The Germanics tribes are probably the Most succesful people in history. They kicked out the Romans, fenced off the Huns,the Mongolian onslaught and conquered the British islands.
@@celticscribe7887 Frisians,Swabians, Danes,Norwegians,Swedes, Saxons,Normands...all Germanic and they surely conquered the British isles. And yes, Germanic tribes did the Romans.
@Matthew Sparks Not correct. Germanic tribes sacked Rome. As for Britain.....several Germanic tribes roamed at will for several hundreds of years. Eventually conquered,and civilsed, by the Normans (originated from Norse who had conquered and settled Normandie. Britain is Made by Germans.
Love this video. I feel like they didn't teach us enough about these ancient tribes in our history classes, there are so many interesting stories about them, yet we were constantly bombarded with Romans and their point of view at that time
I really wish that the history channel would bring back really good history Like this excellent documentary Not like the reality drama shows that they have now they really lost their true origins that used to make them great Thank you guys For making really good historical documentaries
Why? Now you can have a playlist of actual information ready for you to find or get notified on or even recommended. Television was so concerned with commercial and amounted views, CZcamsrs can be that way, but you can find people that teach really well, who have a passion for what they do, strive to get better, instead of personalities and such. I do agree that some channels deserve television like backing and funding and production because they do what they do extremely well but I think television is to slow and unengaged for the human passion, the internet is only a tad bit closer, anyways, always glad to chat with a fellow being interested in the ancient worlds. Have a good one.
it's nearly on par with the modern HC, considering the amount of half baked and poorly substantiated claims they made basically a summary of the usual cliches and common assumptions
The Germanics weren't really known for ambushes as it wasn't their normal conduct of war. The tactic was as far as i know only used against roman legions in some isolated events as a result of disproportionate warfare and under the leadership of roman educated commanders like arminius during the battle of Teutoburg forrest. Otherwise they would field rather large armies and deployed in the boarshead formation (in wedges (due to religious reasons preferably 7) facing the enemy with the chief/ most accomplished warrior at the tip and after performing their war chant they would charge as one. Examples for these can be seen in the earlier clashes with romans e.g. when the teutones and cimbri met them in the alps which coined the term "furor teutonicus" in rome for the centuries to come, or also during their clashes with caesar in gaul. One characteristic was also for infantry soldiers holding onto the manes of the cavalry's horses to speed up their initial charge into battle. In later times after getting familiar with the roman conduct of war they also started to keep a reserve force in the back. The harii where, as far as i know, a special case belonging to one specific tribe that gained infamy by the terror their way of fighting caused but weren't a standard unit deployed by regular armies of other tribes. Probably they became after some earlier clashes some sort of boogyman stories told by legionnaires amongst themselves as it fitted perfectly into their view of Germania being a terrifying dark place.
Your interpretation of ancient European history is a little different than mine. Tactics strategy & logistics evolved. This is true with ancient Teutons. Reliance on wedges worked very well for the Cimbri & their allies until Gaius Marius came around. In the 1st century BC they tried using wedges & shield walls against Romans without success. Teutoburg Forest was the beginning of a new trend. Some 3rd & 4th century examples Late in the 3rd century Gaul was invaded by Franks & Alemanni. They would sleep in the forest during the day & attack by night. This tactic proved very effective. Angles, Saxons, Franks, Heruli & Pict's successfully fought against Romans with naval & maritime tactics. {I realize the Picts were not actually Teutons} Picts also learned & used nighttime & mountain warfare against the Romans. These are some of many examples of how after 9 AD but before 378 AD Northern Europeans successfully used naval, guerilla & maritime tactics against Romans. From 101 BC up until 376 AD it was not wise to fight Romans on land in broad daylight & out in the open. Romans were however vulnerable to other tactics.
@@hailoweenhailoween5264 I believe I may have some Native American, from what I can remember someone on my mother’s side has some Native American blood but I am currently waiting to do an ancestry test to find out more about my ancestry. The only thing I currently know about it is that most of my heritage on my father’s side is mostly British, Scottish, Irish (my father’s last name is Irish), Welsh, Old Germanic, and Scandinavian. The only thing I know about my mother’s side is mainly French (which turns out my mother’s last name is derived from Old French and that last name is from an Old Germanic name) and I think has a little bit of Italian (I’m not sure), maybe some Native American. I’m not too sure about French Canadian as I found out about an ancestor of mine that migrated from France to Canada and I believe he married a French Canadian woman and then their children I believe migrated to either Louisiana or Maine, which is the state I live in. But my state as well seems to have a lot of French ancestry. This all I know so far but I also found out about another ancestor of mine, my mother’s mother’s biological father. When I did a quick research of his last name I read it originated in England. I am not sure if I have any Northern Irish blood, but like I said I am waiting to do an ancestry test to find out more about my ancestry. This is what I know from relatives about some of my ancestry and the little research I have done. But I am also related to some other last names, one of them also being French as well. I find it fascinating.
@@hailoweenhailoween5264 germans are also to this day very interested in native americans Germans already back then wrote tons of fiction books etc. Native americans are seen as good here
@@xx_azura_xx8899 Wow, you have good blood. I do find scottish & irish culture interesting as well, the whole celtic culture is also similar to Native american culture. Hopefully you find out more about your ancestry.
@@bixxix3896 Yeah, I know what you mean. A good example would be the stuff Julius Caesar wrote about the Gauls. Although, the Gauls were a Celtic people, not Germanic.
@@hailoweenhailoween5264 same here back to ya, I’ve always loved learning and watching things about native Americans.. rituals, dances, history and knowledge / insight 🤌🖤
Frisians (nowadays Dutch) where one of the few tribes with the Romans could never defeat. They just didn't see the point of losing so many soldiers for the Frisian lands.
@@vk8812 Baduhenna moment 😎 I'm glad to hear they were wise men. I heard the same about vikings before (8 centuries later yes), that Vikings wanted glory and might but also were afraid to lose their friends. Really beautiful to care for your tribe that much.
The only European tribe that stood firm against the Romans. The Germanic tribes were basically the European version of The Nubians the only African tribe that also stood firm against The Romans.
The Nubians also managed to successfully invade and overthrow ancient Egypt. It’s interesting because there’s lots of similarities between the Germanic tribes/other barbarian enemy’s of Rome and the Nubians.
@@isaiahrowe8367 Very true bro. There should be major films based on the Ancient Germanic Tribes & Ancient Nubians. EDIT: I would pay good money to watch them.
After some point there was no desire to fully commit for the Germanic lands. Beyond the Rhine the soil produced nothing .People without gold reserves or riches to blunder., people that created a lot of trouble and wouldnt follow the rules They were fights to keep them in check and prevent them from invading the empire but Rome's real desire was always Parthia.
It’s interesting to me how early Germans resisted the Romans for so long, both militarily and culturally. But then the thing that finally assimilated them into becoming Roman… was finally decisively beating the Romans. It’s so odd to me, but hey I guess it makes sense to adapt the ways of a civilization so much more advanced. And without this, I would’ve likely never been born anyways 😅
You're looking at this like all the conflicts involving Romans and Germanic tribes took course over a decade - like it was one war. There would be close to a century or multiple centuries between Germanic tribes in some areas being opposed to a Roman lifestyle to them embracing it.
Languages, faith, traditions, classes, arts....yes, it's a lie with an agenda to divide us. Look up "Redheads, Skeletons in the Closet" to see more erasure of culture just to follow a narrative and based on being born with a fairer completion. Also interesting to note that Hollywood is constantly erasing redheaded characters and making them dark skinned. 🤔
They don’t talk about Europe lol, I’m completely sure they’re talking about white Americans lol. It wouldn’t make sense because Europe is one of the richest continents of culture
Hi, thanks for making more videos of the type I asked you before. I really apreciate it. I love See u in History, I will be the greatest Historian specialised in Greek and Norse Mythology and it will be thanks to you, your videos and your knowledge about Mythology. Thank you so much
The Germanic tribes history is really interesting and mythical. It would be great if we had some more info , unfortunately most of the information is coming from the Romans. However I must say that they do not fall within the definition of a Civilization during the Roman and pre-Roman era.
Really? You wouldn't consider Pre-Bronze Age Collapse Germania to be a Civilization either? They were trading with the Greeks thousands of years before Rome existed.
Even though we live in the present and read such events in history books, but could you actually imagine the fear and trepidation the Roman soldiers felt when they faced the Germanics in a land far away from Rome?
By the fourth century AD, I believe most of the soldiers in the Roman army were actually Germans. So...you would have had Germans fighting against other Germans (a lot of the time).
As always talking about the forest of Teutoburg That ambush was possible because Arminius a Roman knight of Germanic origin convinced Varus , Commander of the three Roman Legions, a lawyer by profession, to follow his plans... with catastrophic results.. End of the first part Second part.. after few years Rome decided to send an expedition to the same place under the command of the great General Germanicus.. the rest it's history.
@@enricomanno8434 Yes, Germanicus was forced to recall to Rome, was assassinated by other Romans and the Rhine would be the border until Germanic warbands would eventually invade, sack Rome and Ravenna and conquer the western half of the empire.
@@LucidWanderer And a part the destruction on the capital of the Roman empire and civilization.. they didn't leave anything that can be related to any form of Civilization As the vandals..
Interesting video love Germanic tribe very patriotic to themselves. I am myself from Afghanistan Pashtoon tribe we have very similarities with brave German people no body invade us too
@@ultimathule3834 Hermann is honored by a gigantic statue in the Teutobeurger Wald. The Germani booted the Romans out. Everywhere they went the Romans faced uprisings.
Hope you guys can also make a documentary about the Batavi and the Batavian Revolt against the Romans wich was directly caused by the Year of the Four Emperors.
@@demonte6582 Please my country voted to invite groups of people, that have a 6x higher likely hood to commit violent crimes than the natives. If we feared other people, why would we do this?
Is there a name for the cloak like thing the guy on the right is wearing at 3:57? I've seen in some movies & on Total War they wear this, it almost looks like a big scarf or cloak. Just wanted to know if it's a cultural thing & what they called it?
Me: *Does a DNA test. Finds out I’m super German. Finds out my ancestors were of the Germanic tribes. Says to myself “I bet they were peaceful people.” Informative video: Your ancestors were so savage even the Celtics thought they were wack. Me: 👁👄👁
@@ronin7590 that's original 10 points for originality . Our culture go's way back not just 80 years . There's good and bad in everything there is also truth and lies .
@@taftybufty No way. Germany is the AXIS of Evil HAHA and is still the same racist place it was 100 years ago. England on the other hand is EXTREMELY tolerant. Its night and day.
@@ronin7590 And this comes from someone who has never lived in Germany. we all saw how "tolerant" the English are with the Black people and Italians after losing the Euro final. not to mention how they beaten up a Danish father. you guys are massive clowns. 😂😂😂
My grandparents were 100% Germanic and so was my mother so I'm about 50% Germanic (which could now be Denmark, Finland and Scandinavian, too), with about 20% British Isles, 10% Spanish, French, Italian (I think from my dad's side). I guess we were warriors cause all my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War out of Massachusetts. Later they moved westward to the "Connecticut Reserve," which is now Ohio and when I grew up I kept going west and now live in northern California. So I concluded that our genes have an itching to move around and explore. But by this time we have lost the desire to savage and plunder people.
Lol, I concur, I am 50%GERMAN and 50% Scottish, my family came in the 1740's from Germany. We fought in the revolution, and civil war. I MOVE constantly. It's HARD for me to stay longer than 6 mo to a year in one place. I'm an Army Veteran. And I LOVE to FIGHT!!! Not sure how Millennia of Barbarian genes is supposed to be subdued in just 130 years though!!( since the industrial revolution) I ROAR to, which freaks people out😂 I LOOK Fierce, I have the worst case of RBF you've ever seen!
Maybe the two of you have got the wrong impression of how the germanic people of that time actually behaved. They were not just roaring barbarians with the desire to savage and plunder people. You're very much invited to Germany to get to know more about these people by visiting excavation sites and museums.
I'm an American of Punjabi descent. It's really interesting to see how similar ancient Germanic society was with Punjabi society e.g. being organised in a similar caste hierarchy; men keeping beard and man buns; having a strong emphasis on warrior culture etc.
Sounds like my personality is predetermined by my genetic ancestry: my love for combat and lifting weights, don't care for art (although architecture can be cool) and I live and die for family.
I'm a bit confused, at first you said the Germans came from the Scandanavian region then soon after said Scandinavians came from Germanic origins. Also according to Neil Gaimens "Norse Mythology" the Norse gods are believed to have been adopted from Germanic people and Odin was called Owo while Thor was named Donar which means thunder?
Proto germanic culture roughly came from lower Scandinavia and North West Germany so essentially after a while the tribes migrated south and split off those that migrated south became the ,franks, frisians, gothi, suebi etc while those that stayed in the North became angles, jutes, Danes, geats. These cultures still shared a very similar pantheon of gods and language but they were still different from each other since some tribes have started to change their language abit due to centuries of word changes. The reason why they're all called germanic is because the romans found them all to be too similar to be different from each other and they just didn't bother trying to know more about the people wearing pants across the river
You confuse germanic with german. Germanic refers to the ancient cultural roots. Germanic people comes from scandinavia and and migrated into Germany and England. All germanic languages comes from proto-germanic. The proto-germanic languages split in different branches. German, Norse and English are all branches of germanic languages. The norse gods where not adopted from germanic people. The proto-germanic words for the gods were Wothanaz, Thunraw, Tiwas et cetera. When german evolved from proto-germanic the name changes to Wotan, Donar et cetera. When the scandinavian languages evolved from proto-germanic the names changes to Oden, Thor, Tyr et cetera. When englisg evolved from proto-germanic the names changed to Woden, Thunor, Tiy et cetera. Do you understand?
Those are slavic with the exception of estonians who were finno ugric. History of finnic tribes is basically constant shitshow where different tribes clash continuously.
You have missed Lehia which was taking most part of this region. This is current Poland. Please check your map as you can clearly see that it is in the middle of it. Memory of this great nation has been suppressed and wipe out by church
So after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476AD did people live in a Celtic or Germanic societal social structure until the Feudal system developed in Western Europe? Did some elements of Roman society survive like minted coinage currency and Christianity the predominate religion. The video talks about a hierarchical society of Nobiliy, free warriors, and servants. Did they all live in extended 👪 families and in the same kind of housing structures. What was their mode of currency transactional exchange: Cattle? Harvested crops?
@@danielklein6166 Thunraz is the reconstructed proto-germanic name. Donar is the later german name. Thor is the later norse name. Thunor is the later anglo-saxon name. Thor, Thunor and Donar all come from the proto-germanic Thunraz.
7:01 the statement that the Norse Gods had their origin in Germanic origin is debated. Given how the Germanic tribes originally came from Scandinavia it is likely that the Gods came from there too.
@@Khasidon The Humanity came from africa and traveled to the North. They took there Mythology to the North and Not from the North to the South. Think about it. Odin came from Thrakia. The whole Mythology from the North is Germanic. But the Germanics was forced to Christianity and there Story was deleted. Only Skandinavia and Iceland survived from the great Germanic empire.
@@lakawerke7883 Dude you are talking about some very different time periods. We came from Africa 40.000 years ago. We are talking of the late iron age to vikingage. Jesus Christ read a book. There was no "great Germanic Empire". lol.
@@Khasidon Our History was deleted from Christianity. You can read all books of the world. It doesn't matter, when all is deleted and the only source are our Ancestors and Germanic poems. Go and eat your book.
I want to thank you for this great video cause these day's germanic people is all about vikings. What is a big shame for our culture , so im glad someone talks about our culture in general . Thanks :)
@@CHOP181095 as a german raised in America, I'm pretty sure I'm teutonic. Just wondering If suebians and teutons have different physical traits? I have a large nose and brown hair, and am also tall for being 13 currently
@@iliotekoutdoors Well never forget that genetics still exist and over thousands of years people married people from outside. Tribes became cities, or even states and countries. My grand father came from Prussia for example. I'm sure that back then most people had different traits as well. Some people in a tribe had blond hair and some brown hair, some were taller than others so far and so on.
Thor the God of rain? Thor is the God of Thunder, war and fertility. He created thunder and lightning as he rode over the clouds in a chariot drawn by goats, swinging his hammer Mjöllnir. Thor was physically strong and with his weapon Mjöllnir could do battle with the evil giants who lived in Jötunheimar.
People always tend to think those jobs meant less, or their roles weren't as important as the male roles. This isn't the case. Their roles weren't so spectaculair but.. they were very very important for survival of the tribe. Maybe even the most crucial.
The _Yamnaya Culture_ (Ukraine 2,800 B.C.) of the Early Bronze Age expanded all cross Eurasia. In west( the Danub Valley and Poland), the Yamnaya gave rise to a new culture, the _Corded Ware Culture_ and the Bell Beaker Culture, of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Centuries later, the Corded Ware Culture of Poland and Baltic Sea, within the influence of few neolithic peoples and remaining Hunter Gatherers of the region, gave rise to a new culture in Jutland(modern Danmark), the _Proto-Germanic_ culture of the Antiquity Ages. The protoGermanics became the Saxons, Danes(jutes, angles), Frisians, Gots, Suebi, Franks, Burgund, Queruscqui...of the next centuries.
It is Germani, not Germanics. They had LAWS and were no barbarians. The rotten morals of the Romans caused much upheaval, the Romans sacrificed Gaulish man and woman by burying them alive on the forum Boarii in Rome. In the pictures featured in this video supposedly depicting Germani are actually Celts or Gauls blowing upon their trumpets.
Rome never laid claim over the Celts, they were close but they could not do it or they gave up on it because it was so far away and so expensive so they build there wall. Hadrians wall.
Celts lived in more places than just the British Isles. The vast majority of Celtic lands came under Roman rule, only the Celts of Ireland and Scotland were never subjugated.
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius general of the armies of the north father to hey murdered son husband to a murdered wife I will have my Vengeance in his life or the next. Sorry y'all I had to quote it off of the movie Gladiator this video today has made me want to watch the movie over again LOL
The Germanics tribes are probably the Most succesful people in history. They kicked out the Romans, fenced off the Huns,the Mongolian onslaught and conquered the British islands.
The romans would've conquered Germania over time, they were never kicked out. And they never conquered the British isles
@@celticscribe7887 Frisians,Swabians, Danes,Norwegians,Swedes, Saxons,Normands...all Germanic and they surely conquered the British isles. And yes, Germanic tribes did the Romans.
@@mikael884 they didn't conquer the isles though, their genetic impact is actually minor
Mongols defeated them
@Matthew Sparks Not correct. Germanic tribes sacked Rome. As for Britain.....several Germanic tribes roamed at will for several hundreds of years. Eventually conquered,and civilsed, by the Normans (originated from Norse who had conquered and settled Normandie. Britain is Made by Germans.
Love this video. I feel like they didn't teach us enough about these ancient tribes in our history classes, there are so many interesting stories about them, yet we were constantly bombarded with Romans and their point of view at that time
There’s reasons for that.
Maybe cause Romans actually wrote things down lol as did the Greeks. Other Tribes in Europe didn’t really write things down back then.
@@IblewuponyourfaceIII Good point
Rather ironic these are still the accounts of Romans 😂
@@reinys2688 Germanic is a race. Not just "ancient" tribes. Stay ignorant
**when the trees starts speaking germans**
😂 "Ja"
En Germanic Language east north south o west
Guten Tag...
proto germanic*
Hail Óðinn
I really wish that the history channel would bring back really good history
Like this excellent documentary
Not like the reality drama shows that they have now they really lost their true origins that used to make them great
Thank you guys
For making really good historical documentaries
Why? Now you can have a playlist of actual information ready for you to find or get notified on or even recommended.
Television was so concerned with commercial and amounted views, CZcamsrs can be that way, but you can find people that teach really well, who have a passion for what they do, strive to get better, instead of personalities and such. I do agree that some channels deserve television like backing and funding and production because they do what they do extremely well but I think television is to slow and unengaged for the human passion, the internet is only a tad bit closer, anyways, always glad to chat with a fellow being interested in the ancient worlds. Have a good one.
The history Channel was never really that good imo, they only really covered really basic things, but it was still much better than what it is now
I'd rather have it here I don't have cable anymore
it's nearly on par with the modern HC, considering the amount of half baked and poorly substantiated claims they made
basically a summary of the usual cliches and common assumptions
The Germanics weren't really known for ambushes as it wasn't their normal conduct of war. The tactic was as far as i know only used against roman legions in some isolated events as a result of disproportionate warfare and under the leadership of roman educated commanders like arminius during the battle of Teutoburg forrest. Otherwise they would field rather large armies and deployed in the boarshead formation (in wedges (due to religious reasons preferably 7) facing the enemy with the chief/ most accomplished warrior at the tip and after performing their war chant they would charge as one. Examples for these can be seen in the earlier clashes with romans e.g. when the teutones and cimbri met them in the alps which coined the term "furor teutonicus" in rome for the centuries to come, or also during their clashes with caesar in gaul. One characteristic was also for infantry soldiers holding onto the manes of the cavalry's horses to speed up their initial charge into battle. In later times after getting familiar with the roman conduct of war they also started to keep a reserve force in the back. The harii where, as far as i know, a special case belonging to one specific tribe that gained infamy by the terror their way of fighting caused but weren't a standard unit deployed by regular armies of other tribes. Probably they became after some earlier clashes some sort of boogyman stories told by legionnaires amongst themselves as it fitted perfectly into their view of Germania being a terrifying dark place.
How you know? you were there?
@@Powersnufkin How do you think historians know what happened in the past without actually being there lol
@@gigachad6326 Tell me then how they know. What methodology?
Your interpretation of ancient European history is a little different than mine. Tactics strategy & logistics evolved. This is true with ancient Teutons. Reliance on wedges worked very well for the Cimbri & their allies until Gaius Marius came around. In the 1st century BC they tried using wedges & shield walls against Romans without success.
Teutoburg Forest was the beginning of a new trend.
Some 3rd & 4th century examples
Late in the 3rd century Gaul was invaded by Franks & Alemanni. They would sleep in the forest during the day & attack by night. This tactic proved very effective.
Angles, Saxons, Franks, Heruli & Pict's successfully fought against Romans with naval & maritime tactics.
{I realize the Picts were not actually Teutons}
Picts also learned & used nighttime & mountain warfare against the Romans. These are some of many examples of how after 9 AD but before 378 AD Northern Europeans successfully used naval, guerilla & maritime tactics against Romans.
From 101 BC up until 376 AD it was not wise to fight Romans on land in broad daylight & out in the open.
Romans were however vulnerable to other tactics.
@@Powersnufkin omg u got him dude, wow you're so smart
Glad to finally learn more about my Old Germanic heritage. 🥰
I'm a native american from Arizona. Your Germanic tribal heritage is similar to Native heritage. I love Germanic tribal culture.
@@hailoweenhailoween5264 I believe I may have some Native American, from what I can remember someone on my mother’s side has some Native American blood but I am currently waiting to do an ancestry test to find out more about my ancestry. The only thing I currently know about it is that most of my heritage on my father’s side is mostly British, Scottish, Irish (my father’s last name is Irish), Welsh, Old Germanic, and Scandinavian. The only thing I know about my mother’s side is mainly French (which turns out my mother’s last name is derived from Old French and that last name is from an Old Germanic name) and I think has a little bit of Italian (I’m not sure), maybe some Native American. I’m not too sure about French Canadian as I found out about an ancestor of mine that migrated from France to Canada and I believe he married a French Canadian woman and then their children I believe migrated to either Louisiana or Maine, which is the state I live in. But my state as well seems to have a lot of French ancestry. This all I know so far but I also found out about another ancestor of mine, my mother’s mother’s biological father. When I did a quick research of his last name I read it originated in England. I am not sure if I have any Northern Irish blood, but like I said I am waiting to do an ancestry test to find out more about my ancestry. This is what I know from relatives about some of my ancestry and the little research I have done. But I am also related to some other last names, one of them also being French as well. I find it fascinating.
@@hailoweenhailoween5264 germans are also to this day very interested in native americans
Germans already back then wrote tons of fiction books etc.
Native americans are seen as good here
@@xx_azura_xx8899 Wow, you have good blood. I do find scottish & irish culture interesting as well, the whole celtic culture is also similar to Native american culture. Hopefully you find out more about your ancestry.
@@SchwarzeSonne130 I heard about native americans having a respectful image in Germany. I do consider Germans & Natives allies, friends, etc.
This is my favorite historical subject. Thank you
I am afrikaans, which means these are my ancestors, it is very interesting to see how my voorvaders lived.
Imagine tying a bun so tight that hundreds of years after your death they could still see it. Mine falls out after I breathe to deep
They we're probably already dead. Dead people don't move too much.
Then dont have one u silly sausage
true bunboi
@@johncotter8045 this was a wonderful comment thank you
Hair stops the bow of a sword like nothing else....carbon nano fiber haha..
First time I've seen someone do a great video on Germanics, thank you.
Asha Logos
Lets unite the Germanics once and for all :-)
Amazing! Beautiful content, Much love and many thanks for sharing this content, God bless you
The „vikings“ were just the last germanic tribes left basically
Yup
Scandinavians are north germanic
But we are the descendants and must secure it
Viking was a job, it would be like saying you were a firefighter since your parents are as well.
@@raphmaster23 i know thats why i put it into quotation marks
The Germanic tribes didn’t die out they just developed
I always hated learning about Romans and now I know why, my ancestors were speaking to me about their biased lies 😂
Everyone is biased.
@@RockerNate81 I only say this because history is taught through the eyes of Romans.
@@bixxix3896 Yeah, I know what you mean. A good example would be the stuff Julius Caesar wrote about the Gauls. Although, the Gauls were a Celtic people, not Germanic.
Me being native american, I love your Germanic tribal history, culture, warrior traditions etc.
@@hailoweenhailoween5264 same here back to ya, I’ve always loved learning and watching things about native Americans.. rituals, dances, history and knowledge / insight 🤌🖤
Fun fact - The Tutonic order of knights was named after the Tuton tribe of Germania
Their real name was "Deutscher Orden" though, meaning "German Order". Deutsch and Teutonic are speculated to have the same linguistic origin though.
@@randomdude2026 look coat of arms pappenheim
It's raining, my country on lockdown and this comes on. Excited!!!!
Didn't the CDC lessen restrictions?
Sounds like a sad day I hope it gets better for you man
Is it still raining?
Israel, Palestine, or India?
Lemme guess...a fellow Indian?
proud of my heritage, dk why they don't teach us this stuff in school
I'm so glad you mentioned us Frisians, thank you so much. People usually forget about us somehow 😪
Frisians (nowadays Dutch) where one of the few tribes with the Romans could never defeat. They just didn't see the point of losing so many soldiers for the Frisian lands.
@@vk8812 Frisians are ultra germanics. They have the complete face structure and D-N-A
Greetings from a Batavian! (Zuid-Hollander)
@@vk8812 Baduhenna moment 😎 I'm glad to hear they were wise men. I heard the same about vikings before (8 centuries later yes), that Vikings wanted glory and might but also were afraid to lose their friends. Really beautiful to care for your tribe that much.
@@catholicracialist776 interesting! I am Frisian so I hope I have that face structure too:D
I'm so glad I've got 87percent Germanic ancestry.
and the remaining DNA is Roman and Celtic...
@@fabrizio.guidi64I got 70% British/Irish and 24% German with 4 % broadly NW European
The German 🇩🇪 Tribes were Tough!!! 💪
germasn was blacks, look coat of arms pappenheim
@@laserraiset3300 So what?
germanic not german
@@shlacked2690 yeh Germanic
The only European tribe that stood firm against the Romans.
The Germanic tribes were basically the European version of The Nubians the only African tribe that also stood firm against The Romans.
The Nubians also managed to successfully invade and overthrow ancient Egypt. It’s interesting because there’s lots of similarities between the Germanic tribes/other barbarian enemy’s of Rome and the Nubians.
@@isaiahrowe8367
Very true bro.
There should be major films based on the Ancient Germanic Tribes & Ancient Nubians.
EDIT: I would pay good money to watch them.
Romans couldn't get into Scotland either (I guess they're considered celts?)
After some point there was no desire to fully commit for the Germanic lands. Beyond the Rhine the soil produced nothing .People without gold reserves or riches to blunder., people that created a lot of trouble and wouldnt follow the rules They were fights to keep them in check and prevent them from invading the empire but Rome's real desire was always Parthia.
@@generalblack5556 yes same too. Wish there was more film and tv content on them
Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job
Great video, keep up the good work 👌👍
It’s interesting to me how early Germans resisted the Romans for so long, both militarily and culturally. But then the thing that finally assimilated them into becoming Roman… was finally decisively beating the Romans. It’s so odd to me, but hey I guess it makes sense to adapt the ways of a civilization so much more advanced. And without this, I would’ve likely never been born anyways 😅
@F.W. it’s… not at all like that actually???
it was Christianity and with it the ROMAN-CATHOLIC church that finaly did win over the free Germanic people ...
You're looking at this like all the conflicts involving Romans and Germanic tribes took course over a decade - like it was one war. There would be close to a century or multiple centuries between Germanic tribes in some areas being opposed to a Roman lifestyle to them embracing it.
@@DogFoxHybrid I’m keenly aware of this…
I hate when p.o.c. say wypipo have zero culture. They're just ignorant. I think we have a great culture and history!
Languages, faith, traditions, classes, arts....yes, it's a lie with an agenda to divide us. Look up "Redheads, Skeletons in the Closet" to see more erasure of culture just to follow a narrative and based on being born with a fairer completion. Also interesting to note that Hollywood is constantly erasing redheaded characters and making them dark skinned. 🤔
They don’t talk about Europe lol, I’m completely sure they’re talking about white Americans lol. It wouldn’t make sense because Europe is one of the richest continents of culture
Hi, thanks for making more videos of the type I asked you before. I really apreciate it.
I love See u in History, I will be the greatest Historian specialised in Greek and Norse Mythology and it will be thanks to you, your videos and your knowledge about Mythology.
Thank you so much
This video was great
My ancestors can never fail, in this life or the next 😀
Intetesting to see a picture of Heilung on this video.
thank you for the video of The Germnaic's i like it lot well they are my ancestor's
love the narration and especially their hair style and also the hair still existing on the skull is crazy
The Germanic tribes history is really interesting and mythical. It would be great if we had some more info , unfortunately most of the information is coming from the Romans. However I must say that they do not fall within the definition of a Civilization during the Roman and pre-Roman era.
Really? You wouldn't consider Pre-Bronze Age Collapse Germania to be a Civilization either? They were trading with the Greeks thousands of years before Rome existed.
now just imagine, Goethe, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven all were Germans😂
Even though we live in the present and read such events in history books, but could you actually imagine the fear and trepidation the Roman soldiers felt when they faced the Germanics in a land far away from Rome?
Swanps, dence forests and cold temperatures. The Romans didn't know what to do
By the fourth century AD, I believe most of the soldiers in the Roman army were actually Germans. So...you would have had Germans fighting against other Germans (a lot of the time).
As always talking about the forest of Teutoburg
That ambush was possible because Arminius a Roman knight of Germanic origin convinced Varus , Commander of the three Roman Legions, a lawyer by profession, to follow his plans... with catastrophic results.. End of the first part
Second part.. after few years Rome decided to send an expedition to the same place under the command of the great General Germanicus.. the rest it's history.
@@enricomanno8434 Yes, Germanicus was forced to recall to Rome, was assassinated by other Romans and the Rhine would be the border until Germanic warbands would eventually invade, sack Rome and Ravenna and conquer the western half of the empire.
@@LucidWanderer And a part the destruction on the capital of the Roman empire and civilization.. they didn't leave anything that can be related to any form of Civilization
As the vandals..
Interesting video love Germanic tribe very patriotic to themselves. I am myself from Afghanistan Pashtoon tribe we have very similarities with brave German people no body invade us too
Awesome info 👍
Could you comment or make a video with Book Recommendations on these tribes?
Arminius❤️
Hermann der Cherusker
@@ultimathule3834 But he was killed by his own people.
@@Foxglove963 well. because he was a traitor also
@@ultimathule3834 Hermann is honored by a gigantic statue in the Teutobeurger Wald. The Germani booted the Romans out. Everywhere they went the Romans faced uprisings.
beautiful artwork! greetings from Bavaria.
Love that artwork. You should try the miniature wargame Hail Caesar or SPQR by Warlord Games.
Hope you guys can also make a documentary about the Batavi and the Batavian Revolt against the Romans wich was directly caused by the Year of the Four Emperors.
it seems that everyone was feared by everyone at that time
it still like that.
@@demonte6582 Please my country voted to invite groups of people, that have a 6x higher likely hood to commit violent crimes than the natives.
If we feared other people, why would we do this?
Ancient propoganda. When you lose to someone youre gonna tell everybody they were just superhuman
@@demonte6582 things never change
@@alexevans4877 because your country is spineless and disregards their citizens safety?
Awesome background music
Is there a name for the cloak like thing the guy on the right is wearing at 3:57? I've seen in some movies & on Total War they wear this, it almost looks like a big scarf or cloak. Just wanted to know if it's a cultural thing & what they called it?
In my opinion, that just looks like a bear hide worn as a cloak. It might as well be.
Thank you!
Me: *Does a DNA test. Finds out I’m super German. Finds out my ancestors were of the Germanic tribes. Says to myself “I bet they were peaceful people.”
Informative video: Your ancestors were so savage even the Celtics thought they were wack.
Me: 👁👄👁
Well, at least you didn’t find out you were black or Chinese. That would’ve been pretty embarrassing.
@@chriswebster24 It'd be cringe
@@chriswebster24 , Chinese is based
@@firaxolegirein9816 Madafaka stop grinding social credit
@@chriswebster24 Bruh the Chinese invented gunpowder and were one of the first civilisations to write down their history.
Good video
Hail to the Father land from Bangladesh
No
Warriors Second to none 🇩🇪
Nazis
@@ronin7590 that's original 10 points for originality . Our culture go's way back not just 80 years . There's good and bad in everything there is also truth and lies .
@@ronin7590 Are you British? If yes, they were more evil than Germany 👍
@@taftybufty No way. Germany is the AXIS of Evil HAHA and is still the same racist place it was 100 years ago. England on the other hand is EXTREMELY tolerant. Its night and day.
@@ronin7590 And this comes from someone who has never lived in Germany. we all saw how "tolerant" the English are with the Black people and Italians after losing the Euro final. not to mention how they beaten up a Danish father. you guys are massive clowns. 😂😂😂
I'm proud to have germanic blood in me
Sadly it's not 100%
A fantastic insight. Thank you for sharing.
A term I have always used for Germanics is Teutons. I have had a deep interest in the subject since I was 10.
My grandparents were 100% Germanic and so was my mother so I'm about 50% Germanic (which could now be Denmark, Finland and Scandinavian, too), with about 20% British Isles, 10% Spanish, French, Italian (I think from my dad's side). I guess we were warriors cause all my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War out of Massachusetts. Later they moved westward to the "Connecticut Reserve," which is now Ohio and when I grew up I kept going west and now live in northern California. So I concluded that our genes have an itching to move around and explore. But by this time we have lost the desire to savage and plunder people.
Lol, I concur, I am 50%GERMAN and 50% Scottish, my family came in the 1740's from Germany. We fought in the revolution, and civil war. I MOVE constantly. It's HARD for me to stay longer than 6 mo to a year in one place. I'm an Army Veteran. And I LOVE to FIGHT!!! Not sure how Millennia of Barbarian genes is supposed to be subdued in just 130 years though!!( since the industrial revolution) I ROAR to, which freaks people out😂 I LOOK Fierce, I have the worst case of RBF you've ever seen!
Maybe the two of you have got the wrong impression of how the germanic people of that time actually behaved. They were not just roaring barbarians with the desire to savage and plunder people. You're very much invited to Germany to get to know more about these people by visiting excavation sites and museums.
I'm too Germanic 80percent and 20percent Celtic mostly french. Basically all German speaking countries I've got ancestry from.
I'm an American of Punjabi descent. It's really interesting to see how similar ancient Germanic society was with Punjabi society e.g. being organised in a similar caste hierarchy; men keeping beard and man buns; having a strong emphasis on warrior culture etc.
What a joke 😂
Everything is similar in its own POV
@@madmedic7840 branches do exist cause we all are humans
I believe IE family
Phenomenal video 💚 🛖
I think out of all of romes enemies these guys i would have been afraid of the most
The Romans would have probably agreed with you on that.
Sounds like my personality is predetermined by my genetic ancestry: my love for combat and lifting weights, don't care for art (although architecture can be cool) and I live and die for family.
This is great man! Where'd you find all of these great paintings? Excellent stuff.
Was to short but great
A lot of rather definitive statements here. I'm not sure how reliable this is though, as they don't state sources
I'm a bit confused, at first you said the Germans came from the Scandanavian region then soon after said Scandinavians came from Germanic origins. Also according to Neil Gaimens "Norse Mythology" the Norse gods are believed to have been adopted from Germanic people and Odin was called Owo while Thor was named Donar which means thunder?
Germanic is the ethnic exomyn that the Romans gave to Scandinavian people, not the region that is today Germany which would come much later.
Proto germanic culture roughly came from lower Scandinavia and North West Germany so essentially after a while the tribes migrated south and split off those that migrated south became the ,franks, frisians, gothi, suebi etc while those that stayed in the North became angles, jutes, Danes, geats. These cultures still shared a very similar pantheon of gods and language but they were still different from each other since some tribes have started to change their language abit due to centuries of word changes. The reason why they're all called germanic is because the romans found them all to be too similar to be different from each other and they just didn't bother trying to know more about the people wearing pants across the river
@TheWeeaboo yeah one of Odin's many many names, like wotan.
You confuse germanic with german. Germanic refers to the ancient cultural roots. Germanic people comes from scandinavia and and migrated into Germany and England. All germanic languages comes from proto-germanic.
The proto-germanic languages split in different branches. German, Norse and English are all branches of germanic languages.
The norse gods where not adopted from germanic people. The proto-germanic words for the gods were Wothanaz, Thunraw, Tiwas et cetera. When german evolved from proto-germanic the name changes to Wotan, Donar et cetera. When the scandinavian languages evolved from proto-germanic the names changes to Oden, Thor, Tyr et cetera. When englisg evolved from proto-germanic the names changed to Woden, Thunor, Tiy et cetera.
Do you understand?
@@spambot6959 Gothi, Geats and Suebi were not Proto-Germanic.
You forgot Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, and Latvia.
Those are slavic with the exception of estonians who were finno ugric. History of finnic tribes is basically constant shitshow where different tribes clash continuously.
Those are slavs
Can you please do a video like this for the Norse
I would have loved to live then and there. But this time has its charm as well.
Maybe you did and you have nostalgia.
Like a proper dentist and living past the age of 30?
Allow me to exist.. I am Germanic...
Where are the sources though?!
Who is the artist of the youtube video cover art?
*At **6:30** when you see the painting of the Priestess and are expecting a Heilung concert to start*
You have missed Lehia which was taking most part of this region. This is current Poland. Please check your map as you can clearly see that it is in the middle of it. Memory of this great nation has been suppressed and wipe out by church
What a badass
So after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476AD did people live in a Celtic or Germanic societal social structure until the Feudal system developed in Western Europe?
Did some elements of Roman society survive like minted coinage currency and Christianity the predominate religion.
The video talks about a hierarchical society of Nobiliy, free warriors, and servants. Did they all live in extended 👪 families and in the same kind of housing structures. What was their mode of currency transactional exchange: Cattle? Harvested crops?
Nice video!👍Greetings from a batavian 😉
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Maria Franz of Heliung
It wasn't "Thunaraz", it was Donar which is where Donnerstag in German still today came from.
Thunaraz is the Proto-Germamic name, i think you mix Germanic and German up with eachother.
@@Weda01 I think they're mixing up Anglo-Saxon / oldest English with old German though.
@@littleandre4957 no Thunaraz is the ancient Indo-European form, an ancestor of both english and german
@@danielklein6166 Thunraz is the reconstructed proto-germanic name. Donar is the later german name. Thor is the later norse name. Thunor is the later anglo-saxon name. Thor, Thunor and Donar all come from the proto-germanic Thunraz.
@@danielklein6166 okay.
Plundering and thundering
2:41 I see where Nintendo got the inspiration for Princess Zelda from.
I just picture red laser beams all over this video and Till Lindemann's face.
Show the tops of the maps please.
7:01 the statement that the Norse Gods had their origin in Germanic origin is debated. Given how the Germanic tribes originally came from Scandinavia it is likely that the Gods came from there too.
they fit very goog in the indoeuropean gods. Even most of their names.
@@demonte6582 That doesn't change anything I said. That just means they took them with them.
@@Khasidon The Humanity came from africa and traveled to the North. They took there Mythology to the North and Not from the North to the South. Think about it. Odin came from Thrakia. The whole Mythology from the North is Germanic. But the Germanics was forced to Christianity and there Story was deleted. Only Skandinavia and Iceland survived from the great Germanic empire.
@@lakawerke7883 Dude you are talking about some very different time periods. We came from Africa 40.000 years ago. We are talking of the late iron age to vikingage.
Jesus Christ read a book.
There was no "great Germanic Empire". lol.
@@Khasidon Our History was deleted from Christianity. You can read all books of the world. It doesn't matter, when all is deleted and the only source are our Ancestors and Germanic poems. Go and eat your book.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
" oi steve you better win we got bills to pay "
- "ere steve is that your wife over there nagging you again ?"
Could be worse... she could have found out he was cheating and ramshackle him
I want to thank you for this great video cause these day's germanic people is all about vikings. What is a big shame for our culture , so im glad someone talks about our culture in general . Thanks :)
3:56
"Suebians were considered the most fearsome warriors" Me as a Suebian: Hehe
Your Suebian?
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 "Schwabe" in German, yes. Born in south west Germany.
@@CHOP181095 as a german raised in America, I'm pretty sure I'm teutonic. Just wondering If suebians and teutons have different physical traits? I have a large nose and brown hair, and am also tall for being 13 currently
@@iliotekoutdoors Well never forget that genetics still exist and over thousands of years people married people from outside. Tribes became cities, or even states and countries. My grand father came from Prussia for example. I'm sure that back then most people had different traits as well. Some people in a tribe had blond hair and some brown hair, some were taller than others so far and so on.
Very interesting
Thor the God of rain? Thor is the God of Thunder, war and fertility. He created thunder and lightning as he rode over the clouds in a chariot drawn by goats, swinging his hammer Mjöllnir. Thor was physically strong and with his weapon Mjöllnir could do battle with the evil giants who lived in Jötunheimar.
But can he beat up Superman???
@@rogerdodger8813 Sure thing look back in history and you'll find evidence of the real Thor.
Guess what comes with thunder? Rain. Guess what makes fields fertile? Rain.
The germanic name of Thor was Donar, from wich the the german word "Donner" (thunder) comes.
Is that thumb nail from imperator Rome?
0:36 "A large region dominated by the Roman's"... Was never large, and we Barbarians made sure it didn't last for long!
Women were well respected and had their rolls in society.... women jobs
What is wrong with women jobs? We had shield maidens though
@@helenabringner6580 not a lot. Don't let the TV show vikings fool you
People always tend to think those jobs meant less, or their roles weren't as important as the male roles. This isn't the case. Their roles weren't so spectaculair but.. they were very very important for survival of the tribe. Maybe even the most crucial.
yes, sour dough rolls, sweet rolls, and cinnamon rolls
Looks like the area of the Corded Ware Culture R1a1 and part of Lechistan.
The _Yamnaya Culture_ (Ukraine 2,800 B.C.) of the Early Bronze Age expanded all cross Eurasia. In west( the Danub Valley and Poland), the Yamnaya gave rise to a new culture, the _Corded Ware Culture_ and the Bell Beaker Culture, of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
Centuries later, the Corded Ware Culture of Poland and Baltic Sea, within the influence of few neolithic peoples and remaining Hunter Gatherers of the region, gave rise to a new culture in Jutland(modern Danmark), the _Proto-Germanic_ culture of the Antiquity Ages. The protoGermanics became the Saxons, Danes(jutes, angles), Frisians, Gots, Suebi, Franks, Burgund, Queruscqui...of the next centuries.
@@corterapidoetramontina2904 Does R1a1 Corded ware culture give give rise to R1b the Bell beaker culture, R1b migrated from west to east.
Very interesting 😊
But i cant unsee the small extra face with the little nose and big eyes on the skeleton on 04:08 😂😂😂😂
This is what they have to teach us in school
Everybody's gangsta untill the Mongols arrive.........😁
They never arrived in front of Germanic people lol. The Saxons, The Danes, The Norwegians of that time would have chopped Mongols that time
Mongols overrated asf
@@valhallaawaits4036 -
The huns terrified the Germanics though
It is Germani, not Germanics. They had LAWS and were no barbarians. The rotten morals of the Romans caused much upheaval, the Romans sacrificed Gaulish man and woman by burying them alive on the forum Boarii in Rome. In the pictures featured in this video supposedly depicting Germani are actually Celts or Gauls blowing upon their trumpets.
Native Americans had laws and were still barbaric. Just admit your roots
01:42 Cimbri and teutons should change places
I DONT THINK GERMANICS FIGTH IN AMBUSHES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BATTLES THEY WANTED TO FIGTH IN OPEN FIELDS
Rome never laid claim over the Celts, they were close but they could not do it or they gave up on it because it was so far away and so expensive so they build there wall. Hadrians wall.
Celts lived in more places than just the British Isles. The vast majority of Celtic lands came under Roman rule, only the Celts of Ireland and Scotland were never subjugated.
I first heard about germanic tribe from the movie Gladiator, when Romans campaigned to defeat the tribes of Germania.
Except the Romans didn’t defeat the Germanics, the film was fiction, in fact the Germanic became the new Romans.
And they shall know no fear.
The Vikings brought me here 🔥
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius general of the armies of the north father to hey murdered son husband to a murdered wife I will have my Vengeance in his life or the next. Sorry y'all I had to quote it off of the movie Gladiator this video today has made me want to watch the movie over again LOL
Find myself rewatching that movie over and over again.
@@denizmetint.462 they just don't make them like they used to# directing genius Ridley Scott
@@denizmetint.462 Gladiator is one of the greatest movies ever made.
Too bad it's historically inaccurate, but it is an enjoyable movie
@@BluuurghAg9 Hollywood couldn't make it true so they made it truly magnificently entertaining lol