This video is arguably the best explanation of "what it meant to be a German" one could find. The modern language use is particularly enjoyable and lends an extraordinary authenticity to the text.- that's quite a feat. Bravo.
Germania is not just German, it's North central Europe today part of Germany, France, Poland, Denmark,Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Austria
I didn't realize that it was paraphrased from older sources, until I heard the narrator say that a tribe were "smart cookies", then I started noticing the modern language. I was confused for about 30 seconds!, i.e. "did the expression "smart cookies" exist in ancient Rome?, WTF"
The modern German language, is NOT the German that was spoken in Ancient Gemania, just to be clear. So to say, "lends an extraordinary authenticity" is a false narrative, sorry to inform.
A great video. Giving it a "modern" translation, made it a very enjoyable to listen to (plus great illustrations). This German/American is now a subscriber.
Really well written and narrated. I personally found this to be perhaps the best contemporary source to try and understand the Germanic peoples of Northern Europe, ironing out the creases and bringing clarity to a mostly Roman perspective.
Thank you, friend. I wholeheartedly agree. Tacitus' account is invaluable to understanding Iron Age Germania. Even if his perspective may have been somewhat influenced by Roman bias, our knowledge of this period would be so much less comprehensive without this work.
Hearing this being primarily Germanic in ancestry it really helps me understand myself by listening to the description of my ancestors. Thank you for narrating this.
@@TheLegendaryLore DNA Tests. Also history. Vikings were Germanic people. Angles and Saxons were Germanic people. Germanic people invaded England twice and just about everyone who descends from the UK has Germanic DNA.
@@inotaishu1You know people can take DNA tests. If he’s of Germanic descent, then the bulk of his ancestors were… Germanic. So this describes the way of life of his ancestors at this time in history.
As someone who has primarily German ancestry, this explains a lot as to my personal behaviors and physical appearance. Never understood why other people want multiple partners, enjoyed big cities, adhered to laws over morals, why I only respect hard working leaders rather than manipulative desk jockeys. Such a beautiful ancient people. I'm grateful that the Romans took the time to document the cultures of others.
I see this quite often, where people, usually Americans, Im sure, writing they have some trait or behaviour, which they put down to their stereotypical idea of some country or ethnic group. Which some of their ancestors had come from. For example, I love pasta and pizza, it must be because my grandfather's family were Italian. Or 'When I was young always liked getting drunk and fighting, and being rebellious. It must because some of my ancestors where Irish.' etc. They dont seem to understand most of these behavioural traits are not a genetic predisposition. They are the result of the culture the person grows up in.
@@andreamuller9009 It is both, actually. Just like a Border Collie naturally tries to herd smaller animals, without anyone encouraging such behavior. My Bichon Frise has never tried to herd anyone/anything, he simply demands affection and food. I do appreciate that you are probably German and terrified of being thought of as not woke enough, or not beaten into shame for the history of your ancestors. Nobody needs to be lectured by you, me or anyone though.
@@tenbroeck1958 This is the first time that someone has accused me of being afraid of not being woke enough or even putting me anywhere near woke.😂 I always find people like you who compare dogs to people very funny. Dogs were specifically bred for appearance but also for character traits that were intended to serve a specific purpose. While the Bichon Frise is a companion dog that has never been used for anything other than entertaining people, hence its charming, cheerful character and cute appearance, the Border Collie is a working dog, this breed has a strong natural hunting instinct, but the killing instinct has been eliminated bred away .... so that he can round up the herd (like wolves do before they attack) without hurting the sheep ..... ideal for herding. I don't know that certain ethnic groups are pure entertainers or pure guardians/hunters or soldiers. In fact, in every ethic there are people who like to entertain others and others who prefer to protect their fellow human beings, depending on their individual inclinations and character. And as for monogamy and polygamy....it's not like there are some people in western culture who aren't happy with just one partner at a time, unfaithful men and women make for a high divorce rate. While e.g. b. In an Arab country a woman finds herself as a second wife, with us it is the secret lover .... we just regulate the problem of polygamy differently ..... so quite simply a cultural/social difference. So now I'll switch off the smartass mode🤓.....hopefully you feel well instructed🤪😘
@kolober2045 In my region ( north-west friesland) , the bones of à cow from+/- the 7th century were found. It was an adult bovine and was , Indeed, very small! Something like 1m30 .
I come from the rural midwest in America. It was predominantly settled by Germanic people. The correlation of characteristics between ancient Germans and modern day rural Midwesterners staggering. I swear its like hes talking about ancient Wisconsinites lol
As a Wisconsinite myself, and of 91% Germanic heritage, (one set of Grandparents came from Germany), I agree with many allusions drawn with regard to inherited traits. As to the narrative of intolerance for heat or cold, I do love my State's 103°F days in Summer, and the -32°F in our brutal Winters.
Settler America was pastoralist by nature due to the dust bowl. There’s no reason to believe one community or the other would be isolated enough not to be a mix of other American ethnicities. It’s only along the west or east coast division occurs. East because ghettos and west because it was mountainous. This comment comes across as grasping for roots that aren’t there. If you’re German it’s because you’re German, not because of some historic reason.
@mueezadam8438 I'm not talking about ethnicity. I'm talking about lifestyle. Although there is some overlap with ethnicity I would say it probably comes more from the environment.
That was interessting, thank you. 👍Tacitus was a smart man, but still a roman. I wish the germanic tribes had left us something like this in their own words.
A lot of this still is true with Germanic people. Especially the heat and thirst weakness! I live in Ohio so its cold winters and warm summers. A lot of Germanic lines here
@@allon33 That's far. Well, and 30 weeks of preparation at home would be wise. People who want to talk to the stars and the trees and the rocks should not waste precious time in crowded cities, malls, and castles.
Its almost scary (65% Germanic hereitage here) how many behavioral characteristics I share with these people. Thank you for this. It was enjoyable and educational.
@@OCA8WhitePeopleAreAlbinosOCA8 I still won't understand why people gotta associate personalities and flaws with skin color 🤔🧐. It's sad when every shade of the skin hates each other
Wow…absolutely brilliant mate.👍 So many tribes! Not to mention you covered those that border near Germania as well. Once again, you tell it, in such great detail.👍
I find it amazing that Tacitus knew about the Sami. He calls them the Fenni(Finns) but it's clear that Finns at this time were indistinguishable from the Sami and apart of the same culture.
Amazing video ❤ thank you I like to listen with playback slowed to 0.75% because it's easier to process all the info that I will be talking to people about 😊
I don’t care for modern slang use. When I listen to something pertaining to history I want to hear it at an educated level of English, not like someone’s about to start rapping.
"Why did you guys destroy Rome?" We did not. The East Roman Empire survived to become The Byzantine Empire. The West Roman Empire was reborn as The 'Holy' Roman Empire. I am sad to say we Germans had become the new legionaries to spread Rome's version of Judaism aka Christianity aka SSS (Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome). If we had destroyed Imperial Rome, the world today might have been a better place. It's possible we wouldn't have the so-called world leaders trying to herd us from their palaces of painted white sandstone. Why did we fight Rome? Germans- even though slavery was not taboo among us- were not fond of slavery. Imperialism is slavery inside of convenience. We did not like it. We did not like their cities which were breeding grounds for disease and bad tempers and they were all around ugly. You've got the wrong picture of Rome if you're thinking Russell Crowe Gladiator. The reason so many of us stayed in Rome is because they offered us lucrative trades to employ in or adventure and glory with the legions. We did not like that they hid their savagery behind a facade of civility. We did not like their controlling elitist hivemind mentality. And we LOATHED their fondness for chubby little boys, especially of foreign peoples. There is truth that without Rome, we might have not have advanced in technology as we did. But seeing the destruction of the tribe/clan/family structure, the wasteful plundering of the natural world, and technology becoming smarter as we grow stupider, I think it would have been best that The Roman Empire, and Empires in general, had not existed. We would not have all this history to read from either, you may argue, yet- "All glory is fleeting." - George S. Patton.
What George meant is that men such as Achilles or Alexander the Great or Ermanaz/Hermann/Arminius or Attila or Harald Godwinson, however great their prowess and fame, will drift away. Through all of Earth's incarnations going back before The Antediluvian or The Dinosaur Age, how many kings, warriors, or inventors have faded away to all except The Great Spirit and the handful of ancient souls choosing to be reborn on this sad planet? Even interdimensional beings such as Zeus or Odin, whose battles with The Nephilim/Titans/Giants are still spoken of, will seem like foggy dreams eventually. Yet... No one, no place, and nothing is truly lost.
Am sorry as someone from southern part of north Africa, I know what you feel, they love erasing histories, we have their tribes ruling us today anyways, that's why all our capitals are near them today (all up north), apparently you guys were the good guys, but no one taught us and we couldn't differentiate, sad thing, maybe we did differentiate but we somehow lost to them. They erase so so much.. But cheer up and don't let them beat your self esteem, I'm trying too... Maybe I should start a channel of my own and speak up. Before we all drown
The reason the Germans fought in Roman armies is the same reason the Numidians followed Carthage and Rome across the alps: hunters make good warriors and the only way a hunter is leaving their ancestral land is if their way of life becomes impossible AKA foreign settler encroachment and Little Ice Age. Moreover, the Romans built a permanent garrison along the Rhine even though it was a natural part of German Pastoralist migration. They were forced to feed their families SOMEHOW so the men became soldiers instead of hunters. Germans would have been ‘civilized’ if it was through trade as well, look at the neighbours of Babylon, Phonecia, Aztec, etc. those were trade civilizations unlike Rome or China who were tributary rulers
Like with some other specialized warrior cultures the Roman Empire made widely use of Germanic cavalry (spear armed). Already Caesar used them for his campaign in Gaul.
A good chunk of the images in the video look like AI generated, but some other are obviously not. For this images, this artwork, do you have the authors names? If you do, could you shared it with me? I want to look up their work.
@@TheLegendaryLore they are on general surprisingly good, although there are some random inconsequences like a spear sticking out of nowhere or on the wrong side of the shield etc or people wearing mail and other iron armour while text discusses the sparsity of iron among Germans. Anyway I find your modern interpretation of the classical text very interesting and the video is truly excellent and great.
@@vyderka I often have to generate several images to obtain one that is satisfactory enough to include in the video. At times, I must compromise and settle for less than perfection. Once a few technical issues are resolved, I plan to use Stable Diffusion to eliminate peculiarities such as odd spears and armor. Thank you for your kind words!
@@TheLegendaryLore Well, now I have lowered my gaze in deference to the grace of your kind, direct reply rather than our somewhat abrupt comments. I want to thank you for any well-intentioned translation of Tacitus, one of my Five Good Hero's from Antiquity. The colloquial style does work for many Romanophiles, and your channel enjoys many clearly interested fans who very much enjoyed and maybe preferred the tone. I believe Tacitus has been derogated for curt writing, although I love his "taciturn style," in either modern English or in his own Latin--elegant for all its concision. The important thing is that Classical Latin lives on, and thus so does Scipio, Tacitus, Lucretius, Hadrian, Caelestius and Boethius. Oh, whoops-make that my Six Good Romans. Gratia tibi!
@@prototropo Thank you kindly for your thoughtful and eloquent comment. Your appreciation for the original styles does resonate with me. I venture into the realm of colloquialism with a noble cause - to render these ancient texts and tales more accessible to our contemporaries. As much as we treasure the antiquity of these works, there is (I hope) merit in reshaping them into narratives that speak to our modern sensibilities. Thus extend their reach and make their words practically useful for a larger audience, ensuring that the legacy of our ancestors remains alive and impactful. Gratias tibi ago for your generous words and insightful reflections.
As a Belgian/ Flemish man im very interested in learning more about my ancestry aka Germania. As julius ceasar said we were the bravest of all the Gauls 💪🫅
I think natural red hair confused the Romans the most and of course it is particularly noticeable. It should perhaps be mentioned that at the time of Julius Caesar it was fashionable in high society in Rome to wear blonde and red wigs... Cleopathra the 7th, by the way, is also depicted with red hair in wall paintings by Roman artists... and the source for the production of these wigs was the hair of Germanic women....women's hair was actually a Germanic trade good. And yes, you could bleach and dye back then... I'll bet some of the " red Germanic hair" that was sold to the Romans wasn't actually originally red and fake. ;) And let's be honest, Tacitus only knew what he wrote down from hearsay... he was never in Germania
Seems like the Lower Saxony people remained the most like their forefathers. And maybe the ones in Austria and Eastern Bavaria. As in they seemed to already be quite civilised. Industrious and peaceful for the Lower Saxony ones and quite relatable to Southern Europeans for the latter.
Yes, they had, but as a tall person you could only fit in there by squatting....there are also natural hot springs in Germany, but the most common one was probably the sweat bath, for that you only need a sweat lodge, hot stones and a little water.. It's not quite as hot as a sauna, but enough to get nice warm... first you wash yourself with cold water, then sweat and then wash again with cold water. They also knew how to make soap. By the way, every warrior had a care set with him with an ear spoon for cleaning the ears, a wooden box of soap-based pomade for the hair and a hairbrush, razor for trimming the beard... at least that's what acheologists have found... and not that few of them. Apparently they wanted to go into battle looking good....in case they had to face their gods.
@@andreamuller9009The sauna in it's modern form originates from these older bathhouses. This is why the Swedish word for sauna "bastu" derives from the medieval Swedish word for "bathhouse", and it's sometimes still called that formally, "badstuga" in modern Swedish.
Germanics is much more than just the Germans, though. And the first Germanics came from Scandinavia. The Scandis, Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Flemish and many more are all Germanics. Hell, even the northern French are mostly Germanic (i.e. the Franks).The Germans borrow their name from the ancient Germanics, not the other way around.
@@SonsOfMars-Game Germanic, not German... the two are not interchangeable. And the *NORTHERN* French have mostly Frankish (i.e. Germanic) ancestry. The Franks who settled in *NORTHERN* France were mostly from the area that is now SW Germany and Belgium, while the remaining Celtic influence was mostly in other parts of France. History and ancestry is not nearly as clear-cut as a lot of people seem to think, and rarely lines up with modern borders/nationality. Same deal as with the English proudly proclaiming their supposed Anglo-Saxon roots, completely ignoring all the other peoples that settled there.
@@Gliese380 You are splitting hairs. I meant Germanic, Modern germans are Germanic mostly. Lots of slavic admixture. BUT What you said about the frnks just simply isnt trrue. They are overwhelmingly celtic
@@SonsOfMars-Gamewhat exactly is the definition of Celtic in this context? Outside of Brittany, there isn’t much of what we would think of as a Celtic culture to speak of, and the rest of France got romanized and later mixed with Germanics, basques (or rather, “cousins” of the basque), Greeks, Phoenicians/punics, Norsemen, a bit of Arab/Berber, et al. Is England mostly Celtic? Switzerland? How about northern Italy? The majority of Spain not limited to Galicia? What about various parts of the Balkans or even turkey? Where specifically is your line for what makes a person Celtic (or any other group)? Clearly not all of these places aren’t Celtic nations or even mostly Celtic by the general population, so again, what is your definition that fits the assertion but doesn’t otherwise conflict?
@@youthoughtaboutit6946 There is a genetic factor. You dont have to argue with me about it. Argue with the geneticists that discovered this. Modern French are genetically indistinct from guals. Same cannot be said of the irish or anyone from britain. In fact English are less celtic than the french even
I don't get how the language of Aestii is ”closer to British”. Do you mean the old Angles, that lived in northern Germany and Denmark, or the old Celtic ”Brittōnēs”? I read somewhere that Celtic tribes used to live in Poland, not just in Silesia. If Aesti were a Germanic tribe, clearly they were in northern or central Poland, in the vicinity of western Balts (the original Prussians).
The original text says "lingua Britannicae propior," which refers to modern-day England, Scotland, and Wales. One should not to read too much into this work, though. After all, Tacitus was writing with the information he had. He was working from what others told him and his own interpretations, which could have been a bit broad or inaccurate.
So this is like the hip hop Germania, makes it interesting. I'd a dug it more with a little pointer thing showing about where you were on the map as you went.
My family, langenfeld were land owners in Germany in the second half of the 11th century. There is a latin document, land decree Id lije to learn more of who they were
I am 25% Scottish (which would be split between Hibernian and Pictish Celtic as well as some amount of Anglo-Saxon due to my Scottish lineage being lowlanders) and about 70-75% percent English (the English portion of course being partly Anglo-Saxon-Frisian-Jutish-Danish and partly Brythonic Celtic), when I observe the particular region of England I live in it is fair to estimate my Germanic heritage as making up 45-55% of my overall ethno-cultural makeup, and this lines up very well with how these ancient Germans align with my attitudes habits and preferences. Half the time I hear a detail or a description and it resonates with me to my very core seeming almost self-evident as the ideal way to live, love, or die, and the other half of the time I hear something and think 'bloody Germans'. If the English were fully Germanic in quality, we wouldn't share so much in common with the Welsh who exist as the primary bastion of relatively intact Brythonic Celtic society today. The Scots sometimes confuse us but sometimes are as brothers, the Irish often appear as a different species to ourselves being weirdly similar in temperament to mainland Europeans despite being even more geographically separate from them than than us, but the Welsh strike us as being just different enough to notice but being broadly familiar, even if they do speak an incomprehensible eldritch spider language.
Nice, end map location is wildly inaccurate though. Tribes described there are the inhabitants of fennos-scandia. Also Scandinavia is described and named earlier already so the tribes with Names starting with S are probably related to Suomi (Finnland in Finnish) boats are most likely peoeple of finnic tribes because they inhabited at the time most of the shores of Baltic Sea at the time of writing this. Still until about 1700's around half of the coast from northern Sweden to Curonian coast in the Baltia. Just look it up. Google old ethnographich maps, filter out each mapmakers special pet peeve bias and there you go. Uisko is the name of the longboat that can be dragged over the land between rivers. Finnic word used for example be Swedes 1300 Eric cronicle and by russians sources as well. Early akademic ethnographic studies have well documented boat riding finnic trades people (Karelian "laukkuryssä") conducting their business with early photograps as well as use of form of longboats as "kirkkovene", communal rowing boat for ride to church. Technically this did not completely die out as kirkkovene still is a thing. What comes to inhabitants of Core of the "Svea-land", everyday pottery found at Birka (Björkö) is typed as being finnic, and that should tell a lot, no matter what kind of counter-argument. Also if one has that etnographic map of north europe at around 1850 in your mind to give you directions of how languages and identities have shifted quite resently you shoud be able to see that there is a problem with this interpretation. Interpretation that modern study does not back up. Oh by the way only sea that really freezes over the winter, having any relevanse to these texts is Gulf of Botnia. Norwegian coast newer freeze and most of baltic stays clear as well, even the southernmost tip of present day Finland, Hanko usuallu stays clear of ice, hence it always has been and still is a harbour. Oh oh, also while finnic tribes inhabited most of the coast of baltic sea one also sould take note that large parts of coast were actually mostly uninhabited, yes that is right. Because of constant war and riding there had to be defences, fortification at place. One should take note of power wacuums as well.
Hey, thanks for the heads-up and the solid feedback! I put a good deal of time into researching for this video, but it's entirely possible (if not guaranteed) that I might have goofed up on some locations. I'll do some more homework on this. Cheers for keeping me on my toes!
@@TheLegendaryLoreI think that you did a great job. I can only imagine the work out into this. It's a lot to take on. A mistake or two is to be expected.
>Scandinavia is described and named earlier already so the tribes with Names starting with S are probably related to Suomi (Finnland in Finnish) Thanks for the good laugh, whole text through is a great fairytale pekka
Very important to bear in mind that Tacitus had no first hand experience in what he was writing about AND that his work was influenced by others and was not an ethnography......so really it's just rumors, gossip and hearsay. Sketchy, distorted, and with many errors, not admissible in court. Still, the so-called "Germans" sound filthy, poor and backwards.
As a Norwegian this made me giggle. Many of these accounts needs to be taken with a grain of salt, mostly because the observer will see it and understand it from their own cultural understanding and context. And beauty is subjective. Zzz
What mattered for Cicero was how it was meant to inspire virtue. Not just in the moral sense, but in the broader appeal to "true spiritedness," according to the Roman understanding.
wtf is wrong with images? look at the hands. seems as someone just screwed up trying to alter the photos into painting like images and made a mess out of them.
Kind of funny, but I have red hair and blue eyes and my mom's family on both sides came from Germany. I was a medic in the army. I don't think of myself as a bad ass, but who knows. I don't like to be f'd with either.
@@spudspuddy Thank you, friend. Constructive criticism is always welcome, and I completely understand why some people prefer the original translation. While these videos may not resonate with everyone, the overwhelming majority of comments suggest that many viewers prefer a tone that enables them to concentrate on the content rather than spending time interpreting the text.
To be fair Tacitus’ Germania must be read only after thorough source criticism. It is neither a reliable source about Germans nor is it certain that it was indeed meant to be so. Ultimately more historic fantasy fable than anything else, especially ethnography…
which is funny considering the vast majority of what he says is verifiable through linguistic evidence, descendant cultural evidence, and what is reported in other sources at the same time and later.
This is great, but would have been much better if you didn't intentionally try to make it as modern as possible and "down with the kids" with slang and the like, lol. Just a rephrasing/rewriting in ordinary contemporary language would have been perfect.
he knows this. he's just saying German because it's a weird English translation of the original. most English translations of the text use German to translate "germāni" rather than something else
A foreign population that has zero interest in becoming German. Erasure occurs when people are assimilated AKA Germans in America or the indigenous population is eradicated which no matter how much you wish it were true the only people who do that are Europeans to other Europeans
you made sure that I would never consider Tacitus' Germania as any trustworthy source on the region and times back then. Sorry, but just this worshipping of Hercules, Mercury, Mars and Isis and the whole purity of ancestry or being practically naked is such nonsense, with archeology straight up disproving it.
Hercules = Þunraz (thor) Mercury = Wōðnaz (odin) Mars = Tīwaz/Þings- (týr) and sometimes Wōðnaz the ancestry thing is just tacitus' own personal commentary on the people (which is quite clear from the wording of the original text) but the naked thing is one of the few things i will say may actually be inaccurate from the text. most of the content however is either accurate or based on some amount of truth.
@@inotaishu1 "interpretatio germanica" is pretty much accepted as fact at this point by the scholarly world not just by the numerous Roman (and later Germanic) sources that state as such, but also by cultural and linguistic evidence. We wouldn't have the current names for the days of the week if it wasn't the case. Also the fact that these deities can easily trace their lineage to common Indo-European deitic figures also helps.
Thank for your feedback. Tacitus did write in a somewhat ironic or snarky style, that includes parts of Germania. I've made an effort to mirror his nuanced tone to a certain extent.
This is a very intersting take on Tacitus' 'Germania'; I read it (along with his, 'Agricola') some 40 odd years ago, however I do not remember it being written in a modern, Yankee colloquial language 🤣 That minor criticism aside, I really enjoyed the reenactment group photos; which group is it and where are they from?
@@TheLegendaryLore Oh that's a shame about the reenactment group; would have made a great excuse to travel to Germany for a holiday and watch a display of theirs. Thanks for the reply 👍
Hi, Northgerman here (Cheruscian area). There are very many reenactment groups all over Germany. Just google the tribe's name for it. There are even special events in summer and autumn. Hope I could help.
Thanks for being honest, I appreciate your constructive feedback. While not for everyone, the majority of comments indicate preferences for a tone that allows one to focus on content rather than deciphering somewhat archaic translations. I'm still working on striking the right balance between modernizing and avoiding excessive slang, though.
@@noahwig500Thanks brother. Modernizing old texts had been on my mind since I was a boy - long before RUclips existed. You know, one of those ideas that keep popping up in your mind but often remain just that.
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This video is arguably the best explanation of "what it meant to be a German" one could find. The modern language use is particularly enjoyable and lends an extraordinary authenticity to the text.- that's quite a feat. Bravo.
Germania is not just German, it's North central Europe today part of Germany, France, Poland, Denmark,Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Austria
@@veronicajensen7690 You mean all the countries that Germany invaded?
I didn't realize that it was paraphrased from older sources, until I heard the narrator say that a tribe were "smart cookies", then I started noticing the modern language. I was confused for about 30 seconds!, i.e. "did the expression "smart cookies" exist in ancient Rome?, WTF"
@@radiojet1429no it wasn’t Germany. It was Germania. It wasn’t the Germans. It was the Germanics.
The modern German language, is NOT the German that was spoken in Ancient Gemania, just to be clear. So to say, "lends an extraordinary authenticity" is a false narrative, sorry to inform.
HERMANN THE GERMAN FOREVER👐🏻🤙🏻 Thanks for the share enjoyed it with my morning caffeine!
Thank you, brother!
I love the Roman perspective
Smugness
superiority
Demands trade for seashell, amber
A great video. Giving it a "modern" translation, made it a very enjoyable to listen to (plus great illustrations). This German/American is now a subscriber.
Really well written and narrated. I personally found this to be perhaps the best contemporary source to try and understand the Germanic peoples of Northern Europe, ironing out the creases and bringing clarity to a mostly Roman perspective.
Thank you, friend. I wholeheartedly agree. Tacitus' account is invaluable to understanding Iron Age Germania. Even if his perspective may have been somewhat influenced by Roman bias, our knowledge of this period would be so much less comprehensive without this work.
RUclips, the place to come for all the details.
Hearing this being primarily Germanic in ancestry it really helps me understand myself by listening to the description of my ancestors. Thank you for narrating this.
Thank you for listening :)
how do you know that these were your ancestors? It is nothing unusual for a german to have slavic or sometimes celtic ancestors.
@@TheLegendaryLore DNA Tests. Also history. Vikings were Germanic people. Angles and Saxons were Germanic people. Germanic people invaded England twice and just about everyone who descends from the UK has Germanic DNA.
@@inotaishu1You know people can take DNA tests. If he’s of Germanic descent, then the bulk of his ancestors were… Germanic. So this describes the way of life of his ancestors at this time in history.
@@jaxn13 that is complete BS, DNA cannot tell you how your ancestors lived.
As someone who has primarily German ancestry, this explains a lot as to my personal behaviors and physical appearance. Never understood why other people want multiple partners, enjoyed big cities, adhered to laws over morals, why I only respect hard working leaders rather than manipulative desk jockeys.
Such a beautiful ancient people. I'm grateful that the Romans took the time to document the cultures of others.
Hopefully you are aware that monogamy is not hereditary, just as polygamy is not... that is a cultural thing, not a DNA thing
I see this quite often, where people, usually Americans, Im sure, writing they have some trait or behaviour, which they put down to their stereotypical idea of some country or ethnic group. Which some of their ancestors had come from. For example, I love pasta and pizza, it must be because my grandfather's family were Italian. Or 'When I was young always liked getting drunk and fighting, and being rebellious. It must because some of my ancestors where Irish.' etc. They dont seem to understand most of these behavioural traits are not a genetic predisposition. They are the result of the culture the person grows up in.
@@andreamuller9009 It is both, actually. Just like a Border Collie naturally tries to herd smaller animals, without anyone encouraging such behavior. My Bichon Frise has never tried to herd anyone/anything, he simply demands affection and food. I do appreciate that you are probably German and terrified of being thought of as not woke enough, or not beaten into shame for the history of your ancestors. Nobody needs to be lectured by you, me or anyone though.
@@TheEggmaniac What ancestry do you attribute your tendency to sit in a small closet, deeply sniffing your own farts to?
@@tenbroeck1958 This is the first time that someone has accused me of being afraid of not being woke enough or even putting me anywhere near woke.😂
I always find people like you who compare dogs to people very funny.
Dogs were specifically bred for appearance but also for character traits that were intended to serve a specific purpose. While the Bichon Frise is a companion dog that has never been used for anything other than entertaining people, hence its charming, cheerful character and cute appearance, the Border Collie is a working dog, this breed has a strong natural hunting instinct, but the killing instinct has been eliminated bred away .... so that he can round up the herd (like wolves do before they attack) without hurting the sheep ..... ideal for herding.
I don't know that certain ethnic groups are pure entertainers or pure guardians/hunters or soldiers. In fact, in every ethic there are people who like to entertain others and others who prefer to protect their fellow human beings, depending on their individual inclinations and character.
And as for monogamy and polygamy....it's not like there are some people in western culture who aren't happy with just one partner at a time, unfaithful men and women make for a high divorce rate.
While e.g. b. In an Arab country a woman finds herself as a second wife, with us it is the secret lover .... we just regulate the problem of polygamy differently ..... so quite simply a cultural/social difference.
So now I'll switch off the smartass mode🤓.....hopefully you feel well instructed🤪😘
earlier - "the climate and soil sucks, don't even think about growing fruit" .... later - "they're so lazy they don't plant orchards"
Ha, good observation. I don't have an explanation for the contradiction, but he did essentially write that.
"Their cows are small, and lack that classic cow look." Tacitus really just body-shamed the cows of Germania. Who is he to judge?
True 😄
he was a cattle expert
Cows do not feel shame.
His comment on German cows almost caused another teutoburg forest uprising.i mean,how dare he insult German cows?😏
@kolober2045
In my region ( north-west friesland) , the bones of à cow from+/- the 7th century were found. It was an adult bovine and was , Indeed, very small!
Something like 1m30 .
Great job, mate. Good reading tone and gripping pictures. Looking forward to seeing you grow.
Thank you, brother. I appreciate the encouragement.
I come from the rural midwest in America. It was predominantly settled by Germanic people. The correlation of characteristics between ancient Germans and modern day rural Midwesterners staggering. I swear its like hes talking about ancient Wisconsinites lol
Well ancient Wisconsinites had nothing to do with Germans or any other Europeans.
@@DominikFriedrich I know it's a joke. Lol I'm saying the accident version of it's modern inhabitants
As a Wisconsinite myself, and of 91% Germanic heritage, (one set of Grandparents came from Germany), I agree with many allusions drawn with regard to inherited traits. As to the
narrative of intolerance for heat or cold, I do love my State's 103°F days in Summer, and the -32°F in our brutal Winters.
Settler America was pastoralist by nature due to the dust bowl. There’s no reason to believe one community or the other would be isolated enough not to be a mix of other American ethnicities. It’s only along the west or east coast division occurs. East because ghettos and west because it was mountainous. This comment comes across as grasping for roots that aren’t there. If you’re German it’s because you’re German, not because of some historic reason.
@mueezadam8438 I'm not talking about ethnicity. I'm talking about lifestyle. Although there is some overlap with ethnicity I would say it probably comes more from the environment.
Loved this, and the modern language adds flavor to the descriptions!
Brilliant history lesson, well done.
That was interessting, thank you. 👍Tacitus was a smart man, but still a roman. I wish the germanic tribes had left us something like this in their own words.
the first sentence would probably be: "Stop calling his germanics and throwing us into one pot you roman idiots!!!"
Subscribed, liked and comment to boost the algorythim.. you deserve it man . Thank u for these videos
Thank you so much, friend! That means a lot.
Absolutely the best documentary in words and images!!! 👏
A lot of this still is true with Germanic people. Especially the heat and thirst weakness! I live in Ohio so its cold winters and warm summers. A lot of Germanic lines here
Germania, the homeland I never saw.
It loves to hide in remote places and avoided seasons. img.fotocommunity.com/moor-winter-fe2cbf76-0859-469e-8147-f83f09513520.jpg?width=1000
How many hours would you have to travel?
@@ottosaxo I'm in Australia, so 30 hours by Jet.
@@allon33 That's far. Well, and 30 weeks of preparation at home would be wise. People who want to talk to the stars and the trees and the rocks should not waste precious time in crowded cities, malls, and castles.
@@ottosaxo I would love walk through the forests over there.
Its almost scary (65% Germanic hereitage here) how many behavioral characteristics I share with these people. Thank you for this. It was enjoyable and educational.
Danish here 🇩🇰
Like what?
U Albinos have always been so distant something is strange about it
@@OCA8WhitePeopleAreAlbinosOCA8 I still won't understand why people gotta associate personalities and flaws with skin color 🤔🧐. It's sad when every shade of the skin hates each other
@dingolightfoot8823 Albino I don't hate u thats ur name why do u hate ur name so much 😊
Wow…absolutely brilliant mate.👍
So many tribes!
Not to mention you covered those that border near Germania as well.
Once again, you tell it, in such great detail.👍
Outstanding work! Thank you!
Thank you, friend!
Even myself as very Anglo-Saxon looking I can notice some traits here that I definitely still carry. Very interesting and a fun reading, thank you
Absolutely. Technology has changed a lot, but we change much, much slower.
Anglo-Saxons are Germanic, so that would be expected
Ohhhh more like this please! Great channel man!
I find it amazing that Tacitus knew about the Sami. He calls them the Fenni(Finns) but it's clear that Finns at this time were indistinguishable from the Sami and apart of the same culture.
Excellent video, well done!
Thank you, friend!
This is amazing
Thank you, brother!
I agree!
In the 1930's this work was being described as the most dangerous book in the world...
Those Germans were some straight up G's Yo
I’m sold, sign me up! Good job!
Thank you, friend! I'm happy you enjoyed it.
Great video I found it very relaxing while driving
Thank you. Don't get too relaxed while you're driving 😄
This is GOOD. There is a huge amount of information here I've not seen elsewhere.
Me keeping pace with the 400. Subscribed 👍😉
Also. I love your delivery. Great video 🔥
This guy knows what he is talkig about! love it
great video
Thank you, friend!
North Europeans still can't handle hot weather 😊
You only need one summer in the south to get accustomed to the hot weather. I know this from experience 😄
Tell me about it
@TheLegendaryLore have you ever been here in Southern Maryland in the summer?
I am a Northerner and actually love hot weather. :D
@@Nazdreg1 come to Washington DC and then tell me how you like it when it's 96° to 100° and 70 percent humidity
Amazing video ❤ thank you
I like to listen with playback slowed to 0.75% because it's easier to process all the info that I will be talking to people about 😊
I don’t care for modern slang use. When I listen to something pertaining to history I want to hear it at an educated level of English, not like someone’s about to start rapping.
"Why did you guys destroy Rome?"
We did not. The East Roman Empire survived to become The Byzantine Empire. The West Roman Empire was reborn as The 'Holy' Roman Empire. I am sad to say we Germans had become the new legionaries to spread Rome's version of Judaism aka Christianity aka SSS (Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome).
If we had destroyed Imperial Rome, the world today might have been a better place. It's possible we wouldn't have the so-called world leaders trying to herd us from their palaces of painted white sandstone.
Why did we fight Rome? Germans- even though slavery was not taboo among us- were not fond of slavery. Imperialism is slavery inside of convenience. We did not like it. We did not like their cities which were breeding grounds for disease and bad tempers and they were all around ugly. You've got the wrong picture of Rome if you're thinking Russell Crowe Gladiator.
The reason so many of us stayed in Rome is because they offered us lucrative trades to employ in or adventure and glory with the legions.
We did not like that they hid their savagery behind a facade of civility. We did not like their controlling elitist hivemind mentality. And we LOATHED their fondness for chubby little boys, especially of foreign peoples.
There is truth that without Rome, we might have not have advanced in technology as we did. But seeing the destruction of the tribe/clan/family structure, the wasteful plundering of the natural world, and technology becoming smarter as we grow stupider, I think it would have been best that The Roman Empire, and Empires in general, had not existed.
We would not have all this history to read from either, you may argue, yet-
"All glory is fleeting." - George S. Patton.
What George meant is that men such as Achilles or Alexander the Great or Ermanaz/Hermann/Arminius or Attila or Harald Godwinson, however great their prowess and fame, will drift away. Through all of Earth's incarnations going back before The Antediluvian or The Dinosaur Age, how many kings, warriors, or inventors have faded away to all except The Great Spirit and the handful of ancient souls choosing to be reborn on this sad planet?
Even interdimensional beings such as Zeus or Odin, whose battles with The Nephilim/Titans/Giants are still spoken of, will seem like foggy dreams eventually. Yet... No one, no place, and nothing is truly lost.
Am sorry as someone from southern part of north Africa, I know what you feel, they love erasing histories, we have their tribes ruling us today anyways, that's why all our capitals are near them today (all up north), apparently you guys were the good guys, but no one taught us and we couldn't differentiate, sad thing, maybe we did differentiate but we somehow lost to them. They erase so so much.. But cheer up and don't let them beat your self esteem, I'm trying too... Maybe I should start a channel of my own and speak up. Before we all drown
The reason the Germans fought in Roman armies is the same reason the Numidians followed Carthage and Rome across the alps: hunters make good warriors and the only way a hunter is leaving their ancestral land is if their way of life becomes impossible AKA foreign settler encroachment and Little Ice Age.
Moreover, the Romans built a permanent garrison along the Rhine even though it was a natural part of German Pastoralist migration. They were forced to feed their families SOMEHOW so the men became soldiers instead of hunters.
Germans would have been ‘civilized’ if it was through trade as well, look at the neighbours of Babylon, Phonecia, Aztec, etc. those were trade civilizations unlike Rome or China who were tributary rulers
Who are you, and why are you so good at making videos?
Thanks, brother! I'm basically just smashing some images together 😄
Like with some other specialized warrior cultures the Roman Empire made widely use of Germanic cavalry (spear armed). Already Caesar used them for his campaign in Gaul.
Had to stop listening at 35:00 the slang just really disconnects the original texts intent or information.
Just found out I’m 45% German according to Ancestry. So it was cool listening to this
DNA tests are 1 % reliable
A good chunk of the images in the video look like AI generated, but some other are obviously not. For this images, this artwork, do you have the authors names? If you do, could you shared it with me? I want to look up their work.
So this is how a Roman scholar, 98 AD , wrote between watching Tik Tok Shorts and The Simpson reruns.
The next time someone calls me out for being lazy and shiftless, I'll claim an attack on my cultural heritage.
He would never have said that to a German's face 😄
BTW Your comment was auto-held for review.
Are these illustrating images AI generated? Anyway, wonderful production. Pleasure to listen.
Thank you, friend. Most of the images are generated by AI.
@@TheLegendaryLore they are on general surprisingly good, although there are some random inconsequences like a spear sticking out of nowhere or on the wrong side of the shield etc or people wearing mail and other iron armour while text discusses the sparsity of iron among Germans. Anyway I find your modern interpretation of the classical text very interesting and the video is truly excellent and great.
@@vyderka I often have to generate several images to obtain one that is satisfactory enough to include in the video. At times, I must compromise and settle for less than perfection. Once a few technical issues are resolved, I plan to use Stable Diffusion to eliminate peculiarities such as odd spears and armor.
Thank you for your kind words!
The modern slang just doesn’t cut it.
I agree.
I appreciate your comment - constructive criticism is valuable feedback.
@@TheLegendaryLore Well, now I have lowered my gaze in deference to the grace of your kind, direct reply rather than our somewhat abrupt comments. I want to thank you for any well-intentioned translation of Tacitus, one of my Five Good Hero's from Antiquity. The colloquial style does work for many Romanophiles, and your channel enjoys many clearly interested fans who very much enjoyed and maybe preferred the tone.
I believe Tacitus has been derogated for curt writing, although I love his "taciturn style," in either modern English or in his own Latin--elegant for all its concision.
The important thing is that Classical Latin lives on, and thus so does Scipio, Tacitus, Lucretius, Hadrian, Caelestius and Boethius. Oh, whoops-make that my Six Good Romans.
Gratia tibi!
@@prototropo Thank you kindly for your thoughtful and eloquent comment. Your appreciation for the original styles does resonate with me.
I venture into the realm of colloquialism with a noble cause - to render these ancient texts and tales more accessible to our contemporaries. As much as we treasure the antiquity of these works, there is (I hope) merit in reshaping them into narratives that speak to our modern sensibilities. Thus extend their reach and make their words practically useful for a larger audience, ensuring that the legacy of our ancestors remains alive and impactful.
Gratias tibi ago for your generous words and insightful reflections.
I liked it
As a Belgian/ Flemish man im very interested in learning more about my ancestry aka Germania. As julius ceasar said we were the bravest of all the Gauls 💪🫅
It should please you to hear that I'm working on a series on Julius Caesar's accounts of the Gallic wars :)
@@TheLegendaryLore cool.
@@TheLegendaryLoreSo cool, when can we expect this..?
@@Afrimusican The first episode is out: ruclips.net/video/pYyXjpEPqXo/видео.html
The emphasis is on the word "were"...
Did he say icky? Now that just made my day!
I don't see too many germans with red hair these days.
I think natural red hair confused the Romans the most and of course it is particularly noticeable.
It should perhaps be mentioned that at the time of Julius Caesar it was fashionable in high society in Rome to wear blonde and red wigs... Cleopathra the 7th, by the way, is also depicted with red hair in wall paintings by Roman artists... and the source for the production of these wigs was the hair of Germanic women....women's hair was actually a Germanic trade good.
And yes, you could bleach and dye back then... I'll bet some of the " red Germanic hair" that was sold to the Romans wasn't actually originally red and fake. ;)
And let's be honest, Tacitus only knew what he wrote down from hearsay... he was never in Germania
@@andreamuller9009 that still doesn't explain why there aren't too many redheads in Germany these days.
@@beachaddict7653"red" in the classical period meant anything from brown to blonde to ginger
Seems like the Lower Saxony people remained the most like their forefathers. And maybe the ones in Austria and Eastern Bavaria. As in they seemed to already be quite civilised. Industrious and peaceful for the Lower Saxony ones and quite relatable to Southern Europeans for the latter.
How did ancient Germans take a warm bath back then. Did they have baths tubs?
Yes, they had, but as a tall person you could only fit in there by squatting....there are also natural hot springs in Germany, but the most common one was probably the sweat bath, for that you only need a sweat lodge, hot stones and a little water.. It's not quite as hot as a sauna, but enough to get nice warm... first you wash yourself with cold water, then sweat and then wash again with cold water.
They also knew how to make soap.
By the way, every warrior had a care set with him with an ear spoon for cleaning the ears, a wooden box of soap-based pomade for the hair and a hairbrush, razor for trimming the beard... at least that's what acheologists have found... and not that few of them.
Apparently they wanted to go into battle looking good....in case they had to face their gods.
@@andreamuller9009The sauna in it's modern form originates from these older bathhouses. This is why the Swedish word for sauna "bastu" derives from the medieval Swedish word for "bathhouse", and it's sometimes still called that formally, "badstuga" in modern Swedish.
Germanics is much more than just the Germans, though. And the first Germanics came from Scandinavia. The Scandis, Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Flemish and many more are all Germanics. Hell, even the northern French are mostly Germanic (i.e. the Franks).The Germans borrow their name from the ancient Germanics, not the other way around.
French are more celtic than even the irish. Yes german but mostly celtic
@@SonsOfMars-Game Germanic, not German... the two are not interchangeable. And the *NORTHERN* French have mostly Frankish (i.e. Germanic) ancestry. The Franks who settled in *NORTHERN* France were mostly from the area that is now SW Germany and Belgium, while the remaining Celtic influence was mostly in other parts of France. History and ancestry is not nearly as clear-cut as a lot of people seem to think, and rarely lines up with modern borders/nationality.
Same deal as with the English proudly proclaiming their supposed Anglo-Saxon roots, completely ignoring all the other peoples that settled there.
@@Gliese380 You are splitting hairs. I meant Germanic, Modern germans are Germanic mostly. Lots of slavic admixture. BUT What you said about the frnks just simply isnt trrue. They are overwhelmingly celtic
@@SonsOfMars-Gamewhat exactly is the definition of Celtic in this context? Outside of Brittany, there isn’t much of what we would think of as a Celtic culture to speak of, and the rest of France got romanized and later mixed with Germanics, basques (or rather, “cousins” of the basque), Greeks, Phoenicians/punics, Norsemen, a bit of Arab/Berber, et al. Is England mostly Celtic? Switzerland? How about northern Italy? The majority of Spain not limited to Galicia? What about various parts of the Balkans or even turkey? Where specifically is your line for what makes a person Celtic (or any other group)? Clearly not all of these places aren’t Celtic nations or even mostly Celtic by the general population, so again, what is your definition that fits the assertion but doesn’t otherwise conflict?
@@youthoughtaboutit6946 There is a genetic factor. You dont have to argue with me about it. Argue with the geneticists that discovered this. Modern French are genetically indistinct from guals. Same cannot be said of the irish or anyone from britain. In fact English are less celtic than the french even
Where are these images from?
I don't get how the language of Aestii is ”closer to British”. Do you mean the old Angles, that lived in northern Germany and Denmark, or the old Celtic ”Brittōnēs”? I read somewhere that Celtic tribes used to live in Poland, not just in Silesia.
If Aesti were a Germanic tribe, clearly they were in northern or central Poland, in the vicinity of western Balts (the original Prussians).
The original text says "lingua Britannicae propior," which refers to modern-day England, Scotland, and Wales.
One should not to read too much into this work, though. After all, Tacitus was writing with the information he had. He was working from what others told him and his own interpretations, which could have been a bit broad or inaccurate.
So this is like the hip hop Germania, makes it interesting. I'd a dug it more with a little pointer thing showing about where you were on the map as you went.
My family, langenfeld were land owners in Germany in the second half of the 11th century. There is a latin document, land decree
Id lije to learn more of who they were
Lots of fun to watch. Subscribed!
Thank you, brother. Much appreciated.
I am 25% Scottish (which would be split between Hibernian and Pictish Celtic as well as some amount of Anglo-Saxon due to my Scottish lineage being lowlanders) and about 70-75% percent English (the English portion of course being partly Anglo-Saxon-Frisian-Jutish-Danish and partly Brythonic Celtic), when I observe the particular region of England I live in it is fair to estimate my Germanic heritage as making up 45-55% of my overall ethno-cultural makeup, and this lines up very well with how these ancient Germans align with my attitudes habits and preferences.
Half the time I hear a detail or a description and it resonates with me to my very core seeming almost self-evident as the ideal way to live, love, or die, and the other half of the time I hear something and think 'bloody Germans'.
If the English were fully Germanic in quality, we wouldn't share so much in common with the Welsh who exist as the primary bastion of relatively intact Brythonic Celtic society today. The Scots sometimes confuse us but sometimes are as brothers, the Irish often appear as a different species to ourselves being weirdly similar in temperament to mainland Europeans despite being even more geographically separate from them than than us, but the Welsh strike us as being just different enough to notice but being broadly familiar, even if they do speak an incomprehensible eldritch spider language.
I have read the tale of Viriathus and the Lusitan people. Maybe you could make "A Journey Through Ancient Hispania".
I like that idea a lot, brother. Is there an original text on ancient Hispania that I've may have missed?
Hello. Are the current ethnic English genetically connected to the current ethnic Germans?
The use of modern slang was a bit jarring.
I would appreciate this if I knew it was translated from the original latin, not from an english translation. Which one is it?
Nice, end map location is wildly inaccurate though. Tribes described there are the inhabitants of fennos-scandia. Also Scandinavia is described and named earlier already so the tribes with Names starting with S are probably related to Suomi (Finnland in Finnish) boats are most likely peoeple of finnic tribes because they inhabited at the time most of the shores of Baltic Sea at the time of writing this. Still until about 1700's around half of the coast from northern Sweden to Curonian coast in the Baltia. Just look it up. Google old ethnographich maps, filter out each mapmakers special pet peeve bias and there you go. Uisko is the name of the longboat that can be dragged over the land between rivers. Finnic word used for example be Swedes 1300 Eric cronicle and by russians sources as well. Early akademic ethnographic studies have well documented boat riding finnic trades people (Karelian "laukkuryssä") conducting their business with early photograps as well as use of form of longboats as "kirkkovene", communal rowing boat for ride to church. Technically this did not completely die out as kirkkovene still is a thing. What comes to inhabitants of Core of the "Svea-land", everyday pottery found at Birka (Björkö) is typed as being finnic, and that should tell a lot, no matter what kind of counter-argument. Also if one has that etnographic map of north europe at around 1850 in your mind to give you directions of how languages and identities have shifted quite resently you shoud be able to see that there is a problem with this interpretation. Interpretation that modern study does not back up. Oh by the way only sea that really freezes over the winter, having any relevanse to these texts is Gulf of Botnia. Norwegian coast newer freeze and most of baltic stays clear as well, even the southernmost tip of present day Finland, Hanko usuallu stays clear of ice, hence it always has been and still is a harbour. Oh oh, also while finnic tribes inhabited most of the coast of baltic sea one also sould take note that large parts of coast were actually mostly uninhabited, yes that is right. Because of constant war and riding there had to be defences, fortification at place. One should take note of power wacuums as well.
Hey, thanks for the heads-up and the solid feedback! I put a good deal of time into researching for this video, but it's entirely possible (if not guaranteed) that I might have goofed up on some locations. I'll do some more homework on this. Cheers for keeping me on my toes!
you must be finnish to gargle balls that hard
@@TheLegendaryLoreI think that you did a great job. I can only imagine the work out into this. It's a lot to take on.
A mistake or two is to be expected.
thank you, very interesting 👍🏻
>Scandinavia is described and named earlier already so the tribes with Names starting with S are probably related to Suomi (Finnland in Finnish)
Thanks for the good laugh, whole text through is a great fairytale pekka
They never conquered the gauls the gauls just moved To other land
Any adaptations of Irish mythology?
I don't have anything on the list currently, but more than happy to dive into Irish mythology. Anything you'd recommend specifically?
Very important to bear in mind that Tacitus had no first hand experience in what he was writing about AND that his work was influenced by others and was not an ethnography......so really it's just rumors, gossip and hearsay. Sketchy, distorted, and with many errors, not admissible in court. Still, the so-called "Germans" sound filthy, poor and backwards.
As a Norwegian this made me giggle. Many of these accounts needs to be taken with a grain of salt, mostly because the observer will see it and understand it from their own cultural understanding and context. And beauty is subjective. Zzz
What mattered for Cicero was how it was meant to inspire virtue. Not just in the moral sense, but in the broader appeal to "true spiritedness," according to the Roman understanding.
I see u are fluent in NPC speak my little fren.
Does sound kinda like astrology but it’s interesting none the less. 👍🏼😏
wtf is wrong with images? look at the hands. seems as someone just screwed up trying to alter the photos into painting like images and made a mess out of them.
The images are made by AI, which still struggles with hands from time to time.
Þiudiskaz Rikijaz :-)
"tribeish kingish"
lmao
J.R.R. Tolkien family originated in East Prussia.
Kind of funny, but I have red hair and blue eyes and my mom's family on both sides came from Germany. I was a medic in the army. I don't think of myself as a bad ass, but who knows. I don't like to be f'd with either.
I'm convinced people of all backgrounds can be badass if they strive for integrity.
I understand the approach to modern slang. However, I think its inclusion is a hit or miss depending on the specific context.
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Thank you, brother!
Modern slang just dumbs it down.
Modernizing old texts is not easy. My aim is to make it a little more accessible with a touch of humor. I do appreciate your feedback.
@@TheLegendaryLore haters gonna hate, it was excellent just ignore the trolls
@@spudspuddy Thank you, friend. Constructive criticism is always welcome, and I completely understand why some people prefer the original translation.
While these videos may not resonate with everyone, the overwhelming majority of comments suggest that many viewers prefer a tone that enables them to concentrate on the content rather than spending time interpreting the text.
Found Out im related to the sugamber
To be fair Tacitus’ Germania must be read only after thorough source criticism. It is neither a reliable source about Germans nor is it certain that it was indeed meant to be so. Ultimately more historic fantasy fable than anything else, especially ethnography…
which is funny considering the vast majority of what he says is verifiable through linguistic evidence, descendant cultural evidence, and what is reported in other sources at the same time and later.
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hard c. "takitus." NOT church Latin.
he's not speaking Latin, he's speaking English
This is great, but would have been much better if you didn't intentionally try to make it as modern as possible and "down with the kids" with slang and the like, lol. Just a rephrasing/rewriting in ordinary contemporary language would have been perfect.
In the end Germans are south Germanic ppl and the southern version of Vikings.
*west
...just read the latin original
12:23 If they weren't punctual the Germanic tribes can't be our ancestors....
We were misunderstood 😄
Vennedi(wends) the proto-slavs.
Back in the day? You just lost me.
The loss is yours alone, this was a very interesting video.
You talk too fast , sometimes
I have to back ii up to catch up lol
Germania is not Germany, germanics are not Germans. Duch as the Franks were a germanic tribe.
Same for us Arabs, we have southern Arabs, and northern European looking Arabs (who are the majority)
he knows this. he's just saying German because it's a weird English translation of the original. most English translations of the text use German to translate "germāni" rather than something else
>8 o KO
They are a dying breed. 20 percent foreign population in Germany. More in the younger generations
When Germania rises again, the world will tremble and all of Europe will wake up.
A foreign population that has zero interest in becoming German. Erasure occurs when people are assimilated AKA Germans in America or the indigenous population is eradicated which no matter how much you wish it were true the only people who do that are Europeans to other Europeans
bro forgets the genetic competition of Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Faroe, Netherlands, England
Bad AI voice over with irritating American usage.
I really don’t like this ai voice
it's his real voice 💀
you made sure that I would never consider Tacitus' Germania as any trustworthy source on the region and times back then. Sorry, but just this worshipping of Hercules, Mercury, Mars and Isis and the whole purity of ancestry or being practically naked is such nonsense, with archeology straight up disproving it.
Hercules = Þunraz (thor)
Mercury = Wōðnaz (odin)
Mars = Tīwaz/Þings- (týr) and sometimes Wōðnaz
the ancestry thing is just tacitus' own personal commentary on the people (which is quite clear from the wording of the original text) but the naked thing is one of the few things i will say may actually be inaccurate from the text. most of the content however is either accurate or based on some amount of truth.
@@gavinrolls1054 and how do you know that those norse deities align with the roman deities that you listed?
@@inotaishu1 "interpretatio germanica" is pretty much accepted as fact at this point by the scholarly world not just by the numerous Roman (and later Germanic) sources that state as such, but also by cultural and linguistic evidence. We wouldn't have the current names for the days of the week if it wasn't the case. Also the fact that these deities can easily trace their lineage to common Indo-European deitic figures also helps.
@@gavinrolls1054 so no answer then
@@inotaishu1 so the choice to be dense as a rock then. i can't change stupid, unfortunately
It’s amazing coming to terms with the reality that nearly all Northern European peoples originally came from todays Russia !
That’s not true at all 😂
Why the slang? Hubby...kind of ruins an otherwise nice video.
The sarcasm ruins the good facts.
Thank for your feedback. Tacitus did write in a somewhat ironic or snarky style, that includes parts of Germania. I've made an effort to mirror his nuanced tone to a certain extent.
This is a very intersting take on Tacitus' 'Germania'; I read it (along with his, 'Agricola') some 40 odd years ago, however I do not remember it being written in a modern, Yankee colloquial language 🤣 That minor criticism aside, I really enjoyed the reenactment group photos; which group is it and where are they from?
Thank you for your feedback! Sadly, the reenactment group does not exist. They are a fiction of AI.
@@TheLegendaryLore Oh that's a shame about the reenactment group; would have made a great excuse to travel to Germany for a holiday and watch a display of theirs. Thanks for the reply 👍
Hi, Northgerman here (Cheruscian area).
There are very many reenactment groups all over Germany. Just google the tribe's name for it.
There are even special events in summer and autumn.
Hope I could help.
@@ingaseggebruch4207 Thank you for your reply. I will certainly look into it, if I am ever able to visit Germany for a holiday. 👍
Ngl homie, you reading his words into modern terms killed it for me. Great video,awesome content...but read what the ancients wrote please.
Thanks for being honest, I appreciate your constructive feedback.
While not for everyone, the majority of comments indicate preferences for a tone that allows one to focus on content rather than deciphering somewhat archaic translations. I'm still working on striking the right balance between modernizing and avoiding excessive slang, though.
@@TheLegendaryLore I'm actually blown away by your way of doing this. Have never even considered it to be so effective at making it easier to follow.
@@noahwig500Thanks brother. Modernizing old texts had been on my mind since I was a boy - long before RUclips existed. You know, one of those ideas that keep popping up in your mind but often remain just that.