History Team Johnny, Lola, Erik, & Faith

The Germanic people were good hunters who settled near the northern borders of Rome. Ancient Germanic people like to drink hard alcohol and they like to gamble. They are pastoralist ; usually they take care of animals for using like food and money as well. They usually wore animal skins and owned slaves.  Germanic people were using cattle instead of using money, it is less advanced than  Rome or any other countries next to them. .They do not have amusement place like Colosseum, they were amused by listening old tales, heroes, and gods. W hen they go to war to fight, only chiefs were allowed to wear helmets. . It was dishonored for chief when his own group try to suppress him. Next to ancient Germanic people, it was Rome. Rome began to understand the German when Tacitus published his book in 98 AD. According to Tacitus, they often worshiped Nerthus , a goddess. They produced milk, cheese, and meat, main crops (root, wheat, vegetables)(Min Oh) Sources: Britannica Spartacus Educatio

The Goths     By: Lilli  Muzyka Source                                                          Source This is what the Goths wore. Though the word goth may pop an image of black clothes and makeup in your mind, the Ancient Goths are very different. The Goths wore the clothing of the Early Medieval Europeans. They were around from the 12th century to the 16th century AD. The Goths were a Germanic  tribe located in the regions around the Black Sea. There were two types of Goths, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. For a while, the Goths were allies of the Romans, even though they were seen as inferior by the Romans. They were Barbarians. The Romans did not see Goths as human because of this. However, they are known for playing a part in the fall of the Roman Empire. The Huns invaded the Goths and made the Goths invade the Romans . They did not achieve this alone but did contribute to the Fall of Rome. The Gauls spoke their own language along with the Germanic language. Got

The Weapons and Formations of the Germanic Tribes The Germanic tribes were also called the Teutonic peoples. They had a spear, which was the most common form of weapon among the peoples. They also had the two-headed axe, along with the sword (only for upper classmen). The spear was so common among the people because it they allowed a relatively small quantity of the rare and expensive metal for the part of the blade that needed it. It was cheap compared to the sword of equal reach. Other weapons they had were the javelin, the sling, bows/arrows, and staff sling. The cost factor for bows and arrows was put into place mainly because of the cost of the arrows, not so much the bows, once again because of the price of metal. The formation that they fought in were the wedge-shape formations. These formations most noticeably consisted of cavalry (on the flanks). The Germans were most afraid of the Plains of Hungary, where the Marcomanni, Saxons/Angles, Alamanni, and Franks all presided.

Source This is what the Goths wore. Though the word goth may pop an image of black clothes and makeup in your mind, the Ancient Goths are very different. The Goths wore the clothing of the Early Medieval Europeans. They were around from the 12th century to the 16th century AD. The Goths were a Germanic  tribe located in the regions around the Black Sea. There were two types of Goths, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. For a while, the Goths were allies of the Romans, even though they were seen as inferior by the Romans. They were Barbarians. The Romans did not see Goths as human because of this. However, they are known for playing a part in the fall of the Roman Empire. They spoke their own language along with the Germanic language. Gothic is also known as East Germanic. This is what the alphabet looked like. Source By: Lilli Muzyka

Constantine the Great's Captivity Diocletian was an emperor who chose not to rule alone. His empire got so large that he needed 3 co-rulers to assist him in his divine duty. Maximian and Diocletian were co-emperors of the west and were both called Augustus . Constantius and Galerius were lessor emperors and were named Caesar . Sons of all three were held in Diocletian's palace in Split, Croatia. (FV & ER) (source of image) Constantine was born in 280 in Naissus b By the age of 9 he had to separate from his parents. Constantine got sent to Diocletian’s palace in Nicomedia (called Spilt nowadays). He was held as a hostage but he got a good education, learning Latin literature, Greek, and philosophy. He was always more interested in Latin than in Greek. At the time he was staying at Diocletian’s palace, he witnessed the Christian persecution around 303 AD. He also went into war with him in Egypt. When he was 25 years old he joined his father in battle. (LM) Diocletian

St. Helena! Table of Contents Relationship with Constantine Early Life & Background St. Helena's Accomplishments The Church of the Nativity Meet the team! Faith, Lola, Erik, and Johnny. First part is Faith, then Lola, then Erik, and finally Johnny. Helena’s Relationship with Constantine By Faith Vandenberg Constantine , according to tradition, was greatly influenced by his mother Helena in his choice to convert to Christianity. Although many legends are about his conversion that may or not be true, it is almost without question that Helena’s beliefs were a major factor in Constantine’s decision. Helena was greatly honored by Constantine. Constantine openly showed his love and deep appreciation for her in his reconstruction (renovating) of Helena’s hometown, Drepanum. He later renamed it “Helenopolis” (meaning City of Helen”) and gave Helena the title of Augusta . As you can see, dear reader, Constantine stayed true to his beloved mother