Origin of the Germanic Tribes - BARBARIANS DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the ancient civilizations continues with a video on the ancient origin of the Germanic Tribes. This video covers the origin hypothesis, culture, religion, society, economy, and military of the ancient Germanic peoples and their first clashes with Rome - the Cimbrian War and the battle of the Teutoburg Forest
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[@KingsandGenerals]

It is an exciting moment to be a history fan - our community is growing and everybody is noticing, so many fun historical movies and tv series are in production. Barbarians is a genuinely fun series and you can stream it today!

[@Zantides]

Without germanic history there would be no viking history. Great topic

[@darkorodic638]

Congrats on the great sponsorship! I hope this series be much in detail.

[@victorsanchez5336]

How about a video about the ancient Korean Kingdom Koguryo which covered Manchuria, Russian Maritime Province and North Korea.

[@victorsanchez5336]

Also a video showing the difference between Celts and Germanic Tribes.

[@heloo7773]

I wonder what kind of Movie the Cleopatra one starting Gal gadot would be like. Would it be a historical epic or historical fiction ?

[@georgeprchal3924]

Speaking Latin and German? Everyone knows ancient Romans exclusively spoke English with British accents

[@icheko2498]

Not true only the Patricians and educated. The lower class just spoke American English:)

[@cinematicraven]

@Tango Jones BRUH

[@dwaipayanroychowdhury7035]

@Tango Jones And cis-gendered pansexual people too!!!!

[@VonMinzeIII]

Beg?didnt I beg of you Judas Ben Hur....

[@ninas992]

😂

[@heloo7773]

Its kinda crazy that a channel started by 2 guys 3 yrs ago is now getting sponsored by Netflix

[@shorewall]

K&G have come up in the world, and Netflix has gone down in the world. :D

[@jamesxm4240]

@@shorewall why you think they sponsoring their own shows

[@Sturminfantrist]

Its a contradiction, K+G is historical accurate, Netflix series is entertainment only, sort of history fastfood with inaccuracies and flawed

[@RapidAssaultEuro]

I thought they said they weren't being sponsored (in this video)

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

@Imperator Phil I still gag at the thought of cuties, 🤢🤮. I do wanna check out barberians tho

[@leonie364.]

Most Germanic tribes actually practised their religion up until 800AD and some for even longer until Christianity took over and reached the Scandinavian countries in 1000AD. So maybe the rituals and the way of practising their religion wasn't too different. I live close to the Teutoburger forest and went there many times, it's beautiful!

[@Foxglove963]

As a matter of fact, the conversion to Christianity was accomplished under pressure and was not peaceful. The missionaries were out to destroy pagan shrines and accompanied by Frankish soldiers and never went beyond conquered landscapes. The Franks believed Christ was a warlord who provided them with victory on the battlefield, hence they protected the missionaries, the latter made people's life miserable. Saxons in particular refused to be converted, 4.500 pagan Saxons were beheaded at Verden by order of Charlemagne, mass conversions were important to him as he intended to become emperor of the Holy Roman empire, which occurred in the year 800. Even so, Charlemagne gave out orders from a pagan barrow, as did medieval dukes.

[@Plexpara]

There were no scandinavian countries. Cause Scandinavians mean nothing else as North Germanics.

[@leonie364.]

@@Plexpara todays scandinavian countries

[@Plexpara]

@@leonie364. ok got yaa

[@GG-vy1oy]

1000 AD is when they learned to read and write.

[@matlacka7x4l]

Just finished the show, it was amazing. Then I searched to learn more about Germania and your wonderful ability to word history just amplified my knowledge on it. Thank you so much for your channel. I can never get enough.

[@comradegigachad7000]

"Who would've left Asia or Africa or Italy to look for Germany?" Oh the irony...

[@JohnR.T.B.]

I think you know Asia and Africa mentioned were Roman provinces of western Anatolia and North Africa, not today's Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa.

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

@pokezee king-wolf thanks to the Greeks and Romans. Modern civilization owes the Mediterranean. It took a while but the Germanic people would eventually attempt to imitate classical civilizations and become dominant countries. But with the shitty monarch system until Enlightenment

[@jklmao7698]

I dont understand

[@jonathan_hanst]

@@jklmao7698 Watch and read some news pal, you will find a lot there.

[@jklmao7698]

@@jonathan_hanst oh u mean the immigrant crisis.

[@afrikasmith1049]

Rome: (Made sure the Germanic Tribes were fighting each other.) China: (Made sure the Mongol Tribes were fighting each other.) Those ideas never end well.

[@dariobarboni9276]

China was succesful.

[@jackiesantos2121]

A between difference Germans and Mongols

[@cuoresportivo12]

Its not mongol tribes its turkic tribes!!! U dont learn well!!!

[@dariobarboni9276]

@@cuoresportivo12 they are part of the same family

[@kastytisjonikavicius417]

@@dariobarboni9276 so are germans and romans

[@jordanleighwheatley]

This is easily one of the most fascinating documentaries I've found on the subject. I wish it were longer.

[@rebeccaherschman1635]

Me too these are the only ones I don’t hear something I’ve heard 100x before

[@nielzene9656]

Wow, this is comprehensive, concise, and accessible! Thank you!

[@ORO323]

Britannia: Good thing we're on an island. Saxons: Well yes but no.

[@elgranlugus7267]

Romano-Britons: Alas! We are save in our island. Jutes: Yeah... not sure about that mates

[@MrScousemouse123]

If the Welsh histories are to be believed the Saxons were beaten in battle by Arthur the second and then a giant comet similar to Tunguska hit Britain wiping out the population thus the Saxons settled

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Saxons: Yes, now they can run, but cant hide.

[@dduckman1423]

Then in 1066 the Normans arrived,to bring some French culture. Hang on a minute they were pretending to be French, guess who they really were?

[@iakahdrake2801]

Saxons: come over with most advanced ships of the time Britons: sh*t

[@jokemon9547]

We need something like this on the Baltic Finnic tribes, ancestors of modern Finnish, Estonian, Karelian and other smaller Finnic peoples, and their tied history to Scandinavian, Baltic and eastern Slavic peoples.

[@jokemon9547]

@Drakon590 I am talking specifically about the Baltic Finnic tribes, which are a subclass of Finno-Ugric and the larger Uralic family. But videos on the other more eastern and northern Uralic groups would also be fun to see. I personally picked the Finnic ones, since they are probably the most ""well"" documented, known and influential group out of all of the Uralic people, not including Hungarians of course.

[@robwalsh9843]

I've always wanted to see more stuff on the Northern Crusades.

[@rursus8354]

Then you must travel back in time by a time machine and ask Tacitus (or e.g. Pliny) to write more about them. There is not much, as it is now.

[@sirkkusalomaa4644]

I've searched far and wide, but there is so little information out there when it comes to anything finn-like

[@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger]

Not sure if you watched it, or if it even fits with what you are wanting, but Amazon Prime has a free movie called Baltic Tribes from this year I believe. I just watched it last week, as I am constantly looking for anything Germanic/Heathen tribe related. Maybe you would enjoy this movie!?

[@NineteenEighty8]

How are you knocking these documentaries out in several days? AMAZING WORK! Thank you so much.

[@HarpsichordHymnsTimRemington]

Fascinating information! I know so little of this historical period and these people groups. Thank you for this well-done, informative presentation.

[@CsStoker]

Netflix trying to teach history? This is worrisome in various levels

[@connorbrennan501]

a shameful display!

[@EduardoDiaz-wk7ld]

Just look at the emphasis Netflix's Barbarians puts in germanic women warriors, historically accurate my ass

[@MrSafior]

@@EduardoDiaz-wk7ld One, only one. And their tomb of warriors women in Europe from this time period.

[@diegoherrera7785]

It's not a documentary

[@199512Lars]

@@EduardoDiaz-wk7ld There is one female warrior in the series and she fills more of a motivational role than doing actual combat. That would have been quite common for Germanic women to do.

[@davidarnold2532]

The Germanic tribes spread out a little further than you showed, as did the language. The Franks into Gaul , not only gave France it name, but mixed with the Latin language gave us the French language. Then you have Angles and Saxons movements into Britain, old English and in turn modern English language is Germanic.

[@anonymousincognito7831]

Probably also into Britain because 70% of the old English language (what Shakespeare spoke before adding his own words to the lexicon, lol) comes from a Germanic language, low German, or what those people call "Plote Deetch".

[@davidarnold2532]

@@anonymousincognito7831 William Shakespeare actually spoke early modern English....Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was middle English and Beowulf was in old English.

[@erikeriksson1660]

@@davidarnold2532 Many things are wrong in this documentary. The oldest traces of Germanic culture comes from the nordic bronze age. The original name of Thor is Thundraz. Doner is a much later german name.

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

@@user-db5mu7dt6q I have heard this too, and I have even heard of Turkic admixture in them.

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

@@user-db5mu7dt6q Can you give me some links to information about this? Thanks in advance.

[@gregorypachulski2745]

Thank you for this Documentary; it is very well put together.

[@edwardisakov8729]

I'm so happy this channel exists!

[@thefisherking78]

I've spent countless hours reading & audiobooking the history of Europe & in particular the Germanic peoples, and this video did more for me in 20 minutes than many hours of that other stuff. You really have a skill for capturing the high points and the significant trends during that era.

[@sporebryan2000]

@_TT_ You seem very wise in the ways of the past funny man, so let me ask you a thing. How can you find history that's not biased? For example, according to this video one of the scources of knoledge is the roman books about the germans. So this is probably heavily biased. I don't trust very much Enlightening (Iluminism?) Historians either, extremely biased and had some not very clever ideals about the world. Then you got the Nazis and then you got the Histotic Reparation today. I was in the Theology university and my friends from the history field would usually mention how some scholars would prime for a view of History that satisfies themselves, putting the evil mark on the "oppressor" and saint marks on the "opressed"... So here's my question, who do you trust? For the common history enthusiast, how to have some true knoledge about history without heavy academic research?

[@jonnywick4611]

@@sporebryan2000 he doesn’t know it’s funny how he say you have to ask a scholar when they are the ones with this brainwashed liberalism that quote on what brother Malclom said if you read the new/his-story it will have you loving the oppressor n hate the oppressed so Tell me dr TT who are your Sources school will tell you stoicism was founded by Zeno when it fact it was n has been found to compy same mystery schools of khem n all Throughout the world we had vast knowledge of each other the first world war is when CC came to the new world that’s why a lot of what we knew about America has been lied n erased

[@jonnywick4611]

@ka Kaka why is there many different versions of the same G-D

[@jonnywick4611]

@ka Kaka so They just above like that you should I had nothing to do with us being all connected and once I may be believing in all the same deity in and somehow our history was changed technique with me that we all worship the same mono G-D in different forms

[@ABC-48483]

I like the German stuff too :p

[@Khookies-lp2lu]

Roses are red I really like pigeons Quintillus Varus Give me back my legions

[@lorddervish212quinterosara6]

AGHHH VARUS, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS

[@danielblom391]

Gimme gimme gimme gimme my legions at midnight, won't Quinctilius help me drive the Germans away

[@lorddervish212quinterosara6]

@@KingGayCockroach ??? It's a reference to Total War: Rome 2

[@richardmoore5347]

@@lorddervish212quinterosara6 It's a reference to the claims that after the battle of Teutoberg Forest, Emperor Augustus could be head beating his head against his walls, yelling "Quintius Varus, Give me back my legions!"

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice poem.

[@drakedecker4874]

Just wanted to say, I've watched the Celtic and Germanic videos on this channel, and the recommendation to watch Barbarians was the Chef's kiss on the subject, because I just watched it and it was fantastic. I don't see a better visual guide on the life of Arminius ever being available.

[@dannyroybal1483]

I am very proud of my Germanic heritage!!!

[@gabvol7452]

Don’t be too proud, doesn’t end well from what we saw in history

[@dannyroybal1483]

@@gabvol7452 I will not let people like you make me shamed of who I am Germanic people are great and will always be!!!!

[@eatingshelf6135]

@@gabvol7452 bruh

[@gabvol7452]

:D just saying

[@swagkachu3784]

@@gabvol7452 youre not from germanic heritage?

[@bokoe7469]

Thank you for making this, the Germanic peoples are only barely mentioned in history books in NL despite them being our direct ancestors

[@MMadesen]

Im Germany, they arent mentioned that much either. Only the Battle of Teutoburger Wald is covered in more detail. But thats also partly due to the fact, that we dont know that much about ancient German tribes.

[@deepspace385]

What’s funny is that at my school we learned about the anglos and saxons in English literature rather than history. We didn’t really go over history before that though.

[@bokoe7469]

@@aiurea1 NL is an abbreviation for The Netherlands, it’s seen as a small part of our history because Dutch identity barely goes back to the Middle Ages, they just focus more on the Holy Roman Empire, our revolt against the Spanish Empire and everything after that. They just don’t deem our pre-medieval history as important, which is a shame because it’s really interesting imo

[@unknownservers3420]

LOL. the irony probably Europeans don't want that part of their history to be shown them being behind Africa, medterranian, middle east and Asia it will be embarrassing for them.

[@peterfireflylund]

The Germanic language family began in Denmark (including southern “Sweden”) and later spread south along the rivers. It didn’t actually start in Germania.

[@al-muwaffaq341]

Wow a Netflix sponsorship! This great channel has come a long way.

[@Sturminfantrist]

@@skyhappy I agree , this series is only for entertainment and nothing more, not real history! As a history fan of half german half tunesian origin i was really pissed to see Varus romans in lorica secmentata and because Sex sells female germanic warriors in the Arminius Part and a subsaharan actor playing Hannibal in the Hannibal episode, whats next in this series Tom Hanks playing shaka zulu in the future episode "Shaka Zulu the Warrior king"? everybody interested in history should read history books, and also old roman sources like Tacitus ect. instead watching this entertainment and take it for the real story

[@shorewall]

Yeah, Netflix has had a bad year, after that "Cuties" crap. But they lost their way a long time ago. :D

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@Sturminfantrist I wonder if you picked up Latin to read those sources from first hand accounts and not only translations 🤔

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@skyhappy You don't understand that such a massive crowd getting familiar with history via bigger shows will eventually lead a small part (which is still a lot and more than otherwise would be) to more rigorous sources and dive deeper in themselves? This is only good for the communities surrounding history. (There is also more to history than politics and wars)

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@Sturminfantrist Hannibal complaint I understand, but just one female "warrior" in barbarians (yes either way the show as a whole wasn't 100% accurate as nothing on history will ever be because of knowledge we don't have) People can still and should still be interested in history without having to read all relevant sources. Just like with people interested in physics that watch youtube videos of say veritasium or minutephysics. It's perfectly fine to enjoy them and be interested and also think about stuff. They don't have to read physics books to actually learn the rigorous things behind it, when they're interested in it. Also, it''s important for history to also have a visual side to it, be it misleading visuals from movies but of course better to go to the actual places. History should also be visualised and felt, not only be contained in text as you've only mentioned.

[@PinkyJujubean]

They were naked from the waist up and their body was their only armor. That's so brutal I love it.

[@juanfervalencia]

I always hit the like button before watching the video, and not a single time I have regreted it. You are amazing.

[@juanfervalencia]

I would give you a million dollars if I had them, you deserve them, every second in this documentaries is worth gold.

[@divingdave2945]

Growing up at the Teutoburg forest and visiting the place where the battle happened sparked my interest in history. I didn't know about the series until watching this and now I'm so hyped!

[@GrandeSalvatore96]

That’s crazy bro but seriously can we pls get back our legions?

[@Suave121]

@@GrandeSalvatore96 the real questions

[@divingdave2945]

@Gary L Yes. They dug out tons of stuff, filled a museum with it, and keep finding things. Just recently they found a roman plate armor.

[@GrandeSalvatore96]

@8dzenja6 Gratias tibi 🤗

[@Mr-E.]

I would buy a metal detector and look around if I lived in the Teutoburg forest.

[@Galland780]

God I love learning the history of the Germanic people and you guys even made a video about it. Thank you bros!

[@ilcondottierocartografo6770]

Same bro

[@adamgetzendanner]

Same

[@skrrskrr505]

You need to read Germania by Tacitus.

[@andyc3012]

How do we know this is accurate and authentic?

[@andyc3012]

Well the thing is that some people believe that the Roman Cathlotics wrote the histories. They are the collectors of historical artifacts and stuff, and they ruled germany at point too. So can we really trust any English/Latin works?? I know its hard to swallow but lets not forget that the church was what came up with the Big Bang Theory and all those historical stuff too

[@johannaholmgren8088]

Been subscribed for ages but haven't received notifications like ...ever. Glad to find you again.

[@barbaralucas1220]

Oh my goodness! I can't even describe how awesome this was. I love history so much, and you guys have made it live for me so thank you very much 😊

[@user-cu8gh1hf2e]

Դուք դեռ պատմությունը չեկ իմանում Գնացեկ Մյունխեն և բացեկ պատմության գիրքը Բավարիաի և կհասկանակ թէ ինչպես Արմենիան դառավ հերմենիա բավարիա և վերջում Գերմանիա

[@milanovicmladjan1766]

They lied to you. 70% of the information is not true.

[@jean-lucgenereau4617]

Whoever did the artwork and animation for this did an incredible job.

[@someonesch4361]

Romans : Why are you running? Huns : Let us introduce ourselves

[@huseyinylmaz3030]

@@Judge_Magister What do you mean by that? We didnt invade rome after Pope asked Attila to spare them. Did rome have so much honor with pillaging villages and cities? We defeat rome in battles not in some political games. Honor is a important word. Dont insult peoples histories and its clear that you are not just here for learning history.

[@robertswisher6311]

That is why many successful nomadic empires; especially the Mongols, would adopt some of the Administrative policies of the conquered as well as appoint many of the conquered into these positions to help develop and run a central administration.

[@peterii3512]

Amirul Asyraf Yes huns were turks

[@xanshen9011]

@Amirul Asyraf Turks are older then mongols and they copied our nomadic horse archer way of life. They are manchus.

[@berke5709]

@Amirul Asyraf The majority of the Mongols' soldiers were already Turks. even two of Genghis Khan's 4 generals were Turkish. subbutai and jelme

[@angelo8516]

Excellent video on Ancient European History. Look forward to expanding my research on other Ancient Peoples and Civilizations!🏹👍

[@IPangkhor]

This is so fantastic! Production, storytelling, absolutely everything!

[@martinn.6082]

8:34 Things are really interesting. In German, Ding means thing, as in English, and etymologically, the word for thing as object derives from “Gerichtsding”, or “law subject”. Things were held periodically and can be found all over Northern Europe. The Thingvellir in Iceland was held until 1000 AD. In German, some words have survived. Arresting someone means “dingfest machen”, which translates to “arresting someone to bring them to the Thing”. Or “unabdingbar”, which means “compulsory”.

[@SamuelHallEngland]

Gross Britannien = Great Britain too imho

[@johnrambo5795]

@@SamuelHallEngland yeah many words are similiar in german and english. Book=Buch, Wasser=Water etc..

[@serkangulce697]

You want more? There was also Dingling tribes in Siberia, A Proto-Turkic tribe which spoke Yenisey language. Later they moved forward with Hunnic migrations, then formed the Cumans (A blonde Turkic confederation speaks Turkish that can be understandable even today)

[@poteten1]

The word thing is still in use today. The Icelandic parlament is called Althing(All Thing) and Norway's lower courts is called Tingretten (Thing court).

[@DevilGiga]

Non german here, I thought "to arrest someone" meant "jemandem festnehmen"? Is "dingfest machen" a local dialect? If so, from where? Got me curious

[@joyb2285]

I just found your channel and I am hooked I love these types of historical context. You have a new subscriber. 😊

[@mrbigolnuts3041]

So enjoyable and live the simple graphics!

[@simplyruben3184]

As a Dutch person of today, I'm here to learn about my roots :)

[@simplyruben3184]

@Ian Taylor That doesn't mean I don't have Germanic roots though. And. All empires end.

[@QuarterKnight01]

Hallo, Nederlander. Waarom je den Koning van Hispanje hebt u altijd geëerd? (Sorry, my Dutch sucks) Wish K&G would do that a series on the Dutch and Spanish wars!

[@hopclang9409]

@@simplyruben3184 of course you have Germanic roots

[@Foxglove963]

@@QuarterKnight01 Those wars were not Germanic wars.

[@lowiq3409]

As am I as an Afrikaans person!

[@shaenteseidh12]

When you mentioned the modern Germanic languages of today at 2:15, you forgot England which is also a part of it considering the Angles and Saxon tribes. Along with the English language being classified into the West Germanic family branch along with Dutch.

[@kellymcbright5456]

it is disputed. Thus, it was better of a choice to leave it.

[@chinchin9144]

@@kellymcbright5456 No, it's not disputed. There's no one saying English is a Romance, Celtic or Hellenic language due to the non-germanic loanwords.

[@gjfkhvjzjsxbq]

@@chinchin9144 English is French creole

[@sriharshac510]

@@gjfkhvjzjsxbq English is a Germanic language and that is established by their own linguists. French-ness only comes from loan words. The basic vocabulary & grammar of English are clearly Germanic.

[@ratsoup1944]

@@gjfkhvjzjsxbq Modern English is much complicated than that. We had Brythonic languages, then Romans came and we had Latin-Brythonic languages, then Saxons came and we had Germanic-Latin-Brythonic, then we had Vikings and Normans adding even more Germanic and Latin (though the French dialect at this point) and it's slowly evolved from there. We also have 6% of our words originating in Greek, probably from the Romans, and some Arabic words from science/math. It's a total mish-mash.

[@happymonk4206]

I am proud of my Germanic heritage, the more I learn about them, the more I understand why I think the way I do.

[@bethbartlett5692]

... what is the value you find pride in?

[@allstarscope]

Great video been looking for something so simple as this, yet so hard to find untill now, will be checking out more for sure !

[@TimL1980]

actually germanic light cavalry was good enough to be a sought after auxiliari troop for the romans. (Arguably winning Caesar the final battle against the Gauls.)

[@ProvidenceNL]

That was quite a time after the timeframe where it is speaken of though, a few hundred years at least. They can have developed the cavalry tactics and equipment in that time.

[@TimL1980]

@F.W. I can take a picture of those temperate riverlands for you (actually with horses in them) tomorrow morning .... they are quite well suited to breed horses (after the original vegetation - woodlands - have been turned into grassland and fields.... which was done around 3000-5000 years ago in many parts.)

[@hb9145]

@@mickeytwister4721 As one can read from Caesar's Gallic wars, his Germanic cavalry saved the day again and again. If there was better cavalry available to him, Caesar would use it.

[@antonhinz2557]

they were like the blitzkrieg in the old days

[@erikbostrom.9318]

They weren't afraid of mountains maybe as much as who lives in the mountains.

[@anthonydasilva1328]

@Wyn S v .. Á We l

[@NeoMicy]

Habsburgers?

[@NeoMicy]

@Clem Fandango Well there is an old saying in germany. As long as cousins exists there will always be a new Habsburger!

[@wildfire9280]

The Dead Men of Dunharrow?

[@meisteremm]

Yeah, "Deliverance" was a pretty fucked up movie.

[@paulpalmer6364]

When I was in the military I spent 3 years in Germany and 3 years in Italy. As a military history buff it is with a great sense of gratitude I had that opportunity. I went to Italy first seeing the greatness of that empire. Germany was next always having a great love for early German history. Most Countries have armies. Germany was an army that had a country. History is great and I'm happy to see other people who love it.

[@lisaschuster686]

Up to and including WWII, Germans had the greatest infantry in the world, killing three of the enemy (Feinde) for every one of their own.

[@randylahey345]

@@lisaschuster686 Secondly, how did these Germanic tribes fare against Rome? Oh that’s right they became slaves because they lost ward based solely on infantry. Wtf are you talking about?

[@randylahey345]

@@lisaschuster686 if you include ww2 the Russians destroyed the Germans if you’re measuring k/d. Regardless, they lost and are lucky counties like the U.S. and England showed them the mercy they wouldn’t have. You’re delusional if you think Germanic countries had a 3/1 kd up to and including ww2.

[@randylahey345]

@@lisaschuster686 wait, I just realized you’re including the interment camps. 😉

[@MrNebelschatten]

@@randylahey345 lol, measure what measure of k/d did you use? Germans killed more Russians you know that right? And I am not including Camps on any side or the killing of civilians. Just look at the stats from operation citadel. The soviet Union brought far more soldiers and lost far more in the end.

[@EduardoHernandez-cc9qn]

Excellent presentation. Thank you from Guatemala.

[@jessefrawley5493]

I hope this channel does a video on Chief Pontiac's rebellion some day. I love your guys' style, and I think that story could be told very beautifully with this format

[@callusklaus2413]

This put in perspective for me how important the Teutoburg was for history. Everyone knows it was a Roman massacre, but we don't often emphasize that a HUGE part of the Germanic world was under Roman occupation until the tribes caused a huge withdrawal from Germania. Ceasar could have Gaul-ed the place, and central Europe would be speaking a Latin language all the way to Poland and the shores beyond Denmark. Incredible. As I enjoy studying Germanic languages, thanks Varus!

[@TheSylfaein]

According to Tacitus and Ceasar, at least. Ancient propaganda is a thing.

[@sebe2255]

To be fair Rome did come back and take its vengeance. Germania was saved by its relative lack of resources and cities which would not make up for the time and effort Rome would have to put into pacifying it. But the Germanic tribes definitely suffered military defeat upon military defeat

[@MarkAnderson-ng8vc]

It's sometimes speculated that if Varus hadn't lost that battle, discouraging Roman expansion across the Rhine, many Germanic languages, including English, wouldn't exist, the way Latin languages like French replaced Gaulic. All the same, I kind of wonder what the German equivalent of French would've been, if Romans had conquered Germania. Just thinking about a hypothetical 'Germano-Romantic' language is hilarious for some reason.

[@sebe2255]

@@MarkAnderson-ng8vc French ironically gets the closest to that because of Frankish loan words and pronunciation influences

[@Aggelis13]

Nonetheless you stood your ground united as one nation. We Greeks never fought Rome as one but as fractions and smaller kingdoms. Also in the following centuries you had your revenge as we continued to be part of the Eastern empire...

[@thegreenman7]

Fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing!!! :)

[@juliaportman5335]

Thank you for such a intresting lecture

[@Verdad2024]

Thank you for having such a comprehensive and simple way of explaining it. I very much enjoyed it and understood it. Thank you for making my day more enjoyable

[@baz6128]

Battle of Teutoberger Wald... I'm from there, those are my people. I go hiking there a lot. It's got an awesome vibe.

[@user-wo2hd1mf7k]

Really???? And I'm from Stalingrad... ... Unbelievable vibes , here,my friend

[@DrJellyFanguzzz]

I assume wald means forest?

[@julieenglert3371]

Zachary Bergman. Yes it does 😊

[@AusDenBergen]

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[@MrHeidiHigh]

@@user-wo2hd1mf7k Shut up Kid, and dont make jokes about hundrets of thousands brave soldiers who died ! Thats disrespectfull, they are with the Gods in Valhalla. We also have a lot of american war cemeterys in Germany, and no one jokes about it, everyone gives honour, no vandalism never, and when i would see someone disrespect such a place i will punch him hard !

[@joecoonan3931]

Awesome vid brother.. Entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work.

[@carlosayala8171]

This was beautifully done

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

"The Germans are coming!" Literally everyone berdering the Germans since time of Rome.

[@datukrajo1807]

"The Germanic tribes eventually fled Westward from the enemies that they feared the most compared to the Roman". Do you know who the enemies was ? It's the Turks from Xiongnu who had been defeated by Han Chinese in 2nd Century AD and fled westward to Eastern Europe

[@mustardstang573]

@@datukrajo1807 Not the Turks, the Huns

[@thegreatkhan9938]

Wonder if the huns instead tried to migrate to the indian subcontinent instead of rome 😄

[@vedatyaraman5734]

@@mustardstang573 So What. Turks and Huns were very close relative or same people. All Steppe Nomads adopted the tactics of Oguz Khan/Mete Khan.which is Turkic Leader. If you are steppe nomad of Central Asİa it doesnt matter which ethnicity you are. So saying Huns werent Turks doesnt make any diffirence

[@g.o.paciong3015]

Stop! Wont we just appreciate the humor of the meme?

[@burakerdogan156]

This is perfect timing with the Netflix series Barbarians. I really apreciate how you work and take your job seriously. Thank you for the production.

[@burakerdogan156]

@@Jim-fi4dc I didn't tell anything about the series man, chill. I just congratulated the channel because they are aware of what is going on prime media and adapting it.

[@jinjunliu2401]

@Divalvaro I think he is mad that there was one woman actually fighting instead of zero women, which is weird as it's not impossible.

[@Char444]

Bende türküm

[@larcomj]

So ya, i went to watch this video and saw the promo for Barbarians and had to watch the whole series. thanks for that. Now its time to watch this.

[@mattgrandich3977]

That Netflix Barbarian show looks awesome and gritty; that the dialogue is in Germanic and Latin is sic. Great documentary! I feel like the ancient Germanic peoples are under represented in historical recordings and portrayals.

[@simonpantermuller6997]

the fascinating thing about the "thing" is that not only kings and rulers could make decisions but "every free man" was able to speak, to suggest new laws or to discuss subjects. Furthermore every man was allowed to vote for or against new suggestions. So the "thing" can be called an early form of democracy.

[@prodigalson6166]

Agreed. In the US Position of POTUS is akin to the Law-Speaker as opposed to a ruler. The Modern Idea of "Democracy" is actually Nomocratic (Rule of Law) as opposed to actual democracy (Rule of Majority). Both the Germanic and American Native influences on the United States are all too often ignored.

[@xergiok2322]

​@@prodigalson6166 The Germanic 'thing' was really much more akin to rule of majority than rule of law. Rule of law is rather the legacy of the Romans.

[@prodigalson6166]

The censor is a weakling and will not let me express my heart because he has no honor. I rephrase what I said and leave a curse upon the one who removed my words. That they should know honor is returning back to the world.

[@prodigalson6166]

@@xergiok2322 You're right except for the Democracy thing. Democracy is a foul in barbaric okey-doke which has done much in the world. It's how we ended up with the Charlie Chaplin lookalike fellow and now one of our most sacred symbols is demonized in the western world. Of course such people honored the way of our Roman conquerors, We Begin too much like them to deal with them, and the poison of the Caesar demon seeped into our souls. We should be rid of it. Like any other native people, the world over, the Germanic and ancestors followed natural law. Until that time when the way of the Caesars poisoned the soul of all mankind. And I will not forget. It is not rule of majority like the ignorant and barbaric Democrat, it is rule of law by the consensus of the people who honor. Some, like the law speaker, understanding the law more than others. This is why we had castes.

[@perfectibility999]

This is awesome, and your Rome series is amazing. I wish you could do more on classical Greece, not just the battles, but, like you do with Rome, on their trade and culture etc. Greece is so foundational yet gets overshadowed by Rome. People deserve to understand it better, and you're great at educating people on historical topics, so you could do a lot in increasing people's appreciation of ancient Greece. It really deserves equal attention with Rome for its historical importance.

[@robray111]

Really well-done illustrations: easy to grasp, yet very intriguing - almost Frazzetta-like

[@abz939]

fantastic as always !

[@Fordo007]

Fascinating, don't know much about the Germanic people's beyond their interactions with Rome. Have to wonder if Teutoberg didn't happen or was foiled if Rome still would've maintained control of Germania. The Elbe-Danube borders would be preferable and they subdued the Celts, but always wondered if they'd have been able to do the same with the Germans.

[@bvbxiong5791]

no because most of Germania was heavily forested and very wild. not only that, the Gauls were helmed in by the ocean while the Germans could fall back a far ways to the east. it's like how Americans got to Vietnam and the jungle forced them into prison love.

[@geostarters1182]

It was just a political decision and also bad lack. Rome did conquer and plan to conquer it, but it seems that always something happened back home that made plans to be put on hold.

[@Sireas93]

Even if Germania was subject to Rome for 100-150 before freeing itself or being abandoned, it would still have immense impact on entire Europe. For once, as a Slav from borderline German territory, we might get to experience some civilzation couple of centuries before it was established on our teritory. Language of Slavs might be simpler (more in line) with other Romanian languages. Being romanised, at least in some part, by trade for instance, gave great head start for even abandonded countries, like Britannia, and offering monetary and legal groundworks which, while didn't survive entirely, was greatly impacted by Rome. Definitly would love to see Europe in which Germany was held by Rome 100 years longer.

[@wisdomleader85]

Some scholars say that the western Roman empire could have lasted for much longer if the entire Germania were conquered.

[@wijse]

We are still here today. In North, Northwest and Middle Europe. We are still speaking Germanic languages and some of us are still worshipping our Germanic gods. If you want to know more then i suggest you search for the Nordic bronze age on youtube.

[@Jon-yy9qs]

I think we live in an amazing time. I cannot believe the quality of this channel, freely available on youtube. Congrats on the Netflix sponsorship, so well deserved.

[@wyrdwayrecovery]

Thank you for this video

[@Slow_mo_brain]

Wow I watched that show and loved this so this is amazing thank you thank you

[@margaretgaby2356]

By 5 minutes in so much detail! Was this the video I was looking for my whole life?

[@phillipallen-baines5931]

These guys videos are always captivating, info packed and much more interesting than the history channel.

[@aGr3atD4y]

Great content as always!

[@josephpicogna6348]

Wonderful program as always and, we are a long-term subscriber to CuriosityStream. I have seen the program referenced in your video and it is quite entertaining and very well done. It is always interesting to see that the subsequent battles of Germanicus, particularly Idistaviso and it’s follow up, aren’t given as much notice. Surely the destruction of a nation warrant more attention. The Romans left nothing unavenged.

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

I’ve been waiting for this kind of documentary even I didn’t request it thank you K&G

[@CircleNine666]

A masterpiece! and we want more of this "Origin of "

[@chris-2496]

This description of the origins of Germanic people seems to skip a huge chapter about the bronze age where scandinavia was a prosperous part of trade across the European continent.

[@Jukic313]

Congratz on the well deserved sponsorship!!

[@protector808]

I have watched your channel grow, and what a worthy growth indeed! Your channel is one of the joys in my life, as a history lover. Thanks!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for being with us!

[@sargisshirinyan207]

Thank you for the amazing job you guys are doing. Really thank you!

[@CW-rx2js]

As you mentioned, North Indian languages descend from Sanskrit (which we don't speak anymore), which in turn is part of the Indo-European group of languages descending from the same ancestor Although most words have changed, we still have many common roots between Sanskrit and German.

[@sriharshac510]

German is a fairly primitive language. It is simply complex because they combine adjectives with nouns and produce larger words. They have tonnes of word forms which are mostly redundant and shows lack of Shuddhi. No one bothered to standardize the structure of German language in the past. Sanskrit, Latin, Greek on the other hand were really well structured languages. The only thing common between them are some root words of prehistoric times.

[@crypton_8l87]

@@sriharshac510 I've yet to come across a guttural language in India. Whereas many northern European languages are spoken in the throat. Maybe this was due to the cold but it makes me wonder. This video still assumes the defunct "Aryan invasion theory" which is now completely disproved genetically.

[@yipi5684]

@@janeeb859 no it all comes from a people who made both the europeans and the aryan

[@yaantsudnbesdai972]

You're right. Why do people from India look so different from people from Europe? My hypotheses are that there are two primary reasons: A. Climate B. MUCH non-Caucasian admixture...esp. MUCH Arabic and Jewish admixture in peoples from India over the millennia... Sanskrit and other languages from India are PRIMARILY Indo-European.......but also do have lots of Semitic creolization (Arabic and others)...

[@sriharshac510]

@@yaantsudnbesdai972 Indians never considered themselves as Europeans. The notion of a hypothetical 'Aryan' migration / invasion is basically cooked up by Europeans. Unfortunately, due to racism, many Indians now want to identify as being related to Europeans (hoping that it would get them better treatment). India is Indo-European only in the sense of language. I am not denying foreign admixture. Just that we are not related to modern Europeans for the most part. All our Gods are depicted as 'dark' skinned for a reason. Indian gene pool is its own category.

[@mediamannaman]

Well done! It was like being fed through a firehose, but that's the beauty of a video player - we can go forward, back, pause, and even slow it down.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

"thing" as a name for Tribal assemblies survive in modern Germanic-speaking countries. Here in Norway, our name for our legislative body of government, our parliament or congress if you will, is the "Storting", "Great Thing"

[@haraldharam9334]

Samer er mye kulere

[@typograf62]

And in Denmark we have the Folketing - Peoples Thing - (the second chamber, the Landsting - Thing of the Nation - , has been dropped). Villages in old days had a Ting to settle matters, sitting on planks laid out on tingsten - thing stones - in a circle. Iceland has the oldest Thing, I think it was disbanded by Danish rule but was reinstated. Situated at Thingvellir. The Faroe Islands had their Lagting - Law Thing (not quite correct translation I fear), also reinstated and now renamed. It was situated at Tinganes.

[@haraldharam9334]

@@typograf62 Alt det har blitt er korrupt dritt nå

[@twentyonesailors8122]

Nice

[@eduard-victorbuta210]

We don't forget about Althingi, the national parliament of Iceland

[@loganbagley7822]

2:10 They are also the ancestors of many English people as well. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrated to modern England in large numbers toward the end of the Roman era.

[@hopclang9409]

wow thanks Logan

[@georgelindley6752]

why does everyone forget the Frisians? My Y chromosome indicates a Frisian origin,

[@sutapasbhattacharya9471]

@@georgelindley6752 That's it the Frisians! I watched the early 1960s Anglo-Italian film 'The Best of Enemies' on YT a week or two ago. When the British soldiers were captured by the Italians, an English officer said that we must be the first Englishmen captured by Italians since Boudicea. I commented that I did not know that Angles, Saxons and Jutes were in Boudicca's army of Iceni and other Celtic Britons. I knew there was another lot but I could not remember who they were - I should think of cows (Fresians) as a mnemonic!

[@laylaali5977]

Excellent documentary

[@bruceallen6016]

Interesting lesson in history. Thumb up for that.

[@shiteetah]

First thanks for another top notch class session. Secondly, thanks for bringing one of the best series ever to our attention. I just binge watched the entire season and tomorrow I shall watch it all again. Brilliant! Edit: to those who are unaware, make sure you choose to watch it in German and Turn on subtitles or you’ll get it dubbed in English.

[@a.g.4843]

Oh that’s nice. I am german and half British and learned Latin in school. So i guess it will be an interesting experience to watch those series.

[@loganbagley7822]

This video is awesome! I love the map of Europe that you guys use in this video, it helps put the different events in geographical context.

[@MontyCarloent]

Great doc Bro....

[@cherilynnfisher5658]

Excellent video! Thank you! Barbarians. . . BSC/PHDS/8&3

[@thechangamire3495]

I wept with tears of joy when I discovered this series. For such an unimaginative name, Barbarians has got it all.

[@richardheath3923]

Another fascinating video - the foreign relations of Rome are for myself an understudied area. This was a really well done overview of the most important relationship

[@thetjdman]

This show is honestly my favorite thing on Netflix. It is sooooo good.

[@brandonclark1119]

My mom's mom's side is (Rupal) traced back to an area in Central Germany! Small part of me is also Norwegian! The rest is British Isles, from Armagh & Belfast NI, Donegal and Limerick, Wales, Scotland, and various areas in England! I've learned a lot more about Germany lately and the others here I just mentioned! Good video here! This is just a lot more I had no idea about! I do remember that the Roman's said their nightmare was and that the Germanic people were the toughest people they ever fought against! They actually defeated them the first time if I remember correctly! Just the type of people they are! I definitely had a feeling they were a mixture of different cultures and nationalities, just wasn't sure what! This here just verified that for me!

[@lesROKnoobz]

This channel ffs. Better than anything on TV today. Never change

[@Masaru_kun]

Maybe an overly nitpicky point, but when discussing the expansion of the Yamnaya, it wasn't necessarily horse domestication that gave them a unique advantage, it was the fact they were the first to use the wheel, in tandem with their animals. They were almost certainly the first to use chariots in warfare, and I feel that's deserving of a mention!

[@Masaru_kun]

@Train 2noplace You might find it interesting as well to consider how humans changed the climate even then. First, the major agricultural bronze age civilizations deforested huge areas of land to support their farms. Then, when iron smithing starting spreading, and contributed to the fall of these bronze age empires, a lot of farmland became largely abandoned. This complimented the natural climate change, and is what allowed the P.I.E. to spread out across previously occupied lands, their pastoral lifestyle suiting the post-bronze age world perfectly. And of course, steppe pastoralists were using plow animals to outcompete agriculturalists, since the copper age. It's interesting to consider how early agricultural civilizations created a world that the P.I.E. people could spread easily over.

[@bijouxdoum6199]

@@Masaru_kun Humans are not significant enough to change the climate then OR NOW. WAKE UP

[@njshire6317]

@@Masaru_kun And you've noticed the climate change in the past hundred years now since all of that is on a Universal scale. All the prime land as been taken and turned into human habitat

[@b.elzebub9252]

Man these videos are so interesting and well made. Pity you can't really hear the narration over the music.

[@porfririocampos1096]

Interesting video, thanks for sharing.

[@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk]

Wow I just found this channel, so much amazing content. Greeting from the Netherlands.

[@stef2004]

We need this type of video on souther europe(balkan)

[@haveaknifeday]

Really well done.

[@luisnavasero9516]

I had watched the film BARBARIANS on NETFLIX took me almost weeks not skipping till end .. i noticed the characters most are the same i have watch too its a war by wessex and barbarians ,,it educates me about ancient times thanks to this channel from Philippines

[@3RAN7ON]

This is a great video and I enjoyed it a lot! The only thing I would change is those little popping noises when something appears on the map

[@floak18]

Awesome video, narration and info on point and great artwork in the animation! 🖤

[@1badjesus401]

watching season 2 now.. outstanding 😊

[@RoxAnna417]

Very very interesting, thank you for this video! Even though I am German I never learned about this in school. It’s a shame really. I learned about the Roman Empire and then that was it, straight on to pilgrims for whatever reason lol not that that isn’t interesting but I always thought there must be more to our history than just the modern and post-modern one. Sure I read books but this video managed to give me a good overview of these times. So, again, thank you 🙏🏻

[@phly1016]

any idea what's the name of music played at 0:43?

[@phly1016]

any idea what music was used at 0:43?