Really hope you enjoy the video guys! Let us know what you think in the comments and please consider supporting the channel at: ko-fi.com/survivehistory Which aspect of life on the frontier do you think you'd find hardest to cope with? 🤔 Big thanks again to the Roman Military Research Society and Park in the Past - both helping to keep history alive! 💪 If you're able, you can also donate to the 'Big Fort Build' to help this amazing project become a reality: localgiving.org/fundraising/buildthisfort/
Why white western people playing Roman? Rome called whites unclean barbarians and uncivilized and looked down on you on racial sense as well, they were Tanned Olive skinned. It's like black people playing Nazis.......
I absolutely love this. You're not just watching and talking over footage, you're actually there wearing the armour and experiencing the life. This is the kinda thing more of these historical life documentaries should be, actually experiencing what they're talking about as close as we're able to approximate.
22:43 “probably the least favorite job for Roman soldiers in a fort would’ve been sentry duty” haha some things never change as it is the least favorite duty for soldiers in a modern day military
Funny enough, during my conscription service the sentry duty for the division's fuel storage facility was the most sought after, cuz it was located a few kilometres away from our base, and it was basically a day off from a drill, even with only a 4 hours of sleep, divided in 2 parts. It was awesome even with high command checking 1 or 2 times for the whole duty (especially after a group of soldiers from my platoon almost got caught with booze)
This is some really top notch work! Levelling the likes of history documentaries from the 90's and early 2000's, the type that seem to have gradually vanished in the last 20 years.
The spot where Caesar was assassinated is an open air dig site, museum, and cat sanctuary in Rome. Been there, saw city workers putting out food for the cats :)
What a great start these two episodes have been for a series that I'm sure has a lot more to come! These production values are way beyond the stuff we see on RUclips. Excellent work and really looking forward to seeing more. In a few years after you've made a huge breakthrough, I'll be here with you being proud of seeing the channel's journey from the start.
I found this video through one of the shorts discussing food. Honestly, I was expecting an entire documentary about food but this was actually really good! Looking through your channel a bit later, I found out that this is a newer channel. Safe to say you folks have earned a new subscriber.
Thank you very much for creating this first class production and for elevating the great work that the people at 'Park in the Past' are doing. Bringing history to life.
This channel is one of the most underrated history channels I've seen! These are high quality and very interesting to watch. Thanks for making this amazing content!
Bit late to the party, but loving these videos. It's obvious that both the host sits on a lot of general knowledge of things commonly misrepresented, but also that the people they approach - reenactment groups who've been nerding these topics for, probably several years - are treated with so much respect and deference in their specialised knowledge. Pros and cons are adressed in a nuanced way, while there is at the same time no hesitation to poke fun at actual historical idiosyncracies. None of the over-dramatisation that we so often see. Loving the guy acting the Centurion of the reenactment team as well. Both knowledgeable and very fun. Lots of respect for the entire Roman Military Research Society. Cheers.
You're doing some amazing work dude good job. Your series reminds me of a show hosted hy that dude from Home Improvement called Foot Soldiers that delved into the life of your average Soldier's and Warrior's throughout history. He covered the Romans, Viking's, World War I Soldiers, Napoleonic Soldiers, the list goes on.
What an awesome channel! I know this is a very new channel but these two videos you have are amazing! Might i suggest you guys do "could YOU survive as an American soldier during the revolutionary war"? Keep up the amazing work!
Or more specifically....could you survive the winter at Valley Forge? Even worse, could you survive a worse winter with worse "shelter" than Valley Forge? Valley Forge got the fame but it was NOT the worst winter for Washington and the Continental Army.
I live quite close to a Roman Fort in Scotland. I often wonder about the lives of the men therein. There is also evidence of a Vicus, I read, and so there grew a community in a short time because it wasn't here long according to Tacitus. However it is high and dry on a platform above the confluence of the Tay and and Almond and may have guarded a bridge. Who knows?
"Whenever a Roman fort is set up it attracted various entrepreneurs who set up shop just outside the walls to part the soldiers of their cash". My how little has changed. I can picture a brand new auxiliary soldier getting yelled at by a prefect because he bought a thorough bread race horse with a loan at 40% interest.
Congratulations for the meticulous research that went into this documentary. I salute the Centurions grasp of Latin which adds to the re enactment experience.Not nit picking but there is one rank that was not mentioned Optio who was second in command to the Centurion.Also the books i have read refer to the catapults as scorpions and ballistas,sorry for being a bit nerdy!😀 👍
What a great video, reminds me of the History channel from my youth. Really informative, can't wait to see more and hopefully we can revisit this Fort when it has the HQ built.
16:20 tactics like this are what helped me win RTS games in the old world: 19th century "Fire and maneuver" tactics for Roman legions and WW2 "Combined arms" tactics for medieval armies. nobody expects a bunch of auxiliaries to kick the retreating ass of an imperial legion by means of tactical shooting of javelins.... but it worked!
I would say about 99% of people today would not survive very long as roman soldier let alone even survive very long in those times just look around at people today and prove I'm wrong you won't do it
Hey there! Fantastic video! I'm a huge fan of military history, and your content really hits the mark. I was thinking, it would be absolutely amazing if, in the future, you could potentially gain access to explore the life of a Swedish Carolean soldier. Cheers
This channel deserves so much more recognition! The combo of your knowledge mixed with some of the reenactor's knowledge, and you actually wearing the gear and living the life is awesome! Please keep this content going!
Wow for a smaller channel with less than 30k subscribers this is very high production value content. This is like a cable TV documentary. This is great
Imagine being a knight, the current year is 1562. You just surpassed your squire days and became a knight, you have bought all your gear and heraldry. You hear word that your kingdom will lay siege 2 days in the future, your train, prepare, pray, and are sent off north. As you are preparing, staring at the enemies across you, next to your brothers on arms. Your Commander in Battle says the infamous 6 letter word “Charge” and you run to the person you were death staring from 2 miles away. Your lines and brothers clash with the opposing kingdom, all you hear is screaming and swords clashing and men crying in pain. And next thing you know there’s a Knight 5 feet away from you raising his sword to slice you up. You get lucky and manage to get some lucky hits, and you’re saved by your vanguard buddy. You tip your hat to him and look at the carcasses of the knight he had just slain, you remember he had parents, a life, and a happy family. You decide to shake that off your shoulders and fight the next person you see, you have morale because your anger from you wounds. But unfortunately that’s the last choice you ever got to make, next thing you know. Your body is seen decapitated, scratched, bruised, pale, and that was his first siege. Moral of the story: Most knights and more didn’t even have more than 1 or 2 battles, that’s the brutality of medieval warfare.
7:48 Haha, Caligula, aka little boots... Edit: and yeah, shaving is a peace time luxury. Any camouflage becomes the color of local dirt too, always. Everything listed still applies now. Look at how real soldiers on frontline look compared to tacticool gravy seals.
Love this so much! Though, these shows always remind me how badly we need more young people in the living history community. Every period of interpretation suffers the same problem. We're old dudes trying to look and act like young dudes
Imagine a story following a group of provincials from, say, southern Gaul wanting to earn their citizenship for various reasons. They get all hopped up on Roman propaganda, signing up for a good life and guaranteeing Roman citizenship for your family, your children, and their children and so forth. But then they're deployed to a fort at the edge of the empire, exposed to the horrors that was the constant, intermittent warfare between Germanic locals and their Roman occupiers. Friends start dying, dreams start fading away as months turn to years - and when perhaps one, maybe two of them finally makes it back home, their family lives fall apart. Their children don't recognize their father, having grown up with only distant memories or stories of how kind and sweet this battle-scarred, jaded man with a love for wine to cover up the screams used to be. He got them their citizenship - but he's lost his very soul.
23:19 this punishment I'm told even is done today. My SGT once told me if you fell asleep while overseas in country you could be executed. I don't know if he was trying to get me to stay awake but I always did no matter how long I'd been up before.
The Sarmatian Horse Archer actress is awesome! Congrats for the video sir! I loved it! This is a very underrated channel, that deserves much more recognition and endorsement! Keep up the great work!
I lived in Mold for years and i never knew this place existed so close to me (where this is located is literally the next village over in Hope) until i moved last year, definitely going back with my partner to visit sometime later this year. Wish i paid more attention to my local landmarks. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, definitely will be donating.
If you're looking at heading to the fort, aim for the end of May, the main event takes place the last week of the month. The entry is a bit more expensive, but it has reenactors from all over europe
Really hope you enjoy the video guys! Let us know what you think in the comments and please consider supporting the channel at: ko-fi.com/survivehistory
Which aspect of life on the frontier do you think you'd find hardest to cope with? 🤔
Big thanks again to the Roman Military Research Society and Park in the Past - both helping to keep history alive! 💪
If you're able, you can also donate to the 'Big Fort Build' to help this amazing project become a reality: localgiving.org/fundraising/buildthisfort/
Great Videos, it would be cool to see some on Prussia, Cossacks, White Russians, Shogun and the Musketeer era.
I would have been a pict fighting against the forces of darkness - the Romans.
PLEASE DO AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Why aren't Wales and Northern England occupied; what date is this...?
They're great, will definitely be visiting.thanks.
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Outstanding!
Great videos, it reminds me of good history documentaries on Discovery Channel and the like from 15-20 years ago. Looking forward to upcoming videos!
Literally was thinking the same!
I wish they still made them like that.
Why white western people playing Roman? Rome called whites unclean barbarians and uncivilized and looked down on you on racial sense as well, they were Tanned Olive skinned. It's like black people playing Nazis.......
Definitely
The vibe is so similar!! It’s really scratching the nostalgia itch for watching those docs with my dad back in the day haha
I absolutely love this. You're not just watching and talking over footage, you're actually there wearing the armour and experiencing the life. This is the kinda thing more of these historical life documentaries should be, actually experiencing what they're talking about as close as we're able to approximate.
Agreed man, It’s really good.
22:43 “probably the least favorite job for Roman soldiers in a fort would’ve been sentry duty” haha some things never change as it is the least favorite duty for soldiers in a modern day military
Why ?
@@Ruhnumliterally the same primary reason listed in the video
Tower guard was one of my least favorite parts of serving in Iraq thats for sure.
Worse than digging trenches and foxholes?@@California__Jon
Funny enough, during my conscription service the sentry duty for the division's fuel storage facility was the most sought after, cuz it was located a few kilometres away from our base, and it was basically a day off from a drill, even with only a 4 hours of sleep, divided in 2 parts. It was awesome even with high command checking 1 or 2 times for the whole duty (especially after a group of soldiers from my platoon almost got caught with booze)
Man this is so good keep doing this you going to be huge. Such high quality 👍🏻
Appreciate it!
This is some really top notch work! Levelling the likes of history documentaries from the 90's and early 2000's, the type that seem to have gradually vanished in the last 20 years.
Thanks so much!
Oh man! I remember episodes like: Medieval castles and Ancient Warriors on the History Channel back in the! You’re so right!!
My big Maine Coon cat Brutus watched this documentary with great interest. I think he wants to join the legion. Don’t tell Caesar.😂😂😂
Tu quoque Brute, catte mi😄
The spot where Caesar was assassinated is an open air dig site, museum, and cat sanctuary in Rome. Been there, saw city workers putting out food for the cats :)
What a great start these two episodes have been for a series that I'm sure has a lot more to come! These production values are way beyond the stuff we see on RUclips. Excellent work and really looking forward to seeing more. In a few years after you've made a huge breakthrough, I'll be here with you being proud of seeing the channel's journey from the start.
We really appreciate that thank you
Same, I am a huge history buff and this was an awesome watch. Amazing work!! Instantly subscribed
I found this video through one of the shorts discussing food. Honestly, I was expecting an entire documentary about food but this was actually really good!
Looking through your channel a bit later, I found out that this is a newer channel. Safe to say you folks have earned a new subscriber.
Thanks so much and welcome aboard!
I bet these guys think about the Roman empire a lot.
Probably a roman soldier reincarnation.😂
That Centurion has a rather sterling moustache.
This channel is incredibly under rated, interesting and professionally made. Can't wait for more!
I like the centurian guy. He tells/explain well and clearly with a solid voice. So props to 'you'.
My guy, its beeeln said by others but this is better content than most of tv shows nowadays, well done pal
thanks it means a lot!
I spent 4 years as a Marine, and I don't even think I'd survive back then. They were on another level, hard times make hard men.
This channel is literally CRIMINALY underrated man. I've never seen anything like this. I wish you guys the best.
Really appreciate that!
Thank you very much for creating this first class production and for elevating the great work that the people at 'Park in the Past' are doing.
Bringing history to life.
Our pleasure!
This channel is one of the most underrated history channels I've seen! These are high quality and very interesting to watch. Thanks for making this amazing content!
Glad you enjoy it!
Bit late to the party, but loving these videos. It's obvious that both the host sits on a lot of general knowledge of things commonly misrepresented, but also that the people they approach - reenactment groups who've been nerding these topics for, probably several years - are treated with so much respect and deference in their specialised knowledge. Pros and cons are adressed in a nuanced way, while there is at the same time no hesitation to poke fun at actual historical idiosyncracies. None of the over-dramatisation that we so often see.
Loving the guy acting the Centurion of the reenactment team as well. Both knowledgeable and very fun. Lots of respect for the entire Roman Military Research Society.
Cheers.
Great compliment to the team here, thanks for sending it!
Great video!
Would love to see a "Could you survive as a Prussian Soldier in the Seven Years War" !
You’d have better chance than a Prussian peasant that’s for sure!
You're doing some amazing work dude good job. Your series reminds me of a show hosted hy that dude from Home Improvement called Foot Soldiers that delved into the life of your average Soldier's and Warrior's throughout history. He covered the Romans, Viking's, World War I Soldiers, Napoleonic Soldiers, the list goes on.
Thank you!
What an awesome channel! I know this is a very new channel but these two videos you have are amazing! Might i suggest you guys do "could YOU survive as an American soldier during the revolutionary war"? Keep up the amazing work!
Or more specifically....could you survive the winter at Valley Forge? Even worse, could you survive a worse winter with worse "shelter" than Valley Forge? Valley Forge got the fame but it was NOT the worst winter for Washington and the Continental Army.
@@LuvBorderCollies Good point! I didn't think of that
I think the worst winter was actually Morristown, in 1779-1780
I live quite close to a Roman Fort in Scotland. I often wonder about the lives of the men therein. There is also evidence of a Vicus, I read, and so there grew a community in a short time because it wasn't here long according to Tacitus. However it is high and dry on a platform above the confluence of the Tay and and Almond and may have guarded a bridge. Who knows?
Excellent. I haven't done the Antonine wall yet. The soldier's life? Routine, orders, discipline, boredom? Maybe combat was rare. @@simbaski
Incredible work! And extremely entertaining while being insightful. Looking forward to more
This is amazing... This is exactly the kind of thing I would love to do if I had the money to buy the kit and go to the places. It's awesome
Really well done! Great research, montage and narration work..
Much appreciated!
Well deserved a lot of work went into that documentary..@@survivehistory
I loved all the small details about day-to-day life. Thanks!
Love this. It's so much more interesting watching someone be a part of history rather than just talking about it
"Whenever a Roman fort is set up it attracted various entrepreneurs who set up shop just outside the walls to part the soldiers of their cash".
My how little has changed. I can picture a brand new auxiliary soldier getting yelled at by a prefect because he bought a thorough bread race horse with a loan at 40% interest.
This channel is destined to explode. Keep it up.
Production quality is excellent. I really can't believe it. Amazing
This video was so cool, please do more!
Great Channel, Hope you will stay Here for Long
That's the plan!
Congratulations for the meticulous research that went into this documentary. I salute the Centurions grasp of Latin which adds to the re enactment experience.Not nit picking but there is one rank that was not mentioned Optio who was second in command to the Centurion.Also the books i have read refer to the catapults as scorpions and ballistas,sorry for being a bit nerdy!😀 👍
Can’t wait to watch it! Great content, keep it up!
Hope you enjoy it!
Nice video man! Good quality and very informational. Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
What a great video, reminds me of the History channel from my youth. Really informative, can't wait to see more and hopefully we can revisit this Fort when it has the HQ built.
16:20
tactics like this are what helped me win RTS games in the old world: 19th century "Fire and maneuver" tactics for Roman legions and WW2 "Combined arms" tactics for medieval armies.
nobody expects a bunch of auxiliaries to kick the retreating ass of an imperial legion by means of tactical shooting of javelins.... but it worked!
I would say about 99% of people today would not survive very long as roman soldier let alone even survive very long in those times just look around at people today and prove I'm wrong you won't do it
absolutley love this content im a history major so this is perfect for me!
Hey there! Fantastic video! I'm a huge fan of military history, and your content really hits the mark. I was thinking, it would be absolutely amazing if, in the future, you could potentially gain access to explore the life of a Swedish Carolean soldier.
Cheers
Great video, keep it up!!
This channel is awesome, keep going with the videos with this format
We will!
the Park in the Past lads are doing a fantastic job for us all..... thanks
The bane of every soldiers life no matter what side. Fricken standing post. I think it’s a thing any service member can bond over.
This channel deserves so much more recognition! The combo of your knowledge mixed with some of the reenactor's knowledge, and you actually wearing the gear and living the life is awesome! Please keep this content going!
Much appreciated!
I love this kind of content, again great quality please do more i cant wait for the next Video !
Well presented, I do feel the Centurion was being a little light on you lol
I was...
awsome video thank you so much you help me learn history!
I wish that there were more movies about the roman empire
I went to the British Museum for my birthday to see the Roman Legion special exhibition and it was a brilliant day out
Hoping to go to that too!
This is awesome!
I love how there's a random central asian yurt in the middle of the fort. Those darn scythian auxilias, am I right?
This channel is going places
Amazing production. I hope monetization covers at least 20% of your effort. Cheers
Much appreciated!
i just discovered you and this pop ups when i went to refresh the page! great content mate
Awesome, thank you!
The nights must've been quite musical for the cavalry 💨
Your videos are a breath of fresh air .Its like having the old history channel back im hooked on your channel
Before ancient aliens and pawn shop garage reality TV wars... Ahhh. I miss real history
Wow for a smaller channel with less than 30k subscribers this is very high production value content. This is like a cable TV documentary. This is great
Great documentary!
Imagine being a knight, the current year is 1562. You just surpassed your squire days and became a knight, you have bought all your gear and heraldry. You hear word that your kingdom will lay siege 2 days in the future, your train, prepare, pray, and are sent off north. As you are preparing, staring at the enemies across you, next to your brothers on arms. Your Commander in Battle says the infamous 6 letter word “Charge” and you run to the person you were death staring from 2 miles away. Your lines and brothers clash with the opposing kingdom, all you hear is screaming and swords clashing and men crying in pain. And next thing you know there’s a Knight 5 feet away from you raising his sword to slice you up. You get lucky and manage to get some lucky hits, and you’re saved by your vanguard buddy. You tip your hat to him and look at the carcasses of the knight he had just slain, you remember he had parents, a life, and a happy family. You decide to shake that off your shoulders and fight the next person you see, you have morale because your anger from you wounds. But unfortunately that’s the last choice you ever got to make, next thing you know. Your body is seen decapitated, scratched, bruised, pale, and that was his first siege. Moral of the story: Most knights and more didn’t even have more than 1 or 2 battles, that’s the brutality of medieval warfare.
Warfare in general. Anyone involved (save for commanders mostly) is at risk.
7:48 Haha, Caligula, aka little boots... Edit: and yeah, shaving is a peace time luxury. Any camouflage becomes the color of local dirt too, always. Everything listed still applies now. Look at how real soldiers on frontline look compared to tacticool gravy seals.
Love this so much! Though, these shows always remind me how badly we need more young people in the living history community. Every period of interpretation suffers the same problem. We're old dudes trying to look and act like young dudes
Imagine a story following a group of provincials from, say, southern Gaul wanting to earn their citizenship for various reasons. They get all hopped up on Roman propaganda, signing up for a good life and guaranteeing Roman citizenship for your family, your children, and their children and so forth.
But then they're deployed to a fort at the edge of the empire, exposed to the horrors that was the constant, intermittent warfare between Germanic locals and their Roman occupiers. Friends start dying, dreams start fading away as months turn to years - and when perhaps one, maybe two of them finally makes it back home, their family lives fall apart. Their children don't recognize their father, having grown up with only distant memories or stories of how kind and sweet this battle-scarred, jaded man with a love for wine to cover up the screams used to be.
He got them their citizenship - but he's lost his very soul.
Another excellent well presented video.
Amazing video, and project!
As a us navy vet nothing has changed with the sense of boredom, we all it ‘watch’ and most of the military is being in watch and ‘guarding’
I shudder to think of surviving in a world with no modern medicine. Nevertheless, this is a good video.
23:19 this punishment I'm told even is done today. My SGT once told me if you fell asleep while overseas in country you could be executed. I don't know if he was trying to get me to stay awake but I always did no matter how long I'd been up before.
Senatus Populusque Romanus!
You let Rome build one novelty frontier fort in your country...Next thing you know, you'll be subjugated to the emperor. Happens every time!
Lovable Louie!
sounds quite nice for an ancient military, you get a roof, food and get to stay in nice quiet places. (until some enemy force comes that is)
woah you are so underrated the heck nice video
Great work
I wouldn't survive anything outside of Western Europe before 1980 for more than 24h
Amaaaaaaaazing Videos from you ❤❤❤ keep going
Man this is great.
Da best! 🙌🏼❤️
This is so f cool.
You could feel the passion and love of the people you talked to.
Man, now I want to be a volunteer myself
I would love to see how to survive as a Athenian vs Spartan solider
The Sarmatian Horse Archer actress is awesome! Congrats for the video sir! I loved it! This is a very underrated channel, that deserves much more recognition and endorsement!
Keep up the great work!
Wonderful! I will check how I can visit summer 2024. With helmet and Gladius😃
Awesome video! Great job
Cheers!
More please.
Do they really have to dig and do carpentry work in armor? I guess if I was building a house in Compton I would be wearing a bulletproof vest.
A fair comparison 😅
Great video
i love how into it these guys are lol, something refreshing about it
I didn't know Sarmatian Horse Archers wore fleece tracksuits and had Vicky Pollard haircuts!😉
Loving this content! Keep it up and I'm sure I will see you with a million subscribers in no time!
Thanks Peter!
Great video!
This is really cool content!
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good job
This is bonkers! But looks like great fun.
You guys have only released a bit of content but im already a huge fan
I lived in Mold for years and i never knew this place existed so close to me (where this is located is literally the next village over in Hope) until i moved last year, definitely going back with my partner to visit sometime later this year. Wish i paid more attention to my local landmarks. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, definitely will be donating.
If you're looking at heading to the fort, aim for the end of May, the main event takes place the last week of the month. The entry is a bit more expensive, but it has reenactors from all over europe
@@Cryeceratops oh damn thanks for letting us know man
Real quick, "Impetum Facite" in 16:20 is like Do the attack right?
Nice video. very cool.