Thank you - this is exactly how I like my videos. Lightly contented adverts. Just like I prefer lightly fries'd salt from McDonalds. You're doing the lords work of working for the megacorps, I'm sure the few hundred bucks you get for wasting a million years of manhours on adverts is worth it. Especially when you're 1. selling merch, and 2. also doing sponsored adverts for bloody Opera.
The “few hundred bucks” go towards the creation of more FREE quality videos for everyone’s enjoyment. This all costs money; welcome to the real world! If a 1 minute ad of a great app like Opera is too inconvenient for you, then consider Netflix, where for only $20 a month you will watch amazing ad free documentaries like Cleopatra and Alexander. Good luck enjoying those!
That letter from "Bassus to Galatus" made me think of my brother. I have many qualms with modernity, but I am glad I don't have to worry about him like that. Doubt I'd ever leave my family's locality if I lived in such a troubled world.
Guard duty was, is and will be most hated duty in the world hah I can only imagine the horrors on alien planets future human guard will have to be on a look out post
@@plazmica0323lol by the time we’re colonizing planets with meaningfully dangerous alien life we’ll have artificial super intelligence, let alone robot sentries strictly superior to human sentries
@@archsys307sometimes you just gotta have some poor imperial guard dude in a suit in a tower cuz the same AI everyone started using went rogue and started the second solar system war
@@chupacabra304 ASI starting the second solar system war will either have all humans fighting or harvest all humans for the trace minerals in our blood because it values human life not at all thats why super alignment is the problem of the millennium and whoever cracks the code will be heralded as the greatest genius of the 21st century like einstein in the 20th
Wow I’m impressed. I thought the Roman defences were on the Roman side of the Danube and Rhine. I never realised they projected so far forward into Germania
The Rhine was named after the grapes that the Romans planted all along it. They would have preferred a southern exposure, which means controlling the north bank.
@@benjamindees No the Rhine was not named after grapes or by romans. It has it's roots in old indogermanic words for "flowing" and more directly from celtic rhenos.
Many people don't know that. I live in this region and the Romans left a lot of buildings and artifacts in the region. They even left their mark in the genetic makeup of the population there.
Incredible seeing more focus on my home region. The agri decumates and the other border regions are the most interesting thing for me in roman history. The way the roman culture merged and organically adapted the germanic and celtic influences seems kind of like a return to a panindoeuropean conciousness like parts of a whole that were torn apart and now put together again. I would appreciate more focus on these topics.Thank you for this interesting video.
Now that you know how chaotic and complicated Roman borders were, something equally impressive is how they managed to outfit EVERY soldier with state-of-the-army equipment and supply it to them. Check out their GENIUS weapon production industry here: ruclips.net/video/DSdztU469Vs/видео.html
This episode was another great addition to the channel - and one of my favourites! The details you have included about the Roman borders was original and insightful. I actually feel I'm getting university-level education with this episode, as well as details about history I would struggle to find anywhere else. Awesome artwork too!
Thank you for the donation! I suppose our channel has a natural lean towards the late Republican and early principate period, because the sources are the most descriptive for that period. But we will always try to tackle other periods as well!
6:02 redundancy = defense in depth, mutual-support + increased reliability; it calls back to the method of fortifying routes of march and logistic support during expansion
Incredible the complexity of such defenses, not only locally, but the regional strategy done, they were truly advanced and sophisticated. Great video as usual, excellence is the cognomen if this channel 👌🏼
...and thank _YOU,_ Historia Militum, for your time and effort in creating this interesting, thought-provoking video for us. Super graphics. Good flow in the story. Cheers from Denmark.
3:56 Hadrian's love of walls continues into the modern day in all those RTS players that build three rows of walls around their entire base, cover every inch of said walls with towers, and keep a decent mobile response force handy in case of long-ranged attacks. It's possible to break those defenses, but it _will_ be painful for any attacker.
The Governor of Briton always having a large enough army to make a play for Emperor is actually what doomed the province and possibly even the Western Roman Empire itself. On at least four occasions, its governor took nearly every last soldier in a bid to take the throne by force and once even succeeded.
Being situated on an island in the corner of the world allows you to do stuff like send all your soldiers without as much fear of barbarian invasion. It’s the same reason the USA dominates the world, they literally inhabit a massive island (not counting Canada which aligns with them in almost all respects)
Man, the Roman Empire was amazing. I did not realize their borders were this well guarded. It is crazy that they aren't still around with how advanced they were in so many things.
The way the roman empire operated infrastructure, military and logistics are mind boggeling. Their quality was impeccable which is one of the reasons they managed to last for all those years I would assume
Man, imagining Rome with an Industrial Revolution would've been wild to see. Same with what if the Eastern Roman Empire had continued on, with aid from the West to stand up to the Turkish armies.
A Rome without the (later) constant civil wars would be enough. Without these constant fightin legions vs legions, Rome would probably never have fallen - and then sooner or later it would have come to an industrial revolution in the Roman Empire. Well, I can't change the past - but at least in Stellaris I always create my Roman Empire and lead it to domination in the galaxy :) (And funnily enough I must have a lot of "brothers" who do the same - the devs implanted Roman numbers and names for leaders and ships several years ago!)
The way watchtowers operate, and how small "fortlets" dot the countryside alongside the border surprisingly similar how modern border forces operate in modern era.
Freshwater mussels are a pretty normal food the world over. Definitely not a desperation food. I don't know what he meant by that. Also, it's not just about unpolluted rivers but unobstructed and unaltered rivers. A lot of 'rivers' are more like canals and are not self-regulating with or without pollution.
A friend of mine gave me an MDF model of a watchtower. Now I feel obliged to staff it with model soldiers. My original thought was to surround it with a ditch and palisaded bank but from this video I see I need a straight ditch and palisade. Varying 1 metre over 51 km is mighty impressive!
Sounds like a fun project! But depending on the location, watchtowers could look very different. If you google watchtowers on the Danube, you can see that some of them were indeed surrounded by a ditch and palisade. So the design is up to you!
A scale is actually a good idea... We will try to do that for the next one. What did you mean by the legend though? We had one for the forts which we color coded.
It reminds me of the Great Wall of China and Hadrian's wall. More about keeping watch and facilitating reinforcement by a rapid reaction force than a trench line.
About 20 Miles/ 30 Kilometer away from my german village, is the point , where there is the former Imperium Romanum / Germania Magna border, and also border of provinces Germania Superior and Rhaetis. So i have seen many relicts of this fortifications.
I live in the Agri Decumates and I am descended from the Gallo-romans who inhabited the area and I would prefer the generosity, peace and safety of the roman empire over the Germanic (and later German) yoke of oppression which lacks all these things.
This is one of the best channels I have accidentally found on RUclips! I love how you break down the economics of ancient Rome! As an archaeologist I totally enjoy and support this channel.
There are thousands of documents that have survived. The only downside is that a huge part of them are either incomplete or very damaged for reconstructing the text inside.
Yo I thought your gonna make vid about Part 3 of Dacian Wars or what Greek or Barbarian Battles looked like. I still wanted to know that some sources say that the Macedonian Phalanx protects whole unit from projectiles like arrows which doesn't make sense with their use of long but thin Sarissas & their small shield Pelta
We are actually working on those exact scripts right now; the Dacian wars and what greek battles looked like. But we wont include Macedonian combat yet, maybe next time! We have 2 other videos that will be released before them though.
The Danubian Limes, or Danube Limes, refers to the Roman military frontier or limes which lies along the River Danube in the present-day German state of Bavaria, in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania the ancient DACIA , In UNESCO.
11:51 it seems the fortlets would employ an elevated structure for observation and communication with adjacent line-of-sight towers. The structure would not require the heavy construction of the independent watch and signal towers. Thus post and truss above an existing building would suffice. There is evidence that fortlets included towers in Ravenscar, Yorkshire, England where a fortlet was found to have a Latin inscription "Justinianus the First Centurion and Vindicianus the Magistrate built this tower and fortification from its foundations" Some speculate that fortlets would present a threat to any raiding party's ability to withdraw, particulary where the fort troops could march out and destroy improvised structures, boats or rafts necessary for exit past a body of water.
The region of the Agri Decumates was already being settled by Roman settlers(mostly Gallo-romans) around 0 AD. Before that, the region had been inhabited by the helvetians, whose numbers had been dwindling there since 200 bc. Even after the Alemanni took the region, large parts of the Gallo-roman population stayed behind and roman culture persisted for centuries, they partly still spoke romance languages till the 10th century. Most of the people living there today are ancestors of these gallo-romans.
18:14 In Latin America we refer to Germany as as Alemanha/Alemania. And the germans as Alemães/Alemanes. So... Its from these guys that this name came from. Since its the frontier that got occupied by them, i might be plausible to think this was an important tribe that the Romans got a lot of contact with. It might be from the events described on the video that originated the term, which is quite different from the english one.
I actually never knew that the Roman frontier was so complex I actually thought the Romans were light on natural barriers such as rivers in mountain...
The necessity for such an elaborate fortification speaks to the vigor and steadfastness of the people beyond it. Those who refused to be conquered by the mighty Rome.
Roman Emperors be like: "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our northern border and I’ll have Germania pay for that wall."
I don’t think anyone would ever think “a straight line of defenses would make more sense.” That’d be the type of thing someone with no idea of how to setup defensive bastions or lines would do.
Surface-Glance History: "The Roman Empire fell and so much information was wiped out during the following Dark Ages." Historians and Archaeologists: "Here are the dozens of fort systems used to patrol and defend the Rhine Delta and their equipment, staffing and mothers' maiden names."
It wasn't abroad, the Agri Decumates (which was except for a small helvetian population rather empty at the time) had been settled by Roman settlers since around 0 AD and a bit later it became a part of the empire.
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Thank you - this is exactly how I like my videos. Lightly contented adverts. Just like I prefer lightly fries'd salt from McDonalds. You're doing the lords work of working for the megacorps, I'm sure the few hundred bucks you get for wasting a million years of manhours on adverts is worth it. Especially when you're 1. selling merch, and 2. also doing sponsored adverts for bloody Opera.
The “few hundred bucks” go towards the creation of more FREE quality videos for everyone’s enjoyment. This all costs money; welcome to the real world!
If a 1 minute ad of a great app like Opera is too inconvenient for you, then consider Netflix, where for only $20 a month you will watch amazing ad free documentaries like Cleopatra and Alexander. Good luck enjoying those!
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@@HistoriaMilitumhe's right your ads put into your videos is pathetic. Unsubbed
After years of studying Roman military history videos like this one with this kind of detail are so important. Thank you friends .
indeed, thank you for such detailed inner-workings of an empire. All behind Praetorian for atmosphere, yum.
Grammer?
I contributed in this video. I am happy you enjoy the video, but please, don’t call me friend.
@@daylight3325grammar**
@@rainmaker132Huh?
That letter from "Bassus to Galatus" made me think of my brother. I have many qualms with modernity, but I am glad I don't have to worry about him like that. Doubt I'd ever leave my family's locality if I lived in such a troubled world.
People haven't changed.
Guard duty was, is and will be most hated duty in the world hah
I can only imagine the horrors on alien planets future human guard will have to be on a look out post
@@plazmica0323lol by the time we’re colonizing planets with meaningfully dangerous alien life we’ll have artificial super intelligence, let alone robot sentries strictly superior to human sentries
@@archsys307sometimes you just gotta have some poor imperial guard dude in a suit in a tower cuz the same AI everyone started using went rogue and started the second solar system war
@@chupacabra304 ASI starting the second solar system war will either have all humans fighting or harvest all humans for the trace minerals in our blood because it values human life not at all
thats why super alignment is the problem of the millennium and whoever cracks the code will be heralded as the greatest genius of the 21st century like einstein in the 20th
The soundtrack from the Praetorians is a nice touch, brought back memories.
I was wondering why is it so familiar, then I also realised that it is from praetorians.
what a game!
I miss that game. Spent way too much time at it and don’t regret that time at all.
Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The 3D models help so much in visualizing how life was!
Love how this channel provides in depth coverage of the ancient world by focusing on a case example of a specific section of the roman border
Wow I’m impressed. I thought the Roman defences were on the Roman side of the Danube and Rhine.
I never realised they projected so far forward into Germania
The Rhine was named after the grapes that the Romans planted all along it. They would have preferred a southern exposure, which means controlling the north bank.
@@benjamindees No the Rhine was not named after grapes or by romans. It has it's roots in old indogermanic words for "flowing" and more directly from celtic rhenos.
Many people don't know that. I live in this region and the Romans left a lot of buildings and artifacts in the region. They even left their mark in the genetic makeup of the population there.
Incredible seeing more focus on my home region. The agri decumates and the other border regions are the most interesting thing for me in roman history. The way the roman culture merged and organically adapted the germanic and celtic influences seems kind of like a return to a panindoeuropean conciousness like parts of a whole that were torn apart and now put together again. I would appreciate more focus on these topics.Thank you for this interesting video.
Im very happy you enjoyed. There is a good chance we will be 3D reconstructing a huge legionary fort on the Rhine. Just have to decide on which one!
Now that you know how chaotic and complicated Roman borders were, something equally impressive is how they managed to outfit EVERY soldier with state-of-the-army equipment and supply it to them. Check out their GENIUS weapon production industry here: ruclips.net/video/DSdztU469Vs/видео.html
The difference between chaos and genius is that genius has its limits.
Very neat to be able to visualize day to day life in the frontiers so well!
Its a good day when Historia Militum uploads a Roman Fort video!
This episode was another great addition to the channel - and one of my favourites! The details you have included about the Roman borders was original and insightful. I actually feel I'm getting university-level education with this episode, as well as details about history I would struggle to find anywhere else. Awesome artwork too!
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
I love Roman history and I have such a wonderful fascination...
By the way what part of the Roman Empire do you generally focus on..
Thank you for the donation! I suppose our channel has a natural lean towards the late Republican and early principate period, because the sources are the most descriptive for that period. But we will always try to tackle other periods as well!
6:02 redundancy = defense in depth, mutual-support + increased reliability; it calls back to the method of fortifying routes of march and logistic support during expansion
Incredible the complexity of such defenses, not only locally, but the regional strategy done, they were truly advanced and sophisticated. Great video as usual, excellence is the cognomen if this channel 👌🏼
...and thank _YOU,_ Historia Militum, for your time and effort in creating this interesting, thought-provoking video for us. Super graphics. Good flow in the story. Cheers from Denmark.
You are most welcome. More to come! :)
@@HistoriaMilitum I will be looking forward to it. 😊
3:56 Hadrian's love of walls continues into the modern day in all those RTS players that build three rows of walls around their entire base, cover every inch of said walls with towers, and keep a decent mobile response force handy in case of long-ranged attacks. It's possible to break those defenses, but it _will_ be painful for any attacker.
Me using artillery:
Thanks!
You are most welcome :)
Cool video, I have never seen anyone go into this much depth on this subject!
Love these 3D vids of yours man. To be so close to the wilderness must have been like being on another planet...
It is so neat to details, taking me inside to feel the vibe of those times...I forgot the present.. Thank you for your outstanding work!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Amazing work, definitely one of the best channels for Roman history!
The Governor of Briton always having a large enough army to make a play for Emperor is actually what doomed the province and possibly even the Western Roman Empire itself. On at least four occasions, its governor took nearly every last soldier in a bid to take the throne by force and once even succeeded.
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Being situated on an island in the corner of the world allows you to do stuff like send all your soldiers without as much fear of barbarian invasion. It’s the same reason the USA dominates the world, they literally inhabit a massive island (not counting Canada which aligns with them in almost all respects)
Oh my god finally! A rare gem of a channel that is not same ol! Thank you and keep up the great content!
Thank you and welcome aboard!
Man, the Roman Empire was amazing. I did not realize their borders were this well guarded. It is crazy that they aren't still around with how advanced they were in so many things.
The way the roman empire operated infrastructure, military and logistics are mind boggeling. Their quality was impeccable which is one of the reasons they managed to last for all those years I would assume
Thank you for this great educational video!
Thanks for a great presentation; it's particularly stunning in 4k! 👏⚔🎇
Let’s go another Historia Militum video!!! 🔥🔥🔥
The only videos that I wish were Longer : )
Amazingly detailed video. Thank you for this quality content, once again
Always glad to hear from you!
Q: "How often do you think of the Roman Empire?"
A: "Only once per day. Unless I have a sleep in the afternoon. Then it is twice per day."
Same for me; just 1 continuous thought in between bedtimes…
same for me with good ol' AH
Man, imagining Rome with an Industrial Revolution would've been wild to see.
Same with what if the Eastern Roman Empire had continued on, with aid from the West to stand up to the Turkish armies.
imagining any European power rising without white guilt would be insane. global government in decades
tbf the eastern roman empire was ransacked by\from the west multiple times
A Rome without the (later) constant civil wars would be enough.
Without these constant fightin legions vs legions, Rome would probably never have fallen - and then sooner or later it would have come to an industrial revolution in the Roman Empire.
Well, I can't change the past - but at least in Stellaris I always create my Roman Empire and lead it to domination in the galaxy :)
(And funnily enough I must have a lot of "brothers" who do the same - the devs implanted Roman numbers and names for leaders and ships several years ago!)
It would have fallen regardless because the plaque decimated Rome's population and manpower
make more videos lil bro can't sleep without your soothing voice at night
Howdy, love your content
Glad you enjoy it!
Excellent video and very informative. The 3d rendering really adds to it.
Fantastic vid! Thorough and detailed. Thanks
The way watchtowers operate, and how small "fortlets" dot the countryside alongside the border surprisingly similar how modern border forces operate in modern era.
I like that you chose to have a similar music in the background as for the game “Pretorians” 🤔
It really creates a pleasant mood. 😉
i'd argue that rivermussels were a lot more palletable when rivers were clean
Yeah I wonder
Freshwater mussels are a pretty normal food the world over. Definitely not a desperation food. I don't know what he meant by that.
Also, it's not just about unpolluted rivers but unobstructed and unaltered rivers. A lot of 'rivers' are more like canals and are not self-regulating with or without pollution.
Love this channel as usual incredibly unique and interesting content .
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
A friend of mine gave me an MDF model of a watchtower. Now I feel obliged to staff it with model soldiers. My original thought was to surround it with a ditch and palisaded bank but from this video I see I need a straight ditch and palisade. Varying 1 metre over 51 km is mighty impressive!
Sounds like a fun project! But depending on the location, watchtowers could look very different. If you google watchtowers on the Danube, you can see that some of them were indeed surrounded by a ditch and palisade. So the design is up to you!
Like always, really good stuff!
You sir got a follow just from this video alone 👏🏼 well done
As always very interesting video. However I would love to see a legend and scale added to your maps to make them more comprehensible. :)
A scale is actually a good idea... We will try to do that for the next one. What did you mean by the legend though? We had one for the forts which we color coded.
@@HistoriaMilitum Oh right I missed that because it was not always visible. :) Well anyway keep up the good videos, I freaking love your channel.
A perfect an empire as we will ever see.
Super interesting and realistic depiction. Thanks
It reminds me of the Great Wall of China and Hadrian's wall. More about keeping watch and facilitating reinforcement by a rapid reaction force than a trench line.
Mateo Pascual Music always takes me back :)
About 20 Miles/ 30 Kilometer away from my german village, is the point , where there is the former Imperium Romanum / Germania Magna border, and also border of provinces Germania Superior and Rhaetis. So i have seen many relicts of this fortifications.
It would be interest a video of the romanization process of conquered territories. Love your vids 🤩
That would make a fascinating video actually... Thank you, I'll note it down!
"...in safety and peace.."
under domination and servitude!
Greetings from Germany
I live in the Agri Decumates and I am descended from the Gallo-romans who inhabited the area and I would prefer the generosity, peace and safety of the roman empire over the Germanic (and later German) yoke of oppression which lacks all these things.
@@nuju4480 The happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 - 1916)
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
This is one of the best channels I have accidentally found on RUclips! I love how you break down the economics of ancient Rome! As an archaeologist I totally enjoy and support this channel.
Thank you, glad to have you onboard. We have many more to come!
1:52 Ooh BGM from Praetorians game!
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Very nice video
Great video!
Add fort Saalburg to my list for a European trip.
Thanks for the heads up.
You and me both! I thought the same when making the video, haha.
Didn’t know there where fragment of letters of such mundane matters from the Roman era.
There are thousands of documents that have survived. The only downside is that a huge part of them are either incomplete or very damaged for reconstructing the text inside.
Rome's INGENIOUS border defense strategy
Thanks for using AD (and BC), so I can upvote you.
Great work
Please do a video on post-battle influence it had on the region. Did locals go and pick up all the gear and sell it? Use it? Barter?
I'm going to leave this video for tomorrow to enjoy next to my morning cup of hot stuff. Thank you for amazing content!
Hope you enjoy it! :)
Great video:)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video
That would be a life of adventure and monotony.
On equal quantities XD
Yo I thought your gonna make vid about Part 3 of Dacian Wars or what Greek or Barbarian Battles looked like.
I still wanted to know that some sources say that the Macedonian Phalanx protects whole unit from projectiles like arrows which doesn't make sense with their use of long but thin Sarissas & their small shield Pelta
We are actually working on those exact scripts right now; the Dacian wars and what greek battles looked like. But we wont include Macedonian combat yet, maybe next time! We have 2 other videos that will be released before them though.
The Danubian Limes, or Danube Limes, refers to the Roman military frontier or limes which lies along the River Danube in the present-day German state of Bavaria, in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania the ancient DACIA , In UNESCO.
Bellissimo video, in più con la musica di Preatorians 😍😍
11:51 it seems the fortlets would employ an elevated structure for observation and communication with adjacent line-of-sight towers. The structure would not require the heavy construction of the independent watch and signal towers. Thus post and truss above an existing building would suffice. There is evidence that fortlets included towers in Ravenscar, Yorkshire, England where a fortlet was found to have a Latin inscription "Justinianus the First Centurion and Vindicianus the Magistrate built this tower and fortification from its foundations"
Some speculate that fortlets would present a threat to any raiding party's ability to withdraw, particulary where the fort troops could march out and destroy improvised structures, boats or rafts necessary for exit past a body of water.
The region of the Agri Decumates was already being settled by Roman settlers(mostly Gallo-romans) around 0 AD. Before that, the region had been inhabited by the helvetians, whose numbers had been dwindling there since 200 bc. Even after the Alemanni took the region, large parts of the Gallo-roman population stayed behind and roman culture persisted for centuries, they partly still spoke romance languages till the 10th century. Most of the people living there today are ancestors of these gallo-romans.
I hope add how tower depends from attack or how hold battle and proper use tactics
18:14
In Latin America we refer to Germany as as Alemanha/Alemania. And the germans as Alemães/Alemanes.
So... Its from these guys that this name came from. Since its the frontier that got occupied by them, i might be plausible to think this was an important tribe that the Romans got a lot of contact with.
It might be from the events described on the video that originated the term, which is quite different from the english one.
LOL, who cares what Latin America thinks of Germany or the Romans :)
Rather ironically many people in the region of the Agri Decumates have more Gallo-roman ancestry than allemannic ancestry.
So many similarities to my time in marine corps security forces pretty cool 😎
Legionaries were like Marines/special operations.
8:40 Heads up! Chrome also has this :)
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
9:47 create video. At 9 minutes and 47 seconds, the word maintenance is misspelled.
16:15 "... to self-sustain themselves ..." 😂
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
Hadrian sure loved building walls
What happened to the merch website? That Hispana hoodie was so fresh 😭
I actually never knew that the Roman frontier was so complex I actually thought the Romans were light on natural barriers such as rivers in mountain...
lets go
The necessity for such an elaborate fortification speaks to the vigor and steadfastness of the people beyond it.
Those who refused to be conquered by the mighty Rome.
Nope. That is not the case.
Roman Emperors be like:
"I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our northern border and I’ll have Germania pay for that wall."
Actually wanted to check out the merch but couldn't find a link :(
I don’t think anyone would ever think “a straight line of defenses would make more sense.” That’d be the type of thing someone with no idea of how to setup defensive bastions or lines would do.
Damn that's impressive ngl
Am still waiting for The Dacian war part 3😊😊
Hmmmmm... Good timing.😉
Surface-Glance History: "The Roman Empire fell and so much information was wiped out during the following Dark Ages."
Historians and Archaeologists: "Here are the dozens of fort systems used to patrol and defend the Rhine Delta and their equipment, staffing and mothers' maiden names."
Organized chaos, that sounds like humanity on any given day.
wheres the link for the merch?
Just added it to the description. Thanks for the reminder!
When in doubt, build more towers & walls.
+++++++++ for "Praetorians" soundtrack
Im fucking pissed they didn't industrialize, they were so close
its interesting to think how similar these are to US forts in function, they essentially protect roman interests abroad
It wasn't abroad, the Agri Decumates (which was except for a small helvetian population rather empty at the time) had been settled by Roman settlers since around 0 AD and a bit later it became a part of the empire.
@@nuju4480 fair enough but most romans wouldn't considder the provinces to be truly their homecountry