The Germans enter history just as the Roman Republic starts its decline. They come to dominance by destorying the Westeren Empire, their descendants would, centuries later, deal the death blow to the Easteren Empire. In this episode we will see why these people terrified the Mediterranean peoples and their empire and may be responsible to many of the institutions we deem as essential to modern Liberty. Art: An Anglo-Saxon depiction of a Royal Wittangemot, or a Council of the Wits of the Realm, from the Anglo-Saxon Hexateauch, 11th Century.