DTS1
Germanic Mounted Command. Pack of 4 mounted figures (three different poses). A Germanic Tribe Chief was chosen by the warriors for his fitness to lead them in war. The warriors in turn swore personal allegiance to the chief, and became members of his group of warrior companions. Elective monarchy was thus accompanied by the principle of personal loyalty...
DTS2
Germanic Mounted Nobles. Pack of 4 mounted figures (three different poses). The wealthier (and usually more skilled) German warriors did most of their fighting on horseback. The early Germans were noted by Tacitus for the practice of mixing light infantry with cavalry and this practice appears to have continued into the Migration Period.
DTS3
Germanic Foot Command. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). The Chief, as the strongest and bravest warrior, led by example. His retainers were bound to their lord through a code of loyalty. Tacitus says that "The chiefs fight for victory, their followers fight for their chief"
DTS4
Early Frankish Warriors. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). The Franks were a fusion of western Germanic tribes many of whom soon allied with Rome, thus they fought alongside as well as against Romans until the eventual fall of the Empire. The Franks were the dandies of the German tribes, dressed in tight garments in bright colours, but apparently...
DTS5
Early Alamannic Warriors. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). The Alemanni (meaning 'all men') were an alliance of war bands part of the Suebian confederation situated around the Baltic Sea during the 1st century AD. They soon begun migrating southwards and by the start of the 3rd century they occupied what is now Central and South-Western Germany,...
LNG10
Early Lombard Warriors. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). During the migration perod the poorer Longbard unarmoured warriors would still have fought on foot, like all other Germanic tribes to whom they were related. This is supported also by archeological evidence since Lombard graves of this period often contains only spear and (bossed) shield,...
GOT1
Gothic Mounted Command. Pack of 4 mounted figures (three different poses). Perfect for later leaders like Alaric I who sacked Rome in 410 or Theodoric the Great who invaded Italy in 488 and settled his people there, founding a kingdom which eventually gained control of the whole peninsula!.
GOT2
Gothic Heavy Cavalry. Pack of 4 mounted figures (three different poses). The Germans became heavily Romanized during the 4th Century. This came about through trade with the Romans, as well as through Gothic membership of a military covenant, which was based in Byzantium and involved pledges of military assistance. Reportedly, 40,000 Goths were brought by...
GOT3
Germanic Foot Command. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses).
GOT4
Gothic Heavy Infantry. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). The Goths increasingly became soldiers in the Roman armies in the 4th Century AD, contributing to the almost complete Germanization of the Roman Army by that time.
DTS6
Germanic Light Foot. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). Even as late as the 6th century the Nobles fighting as cavalry were said by the eye-witness Procopius not to have worn metal armour or helmets, but to be protected only by shields and thick jackets. Undoubtedly the poorer warriors fighting om foot would have been even less well equipped. These...
DTS7
Unshielded Adolescent Skirmishers with javelins. Pack of 8 figures (four different poses). The youngest male members of the tribe would traditionally fight alongside the established warriors, normally taking the role of guerrilla fighters and skirmishers. These figures are also perfect for Herul slaves that accompanied them in battle but were not allowed...