How Julius Caesar's Fearsome German Cavalry Led Him to Victory

[@22fordfx49]

For many decades, people used german soldiers to win battles. Caesar, Napolean, and even the British used Hessian soldiers during the colonial era

[@juanzulu1318]

Imagine u sit happily and confidentially in a fortress only to realize that the besiegers happily and confidentally start building a fortress around u.

[@christosvoskresye]

Insert standard jokes about Germans rescuing overconfident Italians and the French getting whipped.

[@globalcombattv]

No one inserted even a single joke :( :(

[@TheAztecGamer123]

christosvoskresye Germany was so great that it took down the great Roman empire and whipped the dead ass people that lived in Francia and replaced them with their own Germanic tribes

[@globalcombattv]

hahahahah, now that's more like it :D

[@bremnersghost948]

No need to make jokes, reality is funny enough

[@BlackWolf9988]

Its funny how even after many centuries things never change

[@Ph33rPixel]

The Germans have always known Blitzkrieg

[@luisromanlegionaire]

They sure got a taste of it when the HUNS rolled through lol.

[@Ph33rPixel]

@@luisromanlegionaire they copied what works

[@janein2049]

@@luisromanlegionaire Actually they didnt come that far. They had to move back because they needed to vote for a new leader. Please now your history.

[@ivmotev5053]

I'll said this: "The big problem of Italians is they're not Germans, but Germans aren't British!!!"

[@markusbuelow7871]

@@luisromanlegionaire JA WE MADE FRIENDS ! HUSSAR !

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

"your spirit has never been content with the narrow confines that nature has imposed upon us"... Cicero to Caesar.

[@jhgeorg]

Caesar: These Gauls are giving me a run for my money. I need some ideas. German Cavalry: Hold my beer.

[@tylerdee7529]

History Uncovered is one of the best history channels in YT!

[@siddislikesgoogle]

They must have been truly ferocious warriors.

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

I mean when your religion tells you that your entire life is predetermined and you can only chose how you behave yourself when it happens and the only way to gain entrance into the highest place of the afterword is dieing bravely in combat, it probably makes for a somewhat reckless and daring warrior. When it is already predetermined wether you live or die there is no point in thinking about what may happen. If you are to die that day there is nothing that you can do to stop it and if you are not destined to die that day there is nothing that anybody else can do to stop you, so your only concern becomes dieing a worthy death to earn your place in Walhalla.

[@luisromanlegionaire]

@@boahkeinbockmehr Very well said

[@Aurora2097]

Two things led him to victory 1. He was able to divide the gauls, drawing several young nobles on his side by promising them future power and positions 2. He completely plundered the gaulish sanctuaries, enabling him to finance a huge number of additional mercenaries - among them germanic horsemen, yes!

[@MattieK09]

I really like his guys delivery. This is my new favorite history channel

[@ethanarnold4441]

It seems like Caesar definitely knew this lesson from the Art of War: Use your enemy's forces to increase your own strength.

[@hsvshsjhehe]

Caesar did not know about the subject matter of The Art of War

[@ethanarnold4441]

@@hsvshsjhehe How do you know?

[@hsvshsjhehe]

@@ethanarnold4441 Because Rome could not reach the borders of China and the only way to reach China through its trade with the Seleucids and the Kingdom of Maysan or Kharaks, even with this trade they could not communicate in a strong and huge way with China

[@ethanarnold4441]

​@@hsvshsjhehe That may be true, but it doesn't really matter. Caesar probably knew that using his enemy's forces to increase his own strength was a good idea. You don't necessarily need to have read the Art of War (or any book for that matter) to know it's principles.

[@hsvshsjhehe]

@@ethanarnold4441 Yes I agree with you

[@mediocrebanters]

Fast germanic cavalry tactic is the ancestor of WW2 tank blitzkrieg tactic.

[@patrickdevries6267]

Bullshit! Julius Caesar never used Germanic mercenaries! He only used his Roman legions! He fought the germanic tribes under leadership of Aristovius and kicked the germans their ass. Julius Caesar used with this as first general genius soldiers to build a bridge over the Rhine which the germanics didn't understand what Julius Caesar was doing. When the bridge was finished the germanics realized what happened but it was to late and they were annihilated

[@tehzoofnaste8979]

@@patrickdevries6267 Sorry but the usage of germanic mercenaries is well documented, aswell as many other mercenaries from all kinds of countries all over europe and some even from the middle east.

[@darking30]

@@patrickdevries6267 by caesar own words, he had gaul cavalry when he fighted ariovistus, he even took their horses and mounted a full legion with them. The bridge wasnt builded by a general but by a pedofilic engineed called mamurra. the bridge u mention happens after ariovistus defeat and the germans didnt got anhilated, most of them was so scare of how fast the romans builded the bridge and moved all his legions in a few days across the river when for them was a matter of weeks, they went deeper in ther territory, and caesar only destroyed their undefended oppidums and went back to gaul and took down the bridge.

[@hillaryilinsky1009]

in the end where did it get them.(the germans) in WW2.

[@malcigloe]

@@patrickdevries6267 Herman the cherusk was a einen light caverlarie of Roman Army idiot

[@Strideo1]

Cavalry is a force of mounted warriors or soldiers. Calvary is where Jesus was crucified.

[@jardapesek8210]

Hard to say. We don't even know if Jesusu existed.

[@harrytruman4182]

Jarda Pešek you must be out of your mind

[@kazaddum2448]

Considering the total lack of sources outside of stuff written decades to centuries after his suposed death - Jarda is right.

[@jerrytang8684]

Kaza and Jarda: I didn't hear of your grandfathers. Probably you sprouted out of cow dung.

[@Ostpreussen-km8rd]

Funny you should say that... Jesus was a Coprophilous fungi so it would seem he is the one whom sprouted from shit.

[@pjbutton3396]

You deserve so much more attention. Awesome video!

[@eagleswoop535]

The back bone was the legions no doubt about it. It never ceases to amaze me this predisposition to glorify a particular unit either because it appeases to ones racial ego or somehow takes away from one of history mightiest and greatest empires. Imagine an army of john basilone, gino merli, saverio rocca, anthony rocca, and bruno sammartinos no need for a cavarly unit

[@matthewkuchinski1769]

The image of the German light infantry holding on to the Germanic cavalry's horses' tails to keep up makes me think of the Lady Butler painting of the Scottish Greys at Waterloo. I guess forces from both eras realized that cavalry and infantry acting in concert had better results than if they fought separately.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

They were Germanic horsemen. They did not come from what is nowadays Germany, but the Netherlands and Belgium (Batavorum and Belgica).

[@321AlterSchwede]

At this time germany, netherlands, belgium, denmark, sweden and norway where one cultural room.

[@StyleTeeworlds]

Belgica was celtic

[@321AlterSchwede]

@@StyleTeeworlds Caesar explained in "de bello gallica" that Belgium was settled by germans, who had turned celtic to some degree. The once who came latest where the wildest and less celtic, the Nervii.

[@johnywolfs104]

No they came from East of the river Rhijn.

[@lm7338]

@@321AlterSchwede Or rather clumped together by Rome

[@ayyelemayo7390]

I thought my dyslexic friend was the only one who said calvary instead of cavalry untill i stumbled upon this video

[@dieterdodel1974]

In 9 A.D., every Roman Soldier were acting like a Bad Ass..... until the Trees in the Teutoburg Forest begun to wispering.

[@diomedestydeus3298]

Just a disappointing, but temporary set-back for the Romans. The Germanic tribes weren't venturing over the Rhine into Gaul. The Romans would return on a punitive mission led by Germanicus in 14-16CE and retrieved two lost Eagle standards punishing tribes and villages before being called back to Rome by Tiberius.

[@sebvv5219]

Really nicely done with all the visualisations.

[@AmrodOfDale]

Awesome video! Great to see an auxilia/mercenary analysis on Caesar's legions

[@sventibaldo]

And thus began the German tradition of fighting for a Kaiser

[@artisticpianogallery7786]

Why can’t people understand that Calvary (with the L before the v) is the hill that Christ died upon???? This guy says Calvary over and over - it’s CAVALRY with the L first good Lord

[@jaegarviking3846]

I want kiss you only for say that... I hate read "Ohhh but the Calvary....." ITS CAVALRY FUCK SAKE.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

I'm trying to pin down when the Romans incorporated the Batavians into their forces. I know they were considered "Friends of Rome" and split off from the Chatti tribe in Germany because of their close relations with the Romans. The Romans settled them in modern day Netherlands along the Rhine and nearby rivers. The sequence of events and dates are vague which I'm finding is a tough challenge. Julius Caesar was operating close to Frisian territory at one point. Besides the Batavian/Chatti question, I'm wondering if the "Germans" mentioned in this video might also include the friendly Chatti (later Batavians).

[@deejaysyn420]

Or the suebi

[@mickeytwister4721]

The Batavian were most likely brought into to the Roman world during Drusis the elder and Tiberius campaigns into Germania.

[@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449]

I was reading a book called Racial Prejudice in Imperial Rome and if you have time and the chance I suggest reading it. It deals with racial issues between Rome and Germanic peoples. Incredibly interesting and really makes you think differently about race in antiquity. Off topic I know but the video was reminding me of it.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages I think I'll track that down.

[@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449]

Octavian Caesar Hibernicus it’s a short but incredibly interesting read!

[@ronaldderooij1774]

It was not racism, but the Romans felt they were culturally superior.

[@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449]

Ronald de Rooij I’m going to disagree with you due to academic and scholarly works. Racism in antiquity revolved around culture and language rather than skin color. Our ancestors were not color blind by any means but racism was a much more complex subject in the ancient world rather than how it is today.

[@Luredreier]

+The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages To be fair, it's complex now too. With prejudice towards different cultures also playing a part now...

[@haveacupateafatherwoulduoh9288]

Thanks ceaser for the lesson no matter how good u get or how well u served there is always some one willing to cut u down at home for that which u have become

[@SuperMrFriendly]

this video is very incomplete. they where also very very active at pharsalus, thapsus and where even among the few men cesar had with him at alexandria.

[@67claudius]

When Julius Caesar defeated the Ariovistus and the Germans in the Battle of the Vosges, the Germanic cavalry on which side was it?

[@HostileGG]

no they were not, Caesar clearly make a distinction between celts and germanic people, ethnicaly and culturally speaking, he even said that belgians were different from other gauls because they were a mix of celts (gauls) and germanic people.

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

@@HostileGG of course he did. He had to. After all he was selling his entire war back home on the justification, that he was protecting the allied gauls from an invading germanic empire. Wouldn't work to portray it as an almost civil war like conflict. Same counts for the potrayal of the germanic people, as one unified empire capeable of rivalring or even destroying rome (that's a self fullfilling prophesy if i have ever seen one), which he again used to justify the amount of troops and illegal wars he kept and fought in gaul. While there surely were distinct germanic and keltic people, the people in the border regions would have been a hard to distinguish mix of both.

[@rifleman4005]

@@boahkeinbockmehr what Germanic empire. Germany was a collection of various tribes who fought each other. The romans considered the germans backward.

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

@@rifleman4005 are you capable of reading? If so, read my comment again and answer your question yourself... (Little hint: I never said there was something like a Germanic empire. I said that Caesar however made it for propaganda reasons back home appear as if there was....)

[@rifleman4005]

@@boahkeinbockmehr I may have clicked on the wrong comment. I am using the keyboard on my phone and I make s lot of mistakes with it.

[@namekman01]

very good and interesting video. here's a tip on how to remember how to say cavalry. caval means horse, so as long as you get that part right, just add a ry after it

[@TheHigherBrow]

Great to see more Rome content.

[@ColonelNachos]

We shouldn't forget that German cavalry was extremely rare and privileged in Germanic society so they were the elite of the elite in "barbarian" cavalry

[@fuxihutterer8088]

YES TRUE THATS WHY THEY WERE SO GOOD AND RARE

[@MarcoBonechi]

Germanic, win battles, lose wars. Nothing has changed.

[@fuxihutterer8088]

ITS SO FASCINATING HOW GEERMANIC CAV HAD NOT BEST EQUIPMENT BUT WERE MORE FIERCE AND ELITE I THINK BECAUSE IN GERMANIA IT WAS RARE AND ONLY NOBLES CAN AFORD

[@beastieman4207]

dude ur so awesome

[@orthoff123]

very good work!

[@UC9i2DIBPmFuPBB1n4aoTG5Q]

Great video, but there's something with narrator's intonation that makes it tiresome to watch :(

[@simply2ghetto]

Don't watch then. No one is forcing you.

[@UC9i2DIBPmFuPBB1n4aoTG5Q]

I'm just giving a feedback I liked the video. The topic is intersting, the author is making a good job on his research I think if he would work on his intonation, it would make videos more engaging and bring more subs

[@manuelmigoya2109]

It's the lack of emphasis at the end of every sentence. Also, he maintains the same time throughout the hole video, which is tiring to listen to. I agree, the video is great, and the criticism is done only because I think it's worth the improvement, not to diminish anyone.

[@tobiasmejdal3842]

yeah he sounds kinda sassy sometimes

[@tobiasmejdal3842]

joe there's a difference between intonation and accent

[@istvansipos9940]

I think, it was GermanIC cavalry. No Germans existed back then, only various Germanic peoples

[@MrGuyJacks]

Read Tacitus's "Germania", he describes a form of collective folk that are however divided by tribes.. Additionally Arminius of the Cherusci lead a coalition of Germanic tribes against the Romans in the battle of Teutoburg forest and later on against the Roman general Germanicus, a foreign invader game them common identity and cause. Of course they did not have a national identity in the modern sense.. However I do think that the Germans did have a loose identity at least during these times, which was perhaps weakened later on with during the Middle ages.. However you can see that during the time of Arminius the Germans had at least some sort of a collective identity, the same goes for the Gauls

[@christiancristof491]

Born2BWild Yeah, doesn't matter. It's still "Germanic".

[@tiami3886]

poggio braccolini..

[@pagancenturion94]

Yes they were from Germania

[@Luredreier]

+Born2BWild The problem with using "german" instead of "germanic" is that it excludes a lot of people who *are* germanic but that are *not* german. The people in Flanders, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries are all *germanic* but *not* German. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes who invaded England where *also* germanic but are *not* german. And so one and so forth.

[@ShadowGearFive]

The Batavians were very feared and respected allies of the Romans.

[@vicentgalvan70]

Great work. Had no knowloge about those guys. Can you do Skandenberg and the Albanian-Ottoman wars, please? :3333

[@ethnicgerman5275]

ALBANIANS are ottomans

[@vicentgalvan70]

@@ethnicgerman5275 Go fuck yourself.

[@WTFisDrifting]

Didn’t he also have Gallic cav?

[@dijin456]

Excellent..

[@oJoJo]

I know who ceasar is but I like Julius more

[@haukka18]

Cavalry, not Calvary, okay?

[@HistoryUncovered]

Sounds like I'm saying "calvary?" Completely by accident.

[@Drumsetti]

It's really distracting!

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

History Uncovered you don’t sound like it, you are saying calvary, clearly and consistently. In general, you need to do some work to create videos on par with channels like Kings and Generals or History with Hilbert. You need to be careful quoting Julius Caesar’s, “The Gallic Wars”, that you aren’t just perpetuating his own propaganda and opinions and passing them on as historical fact. For example, “they (Germanic tribes) were a savage and primitive people”. According to whom? Caesar, who was justifying continued war and militarization of the Rhein and Danube banks, largely because he couldn’t yet return to Rome because of the issues with Pompey and the senate. He wanted as many legions and as much glory and wealth to become concentrated in his provincial jurisdictions, to ultimately make him unassailable when he returned home. He wasn’t quite unassailable on his return, but he had tremendously loyal, veteran legions and had accumulated vast imperium and wealth. So, back to my point... aside from the obviously machiavellian Caesar, what other direct sources do you have to base your statement on? We know the Germanic peoples had a rich cultural and spiritual tradition from linguistics, archaeology and their descendant cultures; the Nords, Anglo-Saxons and modern Germans. We know they did tremendous works of gold and silver, much as the Celts. We know they had much of the same weapons and metallurgical technology as the Romans. We know they took great care of their appearance, hair, bathing, etc. and to the Romans generally seemed very large of stature and of ruddy complexion. Basically, they lacked - Greco-Roman architecture and Engineering -Roman political system (a system that was years away from being usurped by the Julio-Claudians and was rife with corruption.) -Roman Bureaucracy & military organization capabilities. All of that said, one only needs to examine what happened in the Teutoberg forest to see how the Germanic tribes could unite in common cause, and totally outsmart their more developed enemy. Outside of these kinds of un-Academic statements, try to lose the monotone, and have somebody listen to your releases to check for any oddly or incorrectly pronounced words. On a positive note, very good idea for content, you have a good voice if you work on the intonation, and despite some unacademic statements, your research was still good.

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

History Uncovered oh, and please don’t take my (or others) constructive criticism too harshly... we are commenting because we care... because we see the potential in your videos... and we want you to iron out some of the kinks to make it great.

[@HistoryUncovered]

I think you misunderstood that statement, it wasn't my opinion. If you watch it again I said the Romans and others thought they were savage and primitive. I followed up right afterwards by saying that the German society was more complex than they were given credit for.

[@Greven866]

Roman steel in à german fist 👊🏻🗡

[@rockoalvarez8651]

So juliias hired naziz areans as mercenaries

[@HonorarySaiyan]

@@rockoalvarez8651 Learn how to speak ANY language before you write comments.

[@cyrilchui2811]

When Labienus took the 7000 Cavalry to join Pompey at Battle of Pharsalus, which side was the German Cavalry on?

[@rachelmorton9841]

Idk, but I imagine they still fought for Caesar. The Germans were not a known part of the Roman military at this time and would have only been loyal to Caesar himself and not to other Roman authority figures. The Senate had Gaelic and what they called “Germanic” Calvary. But this could have just been mainly Gaelic hourse men with some calling themselves German to inspire fear in the enemy.

[@patricks1560]

I think the debacle that was Caesar's first invasion of Britain pretty much illustrates how he was lost without decent cavalry.

[@giangargo669]

cavarly is surely important but the main problems in britain were absence of food and most of the time the fact that due to bad weather they wouldnt manage to get the full army across and have damaged ship

[@ColonelNachos]

The whole invasion was a nightmare and even with cav it likely would've failed due a lack of funding, drive, gain, and information.

[@pops1507]

Nice

[@MCorpReview]

Were these guys conquered or juz hired?

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

I came here expecting Saurerkraut..and I get. Total War II...lol

[@Clippidyclappidy]

People love to romanticize the Roman legionaries, but Rome was nothing without their mercenaries. Even when the Roman Empire fell and Byzantines took their place the royal guard of the Emperor were Varangian mercenaries. Even Scippio Africanus used Numidian mercenaries to defeat Hannibal as they were arguably the best cavalry in ancient world.

[@veryhairylarry1036]

nice

[@pauldonnelly910]

I like your videos, so please take this as constructive: you let your voice fall at the end of sentences and even phrases. Don't do that -- it sounds like you're asking a question: "Caesar used German cavalry? Because they were fierce?"

[@MUSICSTATIONBAND]

the horses were probably the huge ones.

[@bethjohnson8353]

How did Cesar have Germanic allies before he had conquered the Gauls in modern day France? I thought he defeated them first before crossing the Rhine then returning home.

[@Blindanddumb]

The Batavians were a Germanic tribe living on the western side of the Rhine and were already famed warriors. It's possible they were just looking for a new employer when Ceasar was looking for new warriors. Maybe an added bonus that they were not loyal to the Gaulic cause.

[@superscion8108]

Thus they helped Julius Caesar Latinize the Celts and ice out themselves, Germans, who were in a process, i.e, Ariovistus & Suebi, of Germanizing all Gaul. The Germans would have to battle against the Romans for centuries before finally crossing the Rhine in 406CE and not being expelled. And this was not a date of the loss of the country but when the frontier was crossed by a Germanic tribe (Vandals and joined extras from various peoples). The Germans overan the Western Empire and did plenty of damage to the Eastern Empire, namely the Balkans, in the course of another 100 years or so after that date.

[@rockoalvarez8651]

Thats wuts gona happen usa now

[@superscion8108]

@@rockoalvarez8651, Si lo hace, a México tampoco le va bien. Recuerda, hay tres naciones que conforman los 3 estados del hemisferio norte. Los Estados Unidos, Canadá, México. Eventualmente, este período de hostilidad da paso hacia un entendimiento mutuo. Solo podemos disfrutar mañana juntos. :-)

[@pietjebel3119]

Swimming cavalry = Batavians

[@peterk2455]

52BC the only time a top knot was bad arse

[@jdj8168]

can you not say German when you mean Germanic. Im Dutch and a descendent of the batavii, they were from modern day netherlands, not germany

[@rynolemons8662]

Good video, dislike the narrator robotic voice though

[@feniks1464]

The German soldiers they was curcial in Roman victory!

[@SMC01ful]

Have to be pretty careful here. We still don't have a good idea who or what were German's or Gallic tribes, back in those times. Thus, I've always been pretty cautious with classical Roman sources. Nevertheless, you present this well.

[@mikekemper9566]

Similar to the division of the native American tribes. Divide conquer

[@stormbringer2840]

so basically , german : rohan and , roman : gondor ?

[@ScouserLegend]

Rohan: Anglo-Saxons/Scandinavians Gondor: Venice/Egypt. He based the Rohirram on a mixture of Anglo-Saxon and other Scandinavians peoples and Gondor on Venice when he went there on holiday but with the ability to build like the Ancient Egyptians. So they're more of a mixture of cultures than one distinct peoples.

[@alejandrocasalegno1657]

This cavalry was the first german "Afrika Korps"..........and the take Alexandria!!!!!!!!

[@fuxihutterer8088]

german every were the best

[@Julian-xr5db]

Good video, bad pronounciation of names and regions

[@mattharcla]

I've never trusted Julius Caesers account. The numbers, the strategic situation, the logistics, the tactics, none of it adds up.

[@victorperezurbano9504]

Divide his enemies by two, multiply his forces by two and do the opposite for losses and you have a pretty accurate account

[@mattharcla]

@@victorperezurbano9504 It's not just that. Think; why would a commander with combat capable forces wait to be encircled by fortifications? Caesar wrote for political advantage. I trust him not.

[@m.cuongnguyen7475]

mattharcla Attacking a strong fortification without any siege equipment would be suicidal. He had only one option, others were too costly

[@mattharcla]

@@m.cuongnguyen7475 Gustave, I'm talking about Vercingetorix. If he had the forces inside Caeser claims, why allow his position be surrounded?

[@m.cuongnguyen7475]

mattharcla because reinforcements were on the way and he would loose against Caesar anyways, almost every field battle were won by the romans. It was a good idea just to wait for the reinforcements of his allies

[@manfredschmidt9872]

Germania non capta est!

[@rockoalvarez8651]

The mongols would mess em up

[@diomedestydeus3298]

1300yrs later!

[@ChrisDyn1]

Still too robotic; do you speak to people in that (mono)tone? To your friends, your mother? Of course you don't. It's undermining your otherwise good content. Watch Baz Battles and the like, just imitate them.

[@HistoryUncovered]

Believe me...I've tried to narrate different. I hate reading negative comments about my voice. It's the way I sound no matter what I do. I know some people hate it.. but I can't do anything about it right now.

[@ArturHolanda91]

You narrate very well, don’t worry

[@coolwhiprofl]

History Uncovered just keep it in mind and always work to improve and that is all you can do.

[@snigie1]

Preach

[@effigyfaraj7689]

History Uncovered I'm narrate for you... For a small fee of 50$ a word.

[@diomedestydeus3298]

Was this written and produced by a German? I guess Caesar was lucky he had a few hundred Germanic cavalry or he wouldn't have been able to defeat 10's of thousands of Gauls. Phew! Close call. Great Caesar's ghost! Resurrect the great dictator. Commentarii de Bello Gallico must be revised.

[@centuriovirtus9951]

Germanic NOT German

[@ethanpeeler3147]

Tacitus still called then Germans, the term is exchangeable. Just use your brain to differentiate between the modern country and its predecessor.

[@me-ds2il]

Calvary? It's "cavalry" NOT "calvary

[@nikodemdobrenko3680]

and then the winged hussars arrived a few thousand years later

[@haggismacphreedom]

"Eck-scape"? Really?

[@syu11079]

Wtf is a calvary.. it's called Cavalry..

[@danehart2783]

germanic tribes . is no nation called latios ,so no latio's .17 tribes in germany now. some german can't talk to each other .why people speek English so much in europe

[@weisthor0815]

of course germans can talk to each other, because everybody understands and speaks high german. with local dialects this is different. northern german is almost another language than southern german. it still reflects the tribal nature to this day.

[@bremnersghost948]

Isn't it curious that Germany, a Nation of Giant forests, Mountains and large Rivers & Lakes, produced such fine Cavalry?

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

For western european standards they're decent.

[@bremnersghost948]

Is that an endorsement then? For sure there were better light cavalry around the World, but Few finer heavy Cavalry despite the North European mud lol, Big Horses, stirrups and access to high grade, easy to work iron and abundant forests for Charcoal to make Quality steel made the Norse, Franks, English and Germanic Cavalry extremely formidable and rarely beaten, some of the few major Battle examples being Bannockburn, Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

They were ok as a small part in an infantry dominant combined arms. Western european/mediteranean entities were infantry powers. There were contemporary cavalry powers whose heavy cav made a far greater mark on the global stage. The germans, gauls and franks produced good heavy cav because their nobility-centric honor bound warrior cultures. But they also produce good infantry for the same reasons. They're only "good" because we're comparing them to the much horse deprived italian romans. It's like comparing English heavy cav to Scottish ones. It doesn't mean the medieval English have much to boast in that department. The same thing applies to archery. The English were the only competent archer power in western europe at the time and thus get hailed as "medieval machineguns". Yet the real archer powers of the time were the vast Mongol khanates, the Ottoman Turks and the Ming . Eurocentrics forget the rest of the world exists when they discuss ancient and medieval times.

[@moreston4366]

The Germanic people back then were incredibly war like, Tacitus writing that war to them was a sport of sorts, men spent a lot of time training in fighting on foot and horseback. Mostly the Germanics seemed to use Light Cavalry armed with Javelins and Spears using hit and run tactics, where they would either throw javelins and run, or dismount, fight, mount and run. But I mean combine Furor Teutonicus with a well trained Roman Warhorse that is just as fearless as its rider, and you've got hell lol

[@killershootin6934]

Why did you say during the "republican period"? We're they all Republicans or did you mean to say a republic?

[@fuxihutterer8088]

Blitzkrieg time

[@histatimaniples]

Sounds like a German guy made a video lol

[@td6460]

calvary = hill jesus was crucified on cavalry = horse riders

[@alabastardmasterson]

This is a really bad attempt at a writing/narration

[@vladafrka3053]

germasns dident hewe faking horses ecwetes dalmate i ges dei ar from teritori of croatia vait horses lipice...

[@JustinVaysset]

This sounds like the average American level of education . So much left out , some stuff was wrong . The most annoying thing about this , is the fact that you call these people Germans . They weren't Germans , just like the Gauls weren't French . Both these groups were mixed . After the Roman Empire collapsed they became even more mixed . That's why most ancestry dna test puts French and German together .

[@reed3249]

*germanic, stop saying german.

[@aaronharkins4331]

They can beat Gallic cav? Is that supposed to be impressive? The Mongols heck even the Greeks had better cav than this imo.

[@WvhKerkhof]

Fake news.

[@patrickdevries6267]

What a nonsense!!! Some people really need to learn history before putting something historical on youtube! Julius Caesar never used germanic mercenaries! He defeated the gaul only with his Roman legions and they were all Romans! He used sometimes some Gauls as hostage to ensure the security in the conquered part. About the Germanic he even fought against them nl the Suebes under leadership of Ariovistus.

[@diomedestydeus3298]

@Joepie De poepie That was unnecessary. If you have a counter argument present it. Otherwise back under the bridge, troll.

[@juniorberns]

I think you're giving too many Germanic tribes too much credit by lumping them together. And the Empire gather cavalrymen from all corners of the empire and the Republic did as well. This was the confederation that was left in shambles after Rome became dominant, Rome blames them for the overuse of welfare

[@attilama5441]

German cavalary? Running beside the horse to protect them? How can a land mostly cocvered by forests have good horsemen? I guess they could not ride fast. When the Hun came later they showed some cavalary skills to them.

[@ilovequiros]

They were from the low countries, so not that forested at all actually. (Batavians)

[@moreston4366]

Certain Germanic tribes had a heavy cavalry culture, the main weakness of Germanic Cavalry was the fact they had small and slower horses, they were effective skirmishers and when used by Romans they were given better Roman War Horses. Ceaser once wrote an account of one West Germanic Tribe that rode into battle bareback, calling anyone who used a saddle effeminate, when going into battle, poorer warriors held onto the mane of the horse to keep up with the cavalry, they would charge, jump from the horses and fight on foot, using the horses to escape when needed. Spearmen made up most Germanic Warriors however, the Spear and Shield in Germanic Culture was similar to the Toga for the Romans, it was something all boys were given as they transitioned into men as nearly every Germanic man was considered a warrior. They were brilliant at anti-cavalry techniques too, having specialised units of young men who would charge cavalry, throw themselves underneath the horses and use Seaxes and Spears to stab the bellies of the horses, a tactic also used by the Highland Scots till recently.

[@BavarianHobbit]

I wonder why there are so many comments that mention how the "huns will show them". Why is that so important? In the end the huns were still destroyed by early german heavy cavalry... maybe you should read about the battle of Lechfeld.

[@hgcjgcugfugv9293]

The Germanics comprised many types, Veneti, Helveti, marcomani, Anglos, Goths, Huns, Dinarics, Vandals, Jutes, Danes & Burgundians to name a few. Basically these make the Germans during the Roman rule, the empire comprised many of these peoples. Gallic peoples were either way, with Rome and against it. rome was multicultural with Europeans, usurpers and Levantines soon brought their demise and way of them to the empire. Most Rome was white people. History has faded this fact. The Black (NERO) or Black sun secret society was created from the ideals of the roman empire. History has demonised this social construction.

[@kazaddum2448]

You would call romans "shitskins", as they and anyone living in italy at that time tended to be rather tanned.

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

Helveti were a keltic tribe that lived in nowadays german areas and the huns were anything but germanic! They were proto mongols if anything (as in nomads from the asiatic steppe). If you were misled by the ww1 propaganda, that was due to Bismarcks hun-speach during the boxer rebellion in china...

[@alabastardmasterson]

From the skewed info to the awful delivery, this isn't great. Kids abosultly do not use this for school

[@moviejose3249]

Dont let the door hit you in the ass, bye bye.

[@tylerdee7529]

Second view

[@tylerdee7529]

Edit: Second comment

[@gregoreastlander8112]

German tribes never had so much land in Europe like you showing . To 9 century most of Germany land was in Slavic hands. Lechistan was never conquered by Rome. German tribe was live on small territory only, up to 10 century all lands in that area was in Slavic hands.

[@bucksfuttly1325]

Slavs didn't exist at that time.

[@jesusismyhelp9005]

@@bucksfuttly1325Slavs aren’t even a ethnicity

[@importantname]

there were no Germans back then. People lived in the areas now called Germany; not until the 1800s did Germany come into being.

[@ilovehistory5210]

David Boson germany as an idea began with the HRE

[@HistoryUncovered]

True. Those ancient tribesmen are called Germans in about every single source I looked at though.

[@ZacksMetalRiffs]

Hurry and delete

[@Blindanddumb]

Difference between state, nation and people...

[@hgcjgcugfugv9293]

The Germanics comprised many types, Veneti, Helveti, marcomani, Anglos, Goths, Huns, Dinarics, Vandals, Jutes, Danes & Burgundians to name a few. Basically these make the Germans during the Roman rule, the empire comprised many of these peoples. Gallic peoples were either way, with Rome and against it. rome was multicultural with Europeans, usurpers and Levantines soon brought their demise and way of them to the empire. Most Rome was white people. History has faded this fact. The Black secret society was created from the ideals of the roman empire. History has demonised this social construction.

[@bobbarker8732]

There is too much wrong with this ... You gotta stop man

[@johnywolfs104]

Shame on you Germanic warriors.

[@jardapesek8210]

German was a Roman word for slavic people. Ineteresting.

[@kazaddum2448]

Not really, you seem to have no knowledge of the whole migration period.

[@lechusarmacki6620]

Romans called Germany people from the mountains! They were not Germans, only Slavs the same as Vandals, Sarmatians, Scythians are all Slavic tribes ! Genetics and old chronicles don't lie

[@kazaddum2448]

>only Slavs the same as Vandals, Sarmatians, Scythians are all Slavic tribes Vandals were a germanic tribal confederation Sarmatians were related to Iranians Scythian was a catch all term. It included everything from bulgars, to Magyars, to Turks, Huns, Sarmatians, Avars, Alans and so on. Genetics are rather useless in that regard, as people integrate and assimilate - and fuck each other. "Old chronicles" - Neither of those you mentioned were big writers... Sucks if you don't know history. At least you know your Nazi propaganda.

[@adamthetired9319]

Why are some Slavs so insecure about their identity? Like, why the fuck would a Slav try to claim some Germanic tribe, like the Vandals? Is it some kind of complex? Identity crisis? I have seen such idiots in most groups of people, but the Slavs are generally more likely, out of many others European peoples, to try this shit.