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title: "HermannGermanic Tribes: The Complete Four-Part Saga"
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# HermannGermanic Tribes: The Complete Four-Part Saga

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## Description

The four-part series The Germanic Tribes shows the rise of the tribes of the North; developing from a primitive culture on the fringe of Europe into the heirs of the Roman Empire. For a long time the view of the Germanic people of many peoples was distorted by the Germanic cult of the 19th century and the Nazi dictatorship. Due to new methods and discoveries, research is now able to present a more accurate picture of the Germanic tribes. Many clichés about the barbarians of the North have to be discarded as myths The linchpin of Germanic history is the conflict with the Roman Empire. Since the age of Caesar this Roman-Germanic conflict was characterized not only by fierce battles but also by phases of co-existence and cooperation. The Germans dug the grave of the Roman Empire, but they were also the preservers of the Roman legacy. The series breathes new life into the little known world of the Germanic tribes. We see how they lived, fought, and worshipped their gods. Intricate 3D animation shows us how they built their settlements, buried their kings, vanquished their enemies. Roman cities such as ancient Cologne, home of the Romanophile Germans, and the Roman limes, the border to free Germania, are also reconstructed through magnificent computer graphics. The Germanic Tribes portrays the protagonists of an epoch of formative influence for Europe whose legacy is still with us.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Brilliant
  

*by N***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2011*

The documentary is broken into four 50 min (approx) parts, each covering progressive time periods of history. The first deals with Julius Caesar's Gallic wars and offers some general information on the nature of the Germanic tribes. The second part deals with Rome's further expansion into and subjugation of Gaul and the revolt at Teutoburg forest. Part three deals with the frontier world of the Pax Romana, how Rome and Germania managed to coexist. And part four deals with the end of the Roman world and the birth of the Germanic kingdoms that became the realms of medieval Europe.Most of the negative comments made about this documentary concentrate on the series's brevity or lack of coverage of a particular tribe or event. With more than 500 years to cover, I think the filmmakers did a more than honorable job. They offer enough details and discussion of research and excavation results and techniques to be scholarly, while at the same time weaving a narrative story through the material to aid in delivering the information. There is admittedly enough real history to populate many more hours of coverage, but not many documentary filmmakers would have the funds for a project of such scope, nor could they find a big enough audience to justify the expenditure. The outline followed in the four parts, I thought, worked brilliantly to form a well documented and cohesive, albeit compact, telling of the history of the Germanic tribes. It may have left me wanting for more, but I'll seek that more with further reading.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Somewhat entertaining but could be far more informative
  

*by N***. on Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015*

this 4 part 3+ hour documentary tries to create different key moments in the history of the Germanic tribes. The use of dramatic re-enactments of "typical", if fictionalized, characters, interspersed with commentary by contemporary archeologists works fairly well. There is an underlying agenda to show how important these tribes were to future European history and its informative at the most basic level if one doesn't know about the Battle of the Teuterberg Forest stopping Roman northward expansion or the Frankish King Clovis' conversion to Christianity being decisive in spreading that religion. Still, there is so much more left out than put in and a great disservice is done. Granted that Germanic origins are mysterious, but archeologists have far more to say than this documentary which merely starts and ends with some image of "mysterious warlike tribes in dense primeval forests". Also not to speak of the wandering trajectories of various tribes which brought down the Roman Empire and peopled various parts of Europe is a big limitation. The Goths are barely mentioned, other tribes like the Vandals not at all, and a viewer would have no idea of the role of the Angles and Saxons in post-Roman Britain or the Visigoths in Spain, etc. Interesting questions like the relations of Germanic to Scandinavian aren't even broached. Granted that much in this history may be speculative, contemporary accounts of the earlier centuries are taken almost entirely from Roman sources, and this DVD is designed as popular entertainment, much more could have been done. I suppose that to get beyond the boiled down 15 minutes of actual information, it's better to read a good book on the subject.

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    Great review of new archeological methods
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2010*

I found the first part to be the most interesting, mostly because I could now see those pillar idols that may have been the same as Ibn Fadlan and Tacitus had referred to. The first person narrative ties each episode together, but I found this to be rather detracting, because it allowed for quite a bit of conjecture. On the other hand, the treatment of the archeological evidence is bountiful and well done - the first episode made the entire series worthwhile for me, since it focused on the Germanic tribes, their religions, and practices. It should also be mentioned that the production value is top-notch and much of the conjecture is then followed up by supporting evidence via the archeological finds.

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