This was the first time these reenacters had come together, they come from U.K. Canada, Australia, U.S.A. France Spain, Greece, Italy, and had approx. 30 mins practice. If they had run from the start as was pondered the battle would have been over very quickly with only a very short show for the public. Help in depolyment ....well I am sure that has happened in many a battle
Dear uploader,do you allow me to download the video and cut a few seconds out of it for a Historical Reenactment Compilation video Im, making? I will give you full credit in the description of the video.
+LHudson TV And? These are re-enactors, they are not meant to kill each other, and no these people were not meant to fight like in the movie 300, theya actually fight in formations, which is realistic, this is the kind of phalanx in a smaller scale that would have been deployed into battle back in the day, their op for might have been a bunch of stone throwing monkeys but once again this is NOT meant to be a real battle of thousands of soldiers (believe it or not that's way too expensive) the only real difference is that hoplites back in the day would have had way more discipline but ONCE AGAIN, they are re-enactors, not professional soldiers.
+Blake.... I Like Hedgehogs.... I'm not sure what those eyes are, could be eagle's - the bird of Zeus but regardless - there really should be little owls on at least a few of the shields. If I was an Athenian, I'd paint the symbol of our eponymous goddess and the city itself on my aspis.
+Jay D'eath The groups came from around the world at two months notice, had one afternoons practice, with sharp ended spars and butt spikes it was safer not to be in close formation, The group that was to form the bulk of the Persian army pulled out on the eve of the battle when the other groups were already in transit. It was then impossible to find replacements
What a sight a true phalanx in ancient times must have been! Great renditions from these reenactors. You can see the diversity and locality of ancient Greek soldiers. I wonder however if their dress was as short as many are wearing it in this reenactement. If I was a soldier back then, I'd want to have protection and warmth extending to my knees.
They did in fact have short dress, the reasons were because it’s hot in Greece and the shield covered down to their knees and they already had greaves covering their shins
+joaco the argentinian you are right they came from all over the world, UK, USA, France, Spain, Australia,Canada, Italy. It was all arranged in two months and one days training together on site
its so poor in quality because in Greece we can't have pride in our culture. Recent governments have made it very hard to learn unbiased history in the country and it is considered a sign of neo nazism to claim such things. A recent reinactment (summer 2016) was heavily critisized for being too backwards thinging and something unspeakable for a 21st century "progressive" country. And people wonder why the nation is full of shit
Contrary to what people would imagine, ancient Greek re-enactment is almost non-existing, medieval Greek (so-called Byzantine) re-enactment is in the sphere of Sci-Fi. Historical Greek re-enactment is at the level of 1-2% of the Roman re-enactment. For Roman historical representations you have 10s of 1000s of re-enactors, a whole market, they can set up whole camps with tents, ustensils and most often with high high historical accurace as much as it is possible. For ancient Greek re-enactment, and in spite of Greek hoplites actually being more popular than Roman legionaires among the general public including literature and films, there is no such market, a mere handful of re-enactors worldwide - probably you are watching here 90% of the world's hoplite re-enactors, LOL!
It seems unfair the Persian in this reenactment are too few, imean it would looks like more "Marathon" if they was much more and run charge at the greek and making chaos. Anyway thanks for the video! It's Always nice to see reenactments. :)
Max The Gaming Man That's true' But is still too few Persians in this war' but of course' this is just reenactment not exactly history lesson. Atleast it's nice they show up the both sides of them in this battle :)
I read that there was supposed to be a large group from bulgaria that would be the persians in the recreation of the battle. But something happened to do with travel and they couldnt make it. when life gives you lemons i guess
+Blueguy85 Your comments are very true , it was left to the group from England with a few from the USA and Canada, It was only a few from England that had brought along their Persian Kit, The Bus transporting the Bulgarians broke don on the way
People need to chill. Real hoplites would be required to train regularly per their city state's laws and would have yearly military exercises to maintain operational discipline. An actual phalanx was incredibly difficult to maintain and required skilled officers and experienced soldiers. These guys are re-enactors doing this on their own time out of a passion for history. Unless these guys all work as riot cops, I somehow doubt they would be able to bring the same level of cohesion and organization that an actual hoplite phalanx would have been able to bring
You are correct. The weekend was organised over a couple of months, and involving Reenactors from around the world. The first time these groups got together was the day before the reenactment. We all had slightly different ways of doing things and therefore it was good that we got that far in the time we had. It was a great weekend and we now have lifelong friends worldwide.
It was a neat little demonstration If you consider that ordinary citizens don't get to see something like this too often, if at all. If you want it to seem more realistic, look up a picture of modern-day marathon ( or just picture it in your mind), then imagine somewhere around 10,000 Athenians holding off more than a hundred thousand Persian infantry and Immortals. Imagine the lake of blood on the ground, the terrifying howl of angry Greeks, the sound of spears crashing against bronze shields, and the completely unnatural smack of iron entering human flesh and bone. The horror of battle, REAL battle, is a ghostly concept that humans can never comprehend or recreate unless we experience it ourselves, and since ancient battles are ,well, ancient and cannot be experienced or recreated (especially with the number of actors it would take to do so), of course this reenactment is going to seem ridiculous. Sorry to preach, but take it as a preview of the real thing is my point.
I think it was between 20 to 30 thousand Persians, including cavalry- which was rendered useless by the terrain and Miltiades' deployment. .. (not 100-thousand. Don't take herodotus as factual/accurate). The Greek "pursuit" after the main battle would have more likely been a March in formation, an hour or two after the Persian retreat.
Historians debate the exact Persian number, and yes I exaggerated the number. Realistically your probably right of the fact that the greeks were outnumbered 2 to 1. I probably got lost in the descriptive writing. My mistake
By the way: your right about Herodotus. He did tend to exaggerate. I remember the story with the greek trying to hold a ship with his bare hands..only to have them chopped off
+Robert Staples I've read that the Greeks actually outnumbered the Persians at Marathon, and were mainly using bows. However their arrows couldn't penetrate Greek armor very well, so they were mostly killed retreating since their infantry was so lightly armed.
Drkon6 I don't believe that to be true. What's your source? All accounts I've ever seen support that the Athenians were outnumbered and Miltiades used the terrain and deployment to gain the advantage. As for the bows, The Persian Army standard deployment would've had their archers fire followed by their standard infantry + cavalry combo (Which they couldn't do because there was no room for the cavalry to attack the flanks).
Widespread lack of shinguards is alarming. Not only were they essential in battle - but they come in very handy during re-enactments and sparring to prevent injuries. The shields and general outfits look beautiful though :D
The guy at 1:17 feels suicidal coming like this to a battle where the enemy has arrows... This is the Athenian battle of Marathon not the 300 movie version of the Spartan battle in Thermopyles
Probably one of the best recreations of a Greek phalanx I've yet seen! although I'm not sure the 4thC BC Thracian (bearded type) helmet would have been seen on the Battlefield at that time, made famous by the Macedonian army under King Phillip and later Alexander the great. Great vid thanks 👍❤️
No I am not from Greece. There were some Greek reenactors there, however most came from other countries England, Canada, USA, Australia, Spain, France, Italy. Alas there were no Spartans at the battle of Marathon
Greeks didn't historically always have the same style of armor it could range from spolas(or linothorax if you prefer) to a bronze cuirass and different styles of helmets. Also the spolas could very from person to person as it could be different colors or have more rows of scales or different metal patterns on the cuirass
littleferrhis Yeah it was a citizen army so its not going to be 100 uniform but the basic dory, aspis, body armor, helmet are all there. I should point out tho that some of the hoplites were wearing armor or helmets from different periods. Also one is wearing a type of armor that is not known if it really existed
Nice, but I don't think the Athenians, or at least the majority of them would have been wearing Corinthian helmets. Athenians had their own particular helmet.
What type did they have …… statues a vase paintings show Athenian hoplites with Corinthian helmets so it would be interesting to have your point of view and evidence
So where’s the phalanx formation at ? And why are there clothing completely different colours ? The armour’s yes they painted and designed them differently but in a battle it would have got confusing.
Alexicles many people are hating on you but I bet if you had more materials and time to train this would be great because it seems you know a lot about Greek history because you knew the phalanx broke and there were no Spartans so I think this could have been great
perfect.there is only one mistake..i saw a greek with a shield with the star of Vergina on it..this is macedonian symbol and macedonia was already under persian control
Didnt know greece is in so much debt, they reformed their army to be just a bunch of depressed weirdos :D Also i havent notised any battle in 2011. it wasnt in the news 4 sure.
There is a reason why Greek women were not allowed to serve in the Grecian army. This video portrays why (notice how short she is compared to the men in that formation, this would create a weak point in the phalanx). But in the case of reenactment, this fact would not matter. Just a little bit of factual history and I am in no way being a bigot.
4:20 if you look at persian side carefully you can see that 2 of them are women dressed like a scythians and one of those that carry a flag is wearing a frigian hat that came frome northen Greece
have you seen the movie 300? and the movie Alexander the Great? the persian empire ruled 5 fifths of the know world..exept greece they way more soldiers and slaves than greece the greeks had turkish warriors as slaves and the persions lost their wars at the battle of marathon, and the biggest battle of the greeks (macedonian Alexander the great is a greek of northern greece) was the battle of Guagamela derias(the persian king) had close to 500 thousand persian warrarios and the greeks won
not so as you put it, yes they were trained, the Athenian army was a citizen army and did not train that often probably 4/5 times a year. Marathon was the first recorded time that hoplites ran into battle. these were Athenian hoplites Not Spartan. Did not the Macedonian Phalanx come a lot later use bigger spears smaller a aspis it is not a surprise then there were some differences in the way they fought
Too much like 300. The power of the phalanx was in the ability to protect the man to your left, while the one to your right protected you. Makes no sense to break formation when attacking. The phalanx is always suppose to move forward...not backwards.
Unfortunately not, i imagine this is nowhere near Denmark and look neither Greek nor persian, however i would like to say that even though I'm joking i think it's good that you do this for the purpose of making more people interested in history
Denmark ...well that is a lot closer that the people who came from Canada and Austrialia let alone the rest of us who traveled fron England, France , Spain, Italy, USA. as for looking like Greek or Persian ....Look at the Ancient greek vases etc and see what they did look like like ......you will see that we look the same
Nerds ... well that may be true, we like to do the living history of Ancient Greece not role play , you know the difference?. Of course you know that the Spartans were not at the battle of marathon due to a religious festival, so while they were at sunday school the Athenian army of approx10,000 beat approx 40,000 persians
Was it at Marathon where the Greeks formed the phalanx between 2 cliff faces and the hoplites in the centre of the phalanx began to walk back and the hoplites on the sides surrounded the Persians and slaughtered most of them?
these are historical recreationists, not LARPers. Mostly amateur historians who want to go beyond the dusty books. These are in the same league as the Civil War buffs, cowboy and mountain men recreationists, etc.
all these guys and not single one of them is ripped, you cuz um in the real battle every fucking greek soldier was ripped. and why they all wearing helmets with crests or whatever its called on their heads they don't deserve that stolen valor!
No, there are sources where Spartan warriors slept around with new recruits so the "little boys" mark was a bit of an exaggeration though your statement is based purely from your own anger.
Marathon = 9-11,000 Athenians. + 500 - few thousand allies. Persians = 10,000 - 50,000 (though some modern estimates put the persians at 10 - 100 thousand, that seems a bit excessive for me though).
I still won't be joining you, but good luck with it. May Zeus, Hermes, Hera, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Artemis, Demeter, Dionysus, Hestia and Hades help you in the battle.
i think this was more of a disgrace to the spartans than anything just saying if i were a spartan a longtime ago i think i wouldnt want a bunch of nerds fighting in role play for me now
i am greek i can read and understand what my ancestors wrote with just my knowledge of modern greek, but it sure as hell is a pain in the ass to understand theyr spoken language...
being spartan is had living they had a small pop because of the baby thing but they wrer some of the best figters they did not need a huge pop. so no poonit in this comment
the persians didnt win at the battle of thermopalie the spartans held the persians and then the rest of the greek army came and killed the depleted persian force
They're re-creationists and a lot of those people actually look rather slim. I'm involved in the SCA and many of us are pretty portly, at least in America.
Nope.The symbol was used also by Greeks of the south.Search for pictures of vases or shields if you want to confirm it.These guys know what they are doing.
So that's why the Persians lost there was only 8 of them
lolllll
@Trollusing90sRules70sRules50sRules30sRulesFuck80s Chill out
You are god
@@ixthebest8325 There's only one God
@@thedarknutsackreturns431 Not in Sparta.
This was the first time these reenacters had come together, they come from U.K. Canada, Australia, U.S.A. France Spain, Greece, Italy, and had approx. 30 mins practice. If they had run from the start as was pondered the battle would have been over very quickly with only a very short show for the public.
Help in depolyment ....well I am sure that has happened in many a battle
Dear uploader,do you allow me to download the video and cut a few seconds out of it for a Historical Reenactment Compilation video Im, making? I will give you full credit in the description of the video.
Still waiting on that response I see
@@pocketman5510 give him time to think about it
That line has zero discipline
Coz it's just enthusiastic history geeks with money
LePhantomChick N Yeah, money indeed. That line looks like a gathering of high ranking officers... Who have zero discipline.
Now they a just lazy greeks not a soldiers
Marcin Żochowski, and not a romans after all
Of course, this is just a re-enactment.
Haha imagine if the actual guys that fought in that war could see this video
they would probably be like wtf
Mainly at the shirtless guy
+LHudson TV Imagine if ancient civilizations saw modern hollywood
movies depicting them
+LHudson TV And? These are re-enactors, they are not meant to kill each other, and no these people were not meant to fight like in the movie 300, theya actually fight in formations, which is realistic, this is the kind of phalanx in a smaller scale that would have been deployed into battle back in the day, their op for might have been a bunch of stone throwing monkeys but once again this is NOT meant to be a real battle of thousands of soldiers (believe it or not that's way too expensive) the only real difference is that hoplites back in the day would have had way more discipline but ONCE AGAIN, they are re-enactors, not professional soldiers.
Talk about jumping to your own skewered conclusion from what I said...when did I say or insinuate this should be like a real battle?
Sounds like ancient Greek helicopter in the background. :)
😂😂
Lol
yes its the famous mystic and hidden technology of the ancient greeks. Helicopters and the Thrown Musaka
Gyrocopter:)
@@nicschintee1511 Gotta love them Gyros. Lamb's my favorite.
The shields look so great
this nice
Not a single shield with an owl on it?!
At the battle of Marathon?!
+Blake.... I Like Hedgehogs.... I'm not sure what those eyes are, could be eagle's - the bird of Zeus but regardless - there really should be little owls on at least a few of the shields. If I was an Athenian, I'd paint the symbol of our eponymous goddess and the city itself on my aspis.
+Matt Jones THIS IS MADNESS!
+Da magpie it's definitely not Sparta or Athens. Lol
Matt Jones THIS IS...... umm what is it
Da magpie Nonsense! *kicks man into pit*
one thing i will say, the outfit the greeks have look very nice
Elliot Nikols How so?
Elliot Nikols I see what you mean.
Man outfit with an armor is the best outfit for a man
So when greeks fought persians in the beach of marathon, there were people who were bathing near there
Yes of corse dumb ass 😂just kidding
I can see why this version of 300 wasn't put in theaters
@supreme leader salty starfish NERD
lol
Because this isnt thermopylae. This is marathon.
@@lephantomchickn3676 if you didnt know that, that doesnt make him a nerd. It makes you an uneducated troll living in his mom's basement.
@@nebulametal1543 Jeez! cool your jets
12:21 "Retreat, were under Heavy fire! Ones throwing rocks and the other two are barely missing!"
+Jay D'eath
The groups came from around the world at two months notice, had one afternoons practice, with sharp ended spars and butt spikes it was safer not to be in close formation, The group that was to form the bulk of the Persian army pulled out on the eve of the battle when the other groups were already in transit. It was then impossible to find replacements
@@Alexicles That's such a trash thing to do! Suddenly pulling out from a planned event, I mean.
Oh well. I reckon you guys did well still.
They couldn’t use real slingers or archers with real arrows because someone could get seriously hurt or killed
oh gods this is an embarasment to Ares
lol
Bruh
God
Only one God
FULLARMOR PLATED lol?
@@thedarknutsackreturns431 Christian getting big boi mad about a joke
What a sight a true phalanx in ancient times must have been! Great renditions from these reenactors. You can see the diversity and locality of ancient Greek soldiers. I wonder however if their dress was as short as many are wearing it in this reenactement. If I was a soldier back then, I'd want to have protection and warmth extending to my knees.
They did in fact have short dress, the reasons were because it’s hot in Greece and the shield covered down to their knees and they already had greaves covering their shins
I believe this is an accurate depiction of the Battle of Marathon.
Right, sure it is with the 30 guys, background noises, and swimmers. Also these guys all Put together their attire a bit too independently.
@@lephantomchickn3676 r/woosh
@@joelciantar347 Boi I'm not tryna be a stick in the mud, just making a joke, but not clearly enough it seems
Indeed! Its as if ive been transported back to antiquity to witness the events unfold before my eyes!
This wasn’t a historical movie?
honestly, that was a great reenactment. I love how the Greek hoplites look.
this is a very poor re-enactment..
+Huginn & Muninn Well its hard to find and coordinate enought people to properly re-enact such event.
+Huginn & Muninn and of course you have all the kit etc to make a better one
+joaco the argentinian you are right they came from all over the world, UK, USA, France, Spain, Australia,Canada, Italy. It was all arranged in two months and one days training together on site
its so poor in quality because in Greece we can't have pride in our culture. Recent governments have made it very hard to learn unbiased history in the country and it is considered a sign of neo nazism to claim such things. A recent reinactment (summer 2016) was heavily critisized for being too backwards thinging and something unspeakable for a 21st century "progressive" country. And people wonder why the nation is full of shit
Contrary to what people would imagine, ancient Greek re-enactment is almost non-existing, medieval Greek (so-called Byzantine) re-enactment is in the sphere of Sci-Fi. Historical Greek re-enactment is at the level of 1-2% of the Roman re-enactment. For Roman historical representations you have 10s of 1000s of re-enactors, a whole market, they can set up whole camps with tents, ustensils and most often with high high historical accurace as much as it is possible. For ancient Greek re-enactment, and in spite of Greek hoplites actually being more popular than Roman legionaires among the general public including literature and films, there is no such market, a mere handful of re-enactors worldwide - probably you are watching here 90% of the world's hoplite re-enactors, LOL!
It seems unfair the Persian in this reenactment are too few, imean it would looks like more "Marathon" if they was much more and run charge at the greek and making chaos. Anyway thanks for the video! It's Always nice to see reenactments. :)
well basically that's how the Athenians won the battle, they just charged at the Persians
Max The Gaming Man That's true' But is still too few Persians in this war' but of course' this is just reenactment not exactly history lesson. Atleast it's nice they show up the both sides of them in this battle :)
I read that there was supposed to be a large group from bulgaria that would be the persians in the recreation of the battle.
But something happened to do with travel and they couldnt make it.
when life gives you lemons i guess
Blueguy85 Well that explain why there was so few of them' Well best wishes for those guys in next time then! :)
+Blueguy85
Your comments are very true , it was left to the group from England with a few from the USA and Canada, It was only a few from England that had brought along their Persian Kit, The Bus transporting the Bulgarians broke don on the way
People need to chill. Real hoplites would be required to train regularly per their city state's laws and would have yearly military exercises to maintain operational discipline. An actual phalanx was incredibly difficult to maintain and required skilled officers and experienced soldiers.
These guys are re-enactors doing this on their own time out of a passion for history. Unless these guys all work as riot cops, I somehow doubt they would be able to bring the same level of cohesion and organization that an actual hoplite phalanx would have been able to bring
You are correct. The weekend was organised over a couple of months, and involving Reenactors from around the world. The first time these groups got together was the day before the reenactment. We all had slightly different ways of doing things and therefore it was good that we got that far in the time we had.
It was a great weekend and we now have lifelong friends worldwide.
It was a neat little demonstration If you consider that ordinary citizens don't get to see something like this too often, if at all. If you want it to seem more realistic, look up a picture of modern-day marathon ( or just picture it in your mind), then imagine somewhere around 10,000 Athenians holding off more than a hundred thousand Persian infantry and Immortals. Imagine the lake of blood on the ground, the terrifying howl of angry Greeks, the sound of spears crashing against bronze shields, and the completely unnatural smack of iron entering human flesh and bone. The horror of battle, REAL battle, is a ghostly concept that humans can never comprehend or recreate unless we experience it ourselves, and since ancient battles are ,well, ancient and cannot be experienced or recreated (especially with the number of actors it would take to do so), of course this reenactment is going to seem ridiculous. Sorry to preach, but take it as a preview of the real thing is my point.
I think it was between 20 to 30 thousand Persians, including cavalry- which was rendered useless by the terrain and Miltiades' deployment. .. (not 100-thousand. Don't take herodotus as factual/accurate). The Greek "pursuit" after the main battle would have more likely been a March in formation, an hour or two after the Persian retreat.
Historians debate the exact Persian number, and yes I exaggerated the number. Realistically your probably right of the fact that the greeks were outnumbered 2 to 1. I probably got lost in the descriptive writing. My mistake
By the way: your right about Herodotus. He did tend to exaggerate. I remember the story with the greek trying to hold a ship with his bare hands..only to have them chopped off
+Robert Staples I've read that the Greeks actually outnumbered the Persians at Marathon, and were mainly using bows. However their arrows couldn't penetrate Greek armor very well, so they were mostly killed retreating since their infantry was so lightly armed.
Drkon6 I don't believe that to be true. What's your source? All accounts I've ever seen support that the Athenians were outnumbered and Miltiades used the terrain and deployment to gain the advantage. As for the bows, The Persian Army standard deployment would've had their archers fire followed by their standard infantry + cavalry combo (Which they couldn't do because there was no room for the cavalry to attack the flanks).
1:33 The Greeks of that time would have confused that vehicle for a mythological beast lol
Might be a Chariot of the Gods
They would have painted it onto their shields.
Persians be like, " At Least we didn't look bad as we did in 490BC. And the Greeks start crying.
Look bad? Are you blind??? The Greeks Look BADASS !!!
Widespread lack of shinguards is alarming. Not only were they essential in battle - but they come in very handy during re-enactments and sparring to prevent injuries.
The shields and general outfits look beautiful though :D
The guy at 1:17 feels suicidal coming like this to a battle where the enemy has arrows... This is the Athenian battle of Marathon not the 300 movie version of the Spartan battle in Thermopyles
lmao spartans didnt be shirtless, they wore linthorax or a breastplate in case of royal spartans
WHAT THE F U C K IS THIS
Probably one of the best recreations of a Greek phalanx I've yet seen! although I'm not sure the 4thC BC Thracian (bearded type) helmet would have been seen on the Battlefield at that time, made famous by the Macedonian army under King Phillip and later Alexander the great. Great vid thanks 👍❤️
Some of them dont have shin guards. Hoplites travel alot imagine hitting your shin on a rock...
That purple Persian looks like he is in pyjamas 😂
Good point, in fact The Pyjama is a Persian word named after one of their inventions (search it up)
Best backdrop to to a reenactment ever! Superb - thanks for this.
This Battle Of Marathon re-enactment proves that men wearing mini skirts can defeat men wearing pajamas.
I'm going to be a hoplite when I grow up! :D
*"SPARTANS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!?"*
Alguien latinoamericano o español??
Like si lo eres
No I am not from Greece. There were some Greek reenactors there, however most came from other countries England, Canada, USA, Australia, Spain, France, Italy. Alas there were no Spartans at the battle of Marathon
Μαραθώνας , η μάχη που άλλαξε το ρου της ιστορίας !!!
Is that George Bush 1:05 ??
Nice footage,it has ancient atmosphere.
They should have a battle with equal numbers against each cultures ancient warrior like legionaries vs hoplites 30 vs 30 maybe?
Oh, Greece. A beautiful land!
Geographically, yes. Societally? No
@@Calilou52 Yes! Beautiful Culture!!! 🇬🇷
ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS, Christian Cameron WAS HERE!!! WHICH ONE IS HE??
12:10
*1 guy gets hit in the shin*
*Phalanx breaks*
thos helmets with the side crest are a fucking bad ass look, I wold proudly die wearing that
φοβερη δουλεια...οποιοι και να σκεφτηκαν ειναι γαματοι συνεχιστε ετσι
This looks more like a laarp than a reenactment, they need to at least wear the same uniforms for me to believe that this is even a reenactment.
Greeks didn't historically always have the same style of armor it could range from spolas(or linothorax if you prefer) to a bronze cuirass and different styles of helmets. Also the spolas could very from person to person as it could be different colors or have more rows of scales or different metal patterns on the cuirass
Still they should look unified by some part of the uniform or else they look like a thrown together army(but then again they kind of were)
littleferrhis Yeah it was a citizen army so its not going to be 100 uniform but the basic dory, aspis, body armor, helmet are all there. I should point out tho that some of the hoplites were wearing armor or helmets from different periods. Also one is wearing a type of armor that is not known if it really existed
ok
Idk it just feels like larp. Just in terms of how small it looks for everyone but the reenactors themselves. It just gives me the feeling of a larp.
Nice, but I don't think the Athenians, or at least the majority of them would have been wearing Corinthian helmets. Athenians had their own particular helmet.
What type did they have …… statues a vase paintings show Athenian hoplites with Corinthian helmets so it would be interesting to have your point of view and evidence
I love the shields. I also love that little girl in the yellow dress, she's cute.
Ahh yes, the battle of marathon, where 30 greeks, beat 10 out of shape persians...
So beautiful!😍
Seems legit
So where’s the phalanx formation at ? And why are there clothing completely different colours ? The armour’s yes they painted and designed them differently but in a battle it would have got confusing.
And yes it was …… there was no regular uniform at the time …except for the Spartans…. But they were not at the battle of Marathon
This is awesome !!!! Thank you so much for video
Ah yes, put distance between you and the archers.
The actual guys who fought in Marathon would be rolling in their graves
Most hoplite helmets were used to intimidate, Alas there were no spartans at the battle of Marathon
Alexicles many people are hating on you but I bet if you had more materials and time to train this would be great because it seems you know a lot about Greek history because you knew the phalanx broke and there were no Spartans so I think this could have been great
Greeks had the first style punk haircuts in their helmets !!!
everyone looks sweet then at 1:06 you get those two hahaha
0:56 dang I really want the helmet that that guy is wearing, the guy with the double red-plumed helmet with gold armor and a face on his shield
perfect.there is only one mistake..i saw a greek with a shield with the star of Vergina on it..this is macedonian symbol and macedonia was already under persian control
That was a Pan-Hellenic Symbol!
Seems no one wanted to play as the Persians lmao
Girls on the weekends: let's go get drunk and wasted!
Boys on the weekends: FULL PHALANX
i have autism from watching this
+mister m
Bet you had it anyway
Alexicles damn you roasted this turd
i didn't know there was a battle of marathon in 2011
It looks like a cliché circus
I would like to know more about the girl asking 'am I flashing everybody?' at the very end of the video. For research purposes of course.
Didnt know greece is in so much debt, they reformed their army to be just a bunch of depressed weirdos :D
Also i havent notised any battle in 2011. it wasnt in the news 4 sure.
+Jake abcdef It's an reenactement
+Jake abcdef OK lol!
+Michal Kravec It was on world wide news
Alexicles no, it wasn't?
I am Afraid it was many of us were interviewed for and were on news stations ( myself on the BBC), and in many news papers
Where are the PERSIANS ?
They look gorgeous!
This is Sparta!!!!!!!
What kind of iintrument is being played?
Yell, you Greeks! I want to hear you on this field. You're dressed for battle, not for sport! RAAAAGH!
There were female Spartan soldiers.
There were no Spartans at the battle of Marathon
There is a reason why Greek women were not allowed to serve in the Grecian army. This video portrays why (notice how short she is compared to the men in that formation, this would create a weak point in the phalanx). But in the case of reenactment, this fact would not matter. Just a little bit of factual history and I am in no way being a bigot.
4:20 if you look at persian side carefully you can see that 2 of them are women dressed like a scythians and one of those that carry a flag is wearing a frigian hat that came frome northen Greece
Ahura Mazda will kill them for this "historical rappresentation".
The fact the Greeks were so advanced they got to the battle in a Toyota Yaris tells you all you need to know....
Aml l the only one that would prefer to go with the persian side is here some else that would like to go with the persians 🤔
6:16 Introducing the pink pyjama warriors from Rome: Total War.
have you seen the movie 300? and the movie Alexander the Great? the persian empire ruled 5 fifths of the know world..exept greece they way more soldiers and slaves than greece the greeks had turkish warriors as slaves and the persions lost their wars at the battle of marathon, and the biggest battle of the greeks (macedonian Alexander the great is a greek of northern greece) was the battle of Guagamela derias(the persian king) had close to 500 thousand persian warrarios and the greeks won
Shameful display by not charging the enemy, absolutely barbaric behaviour by the insolent dogs of Greece
Soooooo cool!!! And I love how the one guy has a pervy Pan molesting a Nymph on his shield! LMAO!!!
not so as you put it, yes they were trained, the Athenian army was a citizen army and did not train that often probably 4/5 times a year. Marathon was the first recorded time that hoplites ran into battle. these were Athenian hoplites Not Spartan. Did not the Macedonian Phalanx come a lot later use bigger spears smaller a aspis it is not a surprise then there were some differences in the way they fought
Too much like 300. The power of the phalanx was in the ability to protect the man to your left, while the one to your right protected you. Makes no sense to break formation when attacking. The phalanx is always suppose to move forward...not backwards.
Unfortunately not, i imagine this is nowhere near Denmark and look neither Greek nor persian, however i would like to say that even though I'm joking i think it's good that you do this for the purpose of making more people interested in history
Denmark ...well that is a lot closer that the people who came from Canada and Austrialia let alone the rest of us who traveled fron England, France , Spain, Italy, USA. as for looking like Greek or Persian ....Look at the Ancient greek vases etc and see what they did look like like ......you will see that we look the same
Nerds ... well that may be true, we like to do the living history of Ancient Greece not role play , you know the difference?. Of course you know that the Spartans were not at the battle of marathon due to a religious festival, so while they were at sunday school the Athenian army of approx10,000 beat approx 40,000 persians
Was it at Marathon where the Greeks formed the phalanx between 2 cliff faces and the hoplites in the centre of the phalanx began to walk back and the hoplites on the sides surrounded the Persians and slaughtered most of them?
these are historical recreationists, not LARPers. Mostly amateur historians who want to go beyond the dusty books. These are in the same league as the Civil War buffs, cowboy and mountain men recreationists, etc.
all these guys and not single one of them is ripped, you cuz um in the real battle every fucking greek soldier was ripped. and why they all wearing helmets with crests or whatever its called on their heads they don't deserve that stolen valor!
No, there are sources where Spartan warriors slept around with new recruits so the "little boys" mark was a bit of an exaggeration though your statement is based purely from your own anger.
Marathon =
9-11,000 Athenians.
+ 500 - few thousand allies.
Persians = 10,000 - 50,000 (though some modern estimates put the persians at 10 - 100 thousand, that seems a bit excessive for me though).
I still won't be joining you, but good luck with it.
May Zeus, Hermes, Hera, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Artemis, Demeter, Dionysus, Hestia and Hades help you in the battle.
Did they really shout Ahura mazda instead of Allah akbar... *facepalm*
not all middle eastern ppl shout their god when they attack...
What nation are this guys Athens,Sparta wich nation it wuld be better if this guys turnd around and march strait beck where they came from.
i think this was more of a disgrace to the spartans than anything
just saying if i were a spartan a longtime ago i think i wouldnt want a bunch of nerds fighting in role play for me now
i am greek i can read and understand what my ancestors wrote with just my knowledge of modern greek, but it sure as hell is a pain in the ass to understand theyr spoken language...
being spartan is had living they had a small pop because of the baby thing but they wrer some of the best figters they did not need a huge pop. so no poonit in this comment
the persians didnt win at the battle of thermopalie the spartans held the persians and then the rest of the greek army came and killed the depleted persian force
They're re-creationists and a lot of those people actually look rather slim. I'm involved in the SCA and many of us are pretty portly, at least in America.
Nope.The symbol was used also by Greeks of the south.Search for pictures of vases or shields if you want to confirm it.These guys know what they are doing.
sometimes, important things are better left untouched; this should have definitely been one of those times; sorry...