ok the joms vikings in viking invasion,was there ever such a thing as a jom viking?and if so were they as bad@$$
as the game portrays?
ok the joms vikings in viking invasion,was there ever such a thing as a jom viking?and if so were they as bad@$$
as the game portrays?
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Originally Posted by Tomi says
Well it seems they did exist but I do not know alot about them.Originally Posted by VAE VICTUS
"Jomsborg was a legendary Viking settlement in Pomerania by the Baltic Sea. It's generally disputed whether such a settlement existed at all, all proof coming from later times and from distant Iceland. Contemporary sources mention a city known as Julin, Jumne or Wolin, which supposedly was a home of Slavic pirates, but where Danes and other Scandinavians could also easily find refuge."
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Yes there were jomsvikings
They were located in Jomsborg in Norway(not Pomerania, that's what I found). In Jomsborg, there were only men. Women were not allowed. Those who dared to come close were slaughtered immediately. They were trained in very harsh conditions. Very often in battles they would go berserk.
They were very powerful soldiers!!!
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The jomsvikings are by most considered myth not fact. Jomsborg has as earlier stated in this thread never been found. But all material I have read on the matter suggest that it is Pommerania or possibly Polish baltic cost that is the possible location of the borg (borg = fortress or castle) not Norway, I never saw anyone before this claim that it was located in Norway.
If one is to believe that Jomsborg and the Jomsvikings existed well then one can also believe they really were badasses as the same sources that claim they existed also portray them as feared and skilled fighters.
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Hehe, you read that ahistorical thingy in Viking Invasion?Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
Jomsborg was indeed located in Wendland(or Pomerania), and the existence of jomsvikings is very doubtful as well. It was however recorded that they were recruited by the king of Denmark Olaf.
If I don't mess anything joms were an elite of vikings.
As far as I remember it was some kind of title which was earned by some heroic deeds.
Hmm, didn't they help Olaf Tryggvasson in his saga?
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