Characteristics of Germanic Military Culture from the Roman Empire to the Carolingian Period

Abstract

Throughout the history of warfare, a different adversaries have often fought their armed conflicts with different approaches, methods and modes of combat. This different approaches and warfare customs have been shaped by the military culture of the particular ethnic group. In my thesis, i will describe the military culture of the Germanic peoples, what elements characterised their warfare, and what customs and ideas they used to fight to achieve their war aims.