The Gaesatae | Warriors of History

[@theromanorder]

It just occurred to me.. you got rid of your into, as cool as it was this saves time.. good job.. I pray you continue to have A long and prosperous yt career to keep us educated Could you possibly so some videos on other "primitive" pepoles like the comanche... Since technology evolved differently its like ancient vs "modern" could be good videos

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Yes i did! People were clicking off so i got rid of it! And i have some scripts on pre-civilization swords coming out somepoint in the next 12 months or so.

[@clongshanks5206]

That name is interesting, due to the fact that the East Germanic word for Spearman is either Spermanna ( 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 ) or gaiza/gaisamanna ( 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 )

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

I see Spermann a lot more than Gaisamann, but that's probably because Spermann is used to describe every spearman in history. There are actually quite a few brilliant articles on ancient weapons and warriors in German on Acedemia.edu that I use somewhat frequently when I can't find an English article to base a video on.

[@clongshanks5206]

@@AncientHistoryGuy cool, thanks! I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that Gaisa is a Latin loan word borrowed by the Goths. Love your content, bro

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

It could be, the word today means Air in Latvian, which is interesting. Gáe is the irish/celtic word for Spear used today. Languages are fascinating lol.

[@chubbyninja89]

Honestly, from what I've kind of come to understand, I think that the Gaestatae were called spearmen more becasue of their skill at throwing javelins, as I think they were supposed to have been known for actually fighting with swords.

[@cliftonfurney5083]

Very nice.

[@philRminiatures]

Interesting and nicely done!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Thankyou!

[@SB-qm5wg]

I hope they didn't cross the Alps naked lol

[@АнтонОрлов-я1ъ]

You misspelled their name in the title. They are Gaesatae, not Gaestatae.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Well spotted!

[@Ymirson999]

It struck a cord when you mentioned the "Fianna" (sp?). They were apparently part of an Indo-European tradition that is found back in Biblical times in what's now Russia and Ukraine where they are known as the "Koryos.

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

Why aren't these boys in Total War?

[@Rynewulf]

Most historical mods put them in, for example the Europa Barbarorum series. Unfortunately CA has always used simplified and even movie versions of history (Rome Total War 1 infamously had Roman ninjas and bronze age ancient Egyptians)

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Was about to say just that

[@orionthanathos8861]

They did, but they were called Naked Fanatics and they are available for almost all Barbarian factions except for Scythia.

[@MuddieRain]

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[@AncientHistoryGuy]

congrats!