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A Units of History episode on the Early Germanic Warriors! Behold a new golden age in Conqueror’s Blade. Play Season VIII: Dynasty today and enjoy a FREE 7 day premium account! = Sponsored by We continue our Units of History documentary series on one of the many “barbarian“ foes from antiquity that all too often get stereotyped as wild brutes. In this full documentary episode though we dive deep into the much more nuanced history of the Germanic Warriors. We begin with an exploration of Germania itself which is quite difficult to define from a top down perspective. As a result we end up looking at their world from the bottom up as they would have seen it. This involves a huge social web that started at the basic family farm and eventually built its way up to the clan and tribe level. We discuss the weapons and armour of these Germanic warriors, how they trained, how they organized, and how they fought in battle. We then conclude with a summary
