If you enjoyed this video, checkout my video on Republican Roman infantry: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4Spypirn87Kj9o.html

@clongshanks5206

3 жыл бұрын

You sound suspiciously like The Shogunate

@wisedude4285

3 жыл бұрын

First time to the channel, very impressed. Also, interesting choice of channel name.

Rome had a history of abandoning tactics and methods of war when they were deem ill suited for the job that the Roman Army needed to provide. The Imperial Legions built by Marius were designed to fight large and wealthy empires and conquer land for Rome whilst Diocletian's reforms were designed to keep the Empire together in a cost effective manner. Why have an Army built for conquest when you're at the limits of your expansion?

@bogdan3386

5 жыл бұрын

It's kinda funny considering the fact that even Augustus the one who started the period of pax romana was worried about overstretching. One example of useless conquest was the island of Britain that rebeled constantly and didn't gave the Romans many advantages.

@histguy101

5 жыл бұрын

@@bogdan3386 Britain was full of natural resources like gold, tin, and copper, as well as wool and other goods.

@bogdan3386

5 жыл бұрын

@@histguy101 yeah but like I've said it was a very unstable province that being one of the reasons why it was abandoned so quickly in the 5th century and using those human resources to try to defend other frontiers. It doesn't matter how rich it a territory if it's hard to govern and the corruption is very high it's worthless. The reason Britain was occupied was because Claudius needed a military conquest to help his reputation but he couldn't conquer Germany because it was to big or Parthia so he needed an easier target.

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Very well said DuckSwagington

@shooterrick1

5 жыл бұрын

That being said, if Rome had put their minds to the task, and tried to permanently hold all of Britain, the island might have been eventually pacified. That in turn would have made the empire much stronger since the island wouldnt have had to be so militarized.

I see "Late Roman" anything, I click. Thank you, sir!

@ProSaladToss

5 жыл бұрын

*Late Roman weiners* *You: 'Damnit' - Click*

@lilwater7358

5 жыл бұрын

"I'm a simple man. I see Roman Infantry... i click"

@chaosdwarf406

5 жыл бұрын

The new clickbait.

@HVLLOWS1999

5 жыл бұрын

I see Roman Republic- I click

@50shekels

3 жыл бұрын

@Tornike Kvachantiradze *laughs in democracy*

I cry everytime I hear 1453 mentioned. Press F to pay respects

@TileBitan

5 жыл бұрын

F

@darthmortus5702

5 жыл бұрын

F

@joshevans9828

5 жыл бұрын

Abu Zayd ibn Haytham al Shaami looks like someone needs some democracy

@yetlin8386

5 жыл бұрын

@@retvrntotradition4454 xD best way to trigger these people, hahahah.

@iAndrewMontanai

5 жыл бұрын

F

The late roman legionaries are a perfect example of what made the Roman military so successful: adaptation. The Kingdom of Rome in the 500's B.C. utilized Hoplites, but later on in the era of the republic abandoned it in favour of the manipular system to more effectively battle other Italic and Hellenic nations. Then, when it seemed that the manipular formation no longer provided a tactical edge, the Marian reforms created the iconic legionary: a perfect conquering army. But that era ended too, so a conquering army was no longer what the empire needed, especially since said army had a way of influencing politics to the point where the Emperor's guards murdered several emperors. What the late Roman Empire needed was a defensive army, and that's exactly what the late legionaries were: a wall between the civilians and the invading barbarian tribes.

@danmichaelabad6263

4 жыл бұрын

The walls were destroyed with the invention of cannons thou by the ottoman empire. Where roman empire seek to conquer the state or nation they have defeated. The Ottoman empire only destroy and loot and does'nt stay on the enemy's territory therefore not wasting resources on conquering it. It is based on History channel documentary of fall of Roman empire.

@vlad.vasilev.94

4 жыл бұрын

@@danmichaelabad6263 I don't know about that! The Ottomans stayed in my country for nearly 500 years. Far longer than the Romans or the Byzantines

@crossetler_2184

4 жыл бұрын

​@@vlad.vasilev.94 Please excuse me sir. Since your name is in cyrillic alphabet, would you be from Bulgaria?

@lemursteaks

4 жыл бұрын

Precisely, my man! That is the main reason why Rome lasted so long: adaptation. They saw flaws and they fixed them with a better foreign counterpart. You forgot how the Romans basically stole Greek boats!

@DonGius1

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe too many babaruan tribes man

I always knew the Late Roman soldier never got enough love.

@diadokhoi5722

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh late roman empire is cooler. It reminds me of warhammer. Someone hanging on for so long when all the odds are against them

@yasharjamali2137

3 жыл бұрын

Whats the stoey of your profile picture? Arabic/Persian N?

@emrysmyridden

3 жыл бұрын

personally marius's mules of the late republic and early empire are way way cooler than the late soldiers. they could build they could march they had one of the most iconic and recognizable armors of all time.

@Razgriz_01

3 жыл бұрын

@@yasharjamali2137 If you're talking about Mike Tacos' Profile pic, its a character from a video game.

@rorschach1985ify

3 жыл бұрын

@@emrysmyridden You're not doing anything but stating the most common opinion on Roman Armies. Yeah the Marius reforms had the most successful army in ancient history but just because they could do stuff like build and march, the latter is literally the most common thing to all armies so I don't know why you use that of all things to describe them, others have said it was an army meant for conquering and would have been too slow and inflexible to handle the problems facing the Empire during the crisis of the third century and the later migration period and especially the Hunnic invasions. The Late Roman army worked for the time it was made and was in part why it survived as long as it did because it was flexible and more mobile. It had it's issues and could not match the Early Imperial legions but that's more to do with the Empire itself being in a far worse state to supply and arm it's soldiers than anything else which should make them more impressive because despite those limitations they kept it going for centuries later, especially in the east.

I totally disagree with common opinion, that the Late Roman infantrymen were worse than their previous counterparts before Diocletian. They're just ... different. Focused on defence tactics, with more universal weaponry as bows, spears and some barbarian equipment, and usually more flexible than classic legionnaires. But claim that they were "worse" comes from complete ignorance of their new role on battlefields. I think that there are two reasons of such situation: 1) Late Roman Period is completely unknown for people, and generally not popular in movies/games etc. 2) We usually connect Late Roman Army with period of Western Roman Empire collapse, and believe that it happened because of military incompetence, but this process was much more complicated and caused rather by internal factors, rather than war failures. Anyway thanks for this video, it's always pleasant to watch something about this misundestood period of Roman history!

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great comment! I agree. I believe the more we discover about this period and the more it is researched a greater appreciation for the late Roman military will only grow more, and how much they influenced Medival military doctrine. Most empires in history have crumbled with half the problems the later Romans survived through.

@abysswatcher9172

5 жыл бұрын

@Crimson they were more versatile

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

Byzantine Tagmata were definitely equal to legionaries of Augustus and wore superior armor.

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

Crimson, Yes the Byzantine Army Of 900-1040 was on a level of that ofAugustus Rome. In This Period the Empire moved back to Full time professional Tagmata Troops from the Semi Professional thematic troops. Your standard Professional Byzantine Soldier would be armored in leather padding with chain mail over and later Lamellar over that. Byzantine Leather and Lamellar making were the best in the world only China could compare.

@AlexG-xl1cc

5 жыл бұрын

Check out Framing The Early Middle Ages. It is a monumental work that has set forth legitimate revisionism towards the Transition not Fall view.

I just want to comment something for perspective, and that's this: With Byzantium as a continuation of the Roman empire, it is safe to say that the glory of Rome ended in just less than 40 years before Columbus set sail to the Americas. Just think about that for a moment. I find it very impressive.

@DimitrisGenn

5 жыл бұрын

"Byzantium" wasn't the continuation of the Roman Empire. It was the Roman Empire.

@GriseGaot

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe the real roman empire (elite) never in fact ended, it morphed to something new and stay hidden from sight. The Romans were still "Roman" after they became Christian, but theirs cultural beliefs and values differ from eachother.

@dpeasehead

4 жыл бұрын

@@GriseGaot As long as Latin and Greek remain embedded in western law and philosophy, Rome and the Greek speaking Byzantium which succeeded it, will live on in some form.

@joso5681

4 жыл бұрын

_whispers in third rome_

@boahkeinbockmehr

4 жыл бұрын

Well in a way the catholic church is the continuation of the roman empire to this day

The are few things I like more in this world than nice Roman uniform. Just screams ancient world. Great video on a complicated subject!

1204 and 1453... *I cry everytiem* ;_;

@dushshhsbsbshsb7799

5 жыл бұрын

Ludovice why?

@003thezg3

5 жыл бұрын

@@dushshhsbsbshsb7799 1204 the 4th crusade happened, the crusaders sacked and burned Constantinople to the ground. in 1453 the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople finally ended the Roman Empire.

@byzantine2840

5 жыл бұрын

Youre telling me

@MirkicGames

5 жыл бұрын

@@dcactus100 Slavs were native in illiricum.

@kamikaziking

5 жыл бұрын

@@MirkicGames what ??? no they weren't they came (where let to live there for taxes) in the 5th century that's well documented and a fact quit making shit up.

I've been waiting on someone to do a video on Byzantine infantry. There has been so much focus on the Kataphractoi that the footmen tend to get forgotten

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

:)

@nelsonr1467

5 жыл бұрын

Its Roman, byzantine is a made up term by 16th century historians

@ApoMaTu3aTop

5 жыл бұрын

Varangian Guard was the elite infantry corps during the Byzantine period. Palatini were esentially the same as Kataphracti. I'd go so far as to bet on Palatini becoming known as Kataphracti in the Byzantine period.

@metaxist

4 жыл бұрын

My favourite are Voukelarioi guards of general belisarius

a great video I am always disappointed that there is always so little shown of the byzantine empire. there should be more tv shows made that are set there. You said that Constantinople fell in 1453, its amazing to think that some one 10 years old then and probably would have thought of themselves as a Roman, forget there term for it would have still only been 40 when America was discovered. who knows maybe won of the seamen on Columbus's ships could have been from Constantinople and so a Roman would have set foot on America. (well almost)

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds like that would be a great movie :D

@DarkImplement

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! So little about it. I think it's due to the fact that majority of people from western Europe cannot quite identify with East Romans, unlike with classic Romans, and the Slavs were mostly 'barbaric' tribes same as the Germans... And there was this tension between east/west Europe empires at that time

@wendysimer1661

5 жыл бұрын

Aside from carrying the Roman culture forward by a 1000 years the Eastern Romans contributed very little in any other area of development. No great inventions, art, music, or even construction technique. If any thing could be attributed to the Byzantine Empire it would be in proof of the survivability of a well developed bureacracy and it's ability to hold unchanging for 1000 years an entire empire.

@vksu15

5 жыл бұрын

@@wendysimer1661 Duude... Byzantines "contributed" many things! Off the top of my head, Haigia Sophia, greek fire, mosaics, stratego system, Greek Orthodoxy, the words Kaiser and Tsar, the modern country of Russia or Rus.... come on, please open a book sometime bro

@jayleno1222

5 жыл бұрын

@@wendysimer1661 Please go read a book. Have you ever heard of Justinian's Code? Which is very influential to the U.S.'s legal system today

Your BEST video, awesome subjest, the animations are wonderful and the question at the amazing. Well we should have a video about the thematic army. Kudos for pronuncing Βελισάριος correctly.

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

:D Thank you Argyrus!

@TRUECRISTIANJESUS

5 жыл бұрын

Who cares

@jrsands

5 жыл бұрын

ERIC CARTMAN CARTMAN how does it feel to be an asshole? Asking for a friend.

@DrDoomsd

5 жыл бұрын

Belisarius correct pronunciation would be the Latin one, not the Greek

@Stratigoz

5 жыл бұрын

No. The greek is the correct one.

I’ve been waiting for someone to make a video on this for a long time. Thank you!

Belisarius Best Boi, Theodora Best Girl, and Justinian was clearly the Main Character. It's a shame we'll never get a reboot, as the current seasons are just a pale imitation of the original. Hellas can't even get itself out of debt and Phrygia is run by some wannabe Dictator. And don't even get me started on Illyria.

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

ConriDubhghail,Justinian is overrated and screwed over the Empire.

@ConriDubhghail

5 жыл бұрын

@@tylerellis9097 He certainly is a bit overrated, and it's entirely possible if he hadn't overreached in his ambitions the Empire would be better off. I still love the story of his reign.

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

ConriDubhghail, I agree his story is great him bankrupting the empire, stretching the Empires manpower and destroying Italy isn’t. He should have just destroyed the vandals and called it a day. Then his successor could move in while the Ostrogoths dealt with the Lombards.

@dschehutinefer5627

5 жыл бұрын

@@tylerellis9097 Oh come on! Justinian had to deal with a climate catastrophe resulting from three volcanic eruptions in short succession causing crippling famines, as well as the freaking plague wiping out a quarter of the Mediterranean population. No matter whether the Byzantine economy overstretched because of his conquests, it would have tanked anyway thanks to Justinian getting screwed over by catastrophic circumstances completely out of his control!

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

Dschehuti Nefer, he lost against the Sassanids, lost multiple times to the Ostrogoths, was not forced to invade the goths and screwed over Bellasarius multiple times. Nah a different Emperor like Anastasius would have not attacked the Ostrogoths and get involved in a Visigoth war.

I’ve always been so curious about this time period and the soldiers of the day. I can never find much information on what the soldiers were like and what they wore. Majorian is my favorite late Roman emperor.

@desmondd1984

5 жыл бұрын

One problem with the Byzantines in particular is that they went through an iconoclastic phase where they destroyed any image depicting human beings for religious reasons. Therefore a lot of the primary source material for how their soldiers would have been equipped is most likely lost.

@connorgolden4

5 жыл бұрын

John Alejandro He’s good but his JUSTINIAN SMASH destroyed Italy.

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

John Alejandro, Justinian destroyed Italy, Bankrupted the Empire and left no way for his successors to defend his gains.

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

Haris Manou, no where in my comment it does it say he destroyed the Roman Empire Also it was 639 years till 1204.

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

Haris Manou, Lol no the Ostrogoths were extremely Romanized and until Justinian were Roman vassals with the support of the Italian people and the Roman Senate. Justinians tug of war with the Ostrogoths completely destroyed the peninsula as cities were recaptured and sacked multiple times until Narses destroyed the Ostrogoths. He also Bankrupted the Empire and stretched its troops in Italy and Iberia while the Balkans and Anatolia were being raided. Constantine saved the Empire and is Criminally underrated.

Rome has had so many versions and I love each one. It's so good to see more interest in the "late" Roman period. Thank you for your time in doing these! Long Live Mother Rome!

@thewolfshieldroyalist4071

5 жыл бұрын

@Haris Manou Are you alright?

Epithemeus I appreciate you and ALL of your content! From the Hittites to the the “Late Romans,” to the Chinese you cover it all and with wonderful sources and accuracy! Keep it up brother, I actually get excited when I see a new Empithemeus post 👌

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

:D Thanks Brady!

Time to play Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion... again

@diadokhoi5722

3 жыл бұрын

Attila total war*

@I_hunt_lolis

3 жыл бұрын

@@diadokhoi5722 Attila runs like poo. Sad the developers abandoned the game so early on

@nenadmilovanovic5271

2 жыл бұрын

Time to run Mount and blade warband rome mod

I love your illustrations! Thank you for putting so much effort into providing us with accurate images!

Awesome. Keep going. Thank you for great video!

Man the decay of the Roman Empire with its symptoms sure is painful to watch...

Manpower is the edge. But bro, your videos are are amazing. More informating than entertaining. Why because you stick with info. Don't change that. Keep entertaining our minds.

FINALLY someone has done a detailed video on this! Thank you so much

Interesting subject! And as usual, well done on the maps, artwork, and animation. Keep 'em coming.

Totally agree, Roman infantry is what let the Empire live so much. The hunger for power, internal betrayals, bad diplomacy, and failure to romanize certain tribes is what I think lead to Rome's fall. Slowly but surely. Great video 👍!

@harrisalexakis9526

7 ай бұрын

Actually I would I argue that diplomacy played the opposite role and is one of the main reasons that the empire survived until the 15th century. Actually it’s insane if you read about it of how much competent the Byzantine emperors and court was at diplomacy in specific periods.

been waiting to watch it for a while and it delivered

This was a really good video. Thank you for putting in the time and effort. *subscribed*

Great video as always! Looking forward to more Byzantine Empire coverage!

Very well done. You crammed a lot in to a few minutes very effectively.

Great video, fascinating time period, and a favorite subject of mine-well done!

I very much enjoyed your video. Great job.

Good job! This channel is getting better and better!

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lion King!

A fantastic period for wargamers! And a beautiful video, well done!👍

brief but unusually fair assessment. thanks mate! looking forward to viewing your other vids

Well-researched and entertaining to watch. Thanks!

Not near enough credit is given to the Eastern Romans

@christiandauz3742

4 жыл бұрын

Emperor's Men has a German Cruiser from 1913 going back in time to 378 It turns out you can make Bronze Cannons and Grenades

@Warmaker01

4 жыл бұрын

The Eastern Roman Empire manned the walls shielding Europe until they had stronger kingdoms, states. They dealt with and took the full brunt of the the Sassanids, the rise of Islam and its conquests. At this time, I don't think anything west or north of the ERE was ready to deal with that. The Western Roman Empire was long gone. The rest of Europe was divided up into small little kingdoms. By the time Constantinople fell in 1453, Europe had gotten a lot stronger, and would only continue to grow in power. Really, if it wasn't for the ERE, I'd say a lot more of Europe would have been Islamic states.

@thessop9439

4 жыл бұрын

@@Warmaker01 Yeah! Arabs had to go through Spain, and through the sea. All just because constantinople was there. They failed miserably. And when Constantinople fell, THERE WAS VIENA!

@thessop9439

3 жыл бұрын

@Hammody Ahmed Tho ottomans were not as religious fanatics as the arabs, they would have promoted muslim religion in europe had they triumphed. Also, ottoman monarchs...

@thessop9439

3 жыл бұрын

@Hammody Ahmed Your point makes no sense. So the otomans were more radical than the Arabs? They are still a muslim state I'm not comparing the brutality of the conversion, I say that the muslims were stopped, also in Vienna

I love your videos, please post more !

Thanks for the vid, I find these really interesting.

Researching this very subject right now. A great and timely vid!

Absolutly amazing! Would be great to find out more about the weapons and armor throughout the the whole eastern roman empire. Like how different was the early times compared to the late times. That would be great to hear more about. Thank you Epimetheus!

Great video man!!!

Thank you for the video, it's vry well done. For future ones, please consider more volume.

Excellent video, very informative and touching on an often overlooked subject!

Wasn't Justin Justinian's uncle?

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You are right. But he was also his adoptive father. So not biological father :)

@killuhmike

5 жыл бұрын

Justice Beaver

@user-pq2ns7jm5w

4 жыл бұрын

Justin was some kind of villiger and rude guy whose politics were led by Justinian the Great

@counterkidnapping1737

4 жыл бұрын

So that's Justin Bieber got his name

Your art has gotten ssso much better man congrats

Great content simply presented in understandable terms! Nice graphics too!

Excellent, Thank you à pleasure to review this efficient synthesis about late Roman Empire

Very good video, I don't understand why you don't have a enormous follower base by now

@TebbieBear

4 жыл бұрын

The content is fantastic and the info is accurate. The vocal recording could be slightly better though. Many times its clear that he ran out of steam in the middle of the sentence and then just spliced that with a different take. The result is a somewhat awkward cadence and inflections that make it difficult to listen to the audio without having to work to ignore those inflections. Not an attack and I'm not trying to tear down, just trying to help with some constructive criticism. Please don't splice audio in the middle of sentences.

the classic legionnaire look was always the best. the Byzantine or late Roman armour could never live up to the older styles in appearance but they were probably way more functional for the time

@rkitchen1967

5 жыл бұрын

The earlier Lorica Segmentata was a much more advanced type of plate armor, but the late Empire did not have the productive capacity to equip it's soldiers with such armor.

@julianjohnson7908

5 жыл бұрын

Im in the opposite camp, prefer the late Roman period armor and arms

@rkitchen1967

5 жыл бұрын

@@julianjohnson7908 Mail was definitely a less sophisticated form of armor when compared to plate armor, being an older technology that is not as resistant to blows.

@janaussiger4111

5 жыл бұрын

@@rkitchen1967 That sounds a little bit armchairy to me. Mail and plate armor are both old techniques. Mail was used up until Augustus as the main type of armor and was never discontinued. There is some debate as to how many troops even had a Segmentata. And Segmentata has a score of practical disadvantages - hard to maintain (oiling, scrubbing), hard/almost impossible to put on on your own, could become useless if damaged (bent plates chaffing against flesh, ouch!), harder to recycle. Also segmentata didn't cover large parts of the body. You could easily expand mail armor by making it longer and adding sleeves. Now mail has mostly advantages when it comes to practical use - super easy to put on, could be maintained and repaired by almost anyone, wouldn't rust if in constant use (constant friction between the rings removes rust), easy to recycle/refit. It's main disadvantage is that it doesn't help you at all against brute force (which is why you would put padding underneath). But when it comes to slashing and low velocity stabbing attacks, that's where mail outperforms - because the rings will cluster together. With the level of metalurgy Romans had, the Lorica propably wouldn't be that hard to pierce if you put your mind to it. There wasn't a widespread use of crossbows, longbows and high velocity lance attacks at any rate - these forced the reinvention of plate armor in High middle ages

@hazzmati

5 жыл бұрын

I like the roman republican uniforms

Great stuff, very enlightening. So little is presented like this, apt comparisons between Rome at her height and then hervlater stages. The brevity does justice to your thoughtful analysis.

I love these videos so much out of all the history channels this one is number one well may be tied with historia civilis just love the in depth coverage you do keep up the amazing work bro!

Love the sticky note drawing to end the video. Well done

The Late and Byzantine Empires are my favorite parts of Roman History

@bogdan3386

5 жыл бұрын

Well Christianity wasn't that big of a problem especially in the late roman empire when the Roman state was already doomed the main issue for the collapse of the romans was the slave based economy that lead to the Marian reforms and after to the crisis of the 3rd century so basically the army and the generals were the biggest problem in the empire. The Romans were so stupidly arogant that even in the late empire they believed that they are still the superpower. Sometimes things are doomed from the beginning.

@connorgolden4

5 жыл бұрын

Nom Anor Um how did Christianity weaken Rome? Rome was weakening before it became the main faith.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

5 жыл бұрын

@Nom Anor In my opinion Rome at it's peak during Trajans time would've crushed any islamic invaders

@connorgolden4

5 жыл бұрын

Nom Anor Take over from without? Why would they need to? By the time the Germans began to take over the population of rome had been Christian for some time. And Rome didn’t become poor and corrupt because of Christianity, only a fool (like you) would think that. The seeds of its defeat were planted in the severan dynasty (pagans) who fucked the economy up in order to pay for the army. And that during the crisis of the third century the empire nearly murdered fucked itself into oblivion. And it’s not like every year under the rule of pagans was all hunky dory, the time between the third Punic war and the rise of Octavian was a time of stagnation, corruption, and instability.

@connorgolden4

5 жыл бұрын

Nom Anor Yes it did enter a golden age but your previous comment made it seem like nothing was ever wrong with pre Christian Rome and that it was perfect until those meddling Christians took over. And you have yet to explain how Christianity destroyed Rome when it was economics, migration, and unending internal instability that made it so week. And all of this began before Christianity took over. Hell the first seeds of Rome’s demise began in the late republic, when soldiers became loyal to generals and not the state. The great economy that made the golden age of Rome possible was destroyed in the crisis of the third century, laying the foundations for feudalism. All of this coupled with the migrations of the Germanic and hunnic peoples is why the Rome fell NOT a change of faith.

This video's content is very high quality. Thank you. This is a fascinating period of European/Middle Eastern history. For decades I have been reading everything I could get my hands on about this era. I even collect late Roman and Byzantine coinage. I will be looking for future videos.

Loved this content, very informative. Your voice and pace is also great and helps me understand as I watch. Subbed!

Great video! not many people talk about what kind of infantry the Byzantines used except for the Varengi Guard which were Viking mercenaries.

The Roman foot was 11 inches rather than 12 inches for the modern foot. The Roman height requirement was actually something like 5 foot 5 inches (165cm 5'5") and the average height was 170 cm (5'7"). -The Logistics of the Roman Army at War: 264 BC-AD 235 by Roth, Jonathan

Thank you so much for the sources. It helps with my reading list! Love the video

That's good basic and high quality info. Good work.

Warhammer chaos symbols,,,Blood for the blood god.

@masterforge5957

5 жыл бұрын

Burn! You HERETICS! 😂😂👍

@Pub4si

5 жыл бұрын

@@masterforge5957 The Emperor Protects :3

@jedidiahfite5960

5 жыл бұрын

...skulls for the skull throne!

@Pub4si

5 жыл бұрын

@@jedidiahfite5960 Long Live the most powerful Chaos God

@georgekikionis7167

4 жыл бұрын

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD FOR KHORNE

One of the most amazing things about why Rome was so successful, in my mind, is that they adapted their doctrines when it didn’t suit From when they conquered Italy they and adopted the maniple system used by the Samnites to when Augustus reduced the number of legions and used natural borders to line the Roman Empire they adapted to the needs of the times they were in

Great video man, thoroughly enjoyed it!

This was really informative! Thank you!

I love how the drawn characters go from realistic to Asterix within the same picture and tone of presentation.

I am fron Greece and love Rome and Roman civilization, in fact we are cousins thats why we were so close and Greeks helped the Roman Empire, we are the eastern Rome

@giannisch95

4 жыл бұрын

@Türk back to Mongolia

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

Shame the Romans in that time (depends on wich period) thought negative things about the Greeks.

@histguy101

4 жыл бұрын

@@ls200076umm no? Not ever?

Super Super Cool! Most quality and holistic video on this subject I’ve watched!

good topic, rarely discussed, and it was well presented. Kudos!

As a student of the Eastern Roman Empire, may I be so rude as to claim that the Byzantine Army during Basil II (976-1025) actually was the equal to the formations of Imperial Rome and even the late army under Belisarius? Unfortunately Basil's great efforts were nullified after his death thanks to several decades of weak Emperors/Empresses. But even before his reign, Byzantium had produced several excellent Generals in a row like John Kourkouas, Nikephoros Phokas, and John Tzimiskes (the last two became Emperors aswell) For those that are interested, I recommend reading the three volumes of "Byzantium" by John Julius Norwich. P.S Many thanks for the upload, Im not ungrateful or so, I just feel that the Byzantine Empire deserves abit more attention than what it's given

@aleksk4151

5 жыл бұрын

Battle of Trajan gates and siege of Pernik 1016 BASIL II loses for the first time . against Bulgarians

@DonGius1

4 жыл бұрын

Basil 2nd seems like a good emperor, what did his incompetent heirs do?

@yodayoda4764

3 жыл бұрын

@@DonGius1 that's the problem. He didn't have any heirs except for the brother he kept in house arrest. A reverse Marcus Aurelius

What's the name of the song from 5:15 ? Nice video btw

Omg thank you I’ve wanted this information for so long. It’s challenging to research online

Your graphic style really helps in conveying the information, as I have found trying to just read about this period to be often exhausting and sometimes just confusing.

Well done I like how you use warhammer chaos symbol

if only the Byzantine and Sassanian Persian know what there true enemies was they would have been allies not enemy instead of fighting each other they should helped each other but the past is past anyway nice video 👍🏻👍🏻

@tntsummers926

5 жыл бұрын

They did Allie each other, but they were too weak and unstable so it was too late when they did eventually did it.

@rubz1390

5 жыл бұрын

Is this the only thing people in the middle east ever talk about? Turks vs whoever, Jews vs whoever, Arabs vs whoever. Don't you people ever get tired of posting the same hatefull shit?

@tylerellis9097

5 жыл бұрын

Rubz, Literally until the Turks arrived the Byzantines only fought Arabs in the Middle East.

@nelsonr1467

5 жыл бұрын

Its Roman, byzantine is a made up term by 16th century historians

@yetlin8386

5 жыл бұрын

why would the muslims be the true enemies? lol also they did team up like bitches and got destroyed.

Great Vid. Keep up the great Stuff. From Tempe, Az.

Excellent content, looking forward to more!

Love history 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for making this video! I used to think that late roman infantrymen were just legionaries with oval shields and longer swords.

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

I used to think the exact same thing at one time

Thank you. Great video. Glad you mentioned Belisarius too!

History major here, really enjoyed your work. Well done and I wish you more and more success in KZread.

Love that Warhammer 40k Chaos symbol reference at 1:01 lol.

Surprisingly profound analysis. It was very moving to see the Author use the notion of "Eastern Roman" as a preferred one over "Byzantine", which is in fact a modern derogatory. Long after the fall of Constantinople, the Greek-speaking inhabitants of the Ottoman Empire (which itself saw itself as a continuation of Rome) addressed themselves as "Rhomaioi". Rome casts a long shadow.

I like the style of your videos, short, concise, and well researched. Your maps, battles, and troop movements graphics also help in visualizing your words and brings them to life.

great vid, enjoyed it very much. Going back in for a second watch.

@EpimetheusHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it enough to give it a 2nd watch. Thanks MJA

Cool video, I was unaware that the army was reorganized so soon after the Justinian plague.

"Hey, how about wearing pants?" and everything changed

The amount of research in these 10 minutes is amazing. Great job!

What a fantastic video , very informative , thanks

Maybe a follow-up on the "citizen-soldier" model of soldiery that came to exist under the Byzantines? Some historians credit that model as foundational of the Byzantine Empire's longevity. Also, what's with the chi-rho logo on the shield at 06:52 ?!?!

great video ,now im gonna play TOTAL WAR ROME 2

@VincentStaMaria-kw6nl

5 жыл бұрын

Attila still is the best. Love the late roman army.

best video done on this topic. people always like to jam a long period of history together

Really great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it

i love the art style so much and . im a map nerd, but i always thought that rome at its hieght ruled dacia [in romania] and mesopatamia [in iraq] but the map didnt show this. i guess it must have been briefly held by rome

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

True I did not show the Roman empire at its height, as that lasted a short while with Trajan (especially the Mesopotamia bit), but it was very near that size for a very long time before and after Trajan. Should have shown full extent for a little bit. But Initially wanted to keep it more simple early in the video, even though I don't latter on. :)

@davidking6242

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory i thought so. great video anyway

@razvanandreiantonescurogoz4236

5 жыл бұрын

Well, 160 years of control over Dacia and all the contacts with Roman provinces that had existed before that and that continued after the Aurelian administrative retreat of 271 AD... I don't know, you included so many provinces that correspond to non-Romance language speaking nations nowadays, it's a little unfair you didn't include Dacia

@AlexG-xl1cc

5 жыл бұрын

It bothered me so much that he made the West blue and the East red lol, I've always been accustomed to it being the other way around!

That thumbnail is just satisfying

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

thank you James...james bond

@aidenpearce7900

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory so they use a phalanx formation when defense and offense but would use there darts instead of the pilum to slow down their attackers?

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

@Aiden Pearce they used large darts against other infantry but not cavalry (my impression from what I have read) Also the Germanic style javelin replacing the Pilum. The major difference between the later Roman infantry compared to the earlier is they were trained in the larger variety of equipment, so depending on the battlefield situation they would used different arms. With the Phalanx being used more often against Sassanian armies in the east who used a large proportion of cavalry...compared to military situations in the west.

@aidenpearce7900

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory will a phalanx formation do well again Western armies?

@aidenpearce7900

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory also I noticed that in the video they were doing a phalanx formations.

i enjoyed this-- nicely presented information.

I appreciate the video, thank you.

No one expects the FORCES OF THE CHAOS GODS

@chickenman2048

5 жыл бұрын

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

@FatKidAtRecess

5 жыл бұрын

Skulls for the skull throne

@DarthEarp

5 жыл бұрын

@@FatKidAtRecess Milk for the Khorne flakes

@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody expects *I, CATO SICARIUS!* And now take an Exterminatus.

@alexxiii6380

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870 For Augustus !!! Ah shit wrong emprah...

6:54 "unless he was deemed unfit for service" the LOOK on the son!!! Duh!! Lol :)

Great vid. Your one of my favourite youtubers . Keep it going 😀

Awesome, post more about the Roman Legions and how they worked. Great videos