Cool. These legionaries are of 4 nationalities (German, Dutch, Italian, Belgian), they listen to latin commands and act together based on that. They probably had only one or two days to "get used" to eachother. The standardization of army commands, fighting style, and drafts from all over the Roman empire really made sure they always had enough feet to trample the ground with.
There was a city that rebelled, the Roman army had other problems, so the general decided he needed to take the city quickly His tactic: march the legion back and forth, run it through drills and formations in front of the city for a day The city surrendered
I was in the Italian group. you were very friendly and sympathetic to us who have marched with you for the first time. You were great! Thanks for everything and hope to return in 2 years a lot more prepared :-)))
It's kind of cool seeing them practice traditional Roman attacks there at the end. Romans were instructed to thrust rather than hack or slash, as I remember the reasoning being "a two-inch deep stab is deadlier than a long slash across the chest." It looks a bit more awkward than I imagined it, but the logic both makes sense, and it is accurate.
It’s probably more to do with thrusting in a forwards and backwards motion rather than swinging from side to side means you can stand in even closer order. Which has all kinds of benefits of its own. (I’m not denying the bit about the 3inch wound though. I’m just saying as a reason for why they adopted the tactic. Probably the thought process is “how can we stay close so we don’t get broken up and killed” than “I’m pretty sure stabbing them is 35% more efficient than slashing” especially since they’d be both stabbing and slashing anyway if there was no specific fighting style mandated. Sorry I kinda went off. I’m really high, forgive me.)
@TheCrazyKid1381 No. Majority are descendent from the Frankish tribes intermixed with gauls and latin people. go be american somewhere else if you cant read books.
+Isaiah MacDonald Not exactly.. least not entirely. History is much more complicated than we think, sure, Rome had many wars with Germanic peoples (see for example the wars Roman-Germanic), but over the centuries, there were many covenants also (with whole tribes). And not just when the empire was in decline but even when was in great health. Without forgetting that there were many Roman general of Germanic origin (and many soldiers also), especially after three hundred AD. The same Arminius (Battle of Teutoburg), grew up and was trained as a Roman, in fact, he was a commander of the Roman cavalry when destroyed the Varus legions (I'm simplifying... its history is much too complex). Sry, I don't speak Eng but I hope you understand me in any case.
You should read more about Roman history. Not ALL the soldiers they had at the time were Roman especially not in the later stages of the Romantic Empire they used to rely heavily upon Auxiliaries
Its not a phalanx like in literal sense of greek style formation but what you likely dont know is the fact that Roman authors themselves used word "phalanx" also in more general sense to refer any compact military body from germanic barbarians to Roman army itself.
Yes, I filmed it myself. The event took place at the archaeological park in Xanten, Germany and a woman of the museum talks to the audience about the Roman tactics. Plus, there are some people talking in the audience as well.
@@TheRadrocker Actually romans were really into bathing and keeping clean as they believed that bad smells caused illness so the guy would probably be flogged for trying to poison the legion
I totally agree, that could easily be one of the most impressive things one could see. The old movies about the Romans show relatively huge armies, consisting of real men, not CGI. No real reenactment, but it gives one an idea about how it could look like.
The fighting was hilarious. The two guys in the front were just stumbling around pushing each other while the javelins just flopped. Then in the background we have a serious fight that even ended in a fake stab
Auxiliaries looked more professional than the legionnaires ( I know the reenactors just did it for fun and weren't trying to be disciplined, just Makin jokes )
Column of Trajan was built around 108 AD, after defeat of Dacia, which is depicted there. Trajan commanded imperial troops, 150 years after Marian Reforms, so normally, they look very uniform since their gear was provided by state. But apart from roman empire (at that time) and elite king bodyguards (other states), nobody used uniforms or uniform gear, since there was no centralized gear manufacturer.
Damn! this took place a 20 minute drive from my home and I didn't know it was happening. But Xanten is a place well worth visiting even if there are no Romans there.
The romans were in south,central, and west Germany during their height of the empire; yes the romans spread nicely in Germany. Germans today are made up of Eastern European, Nordic, and Western European people.
They are auxiliaries, soldiers who were no Roman citizens but served in the army. There were special engineers for difficult tasks, but most of the work was done by the legionnaires themselves. You can see pictures of that on Trajan's column.
Ich danke dir! Meistens ist es schon ein Glücksfall wenn man genug Leute zusammen bekommt, um überhaupt eine Testudo vorführen zu können. Deswegen war es gut, dass sich hier mehrere Gruppen zusammengefunden haben, die ihr Handwerk verstehen. Viele Grüße nach Georgien!
Very true. The Emine Street Guard is a relatively big group and there was help from groups from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. But you are right, such big events are not so common as many people would like them to be.
1:28 Auxilia "Fine! We'll go form our OWN testudo. With blackjack! And hookers!" Legionnaire: "We're Romans, you savage. We already have those things in--hit me--in here." Edit: I'll leave it up to you to decide if the "hit me" was directed at the dealer or a dominatrix named "A-grip-pina"
+Michele Vogliardi “VogliuzGuy” LOL I agreed with you BUT... In the last years of the Roman Empire most of the Legionaries where hired in the Balcans and in modern Germany, Ukraine and Lybia / Algeria (read Wikipedia) expecially for the commanders, the explorators / scouts on horses and archers... SO... The guttural idioms spoken by those former "tribesmen" now enlisted (by necessity and or self will) in the roman legions where often spoken or, if they tried to speak latin, they retained their guttural accent... More or less it still happens when a German speaking person tries to speak a Latin Language like modern Italian or Spanish... The results are almost hilarious... Just like the middle italian trying to speak English... ALL THE WORLD IS THE SAME PLACE; my friend !!! No matter the time and men... LOL
TribuneTestudo The Italian dialects all come from the Latin language and they all share the same type of pronunciation, also very similar to the spanish one (and spain was the most colonised province by the latins). So the english way of speaking it, is surely the worst.
+Michele “VogliuzGuy” Vogliardi The pronunciation of Latin evolved over the centuries and even evolved in other languages. How can you then say if the "Northern Accent" hurts if you don't even know the real pronunciation of Latin words? Maybe the "Northern" pronunciation is more closer to the Roman pronunciation then the modern Mediteranian? And don't say that the Italian pronunciation has to be the closest one just because of the location of modern Italy. Remember who came when Rome fell and brought their own cultures and languages?
You are right... In the last period most of the major legions and "local" armies were made by Germans, Hun mercenaries, and arabic "auxiliarii" knights... So... The languages spoken into the legions of the last 2 / 3 centuries of the Roman Empire were more similar to a mixture of Latin and Arabic in the Middle East and Latin / Celtic or Latin / Germanic in the northern borders or in the region of the modern Turkey and Crimea... Were the dieing Empire gave birth to the Eastern Empire, which eventually became the Empire of Constantinople and Byzantines... During the middle ages and over !!!
The Romans are part of our history, too. Besides, identifying with the old Germanic tribes became somewhat difficult after the Nazis used them in their ideology. And Romans are cool, aren't they?
Dear uploader,do you allow me to download the video and cut a few seconds out of it for a Historical Reenactment Compilation video Im making? I will give you full credit in the description of the video.
Hi, no problem and thanks for asking! I would be very happy if you would send me the link when it's finished and uploaded (IF you plan to upload it on YT, of course). I'm always curious about new Reenactment videos.
1415Razor It will be uploaded on here. I will send you the link once its finished. Im a German reenactor myself and a Film editor,currently working on a new german war movie. You can check my channel for the trailer as well as my other videos if you're interested. Thank you.
Josem De Mira I imagine they'd be all "Aw, fuck! What is that.... Kill the guy with the weird boomstick! I want it!". Next thing you know your friendly demonstration amounts goes from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK!
Josem While they would have no chance on the battlefield, if your first encounter wouldn't be really friendly, Romans were always cunning with adapting foreign technology. So even if you killed thousands of them , someday they will somehow have gunpowder weapons pointed at you. Or something similar. Maybe you don't even fight because you don't have the chance. Killed by some hooker payed by somebody who has the coin and a hard on for boomsticks.
@@PoliticallyDonutTasty Definitely. One thing that sets Romans apart from other ancient civilisations is their sheer will no matter what technology you have you will not scare them, they will find you and they will kill you
Hi, I do not have time right now to look into the sources, but it was quite common in antiquity that the soldiers of an army looked the same. That was necessary to distinguish between friend and enemy in battle. The Ermine Street Guard gives the same parts of equipment to every member, but this was a mixed presentation with different groups.
ill put it to you guys like this. What has to be admired is the guts and and bravery ancient people had not just the Romans but the Spartans to. In an age were guns can safely pick people off at distance these guys had what today's society lacks guts and determination. Rome got knocked down so many times but got right back up and kept at it. Like all good things come to an end so did the empire but you have to admire them.
WOW! I can't believe you had so many people reenacting! I went to one of the castles round here once when all the local (as in from the whole region) reenactment groups got together and they barely had half a dozen people at most in each group.
@@lucfxgambitgaming7494 Auxiliaries were in fact mostly composed from so called Peregrini(inhabitnts of the Roman Empire without Roman citizenship)not from Barbarians which were only a minority in ranks of auxiliary cohorts compared to Peregrini.Understanding Auxiliaries at this time as barbarians is pretty common misconception.
I thank you very much for giving this information! The reenactors in this video wanted to represent the soldiers of the Roman Empire. If you take a look on the pictures out of that era (e.g. the column of Trajan), it can be assumed that the soldiers used quite uniform looking gear.
It isn't weird at all. The modern Germans are not the Germans of Antiquity, and even then there were a lot of Germanic auxiliaries in the Roman army. But, more important, the Romans are part of our history and all topics connected to them are pretty awesome and interesting.
WHOA DUDE TEH POWER! SO OVERWHELMED! IVE NEVER SEEN THIRTY CHUBBY OFFICE WORKERS IN COSTUMES LOOK SO BADASS BEFORE. Seriously dude, grand keks. Digging that super shiny 440 stainless steel loricum. Somewhere in China they must mass produce these things because they turn up everywhere. Sadly they also turn up in movies, it seems hiring a historian to act as a historical advisor is out of the price range of hollywood. Edit: Those pilum throws seriously made me wet my pants laughing. The rear end had more speed than the front and the fucking things landed 8 feet in front of them! Wtf are they made of, balsa wood?
1)In reality Movies are not using this good eqipment at all(most guys here are equiped with actual historical replicas).Costumes in films are nowhere near to this.State title which is.I'm waiting ,.-)! 2)Whats "Loricum"?Don't try to use Latin if you cant do it properly. 3)Film industry in reality hires historical advisors quite regularly but usually only to create false advertisement and impression that "our movie is historically correct since we cooperated with professional historians and archeologists".But nobody actually listen to what they say.Very many real stories exist on this from personal experience of several historians,archeologists and even reenactors but guy like you can't know this. 4)It is incorrect to imagine that Roman armour were dirty as hell.We have several preserved mentions of their equipment being shining and we even know that it was among everyday tasks of each Centurion and his sub-officers to check if equipment of their men is well upkeeped.During military training drills they even had entire days reserved just for the purpose of cleaning equipment and fixing imperfections.They had entire special unit whose job was to polish equipment and special officer responsible for storage of equipment.If they lost or anyhow dammaged anything from their equipment(most of it was not really theirs-as it was borrowed from the state,although they had option to buy it completely,most however had it in borrowed form which was done by set amount of money being stripped regularly from their salary),they were obliged to pay the full price for the replacement of lost/damaged items in case they had no good excuse for why it happened.We also know from Roman military manuals that they did understood effects of psychological warfare well and striking appearance of Roman soldiers was therefore seen alone as sort of mental weapon to scare the enemy.Roman gear after being longer time on active campaign was logically not always completely shiny but it is completely against first hand evidence to imagine it like that they looked more dirty all of the time-they did not.
How exactly does it differ from the actual situation at the time these reenactors are doing?It does not.And not all of them are Germanic.Their group is Britain based.
One of the toughest armies in history were the armies of the Confederacy. They fought in rags, many barefoot on starvation rations in many cases, for four years usually without regular pay. They were usually outnumbered 2 or 3 to 1. Still, most of the big battles they won or at least fought to a draw.
Questa formazione detta a testuggine (in Latino Testugo) era una delle componenti della tattica dell'esercito Romano......i barbari sconoscevano questo!
Cool. These legionaries are of 4 nationalities (German, Dutch, Italian, Belgian), they listen to latin commands and act together based on that. They probably had only one or two days to "get used" to eachother. The standardization of army commands, fighting style, and drafts from all over the Roman empire really made sure they always had enough feet to trample the ground with.
Erm, never heard a dutch word in there.
Thats exactly how the roman army was like, which is pretty cool!
carpa nera No it’s not..
Dino4002 MineCraft No shit, Latin commands.
They were speaking romanian: stang-left, drept-right, unu-one, doi-two, trei-three and so on
even the commands are given in latin
Bonk
seeing the roman army in action at its peak would be high on my list of 'go back to any moment and watch' if it was possible.
Same dude.
Yea imagine watching this tactic in real life from a much more disciplined and organised army in action.
There was a city that rebelled, the Roman army had other problems, so the general decided he needed to take the city quickly
His tactic: march the legion back and forth, run it through drills and formations in front of the city for a day
The city surrendered
@ragnarian yeh, see its shit like that that makes me wanna see it in action.
If I was a billionaire I'd pay guys to march around my property like this.. That and retired navy seals in guard towers over head
mr.amazing 18 where does one get artillery
mr.amazing 18 is Craigslist a good place to get artillery?
mr.amazing 18
Tell me when you got artillery.
I'll wait
Wouldn't it be more fun to have navy seals swimming around your house in your moat? ;)
Most guy's want young girl's roaming around there mansion ..Jeff Epstein.
I was in the Italian group. you were very friendly and sympathetic to us who have marched with you for the first time. You were great! Thanks for everything and hope to return in 2 years a lot more prepared :-)))
Return in two years it's been 1 decade an are you still alive in this acc
@@Qwert-4960 i dont even know man he's probably dead
@@DannyCurrinton yea he ded as hail
RIP
That poor archer aux all alone:(
soo sad
D:
I thought of the same
where?
@@gian847 Behind the ordinary legionaries. With the javelin men.
"Their drills are bloodless battles and their battles bloody drills". - Flavius Josephus on the Roman military.
It's kind of cool seeing them practice traditional Roman attacks there at the end. Romans were instructed to thrust rather than hack or slash, as I remember the reasoning being "a two-inch deep stab is deadlier than a long slash across the chest." It looks a bit more awkward than I imagined it, but the logic both makes sense, and it is accurate.
It’s probably more to do with thrusting in a forwards and backwards motion rather than swinging from side to side means you can stand in even closer order. Which has all kinds of benefits of its own.
(I’m not denying the bit about the 3inch wound though. I’m just saying as a reason for why they adopted the tactic. Probably the thought process is “how can we stay close so we don’t get broken up and killed” than “I’m pretty sure stabbing them is 35% more efficient than slashing” especially since they’d be both stabbing and slashing anyway if there was no specific fighting style mandated.
Sorry I kinda went off. I’m really high, forgive me.)
13 Carthaginians.
Mutt Hoople 249
Alexander the Great 322
482
529
You mean gauls
During the first punic war there wouldn be any legionaries like we see them here
Germans displaying roman histatis... huh... the irony xD
The Ermine street guard are from the UK.
Los alemanes terminaron admirando a los romanos, hasta le copiaron formas del idioma.
The re-enactors you see here are actually mainly from Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and some other countries.
@TheCrazyKid1381 No. Majority are descendent from the Frankish tribes intermixed with gauls and latin people. go be american somewhere else if you cant read books.
@@Powersnufkin oh boy the irony of telling him to go be American somewhere else...
4 dislikes were from Arminius...
CIIR ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
ROME MIGHT OF TRAINED ME RAISED ME
BUT MY LOYALTY STANDS FOR MY PEOPLE
FOR GERMANIA
CIIR Arminius? Hermann you mean? The teutoborg's liberator
@Eyre Borne Still butthurt eh Varus?
@@irvinnazifizak3467 Arminius: Hey Augustus! I got your legions!
Germanicus: Hey Arminius... how are wife and kid?
Today I was playing as the Romans on Rome Total War 2 (Great game) and my tactics won me the battle against two armies! :D
Rome is by far the best faction I personnaly love the armoured legionaries.
+samuel van der schoor Truth they ware very advanced in tecnolagy and more
Although (maybe a bit late) their lack of cavalry is bad, personally I go with macedon if I want to hammer and anvil.
samuel van der schoor Funny part is that I beat two Macedonian armies!
Vendetta yes, that's possible but macedon can beat rome of they use their pikes as anvils and attack with the cavalry.
Germans presenting Roman phalanxes? "Today we are showing the tactics used by the Roman invaders which were used to pacify our natives"
+Isaiah MacDonald Not exactly.. least not entirely.
History is much more complicated than we think, sure, Rome had many wars with Germanic peoples (see for example the wars Roman-Germanic), but over the centuries, there were many covenants also (with whole tribes).
And not just when the empire was in decline but even when was in great health.
Without forgetting that there were many Roman general of Germanic origin (and many soldiers also), especially after three hundred AD.
The same Arminius (Battle of Teutoburg), grew up and was trained as a Roman, in fact, he was a commander of the Roman cavalry when destroyed the Varus legions (I'm simplifying... its history is much too complex).
Sry, I don't speak Eng but I hope you understand me in any case.
You should read more about Roman history. Not ALL the soldiers they had at the time were Roman especially not in the later stages of the Romantic Empire they used to rely heavily upon Auxiliaries
This isn't a Phalanx.
Isaiah MacDonald Testudo not phalanx
Its not a phalanx like in literal sense of greek style formation but what you likely dont know is the fact that Roman authors themselves used word "phalanx" also in more general sense to refer any compact military body from germanic barbarians to Roman army itself.
Yes, I filmed it myself. The event took place at the archaeological park in Xanten, Germany and a woman of the museum talks to the audience about the Roman tactics. Plus, there are some people talking in the audience as well.
WOW! The new For Honor troops so you don’t feel awkward playing roman heroes
Imagine if a soldier in the center let one rip during maneuvers ? They would beat that guy to death after the battle for sure.
In the ancient times, I bet nobody would notice the smell. Everything would smell worse.
***** My Vietcong victims might disagree with that if they werent dead of course
Breaking formation was the biggest crime after deserting in the Roman army. Punishable by flogging, and forever dishonor by the soldier's comrades.
don't people shit themselves when they die? least of their worries.
@@TheRadrocker Actually romans were really into bathing and keeping clean as they believed that bad smells caused illness so the guy would probably be flogged for trying to poison the legion
I totally agree, that could easily be one of the most impressive things one could see. The old movies about the Romans show relatively huge armies, consisting of real men, not CGI. No real reenactment, but it gives one an idea about how it could look like.
The fighting was hilarious. The two guys in the front were just stumbling around pushing each other while the javelins just flopped. Then in the background we have a serious fight that even ended in a fake stab
Love these armour so much. Great video. Hope there will be more.
Auxiliaries looked more professional than the legionnaires
( I know the reenactors just did it for fun and weren't trying to be disciplined, just Makin jokes )
Were those the ones with the round shields and older helmets?
@@emorynguyen1583 yes
Imagine an ancient centurion seeing them
@@emorynguyen1583 Those are not older helmets.They are just different models from exactly the same time.
Wow very impressive. Just imagine being up against a huge Roman legion. Very intimidating. You all look very elite.
Column of Trajan was built around 108 AD, after defeat of Dacia, which is depicted there. Trajan commanded imperial troops, 150 years after Marian Reforms, so normally, they look very uniform since their gear was provided by state. But apart from roman empire (at that time) and elite king bodyguards (other states), nobody used uniforms or uniform gear, since there was no centralized gear manufacturer.
Damn! this took place a 20 minute drive from my home and I didn't know it was happening. But Xanten is a place well worth visiting even if there are no Romans there.
The Romans were in Xanten, they called Castra Vetera.
The romans were in south,central, and west Germany during their height of the empire; yes the romans spread nicely in Germany. Germans today are made up of Eastern European, Nordic, and Western European people.
They are auxiliaries, soldiers who were no Roman citizens but served in the army. There were special engineers for difficult tasks, but most of the work was done by the legionnaires themselves. You can see pictures of that on Trajan's column.
The best army , EVER
Hundred years war English would've annihilated them. Using pretty similar technology.
Cool cool nerdy
English Heart
maybe because of the size of their empire they wouldn't just fight great britain
German Armies are better c:
***** Better than?
I love how the auxiliary are slacking off on the marching.
I just recognized how fun it would be to throw some Artillery to a legion
They had their"artillery", such as ballistas/skorpions, most of their adversaries weren't so advanced (except Parthians)
This is very cool. And I know exactly how hard it is to lift that shield. They are very untrained but they did a amazing job.
Legion soliders clank like a kitchen and gleam like fresh fallen snow we'll know when their coming
The real ones would have done neither. These are just modern cosplayers.
This is so cool to see....GLORY TO ROME!
Only Italian romans have the necessary discipline to be true legionnaires
Such a funny re-enactment. I was laughing thruout the whole thing. Thanks for the show though!
As always The Ermine Street Guard are in a high roman re-enactment level!
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Ich danke dir! Meistens ist es schon ein Glücksfall wenn man genug Leute zusammen bekommt, um überhaupt eine Testudo vorführen zu können. Deswegen war es gut, dass sich hier mehrere Gruppen zusammengefunden haben, die ihr Handwerk verstehen. Viele Grüße nach Georgien!
Amo a Roma, LVX LVCIS HVMANITATE
LEGIO XII FUL MANATA
Ave ceasar
ROMA LVX MVNDI
AVE ROMA!!!!!!! SIMPRE FIDELIS!!!! ROMA PER SEMPRE!!!!
I agree. Come on, from a region that was under Etruscan rule they became one of the most powerful empires to date. Its simply breathtaking.
gtrrzdl
Come on ,as a region under the control of the limp wristed ,limp dick English ,they became one of the most powerful empires yet.
Thank you! The orders given by the centurion are in Latin.
I really want there to be a live reenactment of roman naval warfare. Like a full on rowing by actual people and ramming a similar built dummy ship.
Roman naval battles were so cool especially the boarding parties and bridges
Great video! My compliments ;)
Thank you very much!
ROMA VICTA I think that's wat it is
Shix Lo It's actually ROMA INVICTA, saying VICTA would mean "Rome conquered" so instead say ROMA INVICTA.
Hail Caesar
Very true. The Emine Street Guard is a relatively big group and there was help from groups from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. But you are right, such big events are not so common as many people would like them to be.
its amazing. may i know where it happened? I could hear German language in background.
Very glad you like it! The event took place in the archaeological park in Xanten, Germany: www.apx.lvr.de.
+1415Razor thank you for the information. I would like to visit there.
The sound of civilization
One is the eagle of the legion, the second one is the face of Vespasian.
1:28 Auxilia "Fine! We'll go form our OWN testudo. With blackjack! And hookers!"
Legionnaire: "We're Romans, you savage. We already have those things in--hit me--in here."
Edit: I'll leave it up to you to decide if the "hit me" was directed at the dealer or a dominatrix named "A-grip-pina"
Northerners speaking Latin.... that accent.... it hurts
+Michele Vogliardi “VogliuzGuy” LOL I agreed with you BUT... In the last years of the Roman Empire most of the Legionaries where hired in the Balcans and in modern Germany, Ukraine and Lybia / Algeria (read Wikipedia) expecially for the commanders, the explorators / scouts on horses and archers... SO... The guttural idioms spoken by those former "tribesmen" now enlisted (by necessity and or self will) in the roman legions where often spoken or, if they tried to speak latin, they retained their guttural accent... More or less it still happens when a German speaking person tries to speak a Latin Language like modern Italian or Spanish... The results are almost hilarious... Just like the middle italian trying to speak English...
ALL THE WORLD IS THE SAME PLACE; my friend !!! No matter the time and men...
LOL
What accent? So u can still remember how they talked 2000 years ago, huh?
TribuneTestudo The Italian dialects all come from the Latin language and they all share the same type of pronunciation, also very similar to the spanish one (and spain was the most colonised province by the latins). So the english way of speaking it, is surely the worst.
+Michele “VogliuzGuy” Vogliardi The pronunciation of Latin evolved over the centuries and even evolved in other languages. How can you then say if the "Northern Accent" hurts if you don't even know the real pronunciation of Latin words? Maybe the "Northern" pronunciation is more closer to the Roman pronunciation then the modern Mediteranian? And don't say that the Italian pronunciation has to be the closest one just because of the location of modern Italy. Remember who came when Rome fell and brought their own cultures and languages?
You are right... In the last period most of the major legions and "local" armies were made by Germans, Hun mercenaries, and arabic "auxiliarii" knights... So... The languages spoken into the legions of the last 2 / 3 centuries of the Roman Empire were more similar to a mixture of Latin and Arabic in the Middle East and Latin / Celtic or Latin / Germanic in the northern borders or in the region of the modern Turkey and Crimea... Were the dieing Empire gave birth to the Eastern Empire, which eventually became the Empire of Constantinople and Byzantines... During the middle ages and over !!!
Why can't this happen anywhere else in the world :( it looks so fun
what's with all the giggling? The legion never giggles!
Dfthjvf
Punishable by flogging that is how dare they disrespect rome on the battle field
Without the Romans there were not many German large cities such as cologne and bonn. It is very good that it was the romans.
ROMA INVICTA!!! 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹
ROMA LVX MVNDI
Yes, Rome!
Interesting showcase; thank you very much sharing.
lol..why this in Germany?? aren't they so proud of their babarian anchestors?
The Romans are part of our history, too. Besides, identifying with the old Germanic tribes became somewhat difficult after the Nazis used them in their ideology. And Romans are cool, aren't they?
dude, ancient romans were in the fascist ideology too, i don't see anything fascist about a historical reenactment
Davide Ghirelli I totally agree with you. It's not that it really IS fascist, but many people here instantly think of Nazis when they see it.
unless you march with the nazi helmet.. that could be nazi
Davide Ghirelli It could. But there are some awesome reenactors in the UK displaying Wehrmacht- and SS-Soldiers - without being fascists.
Nice variety here. THat's some proper living history.
ITALY🇮🇹🇮🇹
ROMA LVX MVNDI
@@enkianunnaki2967 what?
@@samuelesandrini3104 in Latin it means:
Rome is the light of the world.
Roma (est) Lux Mundi.
@@enkianunnaki2967 perché non in italiano?
Puts it in perspective a little bit. Couldn’t imagine going up against these guys at their best.
Evviva Roma imperiale ...evviva la grande nazione Italia 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹💪💪💪💪
I don't speak Italian, but I salute my fellow Italians.
@@mrchessmaster809 👍🤝
Dear uploader,do you allow me to download the video and cut a few seconds out of it for a Historical Reenactment Compilation video Im making? I will give you full credit in the description of the video.
Hi, no problem and thanks for asking! I would be very happy if you would send me the link when it's finished and uploaded (IF you plan to upload it on YT, of course). I'm always curious about new Reenactment videos.
1415Razor It will be uploaded on here. I will send you the link once its finished. Im a German reenactor myself and a Film editor,currently working on a new german war movie. You can check my channel for the trailer as well as my other videos if you're interested. Thank you.
TheFlak36 Vielen Dank! Die Videos sehen großartig aus, ich werde ab jetzt gerne öfter vorbeischauen. Viele Grüße!
Imagine if we could go travel back to this time and take a machine gun.... what would they think? 🤔
Josem De Mira I imagine they'd be all "Aw, fuck! What is that.... Kill the guy with the weird boomstick! I want it!". Next thing you know your friendly demonstration amounts goes from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK!
Brianna Gordy lol
Josem
While they would have no chance on the battlefield, if your first encounter wouldn't be really friendly, Romans were always cunning with adapting foreign technology. So even if you killed thousands of them , someday they will somehow have gunpowder weapons pointed at you. Or something similar. Maybe you don't even fight because you don't have the chance. Killed by some hooker payed by somebody who has the coin and a hard on for boomsticks.
@@PoliticallyDonutTasty Definitely. One thing that sets Romans apart from other ancient civilisations is their sheer will no matter what technology you have you will not scare them, they will find you and they will kill you
Guy 2,000 years from now: Imagine if we could go back to 2024 with a neutron plasma disruptor...
I can imagine the terror of those that faced them on the battlefield.
:-) Now it's correct, thx for the info!
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Big thanks for uploading!
Big thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you like it!
kind of weak, lack of organization, speed and training. If this was real they would all be dead.
Yes but if that was the real world you wouldnt have a Computer to write about it right?
actually computers do in fact exist in the real world
Rebel Friend , they didn’t when Roman Empire existed
@@macgruber6739 Lol the first Computer was ancient Greek. It just shew the stars und all, but it was the first Computer
Alex Jemand mit einem Namen cool smarty pants but can it type RUclips comments?
Hi, I do not have time right now to look into the sources, but it was quite common in antiquity that the soldiers of an army looked the same. That was necessary to distinguish between friend and enemy in battle. The Ermine Street Guard gives the same parts of equipment to every member, but this was a mixed presentation with different groups.
legio italica
ROMA LVX MVNDI
ill put it to you guys like this. What has to be admired is the guts and and bravery ancient people had not just the Romans but the Spartans to. In an age were guns can safely pick people off at distance these guys had what today's society lacks guts and determination. Rome got knocked down so many times but got right back up and kept at it. Like all good things come to an end so did the empire but you have to admire them.
Ego sum italicus 😎
ROMA LVX MVNDI
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Italicus sum. You would add ego only if you are emphasizing or refuting an objection.
WOW! I can't believe you had so many people reenacting! I went to one of the castles round here once when all the local (as in from the whole region) reenactment groups got together and they barely had half a dozen people at most in each group.
The problem here is that there are levies in a maniple of Triarii. Levies would have their own maniples.
+TheArrowsPath triarii are from a is completely different time period.
these are not the manipular legions these are the Marian legions
Those are auxiliaries. (barbarian troops)
@@lucfxgambitgaming7494 Auxiliaries were in fact mostly composed from so called Peregrini(inhabitnts of the Roman Empire without Roman citizenship)not from Barbarians which were only a minority in ranks of auxiliary cohorts compared to Peregrini.Understanding Auxiliaries at this time as barbarians is pretty common misconception.
Shield walls are very satisfying to watch
Weirdest game of soccer I've ever seen.
Pac1fic0 i dont know what your talking about search soccer idiot
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wut..
R/woosh
3 yr old alert
I thank you very much for giving this information! The reenactors in this video wanted to represent the soldiers of the Roman Empire. If you take a look on the pictures out of that era (e.g. the column of Trajan), it can be assumed that the soldiers used quite uniform looking gear.
No roman combat like this -____-. I love the history exspecially about rom but. A roman trainig fight dont lok like ths -,-
lol a awnswer o_0
me too^^
John Alexander where you in Rom at that Time
Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher aber sollte der Legionsadler nicht nur getragen werden wenn die ganze Legion marschiert?
These legionaries look so lame, a horde of hooligans would easily kick their butts.
It would take 20 times the amount of legionnaires there are there to do that.
To do what?
The legionnaires would slice them like a hot knife through butter.
It's almost like they are civilian reenactors or something...
@@cr3160 AVE CÆSAR ✋
impressive but now imagine the whole legion re-enactment i mean 5000 soldiers. That would be truly impressive
Imperial Dogs Hmpht.
+Raptor King Nice Charthage symbol xP
\(ಠ_ಠ)[Ӝ] \(ಠ_ಠ)[Ӝ] D'ONT MESS WITH THE ROMAN EMPIRE [Ӝ](ಠ_ಠ)/ [Ӝ](ಠ_ಠ)/
AAAAAARRGGGHHHHH!! *Barbarian use Howl "raises the user's Attack stat by one stage".
It isn't weird at all. The modern Germans are not the Germans of Antiquity, and even then there were a lot of Germanic auxiliaries in the Roman army. But, more important, the Romans are part of our history and all topics connected to them are pretty awesome and interesting.
You are dealing with modern nationalism.
Five years later there are even more deluded cunts.
Not just mercenaries.They served in regular army units and even among Legions.
what a rabble no real formation no discipline
I know
Paul Lewendon Why bother for the show if you ain't gonna do it proper?
Due to employment rights, they are not allowed to whip out the vitus and issue some good ol school Roman army discipline.
WHOA DUDE TEH POWER! SO OVERWHELMED! IVE NEVER SEEN THIRTY CHUBBY OFFICE WORKERS IN COSTUMES LOOK SO BADASS BEFORE. Seriously dude, grand keks. Digging that super shiny 440 stainless steel loricum. Somewhere in China they must mass produce these things because they turn up everywhere. Sadly they also turn up in movies, it seems hiring a historian to act as a historical advisor is out of the price range of hollywood. Edit: Those pilum throws seriously made me wet my pants laughing. The rear end had more speed than the front and the fucking things landed 8 feet in front of them! Wtf are they made of, balsa wood?
1)In reality Movies are not using this good eqipment at all(most guys here are equiped with actual historical replicas).Costumes in films are nowhere near to this.State title which is.I'm waiting ,.-)!
2)Whats "Loricum"?Don't try to use Latin if you cant do it properly.
3)Film industry in reality hires historical advisors quite regularly but usually only to create false advertisement and impression that "our movie is historically correct since we cooperated with professional historians and archeologists".But nobody actually listen to what they say.Very many real stories exist on this from personal experience of several historians,archeologists and even reenactors but guy like you can't know this.
4)It is incorrect to imagine that Roman armour were dirty as hell.We have several preserved mentions of their equipment being shining and we even know that it was among everyday tasks of each Centurion and his sub-officers to check if equipment of their men is well upkeeped.During military training drills they even had entire days reserved just for the purpose of cleaning equipment and fixing imperfections.They had entire special unit whose job was to polish equipment and special officer responsible for storage of equipment.If they lost or anyhow dammaged anything from their equipment(most of it was not really theirs-as it was borrowed from the state,although they had option to buy it completely,most however had it in borrowed form which was done by set amount of money being stripped regularly from their salary),they were obliged to pay the full price for the replacement of lost/damaged items in case they had no good excuse for why it happened.We also know from Roman military manuals that they did understood effects of psychological warfare well and striking appearance of Roman soldiers was therefore seen alone as sort of mental weapon to scare the enemy.Roman gear after being longer time on active campaign was logically not always completely shiny but it is completely against first hand evidence to imagine it like that they looked more dirty all of the time-they did not.
Germanic tribes acting like the imperium Romanum? What a joke?
How exactly does it differ from the actual situation at the time these reenactors are doing?It does not.And not all of them are Germanic.Their group is Britain based.
Thanks for this clip. I'd have been interested to see more footage of the javelin throwers in action.
They are called a pilum (singular) pila (plural)
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it!
One of the best army in history, if not the best.
SIn duda el mejor ejército de tierra de la historia.
One of the toughest armies in history were the armies of the Confederacy. They fought in rags, many barefoot on starvation rations in many cases, for four years usually without regular pay. They were usually outnumbered 2 or 3 to 1. Still, most of the big battles they won or at least fought to a draw.
@@tomvernon2123 But could they keep an empire alive for centuries?
What are the guys with the blue/green circular shields supposed to represent?
Auxiliary.
@@kristofantal8801 thanks
beautiful demonstration. Very good. Which language gave orders the Legate?
This Europe, salute from Hispania the pearl of the roman empire!
Every legionaire gangsta until the crowd yell "angriff"
Thanks for the heads up Razor.
They're doing pretty good for a bunch of weekend warriors.
The original Storm Troopers
Great formation lads...
Now send in the Gauls
Who’s down for making a new Roman Empire ?
Yes, they portray auxiliaries.
Das lohnt sich auf jeden Fall! Du findest da auch überall etwas, aber Rom sollte man auf jeden Fall gesehen haben! Auf welche Schule gehst du?
Questa formazione detta a testuggine (in Latino Testugo) era una delle componenti della tattica dell'esercito Romano......i barbari sconoscevano questo!
Old romans looking from above: "Yea nah mate, not even close"
thanks for this video i will use some of this footage for school work , good video btw got my like
Thank you and good luck with your work!
GF: I'm home alone
Me: I don't care
GF: I have a painting about Romans
Me:
Am I correct in saying that the group with the ovular shields are engineers.
Richard Senneville
Auxilleries.
If you play this with Germans "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" it changes completely.
These guys take their ancient war history seriously ;D