American Reacts | 5 Great Viking Deaths - Epic History TV 

McJibbin originally responded to my comment saying that he disagreed with me and that part 5 of Napoleon's Marshals series is the best. But, he deleted the comment almost immediately because he's a coward and he thought that I wouldn't see it. At least have the guts to stand by your comments If you're gonna disagree with someone's opinion.

@@emperorofrome692 I agree.

@@emperorofrome692 and yes Mcjibbin is a coward.

@@emperorofrome692 idk what ur talking about 😎

My mom and sister watch that show all the time I have never seen it tho lol. I'll check it out!

@@McJibbin You should, it is one of the best tv shows out there. You will also like how they portrayed Ragnar and his sons. The acting by Travis Fimmel portraying Ragnar , is also a big reason to watch it. One of the best acting I have seen.

The first seasons isnt very accurate either....🤣😂🤣

I've wrestled with this question as to the feasibility of a snake pit in northern England for a while. I agree the Angles could have acquired snakes from more exotic climes, but I think the real problem would have been keeping them alive long enough to be used, as snakes are very sensitive to temperature. The big problems for me are: 1. The 800s when the event would have occurred was a relatively cold period when compared with today. The previous warm period ended about 400AD and the next warm period didn't start until 950AD. The kings of Northumbria had their court at Bamburgh Castle, which is about as far north as you can go in England today (the Scottish border is only about 22 miles further north). The current British climate is not really good for reptiles, so in that cooler period it would have been worse. 2. Snakes become sluggish and then become unhealthy once their temperature drops below 16C - which is why they have to be kept in indoor heated tanks in the UK - so the king of Northumbria would have had to keep any snakes at temperatures consistently higher than that. And that's the difficulty. The current average temperatures in Bamburgh are: Summer 18C high, 12C low, and Winter 7C high and 3C low. So, in the 800s it could presumably have been a degree or more colder, so say Summer 16C high, 10C low and Winter 5C high and 1C low - which would mean that the king would have had to keep all the snakes in an area that was heated day and night to keep it well above 16C for the snakes to stay alive long enough to be used. I had wondered about whether he'd used lots of the native British adder instead, since that's our only poisonous snake, and although it can suffer from the cold it's used to going underground to hibernate. Although it's bite is not usually fatal nowadays that's only mainly because of access to modern medical treatment and facilities. So, loads of even sleepy adders in some form of special hibernation pit, where they all cluster together to keep warm, might actually be feasible. I suppose that other snakes probably hibernate in clusters too, but I sort of have the feeling that the adder would perhaps be most adapted to survive the climate long enough to be kept and used in a snake pit in northern England. The other thing I suppose is that because trading routes were so active during most of British history, it's quite possible that people could keep bringing back exotic snakes, even if they knew the snakes wouldn't survive for long, because if the king wanted them and paid for them then traders would just keep bringing him a constant supply of exotic snakes as a continual top up for his luxury snake pit. For me Aella's snake pit is just on the borders of feasibility, but perhaps not impossible. Nevertheless it's an interesting question and it's also interesting that another snake pit features in the old legend about Gunther's death at Atilla's court.

@@isiteckaslike a very good point, personally i always assumed the snakes would've died rather quickly outside and would probably be kept at the kings court, which would've been heated year round, given Northumbria's wealth it would've been simple to keep a constant supply of them. as far as im aware the legends never actually specify that the pit was outside, and could've easily been some kind of tank or sunken pit that would've been common to later roman construction. such as the method of ducts and spaces used for underfloor heating in wealthier villa's which can be seen in many English examples. but in short i tend to agree it was possible but probably unlikely, and like most things from this period most likely represent alot of exaggeration based on some truth.

@@Simon-hb9rf Very interesting Simon - I don't think I'd even thought particularly that the pit could have been inside. Thank you for getting me to think a bit more about the setting and not just the snakes! :-) It shows how much certain depictions of events set themselves firmly in your mind without you even realising. I think most of the illustrations I've seen show it outside, so I'd subconsciously gone along with that - but of course as you mentioned there would be plenty of scope for a wealthy king, to either build a heated indoor pit or renovate and re-utilise any remaining Roman architecture in a similar manner. I do get the feeling that Ragnar probably died in battle or in a raid somewhere, but having a story about him being given an ignoble death, (not in glorious battle as a viking would have wanted/needed but lying in a pit of snakes) by a wicked king, would serve to his sons' men as both a motivator and the perfect justification for invasion. I'm surprised no-one mentions the story of king Aella's supposed death in revenge by the "blood eagle" method. I would have thought, given the predilection for the gruesome aspects of these stories they would have used that part too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_eagle

Differences between Norwegian, Swedish and Danish Vikings by Norse Magic and Beliefs is a great video for kings etc.

No, not that drammatica but tHe d😂anes were 😂and is allowed to throw stick at them😅😂

Different era. Learn your history and you might learn something.

@@pavitashergill8308 Nah nah, I meant where are the Caesar reaction videos. I know enough history to know that Caesar was not a Viking😂

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