I saw a reenactment in South Wales involving early Britons and and Romans. The thick Welsh accents on the Britons really made it that extra bit immersive walking round talking to them.
yeah that guy who talks about roman propaganda had a point but im gonna say his overall knowledge is limited... he did seem mighty sure his spear could cleave an arm off. Evidence for a grain of salt.
Great interview! I find the ancient britons quite interesting myself. There's a historical novel I used to read called "Beric the Briton" written by G.A. Henty. I remember it contained a lot of information about the britons in it that I found interesting. It isn't exactly great writing on the story side of it, but as a teen I found it enjoyable.
These interviews are great. They do wonders for improving the image of historical re-enactors, showing them to be knowledgeable historians and not merely nerds playing dress up.
Alek Shukhevych depends where in Britain they're from but you'll find that there are plenty of ancient Briton celtic genes still around. They've just been mixed in varying degrees with Roman, angle, Saxon, Viking, Norman and pretty much every other type you could care to conceive.
+mapagatu Are you serious? The Romans at the time would have done anything to demonize every other culture around them, and they had a good reason too, the fact that they were aiming to conquer them.
Hadrians wall was even build to cut through the middle of one of the largest roman opposed "British" tribes and served more as a checkpoint (it was the Antonine wall which served as a (semi)barrier against the Scotti and Picts)
Celtic Law was hilarious. One of my favorites was that if a wife caught her spouse cheering on her and she murdered him or his lover within 3 days she would not be charged with murder as they would be considered to be not in control of their own actions and there for not guilty of the crime.
it is not roman propaganda, normally an Army has to hate his enemies, so every emperor, general etc has to make about the enemy a bad impression to the soldiers. (wait... maybe it is propaganda... meh roma invicta) Celts were anyway great blacksmiths, and very good soldiers... we italians had them too in the northern italy. thank you for this amazing video anyway.... and about the chariots... rome doesn't need them, rome used them for ceremonies or other things, and look at the battle of Watling Street ...Celts are a great colture anyway. AVE you all XD
@@sjewitt22 That was supposed to be ironic. Sure Cameron made it part of his 2015 campaign but UKIP had been floating the idea since the mid 2000's. You are probably too young to remember the debate that went on in Britain after joining the EU and especially the 1975 referendum. Not to mention the Labour Party discussion on withdrawal in the 1980's. So no, not a stretch for someone to be uttering Brexit (what would come to be called Brexit) style ideas in 2014, there's a long history to it. As a South African with family ties to the UK the whole issue of the EU in British politics has always fascinated me. Like watching a car wreck that you were not involved in.
@@JulianBeams Do you Think leaving is a good idea? I personally am no fan of the EU but can't get behind this no deal extreme right wing brexit as it's clearly going to hit the poor hard. It's just sad that there are people who think people like Mogg, Johnson and Farage have the working class interest at heart when their voting records prove the complete opposite.
The romans had made their own weapons and armour Examples Lorica squamatas And lorica Hamata And obviously lorica Segmentata And lorica Hamata And your galea And scutum Yea romans made their own style Did adopt parts of stuff from other cultures.
S G Last I heard The romans has their own Imperial Galea That was very different from any foreign helmet The lorica manica I never ever see any one except romans use the lorica manica The lorica Segmentata is 100 percent Roman made! Same with the pilum and scutum Romans made a lot of things of their own origins or original
S G that’s really better then Also When I say they made it I mean they made it and used it to their famous effects The Roman galea Manica and really everything Roman Is more known to be Roman born Then adopted Sure the Romans adopted a few things for warfare But they overhauled it and made it better I call that a plus plus And what about the Segmentata Am I right! Oouf Riveted mail Not chainmail but riveted And squamatas What about those eh Their pila too
S G so I looked up the helmets by Etruscans Yea Looks nothing like a romam soldiers galea But Their helmet was the influence of the famous Roman desgins That were very Much superior as a protection Honestly For the time as unit armour It would be the helmet their is
S G so The celtiberians sword Looks close to a gladius but much less effective Shorter and seems just downright inferior But the romans did adopt the sword from them and the Hispanics seemed to either have had a gladius to begin with or I am looking at what the romans did with them Cause the gladius hispaniensis is much longer then other gladius
I recon a hewing spear certainly could, with a long sturdy socket, long blade and 8 foot of leverage. Unlike later periods as well most ancient warriors seem to have had unprotected arms.
THe Hype The Year of waiting More anicenttttt . kinda dispoinating at the same time kinda not anyways thumbs up . just about the mail part . mail was not invented by the celts :P
Actually it was, and suppported by nearly all archaeological evidence to date ...so, your wrong. And this begs the question, who do you think invented it?
Oh Boy ! How nice to listen to the expert's ! Now I'm starting to understand. Trouble makers in Europe Hey? Sounds very familiar. Twice in the last one hundred years we and others had to sacrifice the flower of England to take France off the Germans and give it back to the French. Look upon the battle fields and weep Mister Barniea . ( Forgive my Spelling, I don't speak French). How dare he threaten us with "consequence's ", tiresome little man. Interesting to observe the German Chancellor. England is watching you Frau Merkle, we are not asleep!!!
You do realise that Alsace with its old capital of Strasbourg was originally German right? Look at the names of the older towns and even small villages of the region, they're nearly all German.
So I came here to hear about Briton gear and such out of curiosity, and all I hear is bashing of Romans. pathetic. and no numb nuts Romans did not steal from the Greeks, Romans are descendants of Greeks, Sabine (spartan tribes) in Italy mixing with Trojan remnants, so ,Thats like saying Greeks copied Greeks lol, fool they simply had it because their Greek ancestors had knowledge of it first. In terms of chainmail, Romans invented chainmail too they only copied the double shoulder layer from the celts, otherwise they would simply use lorica squamata which was better than chainmail anyway but more expensive. The helmets they did very much copy from celts simply because before all they had was Trojan style or Corinthian and other greek variants of helmets that were highly effective but very restricting on the senses. Women... proper Roman women were also very much equal in Roman society but they had a duty to fullfill to keep society going, just as Roman men had their duties to uphold society as well. so enough with the anti-Roman bullshit. by the way, I still value the celts, britons, germanics etc.
Chainmail was invented by the Helvetii around 600bc. Those reenactors got that right. The romans copied it and used it during the republican era already, calling it Lorica Hamata. The Lorica Segmentata came later, and was used by Legionaires, while the Auxiliarii kept using the Hamata. The roman Gladius was copied off a celtiberian sword style. The 'modern' roman helmets were copied (and improved) celtic styles. Romans also copied 'modern' mathematics and geometry from the greeks (the ones living in greece) While the people on the italic peninsula had already taken on an identity for themselves, after being greek colonies. Though not all of italy was greek colonies.
I don’t know if that guy complaining about roman propaganda is just really deep into character or if he’s actually angry about propaganda from 2000 years ago, if so imagine how very few problems he has in his real life to have energy to be mad about such things.
At the end of the day, your people are still being portrayed as disgusting dirty savages. It doesn’t matter who you are or how long ago it was, that’s not something to just accept.
@@damionkeeling3103 all of the shows and documentaries based on antiquity are absolute crap, complaining about it is a waste of time. Perhaps one day we’ll get an accurate representation of the ancient civilizations that is based on actual evidence
@@markcannon8522 Not without enough people knowing the difference between history and random rubbish from the film industry. Gaming will most likely push accuracy as a lot of research goes into those and mods.
Don't confuse celts with gauls and Britain had no wealth in fact Gaul and Britain were a deficit to the Roman budget. Finally your are not celts you are Anglo saxsons
There weren’t saxons or angles in Britain until the 5-6th century. Also Britain was full of resources , especially tin in Cornwall and Gaul was highly valuable to the Romans and the they all spoke Celtic languages
bruh no these aren't Anglo-Saxons those guys would come like 500 years later, you can search them up and they look quite different from Celts and Britons with their arms and armour
is this how women feel like when they watch fashion shows??
I saw a reenactment in South Wales involving early Britons and and Romans. The thick Welsh accents on the Britons really made it that extra bit immersive walking round talking to them.
5:00 - 5:30 Roman Fake News!!!
"Romanus Falsus Auguriis est"
- Princeps Donatellus Trumpii
Nice.
yeah that guy who talks about roman propaganda had a point but im gonna say his overall knowledge is limited... he did seem mighty sure his spear could cleave an arm off. Evidence for a grain of salt.
Some of the larger spears from Europe probably could but not the one he was holding.
Great interview! I find the ancient britons quite interesting myself. There's a historical novel I used to read called "Beric the Briton" written by G.A. Henty. I remember it contained a lot of information about the britons in it that I found interesting. It isn't exactly great writing on the story side of it, but as a teen I found it enjoyable.
thanks:) Glad you enjoyed it!
These interviews are great. They do wonders for improving the image of historical re-enactors, showing them to be knowledgeable historians and not merely nerds playing dress up.
Eye, but their ancestors are prolly Anglo-Saxons rather then old Britons!
Alek Shukhevych depends where in Britain they're from but you'll find that there are plenty of ancient Briton celtic genes still around. They've just been mixed in varying degrees with Roman, angle, Saxon, Viking, Norman and pretty much every other type you could care to conceive.
Guinness. I’m just gonna say “Viking” is a poor word to use as they weren’t a group of people. They were basically just the Scandinavian reavers.
Living history indeed! These guys just explode with fascinating insight into the Ancient Britons & Romans!!
Thing is, their ancestors are prolly Anglo-Saxons rather then the old Britons..
@@alekshukhevych2644 how do you know how Brittonic someone in the UK is unless literally someone Welsh?
A grown twenty first century man complaining about "roman propaganda". I've seen everything now
+mapagatu Are you serious? The Romans at the time would have done anything to demonize every other culture around them, and they had a good reason too, the fact that they were aiming to conquer them.
mapagatu Roman propaganda?
ROMA INVICTAAAAAA
@ZebsFrend Absolutely. There are so many similarities between Hitler's Germany and the Roman empire that we know.
hes not wrong thou?
mapagatu just like propaganda today. Jesus was probably Roman black propaganda
I find myself quite fond of these pre-Roman civilizations. Very interesting societies that I don't hear much about.
Not PRE Roman as they existed at the same time, which would make them contemporary civilizations.
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Roman guy: “mah, I will kill them tomorrow”😂😂😂
they look like very kind and wel informed people, great content!
6:07 they cut ear holes so you can hear orders. "what" . lol
asdf yaqwsx what?
@@dimplesocktickletit7189 That!
What?
yes that! Do it
!@$##$% Officer!!
yes not much changes .
I Love this video....fun and laid back, informative
Wow. I didn’t know Britain was basically Iraq to the Romans.
Hadrians wall was even build to cut through the middle of one of the largest roman opposed "British" tribes and served more as a checkpoint (it was the Antonine wall which served as a (semi)barrier against the Scotti and Picts)
@@DeHerg The Antonine wall had to be abandoned.
@@jwadaow Just like Iraq lol
"messengers to the gawds"=human sacrifice
Guy on the right has a GREAT period "look" about him
And not the guy on the left?
Excellent video, thanks !
Great kits guys very authentic
This is my third video, these are so cool! :D
That last statement is perfect. The British are also the one thing standing between Europe's salvation and it's desire to go full totalitarian.
@Cegesh Truthfully, I don't even know what to reply to that. So what do you think the solution is?
Great video!
Celtic Law was hilarious. One of my favorites was that if a wife caught her spouse cheering on her and she murdered him or his lover within 3 days she would not be charged with murder as they would be considered to be not in control of their own actions and there for not guilty of the crime.
Where do they get the idea red may have been used as body paint?
The style of fighting is very civilized comparing to now.
No its not
What songs was that at thr beginning. Ive been looking for it for a while. I want to play it when i get ready for my celtic camp.
it is not roman propaganda, normally an Army has to hate his enemies, so every emperor, general etc has to make about the enemy a bad impression to the soldiers. (wait... maybe it is propaganda... meh roma invicta)
Celts were anyway great blacksmiths, and very good soldiers... we italians had them too in the northern italy.
thank you for this amazing video anyway.... and about the chariots... rome doesn't need them, rome used them for ceremonies or other things, and look at the battle of Watling Street ...Celts are a great colture anyway.
AVE you all XD
These guys have a somewhat romanticized and not entirely realistic (historcially supported) view of the ancient Celts.
And what would that be....?
While not historian or doctorates in the field, majority of what they said were true....
Hmm . a Celtic Warrior making BREXIT references ...LOL
in 2014? I doubt it.
@@sjewitt22 That was supposed to be ironic. Sure Cameron made it part of his 2015 campaign but UKIP had been floating the idea since the mid 2000's. You are probably too young to remember the debate that went on in Britain after joining the EU and especially the 1975 referendum. Not to mention the Labour Party discussion on withdrawal in the 1980's. So no, not a stretch for someone to be uttering Brexit (what would come to be called Brexit) style ideas in 2014, there's a long history to it. As a South African with family ties to the UK the whole issue of the EU in British politics has always fascinated me. Like watching a car wreck that you were not involved in.
@@JulianBeams Do you Think leaving is a good idea? I personally am no fan of the EU but can't get behind this no deal extreme right wing brexit as it's clearly going to hit the poor hard. It's just sad that there are people who think people like Mogg, Johnson and Farage have the working class interest at heart when their voting records prove the complete opposite.
sjewitt22 please elaborate on what you mean by “extreme right wing brexit”?
@@W..949 Destruction of workers right, the NHS being sold off, the rich having their taxes lowered etc.
The romans had made their own weapons and armour
Examples
Lorica squamatas
And lorica Hamata
And obviously lorica Segmentata
And lorica Hamata
And your galea
And scutum
Yea romans made their own style
Did adopt parts of stuff from other cultures.
S G that isn’t bad though.
The Romans are so successful because they know when and how to adapt. Only in the 300’s did they stagnate.
S G
Last I heard
The romans has their own Imperial Galea
That was very different from any foreign helmet
The lorica manica
I never ever see any one except romans use the lorica manica
The lorica Segmentata is 100 percent Roman made!
Same with the pilum and scutum
Romans made a lot of things of their own origins or original
S G that’s really better then
Also
When I say they made it
I mean they made it and used it to their famous effects
The Roman galea
Manica and really everything Roman
Is more known to be Roman born
Then adopted
Sure the Romans adopted a few things for warfare
But they overhauled it and made it better
I call that a plus plus
And what about the Segmentata
Am I right!
Oouf
Riveted mail
Not chainmail but riveted
And squamatas
What about those eh
Their pila too
S G so I looked up the helmets by Etruscans
Yea
Looks nothing like a romam soldiers galea
But
Their helmet was the influence of the famous Roman desgins
That were very
Much superior as a protection
Honestly
For the time as unit armour
It would be the helmet their is
S G so
The celtiberians sword
Looks close to a gladius but much less effective
Shorter and seems just downright inferior
But the romans did adopt the sword from them and the Hispanics seemed to either have had a gladius to begin with or I am looking at what the romans did with them
Cause the gladius hispaniensis is much longer then other gladius
Every roman had armour britons 1/1000 no wonder they stood no chance.
Sidekick is annoying,
the dude who believed a spear could cut an arm off smh
I recon a hewing spear certainly could, with a long sturdy socket, long blade and 8 foot of leverage. Unlike later periods as well most ancient warriors seem to have had unprotected arms.
Swiss iron workers the gnomes of Zurich?
Tommy Robinson is a Modern Brit warrior fighting the good fight. Support him!!!
Well i thought that was good.
“Still Meddling in Europe “
At least you got rid of merkell and Greece financial problems!!
The Celtic colture was really cool they were strong soldiers
Buuuut Rome is Rome ✌️
probably fought naked because its really hot in italy compared to france or germany
THe Hype The Year of waiting More anicenttttt
. kinda dispoinating at the same time kinda not anyways thumbs up . just about the mail part . mail was not invented by the celts :P
+Leonidas Carl Yeah, but the Lorica Hamata was actualy inspired by celtic chainmails.
Actually it was, and suppported by nearly all archaeological evidence to date ...so, your wrong.
And this begs the question, who do you think invented it?
He could easily pass as a crusader with that shield and weapons (except the spear)
No, not at all.
Oh Boy ! How nice to listen to the expert's ! Now I'm starting to understand. Trouble makers in Europe Hey? Sounds very familiar. Twice in the last one hundred years we and others had to sacrifice the flower of England to take France off the Germans and give it back to the French. Look upon the battle fields and weep Mister Barniea . ( Forgive my Spelling, I don't speak French). How dare he threaten us with "consequence's ", tiresome little man. Interesting to observe the German Chancellor. England is watching you Frau Merkle, we are not asleep!!!
Holy shit, relax pal!
You do realise that Alsace with its old capital of Strasbourg was originally German right? Look at the names of the older towns and even small villages of the region, they're nearly all German.
not very well informed guys. mixing special British with Continental celtic things.
So I came here to hear about Briton gear and such out of curiosity, and all I hear is bashing of Romans. pathetic. and no numb nuts Romans did not steal from the Greeks, Romans are descendants of Greeks, Sabine (spartan tribes) in Italy mixing with Trojan remnants, so ,Thats like saying Greeks copied Greeks lol, fool they simply had it because their Greek ancestors had knowledge of it first. In terms of chainmail, Romans invented chainmail too they only copied the double shoulder layer from the celts, otherwise they would simply use lorica squamata which was better than chainmail anyway but more expensive. The helmets they did very much copy from celts simply because before all they had was Trojan style or Corinthian and other greek variants of helmets that were highly effective but very restricting on the senses. Women... proper Roman women were also very much equal in Roman society but they had a duty to fullfill to keep society going, just as Roman men had their duties to uphold society as well. so enough with the anti-Roman bullshit. by the way, I still value the celts, britons, germanics etc.
This is mild. Anti-Roman bias reaches a crescendo when it comes to Israel and Jesus. Exhibit A: Ben-Hur (2016).
@@johnnyrook6371 I'd rather Ben-Hur (1959) any day.
Chainmail was invented by the Helvetii around 600bc. Those reenactors got that right. The romans copied it and used it during the republican era already, calling it Lorica Hamata. The Lorica Segmentata came later, and was used by Legionaires, while the Auxiliarii kept using the Hamata. The roman Gladius was copied off a celtiberian sword style. The 'modern' roman helmets were copied (and improved) celtic styles.
Romans also copied 'modern' mathematics and geometry from the greeks (the ones living in greece) While the people on the italic peninsula had already taken on an identity for themselves, after being greek colonies. Though not all of italy was greek colonies.
stop saying chainmail m8
I don’t know if that guy complaining about roman propaganda is just really deep into character or if he’s actually angry about propaganda from 2000 years ago, if so imagine how very few problems he has in his real life to have energy to be mad about such things.
At the end of the day, your people are still being portrayed as disgusting dirty savages. It doesn’t matter who you are or how long ago it was, that’s not something to just accept.
@@horatio655 portrayed by who?
@@markcannon8522 Whoever produced that wretched Britannia series recently for one.
@@damionkeeling3103 all of the shows and documentaries based on antiquity are absolute crap, complaining about it is a waste of time. Perhaps one day we’ll get an accurate representation of the ancient civilizations that is based on actual evidence
@@markcannon8522 Not without enough people knowing the difference between history and random rubbish from the film industry. Gaming will most likely push accuracy as a lot of research goes into those and mods.
Mah barbarians
Anyway I always liked Celtic colture in Italy we had in the north
Anyway Rome is better ROMA INVICTAAAAA
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Don't confuse celts with gauls and Britain had no wealth in fact Gaul and Britain were a deficit to the Roman budget. Finally your are not celts you are Anglo saxsons
There weren’t saxons or angles in Britain until the 5-6th century. Also Britain was full of resources , especially tin in Cornwall and Gaul was highly valuable to the Romans and the they all spoke Celtic languages
The Romans wanted the British mines.
bruh no these aren't Anglo-Saxons those guys would come like 500 years later, you can search them up and they look quite different from Celts and Britons with their arms and armour
@@stevengood1812 Also lead and silver mines.