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@Ace-cr9qt

Ай бұрын

Are you guys going to make a another fantasy video? I love ❤️ when you guys make those and Don’t get me wrong I love ❤️ the history videos to

@gregoryminor5823

Ай бұрын

When you say that the soldiers would surely find a way to mark them in a way of hazing it looks like he drew a dick on his arm

@InvictaHistory

Ай бұрын

@@gregoryminor5823 didnt see any comment nor delete any in this video besides some of those obvious porn ad accounts. Not sure what happened to yours. Might be because I re-ded this pinned comment with an edit.

@gregoryminor5823

Ай бұрын

@@InvictaHistory hell there's no telling then either way it's a good video looking forward to your next one

@johnmeyers2130

Ай бұрын

can you do another warhammer one?

Software Engineer was my second career choice first was to join roman army and become a legionary 😂

@nuclearmedicineman6270

Ай бұрын

Which did you end up going with?

@kr-ayush

Ай бұрын

@@nuclearmedicineman6270 unfortunately a software engineer

@maxivisionvermont1333

Ай бұрын

Im a roman legionary and became a roofer lol probly clisest profession lol s😂

@kr-ayush

Ай бұрын

@@maxivisionvermont1333 maybe some day i will open a wood crafting shop and wooden furniture and try to be a roman craftsman

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958

Ай бұрын

@@maxivisionvermont1333 Don't worry, Hastati, you'll probably be great at building walls, that Caesar fellow loves his walls :)

I am continually amazed by the Roman Empire, like by how incredibly advanced they were compared to their contemporaries. So many of their practices are still used today, one that stuck out to me is how you mentioned they were compensated for travel. At least in the US government, compensation for travel costs is still known as ‘Per Diem’ to this day

This has to be one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. I put this on to fall asleep to, but I’m so impressed by the quality of information I can’t sleep. Great job! Thank you

14:10 nothing like a phallus tattoo to keep track of who is who 😂

@gregoryminor5823

Ай бұрын

I said the same thing earlier I guess he didn't like the word I used because my comment was deleted but yeah that's one hell of a way to Haze someone

@S.P.Q.Rrespublicas

Ай бұрын

@@gregoryminor5823 youtube often deletes comments, so it is unlikely the creator. Sorry if this sounds....well annoying.

@gregoryminor5823

Ай бұрын

@@S.P.Q.Rrespublicas the Creator's already responded to me and explain to me that he did not delete my comment and I believe him I understand that KZread likes to screw with people

@whatsgoingon71

Ай бұрын

Drawing dicks on a new Boot, is probably the meldest form of hazing in military history...​@@gregoryminor5823

@ulfosterberg9116

23 күн бұрын

Getting popular again...

After been with this channel for over 5 years. I came to realize it's the voice. It's soo good!

@joshbaker6682

4 күн бұрын

history marche has a terrific voice too 👌

@S3b5Tube

2 күн бұрын

Statistically, English accents are the best for KZread VO because they are considered neutral and authoritative. When I found out this, I realised I was also biased against videos of US kids yelling at me.

“What was the name of our Roman source again?” “Forgetius.” “Yeah, me too!”

@Echiewel

29 күн бұрын

Ah, nevermind, we'll just call the soldier Titus Manlius and call it a day.

@zacsayer1818

28 күн бұрын

@@Echiewel 🤣

@johnwatters6922

22 күн бұрын

Incontentia Buttocks

@lorenzoalbertomedina6753

15 күн бұрын

@@johnwatters6922 You all enjoy watching 40's/50's Gladiator movies ?

@Sharigan561

12 күн бұрын

@@johnwatters6922 Biggus Dickus?

Crazy how military training is still so similar to how it was conducted centuries ago. Edit: I saw a similarity in training compared to my own military training: First phase: administration and health check, being introduced to NCOs. Then conditioning and physical fitness. Second phase: drill, weapons training and longer, more difficult marches etc. Third phase: getting ready for campaign and/or additional training.

@pauliemc2010

Ай бұрын

Not really considering the fundamentals of combat have never changed.

@Darkpara1

Ай бұрын

The Roman army was particularly organized for the time. They were the old world's masters of logistics..

@EquinoxGate

Ай бұрын

Almost like it was tried and tested

@SirFigsAlot

24 күн бұрын

Yea as the video kept going along I could see more and more comparisons to my experience in the army and the overall general experience of the military and the laws. Amazing how Rome set the groundwork for centuries to come

@ulfosterberg9116

23 күн бұрын

@@SirFigsAlot "what have the romans ever done for us. " quote Monty python.

Thanks for this video! I am currently in the process of writing a historical fiction book about a young soldier joining the legions snd fighting under caesar in Gaul and ultimately becoming an aquilifer. I've been trying to find as much information as I could about a new recruit and the process and this just made it so much easier, thanks! Love your content!

@HistoryHaty

Ай бұрын

Good for you.👍Nothing better then a good book. Keep up the good work.

@yorkshireaquatics9537

Ай бұрын

Very good for you man. Smash it out! Takes so much work writing a good book. Good luck with the whole process. My cousin has been world building his fictional project for a 5 book series for around 10 years or more now. I've seen his spreadsheets with all the information of the world on and it blows my mind how much work he's done.... after 10 years he's about ready to start writing it now 😂😂

@graham5716

Ай бұрын

Leap fellow soldiers

@zacsayer1818

28 күн бұрын

Good luck!

@larsi4139

24 күн бұрын

U will probably know. Of it But eagle of the empire is such a good book series

I cant believe this is for free

It's so interesting that many veterans choose to group together after fighting together, even now when there's no free land and funding to do so. I think war forges bonds between people that only other people who have seen it, suffered it and struggled through it can really understand.

@Mantelar

18 сағат бұрын

They are your people. They are your tribe. They are your home. Best way to describe it. I fought in three wars and I can say I don’t feel comfortable around anyone else. Other people come off as self interested, comfort-seeking, and therefor untrustworthy. American civilians especially come off as clueless. Sort of like district one people in the hunger games. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that honestly, it’s just not my culture and I’m too old to even want to change. I wish you luck in whatever struggles you face in the future.

You know I was in the military back in the nineties and I found an amazing how they were able to support all of their troops all over the world. I can't imagine doing that back in those days with all those people all the same place.

Love this series, the effort that goes into them is simply incredible

8:30 very true. My father would beguile me with stories and when my boys and I enlisted, our mothers cried.

This was really well done. Thanks for putting it together!

Outdone yourself again. Thank you for this effort.

Thank you. This was a great documentary, very informative.

Thank you for a really good video it explains a lot for people that do not know about it. I actually learned a couple new things myself.

Brilliant. Thank you for the effort.

Very well done, I really enjoyed this compilation ❤

probably the best ancient Rome documentary I've ever seen on you tube keep up the great work

One of the most thorough, well put together documentaries on the Tube.

This was great. I’d ask a question in my head and the next section of the video would answer it. Thanks man🤙🏼

always love the ancient rome content. it may feel oversaturated but the more sources that provide information and/or documentaries on it, the more holistically I and others can understand and admire the period. keep going, I say!

I love you man i really appreciate the work you do

awesome, finally!

The Veteran Colonies sound pretty cool

This was fantastic

Excellent and comprehensive presentation.

Excellent way to spend an hour and a half.. i really enjoyed this

Excellent information. Loved the use of quotes.

Very informative ❤❤

Roman History is the best btw so caesar's career like this

I want more of this!!! Muuuuch more :D

Great stuff!

My guess is that the real Roman soldier was far more impressive than the reenactors. Also, they must have been incredibly fit.

@ulfosterberg9116

23 күн бұрын

Look at old photos. Noone was as fluffy as we are today even some thirty years ago. And people did not have these "strap on muscles" that some have nowadays. Look at Johnny wiesmuller playing tarsan. He was a swimmer at that time.

your content is wonderful, please make an Video about Assyrian professional military

Sick testudo! 🤙🏽🛡️🛡️🛡️

Best documentary ever

Great video!

Awesome!!! Thank you

Very nice video

Surviving 25 years is insane

@Ideo7Z

Ай бұрын

Imagine doing that the entire time as a private. 25 yrs is senior NCO time as Sargeant Majors in modern armies.

@Darkpara1

Ай бұрын

Depends what kind of service they got I guess. 25 years as a regular infantryman fighting campaigns with no promotion has got to have been shit.

@vladimirboskovic

Ай бұрын

That's the point 😂

@JH-JMH

Ай бұрын

​@Ideo7Z 25 year grunt lol

@swampfox1776.

27 күн бұрын

Why?

What a great video.

I hope youtube gets it's stuff together and starts promoting educational and entertaining channels like this again. We need more documentaries and less "farmed content"

@Mantelar

18 сағат бұрын

Googles professed values are a joke. No chance they’d do anything that reduces their revenue stream and actually makes the world a better place.

This was a interesting documentary

The total war Rome music was a nice touch

‼️‼️ That was an incredible ‼️‼️ experience 🙏❤️ Love from Scotland ❤️🙏

@A.G.798

4 күн бұрын

from caledonia!

Have no idea why would I want to know that but this channel is always reliably good

Another great video! I love your analysis of this character. I think you’re absolutely right about her character. The remarkable thing is that Tolkien chose to write a female character with such complexity and depth, in a time when most writers of ‘heroic’ stories tended to paint women in a very two-dimensional and stereotyped way. You made me think about some aspects of Eowyn’s character arc that I hadn’t thought of before, such as her own internal development moving from a concept of herself as a heroic warrior to that of a healer and lover. I still find it frustrating that Eowyn was only redeemed when she abandoned the ‘masculine’ role she had set herself and allowed herself to embrace her ‘feminine’ nature of nurturing and caring for others. In this way, Tolkien restored his concept of gendered roles and expectations. Nowadays we understand that no reason why a woman cannot be both powerful and nurturing, or a queen in her own right, and still be caring mother or wife. Or of course choose not to be either. At the end of the day, it seems that Eowyn was only able to be happy when she’d accepted her restricted role in society. Throughout history there were actual shieldmaidens and warriors. Some earned great respect: there are accounts of women in pre-Roman Briton winning great renown as a valorous warrior. And there are many examples of women fighting with their families to fend of raiders and the like. Tolkien wasn’t a feminist, it’s true. But I think he found himself in a moment of real cognitive dissonance, at once admiring the qualities of women like Eowyn or Galadriel. But also believing that women should be protected from the trauma of battle and violence.

Having gone through basic training (at 34 but that's a story for another comment) I can say MEPS hasn't changed much since the Roman days........... You want me to walk like a what? A duck? Should I quack as well? What do you mean get ready to do a lot of pushups with my sense of humor? I in fact did end up doing A LOT of pushups with my sense of humor...............

@The_SmorgMan

Ай бұрын

You know your joke is good when HR wants to hear it in person.

@lknanml

28 күн бұрын

@@The_SmorgMan I got ahold of an HR complaint document and used to keep it folded up in my shoulder pocket whenever a bad joke made it through my "don't ever say this to other people no matter how funny your think it is filter". I'd pull it out right after I made a smart ass remark that REALLY crashed and burned with people saying "WTF did you just say" and would unfold it while saying " I have all my info prefilled up here. Just make your comments here , sign there and take it to SFC (pick a name) and he will take care of it err you ahh I mean me...... Saved my ass 3 times for REAL until I fixed that social filter for good.......

@The_SmorgMan

28 күн бұрын

@@lknanmlthat’s legendary! I’ll keep that story in mind

@lordeden2732

24 күн бұрын

If it's not broken why change it

50% chance of reaching retirement with the perks in that era!😮 Sign me up!!!

Are you guys able to do an episode like this for a medieval man-at-arms? The household troops/retainers of medieval nobility that aren’t knights?

Good to see MEPS hasnt changed in over 2000 years

Thank you

Rome had a lot of flaws but also had some fantastic principles. The way the used and treated the army has to be one of their greatest strengths and something we could learn from. 25 years of service granting you tax exemptions, citizenship, and land? We could learn from this. Offer approved immigrant families citizenship in exchange for 25 years of service. No income tax for veterans of 25 years. Offer to give veterans free homes and land in struggling communities to bring in a strong positive influence. Finally the infrastructure. Outside of combat; put the military to work. Certain deployments are public service based; build new roads, schools, ports, etc. That gives the nation better infrastructure and trains thousands of soldiers in various skilled trades that they can then use in retirement. Roman’s absolutely knew how to use the military to not just win wars, but to create a national identity, a strong culture, and build community’s.

Upon reading 'Nero's Killing Machine' many Roman soldiers bore scars of beatings by their centurions that carried grapevine stalk 'discipline sticks' designed to inflict maximum pain without debilitating the soldier. On the flipside many centurions knew well the dangers of being overly sadistic as they'd be the first ones targeted and most likely revenge killed during a mutiny-and the Roman Army had many of them. Even back then the command structure knew complaining soldiers was a good sign-when they became silent was when one worried.

You can just thell those reenactors did not wanna damage their expensive stuff. Good for them. You did something amazing, it does matter your hasta throw did not look great

Rich. Thanks.

This was a fantastic history lesson.

To see through the eyes of a man of the 10th or 13th legions under Julius Caesar, or as a man whom was in the elite cavalry/units of Alexander is something that fascinates my imagination. I think about stuff like that when I go on runs and lift weights rather than listen to music. Like that one time a standard bearer under Julius Caesar announced that he was going to serve Roma bravely when everyone else was scared to step off the ships onto Brittania, and then everyone else followed his lead to go meet the tribal army standing in front of them. Moments like that spike my testosterone like nothing else.

This is VERY interesting at how similar of structure this is to our own military. Army physical fitness training, ruck marches. they probably had to do APFT tests like we had to do as well. I wonder what their weapons qualifications were? score 4 hits out of 6 for the gladius with a certified platoon or company/cohort sword instructor? obviously they didnt have rifles, but they had to test out sword skills and spear throws somehow top graduate bootcamp. Then requalify with those weapons every 6 months or so like we did in the U.S. Army. cohort formation drill qualifications? This is wierd just how similar thier military structure and training was to ours. we pretty much did the same stuff, but with modern rifles, ballistic body armor, helmet and ruck sack. our Ruck sacks had to be 50-60 pounds minimum when we walked our 12 miles. these guys did 24! in fricken sandals! damn! I can't imagine the blisters on those. sheeeeeeeesh. terrible. half of the skin on my feet would be gone.

This is better than a us army recruit video

First thing i thought when watching the enlistment part was how much it was like a Ancient meps

The esprit de corps that endured in the legions is a true achievement in history, & has never been equalled. Nothing endures & nothing lacks a downside, that loyalty turned against itself wherein legions started to elect their emperors, that could work but when it didn't there were proto German watchers with their nascent efficiency traits just waiting to pounce. The legions became a state within a state effectively, they could be so close knit. That often turns toxic but nonetheless they could be ready to die as a unified body, as one did in formation according to the account of the major battle between Trajan & the Dacians, all dead but keeping the correct positions, & from a purely military viewpoint that is all that can be asked. .

14:08 is wild

This channel is what i wish history class was like

I cannot help but think that the "Pax Romana" was brought about by the stabilizing influence of these many 'retirement colonies' through which Roman culture was spread, and which attracted people and fostered local commerce and prosperity.

"Centurions led from the front... and experienced disproportionate casualties" (42:10). The Great War saw the British Army suffer similar disproportionate fatalities amongst officers and NCOs: 17% were killed in action whilst enlisted men suffered 10% (Total BEF dead: one million). Four British generals were killed in frontline action (excluding Kitchener). This higher percentage has been submerged in the common belief that officers dawdled in the rear areas while the enlisted men took on the brunt of the fighting.

Soldier of Rome The Legionary talks about the training alot in the first part of the book.

Is one the the actors,expecially at the begining,is the actor who played Titus Pullo in Rome tv show?

Damn, the woman reenacting as a grieving family members SOLD that shit.

😎😎😎AWESOME VID😎😎😎

The Roman Army was the first modern army. All Armies post middle ages are copies of the Roman Army with variations.

@davidstevenson9517

Ай бұрын

Not necessarily the first, Michael; 500BCE saw the first Chinese emperor form an equivalent to the Roman Army to serve his newly formed Empire. The similarities between these coexisting empires is usually overlooked by Western observers. Hello from New Zealand, a small, weak nation defended by the smallest and weakest army in Western Civilization (except Luxembourg).🇳🇿💂‍♂️🌴🌊

@evertjan9479

24 күн бұрын

​@@davidstevenson9517Fear not Iceland doesn't even have an army. Then again they keep being voted the most peaceful country in the world, 17 times in a row apparently. Greetings from the Netherlands, crappy army, but good weed though🤣👍🇳🇱

How much money could they earn as an organization that provides extras for filming and events?

I think you skipped over a major part of these awards and their role to the *average soldier.* People didn't walk around wearing crowns. A person might wear one for a day, or on campaign, or to show off in the city (if it made it that far), but it was considered bad form to keep and wear any crown. What they were literally being given was an item that they could either keep forever or to melt down and use to buy things. The metal awards - especially the golden ones - were their own type of bonus checks.

@Ajaylix_history_shorts

28 күн бұрын

He did mention that wearing the crowns daily was seen as a disrespect to others, since Rome hated kings during the republican era, and also the fact that a Roman soldier almost always have top wear helmets

@nsahandler

27 күн бұрын

@@Ajaylix_history_shorts yeah but the metals it was made of were part of the reward to most.

Sounds eerily familiar.

24 miles in 5 hours. If 1 mile is 1.6 km, so, 38.4 km in 5 hours or, 7.7 km for an hour, carrying heavy equipment.

@evertjan9479

24 күн бұрын

I looked at several sites about classical antiquety and they gave a length of 1.478 km or 1.481 km for 1 Roman Mile. 29.6 cm for 1 Roman Foot. And apparently most of those are still used in the Anglo-Saxon countries of today. And here I thought the Americans didn't like the European measurements and weights etc. (But secretly they do, even if it is to think about Rome atleast once per day🤣)

@A.G.798

4 күн бұрын

Top Fit , the young roman Man !

Good to see that romans have the same sense of humor as modern peoples do

The first part reminded me a lot of my recruitment phase in the French foreign legion

Literally wearing everything you own.

what is the music that you use, please?

Fabrizio said: "My Romans [as I have said], as long as they were wise and good, never permitted that their citizens should take up this practice as their profession, notwithstanding that they were able to raise them at all times, for they made war at all times: but in order to avoid the harm which this continuous practice of theirs could do to them, since the times did not change, they changed the men, and kept turning men over in their legions so that every fifteen years they always completely re-manned them:" -Machiavelli, Niccolo "The Art of War" Book I

14:07 life of Brian reference?

How do you have videos of Roman life. Do you guys have reenactments.

@robertomahaffey6172

Ай бұрын

Hmmmm

@alexlaws5086

Ай бұрын

Nope, they went back in time with HD cameras to capture it all.

@ctirons

Ай бұрын

They explain at the beginning of the video that it’s Imperium Romanum, a re-enactment group.

@HistoryHaty

Ай бұрын

@@alexlaws5086 Lol

so there is a burial marker statue along the Rhine River for a Jewish Roman soldier with the common nickname / adopted name "Pantera" James Tabor has a blog post about it

I could not imagine serving 25 years and being told ‘here is some land to farm.’ It’s a generous retirement for sure. But I did 22 years and I can barely keep up with my yardwork. Everything hurts. I suppose I have the luxury of feeling sorry for myself, though.

59:44 didn’t Sulla win one too? 🤔

Im lucky i was raised but a few mile from Chester so i spent a lot of time walking the old city walls or standing in the amphitheatre, to dressing up as a roman soldier on school trips so i had a love of all things not just roman but all things ancient. Oh and yes there are many ' cock & balls ' etched into stonework around chester, even the ancient men loved graffiti, snd especially falic graffiti lol.

You know I could get down with that kind of life...we are really missing out on so much of the human element to life now with the way things are.

@mongolianfishingvillages1371

10 күн бұрын

Yup

Haven't seen the whole video just thumbnail. Wasn't some terms like 16 years then 20 then 25?

@evertjan9479

24 күн бұрын

It varied throughout the existence of the empire. (various sources give various durations)

Thank you for this Video, but a Romen Citizen stand Regulär 20 Jeahrs in the Army,a Auxiliar stand 25 jeahrs in Service.

make Indonesian subtitle, please.

Paperwork or papyrus work made from Egyptian reeds?

1:00:58 this biblical Glzing

Not sure about re ectopi

Wow

I fought in the Roman Army, in another life.

34:20 as a former Infantryman I second this. Booze and Hookers.......

To bad I dont have any Garrum(and something for it of course) to enjoy this.

@sylviegonzalez1153

Ай бұрын

Try Tasting History with Max Miller he made some garum. You could get the recipe lol 😊

@syahminorizan8064

Ай бұрын

You had me at Garum.

@nuclearmedicineman6270

Ай бұрын

You could always sip a nice cool glass of posca while you watch.