![]() Nolting said that he and the other showrunners were conscious of this political baggage while crafting the narrative arc of “Barbarians,” which premiered on Oct. Under the Third Reich, the Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg depicted Arminius as part of a “line of German ancestry” leading to Adolf Hitler, and schoolbooks of the period claimed that he had saved “the purity of German blood.” In 2009, the far-right extremist National Democratic Party of Germany organized a “remembrance march” commemorating the battle, under the slogan “2,000 years of fighting against foreign infiltration.” Bog Bodies: The first comprehensive survey of a 7,000-year-old bog burial tradition reveals an often violent final ritual.On the Menu: Researchers discovered in a cave less than 20 miles from Lisbon the charred evidence that Neanderthals were cooking and eating brown crab 90,000 years ago.Hunter-Gatherers in Europe : Looking at DNA gleaned from ancient remains, researchers identified at least eight previously unknown populations of early Europeans.A Donkey Family Tree: In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanity’s first beast of burden.Uncovering the Past, One Discovery at a Time ![]() To this day, the battle, and the tribes’ leader in the fight, Arminius, remain sources of inspiration for far-right extremists, who regularly make pilgrimages to related sites. German nationalists, including the Nazis, have used the battle as an ideological rallying point - a supposed foundational moment for German civilization and proof of their superior pedigree and fighting skills. ![]() Its rugged protagonists clash violently with rival tribes and, most of all, with the Roman forces who control the area.īut the show’s six episodes build toward the first fictionalized depiction on German TV of an event that remains fraught even after two millenniums: the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, which put an end to the Roman Empire’s aspirations of controlling much of what is now Germany. trying to survive in a forested region of what is now northern Germany. The historical epic - reminiscent of the long-running History channel series “Vikings” - centers on a tribe of villagers in the first century A.D. BERLIN - For those unfamiliar with German history, the new Netflix show “Barbarians” might not seem especially provocative. ![]()
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