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Love producing these "Live History" documentaries as there is no beating the value of actually seeing the past in living color! Huge thanks to the reenactors from Veteres Militer and Imperium Romanum!!!
Did I get it wrong, that a centurie had 80 legionairies and some 20 slaves to do certain tasks for them, like making their shoes, and cooking and cleaning? Did they have their own cook, and like a medicus in a centurie? And were they sometimes send to guard a house of a wealthy man? Or like a ludus? I love your documenturies, thank you so much! 🤗❤
@@InvictaHistory awesome job! Little bit of a directing tip for future videos that might enhance the experience. It will read better to give talent a small objective within their conversations instead of telling the talent to pretend to talk or to point at something in the distance. Keep going though it’s awesome nonetheless.
"There is always something to do, even if it is painting the pebbles" - written by a veteran. I once had to rake the sand around my squad bay into a "Zen Garden" for the Gunny. He thought it was funny as hell... Excellent video as always, Invicta!
Sounds about right. I was a submariner, and we had a couple small patches of tile flooring in engineering that the chiefs always insisted were kept spotless and regularly waxed...even though it became hazardous to stand on if the boat took a steep up or down angle. I swear they were put there specifically to create pointless work as everywhere else aft had metal no-skid deck plating. Just like they put random "bright work" everywhere to have something to polish.
It may not always make sense to young soldiers but old nco's often have an understanding that "Idle hands are the Devil's workshop." If you don't keep young troops busy they'll find something to occupy themselves with... usually something that will end with broken equipment or broken troops.
As a soldier myself serving over 30 year’s boredom was an issue irrespective of where posted, unless on specific duties or op’s. Therefore it was importance to have a regular routine and purpose. I suppose the same was for a Roman soldier. A bored soldier usually gets into or finds trouble or worse cause dissent. When the peace process in N Ireland came about we were taken off the streets. It was soon noticed that morale in our unit became an issue and our officer commanding spoke to the company to find out the reason. I spoke up stating that there was nothing in particular wrong, and I suggested that our purpose (patrolling the streets), had been taken away from us due to the peace. The Officer commanding agreed and instigated a programme of courses, adventure training and other initiatives. Morale soon increased again.
I grew up near the Saalburg: A larger fortification along the Limes-Wall at the edge of the Roman Empire. We would go for a class trip. They've rebuilt/reconstructed the walls and some of the buildings inside to serve as a restaurant with Roman dishes and a museum. They also let kids practice the bow-and-arrow and throwing the pilum. Good times. It's great to see a video on a large youtube channel bring the experience back to life and go into detail about the daily lives of the people that lived there.
The Romans practically invented the idea of a large professional national military. Modern military traditions and organization ultimately go back to the Legions.
I started watching this channel for the Warhammer stuff, and clicked this video on a whim. But honestly? This was actually really cool! I think it helps that you had the assistance of the live reenactment groups and their footage, because it was actually really fun to see them perform the same tasks that an actual soldier would have done back then!
Glad you enjoyed! This format is one of my favorites and we've been blessed to work with some really talented reenactors. There's a lot more of these episodes in our "Live History" playlist
Awesome! Cooncidentally, this video released THE DAY BEFORE I am visiting Limesfort Pohl on 20/10. I went to Saalberg a few weeks ago. As an American Soldier stationed in Wiesbaden and a Roman enthusiast I feel so lucky to be here.
I'd assume life in a Roman fort is pretty much like life in a forward operating base. Crappy food, sleeping in tents, waiting for something to happen, training, fiddling with your gear, writing letters home, patrolling...
Right? I can't imagine it was anything different than what we were doing, just the Weapons and gear. No running water, no electricity (accept for the TOC of course) and relying on you and yours is timeless.
@@Corporate101-mk6ibI think Roman army do patrolling and has information sources so total surprice attack to long time base (fortification) would be rare. To marching army it would be plausible.
Remember visiting a Limes in Germany back in the day. Very similar to our border camps on the former East German and Czechoslovakian borders during the 1980s.
Well if it isn't 11th ACR😂. I was with the 11th. 34th, 33rd, 66th, 10th cav, 3rd acr in 23 yrs😂. And yes just like our border camps😉 stay strong brother
@@ak9989 Always will! But, nothing like a good old fashioned Lariat Advance or Fragrep to get the blood flowing (...not to mention one of them that Handicap Blacks). Party on, and don't forget to file for Tinnitus an its secondaries. Scouts Out!
@@huntclanhunt9697 Remember General Patton? "There are 200 neat graves on Sicily, just because someone slept on duty. But they are German graves because we found the bastard before them."
Good video. May I add that one of the common features associated with fixed fortifications on the Roman borders was the "vicus". The vicus was a kind of village, which started to grow outside of the fortifications themselves. Often these began as fixed housing for merchants, the families of soldiers & local service providers. This was a consequence of the mixed supply system, which was used by the Roman military (sending supplies from larger fortifications to smaller ones, buying from local traders & living off the land). Sometimes a vicus got so big, that it would be recognised as an actual town. We can see an example of that in the modern German town of Rottweil - which was founded a fort by Emperor Vespasian around 69 AD. The vicus underneath the modern suburb/village of Göllsdorf in Neckar valley grew so large that it later was recognised as the "municipium arae flaviae". [It should be mentioned that Arae Flaviae by that point in time wasn't a border town any more. Though it is a neat example. I could go into other places such as Augusta Treverorum, which also is quite a tale, worthy of a video. Maybe Invicta will get to that some day.] We have further examples of Roman soldiers on the frontiers creating their own gardens to grow food, herbs and other useful plants such as hemp to turn into fibres (though linen seems to have been the preferred fibre to make clothing).
I was thinking of that question when watching the video - how often did a Roman fortification become a motor driving the development of villages, towns and cities? Given that rivers were significant routes of commerce until the invention of railroads and trucks, I would also expect that not only would the Romans have used the rivers to transport goods, but also that would be a number of cities along the Rhine long before the Romans came along. And that these cities would have been fortified while making sure their harbors could still be used for commerce.
Don’t you love some Witcher bgm while listening to how the Romans operated their forts? Almost imagined some poor blokes getting ambushed by some drowners
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I think I've ever heard and I'd otherwise never care if it weren't for Witcher 3. That song MADE the game soooo much more impactful. It puts me in my feels every time I hear it.
I love "life in a XYZ" series - they fascinate me the most. There is nothing interesting for me to know about yet another battle number #7890, but learning how regular people lived is way more enjoyable.
Thank you for this glimpse into the possible life of deployed Roman Troops. "Home on leave" sounds interesting. I have never pictured the Roman Army allowing conscripted soldiers R&R, for fear of AWOL.
Perfect timing. I’m taking the plastic sprues from my models for AoS gonna trim them down and make Roman palisade terrain with them. So yes I am a nerd. And now I can use these as visual reference.
Not just to Roman legions, but to Roman life. Alea iacta est. Veni vidi vici. Ave Caesare, morituri te salutant... Old names of places like Lutetia. I want to read the comics in Latin one day but I hear the translations are actually quite challenging.
This is just astonishingly good! It really gets to what has truly interested me about Rome or Greece. What was it really like, how did they live? And to see it brought to life so realistically is more than I could dream of. Incredible stuff.
I suspect the soldiers were subject to much of the same as current day soldiers: Rushing headlong in heartpounding haste only to stand around and wait for something to happen.
The video is sensational and thank you for providing us with a very easy and simple way of understanding how Roman soldiers lived in these fortifications. As a former soldier, I am fascinated by the Roman Legions. Congratulations.
Agreeing with veterans and active duty personell here - it really sounds like nothing much has changed in the last 2,000 years how we 'do' in AAs or on FOBs. Whether Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, or wherever we've been, from trading with local pops and gathering HUMINT, sleeping in bunks, doing 'household chores' to guard and PTR duty - war never changes.
Anyone know why the tower is external like that? Seems like it would be so easy to isolate it in case of an attack, negating any advantage in being able to protect the walls. And as far as spotting goes, it seems it could do that just as well and more safely from inside the walls.
I'm not sure if the Watchtower placement is accurate, or if these were the reasons if it was. But tactically speaking it does make some sense. If the tower were located inside of the compound it would limit space in the compound for the unit to do stuff or have other buildings. If they extended the curtain wall to make it larger, to get that space back and accommodate the Tower then that extends the circumference of the curtain wall needing more men to cover the area during an attack. Defensive wise the Tower itself is actually the most protected and you could look at it like a miniature Medieval Tower house or 'Norman' Motte and Bailey set up. Their rarest goods and food would be stored, most likely in the base of the stone tower and the only access to it would be via a ladder out of the 2nd story entrance or that (presumably removable on the real thing) bridge over to the curtain walled compound. This mini fort is only a portion of a Legion, so they'd light the Tower up and horn like mad waiting for the legion to form and counter attack. Kind of means they're unlikely to be in sustained siege mode, but even so assaults come in waves so during lulls in fighting you can ferry dudes across the bridge or supplies out (or throw them from the Tower) I guess. The Tower couldn't be isolated from the compound itself by the enemy as they're so close to each other and realistically you could only get in the tower by breaching the compound so I guess it doubles as a last stand for survivors once the compound has fallen. Not just the Tower as a final last stand, but if the compound is semi breached they could make the call to do a full fall back to that tower corner of the compound and form a shield wall in the corner to get their energy & cohesion back while the tower has perfect head targets on anyone charging that shieldwall or full aim of every other portion of the compound.. Eventually the enemy is going to skirmish with projectiles back and the logical step for them is to want some cover themselves which means hoping back over the walls to use the back side. They do that and the defending infantry can charge back to take the whole compound walls back taking them by surprise as the enemy has just sort of willingly left of their own accord based on the tower archers being annoying :D Because the tower overlooks the compound entrance it means anyone attacking the 'gate' to the compound would be getting hit in the back from the tower and as the tower was stone it wasn't going to get savaged before the compound or set alight and anyone trying to put ladders up would be getting hit in the back from the compound. It basically makes mutual flanking fire arcs around the compounds weakest point at the gate. As the tower is offset from the fort it has coverage down 2 sides of the fort too and also isn't acting as a barrier to the gate, so sort of encourages attackers to not get distracted by the tower but walk into the kilI zone instead at the compound gate. Also for every day guard duty the dude on the tower is in talking distance to the door guys to let them know someone's approaching for trade etc. Or some local ladies of the night turning up to trade their wares :)
" They were competing with each other on who will harm first, better and more decisively the enemy. Our Army were simple men with virile values and seekers of the traditional virtues. That is why although we were much less most of the times, we defeated much more enemy forces" -SALLUSTIUS, De Conjuratione Catlinae. (Rome is always here.)
There is 3 reenactment groups that feature in this group 12:15, 13:16, 14:00 are a clip from the group Deva Victrix in North Wales, as far as I can see completely uncredited yet again
When i was a kid, my friends and imagined our apartment complex was one big roman fort. I am an adult now and still imagine that place was a roman fort. That is why i love these videos, its just so interesting to grown old men lol😅
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, remove it. If it can't be removed, paint it white.... I suppose they had skulkers too. Trying to look busy.....
Awesome video, love these reenactment groups. Would be awesome if we had some of them here in the US, they'd add a bit of variety to the tons of Civil War groups lol.
I wonder if you went back in time carrying a rifle on your back if they would suspect anything walking into the city or if they would recognize it as a weapon just by instinct
17:30 this is how Rome did the vast majority of its 'conquering'; not through war but through occupation of territory, by slowly giving the locals Roman citizenship. By building communities of Veterans that blended with the local population.
The period should be indicated 'cause roman's army changed a lot during time. For example: Caesar introduced innovations like a medical tent with military doctors (instead of using officers' personal doctors or locals) and also a veterinary area. Octavius made the medic camp a more permanent feature by building up arcaic hospital like structures inside the fort. The army's schedule also changed due to innovations but also from the republic to the empire and emperor by emperor. Example: under Caesar (and others, but that was alerady a custom for early roman soldiers) first thing in the morning they had to shave one another (not an activity you could do by yourself with their instruments and the lack of soap). Later, under other emperors, roman soldiers were allowed to grew facial hair (something only auxiliary troops did until then)
@@Alexq79- how many times did the Sassanids and Parthians use Roman emperors as foot stools for their horses? Lol. The Parthians and Sassanids had 4 different capitals btw, cstephone being only one.
If you look closely at the railing around the watchtower at 10:45 it has 2”X4” modern steel fencing attached to it. Loved the video all the same though.
Falling asleep on watch or generally offences in related to watch duty is still a severe offence in most militaries. I know for one example that depending on the severity, you could get a punishment ranging between a hefty fine up to multiple years in prison.
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Thanks for the video!
Love producing these "Live History" documentaries as there is no beating the value of actually seeing the past in living color! Huge thanks to the reenactors from Veteres Militer and Imperium Romanum!!!
Love watching them.
Great work from these guys. Nice break from drawings and animations which sometimes can make you feel disconnected
Did I get it wrong, that a centurie had 80 legionairies and some 20 slaves to do certain tasks for them, like making their shoes, and cooking and cleaning? Did they have their own cook, and like a medicus in a centurie? And were they sometimes send to guard a house of a wealthy man? Or like a ludus? I love your documenturies, thank you so much! 🤗❤
Prefer a 3d animation than a cheap fort irl
@@InvictaHistory awesome job! Little bit of a directing tip for future videos that might enhance the experience. It will read better to give talent a small objective within their conversations instead of telling the talent to pretend to talk or to point at something in the distance. Keep going though it’s awesome nonetheless.
"There is always something to do, even if it is painting the pebbles" - written by a veteran. I once had to rake the sand around my squad bay into a "Zen Garden" for the Gunny. He thought it was funny as hell... Excellent video as always, Invicta!
Sounds about right. I was a submariner, and we had a couple small patches of tile flooring in engineering that the chiefs always insisted were kept spotless and regularly waxed...even though it became hazardous to stand on if the boat took a steep up or down angle. I swear they were put there specifically to create pointless work as everywhere else aft had metal no-skid deck plating. Just like they put random "bright work" everywhere to have something to polish.
I was a roman legionnaire. We didn't do any of that and you guys look like losers.
It may not always make sense to young soldiers but old nco's often have an understanding that "Idle hands are the Devil's workshop." If you don't keep young troops busy they'll find something to occupy themselves with... usually something that will end with broken equipment or broken troops.
@@silverjohn6037 Busy troops complain. Bored troops break things.
@@idcanthony9286 Cleaning the walkways from dead leaves and dust, while the wind was blowing comes to my mind.
As a soldier myself serving over 30 year’s boredom was an issue irrespective of where posted, unless on specific duties or op’s. Therefore it was importance to have a regular routine and purpose. I suppose the same was for a Roman soldier. A bored soldier usually gets into or finds trouble or worse cause dissent. When the peace process in N Ireland came about we were taken off the streets. It was soon noticed that morale in our unit became an issue and our officer commanding spoke to the company to find out the reason. I spoke up stating that there was nothing in particular wrong, and I suggested that our purpose (patrolling the streets), had been taken away from us due to the peace. The Officer commanding agreed and instigated a programme of courses, adventure training and other initiatives. Morale soon increased again.
It's always good for soldiers to stay busy and stay out of trouble.
Ahh the Witcher music in the background AMAZING! 👍🏽
i recognise it from songs of syx
its not picked up by the copyright system at all? does it limit ads?
just finished my second playthrough last week and I was thinking huh where is that music from!
More Witcher music under videos❤
Was that from the Witcher? I heard the music and thought it was familiar but could not place it.
I grew up near the Saalburg: A larger fortification along the Limes-Wall at the edge of the Roman Empire. We would go for a class trip. They've rebuilt/reconstructed the walls and some of the buildings inside to serve as a restaurant with Roman dishes and a museum. They also let kids practice the bow-and-arrow and throwing the pilum. Good times. It's great to see a video on a large youtube channel bring the experience back to life and go into detail about the daily lives of the people that lived there.
@@uamsnof I was there as a kid. It's amazing. I got to wear the gear of an Auxilia. I think that's where my passion for Roman history started.
I got my two sons into Roman and greek history. They love these videos and all the times we visited actual sites from the UK to Germany to Italy.
Based dad.
Greetings from Hispania.
I got mine in to university and now they both rich in money and knowledge guess its a perspective thing huh
Hadraian's Wall if you can! Some amazing forts and museums along the whole stretch
I wish I have money to visit Germany and UK
Having done this, almost the exact same thing in the modern military, this is a captivating topic.
War... war never changes
@@InvictaHistory neither do officers haha
The Romans practically invented the idea of a large professional national military. Modern military traditions and organization ultimately go back to the Legions.
Video on Roman Empire: Intrigued.
Video on Roman Empire fort: guaranteed click.
I started watching this channel for the Warhammer stuff, and clicked this video on a whim. But honestly? This was actually really cool! I think it helps that you had the assistance of the live reenactment groups and their footage, because it was actually really fun to see them perform the same tasks that an actual soldier would have done back then!
Glad you enjoyed! This format is one of my favorites and we've been blessed to work with some really talented reenactors. There's a lot more of these episodes in our "Live History" playlist
Watch the Germanic War vids if you can, incredible stuff
Awesome! Cooncidentally, this video released THE DAY BEFORE I am visiting Limesfort Pohl on 20/10. I went to Saalberg a few weeks ago. As an American Soldier stationed in Wiesbaden and a Roman enthusiast I feel so lucky to be here.
I'd assume life in a Roman fort is pretty much like life in a forward operating base. Crappy food, sleeping in tents, waiting for something to happen, training, fiddling with your gear, writing letters home, patrolling...
Right? I can't imagine it was anything different than what we were doing, just the Weapons and gear.
No running water, no electricity (accept for the TOC of course) and relying on you and yours is timeless.
Also a little exciting, knowing the enemy is just over there
Except there’s the idea that you could be surrounded any minute with no air support and no Geneva convention 😂😂
@@Corporate101-mk6ibI think Roman army do patrolling and has information sources so total surprice attack to long time base (fortification) would be rare. To marching army it would be plausible.
If I get caught fiddling with my weapon on my shift, my bonus that month gone 😂
Remember visiting a Limes in Germany back in the day. Very similar to our border camps on the former East German and Czechoslovakian borders during the 1980s.
I grew up near the Saalburg which was part of the Limes.
Well if it isn't 11th ACR😂. I was with the 11th. 34th, 33rd, 66th, 10th cav, 3rd acr in 23 yrs😂. And yes just like our border camps😉 stay strong brother
@@ak9989 Always will! But, nothing like a good old fashioned Lariat Advance or Fragrep to get the blood flowing (...not to mention one of them that Handicap Blacks). Party on, and don't forget to file for Tinnitus an its secondaries. Scouts Out!
Falling asleep on watch hasn't been a minor infraction in any military organization I can think of.
Correct. It puts the entire force you're guarding at risk. Executing people who fall asleep on watch is a pretty common stance throughout history.
@@huntclanhunt9697 Turns out that most military commanders don't like having their soldiers killed in their sleep.
@@huntclanhunt9697 Remember General Patton? "There are 200 neat graves on Sicily, just because someone slept on duty. But they are German graves because we found the bastard before them."
Good video. May I add that one of the common features associated with fixed fortifications on the Roman borders was the "vicus". The vicus was a kind of village, which started to grow outside of the fortifications themselves. Often these began as fixed housing for merchants, the families of soldiers & local service providers. This was a consequence of the mixed supply system, which was used by the Roman military (sending supplies from larger fortifications to smaller ones, buying from local traders & living off the land). Sometimes a vicus got so big, that it would be recognised as an actual town. We can see an example of that in the modern German town of Rottweil - which was founded a fort by Emperor Vespasian around 69 AD. The vicus underneath the modern suburb/village of Göllsdorf in Neckar valley grew so large that it later was recognised as the "municipium arae flaviae". [It should be mentioned that Arae Flaviae by that point in time wasn't a border town any more. Though it is a neat example. I could go into other places such as Augusta Treverorum, which also is quite a tale, worthy of a video. Maybe Invicta will get to that some day.]
We have further examples of Roman soldiers on the frontiers creating their own gardens to grow food, herbs and other useful plants such as hemp to turn into fibres (though linen seems to have been the preferred fibre to make clothing).
Thanks for this added info
I was thinking of that question when watching the video - how often did a Roman fortification become a motor driving the development of villages, towns and cities? Given that rivers were significant routes of commerce until the invention of railroads and trucks, I would also expect that not only would the Romans have used the rivers to transport goods, but also that would be a number of cities along the Rhine long before the Romans came along. And that these cities would have been fortified while making sure their harbors could still be used for commerce.
The wonderful reenactors really add a whole other dimension to these videos! Fantastic! 😎⚔🔥
I like the guy in the temple who really went 🤌🤌
Don’t you love some Witcher bgm while listening to how the Romans operated their forts? Almost imagined some poor blokes getting ambushed by some drowners
Or the fort commander talking with a white-haired hunter for the local Griffin.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I think I've ever heard and I'd otherwise never care if it weren't for Witcher 3. That song MADE the game soooo much more impactful. It puts me in my feels every time I hear it.
As someone who was once ordered to "sweep the puddles", I relate heavily to pebble painting.
I love "life in a XYZ" series - they fascinate me the most. There is nothing interesting for me to know about yet another battle number #7890, but learning how regular people lived is way more enjoyable.
Thank you for this glimpse into the possible life of deployed Roman Troops. "Home on leave" sounds interesting. I have never pictured the Roman Army allowing conscripted soldiers R&R, for fear of AWOL.
I * love * seeing all of this brought to life!
The reenactors are much appreciated!
Awesome video as always.
A small city with markets and a vibrant economy created more peace than a fort many times its size.
Simply Amazing, this video is perfect in each detail, neither BBC can do something better!
I love these, please keep making these! Seriously well made!
Perfect timing. I’m taking the plastic sprues from my models for AoS gonna trim them down and make Roman palisade terrain with them. So yes I am a nerd. And now I can use these as visual reference.
Yet another fantastic doc on the Romans. Keep it up please. I watch ever episode released. Cheers!
Video starts at 3:35
@@michaelsurratt1864 Thank you brother I was going to put this comment myself
Love the roman information especially. Asterix and Obelix were my introduction to the Roman legions, and I've been interested ever since
Not just to Roman legions, but to Roman life. Alea iacta est. Veni vidi vici. Ave Caesare, morituri te salutant... Old names of places like Lutetia. I want to read the comics in Latin one day but I hear the translations are actually quite challenging.
Teşekkürler.
This is just astonishingly good! It really gets to what has truly interested me about Rome or Greece. What was it really like, how did they live? And to see it brought to life so realistically is more than I could dream of.
Incredible stuff.
12:48 even in the Roman Army you can’t escape Motor Pool Mondays and armory day
This is such a well made documentary. Love it.
I suspect the soldiers were subject to much of the same as current day soldiers: Rushing headlong in heartpounding haste only to stand around and wait for something to happen.
At 8:06 "Mornings would have begun by waking up" -- Thank you for that historical insight!
The video is sensational and thank you for providing us with a very easy and simple way of understanding how Roman soldiers lived in these fortifications. As a former soldier, I am fascinated by the Roman Legions. Congratulations.
That music at the beginning, first grab me in medieval total war( first one) than in witcher 3. Both great games. Very moving tune.
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Brilliant stuff. Love this channels blend of historic and Sci-fi/fantasy content.
This is some of the best content you guys do. Keep it up!
Glad you enjoy it! I also love these live formats and especially getting to work with awesome reenactors
@@InvictaHistoryah you have reenactors who are lifting and care for their body for to play soldiers?
Agreeing with veterans and active duty personell here - it really sounds like nothing much has changed in the last 2,000 years how we 'do' in AAs or on FOBs. Whether Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, or wherever we've been, from trading with local pops and gathering HUMINT, sleeping in bunks, doing 'household chores' to guard and PTR duty - war never changes.
*furiously takes notes for D&D campaign
You doing Ancient Rome inspired as well?
Finally one video that when it speaks of "life in a Roman fort" they don't mean "in Vindolanda".
*Mitra's witness*
*"Do you wish to hear the word of Mitras?"*
Anyone know why the tower is external like that? Seems like it would be so easy to isolate it in case of an attack, negating any advantage in being able to protect the walls. And as far as spotting goes, it seems it could do that just as well and more safely from inside the walls.
I'm not sure if the Watchtower placement is accurate, or if these were the reasons if it was.
But tactically speaking it does make some sense. If the tower were located inside of the compound it would limit space in the compound for the unit to do stuff or have other buildings. If they extended the curtain wall to make it larger, to get that space back and accommodate the Tower then that extends the circumference of the curtain wall needing more men to cover the area during an attack.
Defensive wise the Tower itself is actually the most protected and you could look at it like a miniature Medieval Tower house or 'Norman' Motte and Bailey set up. Their rarest goods and food would be stored, most likely in the base of the stone tower and the only access to it would be via a ladder out of the 2nd story entrance or that (presumably removable on the real thing) bridge over to the curtain walled compound. This mini fort is only a portion of a Legion, so they'd light the Tower up and horn like mad waiting for the legion to form and counter attack. Kind of means they're unlikely to be in sustained siege mode, but even so assaults come in waves so during lulls in fighting you can ferry dudes across the bridge or supplies out (or throw them from the Tower) I guess.
The Tower couldn't be isolated from the compound itself by the enemy as they're so close to each other and realistically you could only get in the tower by breaching the compound so I guess it doubles as a last stand for survivors once the compound has fallen. Not just the Tower as a final last stand, but if the compound is semi breached they could make the call to do a full fall back to that tower corner of the compound and form a shield wall in the corner to get their energy & cohesion back while the tower has perfect head targets on anyone charging that shieldwall or full aim of every other portion of the compound.. Eventually the enemy is going to skirmish with projectiles back and the logical step for them is to want some cover themselves which means hoping back over the walls to use the back side. They do that and the defending infantry can charge back to take the whole compound walls back taking them by surprise as the enemy has just sort of willingly left of their own accord based on the tower archers being annoying :D
Because the tower overlooks the compound entrance it means anyone attacking the 'gate' to the compound would be getting hit in the back from the tower and as the tower was stone it wasn't going to get savaged before the compound or set alight and anyone trying to put ladders up would be getting hit in the back from the compound. It basically makes mutual flanking fire arcs around the compounds weakest point at the gate. As the tower is offset from the fort it has coverage down 2 sides of the fort too and also isn't acting as a barrier to the gate, so sort of encourages attackers to not get distracted by the tower but walk into the kilI zone instead at the compound gate.
Also for every day guard duty the dude on the tower is in talking distance to the door guys to let them know someone's approaching for trade etc. Or some local ladies of the night turning up to trade their wares :)
The Roman Limes system was truly ahead of its time. 🗺 It's amazing how they managed such vast territories with limited manpower.
0:32 I love the music, it is pure magic 😍🤩
@@stonefish1318 the fields of ard skellige from witcher 3
@@dorivaldojunior2254 I couldn't pin down where I knew it from!
Unironically, I can't help but feel like listening to that song makes life more than it would be. It feels like it transcends the drivel of modernity.
That was fantastic! Well done!
More stuff like this please!!
" They were competing with each other on who will harm first, better and more decisively the enemy. Our Army were simple men with virile values and seekers of the traditional virtues. That is why although we were much less most of the times, we defeated much more enemy forces"
-SALLUSTIUS, De Conjuratione Catlinae.
(Rome is always here.)
Videos like this are why I subscribe!!
The sheer amount of similarities between the Roman army 2000 years ago and the US military today is so Erie
Very nicely done!
You gave us a look at a Roman soldier as a "human" also.
Keep up the reat work.
Adore these life in the place videos.
"There's always something to do." No matter the era, army life never changes
This was really good. Thank you!
There is 3 reenactment groups that feature in this group
12:15, 13:16, 14:00 are a clip from the group Deva Victrix in North Wales, as far as I can see completely uncredited yet again
When i was a kid, my friends and imagined our apartment complex was one big roman fort. I am an adult now and still imagine that place was a roman fort. That is why i love these videos, its just so interesting to grown old men lol😅
Very well done, glad to have watched it 😊
I like that you show roman life and how they
Lived keep.up the good work😊😊😊😊
Wow an AOE sponsor, that's the first time I didn't mind an advertisement. Cheers brotha
Amazing Video, and great Reenactors, it would also be amazing to see you visit Carnuntum as part of this series!
Y'all did a wonderful job on this video ❤❤❤❤
@14:00 Idle hands are the Devil's play ground. Officers know this well.
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, remove it. If it can't be removed, paint it white....
I suppose they had skulkers too. Trying to look busy.....
@@Lassisvulgaris Bongo!
Except, in the Infantry, we had to "paint it green." LOL
@@Lassisvulgaris The E-4 Mafia has ancient roots.
@@NorthForkFisherman Well known fact.....
it would be cool if you made a similar variant of this but of the Alamo!
This channel is amazing.
Awesome video, love these reenactment groups. Would be awesome if we had some of them here in the US, they'd add a bit of variety to the tons of Civil War groups lol.
The opportunity of a lifetime passed before him as he tried to decide between a cone or a cup.
I wonder if you went back in time carrying a rifle on your back if they would suspect anything walking into the city or if they would recognize it as a weapon just by instinct
Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.
commenting for algorith, great video!
7:20 I like how you included a typical single family germanic home, roughly 100ad in the background
I was watching this video in the background and I got so excited when I heard the witcher 3 music. .
The Fields of Ard Skellig for background music was a great touch!
This was such a pleasure.
Great content, thank you.
That witcher soundtrack still amazing every time
great video and didnt realise how much i missed that wticher music great track
As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
11:45 "Legionaries, what is your job?"
"Roofer, woodworker, earthworker, gardener, janitor, metal worker, engineer, ... "
15:25 ROMAN GAMING, LET'S GO! ! !
Epic! Thank you!
amazing documentary
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
17:30 this is how Rome did the vast majority of its 'conquering'; not through war but through occupation of territory, by slowly giving the locals Roman citizenship. By building communities of Veterans that blended with the local population.
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
amazing work
As a veteran myself, I can tell you that nothing much has changed since then or even into the future!
Standing watch now a days also sucks today also lol.
The period should be indicated 'cause roman's army changed a lot during time.
For example: Caesar introduced innovations like a medical tent with military doctors (instead of using officers' personal doctors or locals) and also a veterinary area. Octavius made the medic camp a more permanent feature by building up arcaic hospital like structures inside the fort.
The army's schedule also changed due to innovations but also from the republic to the empire and emperor by emperor.
Example: under Caesar (and others, but that was alerady a custom for early roman soldiers) first thing in the morning they had to shave one another (not an activity you could do by yourself with their instruments and the lack of soap). Later, under other emperors, roman soldiers were allowed to grew facial hair (something only auxiliary troops did until then)
It's almost an hour after the midnight then this vid spawned on my yt homepage 😆
Very informative ❤❤
Truly the greatest Empire to ever exist (sorry Brits)
They got rekt by Persians under the Sassanids and Parthian dynasties
the Sassanids and parthians also got wrecked. Plus i dont remember Rome being sacked/destroyed multiple times by the glorious shahansha?
@@Alexq79- how many times did the Sassanids and Parthians use Roman emperors as foot stools for their horses? Lol. The Parthians and Sassanids had 4 different capitals btw, cstephone being only one.
Until the United States 🇺🇸
If you look closely at the railing around the watchtower at 10:45 it has 2”X4” modern steel fencing attached to it. Loved the video all the same though.
"Hand painting pebbles:" been there, done that! HHC & BAND, 4th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 1969-1970. REMF walkways lined with painted rocks, ammo cannisters or fencing.😊
Very well done.
My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperial, can you say the same?"
Every time I watch, I want to play Total War again
Falling asleep on watch or generally offences in related to watch duty is still a severe offence in most militaries. I know for one example that depending on the severity, you could get a punishment ranging between a hefty fine up to multiple years in prison.
Excellent!!!!