Varangians - The Byzantine Empire's Elite Mercenaries

During the 9th century AD, a sizable group of Norsemen, who became known as the Varangians, moved east in search of resources and wealth. With all this influence, and the reputation of being very efficient warriors, they ended up attracting the attention of the Byzantine Empire, which always looked favorably on the recruitment of reliable and capable mercenaries.
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LOVE! The Varangians! Inspiring and always badass Do more on them Thank you in advance

[@erikthered7876]

The Varangian Guard were amazing, made up of Northmen in the most literal sense, as throughout its history it consisted of Norsemen, Germans, Saxons, Angelo-Saxon Nobels fleeing Norman England, Celts, Slavs, and im sure I missed one or two. They were given land to settle in the Eastern Roman Empire, with the children of these (as far as I know there was a Norse, Angelo-Saxon, and I believe Celtic settlement) going on to continue to serve the Roman Emperor till the bitter end... but it may not have stopped there as some sources claim a ethnic group of their (which one im unsure, perhaps all?) decedents would go on to settle and thrive in the Caucasus Region, most likely Georgia (though some argue this group is actually Crusader based, and or a mix of both). Here's to the Emperor's Wine-skins!

[@ScapularSaves]

Good video. I love learning about the Roman Empire.

[@SonofDiablo97]

This is cool please do Oedipus and Sphinx animated please and thank you

[@1992zorro]

Wow this is amazing! was just looking for new videos on the Varangian Guard and now I see this.

[@peterjorgensen1086]

Thank you for this. For an in-depth analysis I hotly recommend Schwerpunkt's video about the Varangians and more in general the Scandinavian warfare series. That rocks hard

[@nortondobbins]

This is interesting. Good job man.

[@-RONNIE]

Good video thanks

[@knowlege40]

Nicely animated

[@christianchauhan23]

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[@galenbjorn443]

Great ansestors !

[@FragmentsofUSSR]

I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand: what did they do in Novgorod?

[@pooperscooperzz99]

I just read about these guys in runcimens book on the first crusade

[@dessertflower78]

Μακάρι να είχαμε και τέτοιους στην Ελλάδα αλλά δεν...δυστυχώς.Τι να πω γιατί ότι και να πω πάλι τα ίδια λέω,όπως πάντα και γίνομαι κουραστική.🤎🧡

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You guys have spartans

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Crayz and awome stories of old wmpires

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wow that's was very interesting so much yup mm pretty cool history i love that yup "This's hope more interesting" yup i love that brother father.

[@christoskarakostas2656]

I did a dna ancestry test with giving fake country adress and name because i was in disbelief about the accuracy of the test (i thought it gave random results by seeing the last name and country of birth).The results where intriguing i was 74% Greek and Italian ,and 20% Finnish and some small random results and it was very weird because we did not have any connection to north countries .I guess now theres an explanation for that

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[@IvarEriksson83]

Today in Scandinavia, you’re more likely to see a man in high heels, and a purse…

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Rurr of the Russ

[@janne1x]

Nordsmen

[@starsajlonjim9598]

Byzantine were Macedonians.Its Ro-Maion meaning Kingdom of MotherLand meaning Macedonia - Mother Divine Land.Byzant is Visant =Highland Highhill ,that's the place were the town was built and after the city of CariGrad - meaning KingsCity. The story of Varangian Rus is the truth ,Russians were Vikings .They served the Macedonian Kings.They received land and became Lords after, they became Christians ,they had marriages with Macedonian nobles for centuries.The Moscowites are their descendants, the Duchy- of Moscow was part of the Macedonian Empire .Later defeated by the Golden Horde and part of the Mongol Empire for 5 centuries.Present Russians are mixture of Vikings Macedonians and Mongols.

[@christoskarakostas2656]

Macedonia,Greece,Byzantium you refer to them as different while it is the same story of the same people just different eras of the same place

[@waynecole7781]

Northmen !!!!!

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Rurr of the Russia = Russia !!!!