ) that actually repelled and fought Romans off on there journey of conquering world .. I'm proud my ancestors in scotland fought n scared Romans so much and these guys r just as great in this video .. Great video enjoyed it ❤

[@VFella]

Well, the fact is that the "Romans" were in a large part Britons, non-Pictish scots or Germanics. They also weren't up to "conquer the world". They went until they found a place there, it wasn't worth fighting for. Furthermore, they usually build walls that were meant as border, just like the modern borders, but back then they didn't have barbed wire. So, Stone it was. We tend to have a very distorted image of what the Romans really were. Also with our own identities. Every single European country (I bet, including Italy) has its legends about how our respective ancestors heroically defeated the Romans, from the Picts in Scotland to the Batavians here in the Netherlands. Both have actually one curious thing in common: Neither the modern day Scots nor the modern day Dutch have any relation to Picts or Batavians. The Picts have left pretty little genetic traces, while modern Scots are mostly related to the ancient Irish Celts and medieval Danes. And the Batavians left little trace either, replaced by a coalition of several late Germanic tribes, the Franks. Which after 500 years of Roman civilization were just as Roman as the Romans were "Germanic". TL;DR: Modern Europeans are genetically more related to the Romans than to any "mythical" ancestor that we fancy ourselves to be offspring off. And by Roman, I mean the huge mix of Germanic, Celtic and Mediterranean that was spread across the best part of the Continent for up to 500 years.

[@Viewer372]

Excellent video. Interesting, informative and entertaining. Kudos!

[@sammysneed6142]

Awesome Documentary!!!! 10 Stars!

[@azlanameer4912]

Feeling sad for the fallen Romans... Such is the power of Re enactment😢

[@John15293]

Adverts for history hit are 3x louder than the content.

[@coppertopv365]

Noticed that as well

[@timothyleavy7246]

I remember reading how when we were fighting in the Sahara in the second world war, we made some alliances with the desert people, who would creep into a German or Italian camp and cut one throat, and the next morning they'd find the guy there like clockwork. None of the sentries ever saw anything. The hashishiun were similar, but after they did their thing, they stuck around to be caught and killed, as a further psychological attack. I still agree with Sho Kosugi, "not all ninja were evil"... But the ones you know about usually are, completely out of control people. I'm not so sure about ghost warriors, I'd have heard about them . Closer to my own heritage, our version, a variation on that theme. I'm not sure there's that much similarity with special ops, which relies on rational planning and knowledge. Some people are actually spooky.

[@BIGPINKMAN]

💪🏻😎👍🏻🤍🤍🤍 God i can't get enough of my Ancient European Ancestors History it can literally go on and on for days

[@VFella]

How do you know they were exactly _your_ ancestors? (Real European here, BTW)

[@BIGPINKMAN]

@@VFella What??? 😂 And cool I'm glad you are but unfortunately it appears you don't seem to understand how deep and rich European history really is ok I'm a bit of a historian myself Also it's pretty self explanatory my guy

[@claudedamoney3395]

They killed each other for a long time

[@BIGPINKMAN]

@@claudedamoney3395 Obviously Europeans fought among each other for along time.....Lol

[@troetolbeer1]

He was a hostage taken from his father to make sure his father the leader of his tribe will do as Rome said so and he was taken together with his younger brother

[@geoffcollier8736]

Like the copper pipe connected to the “horn”!

[@TofiqHidayatBurungLiar]

Jungle guerrilla is nightmare for every soldier..

[@gladtech4740]

Except this is forest warfare. Not jungle. Which if you've ever been to the Pacific Northwest in USA you understand how fast you can get lost

[@mito88]

no more nightmares after kaput

[@terrycollins0314]

Thus the reason for implementing a night watch that rotate so everyone gets a little sleep

[@mito88]

@@gladtech4740 where the mosquito is the national bird.

[@andrewthompson5728]

@@gladtech4740 The woods throughout the Pacific Northwest into British Columbia have forest so thick and tangled with underbrush, that in some places you can wander fifty feet from the road and not only be unable to see the highway, sound from passing cars seems to come from everywhere.

[@jamesglobke948]

When the story they tell doesn’t actually match up with history 😂

[@fionadowson4550]

So this is where the Brothers Grimm got their inspiration from. Forests are full of ghosts and spirits....

[@John.Flower.Productions]

Every fairytale that you have ever heard came from the forests of Germany. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Et cetera…

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

and elves, gnomes, giants, dragons…

[@SEKreiver]

So, what primary sources refer to these 'ghost warriors'? I've never heard of them.

[@jamiestokes8462]

Tacitus - Germania

[@SEKreiver]

@@jamiestokes8462 Thanks! I guess I'll have to go reread my Tacitus. So many programs like this never mention their sources even once.

[@shades2.183]

​@@jamiestokes8462 He didn't call them ghost warriors though, its a spinn.

[@shades2.183]

​@@SEKreiverbecause it is opinion and fiction based.

[@samesryals6952]

What a brilliant strategy

[@Soylentgreenispeople999]

Do one on the Picts. They deserve credit to for fighting skill, and refusing to be passive Roman tax serfs. Slaughtered entire legions to.

[@jasrajsandhu1658]

Nah, celts didn't look scandanvian and they were conquered by romans

[@Soylentgreenispeople999]

@@jasrajsandhu1658 bs. So conquered, that Rome built a wall across England to contain them. You are funny, why do their looks matter?. They were their own People, not simply Celts.

[@jasrajsandhu1658]

@@Soylentgreenispeople999 they didn't look scandanvian so their history is boring, also they got wiped out by vikings later

[@Soylentgreenispeople999]

@@jasrajsandhu1658 so what, were talkong Roman late era, Vikings came 1000 years or so later when the Picts were no longer a people. They were not wiped out. I am sure many people in the UK especually Scottland desended from them and don' t even know it. No their history is anything but boring.

[@Soylentgreenispeople999]

@@jasrajsandhu1658 man, you're tripping. Vikings were like a 1000 plus years after the Picts and Romans duked it out.

[@EstbXCIII]

Try to imagine how terrified the Romans would have been being attacked by these "ghosts" at night. Roman soilder as kids would have grown up hearing horrifying stories of the dark and unknown lands of Germania. Hearing stories describing it as having dark spirits, man eating tribes and haunted forrests. Roman soilders would've alrady felt afraid after being ordered to enter these lands. The parts of the Roman convoy who hadn't been attacked yet and had no idea that portions of there convoy were being slaughtered must have becoming nervous as the sun went down and they'd experience night in these forrests for the first time.. then.in complete darkness out nowhere without warning your attacked by these screaming "ghosts" in all black and seemingly black skin from all angles. Possibly being frozen in fear and having no affective way to defend yourselves and your men dying left and right. You're in unknown lands so you have absolutely NOWHERE to go... F**k that, dude 😱😱😱 That's a f**king nightmare!

[@dandunlop113]

Merito, barbarians of kin Scotland,. Peace now is it buitiful.. Merito.. 😊

[@user-jo6wn9sl1j]

I would have sprinkled baby powder in the forest and expose those black ghosts

[@trikepilot101]

This "documentary" offers not a single mention of historical source or archeological evidence of "ghost warriors."

[@TheCalvinHackett]

Great episode 😮 !

[@jasonwingfield7585]

Love how they are portrayed as masters of camouflage and stealth yet the film shows them all wearing their gleaming gold necklaces at night!

[@sanpotkins4705]

Once we were warriors

[@VFella]

You? yeah, sure.

[@troetolbeer1]

Thank you I just wanted to say that as wel

[@michaelwaller7365]

The Teutonburg Forest Massacre happened in 9 AD not 7 AD as was stated a couple of times.

[@lonniesides9302]

The narrator forgot his glasses.😅

[@thomasgumersell9607]

I enjoyed this video on the major defeat of the Roman Army. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

[@tbishop4961]

Great movie

[@MysticChronicles712]

This video is absolutely captivating!

[@brendanukveteran2360]

Brilliant!...intro titles say 7AD and the voice over says 3rd century AD - stopped watching right there...if you can't manage to make the visuals match ther audio then gawd knows what else you get wrong.

[@steiner554]

They are talking about the Harii only mentioned by Tacitus. They do A LOT of assuming in this "documentary" all based on a single line of text: "As for the Harii, quite apart from their strength, which exceeds that of the other tribes I have just listed, they pander to their innate savagery by skill and timing: with black shields and painted bodies, they choose dark nights to fight, and by means of terror and shadow of a ghostly army they cause panic, since no enemy can bear a sight so unexpected and hellish; in every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered.". There is still no concensus on the fact if the Harii were a tribe or a band of warriors amongst scholars.

[@afternoobtea914]

Well, the word "Hari" means warrior so it could either be a tribe or a warrior society.

[@samuelhuber3765]

germay was filled with a lot of tribes the germans (spearpeople geer is the celtic word for spear) saxons (swordpeople Sax is the celtic word for a big knife) raetians, helvetii, noricans... the one thing they had in common the were celts ( celt is the celtic word for an axe)and therefore they were very skiild at all those weapons not only the ones you mentioned and free people until rome moved in. they were very well organized the raetians defeted rome in war before they became romes first province. not conuered in war but bought by the romans. so they were capable of organizing.

[@keithharding8645]

I spent 3 1/2 years in a British military base near here.The area has been "civilised" with proper footpaths for the locals on their Sunday afternoon strolls.We used to use the more extensive wilder parts for orienteering. Just watching the video made my legs ache. FYI, "Arminius- is the Latinised form of "Herman," which was his real name.

[@ultrajd]

If I recall correctly, What we now know as Germany was one of the few places that Rome was unable pacify.

[@mito88]

east of the rhine only

[@ultrajd]

@@mito88 Even so my point still stands.

[@mito88]

@ultrajd I don't disagree with you. the germans definitely drew a line and kicked roman butts.

[@ultrajd]

@@mito88 very much so. If I recall correctly, the only other cultures that the Romans were never truly able to pacify were the Scottish, Irish, I think. Obviously the Germans. And the Pictish.

[@mito88]

@@ultrajd the 9th legion..... those savage barbarians!

[@boomcrypto8347]

I too would love to see one on the Picts. I myself come from the Stanley line in Britain where there were about 6 or 7 " Knights of the Garter" in my family over a several hundred year period. Including The Black Knight Sir George Stanley.

[@wannabe4668]

Kind of worries me that atrocities of the past are so celebrated today.

[@AshKaye78]

There will always be those that set out to dominate…. Just as there will always be those who simply say … ‘Not today’ ✊

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

@20:50 That’s a bit critical to say how masterfully they survived as free men in the deep forests of Germania.

[@grampsizzakilla7981]

Not so sure about the...AHEM..."weapons expert", but the rest of the documentary is very good. Really brings the famous battle to life and takes you down on the ground as the massive conflict unfolds. It must have been savage beyond belief. But back to that "weapons expert". Have you never heard of Dash Rednar's channel on KZbin? He makes a sling look lethal AF at range. He can DO the real stuff because he is built like a warrior from a LOT of very specialized training with bows, slings, spears, etc.

[@Maza675]

You know you are fierce and violent when the Romans say 'don't go any further that way, that's enemy territory the other side of that (Hadrians Wall, Rhine River).

[@TroyYounts]

do we have records from the Romans of these 'Ghost Warriors'?

[@jagosevatarion8822]

Tacitus - Germania. I dont remember which page but it is a short book.

[@shades2.183]

​@@jagosevatarion8822bs,

[@havca2916]

I would guess that there is about 30% truth based on archelogical founds in this documentary. The rest is "Games of Thrones", especially when it comes to those "Ghost Warriors". German tribes at that time don't fight by night (they are afraid themselves by the many ghosts and spirits living in the forest). In this special case tho, they had to continue the fighting even if it was getting dark. No way to just quit the battlefield when the "job" isn't done. Therefor, there was with high probability (so few is really prouven in this battle) no "Ghost Warriors Special Operations Army Group", which is the basic assumption of this documentary.

[@les3449]

Like the modern US Army Rangers have said; the night is your friend.

[@mikha007]

so is night vision

[@limeallens6160]

17:12 Awesome shot of that goat.

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

Varus was a Tax Collector, his knowledge of soldiering was minimal.

[@tommeakin1732]

A little spring-board for any English speakers younger than me who may have also had somewhat shameful schooling when it came to learning about the deep past: For the English, this is the closest you'll get to an English-made show that's talking about the core bulk of your forefathers who were around at the height of the Roman empire. For whatever reason, the English lot is to tie everything to the ground itself, rather than blood or ways; hence you'll normally only see English shows about those that lived in Britain then, that will try to give you the feeling that they're your only forefathers. The truth is messier than that, and the Germanic settling of what would become England and southern Scotland was pretty much a replacement. There also seems to be an odd pattern where Englishmen can only find something to be interesting when they it seems "exotic" and of the other. That even leads to cases like this where English speakers will talk about Germanic ways like they're "from those folk over there" lol. Furthermore I'll say that, as someone who's deeply in to learning about Germanic tongues; I'd go as far as saying this show has even been written to leave out as much English as they could, so the "experts" can speak as much French as can be understood by an English speaker. It is the standard that, in modern English, when one wishes to sound more "intelligent", more "sophisticated"; you hack the brainwashed English brain by just speaking French. Once you start seeing it, it's hard to not find that worthy of some wondering. Btw, aside from any of that, this is a pretty bad show, if you couldn't already tell. Not awful, but not good lol.

[@Cityb0y85]

The portrait of valrus in this film is very different then what the historical records tells us

[@h.w.barlow6693]

THE GUIDO FEARS THE NORD.💪

[@alanamason2184]

I reckon if the Romans took their sandals off and stopped feeding each other grapes in the shade They might’ve learned something Mazing

[@benzo80o.c82]

If only the German people had this warrior spirit today 🎉

[@user-en7py8pb7j]

It’s there. Don’t ask for it.

[@mtgdustin]

5:03 I want to see him actually hit it. A actual expert of the shepherds sling doesn’t use it that way

[@judithcisneros4097]

The comment: "they are the equivalent to our Black Ops people today" is a bit misconstrued. The ghost warriors were defending their lands against colonization. The present day Black Ops do the exact opposite. Sorry but I would compare these ancient fighters to any guerilla or freedom fighters in the world ever since times ancient conquest to modern colonization and agression towards third world countries. Black Ops are military units carrying out missions in other peoples' lands.

[@michaelgriffith2379]

They always show the romans dying so easy, they had armor the Germans did not.

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

Yeah but, the Romans wore skirts whereas the Germans wore trousers. Think about that 😅

[@JohnTLyon]

The Chinese precursor to the ninja were called the "Forest Demons," for very good reason! Have to say, Arminius was a hella tactician.

[@randallfabian6640]

I'm reminded of the Rebels and Ewoks fight against the storm troopers on Endor!

[@thefirstvoidwalker1613]

That was a cool intro

[@Richard-me2pq]

I am embarrassed my ancestors wore checkerboard pajamas to battle.

[@troetolbeer1]

But a lot of things that are being told are so wrong

[@awt9687]

varus was not the man for the job. He was a bean counter and lucked out in his mission in Judea because he had no one really to oppose him. he had no idea of miliitary tactics and refused the advice of those officers he would be leading he was putting everyone in jeopardy. and then he became the fool again not listening to the germans friendly to Rome telling him Arminius was a traitor. germans on the other hand look at him as a hero. His brother didn't betray the Romans who gave him a good life...too bad varus and arminius were buried in the same grave. But then this is just me.:)

[@letsdothis9063]

Buried in the same grave?

[@OublietteTight]

Odessy, sincere polite thank you for sharing this. BBC, good work, but not great. Too much unfocused images. Shaking out of focus editing is unappealing and distracting. Please teach through showing all the details you worked so hard to create? Wiggly special effects led me to shrug with frustration and to become distracted by a video game. I listened to the entire production... twice. Great audio and information. But I gave up watching after 10 minutes. 😢

[@spaceman51974]

What a difference to today where Germany is being overrun by hordes from the middle east and Africa. Wonder what the old tribes would do.

[@brutonano9521]

Tough, tough men and here I am in the comfort of my living room with a cell phone.

[@user-tq2jt3ok1t]

Me too

[@45Lonewolf45]

If there is such a thing as ghost ,today those woods should be full Roman soldiers

[@Americansolja14]

That’s because they were mostly wilderness with few urbanized centers. All organized militaries have struggled to conquer such territories.

[@jamesward5721]

The Germanic tribes could just have shown the Romans all the ads YT peppers this with.. that would have caused them to lose the will to live too.

[@thewriter5186]

Some facts , a lot of fiction, just to set one point , no battle field would of been left with Roman body's still wearing there armour, the tribes would strip there corpse's head to toe , facts .🧐

[@LTPottenger]

Not in a raid in the middle of night or while chasing down stragglers for miles.

[@rgw5991]

yeah it makes no sense that a messenger would deliver the head of a soldier to their general. As if they wouldn't realise what is inside the box haha suuuree... with it rotting and bleeding and banging al the way through.

[@thewriter5186]

@@StvnDaHeathn congratulations on noticing that , you should be proud of yourself 🤓

[@frankwerner6355]

Arminius was murdered some years later in a quarrel between chieftains. Essentially nothing, or very little, was achieved by this battle. Also, I would love to have some sort of source for the myth of these ghost warriors. Not in Tacitus, I have read him, nor in Ceasars memoirs.

[@mrkus-nc7od]

Achievement 😂 yes ! Beat a large Roman Army by getting together the Clans 😊 Tube "Wir Rufen deine Wolfe "". What was achieved by Germanicus slaughtering Women and Children ? It's Quite the story vengeance for Varus . And by the way Roma s talked propaganda so talking about the"" Geist krieger "" would not be advised 😂 🤔

[@jamesberlo4298]

It kept Rome out of the rest of Germany.

[@rjwintl]

It kept Rome out of further expansion into Germania !!! … AND , because of all the Roman wars , most of the able bodied were killed and left the scraps to breed … that’s why Italians have so many medical maladies … and that’s Karma !!!

[@Dark-Star63A]

It proved that the might of Rome could be beaten....

[@der_kanadier]

That was some fine swashbuckling.

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

Where is the comment that says “ I’m related the king Osbtrič “ lol

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

than it was possible to be imagined.

[@GavTatu]

maybe it was never about breaking the legions, maybe it was about the friends they made along the way.

[@user-kq7wg6ig2l]

Stop the enemies from coming here and definitely dont let them serve!

[@user-kq7wg6ig2l]

Protect the man on the left in a Shieldwall

[@rolandmaastricht]

what a totally dreamy documentary. Whoever made this should get the facts straight before you start telling total nonsense. an example of how not to make a documentary

[@Soylentgreenispeople999]

Respect to these Germans.