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It was as it should’ve been, the youth leading, they had something to fight for, a future they would see for themselves, not like todays old geezers just trying to secure their pensions

I think Napoleon and his army also did this during the Marengo campaign in 1800.

Imagine a fight between Mucius Alius vs Georgius Foremanus

"Then I bid you vale"

Sounds like every town outside of US Army bases

War dogs were also used in the head of the army

Very well done. A lot of information in a small time slice. I didn't mind watching the obligatory commercial from beginning to end either

It should also be mentioned that typically lower-ranking soldiers were usually forbidden to marry during their service; the attitude of even the Roman Army being that if they wanted a soldier to have a wife, he'd have been ISSUED one. Still, the soldiers started out as young men, usually teenagers, when they enlisted, and did what soldiers traditionally have done throughout the ages. The Roman Army had its bordellos and "camp followers". Ranking officers like Centurions, OTOH, were usually from the upper class, and of course would marry, and as they usually lived well enough, could bring their families out with them. If a Roman enlisted man was able to survive the first ten or so years of service, in which it was quite possible he might not actually see a major campaign, but there were periods of constant warfare also, which "decimated" (not THE "Decimation" reputed to be employed as drastic punishment for rebellious or cowardly units) the ranks. As with any military, typically the proficient and/or LUCKY survived a few campaigns to become "old" soldiers, and typically by then had earned a few "stripes" (aside from the frequent floggings which was the Roman version of an "Article 15"). Especially if they remained in a certain town or province for some time, they often "shacked up" with a local woman, who became an de facto, if not strictly legal, wife. Far from being discouraged, this actually had several benefits for the Empire. Often men had enlisted in the Army because their prospects at home weren't all that great (is that not typical?), and certainly, other than keeping up with their kin, they had little reason to return...truly, a Roman soldier generally could never "go home", at least permanently. They often learned the local languages and customs, and often had business dealings with the locals as well. Also, there was an expectation that a Roman soldier would be compensated with land of his own to farm, and WHERE was this land going to come FROM? It only made sense that an aging soldier would transition to becoming a well-heeled member of the community somewhere on the Frontier, and help to spread Roman culture. Also, even retired soldiers did serve as reservists for some time; so the Army had a "ready reserve" of experienced, if not fully fit, men in times of emergency.

The crazy thing about the Dacian wars is that we have Trajan's column depicting what happened, but we have no idea what those images on the column actually mean

The clips showing romans marching and fighting come from a game, right? Which game is it?

A.I. narrated or just he just not know how to pronounce several words?

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Its all a shameful sham of rhe rich and arrogant... also..generals are all fake

"how did they actually look like?" ..no..its ..what did they actually look like? ..grammer

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Coursus Honorarium. The path an Equestrian or Senatorial class follows into Martial service. It started with individual Officer or tribune training at the Brundisium camps. This 'untrained' stuff is lazy nonsense.

We need this in 2024, but with a twist that focuses on mental health too (Meditation, gratitude ,contact with nature, relatipnships, etc). That way you have the best of both worlds, kind and educated men, but also fierce and unstoppable when they need to be

The total war rome game footage in the video made me laugh

Superb video. Answered so may of my questions on Roman military logistics.

Alternate Title: How to create Robots without the knowledge of advanced mechatronics.

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How many times men think about the Roman Empire: ? Well quite a lot

You can't compare ancient greek falanga to current riot police... Ancient Greeks soldiers were mostly literate and at least some of them believed in democracy.

1:18 Greeks famously lost Thermopylae 😂

This is the humanity I know

Stronghold music lol

Hang on, I know it's good info to show what kinds of secondary expenses one might have and be able to cover if needs be, but let's not forget those are *secondary* expenses. Theodorus is not breaking one sandal a week, for example. Looking at only primary expenses, he is generally left with roughly 50 denarii (about 1/3 of his weekly wages) to use as needed. I know it's visible in the video and whatnot, and overall it is excellent to examine this possible case, but you just kinda charged through that to add on imagined additional expenses before recognizing the money that he will be guaranteed not to have leeway with.

A great deal of time was spent building fortifications and trenches. For example, in a certain siege an inner and outer wall of 20 miles each was built, and included elaborate trenches and hazards. That is a lot of effort and work not involving any actual fighting.

One of the BEST video about Roman warfare. 👍👍👍🎉

We have the same kind of things in the US military. Enlistees take an oath to uphold and defend the constitution but give up many rights and protections under that same constitution and commit to the Uniform code of military justice.

I don't trust this as valid to be honest. Sources in next video please.

If every Roman army built a new marching camp every time they paused after a march in enemy territory, how did they prevent left behind camps from being taken by enemies? Did they leave behind troops to guard them? Otherwise, the enemy could enjoy all these advantages and cut the army from resupplies.

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It's not a mistake that """Rome fell""" after empire-wide price fixing. Central planning didnt work back then, doesnt work now. Also we have a pretty good handle on what causes inflation, economists and politicians just turn a blind eye when it happens to either be politically convenient to do so, or when its in the name of their pet theory of economics/social structure etc

How would you like a strategy game where its like Manor Lords but you're managing the legion through a campaign, and battles are like Total War? I think that would be fire.

Wow, S.L.A. Marshall still commands the respect of youtube historians despite literally making up his data.

Me being part greek i love this

I mean it's a good system, if you want a population of soldiers. But is that really a good thing?

Now I understand why :) they say the prostitution is the oldest profession. His wife was a prostitute to maintain the budged and affort the healthy combination of food

very interesting video

Took me 2 minutes to decide not to take this video to seriously, its closer to a For honor character comparison. Its called LEGENDARY for a reason :D

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Very few did

I would have thought that the Generals would have learned the skills to lead from being subordinate to veteran officers. Before taking the role of being a General. Doing the job rather than sitting in a classroom and trying to stay awake listening to some lecture.

Thanks for this video ! 😊

"Novices talk tactics, professionals talk logistics" I am surprised that the Roman where well aware of this, as a lot of later Generals forgot about it.

Iran : not any more ...

true legendary

brah, dux is "dooks", not "ducks". and "saracheni" instead of "sarakeni". sry but it's really jarring when you're doinig a historical piece and keep pronouncing important terms wrong.

An excellent and informative video. 😊