Hope you enjoyed guys! What do you think would've been the worst part of the job for a Roman soldier? 🤔

@CAP198462

Жыл бұрын

Going to the Medicus would be a unique experience I fear.

@Dr_Will_Tarr

Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your show… I visited Hadrian’s Wall and the forts. The wall is divided in wide wall (you could walk on, and a thinner wall . The thinner wall you would not walk on. It’s purpose is not to fight from but limit cattle rustling and control of goods back and forth. Like a California Freeway sound wall… barely defensive. The small castles and fortlets and patrols were the main defenses.

@romanhistorywalks6526

Жыл бұрын

I subscribe to the History hit website but can’t find it

@g0679

Жыл бұрын

Inter-campaign construction projects. (No excitement at all!)

@jordanb5629

Жыл бұрын

Why cant i find this episode on history hit on prime? I pay for the subscription.

The real tough soldier was the cameraman who walked those miles carrying a heavy camera set without complaining

@shichilaofa

Жыл бұрын

Car.

@lukewarm2075

Жыл бұрын

Nah it was recorded on a iPhone

@willcortez78

Жыл бұрын

Probably a drone

@randomguy6152

Жыл бұрын

the cameraman is like the roman standard bearer

@letoubib21

Жыл бұрын

_Maybe _*_he_*_ does be a real Roman . . ._ ;-)

People on that train would have been like… “did I just see Roman soldiers??” 😮😄

@mattvjmeasures

8 ай бұрын

A train service so slow they're actually travelling backwards in time 🙂.

@Immopimmo

5 ай бұрын

Too bad they had a camera crew with them. If I were a roman reenactor, I'd get some mates together and march around Hadrian's wall, preferably at dusk or in the mist, and make people think we were ghosts. 😁

@jjcoola998

3 ай бұрын

THATS A ROMAN SOLDIER INNIT GUV?!?

@LilShrooms

2 ай бұрын

@@ImmopimmoLOL this is an amazing idea that I could totally see happening on a tv show like Curb hahaha

"Are we there yet?" That's most likely an accurate quote

Hadrian's Wall was actually much taller in its original form. It was originally constructed with a base of stone and topped with a wooden palisade that stood around 20 feet (6 meters) tall. This made it a formidable barrier for anyone trying to cross into Roman Britain. However, over the centuries, much of the wall has been dismantled and used for building materials, so today it stands at a fraction of its original height. Despite this, Hadrian's Wall remains an important and impressive historical site that is well worth visiting.

@Gr8tBlueHeron

Жыл бұрын

And here I thought it was just that the old timey Scots couldn't jump.

@andrem4877

Жыл бұрын

@@Gr8tBlueHeron they were tiny he made up that entire story.

@jackdubz4247

Жыл бұрын

@@Gr8tBlueHeron There were no "Scots" at the time. Just Picts. The Scots didn't come over from Ireland until wee bit later.

@Gr8tBlueHeron

Жыл бұрын

@@jackdubz4247 and here I thought the old timey Picts just couldn't jump.

@chillinkrillin1378

Жыл бұрын

​@@AnonYmousxxx69420xxx if you posted a link it doesn't show up. Other than that I can't make much sense of what you said...

An interesting fat - 2000 years ago soldiers from around Basra in modern day Iraq were stationed at the Hadrian's Wall, at the whim of the senate. 2000 years later, soldiers from the area of Britain around the Hadrian's wall were stationed in Basra as part of an armed force lead by a certain other senate.

@SpaghettiMan95

Жыл бұрын

what goes around, comes around.

@JDoe-gf5oz

Жыл бұрын

A very interesting fat.

@joshuddin897

Жыл бұрын

@@JDoe-gf5oz obesity isn't funny

@tootsie40

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuddin897 But it goes around and comes around...get it?

@jaimevalencia6271

Жыл бұрын

Wtf did. You just type

I walked the wall back in 1977. It was quite and experience for me, as the Roman army was one of my main interest back then, and I was just starting to become an Archaeologist.

@thatguy0424

Жыл бұрын

You had to use auto correct for archeologists didn’t you😂😂

@coleparker

Жыл бұрын

@@thatguy0424 No, I know the difference. I only use Archeologist in certain cases, for example on some US Govt forms😀

if i had the choice i would want to be stationed at Vindolanda . The whole wall was well engineered . i always think of the letters that were uncovered at Vindolanda, asking for wool socks from home. all in all a great video ! bravo ! to everyone who participated in it !!! would love to see more on the wall , in the future !!!

@jean-lucwaters6117

Жыл бұрын

Went there on a school trip when I must've been 12 or 13 and got to wear some of their replica armour!

@thisasiankidistrashfordram374

10 ай бұрын

Imagine all the lads from the hot climates of West Asia(the Near East), Africa & Southern Europe who were sent so far up North by Rome. They might have never really needed wool socks till then. I'm from the Southeast Asian tropics myself & I'd probably freeze, especially while wearing the regular Roman legionary uniform. That would be Before winter even starts. I'd try to carry on, but I'm not sure I'd survive a season.

Nice to see alot of this was filmed on my local dog walk, a little village called Gilsland in Cumbria/Northumberland.

@lindgrenland

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the ultimate dog walking trail

@beeman2075

Жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful part of the UK to live in.

This was really informative but also extremely entertaining! Loved seeing how much fun the presenters were having as Roman soldiers 😆

@again5162

Жыл бұрын

Romans were rich they could pay farm workers to be present in roll call meanwhile...

The guys were wearing modern day boots. The Romans wore hob nail sandals! Great video as always, guys.

@halonkin2

Жыл бұрын

Their kit is pretty horrible overall

@luminousfractal420

Жыл бұрын

Modern feet wouldnt do well 😂

@ComradeHellfire

Жыл бұрын

@@halonkin2 At least one of them has chainmail, even if it’s also terrible

@chalibard3826

7 ай бұрын

​@@halonkin2 but as said the Roman were pretty keen on taking good ideas from the local and standarding them. Pants were adopted by the roman legion in colder climate during the conquest of Gauls in 58 BC. I'm sure they would wear appropriate clothes in 122 AD on Hadrien's wall, even if not part of the standard kit.

@user-fu9vj9ix3g

Ай бұрын

Factoid: Roman troops wore hob-nailed boots - not sandals. There are thousands that have been recovered. Shoes as well. The boots were a brilliant design for an army on foot: Open toed, slats for ventilation and drainage, with triple soled hob-nailed bottoms. They typically were the height of a modern day hiking boot, just above the ankle, and quickly formed to the wearers feet. They likely caused no blisters becaue the ventialtion was excellent. Romans in the north wore heavy woolen socks that contained the natural lanolin for fairly good water repellancy. Boots were called caligulae, and were always being made in any semi permananent Roman camp or settlement as replacement kit. There are letters that stiplulate sales orders and personal requests from soldiers who needed a spare pair. They wore them out pretty fast, but there are no records of complaint about comfort. Modern replicas have been shown to be extremely comfortable and quick forming.

The Battle at Mons Grapius was one the rare instances that the auxilia was in the front lines. Usually the auxilia would hold the flanks of the legions, while the legions doing most of the fighting.

There is an episode of Tasting History with Max Miller where he makes posca which he declares very refreshing. He also covers other Roman cooking and many other historical dishes. Highly recommended.

@Froggy-nv7ep

Жыл бұрын

Passtheflamingo is also a good channel to check out 👍

a pretty good sense of humour in this

I live within 5 miles of Vindolanda so have had most of the information covered here forced into me by osmosis over the years - but it's still interesting to hear the changing interpretations of the history as more archaeology gets revealed. Thank you for dedicating a full episode to the topic. I look forward to the episode where you both come back again in mid-January to repeat the walk in 8ft drifts... 😉

@timlamiam

Жыл бұрын

i took a bus from Exeter to Vindolanda when i went to uni in England. Was awesome.

@CondorTheBird

Жыл бұрын

No chance the UK gets 8 foot drifts of snow lmao

@Crusty_Camper

Жыл бұрын

Search "Tan Hill snowed in" for an example. 8 foot drifts are not uncommon along this whole area.

@glenn6583

Жыл бұрын

It is very tough to so far from the pub!

@banksarenotyourfriends

Жыл бұрын

@@CondorTheBird I've spent many winters digging sheep out of them - but you're right it must just have been my imagination... 🤡

2:54 I’m loving that Gladiator reference 🤣🥺

I'm a British expatriate living in Germany who occasionally motorcycles to the Isle of Man for the famous TT Races. One year I visited Hadrian's Wall after the TT while motorcycling around the North of England. Its well worth the visit but when I went it wasn't very well signposted which is typically British nonetheless I had no trouble finding it. I understand it was more a control point than a barrier against the barbaric locals.

@nathanthomson1931

Жыл бұрын

It was multipurpose. As they mentioned, it cut through Brigantes territory, so it disrupted that coalition in every way: politically, socially, economically, and militarily. It was then both a barrier and a control line for anyone north of the wall. Some sections were built along natural escarpments, so it was a very significant defensive structure in those places. It was also pretty well manned.

@paulwilliams6159

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanthomson1931 Thanks for the input.

@benmacdui9328

Жыл бұрын

​@@paulwilliams6159 Wtf does you going to the Isle of Man TT have to do with this? Nobody cares mate

i come from the wrong side of the wall, i feel proud that the romans built this to stop us coming to play with them 😁 there is an old Alex Harvey song that says "i'm a roman on the wall and i don't know why" cheery weather and midgies must have been great perks of being on the wall 😂

@Alfymale

Жыл бұрын

Not so much the midges - nowadays anyway. ( I live locally).

@julianshepherd2038

Жыл бұрын

There was a ditch on both sides. It kept folk on as well as out

@ThePhilipoconnor

Жыл бұрын

In all honesty I think its less them not wanting to fight but more that Scotland wasn't worth conquering. England and Wales was wet and dull enough but has plenty of arable land and is comparatively flat and Scotland is wetter, colder, hillier and the loss of life and resources to conquer and hold and "civilise" wasn't worth the return. Just build a wall and leave them to it.

@Alfymale

Жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilipoconnor Yes, but that wall required the equivalent of two legions to (not entirely successfully) defend. Over the two hundred years + of occupation that would have stacked up in money and resources. My understanding is that the Roman Army would successfully beat the snot out of ‘us’ through the summer campaigning season and then go into winter camps. Apparently they thought ‘we’ were unsportsmanlike for attacking them during the winter months!

@ThePhilipoconnor

Жыл бұрын

@@Alfymale if you’re not cheating you’re not trying!! Ha. Especially against a militarily superior enemy.

I bet someone on that train said What? and got confused. So funny. Lol

@nighthunter3039

Жыл бұрын

I also very much liked the Asterix and Obelix reference they did there. 😂

The Vallum was not mentioned, a massive defensive line built approx 50 - 100m south of the wall, a bank, ditch and bank, defence in two directions delineating the military zone along with the wall and wall ditch. At first the locals would have been brutally rounded up to help build the wall, stone had to be quarried and carried, while legionaries built the structure the many tons of wall stone and packing would have been provided by forced labour of men women and children. Those that survived this awful treatment would certainly have born the scars and the grudges for years to come. This would be repeated elsewhere in Roman Britain especially during the building of Roman roads, much bigger projects than the wall, think of the amounts of stone required, the labour for levelling and construction, hundreds, maybe thousands of locals would be rounded up from miles around, beaten, half starved the logistics and the dangers to everyone involved must have been immense. Roman Britain especially in the early days would definitely not have been a good place.

@smoothjazz2143

Жыл бұрын

without advanced tech or nearby resources such projects came at an enormous human cost indeed

“Jocks to the left of me, Geordies to the right, Here I am, stuck in the middle with you…”

@monkeytennis8861

9 ай бұрын

Pretty much the whole of Northumberland is north of wall so you're making little sense.

@bob_the_bomb4508

9 ай бұрын

@@monkeytennis8861 you’re all north of Watford…

"Could you survive as a Roman soldier on Hadrian's wall?" I believe that depends on how well stocked on arrows the Picts are.

i like how the best Dulux paints and Brushes went into the design of the shields

I couldn't be a Roman soldier, but I could be a Celt, which is what I am. We'd sneak up in the middle of the night & unleash the porridge catapults, haggis shells and finally, if they refused to give up, we'd play the bagpipes. That usually got rid of most of 'um. Aye, the good old days.

@bryanmatos3994

Жыл бұрын

you forget most Celts became Romanized and were Roman citizens in the army stationed at Hadrians wall. Roman citizenship became universal throughout the empire where you had German Romans and Greek Romans serving at Hadrians wall even middle Eastern soldiers.

@camulodunon

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanmatos3994 Ireland, Scotland and western England + Wales were never truly romanized.

@gavank4525

Жыл бұрын

@@camulodunon lmao what religion do they follow what alphabet are they based off also britons were romanized Which were celts along with the Gauls

@camulodunon

Жыл бұрын

@@gavank4525 both the religion and alphabet parts are general things that happened to all of Europe, not things that have to due with direct Roman influence. And also it was only southwestern Britain that was really Romanized. The east and north of Britain remained highly traditionally Celtic, keeping their old language and way of life, hence why the Welsh language still exists today, because it wasn't replaced by latin.

@gavank4525

Жыл бұрын

@@camulodunon Um I’m quite perplexed from the lack of knowledge in you comment the alphabet of most modern alphabets especially in Europe are based of the Latin alphabet and while many celts did survive in the west and north of britannia that was mostly the country side and not the main city centers these celts were highly romanized anyway if you too a celt from let’s say the 3rd century they would be very different from a Celt from 1st century

Several years ago I walked all the Wall with a friend, from Walls End to Solway, and even with the Book we had problems finding it at times. It had rained with muddy passes, and we could see the wall in the grass crossing a field, which we then entered (To avoid the mud), not to the owners agreement, as he complained from a distance! We also talked to a family wanting to built a garage on their land, and had to pay for a research, not to ruin any possible Roman remains! But they still find stones with the name of the troop which did built the walls section, and they are collected in the Museum at the Walls End. And I could imagine that many stone fences around came from the wall?

Great video lads, thoroughly enjoyed. Good effort on the Gladiator wheat field intro!

re - 33:00 - Using Hadrians Wall as an open quarry There's a part in (I think) a Terry Pratchett book, where he's describing a wall around a city (Ank-Morpork, I think). He describes the way by saying: "At first it was an impediment to further growth of the town, later becoming a source of masonry for it." I always remember that line whenever I hear about these kinds of things happening.

it wouldnt be me stuck with the Romans, it would be the Romans stuck with ME

@philiprufus4427

Жыл бұрын

Could you survive on Antonines wall ? It was actually in Scotland,between The Clyde and The Forth it even had Syrian Auxiliaries in one of the forts,near Dullater.

@SimonAshworthWood

Жыл бұрын

😂 yeah, they’d be stuck with me too, because of my farts 🤪

@robert.m4676

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonAshworthWood umm they fart times two. So you against those who fart twice as much. Good luck mate 😳

@hamishanderson6738

Жыл бұрын

Fort is a derivation of fart (fartus smellicux). Or vice-versa.

@robert.m4676

Жыл бұрын

@@hamishanderson6738 yikes

This was great and very informative. Great job guys

Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you.

Sin = left, dex=right! THAT'S where heraldry gets the terms dexter and sinister! I love it when I make an etymological discover!

I like the "Gladiator" wheat field walk.

Roman legionary with the red crest would be a junior officer, an Optio. As is the one with a white crest, Centurions wore their crests transversly. More junior soldiers did not wear crests. The Lorica would have been laced at the front with the plates overlapped, else some opponent could poke you thru the gap. It is also laced at the back, so if your armour no longer fit, you'd either get new armour that did, or ensure any gap was in the back. A Centurio with a belly like the prof's would have been quickly killed. p.s. - Decimation was VERY rare, only a hadfull occurred in the 750 odd years of the Empire. Punishments of a soldier for sleeping on watch, cowardice, and other capital crimes would be by the other 7 men in his conturburnium, who would beat him o death.

I’ve been to Hadrian’s Wall museum. It’s amazing and it’s really a beautiful area. Crazy but I was impressed with the remains of their toilets. 😂 The Romans were ahead of their times in many ways (engineering). Civilized and yet barbaric at the same time. Thanks again HH! Really enjoyed this!

@ricoflamma5430

Жыл бұрын

the world before the middle ages was impressive. It’s when western society fell that everything else did too and was forgotten. We would possibly be 300-500 years ahead in technology had Rome not fell. Even Greek inventors were already developing combustion machines. The Dark ages changed everything.

@unnamedchannel1237

Жыл бұрын

Did it have overly loud music like this video?

@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0s

Жыл бұрын

@@ricoflamma5430 plus all of the other worldwide civilizations like Egypt, and the entirety of Africa just about. Sumeria, Indus river valley. China for most of ever, even way late the Azteca had tenoxhtitlan which awed the dirty Europeans.

@markcasila8310

Жыл бұрын

romans had bether toilet system 200 years ago then comunist/facist china has today 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

@markcasila8310

Жыл бұрын

@@ricoflamma5430 thats what the religions of the boks did ....

I’ve been waiting for this one!!!

Love the Gladiator reference at 3:00 if that was on purpose 😉

@nighthunter3039

Жыл бұрын

Also the Asterix and Obelix one at 11:10 - 10:22 with the train. 😁

Very informative, very interesting and enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.

Loved this! Wish I could have accompanied y'all!

These three were great fun to watch; i knew it’d be fabulous by 02:52 with that brilliant nod- this made my night! MAXIMUS! Thanks for this!

Enjoyed the presentation and the adventure. Thanks for the insight into something that I had read about more than four decades ago, before I came across this channel.

Most entertaining and informative. You DEFINITELY deserved your pint of wine. In a bowl, presumably. Nice one! 🌟🌟👍

The auxiliary looks like the standard legionnaire during the time of Hannibal, Spartacus, Caesar, cleopatra. So definitely wasn’t poor equipment

@magnem1043

Жыл бұрын

probably sent their least useful auxiliary units, just manpower to man a wasteland

@ComradeHellfire

Жыл бұрын

Not during Hannibal and Spartacus. If this were true, he would be wearing a Montefortino, or an Apulo-Corinthian helmet with a more curved scutum rather than a Clipeus. If an Hastatii, a single bronze or copper sheet for protection or a Lorica Hamata if Principes or Triarii, which is the only similarity. If its post marian reforms, they would have a scutum rather than a clipeus. The Galea is acceptable because it would have been around during the time, but the coolus helmet would have been more common

@jonc2914

22 күн бұрын

No, he definitely does NOT look like any legionary from the periods you claim.....

Its a great walk from one end to other. Coast to coast. Did it earlier this year.

Great stuff. Always enjoy when history is bought to life.

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated. We hope to do more of this kind of thing!

Very interesting and informative. I love the way this video went. I have now subscribed to your channel.

hahaha I love that shot from 'Gladiator' at 2:52 Always wanted to visit Hadrians wall, do some hiking along side.

I really enjoyed the spirit of everyone in this

Really great video. Thanks very much.

18:35 for the alan partridge moment 🤣🤣🤣 im rockin

Fantastic! Love history brought to live. Thank you👍 Ave from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

Knowing that I start to really feel the weight of my plate carrier, and my Kevlar helmet starts to really dig into my head on a long convoy. I can’t imagine the wear and tear 25 yrs of wearing Roman kit would do to those soldiers. The level of fitness they must have had is envious. 😅 and my gear for convoy maybe weights 30-35lbs max.

@JayzsMr

Жыл бұрын

Actually full combat loadouts of modern militaries weren't that different weight wise compared to what the Romans had to carry . There is just a certain physical limit of what a human can carry over long distance which hasn't changed till today .

@blaznskais2048

Жыл бұрын

@@JayzsMr well seeing as my loadout for a convoy is a 20-25lb Kevlar, plate carrier and a 3ish lb ACH. And sitting in a vehicle that normally has some degree of AC/heat vs an average 15-30mile daily foot march. I’m still impressed by the Roman army and their overall level of fitness.

@JayzsMr

Жыл бұрын

@@blaznskais2048 yes but if you have to go for long marches with the full gear which includes everything then the weight is kind of similar. At least I had to do that when I was in the military in Europe. We regularly had to do long marches with full loadout and all the gear like cooking equipment, camouflage ect . It's not like the Romans went into battle or on patrol with everything they need to survive all the time

what a fun and informative video :) thank you!

Love watching documentaries like this.

I remember seeing Roman walls from different ages during my trip to Rome, still impressive and kept in a good shape. Lifetime memories

Great video guys, thank you for this!

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Informative introduction & exciting-fun...thanks for sharing

Fascinating, not only for the history, but also the countryside.

The homage to gladiator was really cool, where he touched the grass at the beginning!

11:11 Hilarious! 😆 Especially when he turned with that wooden weapon 😂

Makes me proud to be Ydna R-U152-Z56 from Lancashire. These Auxiliary men were pretty badass warriors. ;)

Thanks, really informative. It is so refreshing to see this type of history.

@paulfelkner6749

Жыл бұрын

I don't disagree, very interesting, informative, funny and intellectual, you rarely get that in the states.

A vanity project? That's the first I've ever heard of that hypothesis. Does it make sense to have a vanity project so far away from the most densely populated Romanized provinces like Italy itself, Alexandria, Greece and so on? I would think the idea would have as many eyeballs as possible looking at your wonderful works: Theaters, Aqueducts, Baths, Arenas, Temples and Statues etc., rather than an architecturally spartan structure at the edge of the Empire.

@onii-chandaisuki5710

Жыл бұрын

I guess it could 'show off' just how rich and strong your Empire is by having a massive wall built at the frontiers. Rumours probably spread about the wall, even if most Romans couldn't see it.

@Blisterdude123

6 ай бұрын

It depends who your audience was. Think in terms perhaps, not of trying to impress other Romans...but the denizens of a far flung and still wildly unsettled province in the fringe of the empire? Hadrian's Wall wasn't maybe up to much as an actual defensive structure, you couldn't literally man every foot of it. But as a visual demonstration of power, to a populace of Britons, Celts, Picts constantly on the verge of revolt? In theory it'd make quite the statement. To take their ancient and mystical landscape and build a thwacking great wall across all those hills and rivers and fields, across the entire island.

@lochside7647

2 ай бұрын

@@Blisterdude123 Agree..this is a recent meme created by English Historians to denigrate Scotland's history. There were no anglo saxons in the 'British' iles, only celtic tribes. Unfortunately for touchy English academics the inhabitants of most of England were subjugated by the romans, Th ones in the North i.e., Scotland were not .

I live on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, it runs across our back garden. It's -10c here today.. October and November saw torrential rain for days at a time.. freezing cold British rain. It must have been pretty grim being stationed here especially as recent research indicates that the natives weren't as peaceful as previously thought. When I read archaeology in the early 90s the theory was that the wall was essentially a very big tax barrier.. but you don't build a massive wall to collect money from the northern wastes.. you build it to control the flow of people. The wall bisected the Brigantes who.were not known for their cooperation with the invaders. Indeed the archaeology now tells is that the wall was breached on several occasions... It must have been bloody awful!

"form Testudo!" And with this line i understood It isn't a documentary but a Hollywood feast

That was nice to watch thanks

The train scene was brilliant

Great content! Cheers!

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

Those Picts were crazy

That train going by made me howl hahaha love these guys.

Great channel!

Amazing!

I don't see why I wouldn't have survived. After all, I survived 6 years of primary school north of the Wall in the 1950s.

Thanks 😂 , this gave me a laugh. My favourite bit was the centurion knocking you with that stick

Enjoyed it 🇲🇾 keep it up

Great video 👍

I’m wondering if my Scotch kin would have gotten down to wall? That tiny island has just the greatest history, Loved this video❤️❤️❤️

Fabulous stuff ⚔️👍

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great entertaining video! Even though some of the information provided about the weapons and armour is clearly not correct, as other commentators also pointed out. But nevertheless a lot of good information and videography!

Love these vids. Educational and entertaining. Haha.

Excellent quality video guys

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Adam!

Wow. Being a Roman Legionaire was a tough life. These guys must have been very tough and very well disciplined. Well, they had to be in order to survive. Very interesting video.

@Blisterdude123

6 ай бұрын

It's interesting to note that going back pre-Caesar, to the establishment of what 'we' think of as the Roman Army, during the Marian Reforms, the soldiers were referred to as 'Marius' Mules'.

This channel is like the “weird history” channel but for adults or people with more than two brain cells to rub together lol. Well done!

I like the Roman smartphone that the fella in the shorts is carrying. They must have an app for this?

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@teapeaster

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHit keep up the great work. I do really appreciate your wicked history videos 🙂

This is so good but the uhm… gut armor arrangement of the centurion was goddamn legendary 😂

"We're going to build a wall, a big beautiful wall and make the barbarians pay for it." ~Hadrian (probably)

@smoothjazz2143

Жыл бұрын

He didnt said that

Love this episode!

Very cool! I've done Roman reenactment and that lorica is no joke just to wear for a day - great job by the guys to do a march in it!

@jonc2914

22 күн бұрын

Thats because they are wearing garbage cheap Indian ebay stuff. Guy can't even put his gut in it.😊

I am Northern Scottish. I couldn't survive being a Roman soldier on Hadrian's Wall. My relatives would kill me.

The train going by that was funny.

As a Scot I have to say I fancy my chances against you lads! 😉 Well done, very interesting episode.

Great vid ma maan

It always makes me smile when a 21st-century man struggles along to do normal everyday things that a Roman soldier would have been fully acclimatised to. as a young lad in the north of England in Thatchers Britain, I walked 14 miles a day five days a week to get to the college I was attending for my A-levels. Thatcher had devastated the north at the time and I could not afford bus fare to get there. The administrators took three months to sort out the free bus pass I was supposed to be entitled to at the time LOL. So, I walked 7 miles each morning; worked through my full day course; studied until 10 o'clock at night in the library there because The assignment work was huge and then walked 7 miles home at 10 o'clock in the evening five days per week. I took it in my stride because it became normal and it was no effort. remembering that in the olden days, there were no distractions for leisure and entertainment apart from singing; drinking and enjoying those most special carnal pleasures (smile). No one in the past would have been living a sedentary life. Everyone would have been physically fit just from everyday living.

@adventussaxonum448

Жыл бұрын

So you should thank Maggie for your youthful fitness.😄

The train bit was hilarious

That knowledgeable fella made this video great. Only in Britain haha

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This was really interesting, loved every minute of it.

I really want to walk the length of hadrians wall, but make a challenge of it and do it in 3 days! Planning the logistics of it are proving to be the hardest part!!!!!!!

@HistoryHit

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Loved the train scene!

@Willsey

10 ай бұрын

The Carlisle to Newcastle train. I was probably on it

You don’t have to twist the gladius to remove it. Yes twisting it does open up the wound and cause more damage but twisting is not necessary for removal from your opponent’s body.

@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733

Жыл бұрын

You don't have to twist your hips when you punch someone. But it's much more powerful if you do. And if you practice enough you gain muscle memory and when the time comes to fight for your life you don't even have to think about it. Same applies with the sword thingy you speak of.

@leholen381

Жыл бұрын

@@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 you missed the point. He said you have to twist to get the sword out of your opponent when that is objectively false. Is twisting it a good idea to cause more damage? Absolutely. However, it is not necessary to be able to remove the sword after stabbing someone.

@bravebeard6225

Жыл бұрын

I trust the expert in the video before you.

@leholen381

Жыл бұрын

@@bravebeard6225 buy a pork shoulder or any other big hunk of meat. Take a kitchen knife and stab it then try and pull the knife out without twisting. You’ll find it comes out without much effort. Now imagine doing that with a double edge weapon. Same thing.

@arnehenkler8391

Жыл бұрын

@@bravebeard6225 Your trust is misplaced though. This isn't the first time that Dr. Simon Elliott demonstrates that he doesn't know how swords work. Here's a Link to a react video of Metatron to an earlier Video with Dr. Eliott: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoto2reQot3Hm7Q.html

Thank you 😊

20:15 would sure love to know where this paiting is from as it seems to be a roman force attacking a medieval european castle with 13th-15th century Machicolations, a soldier wearing a 16th century Morion helmet (maybe it can pass as a kettle hat), but another wearing what seems to be roman/greek pteryges at the shoulders