Comments by "Faramund" (@faramund9865) on "Barbarians - What Did It ACTUALLY Mean To Be a Barbarian?" video.

The original name was likely ‘Hermann’ and not ‘Ari’. But of course the writers knew that and used ‘Ari’ because it means ‘Eagle’.
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@duwang8499 Can you give me a source? Does this also translate into a modern day name, or is it a 'forgotten' name like many.
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Agree with you here Meta, story would’ve been a lot more convincing if he looked like Thusnelda and Folkwin. He looked foreign to them, and I wasn’t convinced at any point in the story that they had a close relationship and were family (that’s what tribes were). I therefor also did not BUY his change of allegiance, it just didn’t look convincing. The barbarian clothes didn’t suit him AT ALL, while that SHOULD have been a moment of AAAH he is home now. But I think they specifically chose him BECAUSE he looks Roman. Perhaps to stress the fact that he was very much bound and integrated to Rome. And to make his betrayal as such more ‘shocking’. Still, I dislike this. Tacitus described the Germani as all looking nearly the same with blonde hair and blue eyes. And to make Arminius, Hermann, look like a not so tough Roman is disappointing.
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