5 Minutes of Fluently Spoken Classical Latin

Full Latin Script for your personal study:
Lōrīca segmentāta legiōnāriī Rōmānī
Salvēte, nōbilēs meī, exoptātī revenītis ad canālem meum, hic Metatrōn vōs alloquor.
Hodiē dē Lōrīcā Segmentātā loquēmur.
Per nōmen ipsum incipiēmus. Lōrīca segmentāta. Num sīc vocātur ab antīquīs Rōmānīs?
Prōh dolor, quō pactō rēctē vocārētur hoc lōrīcae genus ā Rōmānīs nēminem scīre cōnstat. Hoc nōmen Lōrīca Segmentāta novātum est ā scholāribus hominibus saeculī sextī decimī.
Tamen, lōrīca segmentāta est ipsissimum genus lōrīcae quod repente in mentem venit quandōcumque cōgitēmus dē mīlitibus Rōmānīs, proptereā quod saepiusculē et ostenditur, nec rārō in modō quī contrā chronologiam rērum gestārum pugnat.
Hic autem est legiōnārius Imperiī Rōmānī quī prīmō ferē saeculō mīlitābat, Gāiō Jūliō Caesare Octāviānō Augustō rēgnante.
Hic vērō mīles Reī Pūblicae, mīlitāns in legiōne Jūliī Caesaris in Galliā.
Vidēlicet Reī Pūblicae legiōnārius lōrīcā segmentātā armātus parum historicus est.
Secundum historicōs, spatium trecentōrum annōrum adhibita est lōrīca segmentāta. Omnibus aliīs saeculīs, lōrīca hāmāta, quae est lōrīca ānellīs ferreīs īnstrūcta, ūsitātior est apud Rōmānōs. Oportet hancce esse imāginem quae ad mentem nostram redeat, neque istam.
Ēn vidēmus lōrīcam segmentātam in praeclārā Columnā Trajānī dēpictam, haec enim columna triumphālis, in Forō Trajānī Rōmae sita, monumentum ibi positum post victōriam ejusdem prīncipis Trajānī victōriam in Bellō Dācō.
Lōrīca quam hīc vidēmus vērō admomum speciōsa est, neque enim accūrātē vērī similem lōrīcam segmentātam repraesentat. Eandem difficlutātem percipimus in galeīs scūtīsque, quae nimis parva sunt, fortassis artis causā. Quamobrem nōn rēctē dēpicta sint suspicor esse propter magnitūdinem, ut exemplum dem, scūtum, quippe quod singula mīlitum operiat.
Crassitūdō lāminārum ferreārum prōrsus variāblis est in ipsā lōrīcā, a septem decimīs partibus mīllimetrōrum ad tria mīllimetra, spississimīs vērō lāminīs ūmerōrum quae pars nīmīrum fortissima est.
Lōrīcae lāminae sunt innexae fībulīs orīchalcī, ānsīs ferrēis lōrīsque scorteīs.
Mea versiō quam hīc vidētis cuprō pūrō ūtitur ad innexūs lāminārum corporis, atque orīchalcō ad ūmerōs et lāminās pectōris.
Pondus ūniversē ā septem ad novem chīliogrammata solet esse, lōrīcā certō mūtātā ad ipsum mīlitem. Lōrīcae fōrma sinit mīlitī magnam facultātem sē movendī.
Propter permulta inventa archaeologica jam compertum habēmus dīversīs fōrmīs praebitam esse lōricam hanc per Imperium Rōmānum, forsitan statibus ēvolūtiōnis hujus lōrīcae. Ita sunt fōrmae, ūna quae Kalkriese vocātur ā nōmine oppidī in Germāniā quō ejus frāgmenta inventa sunt, alia fōrma Corbridge typus A et B, in Britanniā inventa, fōrma Newstead, ex Caledoniā, tandem Alba Jūlia, in Rōmānīā inventa.
Fōrma Kalkriese vērisimiliter ipsa est quā ūtēbantur mīlitēs quī mortuī sunt in proeliō silvae Teutoburgēnsis, duoque genera habēmus, alterum veterius, alterum moderniusculum ac multiplexius.
Fierī quidem potest eam esse inter prīmās fōrmās prōtotypicās.
Fōrma Corbridge prō clausūrae mēchanicā ratiōne lōrōrum scorteōrum cum hāmīs metallicīs, probābiliter vīsa est firmior. Typus A lōra scortea servat ad colligendās lāminās pectorālēs ad reliquam lōrīcam, dum typus B ūtitur hāmīs metallicīs, ceu hīc in meā versiōne vērī similī potestis vidēre, quae est Corbridge typus B.
Ē quadrāgintā lāmīnīs cōnstat haec fōrma. Apparātūs collāris et ūmerōrum cōnstitērunt ē vīgintī quattuor lāminīs, et cingulō sēdecim lāminae.
Frāgmenta fōrmae Newstead quae in puteō prīncipiōrum aedificiī inventa sunt in oppidō Newstead in Caledoniā, iterum nōbīs mōnstrant pauxillō mūtātam fōrmam, jam numerō segmentātōrum minōre, ultimō quidem māximō.
Alba Jūlia est fōrma tarda, vērisimiliter secundō aut tertiō saeculō post Chrīstum. Et illa māximē differt ab aliīs - nempe tardior fōrma - quamquam imāginēs quās hīc vidēmus sunt recōnstrūctiōnēs hypetheticae.
Inter commoda hujus generis lōrīcae ūnum est ejus potestātem prōtegendī legiōnāriī ūmerōs perbene. Oportet
nōn meminisse scūtum Rōmānum, quod est satis magnum, prīmum praesidium est mīlitī, ac sī rēctē adhibēbitur, prōtēctiōnem optimam praebēbit ā sūrā ūsque ad clāviculam.
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[@metatronacademy]

Thank you so much for watching! This video got a lot of views! If a part from Latin you are interested in ancient Roman mythology, I'd strongly suggest you to check out this video of mine from my main channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6Clpo14r7Njqpo Thanks!

[@signalfire6]

I'd love to see Ben Hur in Latin!

[@robs5688]

A Roman walked into a bar and asked for a martinus. The bartender asked, "Don't you mean a martini?" The Roman replied, "If I wanted a double, I would've asked for it."

[@lupussignatus8131]

Underrated comment.

[@brawdygordii]

​@@lupussignatus8131 I think 14 thumbs up 👍 in 10 hours is good. I don't get that in 10 weeks for my humorous quips 😊

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

CUPIO MULTOS MARTINOS, STAT!

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

He asked to have a martin*um* Rogit habere martinum Sorry if I got the past of Rogare wrong I haven't used that word in ages

[@robs5688]

@@dolphingoreeaccount7395 Is it? Are you sure? I'll have to change the text in my Roman Jokes folder.

[@ugomorisset5913]

As a roman legionnary myself I confirm this latin is correct.

[@larrymartin3678]

Good to have it authenticated …

[@urielcosta5003]

As your General, I ask you why I didn't see you on today's camuflage training

[@Fuckyutu2]

As a professional time traveller, I concur

[@intiorozco5063]

Where are you stationed? Britannia? Syria? Germania?

[@ugomorisset5913]

@@intiorozco5063 in C.F.A (Civitates Foederatae Americae), their is a bunch of strange barbarians their !

[@IceRanger41]

A centurion walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says “5 beers, please!”

[@geraldojorgedalmaschio9648]

I demand 5 seconds to understand. Very good.

[@ruedigerrichter4022]

😅😅😅

[@grupoklink]

✌= 5

[@_catulus]

This took me a second but man that’s good.

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Took me a minute...lol...or ii........well crafted...lol

[@wahn10]

This man could exorcise demons with his powerful, commanding Latin. Magnificus.

[@toonedin]

Do you mean 'Roman Gods'? Weren't they demonised to accommodate that insecure God of the desert people, who was jealous if people also worshipped other Gods?

[@vulkanofnocturne]

I think he's going to invade... some where...

[@SetuwoKecik]

Oh, is it going to be the 13th Battle of Isonzo? 😍

[@SetuwoKecik]

Or 2nd Battle of Teutoburgwald?

[@qromania]

​@@SSLVIGISPQR😂

[@Zenomorf.]

Northwest Egypt

[@rfa8966]

Real cool !

[@intractablemaskvpmGy]

Ah. Sounds as if a Roman anchorman reading out the nightly news to the TV audience . Wonderfully and clearly enunciated

[@JadeMythriil]

This is an alternate timeline where the roman empire never collapsed and still wore traditional armor for some reason.

[@thanhnamnguyen5280]

@@JadeMythriil prolly a special documentary section on a public holiday

[@prestonjones1653]

​@thanhnamnguyen5280 Cæsar Augustus's birthday, now celebrated as Emperors Day.

[@eamonlyons8318]

Today we celebrate st Julian's day, as we remember the dead in our conquest of Hispania, welcome to the news at six.

[@Agent1W]

@@eamonlyons8318 Boring! I want to watch some ARENA SPORTS!

[@warthog473]

I was around many Italian and Portuguese speaking people when I was young. My mother and grandmother were from the Azores. My father and godfathers families were from Italy. It's amazing how similar they are to their parent language. I always say that Latin isn't a dead language since it left behind many descendants.

[@ThomasCaetano1970]

Which island? I'm from Terceira.

[@ferociousgumby]

I remember the flat, dull way we were told to pronounce Latin way back in the day, when they actually taught Latin in schools. I had no idea it sounded this lively and fluid!

[@gy2gy246]

Because he has an Italian accent.

[@alexwm369]

same with ancient greek. they make it sound almost germanic while its not at all that

[@EndingSimple]

Anthony Burgess in The Kingdom of the WIcked had a character who complained that Latin could make pornography sound like the reciting of a legal document. I guess he was taught the same way.

[@AysarAburrub]

As an Arabic speaker we face the same phenomena regarding classical/modern standard Arabic. The language was preserved and we understand it perfectly, but because it's only used in books or in very formal speeches or on News channels, many people actually think that the Arabs of old times spoke like that in their daily lives which is absolutely not the case. People forget that ancient languages are just like modern languages, they had dialects and slang and their sentences flowed smoothly when natives spoke just like today's living languages. Unfortunately those aspects of spoken languages didnt get preserved in written manuscripts and either got lost to time, or got incorporated in the spoken dialects that became completely new languages (Like Vulgar Latin becoming Italian, Spanish and French etc).

[@andreask3218]

When you hear Latin being spoken like this, it becomes clear what a beautiful-sounding language it actually is. And one can easily fathom that it could be a still-living European language. Great work👍🏻!

[@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs]

Still he has the accent

[@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs]

As a person who speaks latín language. He has a accent. Should be heard more dry . More sudden pauses like Italian or Spanish. Also the vocals are a little off

[@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs]

Still no denying he should be a legionaire that spent time on the province

[@KeithDavey2014]

If the Western Empire had not fallen so quickly it likely would still be spoken today.

[@duranbailiff5337]

Many have described Latin as a 'dead' language, but since its formation, there has never been a time that it wasn't spoken, written, used, and understood (by someone).

[@kartofff]

A cousin of mine is crazy in love with Latin. Besides teaching it for a living, 15 years ago he spent several months in a house in Tuscany, where people from all horizons where living together, speaking Latin as their only everyday language. That made me realize how many people still share this passion. In Paris, he was attending Latin parties, with competitions in Latin poetry. Nowadays he's a father of four, and his four kids could understand fluent Latin before they could understand French.

[@ZAWARUD00]

Ah yes, the Luigi Miraglia's academia.

[@martinpetersson4350]

Wow that’s amazing

[@mickey1849]

High school Latin teachers are certifiable nut-cases! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@antoniodespuches3995]

Wow, beautiful story

[@mickey1849]

@@antoniodespuches3995 Yes. I could barely choke back my sobs as I listened to it

[@Ahmedkhan8802]

The Romance languages, especially the big four, are among the greatest legacies and gifts to humanity of the Roman Empire. Simply beautiful.

[@Squid_y]

What are the big four? Don't you mean five?

[@brownie43212]

I presume he is excluding Romanian​@@Squid_y

[@_Lycopersicum_]

Hey, what do you mean by "the big four"? 😂😅

[@Ahmedkhan8802]

French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian.@@_Lycopersicum_

[@Slo-ryde]

Hard to believe the Romance languages evolved from classical Latin, as I cannot understand even one sentence of what he is saying!

[@margaretbrand9274]

Never took a Latin class in my life...but being fluent in French,Spanish and Italian I could understand so much of it ! Beautiful language.

[@finch45lear]

It is the air of all romance languages

[@shebaloso]

I highly doubt that, as without knowing what declensions are it's utterly impossible to understand syntax in latin, given that all of those are analytical languages and have no declensions. I mean, you might understand some words, but that's about it

[@justincase6645]

Lucky you! To speak the languages you do would fill my heart with joy

[@AnonningAnon]

​@@shebalosoThe parts about the shield being mighty strong protection and the armour being a prototype was just hella obvious and I only speak French. It's not that hard to pick up, especially since it just sounds like backwards French to me for some of the sentences (like some poems can be).

[@ConeFlower-gx2qk]

Neat sort of like only speaking very broken German but as an English speaker I can pick up on bits of German. Granted it leads to me being more confused than not understanding a single word tbh

[@Mal_Outdoors]

Brilliant. I've never heard Latin spoken in a similar way to how it may have sounded 2000 years ago. Thank you.

[@GK-cb3vc]

Have you seen PoliMathy messing with modern day romans in fluent roman latin? 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoq8oYecrZaYr5osi=CzvHFgRpDp3yFD93

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

still sounds just like modern italian/spanish/portugese.

[@hueskylord9270]

Not really@@rizkyadiyanto7922

[@Nowiknowhowjoanofarcfelt]

⁠@@rizkyadiyanto7922yeah, because Latin had great influence on all those languages you named…

[@dillon5155]

@@Nowiknowhowjoanofarcfelt Right but what he is saying is that this videos interpretation of what classical Latin may have sounded like is more influenced by examples of what modern italian/spanish/portugese sounds like today rather than what it actually sounded like.

[@LovinLnCottage]

I haven’t heard Latin spoken like this since 1964. I was fluent in Latin in high school because I had a wonderful Latin teacher who taught us the correct pronunciation. I love this language because it is so precise. I had to slow down the video to 75% and read the Latin text to get it at all! I am SO rusty! I feel like it will come back if I read and heard it every day again. The written words and tenses and cases all came rushing back. Thank you for a blast from the past!🙏☮️🖖

[@ElCid48]

I feel like I am a child again and listening to a traditional Latin Mass

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

Sorry for being picky: But what is the correct pronunciation? Care to give us an example?

[@gurriato]

​@@ludwigsamereier8204The whole video is an example. What a bizarre question.

[@Alex-tu5vu]

Shit, I hate Latin in school

[@movement2contact]

​@@ludwigsamereier8204Nobody knows the exact old pronunciation of any word in any language, if it hadn't been recorded...

[@mecongberlin]

That was simply beautiful. And thank you for the script.

[@rpbajb]

I studied Latin for one year in high school. I can't speak it, but it was very useful knowing Latin roots in my career in chemical industry and in my hobby as an Emergency Medical Technician.

[@jamu6893]

So impressive to hear fluent spoken Latin, It would be awesome to have the written Latin on screen too though

[@metatronacademy]

It’s in the description and in the pinned comment for your personal study and review, with indicated phonemic vowel length. 👍🏻

[@bunty2046]

@@metatronacademy you are totally awesome!

[@PC4USE1]

Subtittles on YT makes a valiant effort but mixes Italian and English if you click CC.

[@kyriltolbert]

@@bunty2046 Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Exodus 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

[@kyriltolbert]

@@PC4USE1 John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@zhenjiu]

One of my high school Latin teachers, although a devout Catholic, absolutely insisted that we use the classical pronunciation when reciting. This reminds me of those days with my teacher and his flawless recitations..

[@carebear8762]

Although?

[@matt92hun]

@carebear8762 Normally they use church Latin which is whatever you can pronounce based on your native language and sounds more like Italian. Like pronouncing Caesar as /ˈt͡ʃe.sar/ instead of /ˈkae̯.sar/.

[@JohnFlower-NZ]

@@matt92hun my understanding is that Latin has been in use for many hundreds of years and therefore are a wide variety of pronunciations to chose from. I do like the idea of using pronunciation from the time of Julius Caesar.

[@stepanvrana88]

why although?

[@melvynobrien6193]

@@JohnFlower-NZThe Catholic-church pronunciation is likely closer to the original than the Protestant

[@autumnmeep]

I never learned Latin but it sounds so wonderful in rhythm and punctuation. I imagine with the full use of the tenses and grammar it is very precise and condensed in informational value too. :3 thank you for the snippet and I am hoping to get some more spoken Latin videos.

[@ultraflopp2802]

Latin is so beautiful… I think that we need to make it international language again. Not only because it is widely used in science but because I also want for English to suffer learning a language as well

[@Slates986]

Thank God us english don't.. rolling my tounge around my mouth this much and using so many syllables this fast seems exhausting..

[@zaqwsx23]

​@@Slates986 English is certainly not always that easy. In a sentence like: "I thought that thinking about threatening that thin guy with your teeth is the threshold to cross" you have to stick your tongue between your teeth nine times.

[@Done478]

It never left the church. It's still the universal language in the Vatican. Your video should be seen by more of my fellow Americans along with the reminder of the size of the only country that now speaks this language of an empire. Not. Very. Big.

[@selewachm]

WAY better than German :)

[@Done478]

@@Slates986 It is a great language for the verbose, I agree. I use it as my defense all the time because Latin doesn't have any word for the opposite of no. They literally don't have "yes" in their vocabulary. Instead, the Latin speaker repeats the question as a statement. Isn't it cold? It is cold. Imagine how negative that culture must be to feel no need to have a positive affirmation. I realized soon after marriage that there are two different ways to view the world. One as a no person and one as a yes person. After some months of living with him, I realized that he just said no. It didn't matter the circumstances, his answer was always no until it could be flipped to yes. Whereas, I have always believed that the default should be yes unless there is a good reason to say no. The folks in Rome couldn't even have that viewpoint of the world. 🤷🏻I think that's insane. However, it is handy for me because I will write a thousand-word essay just to say I agree. Latin is a convenient scapegoat for crappy editing. 😁 That explanation is also convenient because people don't know much about Latin and my apparent knowledge (requiring all three years of Latin 101 in high school) I can give the impression that I'm a bunch smarter than I actually am. That's a win for everybody but the person gas-lighted into believing I had a point. 🤣

[@jimmarotta5596]

Since I'm fluent in Italian, I understand about 70% of this. Well done, carry on.

[@wes748]

I was about to comment on how similar it sounds to the cadence and rhythm of spoken Italian as well!

[@DiviCaesarAugustus]

Bullshit, I am Italian, I studied Latin 5 High school Yeats and I do not understand 40 % of it

[@BJJgurl]

I don't understand Italian but I would have guessed this was Italian being spoken if I didn't know otherwise.

[@RamboSnoop]

wait until you find out where rome is@@wes748

[@valerietaylor9615]

I’ve studied enough Italian that I can understand the meaning of most Latin words, but not how they work together in a sentence. 🙁

[@jerrygrimes8813]

My grandmother majored in Latin, putting herself through college on a coop program (in the 1920s!). She married a farmer, and had a lifelong job as a farmer's wife, raising her family there. She only taught school one year. But her inspiration led her whole family for going on 3 generations to become successful professionals, engineers, doctor of pharmacy, DO, and more. Latin seemed to be a useless degree, but her example was huge. I've never heard what she studied so hard spoken like this before. Fascinating, and thanks for this!

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Right up until WW2 in Britain, the posh expensive schools mostly taught the classics in the original. Totally "useless" knowledge to, say, manage a factory, but just by the fact of having gone to one of those schools you could wander into any job you wanted.

[@josephstevens9888]

Those farmers wives were and still are the bedrock of society.... known plenty of them in my times!

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

I understand the importance of a bright-minded (grand)mother. Same goes for my mother who wisely got her children to get the schooling she was denied.

[@wenliu5051]

@@worldcomicsreview354 they still do today, much too my chagrin.

[@lizzy66125]

latin is useful for many things.

[@N1inSK]

I've not heard more than a couple of Latin words at a time. This shows the beauty of the language. Thanks for posting this video!

[@fatimakratohvil6904]

Very beautiful language …I took Classical Latin at high school and loved it very much .

[@erichvondonitz5325]

POV: You're meeting up with a Roman salesperson promoting Roman quality armour

[@guillermopalma480]

"Greetings, traveller" *Proceeds to show up products with prices*

[@Pedro_Colicigno]

@@guillermopalma480 "Got some rare things on sale, stranger!"

[@gideonmele1556]

“Certum est eos gladio Gallico cessaturos vel pecunia tua reddita (modo sane superstites)”

[@TonyFf986]

*adds one item to inventory

[@robertnewell5057]

This is very good accent. No soft 'v's or 'c's. Excellent. This really follows modern research into the pronunciation of latin during classical times.

[@personalelorenzo6922]

Do you have more info on this research?

[@melvynobrien6193]

The Catholic church kept the original pronunciation. Not this WENI WIDI WICI nonsense.

[@tanjavandermeer3522]

​@@melvynobrien6193Not true.

[@braincell4536]

@@melvynobrien6193 Its actually Weni, Widi, Wiki. They pronounced Cs as Ks

[@simianto9957]

​@@melvynobrien6193You are wrong.

[@mramg6038]

Just by speaking Latin you're 80% of the way to being medically qualified.

[@tired4743]

What a powerful sounding language. Plus, I love how it feels like I can understand the VERY rough general gist of what he’s saying. Probably to do with how it’s a root language of English

[@StephenYuill]

English borrows a lot of words from Latin, but it is not the root language of English. English roots are from German Anglo Saxon, French and Flemish.

[@tired4743]

Yep, I said “a”. I probably misused the term “root” though@@StephenYuill

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8]

@@StephenYuill Just the Anglo-Saxon, actually

[@kansasllama]

Yes but French is just extra bastardized Latin ;)

[@Presidentofthepresident]

It really sounds like a harmony between Italian and Spanish

[@doloresaquines1529]

Italian and Spanish are merely corrupted formes of Latín.

[@Facu_Roldan]

@@doloresaquines1529 and latin is merely a corrupted form of proto italic.

[@derdlerimdashayazilasidoyul]

​@@Facu_Roldanwhat does it mean

[@DanielDuarteSza]

As a portuguese native speaker and fluent in Spanish, latin actually sounds more like something between italian and Portuguese than Italian and Spanish

[@Facu_Roldan]

@@DanielDuarteSza I don't agree. The phonology of spanish is very similar to the classical latin one.

[@77thNYSV]

We need Metatron Academy Latin lessons!

[@bakters]

In Duolingo! I'm not joking.

[@mementomori8791]

@@bakters I thought I heard his voice there…?

[@sleepwalking117]

​@bakters I've been learning for a few months it's good but pronunciation is off at times depending on who is reading the lines.

[@theredknight9314]

@@baktersroseta stone has latin

[@bakters]

@@sleepwalking117 Yeap. A good start nonetheless.

[@subzerokos]

It’s surprising how just knowing Italian gives you an understanding of most Latin words

[@soasertsus]

very nice! It sounds like italian to me! its crazy how I don't speak any romance languages but still can understand some words here and there and kinda get the general theme of what's being talked about, really goes to show how much english has been influenced by latin! Same was as I can almost understand dutch because i speak german and english I guess italian speakers would probably get the gist of this.

[@tammyblack2747]

Many Italian speakers have commented that they understand a lot or all of this.

[@Bronte866]

We notice how quickly the Dutch learn English, they speak it better than any other country as a 2nd language and Americans notice they must be learning from Americans as they catch on to the American accent like crazy. Many speak American English so well that we don’t even know they’re Dutch. Why is this?

[@ff38lg19]

Portuguese is my birth language, and it's crazy how some sentences I can simply understand without any effort

[@montyyy08]

There’s a saying that Portuguese is the last flower of the Latin Language. So when I read Latin I “try” to mimic a Portuguese accent 😁.

[@moondog8353]

As a native English speaker, I'm still picking up on quite a few words that are used today in English. For example: segment, optimum, reconstruct. And the accent. Easy to see where Italian and Spanish accents are descended from. It's interesting to see how even centuries (another!) later, Latin influence is still spread across multiple languages, places, and peoples.

[@user-gc3lo4fq7w]

@@montyyy08 The european one or the brazilian one? I'm from portugal and learning latin, and dear god, it's easy. Everything sounds so natural and portuguese.

[@montyyy08]

@@user-gc3lo4fq7w definitely European Portuguese, which sounds a lot more serious than Brazilian (no offence!). One big difference is that EP has stress-timing, which English also has, so EP seems more approachable. At least to me.

[@fitito500]

Spanish is my mother tongue and Yes, I can understand many of the sentences because with the gesture of him and a lot of words sounds just like our languages. And of course Metatrón is speaking very slowly, In a normal conversation I think we couldn't understand nothing

[@ununuh]

I’m an English speaker who knows a little Portuguese and Spanish and attends the Latin Mass. This video is quite an experience! 🥰

[@jimwinchester339]

I was gonna' say, sounds like a cross between Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. I just looked around on Wikipedia and learned that, though I've never heard it spoken, I should probably include Catalan on that list.

[@TheTenthLeper]

For there is one God, *and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;* who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 Timothy 2:5‭-‬6 KJV *And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.* Matthew 23:9 KJV

[@kafon6368]

@@TheTenthLeper Matthew 16:18 Douay-Rheims Bible

[@luso7916]

@@TheTenthLeper That's cool, but you are quoting a mutilated "bible" based on the original, which was created by the Roman Catholic Church. There would be no Bible without the Church, and thus you will always live in its shadow.

[@TheTenthLeper]

@@kafon6368 Who turning, said to *_Peter:_** *Go behind me, **_Satan,_* thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest _not the things that are of God,_ but the things that are of men. St Matthew 16:23 DRC1752 You telling me your church is founded on Satan? Did you read the whole chapter? Even your Bible says that.

[@ottovonbismarck4194]

I suddenly have the strange urge to conquer everything I see

[@marthabarker2136]

The Romans gave us English speakers half of our vocabulary, medical terms, architecture, civil engineering and military strategy.

[@miretyy180300]

As a portuguese native speaker (and any other native latin language speaker, I imagine), it's very delightful to hear classical latin and recognize some words and even the pronunciation of the syllables.

[@robertolang9684]

nao te cagues porque sei que nao entendes um caralho ,o portugues nao vem do latin , mentes pra que gaviao , agradares ?

[@thomasharter8161]

I speak French and I can only understand a few words. I don't believe, as an Italian said, that he can understand 75%

[@robertolang9684]

@@thomasharter8161 just fooking idiots i speak portogallo and do not understand shit whatta they say , portugallo is close to ligurian still i don't undertand a shit even Spanish i only understand if they speak slowly a few words i went to galiza in school times the old peopple talk to me in galician and i did not understood a shit of they language too many people pulling black nuggets from they ass with naked fingers this days

[@FOX007-um1wr]

I hope we never lose this language. Some folks have been lucky enough to attend a Latin mass, or have studied Latin in school. Unfortunately many people have not been so lucky. What a cool and amazing channel.

[@catwithquill]

I love how many fellow Latin mass attendees I'm finding in these comments. It's comforting.

[@YnEoS10]

Check out Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata if you want to learn.

[@kogumilaan]

Latin mass is almost always pronounced ecclesiastically, which was never a thing because it was an artificial pronunciation based on the accents of medieval Italians.

[@RaveDecoy242]

I hope we never lose any languages *again*. We had over 10,000 languages at one point. Imagine the lessons lost, the legends untold, and lives forgotten.

[@theresegretencord2470]

My friend convinced me to try Latin Mass and it was an amazing experience...even though I had no idea what was going on half the time 😂 Such a beautiful language!

[@freebornjohn2687]

He speaks Latin like an Italian.

[@Debbie338]

Such a beautiful, rolling, flowing language.

[@quercus5398]

How would you compare it to Chinese?

[@Debbie338]

@@quercus5398 Favorably. I learned Spanish before I learned English and I love how the Romance languages roll and flow. Finnish has that same quality, as does Japanese. Arabic too, for that matter. No dialect of Chinese hits me that way.

[@marcello7781]

I got so impressed by how much I understood of what Metatron said that I'm thinking about starting to learn Latin.

[@VikingTeddy]

It's surprising how many words we are familiar with already. It threw me for a loop that I understood a little bit.

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@VikingTeddy because English has a lot of latin loanwords

[@stephenrusso6019]

@@mrtrollnator123 apparently English speakers have a easier time learning Latin and Italian because of this.

[@sleepwalking117]

​@mrtrollnator123 Most Western languages use the Latin alphabet. You Cowords in German like kaiser Which in latin is based off Caesar

[@sleepwalking117]

​@mrtrollnator123 Most Western languages use the Latin alphabet. You can find words in German like kaiser, which in latin is based on Caesar

[@Avera9eWh1teShark6]

Its fascinating hearing fluent conversational Latin, because if you speak spanish or Italian, you can almost understand it

[@altuttle6765]

No I'm sorry but fluently speaking spanish is certainly not enough. And I fluently speak portuguese and french too.

[@NightWanderer31415]

You can distinguish and guess some words but definitely not enough.

[@suet.r.4815]

Wonderful! Thank you! And thank you so much for the script for personal study as well!

[@lebowskitriple8]

The delivery is phenomenal !! Spoken with authority and gravitas ... ⚔🛡

[@JLxavyo]

I speak Spanish and actually understood like 30-40% of what he was saying

[@captaincole4511]

Well your language comes from latin so that’d make a lot of sense

[@liamkisbee8117]

Spanish,French and Italian fragmented from Latin so that will be why

[@a.s2855]

​@@liamkisbee8117 English also comes from latin

[@judealemain]

​@@a.s2855English has a lot of Latin loanwords, but it comes from Old English, which was a Germanic Language

[@liamkisbee8117]

@@a.s2855 I litteraly said that

[@TimeSurfer206]

2 years of French and a year of Spanish in High School, followed by a year in Italy, and this just sounds and feels so right.

[@michaelfitzhugh8020]

Ah, brings back so many old memories.

[@boredmillionaire9914]

Can hear how Spanish & Italian came from it

[@augusto727]

Amazing!!! I speak Spanish and Italian so I was able to catch quite a bit plus being Roman Catholic and knowing latin prayers really helps to understand but this is the most fluent latin soliloquy that I have ever heard! Great job!

[@frotz661]

I had the same impression. I miss being around Italian spoken by people from the old country and by those one generation removed.

[@augusto727]

@@frotz661 I feel the same about Italian but how come one generation removed?

[@RNG-esus]

I was going to say, as a Canadian who only knows English in a little bit of french, it sounded like a very strong mix of Spanish and italian, but I guess that's exactly what it is, or that they came from Latin I should say

[@daeith1233]

So funny bc as a French I caught nothing💀

[@amantryingtoprogress4564]

​@@daeith1233same here as a Spanish speaker, I was able to understand about 0% of the speech 💀

[@logafixico]

I grew up in Montana. Fell in love with with history after I discovered the Persians, Greeks, and Romans from Age of Empire games. Now I can't believe that I ACTUALLY get to hear someone speak one of their languages this close to how it may have sounded. This was an unexpected pleasure, and I didn't understand 95% of what you said... But that's the crazy part! I speak English and random words/phrases from Blackfeet, Salish and Seminole. But I can still understand some of the things you said in this video and that seems crazy to me!

[@MaureenLycaon]

Not as bizarre as it may seem! English has a LOT of words taken directly from Latin, and even more from medieval Old Norman, which itself is a direct descendant of Latin.

[@EtnoZam]

Next time you play AOE try to also discover the Hittites, Asyrian, Egyptians, Pheonicians and Cananites it will make you further fall in love with ancient history and broaden your knowledge about how all these empires formed and shaped one another and human history in general.

[@elffanatic2000]

Another Montanan! How cool is it that a shared love of language could bring people together? I've tried to study Latin before on my own, as well as the influenced languages of French and Spanish, and now I study Irish, so hearing the ancestor of so many languages being spoken as if it were still living is amazing. Kudos to another Montanan and kudos to the original creator of this video bringing people with a love of languages together.

[@mickey1849]

You found Persians, Greeks, and Romans in Montana?? 😲

[@logafixico]

@@MaureenLycaon I should have used the word amazing/astounding/mind boggling... But yeah, still crazy and awesome and I'm glad to be a part of this lineage.

[@treemarie3080]

I just read a singular Latin word (Aequinoctium) which made me realize I've never actually heard Latin being spoken, and now I'm watching this. What a time to be alive! Awesome video!

[@FlexibleFlyer50]

My aunt (who died a few years ago at 91) studied Latin in junior high school and high school. Each year she won the Latin Prize, and then post-high school graduation she kept up her Latin studies throughout her life. Until she was 90 she did crossword puzzles in Latin---no mean feat for anyone her age----and no dictionary either. She went to local board of ed meetings to ask that Latin classes be introduced once again in the high school. One year when a board member sniggered at her and said, "Latin is a dead language!" my aunt brought the board members, parents, and media to their feet when she addressed them----in Latin----about the reasons why Latin was NOT a dead language and why Latin deserved a place in the curriculum. Although my aunt was not successful in getting Latin back in the schools, she did get to join the state's Council of Language Teachers----and she was one of the key speakers----in Latin---for their yearly conference.

[@yukon2445]

I am a native French speaker and I honestly love how easy it is for you to speak in this language in which mine finds its deepest roots. Some words are similar.

[@TBone14159]

See, this is the type of content I love to find here at KZbin. Great work, and I'm impressed by your command of Latin!

[@Mardevscience]

I took 2 years of Latin in High School in the 80’s and I loved it. I wish I still understood it!

[@Igor-my6ml]

Damn, I get back into my past life 🧬

[@catwithquill]

As someone who has attended the Latin Mass since childhood, this is soothing in it's familiarity.

[@m_a_s6069]

Your priest must have been way off script...

[@wilpri]

I also, but it's hardly familiar. Sounds more middle eastern. Perhaps his natural accent, whatever that is.

[@Gibeah]

😂😂😂me: used to Metatron's high pitched debunking rants Metatron: pure bass classical Latin

[@nonye0]

to me thats what i feel make latin sound so badass.

[@selenethenerd2063]

This was exceedingly calming to me.

[@emitouya1899]

Cómo hablante del español entendí casi todo, mucho nos ha dejado Roma que perdura hasta hoy día. Que gran canal este, gran contenido y enseñanzas. Saludos desde Uruguay hermanos tanos! 🇺🇾💙🇮🇹

[@Luciasantos-by9np]

Nao sei como conseguistes entender pois das linguas Latinas , a que esta mais distante do Latim e o Frances e a mais cerca o Italiano. Os falantes de Portugues , Espanhol , Romeno , precisariam de pelo menos um ano de estudo para poder entender ao menos 50% da lingua falada.

[@thomasharter8161]

@@Luciasantos-by9np There are a lot of mythomaniacs! I don't believe Spanish and Italian speakers who say they understand almost everything or 3/4. I speak French and I only understand a few words.

[@captaincole4511]

I kind of understood what he said. He was talking about the armor he was wearing and the evolution of the roman soldier’s gear from chain mail to lorica and back again. He spoke of the examples on Trajan’s column in Rome and other examples

[@ianbruce6515]

I believe that chain mail was adopted from the Celts.

[@metatronacademy]

Full Latin Script for your personal study: Lōrīca segmentāta legiōnāriī Rōmānī Salvēte, nōbilēs meī, exoptātī revenītis ad canālem meum, hic Metatrōn vōs alloquor. Hodiē dē Lōrīcā Segmentātā loquēmur. Per nōmen ipsum incipiēmus. Lōrīca segmentāta. Num sīc vocātur ab antīquīs Rōmānīs? Prōh dolor, quō pactō rēctē vocārētur hoc lōrīcae genus ā Rōmānīs nēminem scīre cōnstat. Hoc nōmen Lōrīca Segmentāta novātum est ā scholāribus hominibus saeculī sextī decimī. Tamen, lōrīca segmentāta est ipsissimum genus lōrīcae quod repente in mentem venit quandōcumque cōgitēmus dē mīlitibus Rōmānīs, proptereā quod saepiusculē et ostenditur, nec rārō in modō quī contrā chronologiam rērum gestārum pugnat. Hic autem est legiōnārius Imperiī Rōmānī quī prīmō ferē saeculō mīlitābat, Gāiō Jūliō Caesare Octāviānō Augustō rēgnante. Hic vērō mīles Reī Pūblicae, mīlitāns in legiōne Jūliī Caesaris in Galliā. Vidēlicet Reī Pūblicae legiōnārius lōrīcā segmentātā armātus parum historicus est. Secundum historicōs, spatium trecentōrum annōrum adhibita est lōrīca segmentāta. Omnibus aliīs saeculīs, lōrīca hāmāta, quae est lōrīca ānellīs ferreīs īnstrūcta, ūsitātior est apud Rōmānōs. Oportet hancce esse imāginem quae ad mentem nostram redeat, neque istam. Ēn vidēmus lōrīcam segmentātam in praeclārā Columnā Trajānī dēpictam, haec enim columna triumphālis, in Forō Trajānī Rōmae sita, monumentum ibi positum post victōriam ejusdem prīncipis Trajānī victōriam in Bellō Dācō. Lōrīca quam hīc vidēmus vērō admomum speciōsa est, neque enim accūrātē vērī similem lōrīcam segmentātam repraesentat. Eandem difficlutātem percipimus in galeīs scūtīsque, quae nimis parva sunt, fortassis artis causā. Quamobrem nōn rēctē dēpicta sint suspicor esse propter magnitūdinem, ut exemplum dem, scūtum, quippe quod singula mīlitum operiat. Crassitūdō lāminārum ferreārum prōrsus variāblis est in ipsā lōrīcā, a septem decimīs partibus mīllimetrōrum ad tria mīllimetra, spississimīs vērō lāminīs ūmerōrum quae pars nīmīrum fortissima est. Lōrīcae lāminae sunt innexae fībulīs orīchalcī, ānsīs ferrēis lōrīsque scorteīs. Mea versiō quam hīc vidētis cuprō pūrō ūtitur ad innexūs lāminārum corporis, atque orīchalcō ad ūmerōs et lāminās pectōris. Pondus ūniversē ā septem ad novem chīliogrammata solet esse, lōrīcā certō mūtātā ad ipsum mīlitem. Lōrīcae fōrma sinit mīlitī magnam facultātem sē movendī. Propter permulta inventa archaeologica jam compertum habēmus dīversīs fōrmīs praebitam esse lōricam hanc per Imperium Rōmānum, forsitan statibus ēvolūtiōnis hujus lōrīcae. Ita sunt fōrmae, ūna quae Kalkriese vocātur ā nōmine oppidī in Germāniā quō ejus frāgmenta inventa sunt, alia fōrma Corbridge typus A et B, in Britanniā inventa, fōrma Newstead, ex Caledoniā, tandem Alba Jūlia, in Rōmānīā inventa. Fōrma Kalkriese vērisimiliter ipsa est quā ūtēbantur mīlitēs quī mortuī sunt in proeliō silvae Teutoburgēnsis, duoque genera habēmus, alterum veterius, alterum moderniusculum ac multiplexius. Fierī quidem potest eam esse inter prīmās fōrmās prōtotypicās. Fōrma Corbridge prō clausūrae mēchanicā ratiōne lōrōrum scorteōrum cum hāmīs metallicīs, probābiliter vīsa est firmior. Typus A lōra scortea servat ad colligendās lāminās pectorālēs ad reliquam lōrīcam, dum typus B ūtitur hāmīs metallicīs, ceu hīc in meā versiōne vērī similī potestis vidēre, quae est Corbridge typus B. Ē quadrāgintā lāmīnīs cōnstat haec fōrma. Apparātūs collāris et ūmerōrum cōnstitērunt ē vīgintī quattuor lāminīs, et cingulō sēdecim lāminae. Frāgmenta fōrmae Newstead quae in puteō prīncipiōrum aedificiī inventa sunt in oppidō Newstead in Caledoniā, iterum nōbīs mōnstrant pauxillō mūtātam fōrmam, jam numerō segmentātōrum minōre, ultimō quidem māximō. Alba Jūlia est fōrma tarda, vērisimiliter secundō aut tertiō saeculō post Chrīstum. Et illa māximē differt ab aliīs - nempe tardior fōrma - quamquam imāginēs quās hīc vidēmus sunt recōnstrūctiōnēs hypetheticae. Inter commoda hujus generis lōrīcae ūnum est ejus potestātem prōtegendī legiōnāriī ūmerōs perbene. Oportet nōn meminisse scūtum Rōmānum, quod est satis magnum, prīmum praesidium est mīlitī, ac sī rēctē adhibēbitur, prōtēctiōnem optimam praebēbit ā sūrā ūsque ad clāviculam. Bene, nōbilēs meī, spērō fore ut haec pellicula tibi placuerit, et sī ita, mementōte: pollice probandō favendum! Subscrībendumque esse meō canālī ad plūra Metatrōnis, et mementōte: Metatrōn suās ālās pānsit. Valēte.

[@tarvos_trigaranvs]

Grātiās tibi agō!

[@molotov7000]

Expecting more😍✌️

[@Lillyluri]

This gets really weird when you ask KZbin to translate the comment. Sincerely, a non-speaker of Roman languages, who nevertheless understood more using this aid.

[@veritasardens6547]

Gratias tibi ago centurio Metatronus, nobis valde placebat hanc pelliculam de lorica segmentata spectare et verba tua latine auscultare.

[@bigjohn5142]

Hoc spectaculo valde delectatus sum. Et galeas illas eximias in posterius plurimum laudo. Hanc rem series facite!

[@rotkatzeredcat4284]

Metatron that was profoundly wonderful. I have been wanting to hear fluent Latin for a long time, but every single vid I watched was just too short. Loved hearing this. X

[@josephnardone1250]

That was one of the coolest and best videos you've done. It was like being transport back to ancient Rome in a time machine. I hope you do more videos like this. PS. Your appearance really enhances the illusion.

[@carthagodelendaest9068]

Glad that my 2 years of selflearning latin paid off. I actually understood most of the video. It is so great to hear latin spoken!

[@EternalDawn]

How long did you study per day / week? How often?

[@antonioiozzi9171]

Latin, the most beatiful language in my opinion. Very elegant to hear.

[@faresmarzouk3742]

It sounds like a perfect mix between French Italian, Spanish and and english

[@harrybarrow6222]

I was taught Latin in secondary school, almost 70 years ago. It has been helpful in understanding new words; many English words are built from Latin or Greek (which I have not learned). Latin was used as an international language up to the 18th century. Isaac Newton wrote his books (eg Principia Mathematica) and papers in Latin, for example.

[@Kaghemsuha]

You have to be really old.

[@mathilde1212]

Plus it help to understand roots of most words, latin and greek, are still parts of scientific language.

[@paulross225]

I can't help thinking how much more elegant and perhaps even beautiful Latin sounds than modern Italian.

[@glory2cybertron]

Common people talked in slang and weird dialects so it was way less pretty irl

[@paulross225]

@@glory2cybertron Nonsense! I could tell you to f.. off in such a collection of superlatives expressed so lyrically that would leave you charmed rather than offended! Likewise, there is a compendium of ancient Roman graffiti which although obscene came over as witty and beautifully expressed when translated into modern English!

[@javierslytherin9898]

Latin sounds, in my opinion, Spanish and Greek. But I like Italian tho

[@maxonite]

Italian is a beautiful language

[@tm75_88]

So precious video!! Now it's clear why all roman languages sound beautyfully 👍... As italian, I studied latin 5 years at school, but only the written. We don't speak it and I couldn't have ever realized how it really sounds

[@jeanneratterman4174]

Wonderful to hear it spoken so fluidly.

[@froydiskuhnejohansen8830]

This is absolutely exquisite! 🙌 Such a talent! Latin is the world's most beautiful language, we must get Latin back again!

[@manfredfruhauf3557]

After the Brits s tupidly decided in favour of Brexit, we should drop English as a working language in the EU and re-introduce Latin as an (or even THE) official language of and in the EU!

[@jannenreuben7398]

​@@manfredfruhauf3557The Irish might have something to say about that.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

​@@manfredfruhauf3557！歳萬！歳萬！歳萬

[@jmholmes98]

Most impressive. My compliments to the Speaker.

[@austingrace1]

This is my 5 or 6 time listening to this video. This just sounds so beautiful the the rolled Rs sound extra beautiful. I love how you very the tone of your voice. It is so easy on the ears. I could listen to you speak this language all day for sure. You can hear the care and detail in the language. It is like 4K for the ears. I honestly feel like I'm watching a documentary on TV. I love the audio production as well.

[@grahamexeter3399]

Such a flowing, musical language.

[@isabelk3362]

It's so wonderful to hear someone speak in Latin, my favorite language! Classical Latin at that, which makes everything even better! My ears are blessed!

[@PerunHorn]

I've been learning latin 2 years in high school+2years in university and all profesors always insisted on classical pronunciation, so I am very joyfull to hear the classical pronunciation, and also you narrate that so increadibly well-just like how I imagine a proper every-day speaker of latin sounded like. `Kajsar` and not `cezar`, `kikero` and not `cicero`. I just love that 😊😊 Good job bro!

[@siobhanmaebh8676]

As a student of Classics, this was music to my ears. Ago gratias.

[@maogu1999]

My personal favourite: A roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says "Five beers please"

[@grauwolf1604]

Eine wirklich großartige Idee! Ich werde mir das Script kopieren und das Video mit Scriptum noch einmal "incorporieren". So wird Latein endlich zu einer richtigen Sprache! Vielen Dank dafür!

[@pseudonym745]

Amazing! I've always wondered how it sounded when spoken fluently. I thought it's about 25 years ago since my last Latin class, and I could pick up astoundingly much. Thank you very much, this was really a new experience!

[@lord_kyle-yann]

Remind me when my latin teacher asked us to do a oral prensentation in latin and everyone praised me for my "latin accent"

[@udozocklein6023]

the title gave everything away and i'm all for it! thanks, metatron.

[@user-yu9lr7wb6z]

I started Latin in the 5th grade with a teacher who had a terrible accent, but eventually figured it out by myself over the years. I was never fluent, but did pick up the genuine sounds, and this guy is saying it in exactly that way!

[@parryandriposte1478]

I wish Latin wasn’t a dead language. So much history and culture in it.

[@carmenm.4091]

I’m surprised how much I actually understand with my Spanish background. This was so cool 😎 thanks!

[@samskpopcorner]

translation in case anyone is interested Lorica segmentata of the Roman legionaries. Greetings, my noble ones, you have returned to my channel, and here I address you as Metatron. Today we shall speak about the Lorica Segmentata (segmented cuirass). Let us begin with the name itself. Lorica segmentata. Was it called so by the ancient Romans? Alas, it is certain that no one knows how this type of armor was correctly called by the Romans. The name "Lorica Segmentata" was coined by scholars of the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, the Lorica Segmentata is the very type of armor that immediately comes to mind whenever we think of Roman soldiers, precisely because it is often depicted and not infrequently in a manner that contradicts the chronology of events. This legionary of the Roman Empire, who served in the first century, during the reign of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus, is an example of such armor. He is a soldier of the Republic, serving in Julius Caesar's legion in Gaul. Indeed, it is historically inaccurate for a legionary of the Republic to be armed with segmented armor. According to historians, the Lorica Segmentata was used for a period of three hundred years. In all other centuries, the lorica hamata, which is armor made of interlocking iron rings, was more commonly used among the Romans. We should keep this image in mind, not the former. Behold, we see the Lorica Segmentata depicted on the famous Trajan's Column. This triumphal column, located in Trajan's Forum in Rome, is a monument erected after the victory of the same Emperor Trajan in the Dacian Wars. The armor we see here is indeed quite impressive, although it does not accurately represent the Lorica Segmentata. We encounter the same difficulty with the helmets and shields, which are too small, perhaps for artistic reasons. Therefore, I suspect that they are not depicted correctly due to their size, to give you an example, a shield, as it should cover the entire body of the soldier. The thickness of the iron plates in the lorica can vary from seventeen millimeters to three millimeters, with the thickest plates being on the shoulders, which are the strongest part. The plates of the lorica are fastened with brass buckles, iron hooks, and leather straps. The version you see here uses pure copper for the fastening of the plates to the body, and brass for the shoulders and chest plates. The weight of the lorica usually ranges from seven to nine kilograms, depending on the specific design for the individual soldier. The shape of the lorica allows the soldier great mobility. Based on numerous archaeological finds, we now know that this type of armor was used in various forms throughout the Roman Empire, perhaps evolving over time. Thus, we have different forms, one known as Kalkriese, named after a town in Germania where its fragments were found, another form known as Corbridge Type A and B, found in Britain, the Newstead form from Caledonia, and finally Alba Iulia, found in Romania. The Kalkriese form is likely the one used by the soldiers who died in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, and we have two versions, an older one and a more modern and complex one. It is possible that it represents one of the earliest prototypical forms. The Corbridge form, especially Type A, which uses leather straps with metal hooks for fastening, is considered to be more robust due to its mechanical closure system. Type B uses metal hooks, as you can see in my version, which is Corbridge Type B. This form consists of forty plates. The collar and shoulder sections are made up of twenty-four plates, and the waist section has sixteen plates. The fragments of the Newstead form found in a well in the principia building in the town of Newstead, Caledonia, show us a slightly modified version, with fewer segments, the largest number being the last and most recent. Alba Iulia is a late form, dating to the second or third century AD. It differs significantly from the others, being a later form, although the images we see here are hypothetical reconstructions. One of the advantages of this type of armor is its ability to protect the legionary's shoulders very well. We must not forget the Roman shield, which is quite large and provides the soldier with the first line of defense, offering optimal protection from the shin to the collarbone. Well, my noble ones, I hope you have enjoyed this presentation, and if so, remember: give your approval with a thumbs up! And subscribe to my channel for more Metatron's videos, and remember: Metatron spreads his wings. Farewell.

[@scottpreston5074]

I love the pure Latin! I just relaxed and listened and understood some of what you were swyimg about the armor. English is a germanic frame with a lot of Latin attached. The more educated one is, the more Latin is in their vocabulary. I would love to learn it as well as you. We, your followers, should learn it and form our own virtual empire.

[@andrewcarter504]

You made a lot of sense but there is a word in your text that I don't understand, I think it should be saying the word is swyimg.

[@badicrain8583]

in the most common english keyboard layout the w key is bordering the a key, so it's a common typo to write a w in place of an a

[@brawdygordii]

​@@badicrain8583 and an m for an n. It took me an hiyr to airk out what he was swyimg.

[@alganhar1]

@@brawdygordii That was actually pretty damned clever, also funny, unfortunately I now have to clean my morning coffee off my keyboard! Yes, yes, I have an odd sense of humour.... I know.....

[@brawdygordii]

@@alganhar1 Thanks. I think you have a good sense of humour. I also think it's not healthy to laugh and drink at the same time. That's why I joke with people I don't like at breakfast or lunchtime. It works better than a punch to the solar plexus and isn't so obvious ;-)

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

As a German, the only word I really understood from this from German was Quasi. As soon as I heard it, I immediately did an etymology search for the ancestry of Quasi in German, and turns out it derives from Latin! Interesting to see that even though our languages are completely different, we still have Latin influence in there. I wonder if our other words that begin with Q such as Qual, Quellen, Qualität and others are of Latin origin.

[@masterjunky863]

We have "quasi" in Italian too

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@@masterjunky863 Nice! What does it mean in your language? Is it pronounced like Kwa-see, or like Kva-see? In German, we do both depending on where you're from

[@masterjunky863]

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 It means "almost" and it's pronounced "kwa-see"

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@@masterjunky863 Same thing here! It depends on how you use it, but most commonly it's used as a filler word for fast which literally means almost. So same thing with Italian XD Quasi also means sort of or basically in German. Pretty cool we have the same word!

[@masterjunky863]

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 Another interesting fact is that Italian has a lot of Germanic discending words, there is a Wikipedia page in German about this with a list of words with their Germanic origin.

[@erihmann1560]

It's so enlightening to hear a person speaking so fluently in High Gothic nowadays.

[@MrMelmott]

I learned Latin from 8 years old. It was beautiful Church Latin . When I studied in in college later it was flat sounding devoid of any musical tones of the former . I can still recite prayers in that Language.

[@guillermopalma480]

Have you considered making a video (or even a podcast) in Latin with Luke from Polymathy? It'll be amazing! I'd love to see two of my favourite youtubers making a crossover.

[@jamu6893]

I would pay an embarrassing amount of money for this

[@kyriltolbert]

@@jamu6893 John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Have no idea what you said,but I absolutely love it. You have a very amorous voice.

[@aprilthompson5154]

Sounds good. Very powerful and direct.

[@reaganjanaerichard5009]

That sounds so beautiful. What a lovely language.

[@Avdlp]

uno dei pochissimi video di latino - pronuncia restituta, eseguiti a dovere, con fluidità, senza accenti molesti e con le corrette lunghezze e nasalizzazioni delle vocali (per quanto ne sappiamo). Si vedono la passione e gli studi, complimenti (anche per tutti gli altri contenuti, molto interessanti)

[@davidbouvier8895]

"As far as we know" is an important qualification since the allegedly correct pronunciation of classical era Latin is based, at best, on educated guesswork. One imagines that, even in ancient times, some proletarian bloke on the street in a low rent district (suburra) of Rome would have sounded very different than Cicero orating away in the senate. Certainly, my cockney ancestors didn't sound much like Winston Churchill!

[@Danguard76]

Ma veramente dicevano "Cronologhia" o "Leghionari" cioè G e C dura sempre? Bah...

[@tim7052]

Amazing!! Latin is a "dead" language, but scholars and the intelligensia still use it today. It is reshreshing to see that it is learned and spoken for its own merit. Great stuff! 👍

[@michaelmontagu3979]

If Latin was still spoken generally, it would be easier when travelling overseas. Just one language to learn.

[@h3069]

​​@@michaelmontagu3979I mean like 20% of the world speaks at least some English. 'Bout as close as we'll get for a while

[@whigparty6180]

Fascinating and beautiful ❤

[@lovernotfighter]

Hail Cesar! I enjoyed this very much. It brought me to the times of Imperial Rome. Great video thank you Metatron.