My Latin teacher came into class today with a Roman shield, sword, and full set of armor and tunic. He even let a kid try it on and take a picture with the sword and pilum. By far the coolest teacher I've had.
rome is everywhere ,roman empire never finished, is extended in all the world, french, spanish, purtuguese, italian, romanian, english ( english for 60 %) are latin, all the planet speak latin, from india to brasil, from france to south africa, from england to mexico etc, you can listen latin words everywhere, in the street, in tv, in a conversation, in a supermarket etc,,, planet is latinized totally, rome is in us forever
777jonah888 What? Latinization started with the HRE? WHAT? How the hell did a bunch of germans kick start the evolution of language they didn't even speak?
@pog376 I'm afraid he's right. The first Roman incursion into Britain was done by Caesar. Caesar didn't conquer anything there, but Caesar most definitely did get to Britain.
Romans proved to be one of the finest civilization ever. Even today with our computer and technology would be difficult to manage such an empire with the same efficiency. During that period all the people around the world, from Asia to America were brutal and pitiless. We cannot judge romans behavior with our moral code.
@stygn The Romans stayed in Britain till 410 AD. The Roman Emperor Honorius recalled the Roman legions from Britain at that time as they were needed to confront threats (Goths) closer to home. The Britains had to fend for themselves and this is where the legend of King Arthur were born.
Helmet and armour from the Celts, sword from the Iberians, Pilum possibly from the Iberians as the Iberians had a similar weapon. Their shield probably based on Italian/Casapine ones.
@stygn The Romans did on occasions, withdraw some troops from Britain to fight wars on the continent. For example, the Roman Emperor Trajan withdrew some troops from Britain in the early 2nd Century AD for his conquest of Dacia. Marcus Aurelius withdrew troops to meet the threats posed by Germanic tribes on the Danube (late 2nd Century AD). In 410AD, the Goths sacked Rome and most of the provinces of the Western Roman Empire were overrun by Barbarian tribes.
@johndeerishere Yes, Julius invaded in 55 BC, and again in 54. However, he didn't conquer much, just made the kings and leaders in what is now eastern England to pay tribute to Rome and set up trade and diplomatic bonds. Some land was owned by Rome I guess, but not much. When Claudius invaded in 43 AD it was with a much larger force with the aim of conquering the whole of the British Isles. I'm not sure how long they stayed, but to about 250 AD would be a fair guess.
@gogoasacenusie You are right. While a large populations of both of those cultures were assimilated into the empire, after the Roman Empire fell, countless other non-Roman populations invaded those areas. For instance, a Romano-Britiah culture survived the fall of Rome until the Saxons came. Also, Britain was invaded by not just the Saxons, but the Normans, Vikings, and other cultures.
@gothicus1 Thank you very much for your reply! I know very, very little about Roman history, so every little hint helps : ) I assumed they would withdraw from Britain to confront dangers on the continent, and I sort of guessed that would be around 250. But to hear it was as late as 410... Not sure about the benefits of holding Britain, but in retrospective I'd say it would be wiser to have pulled them back earlier to maintain the dominance on the continent. Do you agree?
@DickWhittington1000 Thanks! It’s great to hear someone out there is still watching, and enjoying my videos. And thanks for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment.
Actually chainmail is more difficult to produce than the lorica segmentata. The entire process takes longer to forge that is why it would be more expensive. Historians and modern blacksmiths confirmed this. The lorica segmentata was in use for a much shorter period of time. Trajans column depict soldiers wearing both hamata and segmentata armors, the issue is how do we know for certain that ONLY auxilia used chain mail, and ONLY legionaries used the segmented armor? Which source tells us this?
comments made me realize that lots of people have really simplistic views of history. romans loved all things greek, they never hid it and never claimed anything from other cultures as theirs, instead they adopted many aspects and that was their strength. they had their own original culture and made many innovations by themselves (concrete, domes, vaults, amphitheatres...) and they had a republic (established in 509 BC) one year before democracy in Athens (508 BC), so they didn't copy it either.
you may be right there specially for the ruthless part but thats what still killed them or rather in some way made them cocky and ruthlessness + underhandedness is what killing us
To this day I can't understand how the auxiliaries used the hamata chain mail instead of the segmented armor. When both chain mail and scale armor was more expensive than segmented armor. Is this just a modern misconception, or were auxilia actually better equipped than the legionaires?
The issue with the segementata was that it easily rusted, and was difficult to maintain. Also the number of separate parts made it difficult to transport. Well the segmentata provided better protection it was also more difficult to produce, which is why many legionaries in the late empire were equipped with the hamata chain armor. I've never heard anything saying that chain and scale were more expensive then segementata to produce however.
Its kind of amazing to see. But sadly for Rome, they never bothered to update their fighting methods. In the end, they were undone by their own inability to adapt. (also possibly lead poisoning. Pb the atomic sign for Lead comes from the word Plumbumb, or pluming. ) Still the Roman Empire is responsible for changing the world, probably for the better, despite the nasty reputation.
@Caleidus No offensive, but you should check the history. In China, at that time, was the Empire Qin (who bulit the Great Wall and Terracota Armay) and Empire Han. Even the Empire Han had a war with Roman troops, and they defeated roman troop. The prisoners stayed in China until now. There is still a Roman villiage in the Northeast of China.
The Iberians used a similar weapon, also with a long iron shaft. Rome basicly copied all of their equipment and made some minor changed. The only piece of armoury what is probably their own is their late plate armour.
@livingWolfArrow .. - it's hard to hit a soldier that's shielded so heavily. When one falls the other soldiers wouldve probably been trained to fill the empty gap.
Although I am not a military tactics or history expert, I know for a fact that the romans "tortoise" formations could easily be taken out by a skilled archer. Their formation was used for a horde of arrows coming with just basic aiming. Take out one of those soldiers, the rest of them behind that soldier would all trip or at least stuggle to get back into the formations, by that time, many romans would be dead.
if your talkin about pila(pilum) im sure its a roman envention they may have copied the design but advance it with a weak tip that broke once hitting the enemy so they couldnt throw it back
true, but as I said before, a skilled archer could easily take out that formation, even if the soldiers where trained to fill in the gap, as you said, they are heavily armored, and heavy aremor means slower soldiers, the slower the soldier, the easier to shoot and find a way around them/ their armor. But as I have said before, I am not an expert in such things, just typing in what seems to be common sense to me.
@Praetorian107 It wasn't meant to be offensive. IF it was taken as an offence then I apologise. iremember a certain Prime Minisster highlighting that the English were a mongrel group too. This is just expressing theunerstanding that there has been a lot of interaction and mixing with so many different cultures over time.
The Elites in the Roman army (1st Century) are at the back, While in the other hand the Greek's Elite were in the front, The Spartans are in command , and we all know their pride is higher than Mt. Everest . They're so eager / too excited to fight because they weren't able to join the battle of Marathon, and The Greek generals/leaders are always in the front (of course Leonidas is a Sparta) which makes the Spartan in the front , same with Alexander
I don't care.... in size the most large empire was alexard's empire, but the splendor of the roman empire has unreachable... The strongest army that the world has ever known.
the phalanx was made to cut down the man to ur right while covering ur man to ur left and same thing the other way, they would usually double or triple team a foe infront of them i would imagine
To be fair to the Romans, they had to endure regular raids by the Gauls into the Italian peninsula for centuries. When the Romans marched into Gaul, it was with the intention of putting a final stop to it.
The Romans took maniples because it was more usefull on unequal terrain after being beaten by the Samnites using it I believe. They used the Hoplite Phalanx before.
yeh similar that were the original design for the roman one was from,they just improved it to their advantage.Yeh segragated armour i think what it was called after the marian reforms.
@iheimdall yes but as an officer in etme a more famous welsh person was henry tudor my friend who beat richard III at bosworth field and took the throne haha
actually they could they used engenering and could solve a lot of problem looks the seige of massada or the colousium with its more complicaded that stonehenge but building it showed that celts werent only barbarians
@Kiwis4life I think the Romans took a lot from the Greeks during the early period of Roman history. Most of the Italian city states back then were heavily influenced by the Greeks (Etruscans, Latins etc.). The South of Italy was technically Magna Graecia and influenced the central parts of Italy to some degree. Modern Greeks did descend from Greece within the Roman Empire but they had a sort of Greek and Roman co-existence whereby both cultures influenced each other.
@sanctainquisitio I don't have a hollywood concept of romans. Latins as others italic tribes (samnites, sabins, osco-umbri, volsques, lucanians, etc ... had the same indo-european origin. Black hairs with dark skin, like the description of roman writers and the frescoes of pompei, herculanum and Rome.
@SocratesTheGadfly Also the General lethargy of the roman citizens could well explain why they couldn't raise any armies at the end. This again could be attributed to Lead poisoning. I didn't say it was the sole reason, but it certainly was a factor, and like most medical ailments the effects are cumulative.
My Latin teacher came into class today with a Roman shield, sword, and full set of armor and tunic. He even let a kid try it on and take a picture with the sword and pilum. By far the coolest teacher I've had.
rome is everywhere ,roman empire never finished, is extended in all the world, french, spanish, purtuguese, italian, romanian, english ( english for 60 %) are latin, all the planet speak latin, from india to brasil, from france to south africa, from england to mexico etc, you can listen latin words everywhere, in the street, in tv, in a conversation, in a supermarket etc,,, planet is latinized totally, rome is in us forever
latinization came with the HOLY Roman Empire after Constantine the great- 319 on
777jonah888 What? Latinization started with the HRE? WHAT? How the hell did a bunch of germans kick start the evolution of language they didn't even speak?
+777jonah888 but indeed came
romans have done a lot for us.For example our entire legal system is based on the romans!
Very true
@pog376 I'm afraid he's right. The first Roman incursion into Britain was done by Caesar. Caesar didn't conquer anything there, but Caesar most definitely did get to Britain.
Romans proved to be one of the finest civilization ever. Even today with our computer and technology would be difficult to manage such an empire with the same efficiency. During that period all the people around the world, from Asia to America were brutal and pitiless. We cannot judge romans behavior with our moral code.
I've watched around a dozen of your videos and enjoyed them all, many educational, but all very pleasurable. Thanks!
i love how awsome the roman troops look. the helmits are real craftmanship
best reenactment video i have seen !
Thanks for posting this! Great demonstration!
i am greek but i respect the roman war machine.maybe the best army before firearms era.
The title of this video made me think of The Life of Brian actually.
Excellent drill, fantastic show.
Great presentation! Thanks for sharing
@stygn The Romans stayed in Britain till 410 AD. The Roman Emperor Honorius recalled the Roman legions from Britain at that time as they were needed to confront threats (Goths) closer to home. The Britains had to fend for themselves and this is where the legend of King Arthur were born.
Helmet and armour from the Celts, sword from the Iberians, Pilum possibly from the Iberians as the Iberians had a similar weapon. Their shield probably based on Italian/Casapine ones.
@stygn The Romans did on occasions, withdraw some troops from Britain to fight wars on the continent. For example, the Roman Emperor Trajan withdrew some troops from Britain in the early 2nd Century AD for his conquest of Dacia. Marcus Aurelius withdrew troops to meet the threats posed by Germanic tribes on the Danube (late 2nd Century AD). In 410AD, the Goths sacked Rome and most of the provinces of the Western Roman Empire were overrun by Barbarian tribes.
@taupinb Fantastic video. Do you know of any specific events websites that will list when and where these re-enactments take place? Many thanks.
Haha, Life of Brian. Awesome video!
awesome presentation... love it.
@johndeerishere Yes, Julius invaded in 55 BC, and again in 54. However, he didn't conquer much, just made the kings and leaders in what is now eastern England to pay tribute to Rome and set up trade and diplomatic bonds. Some land was owned by Rome I guess, but not much. When Claudius invaded in 43 AD it was with a much larger force with the aim of conquering the whole of the British Isles. I'm not sure how long they stayed, but to about 250 AD would be a fair guess.
only 25 years of service !!! what a deal!!
25 years in reality was for the Auxiliaries, the Service of a Legionary was 16 years
some tribesmen are stealing a centurion car XD, great video thanks
@gogoasacenusie You are right. While a large populations of both of those cultures were assimilated into the empire, after the Roman Empire fell, countless other non-Roman populations invaded those areas. For instance, a Romano-Britiah culture survived the fall of Rome until the Saxons came. Also, Britain was invaded by not just the Saxons, but the Normans, Vikings, and other cultures.
@gothicus1 Thank you very much for your reply! I know very, very little about Roman history, so every little hint helps : ) I assumed they would withdraw from Britain to confront dangers on the continent, and I sort of guessed that would be around 250. But to hear it was as late as 410... Not sure about the benefits of holding Britain, but in retrospective I'd say it would be wiser to have pulled them back earlier to maintain the dominance on the continent. Do you agree?
@malikkaastrup one of the best soldiers.... one of the best..
Great!!! Fantastic!!!
I am proud to live in Rome, the capital of the greatest empire in history
First time in a while that Ive seen two top comments that should actually be top comments!
The latest patch actually fixed the main issue which was campaing turn time. Its very enjoyable now.
hearing the police siren in the background kind of ruins the whole roman atmosphere feeling.. i'm now crying
has anyone ever watched that old program where this man has a board and like a CGI army on the board and he explains there tactics and stuff :)
@DickWhittington1000 Thanks! It’s great to hear someone out there is still watching, and enjoying my videos. And thanks for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment.
Nice video, good performance.
HAIL THE LEGIONS BRAVEST SOLDIERS OF ALL TIME !
Actually chainmail is more difficult to produce than the lorica segmentata. The entire process takes longer to forge that is why it would be more expensive. Historians and modern blacksmiths confirmed this. The lorica segmentata was in use for a much shorter period of time. Trajans column depict soldiers wearing both hamata and segmentata armors, the issue is how do we know for certain that ONLY auxilia used chain mail, and ONLY legionaries used the segmented armor? Which source tells us this?
I guess that would depend on your historical source. As to what I said three months, ago, it's in the past.
comments made me realize that lots of people have really simplistic views of history. romans loved all things greek, they never hid it and never claimed anything from other cultures as theirs, instead they adopted many aspects and that was their strength. they had their own original culture and made many innovations by themselves (concrete, domes, vaults, amphitheatres...) and they had a republic (established in 509 BC) one year before democracy in Athens (508 BC), so they didn't copy it either.
you may be right there specially for the ruthless part but thats what still killed them or rather in some way made them cocky
and ruthlessness + underhandedness is what killing us
My gosh, how the invention of gunpowder powered weapons have changed the world.
To this day I can't understand how the auxiliaries used the hamata chain mail instead of the segmented armor. When both chain mail and scale armor was more expensive than segmented armor. Is this just a modern misconception, or were auxilia actually better equipped than the legionaires?
The design painted on the shields is the God of war unpersonified.
@sanctainquisitio isnt that pretty much the roman trademark ? they got most of their tech/architecture from the greeks and perfected any flaws
The issue with the segementata was that it easily rusted, and was difficult to maintain. Also the number of separate parts made it difficult to transport. Well the segmentata provided better protection it was also more difficult to produce, which is why many legionaries in the late empire were equipped with the hamata chain armor. I've never heard anything saying that chain and scale were more expensive then segementata to produce however.
Its kind of amazing to see. But sadly for Rome, they never bothered to update their fighting methods. In the end, they were undone by their own inability to adapt. (also possibly lead poisoning. Pb the atomic sign for Lead comes from the word Plumbumb, or pluming. ) Still the Roman Empire is responsible for changing the world, probably for the better, despite the nasty reputation.
@Caleidus No offensive, but you should check the history. In China, at that time, was the Empire Qin (who bulit the Great Wall and Terracota Armay) and Empire Han. Even the Empire Han had a war with Roman troops, and they defeated roman troop. The prisoners stayed in China until now. There is still a Roman villiage in the Northeast of China.
The Iberians used a similar weapon, also with a long iron shaft. Rome basicly copied all of their equipment and made some minor changed. The only piece of armoury what is probably their own is their late plate armour.
@livingWolfArrow .. - it's hard to hit a soldier that's shielded so heavily. When one falls the other soldiers wouldve probably been trained to fill the empty gap.
@TrueHarxel but in that time there`s another advanced army in Persia,& they defeated Roman many times,am i right?
Very nice video btw ;) these guys did an awesome job
Nice video. I had one question. Did'nt Julius Caesar first invade Britain, but left shortly after?
great video, thanks for sharing!
Thumbs up just for the title alone :)
Although I am not a military tactics or history expert, I know for a fact that the romans "tortoise" formations could easily be taken out by a skilled archer. Their formation was used for a horde of arrows coming with just basic aiming. Take out one of those soldiers, the rest of them behind that soldier would all trip or at least stuggle to get back into the formations, by that time, many romans would be dead.
if your talkin about pila(pilum) im sure its a roman envention they may have copied the design but advance it with a weak tip that broke once hitting the enemy so they couldnt throw it back
I wish my history class was like this. :(
the man with the plumed helmet in the rear rank is he the optio?
I think so
Sometime on the torti thing there would be shields on the side not the back though
true, but as I said before, a skilled archer could easily take out that formation, even if the soldiers where trained to fill in the gap, as you said, they are heavily armored, and heavy aremor means slower soldiers, the slower the soldier, the easier to shoot and find a way around them/ their armor. But as I have said before, I am not an expert in such things, just typing in what seems to be common sense to me.
@Praetorian107
It wasn't meant to be offensive. IF it was taken as an offence then I apologise. iremember a certain Prime Minisster highlighting that the English were a mongrel group too. This is just expressing theunerstanding that there has been a lot of interaction and mixing with so many different cultures over time.
@McShoshau probably I guess
Rome II comes out soon, hopefully it will be more balanced / realistic than the original. :D
The Elites in the Roman army (1st Century) are at the back, While in the other hand the Greek's Elite were in the front, The Spartans are in command , and we all know their pride is higher than Mt. Everest . They're so eager / too excited to fight because they weren't able to join the battle of Marathon, and The Greek generals/leaders are always in the front (of course Leonidas is a Sparta) which makes the Spartan in the front , same with Alexander
I don't care.... in size the most large empire was alexard's empire, but the splendor of the roman empire has unreachable... The strongest army that the world has ever known.
this guy has spammed every you tube video in existence
the phalanx was made to cut down the man to ur right while covering ur man to ur left and same thing the other way, they would usually double or triple team a foe infront of them i would imagine
To be fair to the Romans, they had to endure regular raids by the Gauls into the Italian peninsula for centuries. When the Romans marched into Gaul, it was with the intention of putting a final stop to it.
The Romans took maniples because it was more usefull on unequal terrain after being beaten by the Samnites using it I believe. They used the Hoplite Phalanx before.
yeh similar that were the original design for the roman one was from,they just improved it to their advantage.Yeh segragated armour i think what it was called after the marian reforms.
Sometimes they fought naked, but after a while they got sense and started wearing armour in battle.
very cool
They need to make field trips like this :)
Thanks Taupin b, Very educational, but these guys need to learn to march.
@tievesjoodenaap True...but I believe they did that on purpose so that the viewers could see how it was constructed and how the soldiers walked.
@Caleidus Quite right.
I don`t understand why everybody hates the romans
I am Portuguese and I`m glad they were here
@sanctainquisitio well if you compare their buildings and art its heavely based on greek architecture.
coolest. job. ever.
o.O simply awesome
Some of us are hoping the Picts make it to civilization soon
@iheimdall yes but as an officer in etme a more famous welsh person was henry tudor my friend who beat richard III at bosworth field and took the throne haha
1:18 That guy is like "Check out my threads bitches."
@EazyFtTupac Julius Caesar conquered Gaul (modern day France). Emperor Claudius began the conquering of Britannia in 43 AD.
actually they could they used engenering and could solve a lot of problem looks the seige of massada or the colousium with its more complicaded that stonehenge but building it showed that celts werent only barbarians
@gothicus1 Thank you very much for your help : )
The boots the Roman Legionnaire wore, how was that actually spelled? just out of curiosity.
How about versus a Phallanx?I'd like to how they'd get past the spear wall.
@Wizardlizard87 no its not it's actually a constitutional republic... They have similar traits but are different!
@Kiwis4life
I think the Romans took a lot from the Greeks during the early period of Roman history. Most of the Italian city states back then were heavily influenced by the Greeks (Etruscans, Latins etc.). The South of Italy was technically Magna Graecia and influenced the central parts of Italy to some degree.
Modern Greeks did descend from Greece within the Roman Empire but they had a sort of Greek and Roman co-existence whereby both cultures influenced each other.
Awsome...
yeah i´m portuguese too and in ancient warefare roman army defeated every thing they had to defeat they were simply the best
as bad as they might have been, you have to thank the romans for the aqueducts. those things are pretty awesome.
@gogoasacenusie about history, TOTALLY agree with you!!!!!
Hey!!!
What about the legion engineer?
great
Anyone in love with Roman warfare should look up Ryse son of Rome. It is an Xbox One game.
@sanctainquisitio I don't have a hollywood concept of romans. Latins as others italic tribes (samnites, sabins, osco-umbri, volsques, lucanians, etc ... had the same indo-european origin. Black hairs with dark skin, like the description of roman writers and the frescoes of pompei, herculanum and Rome.
@SocratesTheGadfly Also the General lethargy of the roman citizens could well explain why they couldn't raise any armies at the end. This again could be attributed to Lead poisoning. I didn't say it was the sole reason, but it certainly was a factor, and like most medical ailments the effects are cumulative.
@ConsurgoTitanus why did you say Italian and Greek?
i `ve read the book of graham summoner; he is a member of the ermine street guard, right?
Hey! I went to that exact place when I was 4! :D