@@ronniesen2522 Boii are Celtic and the Suebic and other Elbe germanic tribes tried to kill all them off for the Boii land in the south where modern Austria is
I'm from both Scottish and Germanic descent (simply put). Where I used to live was the Northern border of the Roman Empire, in the Netherlands. Because of this I admire the Roman strategies and they're one of my favourite history topics to read, learn and talk about... But blast me if I do not feel a kind of pride for my Germanic and Pict ancestors who withstood the Roman Empire at the time.
@sempai So the Romans were never excessive in their reprisals against rebellious populations? They were known to commit genocide against revolting groups (i.e. the Jews, and the Germanic tribes under Germanicus)
@@matthewhase150 Rome lasted a long time, and lots happened, but you’re obviously off about genocide against those 2 still flourishing groups. Ever hear of hamstringing? This was more humane than flat out killing all male captives (What the Greeks did at Troy). The rule was that if you fought against Rome, neither you nor your son could become a Roman citizen, but your grandson could. For Rome, it was all about the taxes. A dead man pays none.
Arminius was a warrior germanic, who was trained by the Roman army and he fought with Roman legionaries in a lot of battles of the empire, so he learnt about the Roman's tactis army and he betrayed Roma to return and help his germanic allies. Then, he knew that Romans were better to fight on the plain land, so he decided to attract the enemies in the heart's forest and he prepared an ambush, seizing the legionaries unprepared, so he attacked them from both sides of the path and the Romans failed to organize a counter-offensive, so they were exterminated. Arminius won the battle, because he knew the difficulties of the Roman army to fight in a wet and slippery area, so he decided to face the enemy no on the flat land, but in a forest, grooming an ambish. He was very crafty.
Germans were smart people.... in the past.... in the 20th century they simply did not have the resources to deal with the remaining world powers....... Remember--- that the English language has a foundation of German rather than Latin or the Romance languages
What the Germans did to the Romans at the Battle of Teotoburg Forest in 9 AD is exactly what the Finns did to the Russians during the Russo-Finnish War, the winter of 1939-40. In both conflicts, the invading armies were strung for miles out along heavily forested roads. The defenders chopped the long line into pieces, then destroyed them piece by piece. The invaders in the front were unaware of the extent of the carnage being sustained by their rear ranks. In the Winter War, an estimated 125-165 K Russians were killed, as compared to only 25 K Finns. The Russians should have studied military history, before they stepped in the same mine field that the Romans did.
He was a traitorous bastard. But he was paid with the coin he deserved. Five years later Tetoburgo Arminius was punished by Germanicus, who inflicted two terrible defeats on the field (not by betrayal), resumed the insignia of two of the three legions (the third was resumed at the time of Claudius, Germanicus's brother), captured his wife and his son and took them to Rome to exhibit them in his Triumph. Some time later, Arminius was treacherously killed by his own soldiers.
I have been to the Teutoberg forest in Germany. It was an amazing battle fought by Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker) and his men. By the way, you may know--Teuto is an old word for Deutsch (German mountain) as in the Teutonic Knights which came centuries later. Thank you for keeping the Saga alive and honoring these men's sacrifices with your video.
I am a dutchman and descendant of the germanics, and i am proud of it, but not many people in the netherlands embrace the fact that we are descendants from those people, and its just a shame, but i am proud and happy and thankfull that i can be here, greetings from the netherlands.
Ik ben ook Nederlands en ben erg trots op mijn voorouderen en onze geschiedenis. Ik ben zelf een mix van Ancient Frisii (Kom uit Groningen en dat is waar de kleine groepjes Frisii zijn achtergebleven) Chauci, Batavi (Dus ook gelijk Chatii omdat de Batavi afstammen en deel waren van de Chatti, en het Batavi gedeelte is 100% zeker omdat elke Nederlander daar wel van afstamtm) Langobardii (Stam zeker af van de Langobardii) en Alemanni dus ook nog een stukje Suebisch! Als je een DNA Test hebt gedaan dan moet je het uploaden naar MyTrueAncestry voor als je wilt weten van welke oude Stammen je vooral afstamt, ze hebben geen samples van Chauci, Batavi en Frisii omdat ze daar nog geen opgravingen van hebben gevonden maar wel Langobardii, Alemanni Saxon en nog meer.
Shieeet, I'm American myself and when I watch the Germanic Warriors defend their land in a movie it makes my Anglo-Saxon pride swell. More people need to learn more of their origins of the countries they live in/their ancestors came from. It would give more people insight to why culture is the way it is and learn from history.
"Germanic" is a foreign term, an exonym used by ancient Romans to refer to the many tribes of Central Europe, because those "barbarians" could not be distinguished. The term " Germanic " tells more about the ancient Romans than about the " Germanic " themselves, about whom we know little. The German cities of Cologne or Trier were founded by Romans, where Romans, " Germanic" etc. once lived together. Just as well you can refer to your "Roman roots", because your "ancestral line" is not a one-way street. If you accept for yourself the Roman term " Germanic ", it means, you also automatically accept the Roman hegemony, i.e. Pax Romana. Your "tribe" thus submits to the Roman standards and benefits from their trade, technology and culture. Because the ancient Roman Empire was comparable with the USA (See Pax America).
@In the trenches with Cas The Romans had had no chance in the Germanic forests. In the open field battle they were superior to the Germans, but they would have lost their guerrilla tactics in the forests. it would have been a similar siruation as the American in Vietnam
@@evan0927 I believe, with structure, he means the syntax, dude. Both german and latin are synthetic languages which use cases and declensions. That doesn't have anything to do with the semantics, which are, of course, so very different. While I don't know how much of this has been defined from roman influence, it is indeed true (both of them share the synthetic-language kind of structure).
Based Savage maybe they would have, maybe not. As an example, Rome conquered Greece, but the Greeks still speak Greek. I think a lot of it depends on how strong the Germanic identity would have been during “romanization”. The people of romance speaking countries (Gaul, Iberia, Romania) did not have as strong an identity as the Greeks did. It is my hunch that the stubborn Germanic tribes would have kept their language had they been subdued fully by the Romans.
@@enoppp167 now my memory is fuzzy but didn't the germanic tribes sack and burn Rome? Lol I guess the Roman army was too busy pleasing each other in the bathhouse.
In Germany we have an old folk song, and roughly translated to english it goes like this: When the Romans felt real brazen - Lots of hell they started raising; With trumpet blasts and beating drums, To Deutschland's forests they did come, Lead by Quintilius Varus. O Quintili, luckless general; Did you never see the peril? He rode into a heavy fog, And lost both sandals in the bog. And there was sadly stranded. When the forest fight had ended, Arminius, his troops commended. From the highest to the least, He served them all a mighty feast - A hardy, German breakfast. Ham was cooked to near perfection! Beer was served without exception! Arminius drank like a King! But to his noble wife we sing: Who drank like a Valkyrie! But in Rome there was no laughter; Grieving clothes were much sought after, At noon a messenger came up, To see Augustus while he supped, And share the disastrous news. All at once he shook in terror, When he heard the awful error. Augustus started throwing fits And tore his purple robes to bits, Screaming: Redde Legiones! And in honor of their triumph, A monument now stands defiant: Of German strength it does remind, To all those peoples far and wide: “Come if you dare!”
The Germans knew that the Romans could not fight effectively in dense forest because they could not form their defensive formations. It was a big mistake for those legions to go into those woods.
Yes it was, although the Germans hated to be united and soon fell back into chaos. I believe it was Otto I who later forcefully united the German people.
Funny you say that because Germans used this as a part of our national mythos, calling Arminius Hermann and claiming exactly what you did. If I remember correctly, Luther started it.
Powerful in ambush however... The powerful of German nation began with Prussian army during Napoleonic wars. Great Officiers great disciplinated soldiers defeated the most powerful army of the world in 19th (France)
No it wasn't. The coalition was only there because everyone hated the Romans more than they did their rival tribes, but after Rome lost interest in conquoring Germania, it all fell apart. Arminius was killed in local squabbles, and it took about 1800 years for Germany to actually unite. The battle has been used as a propaganda piece for a unified Germany and how Germans are superior though. When the Nazis won the elections they said it was a second Teutoburg.
The roman armor was heavy and Romans were physically smaller than the lighter and mobile Germans . Add to that confined space in the forest (that prevented the Romans from setting up defensive formations), days of rain and mud, and attacking from higher ground... and you have a perfect prescription for the complete annihilation of three Roman legions.
Doesnt change the fact he faced Germanis with a much smaller army and while not victorious he bleed them to the point , germanis turned away. The battle by the way was a head on affair.
@@stefanocamoni229 If you served in any military you would know that what starts as an ambush quickly becomes a battle. Professional Armies train to respond to ambushes but in the case of the Teutoborg forrest ambush the Romans were unable to bring the power of their legions together. Arminius knew the legions could not be defeated in combat on open ground. His choice to use the forest was a tactical marvel and one that had overriding consequences in the decades to follow. Rome was never able to conquer the Germanic tribes.
When I first heard this background song I was frightened. It looked as if I was back in a time lively witnessing the Roman Army being crushed in Germania. I highly respect this song and I like it a lot. Could pliz anyone tell me the name of the song?
Arminius, the hero from Germania, liberated his country from Roman occupation. May he live forever in our minds and hearts! We will never forget his courage.
Ken2234 😂 Romans were the most civilized and liberal nation at that time. German tribes never even heard about baths and hygiene and u call romans names😅😅 ignorance
@@zombatija The picture you have of Germanic tribes couldnt be more wrong, Roman propoganda from back in the day that people from Italy etc still want to believe. They had hygiene and all that stuff, look it up. And liberal... aka enslaving people from other countries and performing genocide all over,letting their wives get fucked every now and then by slaves from Germania,Gaul,Africa,Middle East etc, occassionally buttfuck other men, fucking little boys and girls from time to time.
Arminius' story is really incredible. Born barbarian, raised as a roman, betrayed the empire for the sake of his "country", and eventually got killed by its own people. But as a fan of roman history, I feel I can share some useful insights here... Romans adventures across Rhine started to secure the empire's borders, not to conquer more territories. Germanic tribes were often ostile, that is why romans got there and tried to "romanize" them. That is something I think people tend to forget, but it explains a lot if you consider that the power of the two sides were much different. German tribes had to rely on ambushes to cope with roman legions, which were military superior at that time. Teutoburg was an ambush on a thin, long line of legionaries, that had no time to prepare for battle and were marching with their families (yes, there were plenty of women and children as well). That defeat has been avenged as some other users correctly pointed out, but Germanicus Julius Caesar was getting too popular and was sent far away from the emperor... After that romans gave definitely up on the romanization of that area, which was deemed not possible anymore. On the other side, romans crossed the rhine whenever they had to. Indeed after that period the empire continued to take slaves from the germanic tribes anyhow. Later on some protectorate were established and romans successfully fought other battles (e.g. Harzhorn)... At last we all know that things started to creak for the romans... I believe it's just beautiful how history teach us that the balance among countries is a cycle. No one is the most powerful forever and, sometimes, what goeas around comes around!
+bob bob yes an utter disgrace just like Cameron and Holland and Obama. In June, my country votes in the EU referendum and I'm voting out. I hope Britain leaves and I hope that the German people get the chance to leave one day too. Solidarity
One day I was walking with a class of mine, during a schooltrip in the UK - two of the boys were discussing animatedly. Was it girls? Was it football? No, it was Arminius! One thought he was a traitor of the Romans, the other that he was a hero of his people. I Love my students.
Arminius aka Herman deserves better remembrance. Few know the story anymore. When I told my oldest son the story of how Herman the German defeated 3 legions of Romans he visibly bowed up. Pride in the accomplishment and glory of his ancestors.
Better to be a traitor to Rome than a Roman lap dog. Our community celebrated the 2000th anniversary of Arminus's victory in 2009. We had a recreation of the battle (most volunteers wanted to be Germanic warriors and not legionaries). To include parading around "the head of Varus" on a spear for community events for the year. That helped teach our ancestry to the newer generations.
There are many historical events; battles and sieges that would make excellent material for a film. The events of the entire 2nd Punic War, the siege against the Knights of Malta by a vastly superior (numerically) Ottoman force, the siege and fall of Constantinople, etc...
One of the greatest living German historians, Werner Eck, an authority on the subject, said that Germany had, at the time, actually been conquered as far as Elbe; and it was already, in essence, a province of the empire. Teutoburg represented a serious setback; but militarily it would not have been an irreparable event. As tragic as it may seem, the defeat is certainly not one of the worst that the Romans have suffered in the course of their history. We have to think that three legions out of 27 in operation were lost, for a total of not even 20,000 men. The collapse of the Roman Empire must be attributed to the end of the completely Western role of the citizen-soldier, responsible to the state. It was the transformation of the citizen into a subject, on the model of the eastern states, that caused the collapse.
No the sacking of Rome by German Cembri probably was the most traumatic. However neither Brax or Cembri warchiefs nor swebi fought the Roman's to disaster in their prime. Also the Germanis campaign proved they couldn't conquer the Germans even when they loosely confederated. Germans had been too few in the yrs before. And most modern german historians are pro Roman a side effect of anti Prussian thought.
The worst loss, in full force and therefore actually suffered, I believe was during the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal actually destroyed a larger Roman force of 60-80,000 men.
+xxKOZTRAxx Im more worried about the GOP taking over and installing they're neo facist ideas into law. I worry alot about the future. If they win the race for the white house , then they would have the United States into more wars and more debt. The U.S.A is becoming facist police state.
+dil rob A bit of perspective needed here. This was a time when Being 50 was old and death in battle could be considered preferable to illness or infection.Why do think that people have ever been different to how they are today? As long as there have been people, there have been weak and strong, gay and strait, pansies and tough guy's.This is just a film and I suspect reality was very different. Most of those "warriors" were almost certainly pooing their pants. Just as you or I would be.
@@perkunas8651 "God ... did not intend that His rational creature, who was made in His image, should have dominion over anything but the irrational creation - not man over man, but man over the beasts ... the condition of slavery is the result of sin ... It [slave] is a name .. introduced by sin and not by nature ... circumstances [under which men could become slaves] could never have arisen save [i.e. except] through sin ... The prime cause, then, of slavery is sin, which brings man under the dominion of his fellow [sinful man] ... But by nature, as God first created us, no one is the slave either of man or of sin." -St. Augustine, ca. 400
What we do know from the excavation of Viking burial mounds is that personal grooming tools are some of the most common items found. Items such as razors, tweezers and ear spoons have been found. In fact combs seem to be the most common artefact found from the Viking Age. We also know that the Vikings made a very strong soap which was used for bathing. In fact the original meaning of Scandinavian words for Saturday (laurdag / lørdag / lördag) was ‘Washing Day’.
Right, even runes, we were an advanced race stretching back to the Solduri - Rhine to the Volga. The Roman's got lucky they never met the Soldotin of the Prussians though, bear warriors who saw only deaths and swamps as devine and who Huns dared not intrude upon.
All the Germanics, Frank's, goths, Alikenai, yes even the Slavs. All Europe is our brothers since Hungarians lived under the Austrians, Welch are Englishized and Irish have more Saxon than celtic at this point. We can even embrace the Roma if we feel generous. But our enemies will make us unite or fall alone anyways.
I forgot .. everyone remembers this great victory but forget what happened a few years later. Germanico crossed the Reno with its legions and destroyed everything that found in his way... defeating Arminius-army several times (finding also the legions Eagle).
larissa komakha Arminius? do you know his story? You are wrong. From what is known he was taken by the romans when he was a child. It wasent a choice. Traitor to whom? you think it was a better idea to enslave his own tribe in the name of the roman empire? Tell me how this word came to your mind?
It was stupid to cross this Forest. The Roman army could not perform none of its famous tactics and formations, this must have been a dogfight, the most savage was the winner, a gruesome slaughter.
Roman legions did this mistake several times (in Dacia). But the problem is that most of Central Europe was a great huge forest in those times, it was almost impossible to avoid a forest.
Elia Veinge I'm sure Sun Tzu would have been proud if he saw the outcome of the battle. By focusing almost exclusively on formation fighting in open ground in a meeting of force with force, the Roman army was vulnerable when forced into single combat, which the Germanic tribesmen excelled in. Their greatest strength became their greatest weakness. To paraphrase Sun Tzu, to reinforce the front, you must weaken the rear.
Not at all! Five years later Tetoburgo Arminius was punished by Germanicus, who inflicted two terrible defeats on the field (not by betrayal), resumed the insignia of two of the three legions (the third was resumed at the time of Claudius, brother of Germanicus), captured his wife and his son and took them to Rome to exhibit them in his Triumph. Some time later, Arminius was treacherously killed by his own soldiers. The Romans did not colonize Germany to punish it, not out of fear. They voluntarily left it in prehistoric times.
@@pp38pp ... Rome never had a Vietnam ... it knew how to get respect especially from the Germans, who were systematically defeated until it degraded as in history it has always happened, with the difference that they left their mark and the others did not!
For people that want to know more about the Germanic warriors shall read the best book written about this subject, its called: Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas. And its written by Michael P. Speidel. I just have started to read the book and its masterpiece.
The Romans could only fight efficiently on clear land/open ground Forest they could not handle with the agility and stealth of the Germanics who knew the ground and forest so well. Romans did build god road though but not through forest :-)
@Djack Not exactly, those were the same tactics of Celts, and didn't work well with legionary... While an axeman charge the hit a roman soldiers stoops and slaughter interiors behind/under the shield with gladio. The fall of the empire was caused in the use as troops of germanic tribes, german generals, german soldiers, german cavalry and no more heavy infantry legions in the late empire.
The Roman's had many techs which baffle modern engeniners and even a few they destroyed. The fact Germany won is like saying Iraq defeating the USA in 2001.
@@stefanocamoni229 no this is wrong. Germans didnt weaken the empire, stillico saved Rome twice. Arrogance, madness and greed destroyed it, no longer did nobles fight in war they took land, no longer did Soldiers retire to become farmers they stayed for wealth and power. They got lazy and the Germans had always defeated them the majority of the time Cembri 2-1 Brax 2-1 Suebi0-1 vs Cesar who used Germanic calvary for the rest of his life. About the only ones Rome defeated routinely were Alimeni, but Goths smashed the Empire. Vandals through out the Byzantiens. It was all just a matter of having enough Germans to challenge rome
The scots have a (slightly anachronistic ;)) movie about William Wallace, the celts have got heroic films about Vercingetorix and King Arthur, the Italians about the lega Lombarda. So there should have been also a movie about Arminius in 2009. Due to self hatred of the "German" "elites" they did not make one.
Why so arminius and his men can be cast by some black dudes and arminius can be in the name of diversity? This movie would promote 'nationalistic' ideals. Something Hollywood is scared of now. They would absolutely fuck this movie up
@Phragmochaeta Canicularis As apposed to whom Gusano !? For every cornered nation, like every living thing that's cornered, they must and will turn, and eventually "the worm [also] turns". By the bye ...if you're one of those who believes Germany lost WWII, your sleepwalking.
The Rome fell because of unstable centralism and corruption which made him defendless against imigrants and weak against enemies. Exactly the same reasons, why Europa is collapsing today.
Cheyron Well take a look at the findings at my nordic bronze age videos and judge by youself if the north was the dark even before the roman empire. And during the so called dark age it has been found massive amount of fantastic nice golden objects up here in the north. It existed already 2 omega letters up here in the kings grave are from around 1700 bc. And in th end it was actually in the germanic founded nations like England and France that the industrialisation started after the christan hardcaore faith was reformed. But it seems most people seems to forget that due propaganda. Cheers
Cheyron I think there existed a written language up here already in the bronze age the massive amount of petroglyphs found up here. Otherwise it actually existed a written language up here during the so called dark age " The Runes" that also had a magic meaning. And yes I think you shall take a look at the fidnings up here from the nordic bronze age at my videos plus look at my Vendel era videos also during the so called dark age. Its a very small amount of the findings in my videos but I think you get the picture fairly fast that its not correct to call it a dark age.
But what has changed? I see here still the same situation today. Invaders from east and south are trying enslave the original inhabitans by bribery and teror. The officials are playing they own private business games - mafia of a few corrupted teafs, who need to make teror as an excuse for further cancelation of remining democracy principals. Most of the german people have completely differnet opinion tan this official government mafia of few oligarchs calling themselfs "Germany" or "EU".
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i read a roman who said that the germans fought using their whole body as a weapon. i think he meant that since the germans were much bigger they charged into the shield and knocked them over or grabbed the shield and spun the roman around. in narrow columns the technique would work. i was looking for this in the action sequence but didn't see any.
Depending on the tribe. Suebi smashed onto a shield formation usually drugged up. Saxons used axes to pull shields down. Prussians unleashed javelins from all sides then charged in sword and spear throwing people off balance. Goths used spears to root enemy in place and Cavalry hammered them. Frank's through their ax and then charged home sword in hand. Unlike celts who had to fight naked to show no fear. The Germanic gods were dark and grim and demanded blood. Weither Wotan or the swamp devils your God demanded battle rage and cunning that determined weather your existence was worth eternal torment. They fought with a savagery that marked their gods as supreme. The Prussians fought a 50yr war of annihilation against the Tutonic Knights and it's closer to the Churusci than the Suebi who heralded Wotan or Oden as we know him
Infernal Insanity Two of the three yes,but at battle of the wesser river 20,000 germanic warriors were killed, they were also raiding villages and enslaved many people, so yeah it kinda was a retaliation
+Toughboy104 you talk of it being a shame that such a barbaric civilization meaning Rome,america and england has used this same world conquering imperialistic template for world domination.no the romans wouldn't have won fool.they were defeated by king alaric on august 28th 410 and were never the same thank God.they also never defeated the picts,celts,had enormous trouble with the gauls and especially the huns.the only time they beat them were at the battle of Chalons because they used cowardly trickery.had Atilla still lived rome would have been in ashes.a bully such as Rome was punched in the mouth by a bigger better bully and will always happen when you anger rebellious people who you starve and drive to war.it's just human nature.unfortunately america is following the same losing path,so is england which will always happen when you have traitors within.read your history.
+State Briga 20000 killed? Most historians - also Italians - are sure that the Germanicus campaign 16 AD was a desaster for the Romans with huge losses of men and material and the reason why Rome retreated over the river Rhine. One year later in 17 AD Arminius won the battle against his Germanic opponent Marbod who had 70000 warriors and 4000 horsemen. So his losses couldn't have been so high. You shouldn't only read Roman propaganda, but see the facts! Perhaps 2000 could be realistic and surely less than the Romans suffered. Rome lost the Germanic campaign at the end totally. It was Romes Vietnam...
The Germans were the only ones who 2 times defeated a complete roman army. Thats why the build the limes wall, just like the hadrians wall in scotland.
@Nick Martin Yes only one person with roman military education and 10.000 halfnaked men most with only wooden spears hardened in fire and no armour were enough to annihilate three of the best roman legions totalling 30.000 men.
@Nick Martin yes romans, but adding to that there were around 10.000 loyal germanic auxiliaric troops. According to Tacitus the first rows of germanic fighters were armed with swords, shield and light armour but the gross in the back had only wooden spears hardened in fire and shields. A traitor? More likely a freedomfighter who found back to his own roots. Being held hostage by the romans as a kid and seeing how your own people are treated by them makes it natural. Of course they would most likely have lost without Arminius, romans were by far superior, almost unbeatable. Still the 2 worst defeats in roman history were both against germanic tribes.
@john doe yeah right, adding to that after the battle at Teutoburg many remaining romans were sacrifized on stone altars and their hearts were cut out and eaten.
Rick2010100: It was a decimation of the whole empires army during this time. Since it actually was around 1/10 of the Roman empires army that got wiped out in this battle.
Mathia Porrus In reality the Norsemen and the Greeks was the most advanced in europe during the Bronze age in europe over a time period of over 1000 years as you can see in my nordic bronze age videos. The Roman empire declined when it become Christian. The Germanic tribes become Christians due Roman missions. When eventually the Christian faith was reformed the Industrialisation also started in the Germanic founded countrys. So what you are writing is actually 100 % bs.
Mathia Porrus Well in reality the objects from the Nordic bronze age and the Greek bronze age speak for it selfs. And the Northmen and the Greeks was already the most advanced in europe during the bronze age over time period of over 1000 years. Then I have never heard anyone at all explain how in the world in can exist 2 Omega letters in the Kings grave here in Sweden many hundred of years before the Greek alphabet first was in use. The Kings grave are dated to around 1700 bc- 1300 bc. And your so called Savages in the North practised the same Indo-european religion that once founded the Roman empire. Even in your own mythologic foundation of Rome there was 2 Woolf warriors Romulus and Remus. And the facts still remains and is that the Industrialisation first starated in the Germanic founded nations when the Christian faith become reformed. And you are very welcome to discuss history with me if you want.
But the therm "decimation" is occupied by the military Roman order of a "Decimation". This is a standart definition of killing men of the own rows for cowardliness in the Roman Empire. I had learned 8 years of Roman languagage in school and now make my PhD in in History (German / Roman History). A bit late but i first had to made a Phd and carrier in Law, bcs. history is a unprofitable skill.
BirkaViking I don't want to stand against you, since some of your videos are good, but what you say about such, like 2 Omega letters before any greek alphabet, indo-european religion of romans, is just crazy blasphematory laughable bullshit that has absolutely no sens whatsoever, greek alphabet dates more than 3000- years before christ and even before Helladic Greece itself, Roman religion was quite diverse any had foreign gods imported from all of the Empire (even from Egypt) no "indo-europeaness" here, just some hard facts.
The Romans also wrote especially much about the Germanic tribes since they was clearly were impressed by their fantastic warrior spirit. The Germanic used the old Indo-european warrior styles the Romans used themself in the empires early days that also the old Greeks once used. More about that subject can you find in the book: Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas.
Back in the days when we still had the guts to defend our country and die for it. If not for Arminius we would all be speaking a Romanic language now (and the English language wouldn't exist as it is also Germanic) and the Romans would have deforested Germany, just like they did with Italy, Britain and France. That alone is reason to be eternally grateful to him.
Your right England in fact basically means AngleLand but was simply shorted. The land was conquered by Angles and Saxons who either exterminated or merged with native Picts over time. Becoming Christian and then being attacked by bands of Northmen. Who preceded to repeat the cycle :)
+phangirlable The ' English What do you say , You and extinct anyway. The English spoken in England today is almost a Romance language , despite maintaining a Germanic root . Only the root , as more than 50 % of the words we use today in the English language , are of Latin origin . The Saxons who conquered England founding kingdoms small and weak . The only noteworthy Saxon King , was Alfred the Great and spoke Old English that was Germanic language 100 % . Thanks to the Normans , and the literature of the 500 century , now is the German 50% , and is Latinized even more , especially in the US , where the Spaniard is the second most spoken language in the world , is still Latinized English more than one time . In addition to recent studies , only 20% of the British population has DNA " Saxon " . The rest is Roman / British , especially in the west of the island , the absence of DNA Germanic is more than evident . Romance languages are spoken around the world , the German , only occasional European country ( Switzerland in part, Austria) and little more
+MrSpacecolony English is an almost Romanic language?? Are you kidding?? English is a Germanic language with very little influence by the romanized Normans. I wonder why English became the worlds language and not Italian!? Block this silly ignorant and nationalistic troll. He thinks the earth is a disc...
hari gasti You are a Goat! English is a Germanic language , but German is little left , given that 75 % of the words are of Latin origin .. French and only 20% are Germanic words . The old English was a Germanic language was a 100 % but English with the Normans and with the movements of the literal 600 has undergone a profound influence Latin 're a Goat ! I do not care of Italian , they speak in a global sense . The Englishman was Latinized to 75 % in the words , Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world after Mandarin and French is the most spoken language in Africa ! Back to school goat , trolls will be you and your sister
hari gasti And remember we are Much More Similar us Italians and Germans What German and English at the end .. Both because during the empire fi was an exchange of human relationships and is why the fall of the Empire, Goths , Franks and Lombards came to stay in Italy. With the Lombards there was also a strong contingent Saxon when they arrived in Italy . Am I wrong hari ?
If it was fought on open ground, thought the Roman could have won but it was a perfect spot for an ambush and the Germanic tribes was fighting suited to their plan.
I love the Roman History and all....BUT...,as a German with an very long and deep running Familytree, it makes me so proud to be Part of such a great Land with an interesting History. Even though not all of it was heroic or nice. Still....I am proud of my german Ancestors.
Freiheit oder Tod! Freedom or death say Arminius. Hey birka, congratulations on the success of your video. At this rate 1 million views is not out of the question. Hey, where can I find sources on the status of women in medieval Swedish societies? Also, what books would you recommend on Middle age Swedish farm techniques? I have a hypothesis. I cannot find any written in English. Thanks and all the best.
With this battle , germania will no longer submit to the Romans and after the fall of the Roman Empire and the sacking of Rome, Europe will be Germanic, Germanic tribes will settle everywhere in Europe, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, until today.
Just because many germanic tribes invaded Europe and took the power after the fall of the Roman empire, it doesn't means Europe became germanic. It's more true that the germanic invaders "became latin" with time. Well, this is not completely true neither, but it is closer to the reality
Considering the importance of this battle and its influence on history which we still see today. I am surprised it doesn't come up more often. Although there were subsequent successful battles and raids, It effectively halted Roman expansion and they never again attempted conquest east of the Rhine. What that means is that a large swathe of Europe never fell into Roman hands, which changed the course of destiny in terms of language and culture. If you look closely you can to this day detect deep signs of Roman influence in the lands they conquered, even though they eventually withdrew. Most of modern Germany and everything to the east of it remained a purely Teutonic and Slavic culture, with little Latin influence. The semi-mythological mystique of the forest which gave them their victory is now buried deep in the Germanic psyque. They have a deep connection and affinity with it. You see it everywhere in their architecture and their symbolism. It is no coincidence that the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross established by Wilhelm II of Prussia and awarded to soldiers of the Waffen SS during WW2 was decorated with oak leaves.
Maybe you forgot the battle of idistaviso where the Romans led by Germanico destroyed the germanic tribes in an open field for two or more times. And I would say that legions wore not the armors while they were marching because they were caught by surprise although Varo was warned of a possible betrayal
Excellent video my long time friend, hope you remember me :) this is my other channel, but soon I will also begin to upload history videos on my other channel. BRAVO ON THIS VIDEO
"[...] A very strong army, the first of the Roman troops for training, value and experience, was surrounded by surprise, due to the indolence of the commander, the enemy of falsehood and injustice of fate [... ] and so the Roman army, closed between forests, swamps and ambushes, was massacred to the last man by an enemy who had always fought to his liking [...] » (Patercolo Velleius, Roman History, II, 119.)
Excellent piece of history. The Romans were good at war, but they were fighting an enemy on his home ground who was struggling for freedom against an unwanted occupation. If only other empires and powers would learn this lesson there would be no Vietnams, Panamas, or Iraqs.
+George Parker I'm German all the way was born there and have Family there, living and dead. Us real Germans have never been afraid of a fight. Ever. Some day these young Germans will wake up. And the fight for freedom will begin. Just try to stay out of the way.
yeah the english version of the german documentary is called 'Rome - Battle in the Teutoburg Forest "Documentary"' but you might also find it under another name.
Great video, very well done. One of the most tragic moments in history, for me. But at least the Romans got their own back, Germanicus obliterated the Macromanni with several crushing victories, they retook 2/3 Eagle standards, and Arminius's former allied tribes abandoned him, taking his head and gifting it to the Romans as appeasement. So, those lost soldiers were avenged...
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Germanicus later marched and executed everyone with stolen roman gear, the reason they never conquered germania is because it just wasn’t worth it. Rebellious people and nit really good land.
Mesopotamia was part of Parthia and Emperor Hadrian took Mespotamia but could not hold it. His successor Hadrian let it go. as for the PICTS after Agricola the Romans realized the cost of conquest and garrisoning the Highlands and lowlands would not be worth it since the areas were so poor
zombatija That isn’t true (at all) Germanicus did manage to wreak havoc in the southernmost regions of Germania; but he never got any farther. The whole “Rome could’ve conquered Germania but didn’t feel like it” trope is worn out and lacks historical context; the Romans knew they’d never conquer Germania, they’d be slaughtered time and time again. Stating that in the end the Romans won over the Germans because they won more battles, is like saying the US won Vietnam because they won more battles. Often times against a proud warrior people you can win every battle and still lose the war. Not to mention the fact that Rome knew driving further into Germany would cause them to feel cornered and likely inspire the Germans to form a large confederation to push them back; historically any time the Germans were truly unified they annihilated the Romans and in the later portion of the empire when the Germans unified once and for all they sacked Rome time and time again often while severely outnumbered and still obliterated them. Rome didn’t want to take Germania, that’s true, but they knew damn well that even if they did want to, they wouldn’t have been able to.
Arminian was brilliant! He did not commit the erros of Vercungetorix and Boudicca, tactically he was certain to give guerrilha war to a major power that was Rome. He did like Viriato, the líder of Lusitaniens, who defeated before 2 Legions, and he eventually did better, he saved his people from being romanicized, loosing identity, and being enslaved. He kept Europe!
@@rays7005 True... but he used as successfully the same tactics, the exact same tactics, as the Lusitanians with Viriato. In a certain battle, it was exactly the same ambush to a long column, but near sharped relief, instead of a dump. The result was no lesser successful, the decimation of two legions. Bravo for Viriato, bravo for Arminius, great men, and generals they were!
The original song is "The Gael" by Scottish Singer-Songwriter "Dougie MacLean" though it was re-recorded with an orchestra for the movie "Last of the Mohicans" or at least that is the info on Wiki.
For those that are asking what the song is called it is "Promentory" by Trevor Jones. You can find it in the description of this video as well as a link to buy it on iTunes or eMusic
Hyperborean dream
Germanic tribes in this video: Scandinavians, Cherusci, Saxons, Angles, Jutes, Goths, OstroGoths. VisiGoths, Vandals, Franks, Lombards
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Not mention Bructeri, Chatti, Marsi, and I believe even some of the northern Suebi tribes and clans
@@drengr7210 Probably throw in some marcomanni, boii and the last of the nervii.
@@ronniesen2522 Boii are Celtic and the Suebic and other Elbe germanic tribes tried to kill all them off for the Boii land in the south where modern Austria is
@@drengr7210 The Nervii were celts too. There was alot of intermix between germanics and celts along the rhine. Ever hear of Bohemia, Boii?
@@ronniesen2522 Belgic tribes like the Nervii were sometimes intermixed, but the Boii were decimated by the Suebi due to their rivalry with each other
I'm from both Scottish and Germanic descent (simply put). Where I used to live was the Northern border of the Roman Empire, in the Netherlands. Because of this I admire the Roman strategies and they're one of my favourite history topics to read, learn and talk about...
But blast me if I do not feel a kind of pride for my Germanic and Pict ancestors who withstood the Roman Empire at the time.
“Poor is the Nation that has no Heroes, but beggared is the Nation that has, and forgets them.”
well some remember, perhaps we shall kindle the fire of japheth and reinstate our royal houses
True history. I bet german teens don't know a shit about Frederick II and Hermann
@@misoginainternalizadaopres7131 wrong, on both accounts. ;)
@@misoginainternalizadaopres7131 Große Klappe, nichts dahinter... du bist einach nur peinlich
@@misoginainternalizadaopres7131 how dare you? we know and we learn in scool. There is even a huge statue "the Hermannsdenkmal" here
Well I am not Germanic but I am a native American Apache and part Hispanic but I support your Germanic culture
Plus I love Raven
Do native American and Germanic (Indo European) have similar animals like a Bear and Wolf Raven
Germanic unlike latins don't assimilate they just kill , Celts of central Europe and England , and native Americans
@sempai So the Romans were never excessive in their reprisals against rebellious populations? They were known to commit genocide against revolting groups (i.e. the Jews, and the Germanic tribes under Germanicus)
@@matthewhase150 Rome lasted a long time, and lots happened, but you’re obviously off about genocide against those 2 still flourishing groups. Ever hear of hamstringing? This was more humane than flat out killing all male captives (What the Greeks did at Troy). The rule was that if you fought against Rome, neither you nor your son could become a Roman citizen, but your grandson could. For Rome, it was all about the taxes. A dead man pays none.
Arminius was a warrior germanic, who was trained by the Roman army and he fought with Roman legionaries in a lot of battles of the empire, so he learnt about the Roman's tactis army and he betrayed Roma to return and help his germanic allies. Then, he knew that Romans were better to fight on the plain land, so he decided to attract the enemies in the heart's forest and he prepared an ambush, seizing the legionaries unprepared, so he attacked them from both sides of the path and the Romans failed to organize a counter-offensive, so they were exterminated. Arminius won the battle, because he knew the difficulties of the Roman army to fight in a wet and slippery area, so he decided to face the enemy no on the flat land, but in a forest, grooming an ambish.
He was very crafty.
Germans were smart people.... in the past.... in the 20th century they simply did not have the resources to deal with the remaining world powers....... Remember--- that the English language has a foundation of German rather than Latin or the Romance languages
He paid with his own life, killed by his own comrades
What the Germans did to the Romans at the Battle of Teotoburg Forest in 9 AD is exactly what the Finns did to the Russians during the Russo-Finnish War, the winter of 1939-40. In both conflicts, the invading armies were strung for miles out along heavily forested roads. The defenders chopped the long line into pieces, then destroyed them piece by piece. The invaders in the front were unaware of the extent of the carnage being sustained by their rear ranks. In the Winter War, an estimated 125-165 K Russians were killed, as compared to only 25 K Finns. The Russians should have studied military history, before they stepped in the same mine field that the Romans did.
@@echovarde but the alphabet and almost half of the dictionary words are latin.
He was a traitorous bastard. But he was paid with the coin he deserved.
Five years later Tetoburgo Arminius was punished by Germanicus, who inflicted two terrible defeats on the field (not by betrayal), resumed the insignia of two of the three legions (the third was resumed at the time of Claudius, Germanicus's brother), captured his wife and his son and took them to Rome to exhibit them in his Triumph.
Some time later, Arminius was treacherously killed by his own soldiers.
I have been to the Teutoberg forest in Germany. It was an amazing battle fought by Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker) and his men. By the way, you may know--Teuto is an old word for Deutsch (German mountain) as in the Teutonic Knights which came centuries later. Thank you for keeping the Saga alive and honoring these men's sacrifices with your video.
The Gothic attack on Rome when they defeated Romans at Arausio was led by two chiefs: Boiorix and Teutobod.
Arminius was an adopted and Roman educated, not completely integrated and assimilated, German, who even supplied his friends with old Roman weapons.
I am a dutchman and descendant of the germanics, and i am proud of it, but not many people in the netherlands embrace the fact that we are descendants from those people, and its just a shame, but i am proud and happy and thankfull that i can be here, greetings from the netherlands.
Ik ben ook Nederlands en ben erg trots op mijn voorouderen en onze geschiedenis. Ik ben zelf een mix van Ancient Frisii (Kom uit Groningen en dat is waar de kleine groepjes Frisii zijn achtergebleven) Chauci, Batavi (Dus ook gelijk Chatii omdat de Batavi afstammen en deel waren van de Chatti, en het Batavi gedeelte is 100% zeker omdat elke Nederlander daar wel van afstamtm) Langobardii (Stam zeker af van de Langobardii) en Alemanni dus ook nog een stukje Suebisch! Als je een DNA Test hebt gedaan dan moet je het uploaden naar MyTrueAncestry voor als je wilt weten van welke oude Stammen je vooral afstamt, ze hebben geen samples van Chauci, Batavi en Frisii omdat ze daar nog geen opgravingen van hebben gevonden maar wel Langobardii, Alemanni Saxon en nog meer.
@@zxsb2 als je Nederlands bent heb je waarschijnlijk ook heel wat Frankisch bloed.
@@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809 Klopt, maar ik ben ook gedeeltelijk Fries dus een stuk meer Saksisch dan Frankisch bloed.
Shieeet, I'm American myself and when I watch the Germanic Warriors defend their land in a movie it makes my Anglo-Saxon pride swell. More people need to learn more of their origins of the countries they live in/their ancestors came from. It would give more people insight to why culture is the way it is and learn from history.
"Germanic" is a foreign term, an exonym used by ancient Romans to refer to the many tribes of Central Europe, because those "barbarians" could not be distinguished.
The term " Germanic " tells more about the ancient Romans than about the " Germanic " themselves, about whom we know little. The German cities of Cologne or Trier were founded by Romans, where Romans, " Germanic" etc. once lived together. Just as well you can refer to your "Roman roots", because your "ancestral line" is not a one-way street.
If you accept for yourself the Roman term " Germanic ", it means, you also automatically accept the Roman hegemony, i.e. Pax Romana. Your "tribe" thus submits to the Roman standards and benefits from their trade, technology and culture. Because the ancient Roman Empire was comparable with the USA (See Pax America).
this is the reason why Germany doesn't speak a Latin language
But they use the latin alphabet and have the same grammatical structure of latin...
@In the trenches with Cas The Romans had had no chance in the Germanic forests. In the open field battle they were superior to the Germans, but they would have lost their guerrilla tactics in the forests. it would have been a similar siruation as the American in Vietnam
@@evan0927 I believe, with structure, he means the syntax, dude. Both german and latin are synthetic languages which use cases and declensions. That doesn't have anything to do with the semantics, which are, of course, so very different. While I don't know how much of this has been defined from roman influence, it is indeed true (both of them share the synthetic-language kind of structure).
Germanics(not only Germans) copied everything from the Circum-Mediterranean culture.
Based Savage maybe they would have, maybe not. As an example, Rome conquered Greece, but the Greeks still speak Greek. I think a lot of it depends on how strong the Germanic identity would have been during “romanization”. The people of romance speaking countries (Gaul, Iberia, Romania) did not have as strong an identity as the Greeks did.
It is my hunch that the stubborn Germanic tribes would have kept their language had they been subdued fully by the Romans.
I wish I would have seen this video earlier. Very well made video. Definitely deserves the amount of views it has.
+Noah Wolfgram Thanks.
Cheers from Sweden
Now let Teuton, Latin, Slav, and Celt forget our feuds and stand as one against the new threat.
Amen, i am here brother
ha ha ha you will pay now for this murder and others
Nie wieder Krieg zwischen Bruder!!!
Don't worry bro, we Greeks will fight the eastern invader first, but if you see us falling you must do whatever you can to prevent it.
New threat that they call Islam!
Hail the free men who reject and resist foreign rulers ⚡
Hail the Palestine resistance! Hail the Afghan resistance!
Armenius was killed by these people he save from Rome.. 🤣🤣
"Saved from Rome" as if ending under the empire was a condemnation
Glory to Roman empire
@@enoppp167 now my memory is fuzzy but didn't the germanic tribes sack and burn Rome? Lol I guess the Roman army was too busy pleasing each other in the bathhouse.
In Germany we have an old folk song, and roughly translated to english it goes like this:
When the Romans felt real brazen -
Lots of hell they started raising;
With trumpet blasts and beating drums,
To Deutschland's forests they did come,
Lead by Quintilius Varus.
O Quintili, luckless general;
Did you never see the peril?
He rode into a heavy fog,
And lost both sandals in the bog.
And there was sadly stranded.
When the forest fight had ended,
Arminius, his troops commended.
From the highest to the least,
He served them all a mighty feast -
A hardy, German breakfast.
Ham was cooked to near perfection!
Beer was served without exception!
Arminius drank like a King!
But to his noble wife we sing:
Who drank like a Valkyrie!
But in Rome there was no laughter;
Grieving clothes were much sought after,
At noon a messenger came up,
To see Augustus while he supped,
And share the disastrous news.
All at once he shook in terror,
When he heard the awful error.
Augustus started throwing fits
And tore his purple robes to bits,
Screaming: Redde Legiones!
And in honor of their triumph,
A monument now stands defiant:
Of German strength it does remind,
To all those peoples far and wide:
“Come if you dare!”
All I know is my tater itches
i am from brittany
The Germans knew that the Romans could not fight effectively in dense forest because they could not form their defensive formations. It was a big mistake for those legions to go into those woods.
The Americans made the same mistake going into the Hurtgen.
First time in history German tribes united and the world saw how powerful they are together. Maybe this was the first step to a German nation.
Yes it was, although the Germans hated to be united and soon fell back into chaos. I believe it was Otto I who later forcefully united the German people.
Funny you say that because Germans used this as a part of our national mythos, calling Arminius Hermann and claiming exactly what you did. If I remember correctly, Luther started it.
Powerful in ambush however... The powerful of German nation began with Prussian army during Napoleonic wars. Great Officiers great disciplinated soldiers defeated the most powerful army of the world in 19th (France)
Arminius Verräter!
No it wasn't. The coalition was only there because everyone hated the Romans more than they did their rival tribes, but after Rome lost interest in conquoring Germania, it all fell apart. Arminius was killed in local squabbles, and it took about 1800 years for Germany to actually unite. The battle has been used as a propaganda piece for a unified Germany and how Germans are superior though. When the Nazis won the elections they said it was a second Teutoburg.
Long live Freedom, glory to all nations fighting with courage for independence - from Bulgaria
Everyone gangsta until the trees start speaking Proto-Germanic
The roman armor was heavy and Romans were physically smaller than the lighter and mobile Germans . Add to that confined space in the forest (that prevented the Romans from setting up defensive formations), days of rain and mud, and attacking from higher ground... and you have a perfect prescription for the complete annihilation of three Roman legions.
They did'nt wear armour, because they were in column returning camp with carriage women and kids. Was an ambush not a battle.
@@stefanocamoni229 esattamente ma vedo che i commenti sono molto contro i romani. E stato un tradimento a fare fallire la missione
Doesnt change the fact he faced Germanis with a much smaller army and while not victorious he bleed them to the point , germanis turned away. The battle by the way was a head on affair.
@@stefanocamoni229 If you served in any military you would know that what starts as an ambush quickly becomes a battle. Professional Armies train to respond to ambushes but in the case of the Teutoborg forrest ambush the Romans were unable to bring the power of their legions together.
Arminius knew the legions could not be defeated in combat on open ground. His choice to use the forest was a tactical marvel and one that had overriding consequences in the decades to follow. Rome was never able to conquer the Germanic tribes.
This depiction truly captures the spirit, the terror and the dissolution on that fateful day! And the music? sublime!
When I first heard this background song I was frightened. It looked as if I was back in a time lively witnessing the Roman Army being crushed in Germania. I highly respect this song and I like it a lot. Could pliz anyone tell me the name of the song?
Arminius, the hero from Germania, liberated his country from Roman occupation. May he live forever in our minds and hearts! We will never forget his courage.
It depends on your viewpoint. From a Roman perspective he was a traitor. From a Germanic perspective he was a hero. ;)
but he will be raped by Germanicus at Idistaviso battle , he capture this wife too ^^
Ken2234 😂 Romans were the most civilized and liberal nation at that time. German tribes never even heard about baths and hygiene and u call romans names😅😅 ignorance
His Brother, Wulf As child and Flavus as Roman rest a Roman and fights his Brother Arminus
@@zombatija The picture you have of Germanic tribes couldnt be more wrong, Roman propoganda from back in the day that people from Italy etc still want to believe. They had hygiene and all that stuff, look it up. And liberal... aka enslaving people from other countries and performing genocide all over,letting their wives get fucked every now and then by slaves from Germania,Gaul,Africa,Middle East etc, occassionally buttfuck other men, fucking little boys and girls from time to time.
Arminius' story is really incredible. Born barbarian, raised as a roman, betrayed the empire for the sake of his "country", and eventually got killed by its own people.
But as a fan of roman history, I feel I can share some useful insights here...
Romans adventures across Rhine started to secure the empire's borders, not to conquer more territories. Germanic tribes were often ostile, that is why romans got there and tried to "romanize" them. That is something I think people tend to forget, but it explains a lot if you consider that the power of the two sides were much different. German tribes had to rely on ambushes to cope with roman legions, which were military superior at that time.
Teutoburg was an ambush on a thin, long line of legionaries, that had no time to prepare for battle and were marching with their families (yes, there were plenty of women and children as well). That defeat has been avenged as some other users correctly pointed out, but Germanicus Julius Caesar was getting too popular and was sent far away from the emperor...
After that romans gave definitely up on the romanization of that area, which was deemed not possible anymore. On the other side, romans crossed the rhine whenever they had to. Indeed after that period the empire continued to take slaves from the germanic tribes anyhow. Later on some protectorate were established and romans successfully fought other battles (e.g. Harzhorn)...
At last we all know that things started to creak for the romans...
I believe it's just beautiful how history teach us that the balance among countries is a cycle. No one is the most powerful forever and, sometimes, what goeas around comes around!
If our Germanian ancestors could see our "leaders" today...
Merkel? what a disgrace she is!...
+bob bob utter disgrace? The most disgraceful of all?
+bob bob yes an utter disgrace just like Cameron and Holland and Obama. In June, my country votes in the EU referendum and I'm voting out. I hope Britain leaves and I hope that the German people get the chance to leave one day too. Solidarity
***** well England voted to leave the EU and I'm happy about that because now we might save our cultural if it's not already too late.
Belgium and England are not Germanic
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That must have been a absolute terrifying experience
One day I was walking with a class of mine, during a schooltrip in the UK - two of the boys were discussing animatedly. Was it girls? Was it football? No, it was Arminius! One thought he was a traitor of the Romans, the other that he was a hero of his people. I Love my students.
Arminius aka Herman deserves better remembrance. Few know the story anymore. When I told my oldest son the story of how Herman the German defeated 3 legions of Romans he visibly bowed up. Pride in the accomplishment and glory of his ancestors.
+Ragnar o Canuto Pallebasse
Arminius was not a betrayer, he only defendend his people.
He never forgot his ancestry.
Better to be a traitor to Rome than a Roman lap dog. Our community celebrated the 2000th anniversary of Arminus's victory in 2009. We had a recreation of the battle (most volunteers wanted to be Germanic warriors and not legionaries). To include parading around "the head of Varus" on a spear for community events for the year. That helped teach our ancestry to the newer generations.
His name was not herman. Arminius means the blue eyed.
His actual name was sigfried or sigurd.
@@treninjector2245Thanx for adding something to me about Arminius
mel gibson where are you??
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT THIS!
+Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog I still don't get why this hasn't been made into a movie yet. It's amazing material.
Go watch Centurion. It's set in Britain but it's plot is very similar to this battle. Very likely even inspired by it.
This is my opinion as well! A big and great story is it for a great movie!
If he comes close to any historical content we will destroy him he is trash
There are many historical events; battles and sieges that would make excellent material for a film. The events of the entire 2nd Punic War, the siege against the Knights of Malta by a vastly superior (numerically) Ottoman force, the siege and fall of Constantinople, etc...
One of the greatest living German historians, Werner Eck, an authority on the subject, said that Germany had, at the time, actually been conquered as far as Elbe; and it was already, in essence, a province of the empire. Teutoburg represented a serious setback; but militarily it would not have been an irreparable event.
As tragic as it may seem, the defeat is certainly not one of the worst that the Romans have suffered in the course of their history. We have to think that three legions out of 27 in operation were lost, for a total of not even 20,000 men.
The collapse of the Roman Empire must be attributed to the end of the completely Western role of the citizen-soldier, responsible to the state. It was the transformation of the citizen into a subject, on the model of the eastern states, that caused the collapse.
No the sacking of Rome by German Cembri probably was the most traumatic. However neither Brax or Cembri warchiefs nor swebi fought the Roman's to disaster in their prime. Also the Germanis campaign proved they couldn't conquer the Germans even when they loosely confederated. Germans had been too few in the yrs before. And most modern german historians are pro Roman a side effect of anti Prussian thought.
The worst loss, in full force and therefore actually suffered, I believe was during the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal actually destroyed a larger Roman force of 60-80,000 men.
Back when men had the guts to stand up for themselves,back when men were warriors not pansies
Back when femininity was rightfully shunned and ostracized.
+xxKOZTRAxx Im more worried about the GOP taking over and installing they're neo facist ideas into law. I worry alot about the future. If they win the race for the white house , then they would have the United States into more wars and more debt. The U.S.A is becoming facist police state.
+dil rob believing that the left is much better is foolish
+chase speer True. Neither one of them is any good
+dil rob A bit of perspective needed here. This was a time when Being 50 was old and death in battle could be considered preferable to illness or infection.Why do think that people have ever been different to how they are today? As long as there have been people, there have been weak and strong, gay and strait, pansies and tough guy's.This is just a film and I suspect reality was very different. Most of those "warriors" were almost certainly pooing their pants. Just as you or I would be.
Arminius - one of the greatest heroes of the antique world!
Wouldn't it have been better that Rome rule Europe?
@@mariussielcken For more slavery?
@@perkunas8651 "God ... did not intend that His rational creature, who was made in His image, should have dominion over anything but the irrational creation - not man over man, but man over the beasts ... the condition of slavery is the result of sin ... It [slave] is a name .. introduced by sin and not by nature ... circumstances [under which men could become slaves] could never have arisen save [i.e. except] through sin ... The prime cause, then, of slavery is sin, which brings man under the dominion of his fellow [sinful man] ... But by nature, as God first created us, no one is the slave either of man or of sin." -St. Augustine, ca. 400
@@perkunas8651 the productive mode which obsoleted slavery was developed in the Roman empire.
He was a coward who abandoned his men to be slaughtered and his wife to be kidnapped after the battle of the angrivarian wall turned in Rome's favour.
What we do know from the excavation of Viking burial mounds is that personal grooming tools are some of the most common items found. Items such as razors, tweezers and ear spoons have been found. In fact combs seem to be the most common artefact found from the Viking Age. We also know that the Vikings made a very strong soap which was used for bathing.
In fact the original meaning of Scandinavian words for Saturday (laurdag / lørdag / lördag) was ‘Washing Day’.
Right, even runes, we were an advanced race stretching back to the Solduri - Rhine to the Volga. The Roman's got lucky they never met the Soldotin of the Prussians though, bear warriors who saw only deaths and swamps as devine and who Huns dared not intrude upon.
@@jerikrazik4707 What was the race called?
Nice choice of music!! Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack
Honer your ancestors, germany, scandanavia and Netherlands all brothers at the end💪🏼
All the Germanics, Frank's, goths, Alikenai, yes even the Slavs. All Europe is our brothers since Hungarians lived under the Austrians, Welch are Englishized and Irish have more Saxon than celtic at this point. We can even embrace the Roma if we feel generous. But our enemies will make us unite or fall alone anyways.
Germanic fighting spirit. At least they fought back ferociously unlike the Celts who got absolutely dominated and raeped by the Romans for centuries
I forgot ..
everyone remembers this great victory but forget what happened a few years later.
Germanico crossed the Reno with its legions and destroyed everything that found in his way...
defeating Arminius-army several times (finding also the legions Eagle).
"Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!"
Nope, can't have it.
Ave_Atque_Vale323 I’m thinking of Brian Blessed from I Claudius lol!
Hermann (Armenius) was a military genius..
He was a traitor.
larissa komakha Arminius? do you know his story? You are wrong. From what is known he was taken by the romans when he was a child. It wasent a choice. Traitor to whom? you think it was a better idea to enslave his own tribe in the name of the roman empire? Tell me how this word came to your mind?
It was stupid to cross this Forest. The Roman army could not perform none of its famous tactics and formations, this must have been a dogfight, the most savage was the winner, a gruesome slaughter.
Roman legions did this mistake several times (in Dacia). But the problem is that most of Central Europe was a great huge forest in those times, it was almost impossible to avoid a forest.
Dude, back than.. northern europe was a whole forest :D
They dont want to crossing the forest, they was betrayed by Arminius, who told them that this is the safest way
Elia Veinge I'm sure Sun Tzu would have been proud if he saw the outcome of the battle. By focusing almost exclusively on formation fighting in open ground in a meeting of force with force, the Roman army was vulnerable when forced into single combat, which the Germanic tribesmen excelled in. Their greatest strength became their greatest weakness. To paraphrase Sun Tzu, to reinforce the front, you must weaken the rear.
+Elia Veinge Well, for once the Romans could not hide behind their tactics and had to fight man against man. And they sucked at it.
The "Vietnam" of the Roman Empire...
Not at all!
Five years later Tetoburgo Arminius was punished by Germanicus, who inflicted two terrible defeats on the field (not by betrayal), resumed the insignia of two of the three legions (the third was resumed at the time of Claudius, brother of Germanicus), captured his wife and his son and took them to Rome to exhibit them in his Triumph.
Some time later, Arminius was treacherously killed by his own soldiers.
The Romans did not colonize Germany to punish it, not out of fear.
They voluntarily left it in prehistoric times.
@@pp38pp
... Rome never had a Vietnam ... it knew how to get respect especially from the Germans, who were systematically defeated until it degraded as in history it has always happened, with the difference that they left their mark and the others did not!
When the trees start speaking german... 😂😂
Touches My Soul! Thxs.
For people that want to know more about the Germanic warriors shall read the best book written about this subject, its called:
Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas.
And its written by Michael P. Speidel.
I just have started to read the book and its masterpiece.
well done , I like what you did . And your musical choices are on point .
Awesome video!
Heroes of Odin Forever
Thanks to him the germanic race didn't end up like the celts in continental Europe
Hail Rome , fuck you
Roma Invicta!
@@srdrmcnl germanic tribes and vikings are better than roman empire
LinkDovakhin Vikings were a germanic tribe
The Romans could only fight efficiently on clear land/open ground Forest they could not handle with the agility and stealth of the Germanics who knew the ground and forest so well. Romans did build god road though but not through forest :-)
The Roman are only use light short sword .
@Djack Not exactly, those were the same tactics of Celts, and didn't work well with legionary... While an axeman charge the hit a roman soldiers stoops and slaughter interiors behind/under the shield with gladio.
The fall of the empire was caused in the use as troops of germanic tribes, german generals, german soldiers, german cavalry and no more heavy infantry legions in the late empire.
The Roman's had many techs which baffle modern engeniners and even a few they destroyed. The fact Germany won is like saying Iraq defeating the USA in 2001.
@@stefanocamoni229 no this is wrong. Germans didnt weaken the empire, stillico saved Rome twice. Arrogance, madness and greed destroyed it, no longer did nobles fight in war they took land, no longer did Soldiers retire to become farmers they stayed for wealth and power. They got lazy and the Germans had always defeated them the majority of the time Cembri 2-1 Brax 2-1 Suebi0-1 vs Cesar who used Germanic calvary for the rest of his life. About the only ones Rome defeated routinely were Alimeni, but Goths smashed the Empire. Vandals through out the Byzantiens. It was all just a matter of having enough Germans to challenge rome
Wow over 1000000 views :-)
Cheers
+BirkaViking
As it should be;)
+BirkaViking Um.. your youtube account is monetized right ?
becous rome 2 and attila TW dude
The physical strength of the germans are incredible
Weak sauce
What do you mean with "german"? They werent german
What do you mean with "german"? They werent german
Birka Viking, why did you change your name?
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@@BirkaViking germanics are Israelite tribes, really?
The scots have a (slightly anachronistic ;)) movie about William Wallace, the celts have got heroic films about Vercingetorix and King Arthur, the Italians about the lega Lombarda. So there should have been also a movie about Arminius in 2009. Due to self hatred of the "German" "elites" they did not make one.
Exactly. Too bad Leni Riefenstahl isn't alive to direct it though.
The lega lombarda? Lmao what about all the movies and tv series about rome?
Why so arminius and his men can be cast by some black dudes and arminius can be in the name of diversity? This movie would promote 'nationalistic' ideals. Something Hollywood is scared of now. They would absolutely fuck this movie up
@@oathofhoratii1122 lol you're definitely still a virgin.
@@nuraby_9228 he is spot on though. They most def would do it that way.
Varus! Varus give me back my legions!
That music is give me heavy nostalgia. It’s from some video game I played as a kid but I have no clue which one.
Germanic fighting spirit.....
@Phragmochaeta Canicularis
As apposed to whom Gusano !?
For every cornered nation, like every living thing that's cornered, they must and will turn, and eventually "the worm [also] turns".
By the bye ...if you're one of those who believes Germany lost WWII, your sleepwalking.
arminio simbolo del tradimento e della lealtà all'Impero romano
@Res Publica hey master, the most inflluyent and important empire of history....shutt you mouth when you talk about roman empire
Res Publica they are our ancestors in you don’t know it...go to study
Res Public and you speak with more respect when your’re talking about Roman Empire, is the empire that has given most things to humanity
The Rome fell because of unstable centralism and corruption which made him defendless against imigrants and weak against enemies. Exactly the same reasons, why Europa is collapsing today.
+Cheyron: The Goths was also europeans so very bad comparison with todays replacing european policy.
+Cheyron And the so called darkage was infact a golden age for north europe.
Cheyron Well take a look at the findings at my nordic bronze age videos and judge by youself if the north was the dark even before the roman empire. And during the so called dark age it has been found massive amount of fantastic nice golden objects up here in the north. It existed already 2 omega letters up here in the kings grave are from around 1700 bc. And in th end it was actually in the germanic founded nations like England and France that the industrialisation started after the christan hardcaore faith was reformed.
But it seems most people seems to forget that due propaganda.
Cheers
Cheyron I think there existed a written language up here already in the bronze age the massive amount of petroglyphs found up here. Otherwise it actually existed a written language up here during the so called dark age " The Runes" that also had a magic meaning.
And yes I think you shall take a look at the fidnings up here from the nordic bronze age at my videos plus look at my Vendel era videos also during the so called dark age. Its a very small amount of the findings in my videos but I think you get the picture fairly fast that its not correct to call it a dark age.
But what has changed? I see here still the same situation today. Invaders from east and south are trying enslave the original inhabitans by bribery and teror. The officials are playing they own private business games - mafia of a few corrupted teafs, who need to make teror as an excuse for further cancelation of remining democracy principals. Most of the german people have completely differnet opinion tan this official government mafia of few oligarchs calling themselfs "Germany" or "EU".
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RIP to my ancestors who died in this battle to protect my fatherland against Roman tyranny.
And yet you then adopted the roman culture and influence. Lmao pathetic
SuperJuvexxx lmao, how did they adopt roman culture?
You have turned Roman tyranny into a Germanic tyranny that continues to this day
"Tiranny" civilization you mean. If it was for your barbarian ancestors you will still living under a rock.
Germanic Empires/Nations today:
Austria
Belgium (partially)
Denmark
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Switzerland (partially)
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Most Speak Germanic Languages
-> English, German
Sidderix ohh im proud my German blood
Sidderix English is "partially" Germanic.
XCashfull So you so happen to have "German" blood. Nothing to be proud of. You should be proud of your own accomplishments, not the work of others.
Pyrrhus Nikomedes your right the whole united kingdom is also celtic.
But most of the english (England) people are germanic.
+Sidderix Wit earon eall fram an cynn
En får ursäkta att man inte kommenterar så mycket som man gör på dina uppladdningar men du har ju förmågan att få videos att sammanfalla perfekt med diverse musik som du hittar ;)
"Quinctilie Vare, REDE MIHI LEGIONES!!"
Varus... Bring my legions back....
i read a roman who said that the germans fought using their whole body as a weapon. i think he meant that since the germans were much bigger they charged into the shield and knocked them over or grabbed the shield and spun the roman around. in narrow columns the technique would work. i was looking for this in the action sequence but didn't see any.
Depending on the tribe. Suebi smashed onto a shield formation usually drugged up. Saxons used axes to pull shields down. Prussians unleashed javelins from all sides then charged in sword and spear throwing people off balance. Goths used spears to root enemy in place and Cavalry hammered them. Frank's through their ax and then charged home sword in hand. Unlike celts who had to fight naked to show no fear. The Germanic gods were dark and grim and demanded blood. Weither Wotan or the swamp devils your God demanded battle rage and cunning that determined weather your existence was worth eternal torment. They fought with a savagery that marked their gods as supreme. The Prussians fought a 50yr war of annihilation against the Tutonic Knights and it's closer to the Churusci than the Suebi who heralded Wotan or Oden as we know him
Loved the music 💙💙💙
The Romans retaliated later , taking revenge for their loss, and destroyed the Germanic tribes recovering the three lost eagle banners.
two of the three please and a revenge?! not really
Infernal Insanity Two of the three yes,but at battle of the wesser river 20,000 germanic warriors were killed, they were also raiding villages and enslaved many people, so yeah it kinda was a retaliation
+Toughboy104 you talk of it being a shame that such a barbaric civilization meaning Rome,america and england has used this same world conquering imperialistic template for world domination.no the romans wouldn't have won fool.they were defeated by king alaric on august 28th 410 and were never the same thank God.they also never defeated the picts,celts,had enormous trouble with the gauls and especially the huns.the only time they beat them were at the battle of Chalons because they used cowardly trickery.had Atilla still lived rome would have been in ashes.a bully such as Rome was punched in the mouth by a bigger better bully and will always happen when you anger rebellious people who you starve and drive to war.it's just human nature.unfortunately america is following the same losing path,so is england which will always happen when you have traitors within.read your history.
+State Briga 20000 killed? Most historians - also Italians - are sure that the Germanicus campaign 16 AD was a desaster for the Romans with huge losses of men and material and the reason why Rome retreated over the river Rhine. One year later in 17 AD Arminius won the battle against his Germanic opponent Marbod who had 70000 warriors and 4000 horsemen. So his losses couldn't have been so high. You shouldn't only read Roman propaganda, but see the facts! Perhaps 2000 could be realistic and surely less than the Romans suffered.
Rome lost the Germanic campaign at the end totally. It was Romes Vietnam...
hari gasti It's not roman propaganda it's history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Weser_River. 70,000 warriors and 4,000 cavalry??? Sources?
Hail to Germania. Proud to be germanic.
Cool video but you should have not added the music over the battle scenes
The Germans were the only ones who 2 times defeated a complete roman army. Thats why the build the limes wall, just like the hadrians wall in scotland.
Carthage like it
@Nick Martin
Yes only one person with roman military education and 10.000 halfnaked men most with only wooden spears hardened in fire and no armour were enough to annihilate three of the best roman legions totalling 30.000 men.
@Nick Martin yes romans, but adding to that there were around 10.000 loyal germanic auxiliaric troops. According to Tacitus the first rows of germanic fighters were armed with swords, shield and light armour but the gross in the back had only wooden spears hardened in fire and shields.
A traitor? More likely a freedomfighter who found back to his own roots. Being held hostage by the romans as a kid and seeing how your own people are treated by them makes it natural.
Of course they would most likely have lost without Arminius, romans were by far superior, almost unbeatable. Still the 2 worst defeats in roman history were both against germanic tribes.
@john doe
Battle at Arausio, its considered the worst defeat for ancient rome.
Teutoburg is considered the worst defeat in modern rome.
@john doe yeah right, adding to that after the battle at Teutoburg many remaining romans were sacrifized on stone altars and their hearts were cut out and eaten.
Rick2010100: It was a decimation of the whole empires army during this time. Since it actually was around 1/10 of the Roman empires army that got wiped out in this battle.
Mathia Porrus In reality the Norsemen and the Greeks was the most advanced in europe during the Bronze age in europe over a time period of over 1000 years as you can see in my nordic bronze age videos. The Roman empire declined when it become Christian. The Germanic tribes become Christians due Roman missions. When eventually the Christian faith was reformed the Industrialisation also started in the Germanic founded countrys. So what you are writing is actually 100 % bs.
Mathia Porrus Well in reality the objects from the Nordic bronze age and the Greek bronze age speak for it selfs. And the Northmen and the Greeks was already the most advanced in europe during the bronze age over time period of over 1000 years. Then I have never heard anyone at all explain how in the world in can exist 2 Omega letters in the Kings grave here in Sweden many hundred of years before the Greek alphabet first was in use. The Kings grave are dated to around 1700 bc- 1300 bc. And your so called Savages in the North practised the same Indo-european religion that once founded the Roman empire. Even in your own mythologic foundation of Rome there was 2 Woolf warriors Romulus and Remus. And the facts still remains and is that the Industrialisation first starated in the Germanic founded nations when the Christian faith become reformed. And you are very welcome to discuss history with me if you want.
But the therm "decimation" is occupied by the military Roman order of a "Decimation". This is a standart definition of killing men of the own rows for cowardliness in the Roman Empire.
I had learned 8 years of Roman languagage in school and now make my PhD in in History (German / Roman History). A bit late but i first had to made a Phd and carrier in Law, bcs. history is a unprofitable skill.
BirkaViking I don't want to stand against you, since some of your videos are good, but what you say about such, like 2 Omega letters before any greek alphabet, indo-european religion of romans, is just crazy blasphematory laughable bullshit that has absolutely no sens whatsoever, greek alphabet dates more than 3000- years before christ and even before Helladic Greece itself, Roman religion was quite diverse any had foreign gods imported from all of the Empire (even from Egypt) no "indo-europeaness" here, just some hard facts.
Rick2010100 good point, there is however some truth to be hold about the historical foundation of Rome such as the story of Aenea.
Await the coming man !
The Romans also wrote especially much about the Germanic tribes since they was clearly were impressed by their fantastic warrior spirit.
The Germanic used the old Indo-european warrior styles the Romans used themself in the empires early days that also the old Greeks once used.
More about that subject can you find in the book:
Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas.
Back in the days when we still had the guts to defend our country and die for it. If not for Arminius we would all be speaking a Romanic language now (and the English language wouldn't exist as it is also Germanic) and the Romans would have deforested Germany, just like they did with Italy, Britain and France. That alone is reason to be eternally grateful to him.
Your right England in fact basically means AngleLand but was simply shorted.
The land was conquered by Angles and Saxons who either exterminated or merged with native Picts over time. Becoming Christian and then being attacked by bands of Northmen. Who preceded to repeat the cycle :)
+phangirlable The ' English What do you say , You and extinct anyway. The English spoken in England today is almost a Romance language , despite maintaining a Germanic root . Only the root , as more than 50 % of the words we use today in the English language , are of Latin origin . The Saxons who conquered England founding kingdoms small and weak . The only noteworthy Saxon King , was Alfred the Great and spoke Old English that was Germanic language 100 % . Thanks to the Normans , and the literature of the 500 century , now is the German 50% , and is Latinized even more , especially in the US , where the Spaniard is the second most spoken language in the world , is still Latinized English more than one time . In addition to recent studies , only 20% of the British population has DNA " Saxon " . The rest is Roman / British , especially in the west of the island , the absence of DNA Germanic is more than evident . Romance languages are spoken around the world , the German , only occasional European country ( Switzerland in part, Austria) and little more
+MrSpacecolony English is an almost Romanic language?? Are you kidding?? English is a Germanic language with very little influence by the romanized Normans. I wonder why English became the worlds language and not Italian!? Block this silly ignorant and nationalistic troll. He thinks the earth is a disc...
hari gasti You are a Goat! English is a Germanic language , but German is little left , given that 75 % of the words are of Latin origin .. French and only 20% are Germanic words . The old English was a Germanic language was a 100 % but English with the Normans and with the movements of the literal 600 has undergone a profound influence Latin 're a Goat ! I do not care of Italian , they speak in a global sense . The Englishman was Latinized to 75 % in the words , Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world after Mandarin and French is the most spoken language in Africa ! Back to school goat , trolls will be you and your sister
hari gasti
And remember we are Much More Similar us Italians and Germans What German and English at the end .. Both because during the empire fi was an exchange of human relationships and is why the fall of the Empire, Goths , Franks and Lombards came to stay in Italy. With the Lombards there was also a strong contingent Saxon when they arrived in Italy . Am I wrong hari ?
If it was fought on open ground, thought the Roman could have won but it was a perfect spot for an ambush and the Germanic tribes was fighting suited to their plan.
Never underestimate your foe.
long live the true Germans and their spirit . we are still alive.
I love the Roman History and all....BUT...,as a German with an very long and deep running Familytree, it makes me so proud to be Part of such a great Land with an interesting History. Even though not all of it was heroic or nice. Still....I am proud of my german Ancestors.
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Without this the Romans probably would have pacified and taken Germania. This battle changed the course of history.
And maybe we would have settled Mars years ago, by avoiding the dark Middle Ages.
doofkos I would rather have a preferable heritage.
Sacrée bataille, honneur et gloire à tous ceux qui sont morts en braves des deux côtés !!!
Freiheit oder Tod! Freedom or death say Arminius.
Hey birka, congratulations on the success of your video. At this rate 1 million views is not out of the question. Hey, where can I find sources on the status of women in medieval Swedish societies? Also, what books would you recommend on Middle age Swedish farm techniques? I have a hypothesis. I cannot find any written in English. Thanks and all the best.
With this battle , germania will no longer submit to the Romans and after the fall of the Roman Empire and the sacking of Rome, Europe will be Germanic, Germanic tribes will settle everywhere in Europe, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, until today.
Xerxes 450 and the dark ages were ushered in as well.....thanks Germans!
Just because many germanic tribes invaded Europe and took the power after the fall of the Roman empire, it doesn't means Europe became germanic.
It's more true that the germanic invaders "became latin" with time.
Well, this is not completely true neither, but it is closer to the reality
Sebastiaan Meyer and with the EU and all their migrant welcoming ways, the Germans will again bring the next dark ages!! Thanks Germans!! 😂😂
Great video. I just finished "Give Me Back My Legions!" by Harry Turtledove. Your video in conjunction with the book is very enlightening. Thanks!
Considering the importance of this battle and its influence on history which we still see today. I am surprised it doesn't come up more often. Although there were subsequent successful battles and raids, It effectively halted Roman expansion and they never again attempted conquest east of the Rhine. What that means is that a large swathe of Europe never fell into Roman hands, which changed the course of destiny in terms of language and culture. If you look closely you can to this day detect deep signs of Roman influence in the lands they conquered, even though they eventually withdrew. Most of modern Germany and everything to the east of it remained a purely Teutonic and Slavic culture, with little Latin influence. The semi-mythological mystique of the forest which gave them their victory is now buried deep in the Germanic psyque. They have a deep connection and affinity with it. You see it everywhere in their architecture and their symbolism. It is no coincidence that the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross established by Wilhelm II of Prussia and awarded to soldiers of the Waffen SS during WW2 was decorated with oak leaves.
Track @ 3:44 = Triarii - for the fallen ones.
Takken
Soon europa, soon🌅
Maybe you forgot the battle of idistaviso where the Romans led by Germanico destroyed the germanic tribes in an open field for two or more times. And I would say that legions wore not the armors while they were marching because they were caught by surprise although Varo was warned of a possible betrayal
WHO DOES THIS SOUNDTRACK? ITS WONDERFUL.
Excellent video my long time friend, hope you remember me :) this is my other channel, but soon I will also begin to upload history videos on my other channel. BRAVO ON THIS VIDEO
CroPETROforeverNBA: Thanks friend that you liked the video :-)
Oh nice to hear that you still upload your great videos :-)
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"[...] A very strong army, the first of the Roman troops for training, value and experience, was surrounded by surprise, due to the indolence of the commander, the enemy of falsehood and injustice of fate [... ] and so the Roman army, closed between forests, swamps and ambushes, was massacred to the last man by an enemy who had always fought to his liking [...] »
(Patercolo Velleius, Roman History, II, 119.)
Excellent piece of history. The Romans were good at war, but they were fighting an enemy on his home ground who was struggling for freedom against an unwanted occupation. If only other empires and powers would learn this lesson there would be no Vietnams, Panamas, or Iraqs.
what is the music name? second music 4.00
Varus, give me back my legions!
I learned this battle today.
Honour to the one who deserve it... Herman..live forever... 👍👍👍
I am Germanic and proud of my race. We will rise up.
nazi -.-
+Simon Schulze Patriotism isn't Nation Socialism
+Beerrunner81 So the Germans did win one ? - if you go back far enough.
George Parker Win what?
+George Parker I'm German all the way was born there and have Family there, living and dead. Us real Germans have never been afraid of a fight. Ever. Some day these young Germans will wake up. And the fight for freedom will begin. Just try to stay out of the way.
Does any one know what the footage is from?
yeah the english version of the german documentary is called 'Rome - Battle in the Teutoburg Forest "Documentary"' but you might also find it under another name.
Great video, very well done.
One of the most tragic moments in history, for me.
But at least the Romans got their own back, Germanicus obliterated the Macromanni with several crushing victories, they retook 2/3 Eagle standards, and Arminius's former allied tribes abandoned him, taking his head and gifting it to the Romans as appeasement.
So, those lost soldiers were avenged...
True. I’d love to see the spot where the Romans had the tree monument with the names of the tribes the got revenge on.
SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!
Haha true
Ulfrik is traitor who works on Talmor
GERMANY BELONGS TO THE GERMANS!
Are those clips from a movie or what? If so, i would like to know which one. I've seen barbaren on Netflix but it ain't the same...
Conspiracy? Our Subverted History, Part 4.3 - The Germanic Peoples: The End of the Goths
A high point in the western tradition: strength, competence, stability, order, justice, grace and nobility.
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@Snoopy Red The Romans never conquered Germania, Picta, or Mesopotamia... Although they tried and failed...
Germanicus later marched and executed everyone with stolen roman gear, the reason they never conquered germania is because it just wasn’t worth it. Rebellious people and nit really good land.
Mesopotamia was part of Parthia and Emperor Hadrian took Mespotamia but could not hold it. His successor Hadrian let it go. as for the PICTS after Agricola the Romans realized the cost of conquest and garrisoning the Highlands and lowlands would not be worth it since the areas were so poor
zombatija That isn’t true (at all) Germanicus did manage to wreak havoc in the southernmost regions of Germania; but he never got any farther. The whole “Rome could’ve conquered Germania but didn’t feel like it” trope is worn out and lacks historical context; the Romans knew they’d never conquer Germania, they’d be slaughtered time and time again. Stating that in the end the Romans won over the Germans because they won more battles, is like saying the US won Vietnam because they won more battles. Often times against a proud warrior people you can win every battle and still lose the war. Not to mention the fact that Rome knew driving further into Germany would cause them to feel cornered and likely inspire the Germans to form a large confederation to push them back; historically any time the Germans were truly unified they annihilated the Romans and in the later portion of the empire when the Germans unified once and for all they sacked Rome time and time again often while severely outnumbered and still obliterated them. Rome didn’t want to take Germania, that’s true, but they knew damn well that even if they did want to, they wouldn’t have been able to.
Battle of idistaviso? Battle of angrivarian wall? Battle of harzorne? Do they tell you anything? Conquering Germany was pointless and meaningless
Could someone tell me the name of the songs that were played in this video if you can ?
I guess it's from the movie "last of the Mohicans" ......in every way the first part.
The middle-part .... I am not sure.
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Danke/Thanks
Marcus Licinius Crassus So the middle and last part is from the movie or no ?
No - only the first part. From 3.45 till the end I have no idea - perhaps the band GLOBUS? Sounds as epic as their song PRELIATOR.
Next step - the soundtrack from the movie stems from VANGELIS
Publius Quinctilius Varus (46 BC - 9 AD)
Arminian was brilliant! He did not commit the erros of Vercungetorix and Boudicca, tactically he was certain to give guerrilha war to a major power that was Rome. He did like Viriato, the líder of Lusitaniens, who defeated before 2 Legions, and he eventually did better, he saved his people from being romanicized, loosing identity, and being enslaved. He kept Europe!
Unlike the others, Arminius was trained to command by the very Romans that he eventually attacked.
That is why he knew what he was doing.
@@rays7005 True... but he used as successfully the same tactics, the exact same tactics, as the Lusitanians with Viriato. In a certain battle, it was exactly the same ambush to a long column, but near sharped relief, instead of a dump. The result was no lesser successful, the decimation of two legions. Bravo for Viriato, bravo for Arminius, great men, and generals they were!
great video - thank you
I am german from Westphalia this could be my grand...grand...grand.....grand....grand.....grand x 100 father....
when i hear this music i always think of Uncas and Alice
could you please tell me the title of that beautiful celtic music? thank you
The original song is "The Gael" by Scottish Singer-Songwriter "Dougie MacLean" though it was re-recorded with an orchestra for the movie "Last of the Mohicans" or at least that is the info on Wiki.
For those that are asking what the song is called it is "Promentory" by Trevor Jones. You can find it in the description of this video as well as a link to buy it on iTunes or eMusic