Engineer Shield
A defensive tool of the Germanic frontier.
The Engineer Shield is a defensive tool used by Germanic-speaking peoples during the Migration Period, as described in Roman-era sources. It is associated with the construction of fortified borders such as the Limes Germanicus.
Quick Facts
- Class
- Engineer
- Function
- Deployable defensive barrier; wall
- Developer
- Dynamix
- First appears
- Tribes 2 (2001)
- Also featured in
- Tribes 2
- Tribes: Ascend
- Tribes: Vengeance
- Interaction
- Absorbs projectile damage; shatters when depleted
Lore & Background
Roman authors first described the Germani near the Rhine in the 1st century BCE. Under Emperor Augustus, the Romans attempted to conquer Germania but withdrew after the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. The Romans later constructed a long fortified border, the Limes Germanicus, to manage the Germanic frontier. Germanic peoples such as the Franks, Goths, Saxons, and Alemanni appear in historical records after the Marcomannic Wars (166–180 CE).
Did You Know?
- The term 'Germani' is generally only used to refer to historical peoples from the 1st to 4th centuries CE.
- Germanic-speaking peoples originally shared similar religious practices, denoted as Germanic paganism.
- The Germanic peoples shared a native script—known as runes—from around the first century or before.
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