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  • History of the Barbarians

  • A Captivating Guide to the Celts, Vandals, Gallic Wars, Sarmatians and Scythians, Goths, Attila the Hun, and Anglo-Saxons
  • By: Captivating History
  • Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
  • Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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History of the Barbarians

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the barbarians, then keep listening....

Seven captivating manuscripts in one book:

  • Celts: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Celtic History and Mythology, Including Their Battles Against the Roman Republic in the Gallic Wars
  • The Vandals: A Captivating Guide to the Barbarians That Conquered the Roman Empire During the Transitional Period from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
  • The Gallic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Military Campaigns that Expanded the Roman Republic and Helped Julius Caesar Transform Rome into the Greatest Empire of the Ancient World
  • Sarmatians and Scythians: A Captivating Guide to the Barbarians of Iranian Origins and How These Ancient Tribes Fought Against the Roman Empire, Goths, Huns, and Persians
  • The Goths: A Captivating Guide to the Visigoths and Ostrogoths Who Sacked Rome and Played an Essential Role in the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
  • Attila the Hun: A Captivating Guide to the Ruler of the Huns and His Invasions of the Roman Empire
  • Anglo-Saxons: A Captivating Guide to the People Who Inhabited Great Britain from the Early Middle Ages to the Norman Conquest of England

In part one of this book, you will learn:

  • Who were the Celts?
  • The Celtic migrations
  • The many Celtic tribes of Europe
  • The Celtiberians
  • The Gallic Wars
  • The Insular Celts
  • Celtic warriors
  • Celtic way of life
  • Celtic religion
  • Celtic art
  • And much, much more!

In part two of this book, you will learn:

  • Origins of the Vandals
  • From the Danube to Africa
  • Rise of the Vandal Kingdom
  • Downfall of the Vandals
  • Vandal society
  • Religion, culture, and the Vandals
  • And much, much more!

In part three of this book, you will learn:

  • Ancient Gaul
  • Gaius Julius Caesar
  • The Helvetii Celts
  • The Helvetian War
  • Ariovistus, the German King
  • Battle of the Sabis
  • The Germanic War
  • United Gaul Versus Caesar of Rome
  • The Battle of Alesia
  • And much, much more!

In part four of this book, you will learn:

  • Origins of the Scythians and Sarmatians
  • Art, culture, and religion
  • Economy and society
  • Warfare and conquest
  • End of the Scythians and Sarmatians
  • And much, much more!

In part five of this book, you will learn:

  • Who were the Goths? Names, origins, and early settlements
  • History of the Goths: relations with Romans, Gothic kingdoms
  • Ostrogothic and Visigothic rulers
  • The culture of Goths: religion, customs, social hierarchy
  • Everyday life of Goths: jobs and division of labor, housing and architecture, art, written works
  • And much, much more!

In part six of this book, you will learn:

  • The origins of Attila and the Huns
  • The wars of the Huns before Attila
  • An alliance between the Huns and the Romans
  • Attila attacks the Byzantines.
  • Attila attacks the Byzantines again.
  • Attila foils a Byzantine plot.
  • Attila’s diplomatic strategy evolves in the west.
  • Attila raids Gaul.
  • Attila raids Italy.
  • The disintegration of Attila’s kingdom
  • And much, much more!

In part seven of this book, you will learn:

  • Anglo-Saxons arrive
  • Early Anglo-Saxons: origins and pre-settlement history
  • The culture of Anglo-Saxons: religion, customs, social hierarchy, early Christianity
  • Everyday life of Anglo-Saxon England: jobs and division of labor, food and drink, clothes, architecture, travel, wars, gender and age norms, art, written works
  • And much, much more!

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excellent book

this was a great book on early euro-tribes. it did an excellent job of describing the histories of the early euros. i really enjoyed it

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Great book

Clear and concise chronicle of the Barbarians and their impact on history.I Really enjoyed and would definitely recommend to anyone who is interested in the History of Celts,Romans,Scythians,Huns,etc.Narrator was excellent and kept the subject understandable and interesting.I will definitely be reading this again.

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TERRIBLE narration; mispronounces basic words.

narrator mispronounces basic words, hard to listen to. the overall work is poorly organized. terrible narrator.
but, straightforward, clear information. however, at the end of each chapter there is a section of conclusions. many of those conclusions are not addressed in the proceeding portion of the lecture. moreover, many of the assertions made, have absolutely no context, or proof given to support their "conclusion."
the writer writes that one of the greatest accomplishments by the Celtic society is the Celtic culture enduring despite Roman intervention and disruption. however, in the next sentence no less than a dozen Celtic tribes are listed that were either defeated or assimilated.
after spends a lot of time talking about how the only thing the various Celtic tribes had in common was a language, thus lacking a cohesive culture. however, in one of the conclusions, it talks about how the Celtic culture endured because the Celtic tribes shared the same language, art, and religion. ART AND RELIGION WERE NEVER DISCUSSED!
overall, solid information. but when there are omissions, they are glaringly obvious!
Narrator has a difficult voice to listen to. his Southern drawl makes him mispronounce basic words like: many, ten, Elbe, Constantinople, province, and Punic Wars, Kent, etc. At times it's hard to understand exactly what he's saying because the accent is so pronounced. Besides his accent, the narrator is lazy because sometimes he mispronounces the same word in different ways throughout the work. maddening. wouldn't listen to this again due to the incompetent narrator.

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