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Storm Over Europe - The Wandering Tribes

Season 1
This documentary deals with the mass migration of Germanic tribes at the very beginning of European history, while Ancient Rome raced towards inevitable collapse and a new political centre developed in Northwest Europe. This period, from the invasion of the Huns in 375 to the conquest of Italy by the Lombards in 568, is one of the most fascinating, significant and complex epochs in history.
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  1. S1 E1 - Cimbrians and Teutons
    October 23, 2002
    52min
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    "An incredible mass of people surged forwards. 300,000 warriors, women and children were in search of land capable of feeding such a vast horde." It was the year 113 BC when the terrible news reached distant Rome. The Cimbrians and the Teutons were heading south: the first great mass migration of the Germanic tribes. "They fell upon Gaul and Italy like a tempest."
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  2. S1 E2 - The Saga of the Goths
    October 23, 2002
    52min
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    The Romans knew virtually nothing about Germanic tribes, but this was to change. "They found skulls nailed to trees and altars. Here the Cherusci had sacrificed the most high-ranking Roman prisoners to their gods." When Roman power was at its peak, in the year 9 AD, Arminius chief of the Cherusci defeated the troops of Rome at what was known for centuries as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Fall of Rome
    October 23, 2002
    51min
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    "They came down from the high mountains like a whirlwind." It was almost certainly hunger that drove the nomadic Huns from the Mongolian steppes towards Europe. They were in search of grain, cattle and gold. Experts resolve the question of precisely why the Huns invaded Europe, and why they enjoyed such immense military success.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Heirs of Rome
    October 23, 2002
    51min
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    Starting in the 5th century AD, the Franks migrated to France, the Anglo-Saxons to Britain, and the Goths to Spain and Italy. Europe and the Christian west grew out of their empires.
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Nudityviolencealcohol usefoul language
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Directors
Christian FeyerabendNina KoshoferMonika Von BehrStefan Schneider
Producers
Uwe KerskenGruppe 5 Filmproduktion CologneZDF
Starring
Alastair Duncan
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