They specifically hired guys who have "manly man" voices. It's usually easy to spot a fake "manly man" voice because they can barely say "Hello" before sounding like they are out of breath.
So I guess I'll be the dick who posts something positive. I liked this short video, was intresting to know how the squad system worked, I did not know this. Also the shield bash and thrust technique was really cool. It's funny how roman ideals is as good as today.
Josias Waldeck plus after watching him go on about traction, Also after watching Lindybiege, I'd love to see how those nails deal with a hard surface like a well paved road or any indoor surface.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I admire the roman army, but it wasn't perfect. And their ideas were probably seen in countless cultures before they adopted them.
Josias Waldeck Well I think the success was due to logistics and organisation. Their tactics were quite good, but the way the republic and the Empire was organised and the sheer mindset of the People of Rome itself was what gave it it's success.
@@atomichorizen3987 A lot of these guys even do it for free since they see this as just a hobby. Just show up on re-enactment day with your camera crew. But they would want to see their names in the credits.
To everyone saying "the gladius isn't used for slicing", it can be. It's primarily a thrusting weapon but it is also very good at slicing and cutting. Livy records in his account of the Macedonian Wars that the Macedonian soldiers were horrified at the dismembered bodies that had been sliced at by Roman gladii
+Matt Dean A friend used to own a reproduction Gladius, really more of a hacking weapon with the way it's weighted and shaped. It's kinda hard to get a clean slice, but it would easily hack through a Greek arm or skull with one or two blows.
It can be use for slicing, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. You'll have to get up in your opponent's face if you want to get a good hit with a swing since it's a shortsword.
In physical combat even if the soldiers are trained only to thrust the natural reaction in the body when stressed is to swing and strike, even though it will often deliver less mortal wounds.
It should also be noted that firstly, for most of the roman history, half the roman army was auxiliaries, and secondly, the roman army lost many, many battles. The main advantage that the roman army had until it's peak, was their ability, to stand up new armys and new navys, after having been defeted.
Soldiers being what they are, I imagine what you heard and the official word for "thing I have to carry the length of the bloody empire" were pretty much interchangeable...
it's about armament and capabilities": lighter weapon and supply trail because they are expected to move more than the heavy infantry (who are expected to be an "anchor on the battlefield", hold their ground and fix the enemy in one place while the light infantry move around to attack from a better place.) the roman use the word "impedimenta" to describe the supply trail. a good enough traduction would be "what slow us down". a smaller supply trail would mean a better mobility so weight of the supply needed would affect the unit capabilities. because what was called the "heavy infantry" is now called the "mechanized infantry" doesnt change the fact that the modern "light infantry" is indeed "lighter" than the "mechanized infantry" be it in regard of the weight of the equipment or the weight of supply it need.
@Kardz22 It was funny how he told his wife not to name the tortoise because they might eat it and his wife named it anyways and they had to let it go, lol.
I've watched a lot of documentaries on Rome and its army. This video was extremely good, as it showed the fine details of a legionary's equipment that I didn't know about. The forked walking stick I had never seen before. You were the first to explain that the change to plate armour happened in the First century. No one has mentioned this before, from what I've watched. The vast majority of docs I've seen repeat each other, with the big picture facts. Very impressive work, Total War.
I have to imagine that while this guy was on a mission in the special forces he narrated it during every moment. "We came across the hostiles roughly 10 miles behind the enemy border. We were overlooking them from a short cliff as they stood in a small clearing, like sheep readied to be slaughtered. If they had seen us they gave no indication. We knew we'd have to take them out quickly and quietly. I readied my knife. It would taste blood this night." *simple farmers looking around in drunken confusion as to where the narration voice was coming from*
What a great segment...what i love the most was the comparisions with modern gear and the respect you gave it. It was the gear and tactics that concured the known world at the time.
I just want to point out how this soldier, upon doing an accurate re-creation of marching, immediately focused on how the furca helps him rest effectively. That's the sort of thing that accurate historical recreation enables us to learn. For example, if one wears a mailshirt that duplicates an eleventh century hauberk, one immediately realizes that the sort of belt depicted on the Bayeau Tapestry was the best way to keep half the weight off one's shoulders.
@@TESkyrimizer They wore their swords on belts. The belt sits on the hips and carries the weight of the lower part of the hauberk. Go to any serious re-enactment where guys have made their own mail, and they immediately discover this when they belt on a sword.
Also not mentioned was a highly efficient supply train, as well as high quality roads(for their time). The Roman legions made and maintained roads during peacetime, and were used for all sorts of civil engineering projects.
@@PhillyB20XX I watched a full 2 season of his survival show, man, woman, wild, and I can say, I found it funny at first, but that is this guys genuine voice. lol I think you alluded the the lost of content and consistency with that
so, u hired a guy that teached us that the roman war machine was this formation based, diciplined soldiers, who heavily relied on strategies, but then put none of that into the game??? i only see some idiots who break formation and fight on a moshpit against braindead oponents -.-' a shameful display CA, and im not even joking
This comment was made when the game released when it was very very buggy and, well bad. It still has a lot of the original problems but they're far less noticeable than they were at release.
Yeah, the entire point of classical land warfare was to break apart the other guy's shield wall. If it comes down to individual combat, you're already screwed. The Roman legionnaire wasn't designed for individual combat any more than the Greek hoplite was.
@@flatebo1 the Romans where better at the individual Combat because of their sword, but besides that yes break the formation and you condemn those besides you
Don't forget that even the victors lost units. Battles are usually made up of several different units of soldiers in formation so it was likely that the romans lost formations here and there.
That's what a man's voice is supposed to sound like. It's not supposed to sound like the nasal whine of your average pasty pile of dough that sits behind a computer all day.
@@hajjibarbara2900 No. That's what a man's voice sounds like when his natural sound is a nasal whine and he's trying to compensate for it by artificially lowering his pitch and adding 'vocal fry' to the mix, so as to sound more gravelly. The strain achieved by that vocal restriction also makes it easier to keep the voice deep without risking high pitched sounds slipping through. It makes him sound like a teenager who's pretending to be Batman.
It's one of the most reliable and fastest ways to kill someone with a thrust. Stabbing downward through the shoulder into the heart has little to no resistance whereas if you stab in the chest or torso you'll either hit the sternum or one of the rib cages. Which either means you just hit bone and fail to kill your opponent or you just your blade lodged into the bone and have to discard the weapon.
@@gojimoji9085 You wouldn't be doing bloody pirouettes and disregarding your shield completely tho. I think that's what they meant. Also, I know I'm being pedantic, but in the human body there is only one ribcage :p
@ 5:54 "So how was that, Michael?" "It was good!" "Yea, you enjoy yourself?" "I like it!" "Great, because our car broke down and we need to carry everything back."
If I remember right, Goldsworthy in his "The Complete Roman Army" argues that legionaries didn't wear lorica segmentata in battle regulary because it limits mobility too much and is uncomfortable to wear, combined with maintenance problems because of large number of segments and chemical reactions of bronze and iron. Probably lorica hamata and even lorica squamata were more frequent.
Interesting note . . . the use of the word "decimate" during the Roman era meant "10% losses." So if you suffered 3 decimates, you've lost 30% of your forces.
Hahaha I can't sympathize with all the angry mob. I started playing Rome 2 when it was already at the Emperor Edition so I saw none of the things that most are angry about... whatever they were...
Check out reviews around release. This game had one of the worst releases of a game in gaming history. Was criminally misadvertised and utterly broken. It wasn't until years later that it was in a playable state, and today, It's stlll an unimpressive and uninspired sequel with money grubbing dlc practices. Big fan of the first rome total war though. Fell so far from the standards and business practices of that amazing game.
im sad that they didnt mention that romans used to train with equipment that was double or tripple(cant remember, i think it was tripple for the weapon/scutum shield and double for armor as well as general equipment) the weight of their actual campaign gear so when they where actualy fighting they where alot lighter then when they where training making them last even longer and beeing even more agile etc
What an awesome video, and Rome 2, especially with divdie et impera mod, is an awesome game. I just wish CA hadn't abandoned all us History nerds that brought the company up for the fantasy nerds.
"Sooner or later all formations break down" No. Sometimes they do, but what that happens what you want to do is reform the damn lines. An army that lasts in formation longer is the one wins the battle. If you have nothing but a pike and shorts, you can hold a battle line against a superior but undisciplined force if you and your allies stay in formation.
You're contradicting yourself. You said it was wrong that formations would eventually breakdown, then immediately say they do sometimes. What the video is saying is that, ideally, you would want to be in formation, but in case you weren't because of certain reasons, the Gladius could still be used as a slashing weapon for extra versatility.
+Thoughtful Potato - No, I said it was wrong that all formations breakdown. "Sometimes they do" means that... well, sometimes a formation breaks down. That does not mean it is inevitably going to happen to all formations, but it will happen to a given percentage based on factors in the battle. Put it another way; dude is saying that if there are ten formations in a battle line, they will all break down over the course of the battle. I am saying that, depending on how the battle goes, some of them may break down. The only time they will all break down is if they end up routed. There's a big difference between the two.
This is amazingly well done, incredibly informative and actually enjoyable to watch. Of the equipment, the Furca in particular is probably the most ingenious. Employing the simple lever and fulcrum technique that was shown in the video, that long, stout, treated and well worked wooden pole would have a thousand uses while encamped.
02:29: Well, as alert as one can be with the furca resting against oneself, the arm which shoulder the furca is resting against isn't quite available. Should fighting ensue, you'd have to discard the furca and, falling down, it prevents that arm from being used ofr what can be a critical split-second.
You could use the Furca to get yourself that moment you need, and you also have your shield Though that won't work for modern combat Same with the Boots, any fragmentation flying around will rip your feet apart
@@Voron_Aggrav Sure. The fearsome Parthian air burst fragmentation grenades....No seriously, where is the issue? You get attacked on the march while resting, you simply shrug, and you´re good to go. I wouldn´t have wanted to ambush a legion on the march, unless they were unaware and mingled with their trail, like in Kalkriese. A legion was literally a 12 000 -footed killing machine, 24/7
@@paavobergmann4920 for the Boots in a modern war a lot more shards of Things goes flying around, which is what I Meant with Fragmentation, most organised fighting forces would be ready to go in an instant and yeah dropping the Furca would also be quite simple
@@paavobergmann4920 yeah Exactly what I was having, Modern combat made them so Obsolete it's not even Funny to try them now for that role, I'd love to have them for daily use though :D
@@paavobergmann4920 it may be called the VIIII (yep, with four `I´) Hispanica, but the integrants of the legion could come from anywhere. And in Spain there are a lot of blonde, white skined people, specially in the North. Greetings from the Canary Islands mate
@@paavobergmann4920 Actually the legions name´s were settled for greater actions or defeats (XII Fulminata), geographical origin (VIIII Hispanica, III Cyrenaica) or other matters (XXX Ulpia Victris, X Fretensis, etc). It´s great to see or read other people interested in one of the greaters pillars of the Roman Civilization
I would love to go back to see this famed army at work!in war and in construction. Amazing people whose dna still abounds and what an empire, one of the longest in history.
There is one addition to the concept of the contubernium that was not mentioned and which is at the heart of its success. Each group of of 8 fighting soldiers (legionaries) was typically accompanied by a pair of "logistics" individuals ( mostly slaves, or attendants of some sort) who were not strictly fully fledged legionaries. They mostly had at least one but frequently two or more pack animals (donkeys or mules - seldom horses as they required too much attention and special food, and could not carry as much, relative to their weight). This two-man team carried most of the "common" equipment and baggage - grinding stone, food, water, tents (they slept in a separate 2-man tent) , cooking utensils, ropes, tools, etc. On the march, they travelled together with the "baggage train" rather than with the 8 legionaries, and deployed to the team with the daily stop to prepare for the overnight, while the legionaries built the fortifications they did every day-end. In fact, this element of men and beast could make up as much as 17-20% of the total number within a whole Legion! Hence the saying that an army marches on its stomach! These guys looked after the stomach component, amongst other things. I thought I'd mention this important aspect. Cheers all!
So, I am finally bringing myself to watch this vid, does Mykel Hawke add anything to helping fix rome 2(mp)? "No" Alright, cba to waste 8 mins watching, end result is the same, terribad mp experience T_T
Those combat sandals are good for anywhere with natural terrain, hard surfaces would be like glueing legos to your socks. Although if it were cold your feet would go numb so I guess it kinda works.
When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's, "hobos" were shown in movies and cartoons as carrying a stick over one shoulder with a piece of cloth tied up at the corners, holding all their worldly goods on the end of the stick. Now, and only now, do I understand it. It was the descendant of the "furca." Wow!!! BTW, for those who have never heard of a hobo, they were homeless people who traveled around the U.S. by walking, hitching a ride, and/or "riding the rails." That last one is sneaking onto a train (open box car or such) and letting it transport them somewhere - anywhere. Look them up. Interesting folks. Great vid. My day wasn't wasted because I learned something.
@@zubbworks Thanks, I think. Zubbonian? (walks away while still seated at the computer singing: "Third box car, midnight train, destination, Bangor Maine, Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around I'm a man of means, by no means, king of the road")
@@zubbworks Yeah, Roger sang a hell of a tune. He single handedly taught me not to try to roller skate in buffalo herds. Ah, songs from my childhood. Sigh. A long, long time ago.
i didn't know this was about a videogame until the credits rolled. reminds me of "inside the chieftains hatch" where former tank commander shows features of WW2 battletanks in different museums, sponsored by the Free to play game world of tanks. i like this kind of videos a lot.
That's the thing with the Internet, you don't know who's gonna hit your video, especially when you're doing big advertising. You can't presume knowledge.
I wish everyone would stop being so bloody negative, yes its true launch was a complete failure and was probably too early but take a second to look, the game has had numerous patches which have fixed most or all of the bugs, its still amazingly fun to play to me and everyone should stop going on about launch, move on with your life!!
I have 2 questions. How did legionaries move while on patrol in wooden area? How did they move while in a possibly hostile urban environment (Second question is probably only then an issue if you assume that Rome did NOT burn down a possibly hostile city) Back to first question. A legionary carries 2 spears, his shield and his sword on his belt. He is on a night patrol somewhere in the Danube area. Woods and trees everywhere. A germanic horde is suspected near the area. How does he carry his waepons? Spear in one hand, shield in the other? Where is the 2nd spear? Left in camp? How did he prevent the armor from making noises? With wax? Fur?
The roman gladius was not a sword for "slicing or dicing" the sword was a purely for stabbing. The base of the the sword, on the edges, rather than being thin and sharp, they were thick and broad. Only the tip of the sword was sharp. So actually any slashing with the gladii was pretty foolish. It was a purely stab function weapon.
Blood Iron sure, getting whacked by an iron piece of metal is going to hurt and be potentially lethal, however the gladius was designed to stab and in fact the whole roman army would advance in a wall and simply stab the waves of foes ahead of them. There was none of this Hollywood style swing sword action bullshit with a roman legionary. Slashing left you vulnerable because you raised your arm leaving your ribs vulnerable. The roman shield was curved for a reason, it covered the entire front of your body and your sword arm would jab at the enemies in front of the massive Roman shield wall. The point is that the sword was not meant to be good for slashing, and quite frankly you're wrong. The sword is good for slashing if you are fighting a random dude, but in a battle of thousands of enemies the weapon was lethal and efficient at simply stabbing the guy in front of you to death. If the Romans fought using the gladius swinging and screaming they wouldn't have been half as deadly as simply poker and jabbing. If they used the gladius for slashing im confident they would never have become an empire, instead they would have all been slaughtered and the worst they would have done to their enemies is leaving them badly bruised...
MrJoking4fun: But of course the enemy will likely parry your thrust and so you slash his/her arm or throat to stun him/her and then thrust when your foe's strunned.
Nathaniel Rincon : The Falcata also is great for thrusting as it leaves a massive, gaping hole on impact, but it is comparatively heavier than the gladius or spatha, so you only carry a light shield for defence. It's still much lighter than an axe, though, a weapon that needs both hands to wield properly and leaving you totally vulnerable if you miss.
stop the gladius wasnt used for slashing and dicing crap of course it was when in battle you did whatever you could to kill your opponent to make that statement means you dont have clear understanding of the human condition in wanting to survive, to state a sword just wasnt used for slashing and purely for stabbing is delusional, yes a sword will have a strength but you do whatever you can to survive, a Canadian bit out a Chinese mans throat to survive in Korea, an american landing on omaha beach grabbed a body of a colleague as a bullet wall and to keep him afloat without knowing if he was dead or not. Try imagine what a trained veteran roman soldier was like it defies belief for us modern humans theirs no one on the planet who is like that now, yes they were humans just like us but they were a different breed, bred in a world that what we call today brutal and hard but for them it was normal.
Gladii were short and so designed to work in small confined spaces and the Romans preferred to fight as one whole unit. And so they used their right hand to draw the sword on the right side because they wouldn't have enough room to be able to draw across their whole body.
He is right the Gladius would sit on the right, drawing the sword across the shield would become a problem and there's always the potential to cut an ally when drawing in left to right in a tight formation
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Why do I feel they're all putting on their best, ''manly-man'' voice? xD
They specifically hired guys who have "manly man" voices. It's usually easy to spot a fake "manly man" voice because they can barely say "Hello" before sounding like they are out of breath.
@@ae4164 I beg to differ, I can put on a very similar voice to the main actor without shortness of breath. xD
Tarack1 because youre manly dude
BOOP and I didn’t even know! ❤️
i luv it, sounds so badass
So I guess I'll be the dick who posts something positive.
I liked this short video, was intresting to know how the squad system worked, I did not know this. Also the shield bash and thrust technique was really cool.
It's funny how roman ideals is as good as today.
You didn't get Trench Foot with the Caligae, you just got straight up frostbite.
Josias Waldeck plus after watching him go on about traction, Also after watching Lindybiege, I'd love to see how those nails deal with a hard surface like a well paved road or any indoor surface.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I admire the roman army, but it wasn't perfect. And their ideas were probably seen in countless cultures before they adopted them.
Censor Duck You're probably right, but that is why they were such a successful Empire. Well, Republic, the Empire was a little too fond of civil war.
Josias Waldeck Well I think the success was due to logistics and organisation. Their tactics were quite good, but the way the republic and the Empire was organised and the sheer mindset of the People of Rome itself was what gave it it's success.
Censor Duck Of tolerance and inclusion.
So this is where CA's budget went...
There is a reason why the game was released one month earlier
went into mike hawk
You will be surprised how cheap it is to hire out re-enactment groups
Yeah lol
@@atomichorizen3987 A lot of these guys even do it for free since they see this as just a hobby. Just show up on re-enactment day with your camera crew. But they would want to see their names in the credits.
To everyone saying "the gladius isn't used for slicing", it can be. It's primarily a thrusting weapon but it is also very good at slicing and cutting. Livy records in his account of the Macedonian Wars that the Macedonian soldiers were horrified at the dismembered bodies that had been sliced at by Roman gladii
+Matt Dean A friend used to own a reproduction Gladius, really more of a hacking weapon with the way it's weighted and shaped. It's kinda hard to get a clean slice, but it would easily hack through a Greek arm or skull with one or two blows.
+Matt Dean Deadliest Warrior tried a Gladius on a ballistic dummy, it managed to dismember it with a slash. It seems he wasn't joking around.
It can be use for slicing, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. You'll have to get up in your opponent's face if you want to get a good hit with a swing since it's a shortsword.
In physical combat even if the soldiers are trained only to thrust the natural reaction in the body when stressed is to swing and strike, even though it will often deliver less mortal wounds.
Fake Name The point is, he said "perfect" for slicing and cutting, which it definetely is not.
I love how it shows features that would have made the game much more interesting if they had implemented it.
This_American Instead they spent money showing us how cool it would be if they had it in the game, smart right :P
Your comments are really funny and relevant even now. I have even subscribed to you.
Like what? How do you suggest they should have implemented sandals or any of the other things in here?
DEI mod
instal the mod - DEI - divide et imperia
Sounds similar to the voice of “Simple History”
Holy crap
@@peenplays4219 That's what i was like.
yeah he does now that u said it, he sounds like batman too.
The Roman army was mighty impressive back in it's day, and it really took a lot of gaul to really take them on.
Is that a pun?
@@DanielNighteyes Yes, I could not resist taking a stab at a bad pun. ;)
It should also be noted that firstly, for most of the roman history, half the roman army was auxiliaries, and secondly, the roman army lost many, many battles. The main advantage that the roman army had until it's peak, was their ability, to stand up new armys and new navys, after having been defeted.
@@oloflarsson407 try to repeat that without crying
Took a lot? U mean dead Gauls! The only battle they won was Gergovia with Vercingetorix and they lost the War and Gaul was annexed.
"... which is carried on this furca here"
furca is definitely not the word I heard
Soldiers being what they are, I imagine what you heard and the official word for "thing I have to carry the length of the bloody empire" were pretty much interchangeable...
the auto generated subtitles agree: "This fucker right here ..."
@@locarno24 This works surprisingly well in Latin, too: fututor vs. furca. Not as close, but not terribly far either.
wooosh
ha! light infantry..... most misleading name in history
"Light" in Light Infantry isn't about weight... it's about armament and capabilities. In the modern sense it's Light Infantry vs Mechanized Infantry.
it's about armament and capabilities": lighter weapon and supply trail because they are expected to move more than the heavy infantry (who are expected to be an "anchor on the battlefield", hold their ground and fix the enemy in one place while the light infantry move around to attack from a better place.)
the roman use the word "impedimenta" to describe the supply trail. a good enough traduction would be "what slow us down". a smaller supply trail would mean a better mobility so weight of the supply needed would affect the unit capabilities.
because what was called the "heavy infantry" is now called the "mechanized infantry" doesnt change the fact that the modern "light infantry" is indeed "lighter" than the "mechanized infantry" be it in regard of the weight of the equipment or the weight of supply it need.
@@ericlanglois9194 I was in the heavy infantry, Mortars, but luckily I was using 12 cm mortars which are towed.
@@ericlanglois9194 "Light" and "Heavy" back then was about armor. They were clearly heavy infantry.
well...I always thought the Legion proper was regarded as heavy infantry, with the attached auxiliary forces playing the "light" part...
I don't know why but they should make more of this
I know why, it's awesome!
He should be batman voice
ya sounds just like him i was thinking " who does his voice remind me off "
I thought along those lines as well.
@Kardz22 It was funny how he told his wife not to name the tortoise because they might eat it and his wife named it anyways and they had to let it go, lol.
@@xcd87 saw that episode lmfao
@Kardz22 and the snake
I've watched a lot of documentaries on Rome and its army. This video was extremely good, as it showed the fine details of a legionary's equipment that I didn't know about. The forked walking stick I had never seen before. You were the first to explain that the change to plate armour happened in the First century. No one has mentioned this before, from what I've watched. The vast majority of docs I've seen repeat each other, with the big picture facts. Very impressive work, Total War.
So this is were the 40% bigger budget went to.
WHERE THE FUCK DID ALL THE MONEY GO??
DID IT GO TO THIS GUY?
hahahahahaha
MrPAACK
lol angry joe
MrPAACK it isn't funny tbh😕
I have to imagine that while this guy was on a mission in the special forces he narrated it during every moment. "We came across the hostiles roughly 10 miles behind the enemy border. We were overlooking them from a short cliff as they stood in a small clearing, like sheep readied to be slaughtered. If they had seen us they gave no indication. We knew we'd have to take them out quickly and quietly. I readied my knife. It would taste blood this night." *simple farmers looking around in drunken confusion as to where the narration voice was coming from*
now imagine being on a date with the dude
I kind of feel like that's how a 2nd person video game would sound (from the farmers' perspective) lol.
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What a great segment...what i love the most was the comparisions with modern gear and the respect you gave it. It was the gear and tactics that concured the known world at the time.
I just want to point out how this soldier, upon doing an accurate re-creation of marching, immediately focused on how the furca helps him rest effectively. That's the sort of thing that accurate historical recreation enables us to learn. For example, if one wears a mailshirt that duplicates an eleventh century hauberk, one immediately realizes that the sort of belt depicted on the Bayeau Tapestry was the best way to keep half the weight off one's shoulders.
Can you elaborate about the belt thing cuz I didnt notice that ever
@@TESkyrimizer They wore their swords on belts. The belt sits on the hips and carries the weight of the lower part of the hauberk. Go to any serious re-enactment where guys have made their own mail, and they immediately discover this when they belt on a sword.
This is a nice video. I just wish they released the game six months later.
WOW finally someone who said this :D i totally agree. the game would be much better if the release date was. say ... today or something :D
Yes
That reaction of Roman soldier at 3:25 made me LMAO
N7 Offtank lmao I can only imagine what went through his head
Rude
@Zayed Haroon Pleb*
@@emmanueltrejo4226 not a rock.
"Bitch, you thought".
This is more educational than what most documentaries would show
Yep most of the docu's are there historians that all repeat the same thing over and over again
@Kardz22 i meant the script not the man
@Kardz22 but the script is more inportant and he didn't make it
@Kardz22 and?
@Kardz22 yes
Why does Pusca sound like an insult?
Posca*
+Francisco Not better than furca. :P
+Lukas K it sounds like f*cker
Shix Lo thank you. No one would have been able to get that without you explaining it.
+Lukas K ur welcome
Why is RUclips recommending a 7 years old advertisement to me? And why did I watch it and actually enjoy it?
Because you are 7 years old
Also not mentioned was a highly efficient supply train, as well as high quality roads(for their time). The Roman legions made and maintained roads during peacetime, and were used for all sorts of civil engineering projects.
It's bothering me how big of a hardo this guy is about his voice being gruff.
Dromaro probably just years of smoking
As surprising as it is, he either genuinely sounds like that or is remarkably consistent. Dude has a lot of content, never sounds like anything else.
@@PhillyB20XX I watched a full 2 season of his survival show, man, woman, wild, and I can say, I found it funny at first, but that is this guys genuine voice. lol I think you alluded the the lost of content and consistency with that
He reminds me of the master chief voice lol
Masculinity bothers him guys. Probably a male feminist, y'all.
With this guy's voice, the only thing I can think of is "I'm Batman!"
I could actually hear the Italics coming from his voice.
His voice sounds familiar like the guy from simple history
The gruff voice, the tough demeanor, the I'm mean eyes....he did everything but say, "I'm Batman."
"Equipment carried... on this F U R C A here"
Sent me laughing hard here.
4:48
Yo dawg, I heard you like shields? So made a shield for your shield so you can protect while you protect!
so, u hired a guy that teached us that the roman war machine was this formation based, diciplined soldiers, who heavily relied on strategies, but then put none of that into the game??? i only see some idiots who break formation and fight on a moshpit against braindead oponents -.-' a shameful display CA, and im not even joking
Lmao
The only time i can agree with you is when they turn corners. But they never break line unless they are overwhelmed
This comment was made when the game released when it was very very buggy and, well bad. It still has a lot of the original problems but they're far less noticeable than they were at release.
EnderGhost119
^ agree.
I kinda hoped RTW II had the meaty and cool RTW I stuff tho.
The problem is that unlike rome 1, the units in rome 2 don't actually exist in the respect that they can phase thru each other and dont have mass.
4:18 "But sooner or later all formations break up and it comes down to individual battle"
Bro, If your formation breaks up. U dead son.
Yeah, the entire point of classical land warfare was to break apart the other guy's shield wall. If it comes down to individual combat, you're already screwed. The Roman legionnaire wasn't designed for individual combat any more than the Greek hoplite was.
@@flatebo1 the Romans where better at the individual Combat because of their sword, but besides that yes break the formation and you condemn those besides you
Don't forget that even the victors lost units. Battles are usually made up of several different units of soldiers in formation so it was likely that the romans lost formations here and there.
roman legion tend to not break formation because during fight they regularly switch exhausted first line soldiers with soldiers from back lines
@@CanadianHoneybadger Cycle and Close Ranks usually what happens when someone went down
This is where all the money went. To a guy that thinks he can lift.
Hockey is not a sport fyi
lmao how is it not a sport
I’m 6 years late but he’s a former operator from the special operations community
Adam The idiot hockey player thinks he can do better.
@@kysike666 I'm in idiot cause I like hockey. Okay, that makes absolutely no sense.
what's with that voice?
Sounds like Solid Snake
@@TheCheat_1337 Solid snake sounds like an innuendo.
That's what a man's voice is supposed to sound like. It's not supposed to sound like the nasal whine of your average pasty pile of dough that sits behind a computer all day.
@@hajjibarbara2900 LOL
@@hajjibarbara2900 No. That's what a man's voice sounds like when his natural sound is a nasal whine and he's trying to compensate for it by artificially lowering his pitch and adding 'vocal fry' to the mix, so as to sound more gravelly. The strain achieved by that vocal restriction also makes it easier to keep the voice deep without risking high pitched sounds slipping through.
It makes him sound like a teenager who's pretending to be Batman.
I Cant watch this without laughing, This guys voice! ha
@Dr. Krieger The special forces guy, that could easily kill you yeah I guess
Steven Seagal laughs at this guy
@@Kyrelel Steven Seagal can't laugh without running out of breath
@@Dobermann89-dr2rc gonna die from laughing at his voice
4:34 That seems like a really awkward thing to do. Especially during a battle.
I never seen that footage of that general killing a soldier in the game.
Do you expect a battle to be gently fought?
@@christostheocharides4689 Not gently, but not inefficiently and dangerously either.
It's one of the most reliable and fastest ways to kill someone with a thrust. Stabbing downward through the shoulder into the heart has little to no resistance whereas if you stab in the chest or torso you'll either hit the sternum or one of the rib cages. Which either means you just hit bone and fail to kill your opponent or you just your blade lodged into the bone and have to discard the weapon.
@@gojimoji9085 You wouldn't be doing bloody pirouettes and disregarding your shield completely tho. I think that's what they meant.
Also, I know I'm being pedantic, but in the human body there is only one ribcage :p
@ 5:54
"So how was that, Michael?"
"It was good!"
"Yea, you enjoy yourself?"
"I like it!"
"Great, because our car broke down and we need to carry everything back."
shitty porno material
If I remember right, Goldsworthy in his "The Complete Roman Army" argues that legionaries didn't wear lorica segmentata in battle regulary because it limits mobility too much and is uncomfortable to wear, combined with maintenance problems because of large number of segments and chemical reactions of bronze and iron. Probably lorica hamata and even lorica squamata were more frequent.
I can imagine him saying, "You talkin' to me?, You talkin' to me?? "
- Robert De Niro
"Well, it tastes like feet to me, but I'll take your word for it."
Absolutely barbaric.
Interesting note . . . the use of the word "decimate" during the Roman era meant "10% losses." So if you suffered 3 decimates, you've lost 30% of your forces.
"What I dislike about this furca, is that it doesn't contain two cartons of cigarettes"
3:24 this man has no reaction to the hit he has taken
Good and interesting video :D
man i wish theyd remake that decisive battles show with this engine
Hahaha I can't sympathize with all the angry mob. I started playing Rome 2 when it was already at the Emperor Edition so I saw none of the things that most are angry about... whatever they were...
Check out reviews around release.
This game had one of the worst releases of a game in gaming history. Was criminally misadvertised and utterly broken.
It wasn't until years later that it was in a playable state, and today, It's stlll an unimpressive and uninspired sequel with money grubbing dlc practices.
Big fan of the first rome total war though. Fell so far from the standards and business practices of that amazing game.
@@analtubegut66 So basically like paradox's imperator now?
Wish they do this type of video for medieval total war 3.
im sad that they didnt mention that romans used to train with equipment that was double or tripple(cant remember, i think it was tripple for the weapon/scutum shield and double for armor as well as general equipment) the weight of their actual campaign gear so when they where actualy fighting they where alot lighter then when they where training making them last even longer and beeing even more agile etc
What an awesome video, and Rome 2, especially with divdie et impera mod, is an awesome game. I just wish CA hadn't abandoned all us History nerds that brought the company up for the fantasy nerds.
"Sooner or later all formations break down"
No. Sometimes they do, but what that happens what you want to do is reform the damn lines. An army that lasts in formation longer is the one wins the battle. If you have nothing but a pike and shorts, you can hold a battle line against a superior but undisciplined force if you and your allies stay in formation.
You're contradicting yourself. You said it was wrong that formations would eventually breakdown, then immediately say they do sometimes. What the video is saying is that, ideally, you would want to be in formation, but in case you weren't because of certain reasons, the Gladius could still be used as a slashing weapon for extra versatility.
+Thoughtful Potato - No, I said it was wrong that all formations breakdown. "Sometimes they do" means that... well, sometimes a formation breaks down. That does not mean it is inevitably going to happen to all formations, but it will happen to a given percentage based on factors in the battle.
Put it another way; dude is saying that if there are ten formations in a battle line, they will all break down over the course of the battle. I am saying that, depending on how the battle goes, some of them may break down. The only time they will all break down is if they end up routed. There's a big difference between the two.
This is amazingly well done, incredibly informative and actually enjoyable to watch. Of the equipment, the Furca in particular is probably the most ingenious. Employing the simple lever and fulcrum technique that was shown in the video, that long, stout, treated and well worked wooden pole would have a thousand uses while encamped.
02:29: Well, as alert as one can be with the furca resting against oneself, the arm which shoulder the furca is resting against isn't quite available. Should fighting ensue, you'd have to discard the furca and, falling down, it prevents that arm from being used ofr what can be a critical split-second.
You could use the Furca to get yourself that moment you need, and you also have your shield
Though that won't work for modern combat
Same with the Boots, any fragmentation flying around will rip your feet apart
@@Voron_Aggrav Sure. The fearsome Parthian air burst fragmentation grenades....No seriously, where is the issue? You get attacked on the march while resting, you simply shrug, and you´re good to go. I wouldn´t have wanted to ambush a legion on the march, unless they were unaware and mingled with their trail, like in Kalkriese. A legion was literally a 12 000 -footed killing machine, 24/7
@@paavobergmann4920 for the Boots in a modern war a lot more shards of Things goes flying around, which is what I Meant with Fragmentation,
most organised fighting forces would be ready to go in an instant
and yeah dropping the Furca would also be quite simple
@@Voron_Aggrav yeah sure. The boots were excellent at the time. Nowadays? No, thanks...imagine barbed wire...eehw...
@@paavobergmann4920 yeah Exactly what I was having, Modern combat made them so Obsolete it's not even Funny to try them now for that role, I'd love to have them for daily use though :D
Well gotta love RUclips bringing this back after 6 years
When you just listen to this without seeing the video the title changes to "What does Geralt of Rivia think of Roman Legionary military kit?"
2:48 this Roman Legionnare's must have served on less sunnier part of the empire.
Hadrian´s Wall?, ah, but then the 9th was from Spain...
@@paavobergmann4920 it may be called the VIIII (yep, with four `I´) Hispanica, but the integrants of the legion could come from anywhere. And in Spain there are a lot of blonde, white skined people, specially in the North. Greetings from the Canary Islands mate
@@Macharius89 Yeah, you´re right. sure. It was maybe first assembvled in spain, or had a memorable deployment there, or whatever
@@paavobergmann4920 Actually the legions name´s were settled for greater actions or defeats (XII Fulminata), geographical origin (VIIII Hispanica, III Cyrenaica) or other matters (XXX Ulpia Victris, X Fretensis, etc). It´s great to see or read other people interested in one of the greaters pillars of the Roman Civilization
So many comments about the dudes voice. The whole comment section is giving of insecure vibes haha
nobody wants to sound like that lmao
I would love to go back to see this famed army at work!in war and in construction. Amazing people whose dna still abounds and what an empire, one of the longest in history.
There is one addition to the concept of the contubernium that was not mentioned and which is at the heart of its success. Each group of of 8 fighting soldiers (legionaries) was typically accompanied by a pair of "logistics" individuals ( mostly slaves, or attendants of some sort) who were not strictly fully fledged legionaries. They mostly had at least one but frequently two or more pack animals (donkeys or mules - seldom horses as they required too much attention and special food, and could not carry as much, relative to their weight). This two-man team carried most of the "common" equipment and baggage - grinding stone, food, water, tents (they slept in a separate 2-man tent) , cooking utensils, ropes, tools, etc. On the march, they travelled together with the "baggage train" rather than with the 8 legionaries, and deployed to the team with the daily stop to prepare for the overnight, while the legionaries built the fortifications they did every day-end. In fact, this element of men and beast could make up as much as 17-20% of the total number within a whole Legion! Hence the saying that an army marches on its stomach! These guys looked after the stomach component, amongst other things.
I thought I'd mention this important aspect.
Cheers all!
3:25 Badass Roman Legionnaire reaction to getting shot: Not a single fuck was given that day.
Awesome video! Definitely need more like this. The history is important to learn. Good job!
The way he's faking a "cool" voice is really bugging me.
He's done shows lectures and documentaries in this very same voice, I can't tell that he's kinda putting emphasis but this is his real voice.
So, I am finally bringing myself to watch this vid, does Mykel Hawke add anything to helping fix rome 2(mp)? "No" Alright, cba to waste 8 mins watching, end result is the same, terribad mp experience T_T
This video was made before the game came out you idiot.
I lost it when he started running through the woods with his Roman sandals and that serious look on his face
hold up now, aren't these the same dudes that Nailed another young cowboy to a couple of sticks
I know a lot of combat vets, none of them feel the need to talk like Corey Feldman trying to sound intense.
wow love the food
Jackie Gamez lo
7:44 Get rekt, skrub.
Dan Otten if you pause it at just the right moment, his shield disappears, then he kicks it from nowhere.
All these years later and this is the first time i've seen this.
Y’all need to get him to make more videos like this
I love how hard this guy tries to seem masculine hahaha
his voice is so funny. i wonder if he really talks like this
@Ya Boii My hubby is a spec ops vet, he laughs at this guy:)
mykel hawke? hehe i bet his nicname is "mykehawke" lol
Mycock 😉
Yeah, because 'Stringfellow' was already taken...
I like to be a Roman
Well, I believe there might be a vacancy in the Polanski family....
Then just go to Italy
@@richardlew3667 I'm from the future, don't go to Italy.
Those combat sandals are good for anywhere with natural terrain, hard surfaces would be like glueing legos to your socks. Although if it were cold your feet would go numb so I guess it kinda works.
Loved how the auto captions turned the Furca in a fucker. Yea carry that fucker yea.
When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's, "hobos" were shown in movies and cartoons as carrying a stick over one shoulder with a piece of cloth tied up at the corners, holding all their worldly goods on the end of the stick. Now, and only now, do I understand it. It was the descendant of the "furca." Wow!!! BTW, for those who have never heard of a hobo, they were homeless people who traveled around the U.S. by walking, hitching a ride, and/or "riding the rails." That last one is sneaking onto a train (open box car or such) and letting it transport them somewhere - anywhere. Look them up. Interesting folks. Great vid. My day wasn't wasted because I learned something.
You get the zubbonian award for least depressing comment of the video award.
Award.
Singing *HOBOS DON'T CRY!!*
@@zubbworks Thanks, I think. Zubbonian? (walks away while still seated at the computer singing:
"Third box car, midnight train, destination, Bangor Maine,
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around
I'm a man of means, by no means, king of the road")
@@Grynslvr2 Man that is the last song on a cd I have and I quite like it.
@@zubbworks Yeah, Roger sang a hell of a tune. He single handedly taught me not to try to roller skate in buffalo herds. Ah, songs from my childhood. Sigh. A long, long time ago.
"This furca here!" Thought he said fucker for a second there, haha
MrElis How is this not the top comment, I was looking for this lol
My guess is it doesn't stack up to military standards today.
i didn't know this was about a videogame until the credits rolled. reminds me of "inside the chieftains hatch" where former tank commander shows features of WW2 battletanks in different museums, sponsored by the Free to play game world of tanks. i like this kind of videos a lot.
thanks youtube for recommending this in 2020
1:37 Sounds like a southerner saying "This Fucker here"
That was the joke...
Is this supposed to teach us something? We already knew all this!
That's the thing with the Internet, you don't know who's gonna hit your video, especially when you're doing big advertising. You can't presume knowledge.
I wish everyone would stop being so bloody negative, yes its true launch was a complete failure and was probably too early but take a second to look, the game has had numerous patches which have fixed most or all of the bugs, its still amazingly fun to play to me and everyone should stop going on about launch, move on with your life!!
I have 2 questions.
How did legionaries move while on patrol in wooden area? How did they move while in a possibly hostile urban environment (Second question is probably only then an issue if you assume that Rome did NOT burn down a possibly hostile city)
Back to first question. A legionary carries 2 spears, his shield and his sword on his belt. He is on a night patrol somewhere in the Danube area. Woods and trees everywhere. A germanic horde is suspected near the area. How does he carry his waepons? Spear in one hand, shield in the other? Where is the 2nd spear? Left in camp?
How did he prevent the armor from making noises? With wax? Fur?
this was surprisingly entertaining
this game has the most glitches and bugs ever in the history of gaming.
Try playing Cod Ghosts ! AHAHAHA
S14lver you tried battle feild? More like battle fail! Game crashes on release day every time you look at the sky!
Don't be such a furca.
It has less than Empire.
BF4 : cute
did you waste all your dev budget paying this guy or something?
don't fuck with rome
Are we going to ignore the fact that this guy's name is Mike Hawk?
Us in Rome 2 announcement: Yeahhhhh
CA at launch: Let's throw our budget for trailers
Us now: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!
Imagine just being naturally gifted with a voice like that jesus h
Spending 20 years in the Army barking orders, singing cadences, and teaching soldiers will do that to you.
The roman gladius was not a sword for "slicing or dicing" the sword was a purely for stabbing. The base of the the sword, on the edges, rather than being thin and sharp, they were thick and broad. Only the tip of the sword was sharp. So actually any slashing with the gladii was pretty foolish. It was a purely stab function weapon.
He says its good for stabbing and slashing. Which is true, it was capable of both. Don't see the problem, you're wrong that it was bad at slashing.
Blood Iron sure, getting whacked by an iron piece of metal is going to hurt and be potentially lethal, however the gladius was designed to stab and in fact the whole roman army would advance in a wall and simply stab the waves of foes ahead of them. There was none of this Hollywood style swing sword action bullshit with a roman legionary. Slashing left you vulnerable because you raised your arm leaving your ribs vulnerable. The roman shield was curved for a reason, it covered the entire front of your body and your sword arm would jab at the enemies in front of the massive Roman shield wall. The point is that the sword was not meant to be good for slashing, and quite frankly you're wrong. The sword is good for slashing if you are fighting a random dude, but in a battle of thousands of enemies the weapon was lethal and efficient at simply stabbing the guy in front of you to death. If the Romans fought using the gladius swinging and screaming they wouldn't have been half as deadly as simply poker and jabbing. If they used the gladius for slashing im confident they would never have become an empire, instead they would have all been slaughtered and the worst they would have done to their enemies is leaving them badly bruised...
MrJoking4fun yes it was primarily used for stabbing, but of course the edges were still sharpened. sharp edges make thrusting easier.
MrJoking4fun: But of course the enemy will likely parry your thrust and so you slash his/her arm or throat to stun him/her and then thrust when your foe's strunned.
Nathaniel Rincon : The Falcata also is great for thrusting as it leaves a massive, gaping hole on impact, but it is comparatively heavier than the gladius or spatha, so you only carry a light shield for defence. It's still much lighter than an axe, though, a weapon that needs both hands to wield properly and leaving you totally vulnerable if you miss.
I guess they blew the budget on this guy, cause there is now other explanation for the state of game we received compared to what we were promised
Not all 8 men slept at once in the tent. Some would stand guard around that tent area and they would change shifts on guard duty.
Can't defeat my argument can you? I win.
stop the gladius wasnt used for slashing and dicing crap of course it was when in battle you did whatever you could to kill your opponent to make that statement means you dont have clear understanding of the human condition in wanting to survive, to state a sword just wasnt used for slashing and purely for stabbing is delusional, yes a sword will have a strength but you do whatever you can to survive, a Canadian bit out a Chinese mans throat to survive in Korea, an american landing on omaha beach grabbed a body of a colleague as a bullet wall and to keep him afloat without knowing if he was dead or not. Try imagine what a trained veteran roman soldier was like it defies belief for us modern humans theirs no one on the planet who is like that now, yes they were humans just like us but they were a different breed, bred in a world that what we call today brutal and hard but for them it was normal.
7:36 their gladii are on the wrong side of their body. God dammit CA that's such a simple thing to know.
+sausy mayo your right, they had their swords on the right side, since they thought the right hand is superior
wouldnt that make it more difficult to draw for a right handed swordsman? any sources on that?
Gladii were short and so designed to work in small confined spaces and the Romans preferred to fight as one whole unit. And so they used their right hand to draw the sword on the right side because they wouldn't have enough room to be able to draw across their whole body.
He is right the Gladius would sit on the right, drawing the sword across the shield would become a problem and there's always the potential to cut an ally when drawing in left to right in a tight formation
this is what creative assembly spends their money on wtf ..
this wouldve been alot more interesting if it was the Roman Legionary reviewing the modern soldiers kit
Those romans were better equipped than most medieval age armies.