Germania
- Germans = aboriginal
- says Germany isn't worth going to
- bland
- sullen
- Tuisco (earth born god), Mannus (son)
- origin of race
- Describes them as all looking the same since they don't intermarry
- also says they look weak
- kings--->birth, general---->merit
- priests punish
- women
- certain sanctity and prescience
- Mercury
- a god who they sacrificed for
- chiefs
- fight for victory
- vassals
- fight for chief
- pass time by hunting
- no cities
- strict marriage code
- adultery came with great punishment
- no one laughs
Reliable:
-no intermarriage
-kings come from birth while generals from merit
These seem very likely.
Not
-He says they don't laugh. How would he even know that? Especially since he has never even gone. Just sounds like a stereotype to me.
(My Thoughts...) I thought this was a very weird document, but I found it quite interesting. If I was alive during this time I would not want to live here. When a woman cheated they shaved her head and publicly humiliated her. It sounds like a scene straight out of Game of Thrones (where women are also treated terribly). Also i find it strange that the man that wrote this document has so much to say even though he has never been there. I don't think he should have an opinion on Germania since he has never been there. He is just writes about others opinions on it.
(My Thoughts...) I thought this was a very weird document, but I found it quite interesting. If I was alive during this time I would not want to live here. When a woman cheated they shaved her head and publicly humiliated her. It sounds like a scene straight out of Game of Thrones (where women are also treated terribly). Also i find it strange that the man that wrote this document has so much to say even though he has never been there. I don't think he should have an opinion on Germania since he has never been there. He is just writes about others opinions on it.
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