Hastati Samnitici | Historical Warfare

[@gm2407]

So the Romans got the Histatii and Principes style of warfare from the Samnites rather than developing it themselves. No surprises there then. Good video. It seems the Romans adapted tactics to aggressively push forward behind the shield rather than just ambush or hold the high ground. Very effective cheap design.

[@itshunni8346]

Not really but also definitely yes (roman history am i right?). it was a common method of organization, to have a poorer skirmisher class, then wealthier heavy infantry, but they were the primary force in how they fought before the first set of reforms especially because they fought them often in mountains.

[@geordiejones5618]

Remember folks, it was the Italians as a whole who conquered the Mediterranean. After the 4th century Latin War, the Romans started learning more heavy on their allies to provide regular manpower, which maintained their increasingly large military and allowed them to spread across the map beyond Italy. The Romans could never have conquered all they did without the Socii, who spent a couple centuries waiting and then fighting for expanded rights.

[@stevensmith688]

Excellent video! I had a couple of students that were really fascinated with the Samnite’s when I went over Ancient Rome last school year. I’m going to send them the link to this video.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

thankyou!

[@theromanorder]

Ohh I remember learning about these guys 2 years ago Kings and generals did a nice vide on there history... This is a very good job josh.. please keep it up

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

i plan to!

[@theromanorder]

@@AncientHistoryGuy oh yea, can you do a video on the Etruscans, is that on your to do list? Anyway thanks for taking time to respond man, Although why is it, you posted 10 hours ago... Yet always you always comment about this time, for me it's the next day (it's currently 5:40 am I've been working all night) Just curious

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Sleep haha, I work evenings into very early mornings, so i am very much so nocturnal.

[@theromanorder]

@@AncientHistoryGuy understood I just couldn't sleep lol. But usual I'm an early bird anyway and go to bed at an "early bed time" aka 9-10pm.. in comparison my friends and for some reason lots of the world go to bed at dum o clock But it's interesting to see how we all work But I know there are some advantages to being a night owl and an early bird, I just don't remember them off the top of my head lol, I can't wait for the day I'm able to support the amazing content form great people as yourself... It's great how KZbin has So many great people and it's free, but I geuss the idiots ballince that lol

[@samym1694]

Oh I remember these guys from a Game "Rome 2: Total War" as Socii Hastati or as a Samnite faction unit in "Rise of the Republic" DLC

[@bombasticbadassbrigade3552]

I find it fascinating that the Samnites came up with a practical solution to tactical flexibility (that the Romans went on to adopt), that the Greeks failed to do. Greece had far less flat land than Italy and yet still fought as a hoplite phalanx. To fight in a relatively or comparatively 'inflexible' formation (which the Greeks of Magna Graecia would have done) seems foolish. I suppose it was usually Greeks vs Greeks so they basically all fought the same and lacked variety until the Macedonians prevailed (which initially under Phillp II and Alexander was a very flexible "combined arms" approach). I also wondered if Alexander made it to Italy, if we would have incorporated the Samnite like formations into his ranks if he beat them and went to take on the Romans...

[@etherealdragon207]

My great grandfather's people, he was from Campobasso.

[@TheVakama112]

Amazing video! Been eagerly awaiting this one :)

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

More to come!

[@eldraque4556]

very good, thank you

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Thank you too!

[@bosbanon3452]

Can we compare Samnite Shield with the Persian one? I read that the Sassanid later also use bow and Arrow to broke their enemy formation then their heavy cavalry charge

[@micahistory]

never heard of them until now

[@casual96]

Brutii Will rule the world 🙌🏼

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

We Brutii are the only true romans. We saved Rome. We drove out the Kings. We made the Republic...

[@alechianese01]

​@AncientHistoryGuy you've given the name to Italy, and I appreciate that from a descendant of your neighbours, the Samnites🗡💪

[@giftzwerg7345]

This is really interessting, so they used a scutum with spears, and most probably not in a shieldwall formation? This would be interessting coz it would mean that spears are still very efective weapons in looser formations

[@gm2407]

Just having a spear even if it is extra weight secondary weapon is great for skirmishers in the open when caught out by cavalry.

[@MrXandervm]

Was this made with AI? Why mention 4 times in a row that the attic helmet allowed the samnites to hear good?

[@Scratchhh]

deadass I love watching history videos and i SWEAR TO GOD i keep seeing channels like this with like 100-1000 subs and its all AI generated shit lmao

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

so i use chat GTP to expand my scripts, other wise they will just come to around 2/5 mins long, all the research is done by me, because these AI programs make hundreds upon hundreds of mistakes. If i told AI to just write me a script about the Samnites it would come up with some garbage that didn't exist, or existed in completely the wrong time frame, and by another country/civilization. It's a useful tool, but it has to be used as a tool, not a cheat, sort of like how icing is done to finish off a cake, or reverb is added to music to make it sound nice.

[@gr33ny24]

@@AncientHistoryGuy Its completely fine to use it as a tool as long as its not let to do the whole script on itself. nice video though

[@MrXandervm]

@@AncientHistoryGuy you said :"the cheek and noseguards provided aditional protection for the face" thats not true though, the Attic helmet does not have a nose guard. You've mixed it up with a Chalcidian helmet. If the video is to short, then the answer is not talk about boring shit longer (the thrusting spear was designed for thrusting! wow, who would have thought? what, it was made out of wood and some some of metal at the top? how interesting!). Look up interesting stuff! Rome had a bunch of wars with these guys, how did they go? What were the differences between the samnite tribes? Surely, if you are interested in history you can find cool stuff to talk about. Using AI to do so is fine, but this is not something you have to do for school right? no need to pad stuff out needlesly. This and the combination of you talking 20% too slow made the video boring to be honest

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

@@gr33ny24 exactly my thoughts. Its pretty useless as a means of writing the entire script itself. Its also limited to around 900 words, which if you are trying to do longform content is useless.

[@CARL_093]

cool

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

thankyou!

[@beepboop204]

[@DieLuftwaffel]

Samnitici: the "ci" at the end is pronounced like "key" to a car and not like "kai". You're British so I understand your aversion to accurate pronunciation 😂

[@Immortalhallur]

Think he's pronouncing it how the Greeks and Romans would

[@etherealdragon207]

​@@ImmortalhallurLatin CI is English chee.

[@bradmyst1339]

This content is exactly like all the rest. I don’t understand your comment either?

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Will this channel ever make history videos again? Instead of this ango-fascist bs?

[@visegradi]

What the hell are you talking about lmaooo

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@visegradi yeah they targetting idiots😀

[@alechianese01]

​@Breakfast_of_Champions you forgot that fascists came from the North of Italy😂