Scots were all grown up in a world of war. They learned how to fight. They fought the Roman invasion at the same time fought England and Vikings all at the same time. That’s tough
Um... The Picts fought the Romans, than the Picts centuries later got Crushed Between the Scoti and Viking Invaders and the Picts only make up 10% of Modern Genetics because of such, the Declaration of Arbroath Sealed 4th by all Ross' of Scottish Origins genetically ancestor (a Royal Pedigree, a Name Once Protected by LAW!) the Chief of Ross the 4th Earl of Ross Hugh Ross (1st to take on the Surname Ross) clearly states we wiped the Picts Out! Than after that period, the Scoti started pushing back against the Vikings and Kicking them out or Bringing them into the Fold, specially the Once War Master of Scotland, the Chief of the Clan Soon to be Known as the Great Clan Ross (clan Arias), the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest who with his Great Armada of Ross and His Great Army of Ross and his Cousin the Kings Troops under his command laid siege to the Viking Lairds in and around Scotland and took them out One by One, with the War Master Fearchar often 1st to Crash Upon the Viking Shield Wall in the Bitter End of Things! Expanding the Earldom of Ross and or Ross-shire (still with added territories to this day like the top half of the Isle of Lewis) and stealing Viking's Land and Gold making who would become the Ross' the most Rich and Powerful Family in the Highlands for Generations! The Vast Majority of the People in Scotland were not the Picts that managed to Hold Back Roman Invasions and were only Occupied for about 14 years towards the end of such but had pulled back into the Highlands and remote areas to not truly be conquered by the Romans, No the Scottish People are Mostly Invaders and Conquered those people Rome could not and even Bragged about it to the Pope! See the Native Britian's at 1st got pushed North into Scotland by the Celts, than came the Romans, than Came the Anglo Saxons who pushed the Celtic Population who had Invaded and Took over the area of Ingland (England) into Wales, the South West Corner of Ingland, and Brittany in France, but also North into the lower half of Scotland to some extent, than about that time the Scoti who were in Ireland just before and still where to some point, but Spain before that, and skipping a place or two Scythia in the Beginning (but maybe, just Maybe, Egypt before that, it's possible) and started their Invasion in the South Western Highlands, and North Western Low Lands, and it didn't take all too long before the Vikings started showing up more and more, and eventually My Direct Ancestor the War Master Fearchar Put them Down enough the Tides turned on them, but by that point their was already Vikings Intergrated into the still forming Kingdom of Scotland, while others had their own King over their in Scandanavia, and they had to be Conquered, some all the Men Fighting Wholesale to the Biter End, because they were not Surrendering!
@@randyross5630correction. They MERGED with the Ulster colonial provincial Gaels of Dal Riata against a English-Viking invasion after years of attrition with the three (with the two aforementioned, Gaels and Saxons) for centuries till the Vikings came along ANF forced the two to work together and successfully defeated them; their last true Pictish leader died or was lost and replaced by a Gael of possible shared Pictish blood and favored by the natives themselves from both sides to lead and eventually set the boundaries for the nascent kingdom of Scotland.
@@randyross5630correction. They MERGED with the Ulster colonial provincial Gaels of Dal Riata against a English-Viking invasion after years of attrition with the three (with the two aforementioned, Gaels and Saxons) for centuries till the Vikings came along AND forced the two to work together and successfully defeated them; their last true Pictish leader died or was lost and replaced by a Gael of possible shared Pictish blood and favored by the natives themselves from both sides to lead and eventually set the boundaries for the nascent kingdom of Scotland.
@@TalorcMcAllan Eeyup! Be proud of that mate! I know I am as I've the middle name Kenneth, descent of the Pictish name Cinioch to Ciniod to Cinaed in Anglicization. 😎 And also as a result of the intermarrying of Normans and Scots, you got one of the best Kings in Scotland: Robert the Brus (Bruce) Braveheart. 😇🤗
The reason vikings couldn't conquer scotland is simply that the Scots were just as crazy (if not crazier) than the vikings so they always met their match...
Wow you obviously dont know anything the orkney islands is Scotland the whole ancestry of the island changed from Scottish to Norwegian due to the vikings wiping out the picts there
@@richardjohnston3359 Yes, norwegian vikings take control over Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and the Hebrides. But on the scotish mainland was it only Caithness in the north who norwegian vikings take controll over in the vikinge age. It was not easy to conquer Scotland for migthy nations/empires at all. Even the romans must give it up and also the kingdom of England had big problem with that.
The Vikings probably found richer sites that were easier to conquer than Scotland with its challenging geography, weather and remote population. Presenting a unified defense was very important, Some Vikings settled in Scotland and were integrated into the society of Scotland,
The Scots being clan-based must have made things tricky. You might capture one clan leader, but that won't stop the other clans from raiding your outposts
The Vikings couldn't conquer the Picts, / Scotts because they saw the Antonine Wall, and Hadrian's Wall built by Romans some 700 years before the Vikings.
Probably similar to the situation in ireland where there was no centralised authority they could defeat and then control the land thereafter.Yes the tribes united they did the same in ireland aswell,but nevertheless conquering scotland and indeed ireland meant conquering clan by clan
@@FactVoyageYT Hi , thanks for replying. The Vikings attempted to take Anglesey and other parts of Wales but were repelled by the Welsh King, Rhodri the great (820 AD - 878 AD).
But they did. At least as much as they did England. The Northern and Western Isles were Norwegian and the Norse had strong holds along the west coast of Scotland. The also held most of the land between the east coast and the highland mountains. From the south they also held land in what is now The Borders and the Central Belt. I will agree they didn't capture the entire country, but then they didn't capture the entire country of England either - that's how come the English speak of Danelaw - that part of England that was allowed to exist under Danish law (and local Danish rule but not part of Denmark) rather than Saxon.
@@johnmaclagan2263we have always been here you pleb whether its picts caladonians scots irish welsh celts we have all intermingled for 1000s of years we all share ancestors and are the indigenous people of these isles
Romans: *Conquers England but couldn't conquer Scotland* Vikings: *Conquers England but can't conquer Scotland* England: *Conquers Scotland* Scotland: "Damn, this is embarrusing.* England: "Shut up, I finally redeemed myself."
England didn't conquer Scotland, the Scottish King (James VI) inherited the English throne and became James I of England. Thereafter, the Scots were betrayed by their rulers and aristocracy. Scotland has never been conquered in a military sense.
England couldn't conquer Scotland, they just bribed the Scottish nobility. Scotland has a long history of a warrior society. Eventually wiped out in WW1, due to the huge losses that put Scotland in massive decline. WW1 ended for Scotland in 1919, due to the land raids, bull ring, placing of Scottish troops in Russia to fight the reds. Our war memorials have a massive amount of names in small communities. The Lords must now use sheep to defend themselves !!
the Romans didn't conquere England it didn't exist neither did Scotland for nearly another thousand.years they conquered Britons which were celts the anglo saxons were germanic they conquered Rome and whats now England from the celts.
Interesting, but a shame you overlooked the influence of Somerled 'Norse Slayer', the 12th C Strathclyde / Argyle Prince who eventually ruled almost the entire western seaboard of Britain and became the first 'Lord of the Isles' (a title bestowed on the heir to the throne to this day).
Somerled was a Gall-Gael, i.e. a mixture of Geal and Norse. He was hostile to the Kingdom of Scotland and died fighting against them at the battle of Renfrew in 1164. The Kingdom of the Isles stayed under Norwegian rule until 1266 when they became part of Scotland.
@@deanwhale367Nope his father was Norse. The geneology that states he was a Gael was falsified. DNA testing of all MacDonal chiefs has proven he was Norse.
anytime i talk to someone english about this they always get defensive and proceed to mock scotland for something unrelated. i dont really understand this mentality
You must be unlucky with English people you meet. I am English and don’t mock Scotland, and I haven’t met anyone that has done. It could be this Brexit mess stirring up nationalism.
@@ClaudiusAD43 tribal seems a pretty demeaning phrase to use mate. and men and women here are just the same . why the hate? bet your an orc supporter too lol. i can even see you have a brand new account mate. epic fail troll fool
Don't you think it might have been worth mentioning the battle of Denmark field. That was the decisive defeat of the viking attempt to invade Pictland. It was never repeated.
The Vikings were integrated into and married with the ruling families of the Picts and Scots. Also, seeing as the Norse were sea farers, the east coast hinterland did not appeal to them. The terrain and islands of the north and west were more similar to Norway and eastern England more similar to Denmark.
People on here need to read some books on the topic but leading academics...try From Pictland to Alba by Alex Woolf to get a deep dive into how certain Norse leaders (Vikings weren't an homogenousgroup) were integral to the development of Scotland.
There is a reason why the Roman Empire built a wall between them and the Scots. Because the Scots were described as savages or barbarians since they resisted and fought for their freedom. These people are very similar to the Pashtun.
the reason they built the wall is because the Roman General's name was Trump and he saw the Scots as a bunch of freeloaders and illegal immigrants to be kept out at all costs, much like they are today, yours Margaret Thatcher
Is the question .....they could not ... or.....they did not, as in it wasn't worth the effort? Way back in my history digging I can across an interesting notation about Ireland. In the era the Vikings were scoping out the coasts of Ireland, an expedition went inland to explore. I don't recall how far they went but the group turned back. Their report was they couldn't see anything of value AND the terrain was too favorable for ambushes. As I mentioned it was a short blurb and there were no details about specifics of what they hoped to find. I strongly suspect their physical security ☠was of great concern, unless they found rivers of liquid gold or diamonds.
They couldn't, they tried and failed. The vikings of ireland were Norwegian and had a tough go of it in Ireland they would get a foothold on the coast with trading forts/towns but not much else. Despite Irish tribes and kings always being at war with each other all the time, which normally would be good for them like in France and England, it was too decentralised with so many petty kings to whom they would make alliances with and have their man power sapped fighting on behalf of a Irish king who's rival also had Viking mercs or leigelords. The type of warfare the Irish engaged in with each other also made them battle harden and suited to how vikings engage in warfare with small bands and raids mixed with guerilla warfare rather than large cumbersome armies. Some were assimilated or forced to resettle in northern england and elsewhere. They avoided settling the north of Ireland for the reasons you said, perhaps thats what you mean. When they established settlements they lost they main advantage being mobile and fast with ships, they also unified tribes that would fight each other against them with the whole enslaving, destroying churchs and plundering tombs etc.
The title of this video is not quite right. The Norse actuall did control significant areas of the Scottish mainland for hundreds of years i.e. Caithness, Sutherland and parts of the West Coast mainland. The Norse also controlled most of the islands around Scotland's West Coast for hundreds of years. Obviously the Norse also ruled the Northern Isles until the late Middle Ages.
The Vikings dubbed the mainland of Scotland an inhospitable land full of savages, then they retreated. For a group that fierce to say something like that speaks volumes.
Nor did the Picts, Scotland was always contested by at least 2 different peoples until the Scoti tribe overcame all. So in fact Scotland is an Irish colony if you look at the history.
@@johnmaclagan2263 Dalriada Scots then - it depends where you come from or educated I suppose - but the facts are all there the Irish were invading & colonising before the English were even in England.
Not even close. Google Denmark field. This bozo doesn't mention it, but it was the decisive defeat of the viking attempt to invade Pictland. It was never repeated.
@FactVoyageChannel Um... The Picts fought the Romans, than the Picts centuries later got Crushed Between the Scoti and Viking Invaders and the Picts only make up 10% of Modern Genetics because of such, the Declaration of Arbroath Sealed 4th by all Ross' of Scottish Origins genetically ancestor (a Royal Pedigree, a Name Once Protected by LAW!) the Chief of Ross the 4th Earl of Ross Hugh Ross (1st to take on the Surname Ross) clearly states we wiped the Picts Out! Than after that period, the Scoti started pushing back against the Vikings and Kicking them out or Bringing them into the Fold, specially the Once War Master of Scotland, the Chief of the Clan Soon to be Known as the Great Clan Ross (clan Arias), the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest who with his Great Armada of Ross and His Great Army of Ross and his Cousin the Kings Troops under his command laid siege to the Viking Lairds in and around Scotland and took them out One by One, with the War Master Fearchar often 1st to Crash Upon the Viking Shield Wall in the Bitter End of Things! Expanding the Earldom of Ross and or Ross-shire (still with added territories to this day like the top half of the Isle of Lewis) and stealing Viking's Land and Gold making who would become the Ross' the most Rich and Powerful Family in the Highlands for Generations! The Vast Majority of the People in Scotland were not the Picts that managed to Hold Back Roman Invasions and were only Occupied for about 14 years towards the end of such but had pulled back into the Highlands and remote areas to not truly be conquered by the Romans, No the Scottish People are Mostly Invaders and Conquered those people Rome could not and even Bragged about it to the Pope! See the Native Britian's at 1st got pushed North into Scotland by the Celts, than came the Romans, than Came the Anglo Saxons who pushed the Celtic Population who had Invaded and Took over the area of Ingland (England) into Wales, the South West Corner of Ingland, and Brittany in France, but also North into the lower half of Scotland to some extent, than about that time the Scoti who were in Ireland just before and still where to some point, but Spain before that, and skipping a place or two Scythia in the Beginning (but maybe, just Maybe, Egypt before that, it's possible) and started their Invasion in the South Western Highlands, and North Western Low Lands, and it didn't take all too long before the Vikings started showing up more and more, and eventually My Direct Ancestor the War Master Fearchar Put them Down enough the Tides turned on them, but by that point their was already Vikings Intergrated into the still forming Kingdom of Scotland, while others had their own King over their in Scandanavia, and they had to be Conquered, some all the Men Fighting Wholesale to the Biter End, because they were not Surrendering!
@FactVoyageChannel so when we go to the Battle of Largs, a defeated Viking Invasion (after the Era of the War Master and Chief the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest) we have the Great Clan Ross heading immediately their one word of the Invasion gathering many alone the way, although Scots came pouring in from all Directions, be we were Notably there in Force, how many of those Scots running to Largs to put down the Viking Invasion weren't even Scoti, but of Viking Blood Originally? You Know What I mean, there is allot of Scottish Clans that are actually of Viking Stock... Picts got Crushed between the Scoti and Vikings on the Mainland, and by the time we hit the 12th Century there was probably more Scots of Viking Descent than of Pictish Descent... How long does it really take before people go Native, than how many Generations later are they Fully Native and Intergrated... You can tell by the Genetics of Scotland that the Vikings weren't Really Defeated... Occupy X amount of a place for Centuries you more than leave your Marks Around, you leave you around... Sure as a Scoti by Y Chromosome going back to the Scoti Kings! I Think Scoti were Tougher than Vikings, but by the Time you get to the Scots they are surely over a 1/4 Viking...
Blocks bollocks? The vikings is a misnomer . Hundreds of years of coastal settlement of the british isles. Be wary when anyone starts using the word. Vikings....its a coverall for many sources. Shallow nonsense.
This was poor documentary. 1. Vikings did wipe out the picts capabilety as a Power. Sources tell of a Great man fall. Likely it Cost the vikings alot too. 2. An old proverb i belive from Iceland goes something like this "go to scotland, and die". Kinda summerize why they didnt go so much there.. Compared to other places where more wealth.
Scotland lost some battles to England just like England lost some battles to Scotland but not conquered nor annexed like Wales were Scotland and England signed a political treaty In the end
Cromwell (England) completely and utterly conquered Scotland and the whole of the British isles and created a commonwealth into which Scotland was absorbed
@@36Bruno Cromwell ruled for only 5 years only PARTS of lands that he conquered between 1653 to 1658... So not very long and he could not hold onto anything he tried to conquer His brief hold on Scotland lasted from 1650 to 1651 And briefly in Ireland from 1649 to 1650 After he died everything reverted back to its previous state He was just a failed hooligan really
@@nerjadude the Scottish government surrendered to Cromwell. If that isn’t a conquest then what is? It’s only the restoration of the monarchy that saved Scotland
@@36Bruno 2 things to say Firstly the English monarchy that still runs today would have ended with the virgin lesbian queen Elizabeth the firsts death. It was ONLY the fact that SCOTLAND'S king James sixth saved that monarchy from ending (unfortunately I hear everyone else who's reading this saying...) Secondly I'm guessing your English? Well England has interfered with just about every country's personal development and plundered their wealth and murdered their citizens, countries such as Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cyprus, India (and Pakistan and Bangladesh in due course), Malta, USA, Australia, new Zealand and Canadian natives As well as the west bank of Jordan/ Palestine that still rages with conflict today!!! 📚Anyone else want to add countries to this list? Feel free......... There's NOTHING to feel proud about being English... Quite the opposite and I believe that England will get their payback for all this interference one day in quite a spectacular way !
@@nerjadude Scotland was equally culpable to all of Britain’s exploits, so don’t try and place Scots amongst those oppressed by Britain. You said Scotland has not been conquered by England, well I just put you right and you just don’t like the truth
they took the North West and Islands the vikings wanted gold silver and harvestable land amd let's be honest it was not there and the early vikings were invading pics not Scots there irish amd not Britons the Scots were basically vikings from Ireland.
Scots were all grown up in a world of war. They learned how to fight. They fought the Roman invasion at the same time fought England and Vikings all at the same time. That’s tough
Um... The Picts fought the Romans, than the Picts centuries later got Crushed Between the Scoti and Viking Invaders and the Picts only make up 10% of Modern Genetics because of such, the Declaration of Arbroath Sealed 4th by all Ross' of Scottish Origins genetically ancestor (a Royal Pedigree, a Name Once Protected by LAW!) the Chief of Ross the 4th Earl of Ross Hugh Ross (1st to take on the Surname Ross) clearly states we wiped the Picts Out! Than after that period, the Scoti started pushing back against the Vikings and Kicking them out or Bringing them into the Fold, specially the Once War Master of Scotland, the Chief of the Clan Soon to be Known as the Great Clan Ross (clan Arias), the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest who with his Great Armada of Ross and His Great Army of Ross and his Cousin the Kings Troops under his command laid siege to the Viking Lairds in and around Scotland and took them out One by One, with the War Master Fearchar often 1st to Crash Upon the Viking Shield Wall in the Bitter End of Things! Expanding the Earldom of Ross and or Ross-shire (still with added territories to this day like the top half of the Isle of Lewis) and stealing Viking's Land and Gold making who would become the Ross' the most Rich and Powerful Family in the Highlands for Generations! The Vast Majority of the People in Scotland were not the Picts that managed to Hold Back Roman Invasions and were only Occupied for about 14 years towards the end of such but had pulled back into the Highlands and remote areas to not truly be conquered by the Romans, No the Scottish People are Mostly Invaders and Conquered those people Rome could not and even Bragged about it to the Pope! See the Native Britian's at 1st got pushed North into Scotland by the Celts, than came the Romans, than Came the Anglo Saxons who pushed the Celtic Population who had Invaded and Took over the area of Ingland (England) into Wales, the South West Corner of Ingland, and Brittany in France, but also North into the lower half of Scotland to some extent, than about that time the Scoti who were in Ireland just before and still where to some point, but Spain before that, and skipping a place or two Scythia in the Beginning (but maybe, just Maybe, Egypt before that, it's possible) and started their Invasion in the South Western Highlands, and North Western Low Lands, and it didn't take all too long before the Vikings started showing up more and more, and eventually My Direct Ancestor the War Master Fearchar Put them Down enough the Tides turned on them, but by that point their was already Vikings Intergrated into the still forming Kingdom of Scotland, while others had their own King over their in Scandanavia, and they had to be Conquered, some all the Men Fighting Wholesale to the Biter End, because they were not Surrendering!
@@randyross5630correction. They MERGED with the Ulster colonial provincial Gaels of Dal Riata against a English-Viking invasion after years of attrition with the three (with the two aforementioned, Gaels and Saxons) for centuries till the Vikings came along ANF forced the two to work together and successfully defeated them; their last true Pictish leader died or was lost and replaced by a Gael of possible shared Pictish blood and favored by the natives themselves from both sides to lead and eventually set the boundaries for the nascent kingdom of Scotland.
@@randyross5630correction. They MERGED with the Ulster colonial provincial Gaels of Dal Riata against a English-Viking invasion after years of attrition with the three (with the two aforementioned, Gaels and Saxons) for centuries till the Vikings came along AND forced the two to work together and successfully defeated them; their last true Pictish leader died or was lost and replaced by a Gael of possible shared Pictish blood and favored by the natives themselves from both sides to lead and eventually set the boundaries for the nascent kingdom of Scotland.
@@TalorcMcAllan Eeyup! Be proud of that mate! I know I am as I've the middle name Kenneth, descent of the Pictish name Cinioch to Ciniod to Cinaed in Anglicization. 😎 And also as a result of the intermarrying of Normans and Scots, you got one of the best Kings in Scotland: Robert the Brus (Bruce) Braveheart. 😇🤗
@@TalorcMcAllan ALBA GU BRAGH! ✌✊💪😎👍
Your description of Scottish topography sounds very like that of Norway.
It’s very similar
The reason vikings couldn't conquer scotland is simply that the Scots were just as crazy (if not crazier) than the vikings so they always met their match...
Wow you obviously dont know anything the orkney islands is Scotland the whole ancestry of the island changed from Scottish to Norwegian due to the vikings wiping out the picts there
@@richardjohnston3359 Yes, norwegian vikings take control over Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and the Hebrides. But on the scotish mainland was it only Caithness in the north who norwegian vikings take controll over in the vikinge age. It was not easy to conquer Scotland for migthy nations/empires at all. Even the romans must give it up and also the kingdom of England had big problem with that.
Thanks, "met their match" "levels the playing field," the great family tree 🌳 needs ❤️ 😀 Many traditional marriage eras we got one of each perhaps.
Bollocks!
@richardjohnston3359 that hypothesis is challenged by recent DNA analysis
The Vikings probably found richer sites that were easier to conquer than Scotland with its challenging geography, weather and remote population. Presenting a unified defense was very important, Some Vikings settled in Scotland and were integrated into the society of Scotland,
The Norse were persistent that's for sure.
I can only imagine how strong and brave the child of a Pict and a Viking would be.
The Scots being clan-based must have made things tricky. You might capture one clan leader, but that won't stop the other clans from raiding your outposts
Think they went down south to conquer England and the Normans were also Vikings by ancestry they conquered England in 1066😂
The Vikings couldn't conquer the Picts, / Scotts because they saw the Antonine Wall, and Hadrian's Wall built by Romans some 700 years before the Vikings.
"hang on a minute... Why would they need to wall them off?" 😳
You are English mate, but i have to say i detected a wee bit of pride in the Scots when you were watching/narrating. 👏
Lots of English have Scottish ancestry. Even if he doesn't have family from there - who wouldn't be proud of the Scots?
@@josedorsaith5261 Aye some of my nieces and nephews are English.
Orkney and Shetland were part of the Danish and Norwegian Kingdoms Scotland got them as a dowry in the 14th century.
Probably similar to the situation in ireland where there was no centralised authority they could defeat and then control the land thereafter.Yes the tribes united they did the same in ireland aswell,but nevertheless conquering scotland and indeed ireland meant conquering clan by clan
Why in the thumbnail is Wales shown 'conquered' by the Vikings?
They only settled briefly on Anglesey - but were driven out.
I didn't intentionally do this, but maybe that's a video topic i can visit :)
@@FactVoyageYT Hi , thanks for replying. The Vikings attempted to take Anglesey and other parts of Wales but were repelled by the Welsh King, Rhodri the great (820 AD - 878 AD).
You've mistakenly inversed the locations of Dal Riada and Pictland.
But they did. At least as much as they did England. The Northern and Western Isles were Norwegian and the Norse had strong holds along the west coast of Scotland. The also held most of the land between the east coast and the highland mountains. From the south they also held land in what is now The Borders and the Central Belt. I will agree they didn't capture the entire country, but then they didn't capture the entire country of England either - that's how come the English speak of Danelaw - that part of England that was allowed to exist under Danish law (and local Danish rule but not part of Denmark) rather than Saxon.
What a lot of pish, i got as far as him trying to tell me the Picts and Dalriadins were the same people from Ireland lol
Did you even watch the video he didn't say they were the same people
Short answer, the weather was not better than the Viking's home and there was nothing worth stealing.
Who would win:
The whole of the Roman empire at it's peak
Or
One tiny stone wall and a bunch of pist off Scotts?
Romans!
@@ianmatthews3041were the "scots" there when the Romans invaded ? Hhmmm that's mythology surely
@@johnmaclagan2263we have always been here you pleb whether its picts caladonians scots irish welsh celts we have all intermingled for 1000s of years we all share ancestors and are the indigenous people of these isles
The inhabitants of Scotland win.
Romans: *Conquers England but couldn't conquer Scotland*
Vikings: *Conquers England but can't conquer Scotland*
England: *Conquers Scotland*
Scotland: "Damn, this is embarrusing.*
England: "Shut up, I finally redeemed myself."
There was no 'England' or 'Scotland' when the Romans invaded.
England didn't conquer Scotland, the Scottish King (James VI) inherited the English throne and became James I of England. Thereafter, the Scots were betrayed by their rulers and aristocracy. Scotland has never been conquered in a military sense.
@@andyallan2909 lol, silly me. Oopse.
Inheritance and interkingdom marriages are a thing too it turns out.
England couldn't conquer Scotland, they just bribed the Scottish nobility. Scotland has a long history of a warrior society. Eventually wiped out in WW1, due to the huge losses that put Scotland in massive decline. WW1 ended for Scotland in 1919, due to the land raids, bull ring, placing of Scottish troops in Russia to fight the reds. Our war memorials have a massive amount of names in small communities. The Lords must now use sheep to defend themselves !!
the Romans didn't conquere England it didn't exist neither did Scotland for nearly another thousand.years they conquered Britons which were celts the anglo saxons were germanic they conquered Rome and whats now England from the celts.
Interesting, but a shame you overlooked the influence of Somerled 'Norse Slayer', the 12th C Strathclyde / Argyle Prince who eventually ruled almost the entire western seaboard of Britain and became the first 'Lord of the Isles' (a title bestowed on the heir to the throne to this day).
Somerled was a Gall-Gael, i.e. a mixture of Geal and Norse. He was hostile to the Kingdom of Scotland and died fighting against them at the battle of Renfrew in 1164. The Kingdom of the Isles stayed under Norwegian rule until 1266 when they became part of Scotland.
He was Gael Norse on his father was Celtic Irish and her mother was Norse Irish so he was basically not related he other father step father.
Somerled was Norse.
@@deanwhale367Nope his father was Norse. The geneology that states he was a Gael was falsified. DNA testing of all MacDonal chiefs has proven he was Norse.
anytime i talk to someone english about this they always get defensive and proceed to mock scotland for something unrelated. i dont really understand this mentality
You must be unlucky with English people you meet. I am English and don’t mock Scotland, and I haven’t met anyone that has done. It could be this Brexit mess stirring up nationalism.
British men are VERY tribal. I know this from experience
@@ClaudiusAD43 tribal seems a pretty demeaning phrase to use mate. and men and women here are just the same . why the hate? bet your an orc supporter too lol. i can even see you have a brand new account mate. epic fail troll fool
Micro penis mentality
Don't you think it might have been worth mentioning the battle of Denmark field. That was the decisive defeat of the viking attempt to invade Pictland. It was never repeated.
battle of largs?
thanks for comment not heard of this battle before also known under 3 different names
@@nightcandle62 Also known as the battle of Luncarty 980 ad.
@@JoesWebPresence That is a legend not an actual verified battle.
The Vikings were integrated into and married with the ruling families of the Picts and Scots. Also, seeing as the Norse were sea farers, the east coast hinterland did not appeal to them. The terrain and islands of the north and west were more similar to Norway and eastern England more similar to Denmark.
People on here need to read some books on the topic but leading academics...try From Pictland to Alba by Alex Woolf to get a deep dive into how certain Norse leaders (Vikings weren't an homogenousgroup) were integral to the development of Scotland.
Despite the Vikings failure to conquer Scotland the Scots language still has many words of Scandinavian origin.
I am happy to be Scottish, its a lively country
There is a reason why the Roman Empire built a wall between them and the Scots. Because the Scots were described as savages or barbarians since they resisted and fought for their freedom. These people are very similar to the Pashtun.
the reason they built the wall is because the Roman General's name was Trump and he saw the Scots as a bunch of freeloaders and illegal immigrants to be kept out at all costs, much like they are today, yours Margaret Thatcher
Is the question .....they could not ... or.....they did not, as in it wasn't worth the effort? Way back in my history digging I can across an interesting notation about Ireland. In the era the Vikings were scoping out the coasts of Ireland, an expedition went inland to explore. I don't recall how far they went but the group turned back. Their report was they couldn't see anything of value AND the terrain was too favorable for ambushes.
As I mentioned it was a short blurb and there were no details about specifics of what they hoped to find. I strongly suspect their physical security ☠was of great concern, unless they found rivers of liquid gold or diamonds.
They couldn't, they tried and failed. The vikings of ireland were Norwegian and had a tough go of it in Ireland they would get a foothold on the coast with trading forts/towns but not much else. Despite Irish tribes and kings always being at war with each other all the time, which normally would be good for them like in France and England, it was too decentralised with so many petty kings to whom they would make alliances with and have their man power sapped fighting on behalf of a Irish king who's rival also had Viking mercs or leigelords. The type of warfare the Irish engaged in with each other also made them battle harden and suited to how vikings engage in warfare with small bands and raids mixed with guerilla warfare rather than large cumbersome armies. Some were assimilated or forced to resettle in northern england and elsewhere. They avoided settling the north of Ireland for the reasons you said, perhaps thats what you mean. When they established settlements they lost they main advantage being mobile and fast with ships, they also unified tribes that would fight each other against them with the whole enslaving, destroying churchs and plundering tombs etc.
Little of column A, little of column B.
The title of this video is not quite right. The Norse actuall did control significant areas of the Scottish mainland for hundreds of years i.e. Caithness, Sutherland and parts of the West Coast mainland. The Norse also controlled most of the islands around Scotland's West Coast for hundreds of years. Obviously the Norse also ruled the Northern Isles until the late Middle Ages.
The food, it is always about the food!
I'll take Norwegian food over French, German and British. For Italian it depends on the day.
With the lack of trees there was nowhere to pee. It's hard to fight when you have to pee. God bless Scotland.
But they did in the end tho. As the Normans.
The Vikings dubbed the mainland of Scotland an inhospitable land full of savages, then they retreated. For a group that fierce to say something like that speaks volumes.
Didn’t conquer Wales either
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Eh its not that they couldn't, it just wasn't worth it. More cold hills? They had cold hills they wanted farming land.
yes, we talked about this when the romans couldn't conquer scotland : ruclips.net/video/WeBXqg_0RfA/видео.html
Northen parts of Scotland was under norweagian vikings.
SCOTLAND FOREVER!
Very confusing title and Thumbnail there my friend!
The background music is annoying
Thats all well and good, but the hero of the day was the midge.
what is the value add of the background noise ... it makes the video BORING
Vikings did conquer the eastern parts of Scotland !
yes, but they didn't conquer scotland as a whole!
Nor did the Picts, Scotland was always contested by at least 2 different peoples until the Scoti tribe overcame all. So in fact Scotland is an Irish colony if you look at the history.
Which bits ? Name me 1 "viking" settlement on the east coast ?
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@@johnmaclagan2263 Dalriada Scots then - it depends where you come from or educated I suppose - but the facts are all there the Irish were invading & colonising before the English were even in England.
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you pretty much said exactly the same thing over and over again for 10 minutes in different wording lol
Real answer: Because they already did. It was ruled by Ivar the Boneless and Sigurd Snake Eye.
Not even close. Google Denmark field. This bozo doesn't mention it, but it was the decisive defeat of the viking attempt to invade Pictland. It was never repeated.
Ivar and siggurd had ireland never mainland scotland do your research
@FactVoyageChannel Um... The Picts fought the Romans, than the Picts centuries later got Crushed Between the Scoti and Viking Invaders and the Picts only make up 10% of Modern Genetics because of such, the Declaration of Arbroath Sealed 4th by all Ross' of Scottish Origins genetically ancestor (a Royal Pedigree, a Name Once Protected by LAW!) the Chief of Ross the 4th Earl of Ross Hugh Ross (1st to take on the Surname Ross) clearly states we wiped the Picts Out! Than after that period, the Scoti started pushing back against the Vikings and Kicking them out or Bringing them into the Fold, specially the Once War Master of Scotland, the Chief of the Clan Soon to be Known as the Great Clan Ross (clan Arias), the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest who with his Great Armada of Ross and His Great Army of Ross and his Cousin the Kings Troops under his command laid siege to the Viking Lairds in and around Scotland and took them out One by One, with the War Master Fearchar often 1st to Crash Upon the Viking Shield Wall in the Bitter End of Things! Expanding the Earldom of Ross and or Ross-shire (still with added territories to this day like the top half of the Isle of Lewis) and stealing Viking's Land and Gold making who would become the Ross' the most Rich and Powerful Family in the Highlands for Generations! The Vast Majority of the People in Scotland were not the Picts that managed to Hold Back Roman Invasions and were only Occupied for about 14 years towards the end of such but had pulled back into the Highlands and remote areas to not truly be conquered by the Romans, No the Scottish People are Mostly Invaders and Conquered those people Rome could not and even Bragged about it to the Pope! See the Native Britian's at 1st got pushed North into Scotland by the Celts, than came the Romans, than Came the Anglo Saxons who pushed the Celtic Population who had Invaded and Took over the area of Ingland (England) into Wales, the South West Corner of Ingland, and Brittany in France, but also North into the lower half of Scotland to some extent, than about that time the Scoti who were in Ireland just before and still where to some point, but Spain before that, and skipping a place or two Scythia in the Beginning (but maybe, just Maybe, Egypt before that, it's possible) and started their Invasion in the South Western Highlands, and North Western Low Lands, and it didn't take all too long before the Vikings started showing up more and more, and eventually My Direct Ancestor the War Master Fearchar Put them Down enough the Tides turned on them, but by that point their was already Vikings Intergrated into the still forming Kingdom of Scotland, while others had their own King over their in Scandanavia, and they had to be Conquered, some all the Men Fighting Wholesale to the Biter End, because they were not Surrendering!
@FactVoyageChannel so when we go to the Battle of Largs, a defeated Viking Invasion (after the Era of the War Master and Chief the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest) we have the Great Clan Ross heading immediately their one word of the Invasion gathering many alone the way, although Scots came pouring in from all Directions, be we were Notably there in Force, how many of those Scots running to Largs to put down the Viking Invasion weren't even Scoti, but of Viking Blood Originally? You Know What I mean, there is allot of Scottish Clans that are actually of Viking Stock... Picts got Crushed between the Scoti and Vikings on the Mainland, and by the time we hit the 12th Century there was probably more Scots of Viking Descent than of Pictish Descent... How long does it really take before people go Native, than how many Generations later are they Fully Native and Intergrated... You can tell by the Genetics of Scotland that the Vikings weren't Really Defeated... Occupy X amount of a place for Centuries you more than leave your Marks Around, you leave you around... Sure as a Scoti by Y Chromosome going back to the Scoti Kings! I Think Scoti were Tougher than Vikings, but by the Time you get to the Scots they are surely over a 1/4 Viking...
The vikings never conquered any country they set up cities but that was it.
This is absolute nonsense. What are the narrator's qualifications? An O Level in Engineering?
you talk too quickly and the music intrudes too much.
noted sir, i'll try work on it
Nah he speaks normal tbh
Vikings are scottish only outside of scotland do they teach you there not. In norways they scottish in scotland there scottish
Cuz they and irish build different than english. Celtic barbarian roots.
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Blocks bollocks? The vikings is a misnomer . Hundreds of years of coastal settlement of the british isles.
Be wary when anyone starts using the word. Vikings....its a coverall for many sources.
Shallow nonsense.
This was poor documentary.
1. Vikings did wipe out the picts capabilety as a Power. Sources tell of a Great man fall. Likely it Cost the vikings alot too.
2. An old proverb i belive from Iceland goes something like this "go to scotland, and die". Kinda summerize why they didnt go so much there.. Compared to other places where more wealth.
They couldn’t conquer England either.
True they were not strong enough to conquer all of it but they managed to conquer half of it the danelaw
Scotland lost some battles to England
just like England lost some battles to Scotland but not conquered nor annexed like Wales were
Scotland and England signed a political treaty
In the end
Cromwell (England) completely and utterly conquered Scotland and the whole of the British isles and created a commonwealth into which Scotland was absorbed
@@36Bruno Cromwell ruled for only 5 years only PARTS of lands that he conquered between 1653 to 1658... So not very long and he could not hold onto anything he tried to conquer
His brief hold on Scotland lasted from 1650 to 1651
And briefly in Ireland from 1649 to 1650
After he died everything reverted back to its previous state
He was just a failed hooligan really
@@nerjadude the Scottish government surrendered to Cromwell. If that isn’t a conquest then what is? It’s only the restoration of the monarchy that saved Scotland
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2 things to say
Firstly the English monarchy that still runs today would have ended with the virgin lesbian queen Elizabeth the firsts death.
It was ONLY the fact that SCOTLAND'S king James sixth saved that monarchy from ending (unfortunately I hear everyone else who's reading this saying...)
Secondly I'm guessing your English? Well England has interfered with just about every country's personal development and plundered their wealth and murdered their citizens, countries such as
Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cyprus, India (and Pakistan and Bangladesh in due course), Malta, USA, Australia, new Zealand and Canadian natives
As well as the west bank of Jordan/ Palestine that still rages with conflict today!!!
📚Anyone else want to add countries to this list? Feel free.........
There's NOTHING to feel proud about being English... Quite the opposite and I believe that England will get their payback for all this interference one day in quite a spectacular way !
@@nerjadude Scotland was equally culpable to all of Britain’s exploits, so don’t try and place Scots amongst those oppressed by Britain. You said Scotland has not been conquered by England, well I just put you right and you just don’t like the truth
I dont think NATO could conquer Scotland!!!!😂
Bollocks!
Why would they want to anyway?
Its always Raining and Infested with Midges!
AI made and narrated. Poor.
haha, this is not an AI voice, nor AI made my friend!
AI edited? Shuttershow at times@@FactVoyageYT
The also lost to the Irish trying to conquer it
they took the North West and Islands the vikings wanted gold silver and harvestable land amd let's be honest it was not there and the early vikings were invading pics not Scots there irish amd not Britons the Scots were basically vikings from Ireland.
No one could conquer the picts
Still the kingdom of fife !
Neither could the romans.
we've done a video on that on the channel, check it out!
They could, just wasnt worth it