Episode 2: What The Romans Did For Us
The Germanic tribes are often credited with the d…
Brute Norse Podcast · Eirik Storesund
September 3, 201758m 7s
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Show Notes
The Germanic tribes are often credited with the destruction of the Western Roman Empire. There are no Roman roads in Scandinavia, still the empire resonated in the cultural memory of the Vikings. From Teutoburger Wald to the Taliban, Brute Norse joins forces with Krister Vasshus, PhD student in onomastic sciences at the University of Bergen, to discuss just how far the Roman shadow fell beyond its Northern border.