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"What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?" "Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans Ever Done for Us?!"
Unfortunately no matter how much you can give others, they will never want to have to be under your thumb to get it. Like one Filipino man once said, he would rather see his country ran into the dirt by his fellow Filippinos than ran a paradise by any other
Actually I was missing a part of that statement, the the full quote by Manuel L. Quezon was "I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans, because however bad a Filipino government may be we can always change it" I think my point stands that people won't be grateful for what you give them if it means being under your thumb
@@Finn_the_Cat That statement is maybe correct today - but it was not correct during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Most were quite happy with Rome and did not want to be independend again. Yes, after taking a new region there often was one rebellion a little later. But most of the time, that was it. After this rebellion was done, people became happy and content. Just a few examples: The quite famous "Social War" fought in Italy, when several tribes like the Samnite rebelled against Rome. But what did they fight for? Their freedom? NO. They fought for ROMAN CITIZENSHIP. Or during the second punic war - most towns and tribes stayed loyal to Rome, even though Rome suffered heavy defeats. Or look at the Gauls. Extremly fierce fighting - but after their integration into the Roman Empire, they soon became a prosperous province, a little later they became senators - and just prospered and didn't rebel again. The reason why Rome was so successfull for hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of years was that all the tribes and regions they conquered benefitted and were content to live under Roman rule.
The Roman process of assimilation was probably the biggest factor which enabled rapid expansion. Unlike later colonial empires, there was a shared common Roman identity which all received representation.
The Marian reform, gotta love the trigger event during Rome Total War. Pretty cool to train way better units who have better equipment and high moral…though i miss units yelling Triarii!
Rome was founded in the 8th century BC. The 8th century BC was also the age of a strong phoenician presence in the mediterranean, where most trade centered around the city of Tyre - a city that had stood for nearly 3000 years before then. Further east were the Neo Assyrians with their powerful and innovative (for the time) armies, whom would expand to conquer egypt, creating one of the largest empires in the world at the time. In Italy, Etruscan writing dates to around 700 BC (ie. final year of the 8th century BC), making it older than ancient greek writing (since iirc, Homer dates to the 7th century BC) - but it can't be interpreted. Tyre declined with its conquest by Alexander, wherein other cities took over portions of its old market share.
One of your best videos. The subject the narration the script the amazing visuals and sounds came together really well you should be proud of yourself great job
Ironically while Rome expanded quite efficiently, it had an extremely inefficient economy and agricultural output (one of the less known factors in the fall of Rome was huge amounts of land in southern Italy being infertile due to poor farming practices).
It’s interesting that while traditionally Gaius Marius is seen as a reformer of the Roman military system, more recent scholarship views the Marian reforms more as a process, which started a few decades earlier. Many of the reforms that are typically credited to Marius are only much later mentioned in the sources (e.g., by Plutarch, who lived ca. 200 years later).
I have to say, not that I don't like this video; but it's a lot harder to follow along when you cover classical antiquity. I think it's because the content is less nuisanced than WW2 and it's politics.
I hated those ww2 and modern wars videos, Its very overdone. Same with rome videos but it's a treat on this channel since it's not as common as the ww2 and modern war vids. But i wish he would cover the Genpei war, the 30 years War, and more pike and shot era warfare
“They do not indulge in imported delicacies. Their meals are simple: wild fruit, fresh game, and curdled milk. They satisfy their hunger without elaborate preparation or dainty cooking. In their thirst they are not equally moderate. They are enticed by strong drink, which has been introduced by traders.” (Germania, Chapter 23)
Ancient Rome. The aesthetics, achievements, inventions, prominence, it's always so encaptivating. Though of course, it's important to understand the realities of history: Celebrate the good and innovative things, condemn the darker aspects of it and learn from both.
@Armchair historian Could you make a Video about the Evolution of the Byzantine Army, Maximinus Thrax, The Campaign of Emperor Heraclius and The Strategikon? 🦅
The one thing he didn't mention was, yes, soldiers could retire and get a land pension as well as money for the rest of their days... after 25 years of service. Imagine having to survive 25 years of constant warfare in order to finally retire and you didn't move up from your social status. So, being an officer would not be too difficult because you could just rank up. Being a poor, enlisted man would be extremely tough. Your videos are the best. Between you, History Matters, and Yarnhub I get my history fix.
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im tha biggest bird
I wanna see how many times armchair changes thw thumbnail
I hope you cover napoleon war and marshal, i think this topic is the most rare you talk about
Do one on the mongol
Armchair History + Roman logistics? Never clicked so fast in my life!
calm down
@@Dutchmapper No
Let's go an armchair roman episode
@@Commander1327calm up
Profile pic checks out
"What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?"
"Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans Ever Done for Us?!"
Brought peace?
Unfortunately no matter how much you can give others, they will never want to have to be under your thumb to get it. Like one Filipino man once said, he would rather see his country ran into the dirt by his fellow Filippinos than ran a paradise by any other
Actually I was missing a part of that statement, the the full quote by Manuel L. Quezon was "I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans, because however bad a Filipino government may be we can always change it" I think my point stands that people won't be grateful for what you give them if it means being under your thumb
@@Finn_the_Cat That statement is maybe correct today - but it was not correct during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Most were quite happy with Rome and did not want to be independend again. Yes, after taking a new region there often was one rebellion a little later. But most of the time, that was it. After this rebellion was done, people became happy and content.
Just a few examples: The quite famous "Social War" fought in Italy, when several tribes like the Samnite rebelled against Rome.
But what did they fight for? Their freedom? NO. They fought for ROMAN CITIZENSHIP.
Or during the second punic war - most towns and tribes stayed loyal to Rome, even though Rome suffered heavy defeats.
Or look at the Gauls. Extremly fierce fighting - but after their integration into the Roman Empire, they soon became a prosperous province, a little later they became senators - and just prospered and didn't rebel again.
The reason why Rome was so successfull for hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of years was that all the tribes and regions they conquered benefitted and were content to live under Roman rule.
@@wedgeantilles8575 I see
Wasn’t expecting another ancient history video. Nice.
Another fire video from the Armchair Historian
0:25 the walking animation is SMOOTH. Major props to whoever did that.
Last time I was this early, Roman leaders had good models in Civilization games.
ur not becoming popular
Absolutely love your Rome content. Keep em coming!
The Roman process of assimilation was probably the biggest factor which enabled rapid expansion. Unlike later colonial empires, there was a shared common Roman identity which all received representation.
Armchair! Do more videos on Roman Empire.
I appreciate your team's videos and consistently, and also you for putting in the work.
OER Project teacher reporting in. 🔥 video
Armed chair vid about Rome? YESSIR
ikr
You should do the Katipunan next. Especially, of its Founders the Bonifacio Brothers.
Thank you so much for doing a video about the greatest Empire!
It´s not often you make a video about ancient history thank you very much!
Always a good day when Armchair Historian posts 🔥🔥🔥
Funny how the Roman Empire is capable of ruling a massive Nation with lots of diversity for longer than any modern empire could
Because nationalism wasn't invented yet
A willingness to incorporate other cultures beliefs and at the same time ruthlessly crush rebellion seemed to be the trick
@@aaronbecker5617So that's the secret. I have to write my congressman
Imperial China: Am I a joke to you?
@@levinicusrex1006 how diverse is china tho? And it frequently broke apart
Nice cameo by Vitalstatistix 😉
The Marian reform, gotta love the trigger event during Rome Total War. Pretty cool to train way better units who have better equipment and high moral…though i miss units yelling Triarii!
Nice animations!
Rome was founded in the 8th century BC. The 8th century BC was also the age of a strong phoenician presence in the mediterranean, where most trade centered around the city of Tyre - a city that had stood for nearly 3000 years before then. Further east were the Neo Assyrians with their powerful and innovative (for the time) armies, whom would expand to conquer egypt, creating one of the largest empires in the world at the time. In Italy, Etruscan writing dates to around 700 BC (ie. final year of the 8th century BC), making it older than ancient greek writing (since iirc, Homer dates to the 7th century BC) - but it can't be interpreted.
Tyre declined with its conquest by Alexander, wherein other cities took over portions of its old market share.
Omg, what a video 😮
Great job 👍
One of your best videos. The subject the narration the script the amazing visuals and sounds came together really well you should be proud of yourself great job
6:06 i really like the way you showed the order of battle, i think you should show battles like this more often
Armchair plus ancient history makes such a fine wine of content
Nice video.
you still havent watched the full video yet
@Dutchmapper right? These people man
@@Dutchmapperyou just now it’s gonna be good
@@Wolfswacht alr
Thanks for watching!
if I remember right, Carthage finally falling, tied with Alexander's Heirs squabbling to much to unite against a greater threat leading to Hegemon.
"Mom! Mom! The armchair historian dropped another video! Don't bother me now!"
What? Hold on son i'm gonna watch it too! 😁
Ironically while Rome expanded quite efficiently, it had an extremely inefficient economy and agricultural output (one of the less known factors in the fall of Rome was huge amounts of land in southern Italy being infertile due to poor farming practices).
That and practice of slavery. A nation with slavery system is doomed in a stagnant economic system.
You should do a video on roman tactics. Nice video!
Do Aurelian next
From the skies of Terra, to the Galactic Rim. Let the seas boil! Let the stars fall! Let the Galaxy *Burn*
Can you do one on Justinian and Belisarius?
Well, I’ve thought about Rome today now
NICE!
shush
@@Dutchmapper someone got up on the wrong side of the bed (or got into it, depending on the time zone, I suppose)
It’s interesting that while traditionally Gaius Marius is seen as a reformer of the Roman military system, more recent scholarship views the Marian reforms more as a process, which started a few decades earlier. Many of the reforms that are typically credited to Marius are only much later mentioned in the sources (e.g., by Plutarch, who lived ca. 200 years later).
Crazy to think that logistics we call “basic” today took hundreds of years to develop
Veni vidi vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
-Julius Caeser 46 B.C
english pls
@@DutchmapperAre you stupid?
@@DutchmapperThey literally translated it. Troglodyte
*YES! YES! YES! GOD DAMN IT! HELL YES!*
-Me after seeing this pop up in my recommendation
would love more ancient history!
Because of James Bisonette
wtf shut
Heh, at 9 minutes, I've wondered, how historically accurate Asterix was... Aside from the super powered strength.
How about Dacia before and after Roman conquest? That's a cool idea for a video,a subject not many people speak about.
I have to say, not that I don't like this video; but it's a lot harder to follow along when you cover classical antiquity. I think it's because the content is less nuisanced than WW2 and it's politics.
I hated those ww2 and modern wars videos, Its very overdone. Same with rome videos but it's a treat on this channel since it's not as common as the ww2 and modern war vids.
But i wish he would cover the Genpei war, the 30 years War, and more pike and shot era warfare
You meant AD(Anno domino)
Yesssssss!!!
Hear me out on this one: the Gallic wars from the Gallic perspective?
“They do not indulge in imported delicacies. Their meals are simple: wild fruit, fresh game, and curdled milk. They satisfy their hunger without elaborate preparation or dainty cooking. In their thirst they are not equally moderate. They are enticed by strong drink, which has been introduced by traders.” (Germania, Chapter 23)
Eres el mejor explicando historias
yap
miau
just when I thought I was done thinking about the Roman Empire
You could expand this theme by doing the exact same video about roman efficiency... in a 1 hour documentary!!! It would be awesome!
Before I get into this I'm going to say it was the combination of their complex supply lines and the brilliant structure of the legions.
It's a good day when Armchair Historian uploads, it's an even better day when it's about Rome
Ancient Rome. The aesthetics, achievements, inventions, prominence, it's always so encaptivating. Though of course, it's important to understand the realities of history:
Celebrate the good and innovative things, condemn the darker aspects of it and learn from both.
This panders to all of my autism at once
@Armchair historian Could you make a Video about the Evolution of the Byzantine Army, Maximinus Thrax, The Campaign of Emperor Heraclius and The Strategikon? 🦅
As Civ taught me: Roads, filius.
I saw Rome... so here I am
The one thing he didn't mention was, yes, soldiers could retire and get a land pension as well as money for the rest of their days... after 25 years of service. Imagine having to survive 25 years of constant warfare in order to finally retire and you didn't move up from your social status. So, being an officer would not be too difficult because you could just rank up. Being a poor, enlisted man would be extremely tough. Your videos are the best. Between you, History Matters, and Yarnhub I get my history fix.
How? Roads. I would assume roads. Logistics is the most powerful weapon in any military.
Because James Bissonette was secretly pulling the strings before he got bored.
Because becoming Roman is a blessing, not a curse.
looks like I’m starting a new total war campaign..
armchair historian cooked with this one
The pizza empire is back baby!
Willpower.
Dude, please do more Rome in the future, please I love Rome so much.
Will there be some new episodes about the early modern era?
Armchair Historian videos not WW2
Hook it to my veins
yee
Stone roads and aqueducts
Yo! Roman military logistics! Let’s goooooo!
Logistics. It's always the answer
dont act smart
@@Dutchmapperwars are won with logistics
@@Dutchmapper
@@DutchmapperLogistics is a powerful weapon.
Logistics and more importantly, money, granted I guess you could count money as logistics.
I will tell you: THE LAW, they respected the law like nobody else, everything was around the law and the money with them
@TheArmchairHistorian you made a mistake at 13:18: The main city of Sardinia was Caralis not Calaris 😅
In the end the quality of the legion fall and rome fall, it's really amazing story how it rise and fall
"Veni vidi vici"
I came, i saw this video, i liked it
- Julius Ceaser
Now I’ve thought about Rome twice today.
3:56 Just a quality note, is something happening? It's easy to see.
Love ur vids man
so do i
@@Dutchmapper bros responding to everyone’s comment 😭
@@ElMo-dv3cj no im not
@@Dutchmapper yes u are
@@arandomguardsmen no im not
Please cover 1971 Indo-Pak war and Kargil war too.
slight nitpick, V is pronounced like W in Latin
YESSSS! Armchair History + Rome = Like
Rome mentioned by Armchair 🗣️
Imagine being such a fierce empire, that it took itself and the entire known world to take it down.
Please do a video about the Mongol empire
MORE ANCIENT HISTORY
FINALLY Another Roman empire video
calm down
A certain purple Romaboo: "It's aaaaaaaall downhill from here."🗡️ 😿
I think this is the earliest time period they've done
I feel so dumb. I have never known Roman empire had kings...
At last a Roman content again!
Yall are the best history Chanel and yall mad a vud about rome? Sign me up.
no we wont
@Dutchmapper then am gonna do some forced entry, man.
0:01 *AD* you mean
*How often do you think of the Roman Empire?*
are you the brother of Psychacks?
I normally don't watch these videos but this is ROME
"Fastest click in the west" ahh comment section
nah shush
Want to know more about emperor Augustus Pax, Romana
This video proves griffin does think about the Roman empire
Still not over the fall of Rome 😔