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We create videos about all things Roman; from legion histories and diving into the lives of regular Romans, to creating 3D visuals of famous forts and reconstructing battles! Our mission is to consistently release videos every month, with ever improving quality. So, if you have an interest for Roman history, I will try my best to keep you entertained with fresh and free content! Our channel was recently renamed from "Filaxim Historia".
In the future, we wish to cover other historic time periods as well. (If you have an idea for a video, let us know in the comment section; we stay as active as we can!).
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At least they knew where their $ was going.
Good vid
Very cool. It's actually very similar to Nordic cultures
More please! Pretty pleassssseeeee
Why does this make me want to join the army
As someone who is from Deva, this was really interesting
I love Total War games
Mithras.
Yes, that is why Sparta is the world leader today, that we all know and love :)))
Arles is not the biggest city in France. That’s Paris. At 52,000, it not in the top ten and I doubt the top thirty.
Similar To The Average Bleeding Blades Thermopylae Battle
Main issue here is hoplite warfare is entirely different from later periods under Alexander using the sarissa
I was once told by a liberal that walls symbolize exclusion and deterrence meanwhile im thinking walls symbolize protection and structure. I mean houses have walls at least mine does maybe that’s just my privilege talking though clearly the sidewalk is an adequate home
America needs this💯
17:20, small error, the persians won Thermopylae 😅
This video honestly stressed me out like this was my own budged! How the fuck am I gonna afford a new tunic?!
Best historical video ever 🥰
Mfw a plebian can afford a home and a family but we're struggling to pay for a place we don't even own
How many times did they eat the things you listed
The richest man has a feast to show status he servers many meats including door mice????
16:37 In the city states warfare never an army running down an enemy army. It was a very shamefully act. Great Video b.t.w.!
A bit too soon ..... I lost relatives at Ft Flevum
Which game is this ?
Game ?
This is very informative There’s nothing more boring than watching every ancient battle on KZread turn into just another Hollywood brawl.
11:40 that is a very interesting way to hold a spear whilst holding a shield. Huh
Do Rome next, again!
The late Roman period is definitely coming up!
This was really interesting ❣️
No this is garbage, they fought as a unit, or died alone. Your supposition that they would allow gaps, is silly, gaps are where break throughs would occur, which allows for flanking maneuvers, and a route. A phalanx is notoriously vulnerable from the flank, which is why tactics had to change once Cavalry came into being. This is why disciplined armies won the day, they maintained their line, and opened up the enemy to a flanking maneuver Silly video, please understand that war is more than a book, and you can’t become proficient or understand it without experience.
Great video, i also never believed that Hoplites did push eachother, since one side can easily quickly retreat and the other will fall to the ground
How are these animations made? How can I make a video like this?
love love love your videos my man. been watching for a long time now usually over a morning coffee. tonight over a JD & Coke . keep it up you're doing an amazing job
Thank you for your interest and support! :)
These historians that have never been in even a modern battle creating an entire system based off the literal interpretation of a word that only appears 3 times is on par for historians in the modern age.
The romans knew that a battle line 8 deep is needed to balance any huge advantage the enemy had in numbers …8 deep and then pick the terrain to allow this to happen…..like the Athenians at Marathon…or Henry 5th at Agincourt…
Always Outstanding!
Considering how Roman’s couldn’t watch this KZread channel for virtually free, we have a far better quality of life.
How did they fight the Persians at the hot gates, anyway they could.
I do wonder how completely this all really worked out in reality. People have different personalities, and I'm sure very many felt like misfits their whole lives but managed to avoid complete failure. I'm sure the Spartans were more authentically Spartan than the Soviet citizens were authentically communist, but I'm also sure that Xenophon doesn't tell the complete story of how it really manifested.
Quickly, Alfred, the tomes of lore must be filled with knowledge!
THANK YOU FOR YOU FOR USING ILLUSTRATED ART WORK FOR YOUR VIDEOS AND NOT AI. I cannot stand all the historical content out with weird and whacky ai as illustration. Big thumbs up.
Be more contrarian
Ok so holding the rope on the shield. There's always going to be the guys who want to show off , or be the fastest, etc. They probably had them hold the ropes on the shield to keep someone who's got their adrenaline rushing from charging out of the formation . trying to be heroic but most likely getting killed. Once they got into range they could spread out a little bit but you wouldn't have to worry about someone running off.
2 comments: Hoplites fought in deep formations, 6+ ranks deep. It was a signature of their fighting style. Deeper formations are more durable, with less frontage. 2nd comment: Hoplite overhand spear is the opposite. In duels overhand can give you an advantage, but in formation underhand is better. Many Greek spears used sauroter, which is a heavy weight on the back end of a spear, 3 times as heavy as the spearhead. So you can hold it in front with very little sticking behind you because the point of balance makes it easy to hold it further out. Don't think of underhand as 1v1. Usually the formations would jab and it would be the person at an angle who would spear you. The most common armour was on the chest and side of the chest, as well as greaves. Which is where you can aim if you use it underarm. Underarm is also a barrier and defensive tool, as spears can interfere with the enemy getting too close and also physically bat at enemy spears, which is handy if you see someone trying to spear your friend to either side of you and you can use your spear to bat those spears away. Overarm is good for throwing, but it's not a natural way to fight with a spear for a long time. Try holding anything above your head for a long time, you won't be able to do it for very long, especially a heavy spear. Overarm it it gets knocked makes it easy to lose control of your spear and for it to pivot, which can knock someone else on the head easily. The wrist at that angle has no real resistance.
Deep ranks are a feature if Classical hoplite warfare. This video is about Archaic hoplite warfare. You will see deep ranks in the next video. Overhand spear use is far superior when in phalanx. It allows for a greater range of targets when used over the top of overlapped shields. If you use the spear as I advocate, you will have no problem both parrying enemy spears and recovering when your own spear is parried. Search for my other videos on here. The most common armor is the helmet, which is the prime overhand target. There is nothing especially tied to underhand about strikes to the shins. Overhand strikes can target from nose to toes with a dory-sized spear. We regularly strike at the legs to open up the face and vice versa.
@@paulbardunias5950 Overhand isn't a natural way to hold a spear and you don't get much extension. I get the whole throwing the spear forward technique but I don't think the majority of hoplites would have tried this kind of thing. You can easily get your spear knocked away if it just gets bumped by some other spear. Now you at best have a sharp sauroter in someone's face as your spear rotates and you try to keep control of it. You can get plenty of power and precision by just using your body with a normal, underarm grip. If you're stopped in front of another formation with underarm and you start engaging someone at a good distance away with your spear extended, he is then going to get distracted. He's going to try to defend himself. That will open him up to attacks from the side. Sharp, heavy spears can also jab shields directly and create major problems for the other guy. Shields can get knocked offline, the spear can stick into the shield and then have to be removed. If you have a good shot at someone with overarm, you're already in sword range. People in a duel will get baited by overarm. You can't afford to bait people in formation when other guys need your spear to be out in front to keep the spear wall. The main reason you don't get into close combat is because you have this long piece of wood between you and the enemy. If you're using overarm in a formation you are completely throwing away reach for basically no gain. Your main target is now the shield and face, the most heavily armoured and most protected targets and you no longer have any room to fall back if you get into trouble, because you're at sword range. The spear is not really beneficial because of the offensive capability, it's the way it lets you coordinate with everyone else to fight as a unit and to keep distance between you and the enemy. Reenactors don't care about the danger of a spear, but ancient formations which try to breach a spearwall will march forward uneven. Some guys will make it into close combat, others will fail and stay behind. The spear used extended in underarm lets you coordinate with everyone else. You can keep a certain dead zone between the formations to give you breathing room and start "working" it. You're going to target feet, legs, opening in shields, the face, the torso and stomach. Okay, you have this big impenetrable wall of overarm spears. Now you have to move forward because you're out of range. As soon as you do, the formation shatters. Some guys march forward into a hail of spear thrusts and also the physical mass of a bunch of spears extended. Some guys make it to range. Others get left behind. Maybe overarm works for you, but it's not going to work well enough when there are 3+ enemies are thrusting at you from different angles because you're isolated. Yeah, overarm was probably used, especially in dueling and skirmish scenarios, because the spear can be thrown. Look up film of the West Papu Tribal war and see how they use spears in less organized settings. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fH1o18urp9veYbw.html I think people went into formation combat expecting to use an underarm grip and to keep some kind of distance from the enemy, to fight in a way that was natural. Most hoplites were not full time soldiers, discipline is heavily exaggerated and 1v1 combat in war was seriously glorified. Commanders were always trying to organize formations to keep them coherent but many writers in ancient Greece talk about how hoplite formations can fail. They wanted a system which was easy to implement and understand for part time soldiers. It would be good for them to stay in a single line, let alone to be tightly packed. If you're tightly packed and marched into the teeth of the enemy with everyone using an overarm grip, it's an incredibly stressful thing even for full time soldiers to get that close. Many of them would not be wearing full face helmets, many would not have greaves and others would have just caps, like the Phyringian cap style helm which provides no frontal face protection. These people are going to run away in that kind of environment.
“Military recruiters always preferred recruits from the countryside to the city.” some things never change
Radu Olteanu is an ilustrator ( historical illustrations ) not a historian - but he manage produce , self fund , publish and draw all the watercolor and photoshop images and create all the text based on his vast research. He is also involved with local historian friends that have books and research papers and archeologist that are history enthusiasts. They have contributed to his personal research which he takes very serious.
I can’t wait for a video about conbat during the macedonian age😍
The Roman videos were crazy good - glad you took on this. There is something more intimate about studying actual behaviours of soldiers with the tactics-equipment-culture of the period
> abs armour on thumbnail > sponsored by war thunder > claims to provide factual information really?
Ancient greek is like ancient USA never existed.
😂 delusional Bulgarian who lives in North skopje .. 100%