Roman Armies and Tactics: Roman Siegecraft

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @odinncool
    @odinncool 5 лет назад +1265

    30ft 40 ft and 50ft is 9m 12 m and 15 meters.
    86 feet is 26.5 meters
    330ft is 100meters.
    Upvote to save people time

    • @steyn1775
      @steyn1775 5 лет назад +11

      Thank you!

    • @spidertube1000
      @spidertube1000 5 лет назад +13

      Thanks

    • @yyrr8823
      @yyrr8823 5 лет назад +4

      I was just scrolling down to see this comment

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +81

      It is our bad.

    • @cray1727
      @cray1727 5 лет назад +10

      @@KingsandGenerals All good! Different people, different preferences.

  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +432

    We have explained it a few dozen times. Macedonians were undoubtedly Hellenic, but when you differentiate between the Successor Kingdoms and the city-states/leagues, you say Macedon/Seleucids/Ptolemies and so on. It is a standard historical practice that has nothing to do with the modern diplomatic realities. There is no controversy here.
    Just an example of how normal it is - Plutarch - Parallel Lives - Life of Eumenes V: And when Craterus and Antipater, after overpowering the *GREEKS* were crossing into Asia to overthrow the power of Perdiccas, and were reported to be planning an invasion of Cappadocia, Perdiccas, who was himself heading an expedition against Ptolemy, appointed Eumenes commander of the forces in Armenia and Cappadocia with plenary powers. He also sent letters on the subject, in which he commanded Alcetas and Neoptolemus to look to Eumenes for orders, and Eumenes to manage matters as he thought best. Alcetas, then, flatly refused to serve in the campaign, on the ground that the *MACEDONIANS* under him were ashamed to fight Antipater, and were so well disposed to Craterus that they were ready to receive him with open arms.
    Winter is coming: bit.ly/2kRVWX8
    The fact that video's duration is 14:53 is a pure coincidence.

  • @yochaiwyss3843
    @yochaiwyss3843 5 лет назад +211

    Caesar: "I will build a wall, and build another wall, and another wall, and The Gauls and Pompei will pay for them all!"

    • @milly623
      @milly623 5 лет назад +31

      The irony is that the Gauls and Pompei did just that.

    • @onetwo6064
      @onetwo6064 5 лет назад +8

      Cesar Trump

    • @cristhianramirez6939
      @cristhianramirez6939 4 года назад +15

      Caesar: the wall just got ten feet higher

    • @MichaelSmith-ij2ut
      @MichaelSmith-ij2ut 4 года назад +9

      Pompey was just glad that a clerical error sent the bill to the citizens of Pompeii, who were so shocked that they all turned to stone. I think that's how it went down anyway

    • @itsvibes7241
      @itsvibes7241 4 года назад

      @@milly623 😂😂😂

  • @Mrkabrat
    @Mrkabrat 5 лет назад +165

    "A talen of gold to the first man to scale the walls!"
    *Heavy legionary breathing*

    • @yourdadsotherfamily3530
      @yourdadsotherfamily3530 3 года назад +9

      TMW your commander in the army offers a bonus of around 2 million USD converted to today’s currency for scaling the walls first when he was gonna make you do it anyway xD legionaries were balllllling for sure with donatives like that

  • @rogerhwerner6997
    @rogerhwerner6997 5 лет назад +32

    I've seen the siege ramp at Masada. It's astonishing. Several legionary campsites remain, and they are visible from the mesa top. Josephus, leader of Jewish forces in Galilee, described the siege at Yodfat employing a twin ramp. In 1992-93, I mapped Yodfat National Park for the IAA. Using Josephus as a guide, we found the remains of the ramp with many concrete revetments intact. It was indeed a twin ramp built to the city wall. Large quantities of ballista shot were found by the archaeological team at the wall ramp interface. Again, using Josephus and the locations of ballista, we were able to relocate the sites of Roman artillery. We ultimately mapped the entire ruins and a 1.5 square kilometer area surrounding them. Josephus's descriptions proved very accurate!

  • @dariustiapula
    @dariustiapula 5 лет назад +489

    "We are Rome. Your technological and cultural distinctiveness will be added to our Republic. Resistance is futile."

    • @ReviveHF
      @ReviveHF 5 лет назад +29

      Rome: The borg of the ancient and medieval world

    • @ReviveHF
      @ReviveHF 5 лет назад +24

      Ancient Rome+Western Roman Empire+Eastern Roman Empire: All your technology and culture are now belong to us!

    • @nervsouly
      @nervsouly 5 лет назад +14

      To be fair there were so many instances where Rome could have been crushed but ended up winning due to dumb luck. People also greatly admired them and were partially willingly adopting the Roman way of life. The same can not be said for the Borg. No one really wanted to be assimilated ever. Except maybe the crazy scientist parents of 7of9. They were basically asking for it.

    • @lordlucius1341
      @lordlucius1341 4 года назад +13

      “We will add your biological distinction to our slave markets as well”

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 4 года назад +6

      That's because the best armies are usually the most adaptable ones. Just look at Ottoman Turks. They went from being nomadic steppe horsemen one minute to mastering naval combat in the Black Sea and Mediterranean in barely any time.

  • @Ulrich4KBC
    @Ulrich4KBC 5 лет назад +593

    Dude, I love the Total War and AOE sound effects and ost you work in. Hahaha

    • @offchance789
      @offchance789 5 лет назад +14

      Yuup I got triggerd hard at 11:25, I know its AOE but what completion sound is it?

    • @ProvidenceNL
      @ProvidenceNL 5 лет назад +19

      @@offchance789 If im not mistaken, the barracks completion sound.

    • @gabrielinostroza4989
      @gabrielinostroza4989 5 лет назад +17

      The firing onager at 3:55 made me giddy too

    • @Ulrich4KBC
      @Ulrich4KBC 5 лет назад +4

      @@offchance789 I think it's when you select a barracks

    • @nickrwidmer
      @nickrwidmer 5 лет назад +1

      every once and a while you'll hear some AoM sounds too

  • @geniemiki
    @geniemiki 5 лет назад +56

    0:44
    "Het Lucius, can I borrow your sword?
    - Sure Decimus, here it is, but where is yours?
    - Oh I have it on me.
    - So why do you need mine?
    - The centurion told be to watch over the new ram and that I needed to be double sharp about it.
    - ...
    - ...
    - I'll go speak with the legate about giving you some less intellectually demanding tasks Lucius."

    • @lordlucius1341
      @lordlucius1341 4 года назад +6

      Oh I beg to differ decimus, now fall back in line legionnaire

    • @yeetwchybaban
      @yeetwchybaban 4 месяца назад

      Heh

  • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
    @MaxwellAerialPhotography 4 года назад +24

    i've always loved the pragmatic Roman sayings, such as "The Ram has touched the walls" meaning we are past the point of no return. Rome was merciful, up until their deadline arrived, after which point that mercy evaporated and turned to utter ruthlessness.

    • @charaznable8072
      @charaznable8072 2 года назад +2

      Agree to peaceful terms albeit now with an overlord or die horrendously in a sacking? I'm surprised so many chose the latter.

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 2 года назад +2

      @@charaznable8072 very free choose the latter. We only hear about the latter because it’s so much more interesting.

  • @chickenassasintk
    @chickenassasintk 3 года назад +5

    I LOVE!!!!! these kinds of documentary's , specially the little details that no one thinks about at 8:00 how the battering rams needed ropes around them to stop it shattering under the pressure of hitting something hard. Theses are the kind of details you NEVER think about. I never knew that was the reason i had seen ropes around battering rams in games and movies!!!!!! MORE PLEASE, KEEP IT UP my good man!

  • @dagdamor1
    @dagdamor1 5 лет назад +202

    Masada: Hah, they don't have any siege engines that can reach this high!
    Romans: *build a man-made mountain*
    Masada: Wait that's illegal

    • @virusguy5611
      @virusguy5611 5 лет назад +5

      Didn’t they build not one but two ramps I mean, man made mountains?

    • @RomanCourier
      @RomanCourier 5 лет назад +9

      Salve, they built one ramp (soldiers and Jewish captives) but they built on top of a natural formation. Archaeological research clearly shows that they didn’t build the entire thing, the Roman took advantage of the landscape.
      (x lɹᴉƃuɐɟ ɐ sɐ 'ooʇ uoᴉsɹǝʌ ɔᴉssɐlɔ ǝɥʇ ɹǝɟǝɹd I ʇɐɥʇ ʇᴉɯpɐ I

    • @homercale9638
      @homercale9638 5 лет назад +8

      " some people should know when they're conquered "
      Gladiator

    • @loganbarnes9672
      @loganbarnes9672 5 лет назад +1

      They cheated.. 'replaced by AL'

    • @Yayaloy9
      @Yayaloy9 4 года назад +1

      the agger was the most common way to siege btw

  • @alexdobma4694
    @alexdobma4694 5 лет назад +300

    Last time I was this early Rome was still an empire.

  • @nadierelevante
    @nadierelevante 5 лет назад +170

    3:55 Gotta love how you the sound from AOE 2 of the onagre :)

  • @napolien1310
    @napolien1310 5 лет назад +129

    3:54 now that's the sound of age of empires II Onager
    11:26 oh no they build the siege workshop already
    12:46 and that the sound of Ram

    • @Sirsk8ordie
      @Sirsk8ordie 5 лет назад +2

      was thinking the same thing! AOE2!!

    • @SULTAN007ist
      @SULTAN007ist 5 лет назад

      O memories

    • @hathawaydj1
      @hathawaydj1 5 лет назад +1

      They needed an Aoe2 trigger warning! I'm going to be up all night!

    • @hathawaydj1
      @hathawaydj1 5 лет назад +1

      @Ryan Borganson a "definitive edition" if coming in November...

    • @atncakgun6628
      @atncakgun6628 5 лет назад +1

      That's actually sound of a war elephant in 12:46

  • @nurettin7669
    @nurettin7669 5 лет назад +428

    One more second and the video would have been 14:53
    Edit: Thanks for the likes
    The comment section is a war zone.

    • @hexa-kun4654
      @hexa-kun4654 5 лет назад +26

      @m mubarak the fall of Rome

    • @uWu-rq7mu
      @uWu-rq7mu 5 лет назад +22

      @@hexa-kun4654 *Eastern Rome...no turk has ever and will never take the real ROME

    • @uWu-rq7mu
      @uWu-rq7mu 5 лет назад +8

      @m mubarak 1492 year of fall of Al Andalus 😜👉🏻👌🏻

    • @dani-bb6it
      @dani-bb6it 5 лет назад +3

      true, but Moscow is also considered the new Rome, also the Catholic church is remnants of the actual Roman Empire and the pope is interim caesar amirite

    • @EmpeorWiki
      @EmpeorWiki 5 лет назад +1

      F

  • @Hanekin
    @Hanekin 5 лет назад +159

    11:06 why would you use feet instead of meters? Ideally you should show both.

    • @sntm87
      @sntm87 5 лет назад +52

      Very disappointing. Metric system should of course be standard...

    • @alinalexandru2466
      @alinalexandru2466 5 лет назад +27

      @@sntm87 metric is already standard, as even the US, Myanmar and Liberia use it for science and medicine.

    • @JohnSmith-ey6zy
      @JohnSmith-ey6zy 5 лет назад +7

      @@alinalexandru2466 and industries especially the ones for exports

    • @cap.barbosa7619
      @cap.barbosa7619 5 лет назад +29

      Have to pause the video to do the conversion. Totally kills the flow.

    • @RomanCourier
      @RomanCourier 5 лет назад +23

      And if you insist, at least use Roman feet! (pedes)

  • @RomanCourier
    @RomanCourier 5 лет назад +68

    Nice video, I’m glad you depicted soldiers from different time periods including the Republic era, because the discussed methods were not only used when the (cliché) lorica segmantata were fashionable 😉 Keep it up!

    • @lelouche25
      @lelouche25 5 лет назад +2

      Cliche xD? But the lorica is such a great piece of equipment D:

    • @RomanCourier
      @RomanCourier 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah but hamata deserve more love ;)

    • @macped6751
      @macped6751 5 лет назад +1

      Carlotta Hastatis pectoral armor for life

    • @RomanCourier
      @RomanCourier 5 лет назад +2

      @Macped Literally ‘for life’, in their case :)

    • @RomanCourier
      @RomanCourier 5 лет назад +1

      Haha 😎

  • @Pr0m3th3us
    @Pr0m3th3us 5 лет назад +142

    Kings and Generals: *Uploads a video about siegecraft*
    The Iron Warriors and Imperial Fists would like to know your location.

    • @aaronbasham6554
      @aaronbasham6554 5 лет назад +2

      I'm pretty sure they already have them under siege.

    • @kingjonstarkgeryan8573
      @kingjonstarkgeryan8573 5 лет назад +2

      Instantly thought of 40K when he said the best Legion at siegecraft was the 10th. My thoughts were, "The 4th and 7th legions would disagree".

    • @willtipton100
      @willtipton100 5 лет назад +2

      Frumentarii: *4 missed calls*
      Frumentarii: *delet siegecraft video now plz*
      Frumentarii: *2 missed calls*
      Frumentarii but messaging you on Facebook: *hello r u there*

    • @slimslendy2591
      @slimslendy2591 5 лет назад +1

      *FORTIFY*

    • @thezeitos469
      @thezeitos469 5 лет назад +1

      *I am fortifying this position.*

  • @michaelrojas8658
    @michaelrojas8658 5 лет назад +4

    The Roman Army has always been my favorite thing to learn about in History. Thank you!

    • @theeagle5939
      @theeagle5939 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/Pxay_ZAX_Lw/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/eyieXqhkJso/видео.html

  • @hocestbellumchannel
    @hocestbellumchannel 5 лет назад +45

    Such nice illustrations though, the artist is very talented.

    • @ciaranbrk
      @ciaranbrk 5 лет назад +3

      Arb Paninken did the Art it says it in the ending credits I have to agree with you very talented.

  • @Ariranhaa
    @Ariranhaa 5 лет назад +6

    Man, 3 ideas:
    1- A playlist (or a new channel, or just an Excel worksheet) with all the videos in historical order.
    2- A video about the ways by which information used to reach commanders. How would someone know that the enemy was marching toward him? How would someone know how much time he had to fortify the city? How would he know that the east coast of somewhere had been crush 2 months ago? Stuff like that.
    3- When you're presenting the army - for example, the army X was composed by 500 light cavalry, 2000 heavy infantry etc. - put some images of the troops on the screen, so we know how they were.
    Thanks a lot for the videos!

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 2 года назад +1

      To answer your second question: people. Human intelligence goes back as far as urban warfare. You gotta who you're fighting, where they're coming from, what they're good at, who they distrust etc. Information has always been the most important part of war. You can get it from locals (fleeing or under occupation) who can get it from traders/slaves, who can pass it onto spies and scouts. Now Rome only made the latter policy and put into regular practice after they'd already conquered half the Mediterranean, but the relay of communication and verification is what has created every empire. I have no doubt that Sargon and Darius' troops were no more elite than any others they fought, but that internal discipline, preplanning and information networks were the best of their times. Allied tribes in foreign lands make all thr difference. I imagine traders more often than not found themselves involved in military preaction.

  • @Stickyrolls123
    @Stickyrolls123 5 лет назад +3

    Love these different tactics and units of renown videos you guys have been doing! Still my favorite channel!

  • @LostAkkadian
    @LostAkkadian 5 лет назад +17

    I absolutely loved the new art style! Would love to see more of it!

  • @danielconde13
    @danielconde13 5 лет назад +54

    My beloved AOE2! 11:26
    Also, could you please make a video over the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula? Everybody knows about Gaul and Britannia, but Romans faced here over a century of warfare to fully subjugate its entirety. We also have our legends, as Viriato and Sertorius, our sieges and battles, as Numancia, and horrific stories, such as the mass suicide of the Cantabric people. Also, it was in Iberia that the Pars Occidentalis of the Empire first begun to fall, when Galecia was taken by the Suebi in 409.
    Interested?

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 5 лет назад +6

    The animations and art styles you do in your videos are always different from the previous video's but equally excellent. Every video has it's own style.

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 5 лет назад +20

    Masada: "Walls, food and water storage, on a steep, highly defensible mesa. We're safe here!"
    Romans and entered the chat.

  • @Adwi1992
    @Adwi1992 5 лет назад +4

    Idk why but this is one of the best episodes you put together! Keep it up!

  • @michielkruijff895
    @michielkruijff895 3 года назад +1

    When missiles are shot using tension instead of gunpowder to produce the missile's velocity (and such was the case in all pre-gunpowder warfare) one shouldn't speak of 'firing' but of 'releasing' the missile. As in: "the arrow was released at the enemy", not as "the arrow was fired at the enemy".
    otherwise, I love this channel!

  • @cray1727
    @cray1727 5 лет назад +5

    Loving the new art style! Reminds me of old history books I had when I was a kid. Great work!

  • @RuneOverW
    @RuneOverW 5 лет назад +3

    Great video, these drawings and animations are some of the best i’ve seen on this channel. Good job.

  • @HeLLBenDr
    @HeLLBenDr 5 лет назад +6

    I would always wonder how the hell did soldiers manage to build stuff while people were throwing rocks and shooting arrows at them. Plus the use of mines was always a mystery to me. Thanks Kings and generals. ❤ Oh and please continue the Thomas Cochrane series I'm dying to see the next parts!

  • @skyrim654
    @skyrim654 5 лет назад +5

    I'm a simple man. I see K&G post a video on Rome AND Siege craft...
    *prepares comfy spot to sit like at a movie theater*
    *smashing Like button intensifies*

  • @PrehistoricLEGO
    @PrehistoricLEGO 5 лет назад +3

    I love this new tactic series you’re doing

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 4 года назад +1

    Nice video. I knew most of what the Roman's used in their siege's but not all of it. Glad I know now. My Thanks to those who made this video a reality.

  • @019KADESH
    @019KADESH 5 лет назад +3

    I loved the 11:26 sound of an AoE Battering Ram

  • @talknight2
    @talknight2 5 лет назад +1

    Anyone interested in Roman siegecraft simply must visit Masada. The remains of multiple Roman siege camps surrounding the fortress have been preserved to this day and partially restored, and you can also see some reconstructed siege engines, not to mention the massive causeway the Romans had piled up to the walls which are 300m (~1000 feet) above sea level. Also, there's a great view of the Dead Sea from the top! :D

  • @Clown19446
    @Clown19446 5 лет назад +8

    At 2:40 The battle of Salamis in 306 BCE was in Cyprus, not Crete.

  • @yiyoascen
    @yiyoascen 5 лет назад

    I love the manner in which these videos are narrated. Very clear pronunciation!

  • @thil2894
    @thil2894 5 лет назад +11

    0:31 im sorry btu just seeing this guy walk in the snow bare legged give me the chills.

    • @jkb6084
      @jkb6084 5 лет назад +4

      also he's got two swords^^

    • @thil2894
      @thil2894 5 лет назад

      @@jkb6084 so true

    • @karimm.elsayad9539
      @karimm.elsayad9539 5 лет назад

      Well, not exactly bare-legged
      turningpointsoftheancientworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0090a5b9de8347d141068aa313ffe8dc.jpg
      but still exposed nonetheless.

  • @philly83
    @philly83 2 года назад

    I love rewatching these Roman videos

  • @spelmat
    @spelmat 5 лет назад +3

    Well, that was very interesting once again! I especially enjoyed the siege tower part. I would have "loved" to see a siege in action (from the technological aspect).

  • @FreeFallingAir
    @FreeFallingAir 5 лет назад +1

    Hearing our narrator saying "Its Epic Awesomeness " really just made my day😂

  • @theinsanepumpkincarver
    @theinsanepumpkincarver 5 лет назад +6

    2:33. Salamis is on Cyprus, not Crete

    • @ravenstrategist1325
      @ravenstrategist1325 5 лет назад

      I think it was not done on purpose since they covered the siege of Salamis on their channel.

  • @marcus1992000
    @marcus1992000 5 лет назад +1

    the graphics with the sound of the testudo being smashed by the catapult is pure gold

  • @spookyelectrik
    @spookyelectrik 5 лет назад +4

    rome total war taught me that ladders were invincible.

    • @eniotanaka2229
      @eniotanaka2229 5 лет назад

      Michael Schaefer not if they catch fire :p

  • @OptimusPater87
    @OptimusPater87 3 года назад

    Total War footage makes this channel soooo much better over similar ones

  • @Cipher71
    @Cipher71 5 лет назад +9

    3:53
    That Age of Empires II sound effect tho
    Edit: AHHH and at 11:27!!!

  • @Johannes_Piotr
    @Johannes_Piotr 5 лет назад +1

    Some Roman content again. Glorious!
    Just one thing. I would appreciate it if you could give measurements not only in feet but in meters too.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 лет назад +6

    *IT’S ALMOST HARVESTING SEASON*

  • @geoff6835
    @geoff6835 5 лет назад

    I love the harmless and almost cute noise that they used for the ballista sound effects in this video haha

  • @arafdi
    @arafdi 5 лет назад +8

    *video talked about Roman siege weapons and tactics*
    Me: Ah, interesting... Truly, the Romans were adaptable-
    *video talked about how at the end of a siege, Roman legionnaires would massacre, pillage, and loot settlements*
    Me: ... Well, that's a 'tactic' too, I guess?

    • @jacksonross5941
      @jacksonross5941 5 лет назад +3

      I mean, that was like uniform practice for just about all of history

  • @sjewitt22
    @sjewitt22 5 лет назад +1

    Can you do a video on the Roman military training? And what it was like out of war, how did they get so efficent, how did they come up with new tactics etc? Was there a special group of people who's job it was to come up with tactics and stratergy?

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 5 лет назад +49

    [Iron Warriors and Imperial Fists would like to know your location]

    • @Bazza1993ify
      @Bazza1993ify 5 лет назад +5

      The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind You’re insisting on a fisting!

    • @LovelyDodgems
      @LovelyDodgems 5 лет назад +3

      FORTIFY

    • @hiperblaszter
      @hiperblaszter 5 лет назад +3

      @@LovelyDodgems SIEGE

    • @LovelyDodgems
      @LovelyDodgems 5 лет назад

      @@hiperblaszter FORTIFY

    • @bogdangabrielonete3467
      @bogdangabrielonete3467 5 лет назад

      Given how Rome was the main inspiration for Ultramarines, they would also like to know their location

  • @jamesforreal
    @jamesforreal Год назад

    Great video. It's interesting to see how Romans defended their lines while building their siegeworks.

  • @arjunsinha4845
    @arjunsinha4845 5 лет назад +21

    Please make a video on Franco-Prussian War

    • @opperturk124
      @opperturk124 5 лет назад +4

      Go check out the armchair historian, they made a video about that

    • @AksamRafiz
      @AksamRafiz 5 лет назад

      The war where the French surrendered?

    • @arjunsinha4845
      @arjunsinha4845 5 лет назад

      @@AksamRafiz Yes, that war happened during unification of germany

  • @reidmaxwell8874
    @reidmaxwell8874 5 лет назад +2

    This is such a good freaking channel

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 5 лет назад +77

    Too many wars whats next Sunday more Ottoman, Napoleon, Thirty years war, Third crusade, Mongols, Mithridatic Wars
    I😃 I can only guess

    • @umaransari9765
      @umaransari9765 5 лет назад +4

      Mongols most probably

    • @soselo69
      @soselo69 5 лет назад +6

      A new series that they will never end. xD

    • @mobiggcro
      @mobiggcro 5 лет назад

      Korean 🤭

    • @PrivateSlacker
      @PrivateSlacker 5 лет назад +1

      Its amazing how rich men can convince thousands of other men to kill and die for them so they can get richer.

  • @arpiedra5100
    @arpiedra5100 5 лет назад

    That sound at 11:25 hits you right in the nostalgia

  • @ahmedmuawia2447
    @ahmedmuawia2447 5 лет назад +8

    You can't just mess the with Roman Empire.

    • @ahmedmuawia2447
      @ahmedmuawia2447 5 лет назад

      @Aleksa Petrovic unless you are Goth or Vandal, or Hun, or an Iranian. Or Roman.

    • @Thormil576
      @Thormil576 5 лет назад

      Or unless ur the Arabs

    • @ahmedmuawia2447
      @ahmedmuawia2447 5 лет назад

      @@Thormil576 Yeah, the Byzantines count as well.
      Turks two can mess with ottoman empire with that logic.

    • @nicholasp9239
      @nicholasp9239 5 лет назад

      Goths and Vandals were butchered so many times in two centuries that they could prevail only after roman civil war. Arabs came after a 200 hundreds years war and Turks primary victory came for the treason of Ducas noble family against Romanus IV. The only people that actually matched Roman power were Persians under Sasanid Family and at last they lost at Ninive.

    • @ahmedmuawia2447
      @ahmedmuawia2447 5 лет назад

      @@nicholasp9239 Wow Calm down Ceaser.
      The Vadals and Goths are not even that old by the time they attacked Rome.
      Byzantium was 95% dead by the time of the Ottomans. Iranians Screwed Byzantium and Rome so many times. But does that means Rome was weak, unmatching those they call Barbarians. Heck No!!
      Rome was only old, really old.
      That's it.

  • @TheArchemman
    @TheArchemman 5 лет назад

    Roman Siegecraft, truly the best of their time.
    Whenever I play Rome Total War, just before I commense the siege. I always utter Caesar's words "Veni, vidi, vici"

  • @emperorclaudius5499
    @emperorclaudius5499 5 лет назад +19

    Last time I was this early I was still 5th in line to be emperor

    • @jkmutendar8820
      @jkmutendar8820 5 лет назад

      You mean 4th in line.

    • @jefferynelson
      @jefferynelson 5 лет назад

      You made me spit my beer out laughing, all over my laptop, darn you

  • @brettbrideau206
    @brettbrideau206 2 года назад +1

    I love how the Onager sound effects were totally from AOE2.

  • @johnlygouras674
    @johnlygouras674 5 лет назад +3

    At 2:37 you made a mistake. What do you mean greek and macedonians ? With greek you include all greek inventors, macedonians, spartans, athenians or else. I did not expect that from you kings and generals

    • @mysteriouspast6510
      @mysteriouspast6510 5 лет назад

      The Macedonians are not Greeks, you fool. They are south Slavs from the Indo-European family. But they just followed the Hellenistic culture.

    • @johnlygouras674
      @johnlygouras674 5 лет назад

      @@mysteriouspast6510 If you are referring to the nearly 30 year old fake ass state of skopje-former yugoslavia, then you are the fool here. You said it. They are slavs. Macedonia is a greek word, Macedonians were always greeks. If you don't have the patience to simply read history, then there is no reason talking about this matter

  • @nesa1126
    @nesa1126 5 лет назад

    It is awesome that that ramp is still present. And camp sites.

  • @alexavieralagao3343
    @alexavieralagao3343 5 лет назад +20

    Bf: can I come over?
    Gf: you can't, I have walls
    Bf: *creates catupult*

  • @kampfpiper3853
    @kampfpiper3853 5 лет назад

    I really love these Roman series videos

  • @TheConquerorToCome
    @TheConquerorToCome 5 лет назад +6

    The thumbnail got broken when I pressed it so hard.

  • @KeithShuler
    @KeithShuler 5 лет назад

    Thx guys! My day just got better!

  • @vlads3283
    @vlads3283 5 лет назад +4

    Last time I was this early Romulus just killed Remus.

  • @johnisaiah985
    @johnisaiah985 5 лет назад

    I haven't seen kings and generals for a month the art style has really changed

  • @fatherofhistory1644
    @fatherofhistory1644 5 лет назад +3

    Yeah! It's pretty cool buddy in your link 😎😎👕👕👕with roman symbol

  • @ImronNurWahid
    @ImronNurWahid 5 лет назад +1

    Eastern roman empire is collapsed in 1453
    And this video is 14.53 minutes long
    Its not a coincidence its a miracle👏👏

  • @andrisrubins8022
    @andrisrubins8022 5 лет назад +17

    Please can you make more videos about African history before age of discovery?

  • @cashmoney5618
    @cashmoney5618 5 лет назад

    I am an objective fanatic of war and armies. The roman army was something to respect. They did not just fight weak enemies, but had difficult campaigns against formidable foes. They had some trouble against the germans due to their cavalry. But that's general rule of thumb is that a calvary has advantages in war over a infantry.

  • @Chikanuk
    @Chikanuk 5 лет назад +64

    Use metric system like 99% of the world plz.

    • @Chikanuk
      @Chikanuk 5 лет назад +6

      @ And how do you count this? Btw any person on Earth understand metric system, even from US. But no one exept US know or care about this old-shit stuff.

    •  5 лет назад +5

      @@Chikanuk USA is a super power of the world, we don't care about your 3rd world system

    • @TomSmith-li5se
      @TomSmith-li5se 5 лет назад +4

      @ You are gonna get disliked to death by this, you know?

    • @Chikanuk
      @Chikanuk 5 лет назад +3

      @ lol, dear wannabe-nazi, do you even understand what you call literally the rest of the world except US the third world?

    • @Joker-yw9hl
      @Joker-yw9hl 5 лет назад

      Just learn both and get over yourselves

  • @talldude1412
    @talldude1412 5 лет назад

    Another point about sacking a settlement after a long siege. This was a strategic decision as it encouraged the next settlement to yield without the necessity of a siege. If the consequences of resisting a Roman siege were the same as if they had surrendered immediately, they would have been incentivizing resistance. It wasn't merely an outcome of the sieging forces frustrations.

  • @konstantinostd
    @konstantinostd 5 лет назад +7

    greek and macedonian enginneers, what's the difference?

    • @MAXIMVS_XXXIII
      @MAXIMVS_XXXIII 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah what is this thing now? what is this differentiation?

    • @MAXIMVS_XXXIII
      @MAXIMVS_XXXIII 5 лет назад +7

      @@islamisthetruth3402 Yeah and also the English are africans and they came from the modern day Egypt hahahahahahaha

    • @MAXIMVS_XXXIII
      @MAXIMVS_XXXIII 5 лет назад +2

      @@islamisthetruth3402 Wow and i forgot to mention the now day Americans that came from the Moon after the Transformers and the Aliens invaded their Moontown new york and after that came to earth and created the modern day America as we know it now

    • @4566Iggy
      @4566Iggy 5 лет назад +2

      @@islamisthetruth3402 Slavs didn't enter the area till the 600s AD and Balgariaians were a Turkish/Steepe people who were slavised due to heavy intermarriage.

    • @johnlygouras674
      @johnlygouras674 5 лет назад +1

      @@islamisthetruth3402 Macedonians were always greeks. Skopjans are bulgarians 100%.

  • @rw3899
    @rw3899 5 лет назад +2

    Not to mention the ever effective tactic of "mercenary war elephants"...

    • @eniotanaka2229
      @eniotanaka2229 5 лет назад

      Ruben Wahab total war?

    • @rw3899
      @rw3899 5 лет назад +1

      @@eniotanaka2229 bingo

  • @thesnackbandit
    @thesnackbandit 5 лет назад +3

    AOE sound effects 👌

  • @Renwoxing13
    @Renwoxing13 5 лет назад

    I believe that the great Kingdoms of Ancient China DESERVE to have just as many videos on them as Rome, if not MORE!

  • @a7maw_747
    @a7maw_747 5 лет назад +3

    Did you all just miss that AOE sound effect? 11:26

  • @Hickokboy
    @Hickokboy 5 лет назад

    Outstanding documentary.

  • @evilseedsgrownaturally1588
    @evilseedsgrownaturally1588 5 лет назад +24

    2% of the world population uses feet as a system of measurement
    well, 2% and kings and generals youtube channel

    • @Aalienik
      @Aalienik 5 лет назад +1

      The US alone is about 5% of the worlds population, so you're exaggarating the insignificance of the archaic imperial measuring system.

    • @sukoner1
      @sukoner1 5 лет назад +7

      @Pommy Pie Never in science, because even they know its a shitty system not acceptable for serius matters

    • @shaneboardwell1060
      @shaneboardwell1060 5 лет назад

      Your salt has been noted.

    • @homercale9638
      @homercale9638 5 лет назад

      Dude, this ain't Math class. Stop showing off and put your head down on your desk and nap .
      You're probably a grammar nazi in your spare time also ??
      😆😆😆 I'm kidding ya. in addition, I'd like to speak for the 2 percenters , we like to look at y'all 98 percenters as conformists, and ourselves as egotistical enough to view our 2% to be greater than 98%....😄😄 which also might be proof why we dont go metric, any math that has 2% greater than 98 is some kinda magic math , maybe also a little witchery involved. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @imswanronson3558
    @imswanronson3558 5 лет назад +1

    Just booted up a new game of Imperator, thanks for this.

  • @ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ

    By saying greeks and Macedonians it's like saying greeks two times

    • @deinvater797
      @deinvater797 5 лет назад

      I know right? Cuz the macedonians are the real Greeks.

    • @ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ
      @ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ 5 лет назад +1

      @@deinvater797 cuz Macedonians are greeks they are a greek tribe like Spartans and Athenians

    • @deinvater797
      @deinvater797 5 лет назад

      @@ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ You sir, are fake news.

    • @ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ
      @ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ 5 лет назад

      @@deinvater797 prove it

    • @deinvater797
      @deinvater797 5 лет назад

      @@ΣυμεώνΚαρανικόλας-μ7γ The Greeks stole all their inventions from the Macedonians. they couldnt do anything on their own.

  • @Marcik86
    @Marcik86 4 года назад

    The sounds of Age of Empires II are awesome!

  • @blaze71002
    @blaze71002 5 лет назад +2

    the macedonians engineers are also greeks. do not separate them

  • @WarlordOden
    @WarlordOden 5 лет назад

    Appreciate the age of empires sounds I hear from time to time in these vids

  • @taxiarchiskalyvas8198
    @taxiarchiskalyvas8198 5 лет назад +6

    There are no Macedonians and greeks...
    They are all Greeks speaking about history

    • @hristoaleksovski9414
      @hristoaleksovski9414 5 лет назад

      Were the ancient macedonians really that Greek though ?

    • @taxiarchiskalyvas8198
      @taxiarchiskalyvas8198 5 лет назад +2

      @@hristoaleksovski9414 Greek but literally not Slav 😂😂😂
      Rly now that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard....

    • @taxiarchiskalyvas8198
      @taxiarchiskalyvas8198 5 лет назад

      @@hristoaleksovski9414 Ancient Macedonia exist 2000 years before you...
      You dont even know what the word macedon means

    • @hristoaleksovski9414
      @hristoaleksovski9414 5 лет назад

      @@taxiarchiskalyvas8198 Macedon means tall person ahhaa

    • @taxiarchiskalyvas8198
      @taxiarchiskalyvas8198 5 лет назад

      @@hristoaleksovski9414 yea and how do u know and from who

  • @guymootoo
    @guymootoo 5 лет назад +1

    Video on History of Siam (Thailand) warfare would be really interesting! Or ASEAN in general

  • @sjewitt22
    @sjewitt22 5 лет назад +4

    Don't let Trump and his supporters see this video, they'll have a heart attack.

  • @LtScarecrow87
    @LtScarecrow87 4 года назад

    I will never not get tired of hearing that Rome II music
    Addendum: I found out I have over 2000 hours on Rome 2 Total War...I may be obsessed

  • @bill884
    @bill884 5 лет назад +2

    2:38 By Greek and Macedonian engineering? But the are the same right?

  • @Membarock
    @Membarock 5 лет назад +1

    Great content! Please do a video about the First Messenian War, or one about Archaic Greece.

  • @Ikit1Claw
    @Ikit1Claw 5 лет назад +2

    3:56 I immediately recognized that sound.

  • @2710gtb
    @2710gtb 5 лет назад +1

    Nice video as always!
    I would just like it more if, when describing lenghts in feet, you also add meters. :)

  • @Manuel-gu9ls
    @Manuel-gu9ls 5 лет назад

    I afraid that there will be no warfare history left for this channel to make

  • @mcjaminroy
    @mcjaminroy 5 лет назад

    Love the age of empire sound effects!!!!

  • @calvinh8755
    @calvinh8755 5 лет назад +1

    Patiently waiting for next Thirty Years War video :)

  • @miriambucholtz9315
    @miriambucholtz9315 5 лет назад +1

    Just curious, what measures did they take to fireproof their siege engines?