Gauls HATE this! Learn this one simple trick to expand the Empire.

@imperator9343

22 күн бұрын

Five centuries of tricks and an incredible amount of stamina to pull it off

@olivierpuyou3621

18 күн бұрын

In -390 the Gauls of Brennus annihilated the Roman army and were the only ones to pillage Rome, even Hannibal did not succeed. It would take 800 years for the Goths to achieve the feat of the Gauls again.

Therapist: Legionnaire Tristan can't hurt you. Legionnaire Tristan *hurls pilum and closes in for the charge

This is my new History Channel

I can't believe there has never been a film about Gaius Marius. Consul of Rome seven times.

@Godstud

23 күн бұрын

They could do soooo many shows based on Rome. I'd watch them all!

@Raz.C

22 күн бұрын

there are a large number of shows (many of them from the 1950s, and 60s) that include Marius and his contemporaries, but none that I know of that focus solely on him. edit - Movies, rather. Not 'shows.'

@user-dh9id1hz8k

4 күн бұрын

his rival Sulla as well

@OltrePodcast_Official

3 күн бұрын

HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!!

“A very long and pointy point” indeed, points are pointy

@terrygreene1395

23 күн бұрын

Really…..I mean, what’s the point?

@Raz.C

22 күн бұрын

Not if they're pointless!

@mattfrancis4569

20 күн бұрын

@@Raz.C point! taken!

@TanyaRando

16 күн бұрын

I get the point, thank you!

@skipgiblets

6 күн бұрын

Touché

Good Video all in all. "My right shoulder is killing me" 😂 Had Tristan ever been part of a modern infantry squad, he'd know. 😁 But then, interestingly enough, at least the fact that your weapon will turn into a pain in the a** during a long march apparently hasn't changed much over the past 2000 years. 😅

The Germanic warriors mostly used spears...I suspect their swords were secondary weapons. The Romans obviously carried pila as ranged weapons and closed ranks with the scutum and gladius, stabbing as they went. Easier to maintain a stabbing point than a cutting edge with the metallurgy technology they had.

@Intranetusa

21 күн бұрын

The pila can actually double as a stabbing spear. There are period drawings depicting Romans stabbing at enemy infantry with the pila, and many Roman texts talks about using the pila as a spear against cavalry. Stabbing may have been preferred at certain times, but Roman soldiers were trained to both stab and slash as needed. Roman writers talked about the horrific slashing injuries that the Hellenistic armies suffered (heads and limbs being chopped off) caused by the gladius.

I was taught in my school days [60s] that the Roman sword was a Spanish sword design

@wookie-zh7go

23 күн бұрын

it did originate when they started colonies in spain

@deonprins1583

23 күн бұрын

The gladius was indeed Celtiberian in origin

@danielearley5062

22 күн бұрын

Would that be the spatha? Mainly used by the cavalry.?

@wookie-zh7go

22 күн бұрын

@@danielearley5062 The gladius my dude, spatha was longer because it's better on horse back and metallurgy improvements in the days of the empire. Gladius was copied from Iberian designs as they started to expand outside what we know as Italy, as it fit their maniple fighting system better.

@stuartbailey9287

22 күн бұрын

@@danielearley5062 The gladius sometimes known as the gladius hispaniensis was the short sword used by 1st Century AD Legions and was originally adopted by Roman troops fighting in Iberia. The Spatha was a long sword only used by Roman Cavalry in the 1st Century AD though much later in the 3rd and 4th century AD when Roman Infantry became much less pure close formation heavy Infantry it was also used by the Infantry. Roman's being a very pragmatic bunch seem to have adopted all sorts of foreign weapons so the 1st Century Legions were carrying short swords originally from Iberia while their scutum shields and their helmets were originally of Celtic design. Though it should be noted that they were also hard core modifiers of other peoples original designs so while the helmet is based on the Celtic Montefortino design 1st century Roman helmets had added extra ribs and lengthened and changed angle of neck guard. They also did same with the short swards. The spatha seems a pretty geneic long sword used by a lot of different people though the Romans could have got it originally from Greeks or Gauls. The Pilum seems a unique Italian design though it may have been Samnite in origin. Indeed the only uniquely Roman design seems to be the lorica segmentata. Though this replaced the chain mail used by the troops of the republic originally adopted from the Gauls. Which the Romans later went back too. Not 100% sure why the lorica segmentata was abandoned for the earlier design. May have had something to do with ease and cost of production. Also the lorica is believed to have a rust problem.

Schön, dass man im Hintergrund eine Bierzeltgarnitur sieht, wir sind ja immerhin in Deutschland :D

The thumbnail is sick. He looks good as a legionary 🫡

I really liked seeing the whole process of putting on the kit, with all the bits and pieces, as well as the comparison of the two types of weapons

Can't conquer the world with sub-par kit.

@Frank_Nemo

23 күн бұрын

The British did. The War Office (later, the Ministry of Defence) has a long history of issuing cheap sub-par equipment.

Great video as always guys. Tristan as good ever 👍

Great video. Lets get some love for the ERE. The empire lasted until 1453. The evolution of the army from lets say Justinian to Constantine XI.

History does not record what happened to the thousands of Roman gladii short swords, helmets, armor, and shields that fell into Germanic hands after the Teutoberger Forest catastrophe. Of the estimated 14,000 Roman legionaries (not counting civilian camp followers), only several hundred, reportedly Roman cavalry escaped the slaughter to bring news to the Roman garrisons on the Rhine. Common sense would likely have had the victorious Germanic warriors using captured Roman arms and armor. Thus when the Romans launched a massive, 8-legion punitive expedition across the Rhine River in 16 A.D., the legionaries would have been enraged to see large numbers of Germanic warriors wielding Roman gladius swords and wearing Roman Coolus helmets. Some might be carrying Roman scutum shields. Yet Roman history is quiet on this prospect. It belies credulity to think the Germans would have been averse to using any captured Roman arms and armor out of tribal and cultural pride. Germanic pride might have prevented many warriors from wearing Roman armor, helmets, even using the gladius sword but many, including the poorer tribal warriors would have likely used Roman swords, helmets and armor. Wearing Roman gear and using Roman weapons came with its own risk as legionaries would fight harder and be less likely to take prisoners.

@mangalores-x_x

16 күн бұрын

you missed the part that Germanic tribes imported Roman swords. Also hamata would be easily adopted to Germanic use because the warrior class wore the same type of armor (and again importing Roman chainmail armor might be cheaper). Javelins similar to pila are also not rare across ancient Europe. Probably scutum is a bit divisive because if you use a different type of shield it might not go with the fighting style of your unit. I believe you overstate a perceived moral effect when really there is little reason the Roman legions would need any more reason to hate the tribes that killed their comrades and desecrated holy eagle standards. They made a pretty big deal of getting those back. In contrary we know from other instances that soldiers used what was useful and took armor and wore it. The main issue might be that it was more worthwhile to sell it as loot and there may be a bit of a class distinction that the warrior class would like to be the ones wearing armor. For the levy it may not be affordable or more profitable to get rid of

At Pharsalus, Caesar had a fourth line of infantry hidden and they used their Pilla as spears to beat back Labienus's cavalry assault and then rout them.

Yessssss man is a total war chad from the good old days.

The Roman sword was not designed to cut with its edges. Its main function was to stab, it was enough to plunge the gladius three fingers into the opponent. With that he already produced a fatal wound.

It's incredible what hardships and endurance humans can adapt to. For some reason this reminds me of stories from WW2 in the comparison between old soldiers tough feet and fragile feet of new recruits arriving on the eastern front when the experienced soldiers had feet that were immune to blisters because their feet were covered in a continuous callus from having no socks due to poor supply and having to march across Russia

The museum in the Teuteburger Wald is great it has many cool finds and an interesting design In the three times I got there (in the last 6 years) they always got something new

A wonderful historical coverage video about Roman emporium weapons and Roman opponents Germanic tribe's warriors...thank you history Hit) channel for sharing

HH dude you look awesome in the battle kit and your eyes are direct to the cause. Bravo.

The fact he played rome total war makes him so much cooler

Barbarians didn't like this :(

@Warentester

23 күн бұрын

Barbarians (βάρβαρος) are all people that are not speaking Greek (or strange greek dialects). This makes Romans Barbarians.

@Mr.KaganbYaltrk

23 күн бұрын

@@Warentester i dont agree with you but sometimes romans act like barbarians

@swarnavabanerjee4112

23 күн бұрын

​@@Mr.KaganbYaltrk it's true, they considered all outsiders barbarians

@bismarckbismarck6352

23 күн бұрын

I mean the barbarians won in the end.

@mrkus-nc7od

23 күн бұрын

Yes - Bruder ! Tube - "" Wir Rufen deine Wolfe "". Make you feel Better 😊

Let's consider the impact on an infantry charge of multiple pila hitting your line...creates some confusion and gaps in the line. Disciplined line of scutum and gladius meeting a disorganised charge.

The Roman pilum was also designed to bend once the enemy shield was penetrated, making the enemy shield useless. Love Roman armor. Looks awesome and was far superior.

The Roman legions were trained to stab at the lower part of the torso, no bones, and to go up into the body, that bypassed the bones into vital areas. The pilum was good to knock out enemies, but the full purpose was to remove the enemies shields making the enemy defenceless. The pilum was narrower, there are many theories, but one us agreed it was so it was to be extremely hard to remove. The roman doctrines were to first soften the enemy lines then using the gladius and scutum holding the line striking with the gladius. Romans took heavy losses, but they nearly conquered germania, it was the emperor that ordered the withdrawal. The Roman tunic was made of lining not wool, wool came from Britain and others groups, like Germany and only on those stationed on Northern Britain used wool, for cloaks, Lorica segmentata was one size all. Just about the one thing right was the marching kit,

@robo5013

23 күн бұрын

Roman military tunics and cloaks (plus togas) were made of wool. There are several inventories and orders that specify that the tunics were made of wool, some of them from Egypt (so they were wearing wool even in the Egyptian desert), and they specify the type of weave and thickness of the thread to be used. People all over the world kept sheep for wool, not just the Britains.

@JoaoSoares-rs6ec

23 күн бұрын

@@fenriss749 well j haven't seen that, but all that j have shown it difficult, even if they could the shield was know useless.

@JoaoSoares-rs6ec

23 күн бұрын

@@robo5013 I seriously doubt that, wool comes from North Europe, and frankly wool in Egyptm suicide, considering the heat.

@TheAegisClaw

23 күн бұрын

​@@fenriss749that's not the conclusion Tod reached at all.

@fenriss749

23 күн бұрын

@@TheAegisClaw my bad I must have forgotten what happened, thanks for correcting me

“Varus, Varus, give me back my legions!”

Excellent, I would like to add a few remarks, though. - Sodiers usually wear padding under metal armour ; the Romans called it "subarmalis". It gives better protection and is a lot more comfortable, especially if you carry something heavy on your shoulder. Helmets are also worn over padding - the one shown here probably has it glued on the inside - and I don't think they would move around the head as seen here and in some reconstitutions. Remember that soldiers of the 5th century petitioned the emperor for permission to stop wearing helmets, so they must have been hard to wear, as well as efficient. - Pilum do well against mail, but not against segmented armour. Anyway, they are primarily designed to pierce shields and make them useless, the shaft falling to the ground and getting stuck in it. Both Gauls and Germans carried shields, so using pilum made sense, even if the tribes were mostly unarmored. - Markus Junkelman's reconstitution group ("Die Legionen des Augustus") made a 300 km (200 miles) march with roman equipment, but carried only the pilum in the right hand ; equipment was carried on the left shoulder and the shield also on the left, held by a strap. This way, in case of a surprise attack, the baggage could be dropped without having to figure out what shafts to let go of (as would be the case if pilum and baggage are held in the same hand), shield can be grabbed as soon as burden is released and pilum is already in the right hand. - Incidentally, Junkelman's group noticed that at night, the curved roman shield made an excellent bed.

I sincerely doubt the legionnaires retained a pilum as a close range weapon. The idea as i understand it was to throw both your pila while the opponents were less than twenty yards away. Creating obstacles, opening the line, individuals exposed to combined line of scutum and sword infantry meeting them.

@stuartbailey9287

22 күн бұрын

Probably depended a lot on the tactical situation. At the battle of Pharsalus expecting his Cavalry to be swept away by greatly superior Pompeian horse deployed a Infantry flank guard who were ordered not to throw their spears but retain them to fend off the cavalry. As this was a specific order this would imply that the standard practice at this time was to throw the pila and then get stuck in with the sword. In much later Roman (Byzantine) manuals the instruction was to throw the spear and then engage with the Sword if fighting Infantry but retain the spear if fighting cavalry.

@Intranetusa

21 күн бұрын

The pila is perfectly functional as a close quarters weapon used for stabbing. There are period drawings depicting Romans stabbing at enemy infantry with the pila, and multiple Roman texts talks about using the pila as a spear against cavalry.

@HDSME

15 күн бұрын

The pila a great weapon was only good as the man who threw it!!! Most were one shot affairs good enough to scare you thats fir sure

Tristan clearly likes trying out historical weapons, and seems pretty good at it.. Me, I prefer pen power but, a Japanese armsworth first crack is impressive. Great to see the replica plate armour in action, having viewed the film on the original, kindly on loan to The British Museum, if memory serves. Some v pointy points indeed! Nice one Tristan and team. 🌟👍

Love this!

Also have to consider the marching speed which was sometimes crazy, they didn't go for a stroll. Just look at how Julius Ceasar pushed his troops down Italy to hunt Pompeius, that was insane. For legionaries marching, we also need to take climate and weather into account, the armor won't help keeping your body warm or keep it ventilated in hot areas like Syria or Egypt. And yeah, you are in for this for at least 25 years, if you manage to live that long ...

On anything related to the Roman military I forcibly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series

When varus dressed his legions in all blue and had them make ocean wave noises didnt work as good as i thought it would

A bit kiddy ... Tristan obviously knows the answer to most the questions he’s asking, as do we. Still, nice to see the channel focus on Roman military history

@SB-sj4uz

23 күн бұрын

Agreed, the listeners are not stupid.

@markdotinc8371

23 күн бұрын

​@@SB-sj4uz speak for yourself 😅

@SB-sj4uz

23 күн бұрын

@@markdotinc8371 so you're saying you're stupid. Fuck me it's like he is talking to a five year old. Lmao.

@skepticalbadger

23 күн бұрын

It's aimed at a general audience. You might be surprised how many viewers don't know as much as you.

@DallingerM

23 күн бұрын

@@skepticalbadger I never meant to insult your intelligence ...

The reenactors who I know , Wear their full armor and train in it . Break ing in the footwear is a chore.

good job thanks

It has a pointy point AND a symmetrical, symmetrical handle! (Just playing, dude obviously knows his stuff)

Those pilums would break or bend on impact, so they would not throw them back at you.

Funny to think my German mom's hometown on the Rhein (a Roman military outpost town) may very well have seen the few that escaped bring the news of Varus to the Roman Empire.

Where can one buy one of the Roman swords and pila? Asking for a friend...

@alexgame8700

17 күн бұрын

Avalon Celtic

Ingo! I'd recognize that slice anywhere. Is there a German word for unexpectedly recognizing someone?

6:52 Shout out to everyone else who is here because they grew up playing Rome: Total War

Holy smokes, he's only 27? Woof.

Pretty good 😊

Is that Fabrizio Romano in the thumbnail😅🤣🤣🤣

Very interesting. I sure hope NF is planning a 3d season of Barbarians.

It is pleause to see you.

Ave , true to caesar

The rise and fall of the empire Amazing it lasted so long 753bc to 410ad

@marcobassini3576

19 күн бұрын

Plus another 1000 years in the East. Byzantium only fell in the XV century. In total it lasted 2 millennia!!

"In time of peace prepare for war." -- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

@apmoy70

9 күн бұрын

Si vis pacem para bellum

Shout out to rome total war.That's cool

Please do not stab holding the sword like the right guy in the blue jacked, you will probably hurt your wrist xD

Roman swords optimised for penetrating armour? In over 60 years I've never seen any such suggestion either for Gladius or Spatha. Both were broad bladed for maximum effect against unprotected flesh.

With the spear you can’t get through armour but you would go for the face same with sword or legs then you can finish off hand to had is dirty

As a modern a grunt carry all that gear would suck.

"Vare, redde mihi legiones!"

Sharp

Thing with germans vs romans in teutoburg forest most history channels miss, is that germans were not germanic tribes, but rebel roman legionaries of germanic descent, who knew and used roman tactics and weaponry, while roman legion was bunch of green horns with no experience. So it was not german military tech vs roman military tech, it was roman experienced vs roman noob

@winklenator

23 күн бұрын

I thought it was just Arminius that was a former Roman legionary, not the whole Germanic fighting force. I could be wrong here, but my understanding was that Arminius essentially led his former tribe in Teutoberg and afterwards tried to unite the Germanic tribes. Either way, the Germanic side had someone from the Roman side to understand their weapons and tactics

Well balanced for a sword?

27? not 47?

Imagine a hundred Germanic troops rushing forward against two hundred pila clattering against them and tripping half of them.

The Romans were equipped with their own spears too - not just pilum.

@ericwilliams1659

23 күн бұрын

And the throwing darts

@graham5716

23 күн бұрын

Roman Legionaries were only ever issued their 2 pilums, gladius and Scutum.

@jsimmons9969

23 күн бұрын

​@@graham5716early roman legion had the triarii. Older veteran Spearman used as a last resort. But yes in this period it was pila, short sword and shields for everybody.

The one main difference is Tristan is a historian and a Roman Legionary would have been trained to do that. Months and probably more likely years of being on the move with his gear. These men were strong and had tremendous endurance. Arminius knew the strengths and weaknesses of both sides as an axillary and Roman citizen but also as a Germanic Chieftain. He planned the attack as best as he could using what he had at hand. Varus, on the other hand was arrogant and ignorant and walked into a trap that should have been obvious.

I don't want to get stabbed with any of those.

Tristan is kinda scary, right? I wouldn't want to be a Roman soldier in a dark barbarian forest somewhere facing off a crowd of guys like that.

Slight correction: the verutum is the smaller, throwing spear, and the larger spear, the pillum, is for stabbing. (Or vice versa, depending on the source.) They're not all generically called pilla.

The roman sword is lighter sronger easyer to stick fast and to SHLASH!!!!! Better steel as for as grip the pommel at the end was very useful in not loseing your sword! Both are good the Roman is good plus. took yrs of design

Mate, your referring to them as "the Germans" instead of 'Germanic' doesn't exactly scream historical/academic rigor.

@jasonrr9817

21 күн бұрын

I think it's more of using vernacular for a lay audience. Wouldn't fly in an academic paper, but to someone new to learning history, it sounds more familiar.

Varus

The Germanic sword is more like a falchion

Really? The loss of 3 legions was "one of the worst defeats ever?" I guess you don't want to hear about the 2nd Punic war, then...

A pilum is not a spear it's a javelin

A German spear would be a perfect weapon against berserker warriors.

Yes The Barbarians won in the end but a lot of years later. By then the empire was decaying internally and they hadn't fought a major foe in like 200 years or so. This made the Roman armies not as experienced. Remember he said later on they changed to chainmail which was cheaper and wasn't as good as this armor shown here honestly. So by the time the barbarians won it was a very downgraded Roman army. Also one other thing, the Romans did buy a lot of mercenaries in the latter part of the Empire which made the Army less cohesive as a fighting force.

@marcobassini3576

19 күн бұрын

In the final years of the Empire many legions were in fact made by "romanized" German mercenaries. Curiously, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (the original one), a new ”Holy Roman Empire of the German People" was formed, and lasted until the Napoleonic wars! This was the official adoption of the Roman civilization, alphabet, Latin language (in the official documents), Christian religion.

Why didn’t Roman use AK47 instead?

@marcobassini3576

19 күн бұрын

Because the cartridge was not compatible with NATO standards.

Tristan Hughes is 27?? 😮 Wtf 🤷🏻‍♂️

Bet they wish the had backpacks

He's 27?! He looks 40

I don't think this expert is a real expert, I'm 11 minutes into the vid and he said some things that are factually not true

Why Germans did not copy Roman weopons?

@jsimmons9969

23 күн бұрын

The roman war machine was equipped by the state as a professional force. The Germania tribesmen only had access to simple weapons like long spears and small wooden shields. Nobility had swords and chain mail armor.

RAD

Another snivley, whine Britt!

Homeboy is pretty small and weak. Now saying the struggles he was faced with were fake, just saying that a 6’4” guy from Minnesota could do it better

@philipsquire9056

22 күн бұрын

Size wise I imagine he was similar to the men in the Legions. :D

... so you don't have to. 😂

I'm looking at them bare legs an can't help buy think of Ticks, Fleas, Mosquitoes.

Pointy point😂

Okay but Tristan I wear reproduction caligæ on the regular and I want to know, did you find them as comfortable as I do?

That German expert was talking a lot of crap

LoL no offense man, but those Romans were in much better shape than you. Or maybe they hopped on a plane to get to Germany, idk. 😁

Roman laziness is the reason Germany do not speak a Romance language today.

No way human bone is that weak...especially working out your whole life they get stronger. BS.

This guy may be a history expert, but he has no clue how to use weapons

This bloke has never carried anything heavy in his life

Germans don't like this

OMG nerds with swords. Jesus this is embarrasing.

boring. test more. talk less.

I laughed at the stupidity of this as its been tested the REAL WAY millions of times already lol total waste of time it appears History Hit puts its energies into. Downvoted and blocked as i have a lot better options. Now if you had stated in your title you were examining it with modern technology or something else that would be different

@cleverusername9369

23 күн бұрын

This isn't an airport, no need to announce your departure

@frontenac5083

23 күн бұрын

Stop spamming and jog off.

@manwithballsonarm6775

23 күн бұрын

Hey there an outside. Go take a jog and lose that gut

@jaimebergner

23 күн бұрын

Don't let the door hit you on the way out - bye-bye.

Amazing