What did Romans call Vikings?

And there were Saxon sea raiders who raided the “Saxon Shore” of Roman Britain and Gaul during the late empire. In those days the Romans used the word “Saxon” to refer to not only Saxons, but other northern Germanic peoples who raided Roman lands by sea.

Among the key weapons used by the Normans in major battles were spears and swords, with the spears being used for long-ranged attacks and swords used in the hand-to-hand combat. The Normans also used a number of other weapons on the battlefield.

The main weapons for both sides are clubs, maces, swords and spears. A typical spear used during the battle was seven or eight feet long.

Norman forces at Hastings Figures given by contemporary writers for the size of the army are highly exaggerated, varying from 14,000 to 150,000.

Vikings traded along established routes with Rome for almost five hundred years before Rome was taken by Germanic chieftains, but they never sacked Rome. … The Western Roman Empire was already gone before the Vikings as we know them, went on smash and grab raids throughout Europe.

They chose not to go any further into Europe, because their conquests there were not as profitable as other potential areas much closer to Mongolia would be. They simply changed their priorities. However, Europe was gripped by paranoia for a long time. Fearing that the Mongols might one day come back.