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Barbarians (Barbaren, 2020), Season 1 — watch all 6 episodes online on iFILM. Germany, 9 AD. Cherusci chief Segimer is losing patience with Roman governor Varus, while secret lovers Thusnelda and Folkwin strike a symbolic blow by stealing a legion's eagle standard.
That single act of theft sets all three main characters in motion. Arminius — raised in Rome, serving as a Roman officer — is ordered to track down and kill Folkwin, and finds himself caught between the empire he was trained to serve and the tribe he was born into. Over six tight episodes the fractious Germanic clans edge toward coalition through a forced political marriage, a betrayal, and a friend believed dead who has actually been enslaved. The season builds inexorably toward the Teutoburg Forest ambush — one of history's sharpest reversals of fortune. Compact, German-language, and more grounded than its premise suggests.
Stream Barbarians Season 1 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S1·E1Wolf and Eagle
Cherusci tribal chief Segimer bristles at the increasing demands of new governor Varus. Secret lovers Thusnelda and Folkwin deal Rome a symbolic blow.
S1·E2Vengeance
The theft of the standard provokes a crisis, reuniting Roman officer Ari with his father Segimer, and childhood friends Folkwin and Thusnelda.
S1·E3On the Edge
Ari commands troops ordered by Varus to hunt down and kill Folkwin, whose family and home village are put in danger for his act of defiance.
S1·E4A New Reik
Ari embraces his new role with the Cherusci but his shift of allegiances runs deeper than Varus knows. Thusnelda and Folkwin rally a rival tribe.
S1·E5Treason
Ari and Thusnelda forge a political marriage and begin uniting the fractious Germanic tribes. Folkwin is believed dead but has actually been enslaved.
S1·E6The Battle
Ari leads Varus and three Roman legions into the Teutoburg Forest — and into history. Thusnelda makes a bloody sacrifice to preserve the alliance.
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