"Live History" is our team's attempt to bring out the human side of history by focusing on daily life in the past. Typically when I see mainstream documentaries cover such topics it is done with quick cuts, overdone narration, and bombastic music which ends up taking you out of the scene. My goal here was to see what it would be like to really let things breathe. Its a slower style but hopefully one that adds a unique value in letting the past speak for itself. I welcome all feedback on this approach and certainly want to know if you'd like to see more of this.

@daanstokvis7107

2 жыл бұрын

I loved it. Please do more of it. Only issue is that now, I want to be a german mercenary in the Roman army, which I'm not sure how to achieve.

@grimmwolf9690

2 жыл бұрын

This was Awsome. Really made a personal connection to the everyday foot soldier.

@chrischauffeur9894

2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely awesome! I got into history because the epic wars and characters caught my eyes, but I’ve been more fascinated with the lives of ordinary people in the past as I got older. This is a dream come true!

@mtathos_

2 жыл бұрын

its amazing plz continue!!

@Dennell_Mount_and_Blade

2 жыл бұрын

I was a bit on the fence in the beginning, but I must say it was really informative and I've learned plenty of new details which I didn't know before. This video was way more tranquil and immersive than usual video's about the lifestyle of ancient people, and thus was way more enjoyable to watch and was actually easier for me to focus on. So yes, more video's like this please.

Great commentary and amazing recreated footage! Invicta never disappoints

This was amazing. It really does justice to the ancient soldiers. Its so easy to forget that these were actual people that had lives, families, interests, and hobbies when we see a block formation representing hundreds or thousands of soldiers. This felt like an intimate tour of a person's life instead. Would love to see more in the future.

@skyhappy

2 жыл бұрын

Is sad how their economic circumstances made them enter the military. Becoming a professional knife stabber because there were no better jobs as stable to take.

@henrylinky6767

2 жыл бұрын

Muhammad jihad. Dirka dirka

@carlodefalco7930

Жыл бұрын

@@skyhappy 😳 really ? On the other hand it was seen as a career , just like today . And brought peace and stability to large part of their world m for them and lands they conquered

Wonderful documentary, about the everyday life of a soldier. More of these, please! Maybe in the roman camp, bread making, the sickbay etc? seeing some similarities to my own service: The spread out of items before a march, the helmet on the front, and the making of camp before dark. We swirled out in the forest, collecting as much firewood as possible, up to two thirds of the company. The rest seting up tents and list of guard duty. I wonder if those spikes under the leaves were marked out in some way? Maybe with a stick, so the did not get lost.

@UAPReportingCenter

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@wanderinghobo4917

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you serve? It's interesting to me to hear that modern armies went through more or less the same as antiquated ones.

@henrikgustafsson6385

2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderinghobo4917 In sweden, the "fleet" branch, but we were soldiers in the navy so we practised more or less like the army. In the winter, out of barracks - firewood was top priority by us soldiers. When the officers wanted to f**k around with us, they kept us drilling a little bit longer. We could se the sun setting, and we panicked. The temperature dropping and no lights in the forest, so everybody hurried out like madmen with axes and knives. Afterwards, we sat by the warmth, laughing and talked about food we would eat of duty. Fun times.

@ronhall9394

2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderinghobo4917 The basic needs of squaddies have never changed, stay alive to be able to do your job and keep your kit together so it can to IT'S job. I must admit , like Henrik above I wondered if they had a way of retrieving their caltrops - as a squaddie looking after your kit is vital - to the extent that as a poor sod in charge of a a gun I've spent a load of sweat and botheration ensuring that all of the steel pegs that we used to anchor our camm net (L118 Light Gun) was retrieved before we moved to the next gun position. You wonder why a Gun Commander worries about stuff like that? Two things 1) If we lose them all we have nothing to secure our camm net and look like right royal twats (and a tasty target for Spetnaz or a MIG or Sukhoi - I was a Cold War Warrior) and then they had to be replaced through the supply chain - wasting time and money. 2) I had signed for them when I had taken over the Gun - I was responsible for them and might have had to pay for them out of my own pocket - our BQMS (Battery Quarter Master Sergeant) was a very unforgiving type of man, we might have got away with it due to a nuclear strike, but the paperwork would have been hellish. End of story - soldiering doesn't change - some poor sod has to hump a load of stuff for miles, no sleep, then fight a battle.

@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned

2 жыл бұрын

People in ancient times were no less intelligent than we are today, so you can answer it for yourself.. would you mark them not to lose them? \o/

Honestly, the soldier setting caltrops across an arc on the most likely avenue of enemy missile fire or infantry approach to the sleeping soldiers is something that has literally transcended nearly 2000 years of history into the modern day. We still set up trip flares, claymores and the like to cover areas and pull them down the next morning for reuse - just like these guys would. Marching in column, scanning the horizon for enemy armies and dust clouds, they were likely ready and trained for a quick IA to enemy ambush (since they marched armed and with shields in the left hand, so always ready to drop packs and fight), I never would've realised that section-level day to day life on ops in the ancient world could look identical to a low-level 21st century peacekeeping deployment from the soldier's perspective.

Ah yes the kind of approach that helps enrich my imagination when daydreaming about my mount and blade adventures and total war campaigns... What my soldiers were really going through.

This was absolutely great. Keep in mind that by the 2nd century agriculture had been a thing in Germania for 5.500 years. This means that especially the land surrounding larger rivers and streams had been cleared off forrest and cultivated for thousands of years. Millions of people lived in Germania and although rough and wild by Roman and modern standards, it was by no means a wasteland all covered by forrest.

@andreascovano7742

2 жыл бұрын

Most estimates put the germanic population in the 400s at around 900 000.....

@okin_rezresua1715

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreascovano7742 Yes you're right

@walx274

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreascovano7742 one thing to note is Germania was larger than modern Germany It roughly contained , Germany , Netherlands , Czechia , most of slovakia, Western Poland (typically All land west of the Vistula river) and Denmark , What I’m trying to say is That 900,000 is spread across mutch of Central Europe and this means that Germania had a very low population density

@olenickel6013

2 жыл бұрын

A video with modern day footage, commenting on how the region would have looked differently in Roman times, would be great. There's a number of anachronisms in the video that may not be obvious, such as the types of trees shown in woodlands and how they are stripped of lower branches. Also the wheat fields, rising only to about hip level, which is a fairly recent type of wheat.

@kennybeginner4087

2 жыл бұрын

The Liniar Ceramics was contemporary with the Cucutenii

PLEASE Do more with Imperium Romanum about the Limes region! It has so much history that gets easily overlooked. Loved every second of this episode. Great job to Invicta and Imperium Romanum's team!

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

yes, i repeat myself, but suggestion for a limes fort is Saalburgfort or the mini fort near the german town of Pohl. For limes watchtowers i suggest Idstein-Dasbach or Gaulskopf.

@rc59191

2 жыл бұрын

Wish we'd have more on Roman frontier life always found it to be the coolest part about studying Roman history.

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

@@rc59191 you may also like to know about a battle won by romans in central germany far from the rhine frontier in the year 235. 200 years after teutoburg. if you are curious see here m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/k32at6-TfJCuaZs.html

I just found Imperium Romanum a few days ago and wondered how great it would be if these guys collaborate with Invicta. And Lord behold, they delivered!

"To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council; many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.“ - Tacitus,

@davidec.4021

2 жыл бұрын

Basest

@cristhianramirez6939

2 жыл бұрын

Not based

@ladygrey7425

2 жыл бұрын

Throwing away your shield meant you were leaving your brothers-in-arms to die as you fled for the hills. To be called a coward was the gravest insult even unto modern times.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

@@ladygrey7425 it still is especially if you're in a combat arms branch like Infantry or artillery. If you're a red leg losing your artillery piece or battery is as shameful as losing your unit's colours.

I'd love to see similar stories about all kinds of folks living along the Rhine. Merchants, officers, citizens of Cologne and Trier, farmers, bandits, etc

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

yessss please

This channel is really showing great progress in animation and their videos overall, great job guys!

As a modern day soldier awaiting holiday leave, it is incredible to see the similarities of soldiers from way back when to today!

I recently moved to Germany and Invicta has been the best source of ancient German history for me to fill this place with context. Thank you!

History-tubers are putting the History channel to shame.

I come from a town on the Main River, which flows into the Rhine. There is much roman architectural presence, even after all these years...this is well done....heck, now I'm homesick....

This is beyond amazing! The fact that we are getting this for free is absolutely ridiculous. More historically correct than the history channel, and in some cases even better production value. With all due appreciation for your partners. Invicta, you have gone beyond anyones expectations. You are truelly the history teacher of the world. INVICTA INVICTUS!!

@DJKinney

2 жыл бұрын

You're not getting it for free. You are trading your personal information, usage, probably watching ads.

I watched this after playing some Rome II, gotta say I love the look at the peaceful times and daily lives in the Roman frontiers, it’s a very nice break from all the “CONQUEST AND VICTORY AND POLITICS AND BETRAYAL” that surrounds most popular Roman history

For some reason i was expecting the reenacment to be from Imperium Romanum channel even before watching the video. So glad to see them take part in this

I would 1000% be stepping on my own caltrops, especially in the middle of the night after I've had a little too much wine and need to use the nearest tree.

This is an even more humanizing take on an already incredibly humanizing series. The live action adds another dimension to the already highly enjoyable and informative series, and I think it should be continued. Looking forward to more!

Imperium Romanum have shown us an excellent recreation of Roman soldiering. Well done guys,really enjoyed it.😁👍👍👍

This has to be one of the best history videos I've seen. Loved this word of telling these stories of long ago. 👍

I knew I had watched too many of the old history channel style documentaries when I thought "hey, where's the dark grey filter that shows me they are in ancient times?" haha. Really great video and this style needs to become standard!!

Yo this is dope, I'm used to seeing a lot of historical battles and stories of historical figures and moments. This is a nice change of pace seeing how everyday people just lived life and partifularly what tools and techniques they used for every day survival, would really love to see more of these. Like what an every day person usually did, pre and post battles, etc. It's hard to find a very grounded perspective in history, amazing work on this y'all

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

not want to advertise here but check out the channel toldinstone as the channel covers up non military roman stuff.

@redtesla

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I like the regular stuff. But this was really cool too. Lots of positive feedback, I'm sure he'll do more.

@redtesla

2 жыл бұрын

@@aka99 I'm a fan of metatron too.

@redtesla

2 жыл бұрын

@@aka99 and thanks for the recommendation. Looks good so far. :)

The second time I visited Trier in 1989 or 1990 there was a construction site right near the central town square where they dug up some ancient Roman ruin of some sort and they had to cordon off the whole area to allow an archeological inventory before continuing to build. There is also a fantastically restored Roman bath and other Roman sites outside of town.

More vids like this. No notes, this was perfect, just make more. I want to see Live History short docs for every ancient topic you can make one about.

This friends. This is real History. To the Invicta team. Your legacy is fast becoming Legend. :P

Being an experienced hiker myself, I'm very, very impressed with the endurance and strength displayed by these re-enactment enthusiasts. I can only imagine how tough this kind of journey would be.

Ave!! This beats the “high tech” documentaries that focus more on eye candy and made up drama then historical fact. I really like how this focuses on the experiences of ordinary soldiers and people . Those are the roots of most of our history.

When the soldier walked to the camera without saying anything to show us the traps, I immediately felt immersed. Great video. Almost felt like we when back in time and they were showing us their routine.

Nice to see Imperium Romanum getting a shout out on the channel 😉

Wonderful content! Everything the Roman soldiers experienced is so relatable even for modern soldiers. Proper ruck packing, carrying heavy arse gear, crappy military rations, and missing home. Happy holidays for those of you on leave!

This was incredible. The costumes, the shots of the landscape. I'd really love to see more of this.

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

me too!

@LTV746

2 жыл бұрын

Just saw it and couldn’t agree more

Before joining the army different things stood out to me in videos like this. The things that stuck out to me now are “warmed by exercise” you aren’t allowed to wear your long underwear before a ruck in 40 or 50 degrees because you warm up so much. Then when they stopped they talked about food back home and such. Then walking 20 miles with gear that’s incredible. I don’t ruck everyday and most times I don’t ruck more than 6 miles. Oh also their sleeping equipment But I get the feeling soldiering is always similar over the millennia from this video

This is amazing. It's so easy to overlook the day to day in the shadows of great generals and horrible wars.

This just made my day. In a sea of big-picture Attilla: TW based documentary shows based on the same few hundred historical accounts by the same few dozen primary sources (Herodotus, Procopius, et al), Invicta, it seems, has broken the mold and given us a series with a tightly-focused, slice--of-life, micro-level look at ancient history using historical reenactors and emulating a traditional narrative documentary format. IMO this is exactly what the YT historical content sphere needs. A brilliant, novel concept for a series with huge potential to provide enlightening, educational, and highly entertaining future content. Bravo and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!

This is a great format! With the constantly improving quality of the living history / reenactment scene, it should also be possible to do other regions and and periods as well. You've just made the Hardrada episode, imagine that with a dedicated group of Norse reenactors!

Love this sort of content! Roman frontiers (especially Germania) have always been especially mystifying for me :)

This was great! Love the live reenactment made with love and passion. Makes me feel like I'm back in the 90's watching the history channel... without the low budget quality

It's amazing how Invicta provides such amazing content while only working with probably a lot less budget compared to those big history networks.

8:16 A region so peaceful, it only took them one day to lose one of their comrades :)

Gorgeous. Not enough content about Ancient Rome puts it into context like this video does

Those guys are an invaluable resource i would make a series of content based on what they can offer you.

Watching accurate armor clothes equipment etc is a delight

I'm sorry what is this?? This is incredible! I thought we were spoiled by your already high production value, but my goodness this takes the cake! Phenomenal job Invicta and team!

man it is one of the most interesting topic to me the roman empire is one of the greatest in western civilization it literary create western ideas but it is also interesting to learn what was out side of this empire like how people out side of the roman empire deal with the romans the most famous are the germanic tribes and huns but i really like and love to know about the other people too

Was lovely visiting Xanten, on the frontier. This video brought back memories and education! Thank you

Fantastic living history video about the lives of Roman Auxiliaries! Please do more of these living history videos. They provide some great content into basic Roman life, which seems to be rather limited to Roman elites, rather than the lifestyles of the everyday peoples who made up the Roman Empire. It would be even more awesome if you did some living history documentaries covering other eras such as Viking Age for instance. Keep up the great videos!

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Invicta do please more. I have given some ideas already in the first comments

Hell yeah! When i saw you wanted to get into reenactment i really hoped you would collaborate with Imperium Romanum. Such a great channel

This made my day!! Hats off to Imperium Romanum and to you, Invicta and friends!!! Stay safe, and don't ever stop creating and educating the way you all do~!!

i love being able to put a real visual to what im learning beyond an artist rendering as well as locations. Would definitely love too see battles that arise with actual pictures of what the terrain may have looked like in a certain area.

This was a very different video but a really cool idea, hope we can see more in the future

Amazing, I feel comfortable speaking for everyone here and I'd say we'd all love to see more like this!

I love being able to see a real-life episode occasionally.

I, for one, really like this new format (as long as it is an add-on to the regular content!). I especially liked the non-drama of it, because the over-dramatization of history is a plague of our times.

We’re the ancients aware of how much their religions were similar to each other? Like did the Greeks think the Romans were worshiping their gods but with funny names? Or did they think they were completely different gods?

@andreasschiel6725

2 жыл бұрын

Well I have seen a documentation about Gallia Cisalpina and how the Gauls there got steadily romanized. At one part they have shown a temple for Apollo, in which he is represented like its celtic Counterpart(name forgotten; it may also be the other way around). The archiologists concluded, that both peoples must have thaught, they are worshipping the same god just in a different language.

@andreasschiel6725

2 жыл бұрын

For me this makes also sense if you dont see ancient polytheistic religions not through the lens of our "medieval"/ exclusivist understanding of religion. "God" and "Allah" translates to the same meaning. A almighty god. The big difference why we differantiate between Islam and Christianity is that both religions have a big komplex code of social norms and rules of how to live. Sharia's laws are not christian norms. So the god cant be the same, ("your god's laws are wrong!Infidel!You are worshipping the wrong god!" ). This gets more intense as its also forbidden to worship other gods(First law of ten in Bible). Ancient religions however were mainly ancestrial religions with the only duty to sacrifice things for the god. And Tolerance was wider spread due ploytheism.(Ancient legatus Grievus: Your god will make a fibe addition to my collection!)

This is amazing, part of history so informative, yet so neglected! Beautiful nature shots with immersive reenactment. Please do more!

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

hopefully invicta willl do more on stuff about roman germania

Very good. Would definitely like to see more of this format.

This was a great follow up to the Varos roman vengeance...

Now it looks like Invicta is doing the job of those TV documentaries, the only difference is that these videos are so much better. Fantastic!

I love this channel. salutes and hugs from Brasil

Definitely a worthy addition to this channel

Simply amazing.. loved the realistic representation of Roman auxiliary life. Good old Mount and Blade warband is the next best thing to simulating a troop March.

This was amazing!!! It would be great to see one episode of the daily routine in a Roman Camp :v

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

great idea! or a limestower. invicta may could deal with saalburg fortress or the roman minicamp pohl or at least as limestower such as the one of idstein-dasbach or gaulskopf

There is a certain romance to life in the ancient era, and videos like this with colour and modern cameras bring it to life.

I prefer this over all the negative programming on TV. It brings me peace very well done keep the content coming.👊🏼🇺🇸

I live in a town on the rhine (Arnhem), had to cross that river 4 bloody times yesterday for work, very interesting history though, visited a roman checkpoint across the rhine last year.

These videos I've watch with the Roman reenactments and the narration, is some the best videos I've ever seen. You really get immersed in to the video.

Bravo Invicta, love that you include film in your videos

Really gives perspective to something we don't really think about. Give us moar!!!

I liked it. Would have loved to see them arriving in the village and being greeted. I have never seen how they would do this..

This a really high quality documentary showing what most documentaries do not show. It would have been better if it was longer and showed more detail like camp structure , routines and supply of rations. etc.

Love the work of Imperium Romanum!

It's really nice to put a human face on history, which often feels so abstract

More videos like this would be well appreciated! This is definitely my favorite video you guys have cooked up yet!

@aka99

2 жыл бұрын

yes, i would like to see this guys, group or anybody else performing an average day at the limes guarding border troops. like a roman fort or a watchtower.

Outstanding work! Like stepping into a time machine.

Love the live re-enactment, please do more.

I really enjoyed this format. I think it is perfectly suited for this episode topic.

This right here is the type of video I’ve wanted to create since I was a kid first getting on KZread. Truly inspiring, well done.

Saying this is better than Hollywood is a vast understatement this was so good

I have been living in several places at or near the Rhine river. Hints of Roman civilisation everywhere, wether it is the Xanten thermal baths and temple remains or the Via Agrippa that runs right through my village. Nice to see history come to life in my every day surroundings.

While I always enjoy this channel, this new format is particularly enjoyable and just a bit more relatable than the usual format. I do hope you are able to produce more content in this format in the future, and i will be saddened if it is not possible.....but that won't keep me from anticipating and devouring any and all videos from this channel!!

Love the new format. As a history major in college, I never knew auxiliaries used leather lining for their shields to protect them from the elements. Not to mention enemy scouts looking for their shields, as a sign of their intentions from a distance.

I really enjoyed this. It is nice to see the lives of ordinary people in Roman times and see that there were peaceful times along with the warlike times. The collaboration with Imperium Romanum and the documentary aerial views was brilliant! Thank you also to the Patreons who helped fund this. I would love to see more content in this format. Invicta has strengths in combining traditional battle strategies and troops with daily life segments. I like the variety.

This was amazing! I was looking forward to this every since it was announced to be coming. I love seeing the every day of the people of the past!

Love this new type of content.!! Bit more of an eye opener Although I love the artwork of all the past videos this is pretty awesome too.!!

These reenactment videos are a great addition to the channel! I tend to be kind of hesitant about live action documentaries, but you're pulling them off very well, and I'm all for seeing more of them. I'll go check out Imperium Romanum right now, too.

I did some of this for several years, but as a flavian legionnare, even got to be Augustus once!

Fantastic video! Please keep producing great videos on how everyday people lived on the frontier- and how the battles from history books were the exception, not the rule.

Nice to see someone sharing a little light of the human side of things. Usual when it comes to history, it's always in the format of "Starting" from point A to B.

This was phenomenal! Keep up the spectacular work!

Best thing I've seen on this channel. :)

I like this format. It is a good reminder that all of the History that we learn is human history.

I love everyday history of people. The true history of the world

Absolutely love the format. Definitely want to see more!

This has got to be the best episode that you guys have ever done! It was absolutely fantastic! Great work!

After seeing this video and reading the comments I will reiterate a term often used. AMAZING!! Thank you and congratulations for your fine work.

10:54 Chicken were smaller and leaner in Roman times. The ones we see here are modern, meat rich poultry. But of course it would be difficult to find period correct ones for a reenactment, as hardly anybody breeds them any more.

Great start to a promising series. I liked your other series about the life of ordinary citizens and I'm liking this one too. Big battles and stand-out leader are a dime a dozen on KZread. What you're doing is something special.