The Germanic Peoples in the Southwest

- Season 1

(2017)

The search for traces begins in the Rems-Murr district. In ancient times, the Upper German Limes ran straight through the country in this part of today's Germany and separated the Roman world from that of the Germanic peoples for about 200 years. At the same time it also marked a boundary between different levels of wealth. On the Roman side many lived comfortable, sometimes luxurious, lives. The Germanic tribes wanted to share in the treasures in the Roman provinces, to get everything they didn't have at home. Therefore, the Limes was attacked again and again from ...

When the Germanic peoples settled in the southwest of what is now Germany, they did not take over the infrastructure, buildings and culture of the escaped Romans, but brought their own culture with them, while the legacies of the Roman Empire slowly crumbled. But were the new rulers of the country really unkempt, uncultivated and savage drinkers, or did they leave us more than you think? As self-sufficient men, the Germanic tribes were not only skilled hunters who knew how to use bows and arrows, but also trained farmers who wrested food from the barren soil, clad in ...