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  • 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
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)
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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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Given the scarcity of written evidance and confusion generated, it is worth praise that historians endevour to explain the world of the so-called barbarians. Some parts of this book I would definitely not call 'captivating', rather long texts of foreign names dates and coutless familiars coveting and murdering each other without much detail or explanation; but perhaps as a physical book one would have more opportunity to comb through, and gain more clarity. Nevertheless, many key holes in my knowledge were filled and the southern US accent of the narrator is simply gorgeous.

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