When Germans still Germans, their power only last short. Ostrogoths for example only able to rule Italy only for 60 years, before the Eastern Roman empire came and defeated them. But when Germans became Romanized and Latinized, became civilized, like the Frankish who rule the Holy Roman Empire, they able to rule last longer, 1006 thousand years.
The Germans need to learn how to be proud of thier history again. They are why too ashamed of something the current generation didn‘t even do.(WW2) its sad. You are in the right to be proud of your history.
Germanic people are Dutch. Danes, Germans, Austrians, Northern French, parts of Polish people, Scandinavians, Icelandic and I think Belgium and after the Anglo-Saxon invasion Brits are also part Germanic anyway Germany took the name but not only Germans are Germanic @@sparten6
The culture we know from the viking age was most likely already influenced by christianity as gods were portrayed in human form. Meanwhile Tacitus wrote in germania that the germanic people do not picture their gods in human form but rather find them in special places in nature, which is much more true to to animistic origin of paganism. Paganism wasn't christianity but with cooler lore and gods with hammers, it was and is a worldview and spirituality. Edit: to truly understand paganism/animism one has to fully let go of the christian concept of religion and superiority that is still apparent even in secular nations by the way we treat our surrounding.
@@_--Reaper--_yes. But not all who are “German” are Angles. Not all English are either, being a mix of those people, saxons, frisians, other Germanic tribes, and the native Celtic peoples. All such dna exists within modern “English” which does not exist in “German”.
One thing to be mentioned is that the germanics hated being ruled, so the countless tribes constantly battled each other when one faction would try to gain control over the others. When the Romans attacked Arminius managed to united them for a little bit but then they broke apart again. Eventually Otto the Great managed to unite the tribes to defeat the invading Hungarians.
Gladiator represents the best theatrical depiction of a battle between the Romans and the Germanics. However, in the movie the Romans lead by Maximus end up victorious. Ultimately the Germans under Arminius made sure the Romans would never dare to invade Germany again, otherwise I'd be speaking Italian.
@@arminius301 what I mean is a movie strictly about the tribes and their in fighting with no element of Rome whatsoever. Maybe a few passing lines to stress a need to unite, but beyond that I think a drama surrounding the struggle for power in that area would be fascinating.
@@HailWoden18 That we've been stripped of our ethnic identity for starters... That most of us are ashamed by the color of our skin lol. How about you? You proud of your german ancestry? Woden, yes?
@@jimmythe-gent Nope. Sounds like an American Politic and Socio problem. The English, Swiss, Austrians, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Belgians etc.. all still have their identity and are certainly not ashamed of anything. Very proud in fact. Germany and SOME Germans are very ashamed of the Holocaust, and they should certainly learn from their mistakes. You're giving examples of an extreme of a very particular political group, most common in the shthole that is USA. That is not an issue elsewhere. We don't. You have obviously never been to any of these Countries. They still very much retain their culture and traditions.
I've always viewed the Nords of Skyrim as a mix of the cultures of the Germanic People (Viking Scandinavians) and the Celts. Great game. Thanks for this great video, you represented our people well.
@@cookiezx3478 They have the Gildergreen in Whiterun, which to me indicated Celtic mythology and the forces of nature. The warrior Gods that they have tell me Norse Mythology. Wodan originated with the Germans. They had the All-Father too. Thank you for your comment.
The germanic tribes are often depicted as underdeveloped savages. But even in this times innovations where rising quickly between people. Sources like Caesar and Tacitus point out, germanic tribes fighted in formations. Their cavalry was outstanding good. The Suebi cavalry fighting Caesar was so effective that 800 suebi riders did beat 5.000 roman cavalry easily. Caesars cavalry often refused to fight germanic cavalry at all after that. Caesar solved this problem, with hiring germanic cavalry mercenaries himself. In warfare the germanic warriors even relied on engineering. In the battle of Teutoburg Forest they builded a wall to make a small path between a hill and a swamp even closer. Archaelogical findings showed hundreds of roman artefacts lost in this wall, but no artefacts on this wall or beyond. So it can be concluded the Arminius-coalition managed to finish the romans with tactical walls after weakening them with guerilla warfare in the woods.
321 AlterSchwede+ It is because the Huns and Ossetian Alans had alliance with them,the horse saddle, improvement of bow and togha(Trousers) ideas supplemented to the Germanics.
These days the only reason they are considered underdeveloped savages is because they left almost no records they wrote themselves (or at least none survived) to tell their stories. Those stories would have easily revealed typical human sophistication, as is the case for most societies.
I once had a professor in law school who mentioned during lectures (because he is from Germany) about his ancestors who were warriors way back in history, giving a hard time to the Romans. This is probably what the man was trying to tell us.
Golden Point - What has usually happened throughout history is that the Parents leave the Property to the Good Child and the Good Child stays at home and takes care of the Parent.
This is not the civilisation you're talking about. What you're referring to is the civilisation imported from the Middle East glorified by Greek garlands. None of those things are Germanic at all
Germany today full of Turks and Middle Eastern people. They don't come there by force, but they were brought in by the Germans, like Angela Merkel. In the name of multicultural. Lol 😂😂😂
I'm descended from the Chatti. Later known as Hessians. I'm surprised my tribe wasn't mentioned. My tribe was allied to Arminius and were a good sized part of the Teutoburgewald battle.
Proud to call myself German! My lineage can be traced back to the tribe of the Thuringii in modern day Thuringia :) Even though they were eventually swallowed by the Franks like most Germanic tribes, their blood courses thru my veins regardless.
@Mr.Skeleton. How did you trace your bloodline that far back? I’m German on my mother’s side and am curious to find out what tribe our family goes back to.
Germans should be proud, as a Scotsman I respect the German people. Great warriors of history, some of the best minds and engineers ever and a strong cultural race that is very important to Europe, possibly the strongest group in Europe for millenia, the germanic, Celts and Frank's are all note worthy races of People till this day.
@@universalconquest4447 I never said they were French, I know they were Germanic and they have been integrated into the French, Dutch and German peoples
Never forget Charlemagne killing 4000 Saxons/Germans tribes forcing them to convert. The Franks gave up on their old Gods for the gold of the Catholic Church 😞
Also Bonifatius, who felled the famous Germanic Donar Oak as a sign of Christianization. But as I remember, he was killed in his last period in Frisia as they were one of the harder guys who resisted.
@@calcaleb7041 in tv show The Last Kingdom represent him like Uhtred of Bebbanburg..a forthress in north of Northumbria..he was Elderman of Bebbanburg..right?..corect me if am wrong..this forthress still stay..but not on same place like forthress from 9 century..and Bernard Cornwell is writer of Saxon Story book's..when start tv show Vikings..they is good..but then start Last Kingdom..and this show is better..better story have..
@@uhtredragnarsson8961 he also was the Elderman of York and it was not the 9th century not even close. He ruled in the years 1006 - 1016 again actually read the history and at least change your name to Uthred The Bold cause “uthred ragnarson” is a joke and never exists 🤷🏼♂️
@@Johnny3Batony you can be American and have strong Scandinavian or Germanic heritage. Most people where i live have Scandinavian last names and the town I live in is even nicknamed little Denmark.
Not so much a vassel of the US, but a vassel of the Globalist banking cartel. The US simply serves as their muscle. They fleece us of our wealthy to feed their global war machine
As an American myself, I’m ashamed of what my country has done to both Germany & many other countries (such as Vietnam & Cuba). People here always hail America as a great bastion of liberty & strength, but for those that have been unfortunate enough to become the US's enemy, this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Sei froh, dass die Geschichte so gelaufen ist, wie sie ist nach dem Ende von WW2 !! Unvorstellbar, wenn die USA nicht da gewesen wären und der Kommunismus mit dem elendigen eisernen Vorhang sich bis zum Rhein möglich ausgedehnt hätte. Wie schnell Deutschland wieder aufgebaut wurde mit prächtiger Wirtschaft wäre ohne wirken der USA nicht so gelaufen, vergiss das nicht! Dein Wohlstand hängt davon noch heute ab, unter Garantie!!
We (the Swiss) still have many places and vilages that where named by germanic tribes. Also a Lot of Stone circles scathered in forests and fields. Not to mention all the Roman Ruins (i live near the ancient Border between Rome and the germanic tribes). I really Love to live in this history filled place.
i think the swiss are more celts than germans. Although its a mixture. But our affinity to 'arts' and craft (such as the swiss being famous for watches till this day for example) aswell as the style of clothing traditional in switzerland (the tracht for example) shows our celtic heritage more. Also old swiss german words are nearer to english than to german
@@THINKincessantly that sounds amazing. and living in texas as german sounds awesome( lets go brandon!) i am from israel 25 years old just learning the language. how come your parents decided to move from germany?
My sister did genetic testing and although our family was from the Ukraine, we had Scandinavian heritage. I always thought it was from viking traders but it's possible that it was from this migration.
The people of Gotland for some reason, made a decision to go back to the ancient homeland to the south to what is now known as Ukraine. Again men from Sweden and Gotland came back down the great rivers as Varangians, trading with the Eastern Romans and Slavic tribes then settling there creating Kievan Rus. And for a third time the Scandinavian men of SS Wiking with the Germans battled the Soviets in Ukraine in some of the most brutal and bloodiest fighting.
If you are curious for more information, check out The Rest Is History podcast. They have two episodes on the origins of Ukraine and Russia and how it relates to Germanic Peoples.
Great video. I enjoyed it very much. You did a good job of condensing a lot of Germanic history into a limited amount of time. Keep it up buddy. I always look forward to your new content. 🦾👍
That will be offensive according to the left. Europe must be multicultural society, open to immigrants from Middle East, Africa and Indian Subcontinent 😃
I am from India. But Germanic people have intrigued me for long. When I saw Gladiator movie even then I found myself respecting those warriors whom Romans in the movie were calling barbarians.
Ah, my people! Love Germanic history Fun Fact: most of the days of the week come from Germanic gods. Monday-moon day, Tuesday-Tir’s day, Wednesday-Woden’s day or Odin’s day, Thursday-Thor’s day, Friday- Freya’s day
My heritage is Norse and Prussian. These are my distant relatives. Germanic character traits persist, as discipline and stubborn traits of character. Harsh at times but now recognized S necessary . German Catholic and Scandinavian Lutherans who held their nose to the grindstone and prospered.
@Joske Vermeulen exactly my thoughts if the Romans saw the Vikings they would thought of them as another Germanic tribe no difference from other germanic peoples.
@Joske Vermeulen i find that hard to believe. If people migrated from africa or the middle east id assume they would settle in Germany first due to geographic location.
@sanderson yea I know. My family is from the north Rhine river I believe. My gmas side moved here in the 1870s. I can almost pinpoint it if I tried lol
Good video but the map was a bit wonky, the Eastern Baltic region was never inhabited by Germanic tribes, but Balts and Finnic Tribes. Still a good video though, keep it up !
Golden Point - No Parent ever allows the Good Children to Leave Home as they need the Good Children to stay at home and take care of them on their old age.
@@sebe2255 I’m of German descent. German ethnicity was coined in medieval times to describe germanic people. So all Germans if you go far back enough would have germanic ancestors. But my immediate family is German.
@@floatahhh Yes, all Germans would be Germanic, but not all Germanic people became German. The Dutch didn’t, the Luxemburgish didn’t, Scandinavians didn’t and English didn’t. And that isn’t even mentioning all the other migratory tribes like the Goths, Vandals or Suebi Germans have Germanic roots, not the other way around
What have we lost in our societ ? That civilization has taken in it's views of " Peace " ? Is in fact of a contrary notion. We can pretend that we are more intelligent, more sophisticated in our thoughts. But it still comes down to our strength militarily in how we fight, how each country isn't given to govern them selfs, through economic system which only gives a certain views on still creating a class identity.
6:29 , great to see a picture painted after a foto showing Maria Franz of the band "Heilung" during a live session . Check out their videos here on YT, f.e. I'd recommend the original video of their powerful piece "Krigsgaldr".
It's hard to take seriously a video where the first mistake occurs as soon as 0:42. It's obvious that some Americans can't figure out a blank map of Europe. The territory of Germania, at least the one shown in the video, doesn't comprises of today's Austria at all. In fact, right next to today's Germany and to the north of Austria is located the Czech Republic that wasn't mentioned in the video. Next to it is Slovakia, also not mentioned. So much for the Central Europe. As for the north-eastern part of Germania shown in the video, it includes today's Poland, Baltic states and western part of Ukraine. None of them mentioned in the video.
I am disgusted by the fact that Germans today do not know about the battle of Teutoburg Forrest, it's not taught to Germans today, not anywhere else. Edit. Note that I did not say all German schools. I said that the fact that any schools in Germany don't teach it is bad. I can't believe I have to specify this so much.
Because it’s pre Christian, even in Norway children learn about their pre Christian forefathers who shaped their land. Idk why they don’t learn about that either 🤷🏿♂️
@@calcaleb7041 even Ireland kept their history after Christianization. In fact, it's their books and libraries that saved modern civilization both Christian and Pagan. So I just don't get why so much is forgotten
My family traces back to the franks, and who knows what Germanic tribes before that. My children love the stories of their lineage, and we still get a little ancestral thrill when we beat up on the Italian's from time to time. Although Napoli taking the boots to Frankfurt the other day hurt. Millenia old battles still raging on 😂💪
Funny comment! I love my Roman ancestry. I always get an ancestral thrill knowing that no Germanic Empire has ever been as influential, dominant and long lasting compared to the Roman Empire. 🤣🤙🏼
@@sebe2255 Even better, “claiming” is to state that something is the case, even without providing evidence or proof. Germanics desired an empire such as the true Roman Empire yet could create nothing such. Also, I’m not claiming that statement, it’s a fact. It’s an honor for the Roman Empire to be so admired that others wanted to emulate and be them.
@@jmac6055 Last I checked Charlemagne was crowned Emperor by the pope in Rome and recognized a tthe time as the Western Roman Emperor But I am sure that Jmac’s biased opinion about Germanic was incredibly relevant. Besides, the Germanic tribes destroyed Rome in the West. Maybe they finally encountered a better people
I was talking to a few Germans not too long ago & they didn’t speak as highly of Arminius as I expected. He tried to use his “victory” (not really) over the Roman’s to become king of a unified German kingdom, which was a main reason for their battles against Rome, they wanted to rule themselves & this led to Arminius being assassinated
@@Johnny3Batony 😂😂😂 I think you’re the one confused. Where did modern day Germans come from if not from the Germanic tribes? Of course there will be genetic mixing over time with other groups of people such as Celtic or Latin cultures but Germanic cultures even outside of Scandinavia are still very much Germanic descended. You gonna say the Dutch aren’t descended from Germanic tribes next? I’m not even sure where you’re getting your argument. Maybe you’re saying Germans aren’t as purely Germanic as there Nordic neighbors which is probably true but to say they modern day Germans don’t have DNA from the Germanic tribes is ridiculous. Ever heard of the migration period??? Are the English not descended from a mix of celtic, Germanic (angles, Saxons, fresians, jutes) and later Norse people? Germanic DNA has spread across almost the entirety of Western Europe and much of the United States.
I remember reading a book back while I was in Serbia where one of the historian was making a connection between Serbians and Suebians and stating similarities.
A brave warrior arose among the Germans, behold......Adolfus Hitlarious, it's believed he thought a small religious/quasi ethnic tribe group within the German territory were harming his people, this led to great adoration and love for Hitlarious but alas he was defeated by many united tribes and went down in history as a villain, had he won he would of been a hero
@@lindajo8072 Favoritism, according to Merriam-Webster, is “the unfair practice of treating some people better than others.” The Greek word translated favoritism in James 2 literally means to “receive according to the face.” In other words, to show favoritism is to make judgments about people on the basis of their outward appearance. Here are three reasons why showing favoritism is prohibited in Scripture: 1. Favoritism is inconsistent with God’s character. Impartiality is an attribute of God. He is absolutely and totally impartial in dealing with people. “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe” (Deut. 10:17). “For there is no favoritism with God” (Rom. 2:11). “There is no favoritism with him (Eph. 6:9). “Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism” (Acts 10:34). Showing favoritism is inconsistent with God’s character, antithetical to the gospel, and therefore incompatible with “faith in our glorious Jesus Christ” (Jas. 2:1). 2. Favoritism is contrary to God’s values. James addressed a situation in which believers gave preferential treatment to the rich (2:2-3). What would motivate this kind of behavior? Is it not because these believers valued the rich more than they valued the poor? They would rather have the rich attend their church than the poor, and their treatment of the rich and of the poor reflected their values. James reminded his readers that their values were not God’s values: “Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? Yet you have dishonored the poor” (2:5-6). They were acting in a way that was contrary to God’s values. In a message on the evil of favoritism in the church, John MacArthur said: “We tend to put everyone in some kind of stratified category, higher or lower than other people. It has to do with their looks. It has to do with their wardrobe. It has to do with the kind of car they drive, the kind of house they live in; sometimes it has to do with their race, sometimes with their social status, sometimes outward characteristics of personality. All of those things with God are non-issues. They are of no significance at all. They mean absolutely nothing to Him.” (gty.org) 3. Favoritism is sin. James makes clear that favoritism is not simply disrespectful of people; it is sin against God. “If … you show favoritism, you commit sin” (Jas. 2:9). It is sin because it is contrary to the character and command of God. Because favoritism is sin, there is no place for it in the hearts of God’s people, and certainly no place for it in the church.
I sure love the pyjama pants. I like to wear them sometimes or just clothes with tartan pattern. The Scythians also had some pretty cool pants, they sure knew how to look fancy :D
Germanic people from Rome until WW2 and then BMW with Mercedes Now one of the powerhouse economic in the world.... Surely the most powerful European people. Except lost to oil
Didn't modern Europeans, Aryans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese appear in the same region in Mongolia and Siberia, according to science, why don't they look alike?
@@user-cg2tw8pw7j In a way, it all started with the Sintashta culture in Europe. These all people gathered in very large numbers and decided to leave for other places when the numbers became too large. On the way they mixed with different ethnicities upon whom they eventually ruled. Chinese Japanese and Koreans aren't Aryans though, they are also formed of many races like Ainu and Jomon etc.
@@unn5443 But the Aryans appeared at the same time with them and decided to migrate to Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, White Russia, the Caucasus, the Iranian plateau and northern India.
Honestly fine sir, they have the most powerful/richest history of any peoples imho. They spread across the globe far before “ academia“ would like to admit. Check out how their haplogroups from the corded where people. The goths spread out across all of Europe and Eurasia and became kings and queens of all the lands be subjugated. The goths/germanic peoples had a greater role in Roman history than I could’ve ever imagined… it just takes a little digging to find out what they actually accomplished
@@davidmacdonald2446 Even in the video, it is said that the Celts referred to the Germanics as Barbarians. The Celts accepted the supremacy of the Germanics. Even today it is. No wonder 95% of them don't know their own language. Furthermore, most of the Celts got assimilated by the Romans and Germanics.
@@papazataklaattiranimam mostly romans beat the celts not the germanics and romans fell because of internal struggle and because of these germans take the advantage and invade the western half
The Germanics were mighty indeed, but so was the Celts and the Scythians. Along with Greeks and Romans they were the most powerful people in Europe. But people like the Thracians, Slavs and Iberians were also mighty and impressive. And then there was the Etruscans and the Illyrians. And we cant forget the Sea Peoples that destroyed mighty empires in the bronze age.
Germanic people are mighty only in muscle and sword, not in governing an empire, like the Romans. Thats why, all Germanic Barbarian kingdoms only exist for a decade. The Ostrogoths for example, only able to rule Italy for 60 years, with only two kings, before been defeated by the Eastern Roman Empire under Emperor Justinian I. But after the Germanic people became civilized and Romanized, like the Frankish, they then can rule much longer. The Frankish rule the Holy Roman Empire for 1006 thousand years.
@@borneandayak6725 LOL no Romans are situated in a perfect location to start a empire. protected by sea and mountains, while able to sustain a large population having rich soil and a good climate for civilization. Germanic people lived in a harsh climate without access to warm waters, growth of food in winter for example was not possible. Ostrogoths settled in Italy but weren't Italien so its is a different story. Germanic people are able to govern any empire like any other group of humans you are not special lol.
@@borneandayak6725 Most of the Germanic words are borrowed either from Scythian Alans and Latin and became Indo European,their own must be somewhat Finno Ugaric where the Blonde race originates invaded Sogdiana and Scythia and created Russia and assimilated with the locals on other side rivalled the Turkic Hun and Tartar hordes then known as Slaves.
interestingly, at least parts of both peoples might be related. one third of the eastern populations of native americans have r-dna, which is european, and they already had it before europeans arrived in modern history. so there was a connection much earlier, even before the vikings came to america, probably thousands of years earlier.
Thats no mistake :) The history of the Romans in Germania spans a period of about five hundred years. In 55 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar crossed the Rhine for the first time with troops, and from 13/12 BC, the commander Drusus conducted several campaigns in Germania under Augustus. The ultimately unsuccessful attempts to make the area to the right of the Rhine as far as the Elbe a province lasted almost 30 years (Augustan Germanic Wars). The southern part of present-day Germany was Romanized. Evidence of this time includes a multitude of archaeological finds, from road construction and farmsteads to city foundations.
It's just bravery that decides it in any particular group. The ability to organize is paramount. You can't farm and fight as effectively as a Roman standing army.
I mostly agree but also want to add that in certain situations other nations warriors would prove superior as they were more specialised in their task. That’s why Romans relied heavily on their foreign soldiers too. Be it at river crossings, climbing mountains and hills, be it in ambush tactics or generally cavalry and archers/ skirmishes. But I agree the Roman legions and especially their logistics (which made their huge operations possible in the first place) made them a jack in all traits and very versatile, while at the same time excelling in tightly packed and long engagements within formation.
I’m grateful that I turned from the futile ways of my ancestors and worship the One true Living God, the Creator of heaven and earth. I praise Him for delivering me.
The Frisians killed Bonifatius, so you are really one of the cool guys, seriously. He deserved it for felling the Donar Oak and forcing people to betray their gods.