I was born and raised in Abruzzo. I really appreciate your work and research! I happen to know something about the history of my region, so if you ever need more information about it, feel free to contact me!
So I did know of the Abruzzo region before this video, but thats from my time working in a wine store since, like many regions of Italy, Abruzzo produces their own varieties of wine. Fun fact: Wine from Abruzzo is generally lower in tannins than others, meaning that people who normally get headaches from drinking red wine can usually drink reds from Abruzzo without the pain. (Hangovers notwithstanding)
I learned quite a lot that I never knew I didn't know. That alone makes this one of your more interesting videos, Thomas. Most would've said gladius, rapier, or spadona and been done. Kudos for going the extra mile to make sure it was truly personal. Depeeka?? Incredible! That strikes me as one of the most improbable of all possible outcomes. Great job! Hope your friend proves as appreciative as this amount of dedication deserves.
I had Metatron's theme in my head when you said "Hello Noble Ones" EDIT: HOLY CRAP THAT WAS FUNNY! LOVE METATRON'S RESPONSE AND THE SOUND EFFECTS CHOICE! GOD DAMN YOU HAVE TALENT
Yeah, I do know about Abruzzo, but not much (I was thinking it was more South). But only because I have a keen interest in billhooks, and Italy has plenty. www.angelo-b.com/prodotti/agricoltura-e-giardinaggio/pennati/pennato-abruzzo-22-mco-legno For some reason, it seems Italians have a very low "global" (i.e. english-speaking) internet presence, and don't promote their culture and country. And that's really a shame, cause it really has much to offer. Damn, it's almost the civilizationnal heart of Europe! The style of the Campestrano Warrior statue, especially the proportions, makes me think of the Nuraghe civilization of Sardinia. It's like halfway Nuragic, halfway Minoan.
The xiphos was the original roman army sword for half a millenium, not just the "abruzzo sword" thing. The greek hoplite sword pattern was used all throughout the roman kingdom era up until early republic. It was a deadly and expertly crafted weapon. It was eventually replaced by the gladius hispaniensis pattern mainly because due to its design, the xiphos is a more fiddly and resource consuming weapon to mass produce and mass maintain compared to a gladius. The gladius is a more straightfoward design.
Hi. This is Gagan from Deepeeka. Thanks for the video. I do understand about the weight of the blade issue- let me work on that. Anything else you feel can be made better- let us know. I tried to do the best of the pictures that were available to me online.
Very interesting... but can you find a sword from Molise >:) ? Jokes apart, the Abruzzo region has grimly become more famous because of the earthquakes of some years ago that did quite a lot of damage and surely didn't help with the development of an already rural area, add the fact that Italy doesn't invest nearly as much as it'd be needed in tourism and preservation of important sites and you have the sad situation of many treasures being almost forgotten. BTW, your pronunciation is not bad, way above average I'd say
I can see a whole video series of Medieval Review checking out less known areas of the world and their weaponry. I definitely utilize this channel for fun education. What do you think Mr. Riley? I am still looking for a good Gallowglass :). I can honestly say I would love to watch more videos like this!
I'm from Abruzzo and I visited the museum of Chieti, where the statue is located. I am also interested in the archaeological history of my region, so I really apreciated what you did. Sorry for the lack of information about here. I myself have done the research the old way, on paper. it's a wonderful region, but not much publicized. By the way, great contenents as always, thank you.
Abruzzo is quite depopulated (the massive emigration is one of the main reason of its low population) and rura its biggest city isn't nothing special and there are several medieval villages up on the mountains wich are now totally abandoned, some of them have been repopulated in the '60s by community of hippies in search of an alternative way of life, but others are still totally abandoned, if you go there you'll feel like you went centuries back in time. the Samnites who lived in Abruzzo were fierce warriors and inflicted a very humiliating defeat to the Romans, at the battle of the Caudine forks.
That sounds like an awesome place to visit just for a well rounded trip to Italy. Screw all that FB and Instagram posts. Go to places for culture and history!
This is not true. The region is not abandoned at all, villages are still inhabited by their original population... This hippies thing you're talking about is completely new to me, and I am from Abruzzo. Granted, the villages are slowly depopulating because they're full of old people, but there are no abandoned villages lol. The biggest city is Pescara, on the Adriatic coast, with an urban area of about 200.000 people, while the administrative center is L'Aquila, in the Appennine mountains, struck by an earthquake in 2009. Of course, the coast is way busier than the inland, that's why you should go to the mountains if you want to experience the ancestral side of Abruzzo. But I also suggest visiting Pescara for its warm climate and beaches, and the province of Chieti for its medieval castles, some of which are from the time of the Longobards. If you want to see Vestine and generally Italic findings, you should go to Pescara's Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo, Chieti's National Archeological Museum of Abruzzo, L'Aquila's National Museum and Teramo's Archeological Museum.
I did not say that the whole region is abondoned, Pescara and L'Aquila are still alive and well, i said that it is not very populous, with mountain villages that are almost abandoned, like Scanno and others that are fully abandoned. Abruzzo isn't very populated, and many emigrated from it in the past decades.
I know what you said, I'm just saying you're wrong. How is Scanno "abandoned"? It's an average Italian village with about 2.000 people, it's not that unusual to have those numbers here. And the population declined in recent years mostly because people from the countryside are moving to bigger cities, usually Pescara, Chieti or L'Aquila, not because of emigration to other countries. You try to portray Abruzzo as a place people are moving away from, but it's not true. We've always been pretty small in numbers and we're not declining any more than the whole country is, because of the widespread low birth rate.
There isn't really anything significant to distinguish swords from Abruzzo and swords from other parts of Italy. Greek style swords were used all over Italy before the adoption of the gladius. I don't see how a xiphos better represents the Abruzzo region than any other type of sword used throughout Italian history. That aside I hope your friend enjoys his new sword. I've always liked xiphoi, especially the Italian ones which tend to be a bit longer than their Greek counterparts.
Video reviewer guy said: 'in theory, they're made of all the generally the correct materials (*realises ancient xiphoses weren't carbon steel*) of the things.. (*switches topic midway*) such as weight..'
Braden Vande Plasse standard for Deepeeka, their swords are always overbuilt, but they are great for general reenactors and for extremely specific blades.
They’ve recently made som actually decent historical designs in terms of blades. They now have a decent kopis, xiphos, and gladius. They’re the only ones that hover around 2lbs.
Very cool. I've recently become interested in collecting historic items from my ancestral homeland as well. Unfortunately tracing our lineage has pointed a very broad finger towards Scandinavia in general so it is hard to pin down.
I wonder if this type of thing could make a cool series "a sword from X" where X are the different states/regions of countries in Europe. Spain has 17, France has 13, Germany 16, Poland 10, the UK is a mess and I think it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to pick just 1 from most other countries, heck, I would pick only 4 for Germany and maybe 3 for Poland
Jonas Kr. Huh, a lot of this could be done, but would be hotly contested. Especially in regions with multiple sword types. How do you find just one to represent? It was easy for Abruzzo...
Yeah, I see that, but if you limited it to finds and then picked the most distinct design one might be able to get it done (not actually suggetsing this, would be a horrific amount of work)
It may not be easy to find out about Abruzzos tipical customs and traditions, especially if someone is not italian... Anyway the word Abruzzo was spelt very well👍
You don't know much about the history of the place i guess.... Sadly it's been forgotten even by it's own people, but it has been important and famous more than once in history and was a great strategical place in it's central position and for that was considered the second richest place of the southern reigns (even tho it's placed higher than Rome, it's been mostly a southern state). Was even mentioned as exotic and rich by people outside of it (e.g.: it's mentioned in the "Decameron" and later on praised as great as one of the richest by Machiavelli. Even people like Hemingway and Nietzsche have been there and loved the place).
@@lupinthethird7059 yeah you have guessed right. Plus, I wrote this comment a very long time ago and I don't even remember why I wrote it. The only thing I really remember about it is "you spelt Abruzzo well". Now I'm just leaving that part and erasing the rest, instead of beginning a useless argument with someone who seems to have studied the subject. Unexpected for a comment section, isn't it? Anyway, after I'll have done that just cancel the first paragraph, it would no longer make sense. Leave instead the precious piece of informaton you provided afterwards!
@@samuelebertocchi4930 I'm very glad, happy and honored to have heard such answer! You're really nice and humble, and it's such rare qualities here on internet :D You know, I didn't used to think much about Abruzzo too, and didn't like history as well. Until one day I joined a Reenactment team and met a lot of interesting people and learned a lot about it, and became really fascinated with all that stuff. I feel also a bit angry and ashamed for the fact that most of that stuff it's either forgotten and not even mentioned in our history classes, not much even in University. We're also trying to get permission to do special collaboration with schools but without much success (lazy burocratic reasons). By learning history in a different way and also "living it" (kind of) I've discovered a lot of interesting facts and stuff about it and grown even a little sense if pride about it. We had a lot of forgotten events that makes Abruzzo great (not even mentioning the legends and misteries around, that are so much I've kind of considered this land playfully as "the southern Italy Scotland") Also, among many historical events, there's one (that started the whole reenactment team) that could have literally changed History, Italy (and possibly the whole europe) as we know it. In summary: One of the greatest Captain of Venture of Italy (also europe, Braccio Da Montone) planned very accurately a plan that could have provided him the rule over all the southern Italy and to use its army to gain an easy victory in conquering Vatican (since he was also the one who reorganizized its armies in the past). This could have brought an italian unity back in 1424 and with all the political linking (especially with Vatican) who knows what mess or wars could have started in Europe. But his first step was to take Abruzzo and it's main city L'Aquila (second city of the reign and entering point for proceed into the south), which resisted for a long campaign and siege that lasted more than one year. He did all kind of warfare techniques, even psychological ones and even managed to get some inside traitors, but in the end he never managed to lower their morale or enter inside the walls. He was then defeated by the whole town charging furiously during the last battle for gaining back their freedom, as he was ambushing and almost defeating the rescuing army the Pope and Naples send for save them. (1424 Battaglia di L'Aquila or Battaglia di Bazzano) And I feel a bit ashamed that I still have much to learn, but this words shared with you and your comment really made my day and felt good :3 Hope you or someone else might enjoy a lil bit of extra lore as a extra unusual trivia (hoping my english it's not too messy ^^')
@@lupinthethird7059 wow, super interesting! I'm guessing you're abruzzese then, or is there some reenacting group outside Italy that focuses on Abruzzo?
@@samuelebertocchi4930 I'm Abbruzzese, and we are an Abbruzzese group. "Compagnia Rosso D'Aquila" Sadly (or ironically) we're more known outside Abruzzo rather than inside of it. Like, if you ask around here almost no one would know about us, but we're well known among other groups and from other events around Italy (especially in Tuscany thanks to some friendships linking among other groups). It's a shame people have forgotten about their history and that not even the institutions that are supposed to care about it and support this kind of stuff, don't help about it.... (You might not find much about us on the internet, since we had to renovate few burocratical aspects - new laws and company structure - and kind of restarted the whole social media/ internet aspects)
NOT SO PRO GAMING Not too uncommon really, they have the market cornered on the intersection of price and options for ancient weapons. It's one of the reasons they are popular with reenactment groups.
Really nice item, i suggest you to research about the history of Sardinia, one of the biggest island of Italy, the one right in the middle of Mediterranian Sea. We're one of the most ancient population in Italy (maybe even in the world, but i'm not sure), and we've always been both a trading port and fearsome Warriors, the egyptians calle us "Sherden" and feared us quite a lot. We were basically like vikings but in the Mediterranean, and I think you would like the look of them
Cool video dude!! :) Dont like the sword though... :D My father worked in Pescara (Abruzzo) in the 80's and even I visited (when I was 2 years old :P ). I'm from Croatia, country opposite Italy on the Adriatic, and many Croats have connections over there (work, business, etc.) so it is well known to us! Enjoy! :)
Didn't know about the Abruzzo area, but was literally just looking at that sword the other week! (Had just concluded a course on Ancient Greece which went into its colonies in Italy a bit). Great video as always. I genuinely enjoyed you sharing your insights & research. Keep up the great work!
I was born and raised in Abruzzo. I really appreciate your work and research! I happen to know something about the history of my region, so if you ever need more information about it, feel free to contact me!
So I did know of the Abruzzo region before this video, but thats from my time working in a wine store since, like many regions of Italy, Abruzzo produces their own varieties of wine. Fun fact: Wine from Abruzzo is generally lower in tannins than others, meaning that people who normally get headaches from drinking red wine can usually drink reds from Abruzzo without the pain. (Hangovers notwithstanding)
I love how rome is in the middle of italy and everyone knows about it.
Abruzzo is a little of center and no one know what it is not even Italians.
I learned quite a lot that I never knew I didn't know. That alone makes this one of your more interesting videos, Thomas.
Most would've said gladius, rapier, or spadona and been done. Kudos for going the extra mile to make sure it was truly personal.
Depeeka?? Incredible! That strikes me as one of the most improbable of all possible outcomes. Great job! Hope your friend proves as appreciative as this amount of dedication deserves.
I had Metatron's theme in my head when you said "Hello Noble Ones"
EDIT: HOLY CRAP THAT WAS FUNNY! LOVE METATRON'S RESPONSE AND THE SOUND EFFECTS CHOICE! GOD DAMN YOU HAVE TALENT
Actually there's a nonsense joke about the not existence of the region Molise, which is right to the south of Abruzzo.
Yeah, I do know about Abruzzo, but not much (I was thinking it was more South). But only because I have a keen interest in billhooks, and Italy has plenty.
www.angelo-b.com/prodotti/agricoltura-e-giardinaggio/pennati/pennato-abruzzo-22-mco-legno
For some reason, it seems Italians have a very low "global" (i.e. english-speaking) internet presence, and don't promote their culture and country. And that's really a shame, cause it really has much to offer. Damn, it's almost the civilizationnal heart of Europe!
The style of the Campestrano Warrior statue, especially the proportions, makes me think of the Nuraghe civilization of Sardinia. It's like halfway Nuragic, halfway Minoan.
The xiphos was the original roman army sword for half a millenium, not just the "abruzzo sword" thing. The greek hoplite sword pattern was used all throughout the roman kingdom era up until early republic. It was a deadly and expertly crafted weapon.
It was eventually replaced by the gladius hispaniensis pattern mainly because due to its design, the xiphos is a more fiddly and resource consuming weapon to mass produce and mass maintain compared to a gladius. The gladius is a more straightfoward design.
Dude, he was pranking you. The Abruzzo-doesn't exist thing it's a typical Italian joke between Italians.
That's Molise
Yeah, but there are some links also about Abruzzo. So I think that clearly was a prank. Cm'on, it's clearly joking.
I hope your friend likes it....
It's the ugliest sword I've seen in over a decade... That wood and steel crossguard...
I know what the problem is! Metatron confused Abruzzo with Molise!
Hi. This is Gagan from Deepeeka. Thanks for the video. I do understand about the weight of the blade issue- let me work on that. Anything else you feel can be made better- let us know. I tried to do the best of the pictures that were available to me online.
Very interesting... but can you find a sword from Molise >:) ?
Jokes apart, the Abruzzo region has grimly become more famous because of the earthquakes of some years ago that did quite a lot of damage and surely didn't help with the development of an already rural area, add the fact that Italy doesn't invest nearly as much as it'd be needed in tourism and preservation of important sites and you have the sad situation of many treasures being almost forgotten.
BTW, your pronunciation is not bad, way above average I'd say
what is a molise? Is it "real" like santa?
I can see a whole video series of Medieval Review checking out less known areas of the world and their weaponry. I definitely utilize this channel for fun education. What do you think Mr. Riley? I am still looking for a good Gallowglass :). I can honestly say I would love to watch more videos like this!
Theivv IBP we will see...
I am waiting for that.
The similarities between the Abruzzo statue and Glauberg Prince are striking.
I'm from Abruzzo and I visited the museum of Chieti, where the statue is located. I am also interested in the archaeological history of my region, so I really apreciated what you did. Sorry for the lack of information about here. I myself have done the research the old way, on paper. it's a wonderful region, but not much publicized. By the way, great contenents as always, thank you.
simone ettorre cheers, thank you!
Abruzzo is quite depopulated (the massive emigration is one of the main reason of its low population) and rura its biggest city isn't nothing special and there are several medieval villages up on the mountains wich are now totally abandoned, some of them have been repopulated in the '60s by community of hippies in search of an alternative way of life, but others are still totally abandoned, if you go there you'll feel like you went centuries back in time. the Samnites who lived in Abruzzo were fierce warriors and inflicted a very humiliating defeat to the Romans, at the battle of the Caudine forks.
That sounds like an awesome place to visit just for a well rounded trip to Italy. Screw all that FB and Instagram posts. Go to places for culture and history!
This is not true. The region is not abandoned at all, villages are still inhabited by their original population... This hippies thing you're talking about is completely new to me, and I am from Abruzzo. Granted, the villages are slowly depopulating because they're full of old people, but there are no abandoned villages lol. The biggest city is Pescara, on the Adriatic coast, with an urban area of about 200.000 people, while the administrative center is L'Aquila, in the Appennine mountains, struck by an earthquake in 2009. Of course, the coast is way busier than the inland, that's why you should go to the mountains if you want to experience the ancestral side of Abruzzo. But I also suggest visiting Pescara for its warm climate and beaches, and the province of Chieti for its medieval castles, some of which are from the time of the Longobards. If you want to see Vestine and generally Italic findings, you should go to Pescara's Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo, Chieti's National Archeological Museum of Abruzzo, L'Aquila's National Museum and Teramo's Archeological Museum.
I did not say that the whole region is abondoned, Pescara and L'Aquila are still alive and well, i said that it is not very populous, with mountain villages that are almost abandoned, like Scanno and others that are fully abandoned. Abruzzo isn't very populated, and many emigrated from it in the past decades.
I know what you said, I'm just saying you're wrong. How is Scanno "abandoned"? It's an average Italian village with about 2.000 people, it's not that unusual to have those numbers here. And the population declined in recent years mostly because people from the countryside are moving to bigger cities, usually Pescara, Chieti or L'Aquila, not because of emigration to other countries.
You try to portray Abruzzo as a place people are moving away from, but it's not true. We've always been pretty small in numbers and we're not declining any more than the whole country is, because of the widespread low birth rate.
Lol I lived near Abruzzo
The gladius is SPAINISH in origin... Not originating in Italy proper.
Benjamin Garringer gladius and gladius hispaniensis are not the same.....
There isn't really anything significant to distinguish swords from Abruzzo and swords from other parts of Italy. Greek style swords were used all over Italy before the adoption of the gladius. I don't see how a xiphos better represents the Abruzzo region than any other type of sword used throughout Italian history. That aside I hope your friend enjoys his new sword. I've always liked xiphoi, especially the Italian ones which tend to be a bit longer than their Greek counterparts.
Video reviewer guy said: 'in theory, they're made of all the generally the correct materials (*realises ancient xiphoses weren't carbon steel*) of the things.. (*switches topic midway*) such as weight..'
That sword is probably almost a pound over weight
Braden Vande Plasse standard for Deepeeka, their swords are always overbuilt, but they are great for general reenactors and for extremely specific blades.
They’ve recently made som actually decent historical designs in terms of blades. They now have a decent kopis, xiphos, and gladius. They’re the only ones that hover around 2lbs.
I am at Abruzzo now. Doing my erasmus. Just came to say hello from L'Aquila!
I like the statues sombrero
Great Video! My Mother's Parents were from Abruzzo!
Very cool. I've recently become interested in collecting historic items from my ancestral homeland as well. Unfortunately tracing our lineage has pointed a very broad finger towards Scandinavia in general so it is hard to pin down.
The only specifically italian type of sword i found is the sardinian leppa,not counting the more common medieval sword and gladius
I wonder if this type of thing could make a cool series "a sword from X" where X are the different states/regions of countries in Europe. Spain has 17, France has 13, Germany 16, Poland 10, the UK is a mess and I think it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to pick just 1 from most other countries, heck, I would pick only 4 for Germany and maybe 3 for Poland
Jonas Kr. Huh, a lot of this could be done, but would be hotly contested. Especially in regions with multiple sword types. How do you find just one to represent? It was easy for Abruzzo...
Yeah, I see that, but if you limited it to finds and then picked the most distinct design one might be able to get it done (not actually suggetsing this, would be a horrific amount of work)
It may not be easy to find out about Abruzzos tipical customs and traditions, especially if someone is not italian...
Anyway the word Abruzzo was spelt very well👍
You don't know much about the history of the place i guess....
Sadly it's been forgotten even by it's own people, but it has been important and famous more than once in history and was a great strategical place in it's central position and for that was considered the second richest place of the southern reigns (even tho it's placed higher than Rome, it's been mostly a southern state).
Was even mentioned as exotic and rich by people outside of it (e.g.: it's mentioned in the "Decameron" and later on praised as great as one of the richest by Machiavelli. Even people like Hemingway and Nietzsche have been there and loved the place).
@@lupinthethird7059 yeah you have guessed right. Plus, I wrote this comment a very long time ago and I don't even remember why I wrote it. The only thing I really remember about it is "you spelt Abruzzo well". Now I'm just leaving that part and erasing the rest, instead of beginning a useless argument with someone who seems to have studied the subject. Unexpected for a comment section, isn't it?
Anyway, after I'll have done that just cancel the first paragraph, it would no longer make sense. Leave instead the precious piece of informaton you provided afterwards!
@@samuelebertocchi4930
I'm very glad, happy and honored to have heard such answer!
You're really nice and humble, and it's such rare qualities here on internet :D
You know, I didn't used to think much about Abruzzo too, and didn't like history as well.
Until one day I joined a Reenactment team and met a lot of interesting people and learned a lot about it, and became really fascinated with all that stuff. I feel also a bit angry and ashamed for the fact that most of that stuff it's either forgotten and not even mentioned in our history classes, not much even in University.
We're also trying to get permission to do special collaboration with schools but without much success (lazy burocratic reasons).
By learning history in a different way and also "living it" (kind of) I've discovered a lot of interesting facts and stuff about it and grown even a little sense if pride about it.
We had a lot of forgotten events that makes Abruzzo great (not even mentioning the legends and misteries around, that are so much I've kind of considered this land playfully as "the southern Italy Scotland")
Also, among many historical events, there's one (that started the whole reenactment team) that could have literally changed History, Italy (and possibly the whole europe) as we know it.
In summary:
One of the greatest Captain of Venture of Italy (also europe, Braccio Da Montone) planned very accurately a plan that could have provided him the rule over all the southern Italy and to use its army to gain an easy victory in conquering Vatican (since he was also the one who reorganizized its armies in the past).
This could have brought an italian unity back in 1424 and with all the political linking (especially with Vatican) who knows what mess or wars could have started in Europe.
But his first step was to take Abruzzo and it's main city L'Aquila (second city of the reign and entering point for proceed into the south), which resisted for a long campaign and siege that lasted more than one year. He did all kind of warfare techniques, even psychological ones and even managed to get some inside traitors, but in the end he never managed to lower their morale or enter inside the walls.
He was then defeated by the whole town charging furiously during the last battle for gaining back their freedom, as he was ambushing and almost defeating the rescuing army the Pope and Naples send for save them.
(1424 Battaglia di L'Aquila or Battaglia di Bazzano)
And I feel a bit ashamed that I still have much to learn, but this words shared with you and your comment really made my day and felt good :3
Hope you or someone else might enjoy a lil bit of extra lore as a extra unusual trivia (hoping my english it's not too messy ^^')
@@lupinthethird7059 wow, super interesting! I'm guessing you're abruzzese then, or is there some reenacting group outside Italy that focuses on Abruzzo?
@@samuelebertocchi4930
I'm Abbruzzese, and we are an Abbruzzese group.
"Compagnia Rosso D'Aquila"
Sadly (or ironically) we're more known outside Abruzzo rather than inside of it.
Like, if you ask around here almost no one would know about us, but we're well known among other groups and from other events around Italy (especially in Tuscany thanks to some friendships linking among other groups).
It's a shame people have forgotten about their history and that not even the institutions that are supposed to care about it and support this kind of stuff, don't help about it....
(You might not find much about us on the internet, since we had to renovate few burocratical aspects - new laws and company structure - and kind of restarted the whole social media/ internet aspects)
Never heard of any of this. Nice digging!
Depeeka of all things
jeez ok
NOT SO PRO GAMING Not too uncommon really, they have the market cornered on the intersection of price and options for ancient weapons. It's one of the reasons they are popular with reenactment groups.
i'm from abruzzo, glad to see someone know of us
WHATS WITH THE DOUBLE EYE BLINK (-) (-)
Really nice item, i suggest you to research about the history of Sardinia, one of the biggest island of Italy, the one right in the middle of Mediterranian Sea. We're one of the most ancient population in Italy (maybe even in the world, but i'm not sure), and we've always been both a trading port and fearsome Warriors, the egyptians calle us "Sherden" and feared us quite a lot. We were basically like vikings but in the Mediterranean, and I think you would like the look of them
Oh goppà ma molladdu, ca custu no ha cumprendiu nuddha, cussa spada esti grega
Cool video dude!! :) Dont like the sword though... :D
My father worked in Pescara (Abruzzo) in the 80's and even I visited (when I was 2 years old :P ). I'm from Croatia, country opposite Italy on the Adriatic, and many Croats have connections over there (work, business, etc.) so it is well known to us!
Enjoy! :)
A am a abruzzo love it that are there on people
Didn't know about the Abruzzo area, but was literally just looking at that sword the other week! (Had just concluded a course on Ancient Greece which went into its colonies in Italy a bit). Great video as always. I genuinely enjoyed you sharing your insights & research. Keep up the great work!
Never heard of Abruzzo before, even though it's just across the Adriatic.....but, oh my is that a beautiful sword!
hmmm I think their Alfedena xiphos would match more the one on the statue
the scarecrow You are correct! Good eye. But the other sword is based on an Archaeological find from the dig.
Thicc statue
Italiano?
Kind of an amazing story, fully worthy of Alice!
Now I must do some research about Potenza.
That's all well and good, but what is this statue wearing on its head? A sombrero? :)
Eso parece :)
Cool design though
Nicely made video!
molise doesn't exist
amazing
Are you from the US or..?
pretty sure he is a US citizen with Irish heritage
Salat0 2 U.S.
Interesting, very cool you could help your friend out. I have never heard of that region but my knowledge of Italy is mostly the wine making regions.