How Did a Greek Hoplite Go to War? (5th Century BC) DOCUMENTARY

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In this live history documentary we step into the shoes of a Greek Hoplite of the 5th century BC to see what it was like to prepare for war. We begin with a quick discussion of the socio-political status of warriors in ancient greek history. Next we see what their weapons and armor were like and how these were equipped. This includes everything from their sandals to their greaves, their chest armor, helmets, shields, spears, and more. This includes a look at shield emblems such as the lambda of the Spartan army and the club of heracles used by Thebes. Finally we look at various camp activities which helped prepare the men for battle. This included sparring, racing, and bathing. Stay tuned for more live history episodes on the history of ancient greece.
(Note: this documentary was filmed on the actual site of the Battle of Plataea from the Second Greco Persian War)
CREDITS
Research = Chris Das Neves
Script = Chris Das Neves
Narration = Guy Michaels
A huge thanks to our reenactors!
Adam Godfrey ( / @leonidassparta-fun-hi... )
Andrew Yamato (thegreekphalanx.org)
David Anthony
Jean Contamine
Patrick Mulhair
Paul Bardunias (hollow-lakedaimon.blogspot.com)
Robin van der Linden (Enyalios)
Till Kazper (linothorax.de)
#military
#history
#documentary

[@InvictaHistory]

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[@Progamermove_2003]

It's a well known fact that Greek city states usually hired mercenaries to complement their forces, but we didn't hear a lot about these mercenaries during the Greco-Persian wars. Why is that so?

[@panteliskark9059]

Η Ελληνες στο περσικό πόλεμο δεν είχαν μισθοφόρους η Πέρσες εχασαν γιατί είχαν πολλούς.

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

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[@Will_Parker]

How the heck did y'all get to this level of documentary when you started out as a Total War KZbinr? Such a high level of quality considering that haha

[@erdene2476]

The best imo

[@joncook1951]

Its passion

[@astahfirula]

Evolution my friend. His channel is just like a pokemon but better. 😋

[@Vulgaarijone]

Yeah, if I remember right I found this Channel from their video on League of Legends. It was about Zac if I remember right. Then saw their RTW2 videos

[@WTFisDrifting]

Ikr I remember playing against him on rome2 total mp back in the day.

[@Atenejin]

As a Greek, I can't even describe how grateful I feel for this channel and its contents. This type of quality work is non-existent elsewhere and it can be used as educational material to schools etc. Great job guys!

[@KARANISINGH_RATHORE.]

Love from 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@spinakker14]

I've seen many Roman legionnaire reenactments, but this is the first time I've seen hoplites. Which is a pity, because I've been obsessed with ancient Greece since I was a child. So thank you and please make more of these, I could watch them for hours

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Sadly the world of ancient Greek reenactment isn't as large... yet! It is growing and the quality of kit is getting much better!

[@spinakker14]

@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History that's some hopeful news,thanks

[@aokiaoki4238]

Check "Koryvantes"

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Love how it turned out! It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to be able to help you on this project!

[@astahfirula]

And you good sir, gained a new subscriber. First of many more i hope.😊

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

@@astahfirula thank you very much!

[@tyrian_baal]

How would one get into a group like this? I’ve only done American Civil War but I’ve always wanted to do classical antiquity, mostly Carthage or the Mid Roman Republic, but I cant seem to find any groups here in the states. Do you know of any I could contact that does classical antiquity?

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

@@tyrian_baal not for romans but fir Greeks check out The Greek Phalanx. Andrew and others in this video are apart of that!

[@alejandrosakai1744]

Thank you for the Renactment, I really want to see an Ancient Greek renact!

[@Matt_J98]

When I was a kid growing up watching the military channel, I always loved watching ancient warfare. They always covered the leaders and larger scale tactics. Now great KZbin Channels like Invicta get into the small details as well. I wish we had stuff like this more readily available when I was a child. Keep up the great work!

[@r.l.3325]

I love how the woman with sunglasses walks by casually when he equips his aspis. It's like a visitor from the future ^^

[@iacopoguidi7871]

It's a small thing, but I liked that you managed to film everything in a place with not even an energy line pole or a modern house or road in the distance. Definetely helps the immersion. Great video.

[@InvictaHistory]

This was actually filmed in Greece near the battlesite of Plataea

[@LookHereMars]

@@InvictaHistory The fact that you got Leonidas of Sparta in on this was a great choice my friend, fair play. To have footage of not only accurate depictions of armour and equipment as well as troop types is great enough on its own, but to be filmed at the actual battlefield itself is just fantastic. Great work from both teams. 👍

[@user-uy1rg8td1v]

@@InvictaHistory Great video and channel. I do highly suggest you don't have any background music. I feel background music is annoying, distracting, and unnecessary especially for information dense educational channels. I believe people want to hear you speak and get information and not hear generic background music that they have to mentally filter out. I also really like the posh British voice narrator too.

[@KnightSlasher]

People often forget that soliders don't just go to battle they got to maintain other stuff as well so thank you for that intro I appreciate it

[@aaronrowell6943]

You're right it's something that I usually don't think about but I've been trying to keep in mind as I look more and more into this time. The armies that do better typically the ones that not only have the better training and equipment but take care of their stuff. These armies also have to eat which is very interesting and explaining why a lot of them will be on the smaller side but then you'll also have ancient armies that could raise tens of thousands of men and still supply and feed them in a pre-industrial era.

[@ziljin]

I would love to see a fantasy movie explore that. I'm sure it might be boring to see how the millions of orcs feed themselves but I do wonder how do they have such huge massive armies when they are often depicted living in barren wastelands free of wildlife nad vegetation?

[@aaronrowell6943]

@@ziljin I agree it's deep lore point in Lord of the Rings that Mordor has a very verdant pasture in the south of the volcano whereas around the volcano is obviously a barren wasteland, but the logistics of feeding these tens if not hundreds of thousands of orcs to have the overwhelming numbers that Mordor has to fight large battles but still have orcs to spare is a very interesting. It doesn't get too much detail but it's still interesting to know from a logistics standpoint because we know a good deal about the good guys but not the bad guys. That is my plan whenever I get around to more riding on fantasy warfare that I will try to account for

[@ziljin]

@@aaronrowell6943 yes I read online as turns out others asked the same question. They had slaves farming crops and imports from the harad and easterlings. Also another question how do dwarves feed themselves when they are living in deep underground fortresses. Probably imports as well. Do they have underground farms somehow?

[@supermavro6072]

Are you talking about that Homo stuff ?

[@KatonRyu]

This is literally the first time that I grasped that the helmets you often see on statues and paintings are actually tilted back instead of just being really odd designs. I'd always wondered why they looked so weird, but seeing the soldiers wearing them like that actually makes perfect sense. As usual, a great video.

[@InvictaHistory]

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[@m.abusada]

its a great idea , thnx for u all

[@InvictaHistory]

@@m.abusada my pleasure! I hope to find more reenactors to partner with in the future

[@WulfgarOpenthroat]

That style of helmet is literally shaped like a dong, many historical ones are way too detailed to not be intentional, and the fact that it's always completely ignored amuses me. Once you have seen it you can not unsee. 😛

[@brokenbridge6316]

I wouldn't mind seeing a video on how Samurai went to war. I'm sure that would be easy enough to research.

[@evobsm2328]

@@InvictaHistory you should do some more total war here and then

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

Man, the dude with the sling, with the long black hair has the technique down perfectly. I've owned many coins of Pamphylia, specifically Aspendos, which has a slinger on it. This is how I always imagined it in my head. The third shot the guy takes with the sling looks like a missile coming out of the pouch. This was all very very cool to see.

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Pablo is a very skilled reenactor and lovely person! His skill with the sling is no exception!

[@thejackinati2759]

Could probably put a bit more hip-action into it (Though, that could just be the angle of the camera), but yeah it's good form. I've seen way worse examples of slinging on other videos. Slinging is way harder than it looks though. Most people think it just involves strength... but no... The action of the whole body is important for the sling! I figured that out over my time. I could barely hit 80 metres when I started out, but with a good step in I can hit 160 metres without too much difficulty. I'm still not great though, not compared to people like Archaic Arms... Imagine me hitting 75 m/s throws with 50 gram stones... I'm a bit jealous.

[@spinakker14]

As far as I know, slingers weren't simply harassment troops, they were very accurate and deadly. I'd love to learn and see more of them

[@lucasfff1370]

his second shot was pretty shite

[@thejackinati2759]

​@@lucasfff1370 That's slinging for you. You think you've got it going good... then bam, poor release! It's definitely a late release, it goes way to the right. A early release tends to go to the left. (This is if you are right handed, a left-handed slinger has the directions reversed). I'd probably ping it down to the slinger not really being used to that release style. From the angle, it looks rather like they are going for an underhand throw (Could also be a balearic style throw)

[@RoKKr023i]

Thank you to all recreationists for making history come alive.

[@jonathanturos4121]

I wish History channel had taken notes instead of focusing on reality tv. Well done and I love the quality given from a miniscule budget compared to multimillion dollar companies. Keep up the great work!!!

[@DiphonFX]

This was amazing! It did an incredible job of humanizing the ancient Greeks and taking them from images on pottery and art and making them relatable.

[@amh9494]

I enjoyed the fact Greeks which were pretty much the geeks of antiquity coming up with much of the foundational mathematics and philosophy wore socks with sandals.

[@jvvayne555]

Most might not care and it might be unintentional but I personally appreciate that the people dressed as soldiers aren’t overweight & are generally fit. Most other channels who do this style of video have unhealthy & or overweight dudes in armor😬 makes me cringe when I see that. Excellent Video🙌👏👏

[@dinos9607]

Indeed, almost all of the people in this re-enactment group were healthy and reasonably trained. To be noted, their body-size and muscle growth resembles the average sizes you would see in antiquity given that most people back then, including even the rich, would not eat meat everyday and thus would not be as voluminous as modern athletes. The difference though would be that those ancient ones would be multiple levels more powerful and more enduring. No comparison to modern men. As much as a modern man can train, he can't beat a man whose... professional career started at 6 years old when his father would slap him to wake him up and drag him to the field to work with him.

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

@@dinos9607 I have to disagree. Modern science-based nutrition, training, and medical care does create superior soldiers and athletes. Consider a modern football player to one from 50 years ago. It's not even the same species by comparison in size, strength, and speed. Is the average first world man comparable to the average ancient citizen-soldier? Not by a longshot. That ancient person is probably physically superior due to the nature of their lives, but we have the tools, techniques, and resources to easily surpass their peak abilities.

[@dinos9607]

@@mrrodriguezHLP Linearly yes but you forget one extremely basic parameter. Endurance, perseverance, mental power, harsh upbringing. No matter how well fed and well trained a modern athlete is, he just can't compare to an ancient athlete precisely because of different upbringings. Did the modern athlete have to wake up 5 in the morning to go to plow the fields? No. The ancient athlete had to do so.... since 5-6 years old! LOL! You can't compare that. The ancient Greek boxer would smash Mike Tyson without an issue. Not because he would be faster necessarily (which he could be as well) but because he could sustain Tyon's fists but Tyson would not sustain his fists. The difference? All chances that athlete had to fight in some yearly occurring battle and having to use fists against... helmets... Let's say it develops another sort of character. Tyson is no soldier. Ancient athletes were first and foremost soldiers. To get to the extremes, Alexander the Great's army, arguably the best trained army in the entire human history (thanks to his father, Philip II), was marching weeks in a row 50km per day (that not even most of horses can keep up with that - their horses were special breeds and trained to sustain that) - ... and then.... they were ready to give the battle (e.g. battle of Isus)... against an Imperial army more than 5 times their size! Yeah... try getting Tyson or Conor McGregor to do so. LOL! See. We don't talk fantasy here, we talk facts. There is a recorded "athletic act" in ancient Olympics when a boxer hit the other boxer in the stomach but not with a fist but rather with.... stretched fingrers! You know what happened? He embedded his fingers on the poor guy's stomach and took out his intestines!!!!! The judges disqualified him for using "five fists" (i.e. his fingers) rather than a single fist and so the dead athlete was the only dead man in history to be crowned as Olympic victor. Try finding a man today that can casually deliver such a hit. There is a reason why Ii tell you that the old school upbringing had different outcomes in terms of male capacities.

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

​@@dinos9607 I still think the 5 finger death is legend, and if true is possible due to poor core strength and nutrition in the opponent LOL. I think Mike Tyson would have MURDERED any ancient Olympic boxing champ. You speak on harsh upbringings? I'd prefer a harsh upbringing on a farm, to the chaotic urban hellscape of Brooklyn in the 1970s. Tyson also had the benefit of accumulated knowledge and technique in his training through Cus D'Amato, plus hours of fight film to study the greatest fighters. Heracles Jr. doesn't know what made Achilles Jr. great even though he was the champion a generation previous to him. All he has is legend and second hand notation of techniques if Heracles Jr. can even read. Science and the ability to directly study history makes a better athlete.

[@dinos9607]

@@mrrodriguezHLP LOL! What did Mike Tyson do at 6 years old? Was eating big mama's chicken and rice and watching cartoons and going to kindergarden. Your average ancient 6 year old was shaken off bed at 5 o clock in the morning to go with father and elder brothers to the field to plow some land. There is a stark, a huge, a colossal difference between these two upbringings. It builds a different sort of character. Tyson was kicking 17-20 year old kids when he was 15. Sure. But big deal! A 15 year old kid in ancient Greece could have murdered as well and doing so during fights including killing opponents in actual battles - teenagers were not spared from war you know. Not your average kid but a prince and the successor, Alexander the Great was, he was already killing enemies in battle when he was 16, straight in the frontlines. Alexander would have no problem dealing with Tyson (knowing military martial arts means he would kill him quite fast... you know... a finger in Tyson's eye and a grabbing of his neck would take 0,5secs for your average ancient Greek soldier - learn what was the true nature of Pankration and then speak). Tyson was never trained at that level, he was just a modern day boxer, that is all. Your average ancient Greek soldier could sustain Tyson's fists enough for then spending the next 0,5secs to turn his neck and kill him like a chicken. And I talk for the average ancient Greek soldier. Not Olympic Chanpions. As for your affirmation of the 5-finger punch being a "legend" you are just making it out of your head. The story was told as history and this was written down in official Olympic history back then. You claiming it to be a legend is just your own inability to accept the factual reality as it is. There are plenty of things in which ancient people were superior and their military/fighting abilities were some of them. It is ridiculous to even start a debate about it. No matter how you see it you cannot establish any hope for the modern athlete facing the ancient athlete. Sure, a runner fed with anabolics today would run faster. But in terms of fighting, no chance. There is no anabolic for that mental state which is developed since early childhood and through a lifetime of military training that entails also a fair share of killings. LOL! Mike Tyson was trained since teenage years to beat opponents abiding by rules of the sport. Those ancient athletes were trained since childhood to kill opponents that abide by no rules and who are sworn to kill them - and going to the Olympics was just "holidays" for them. Notice the difference?

[@HaysOnYoutube]

Thank you guys for doing the job the History channel stopped doing years ago.

[@WAJK2030]

Mind boggling quality content! Keep it up and thank you!

[@InvictaHistory]

Much appreciated!

[@7bootzy]

It's truly incredible how far this channel has come in just a few years. This quality is just astounding.

[@jakeralph2011]

The quality of this is superb. Well done guys! Would love to see more like this on this period

[@alexanderren1097]

This video's production value is probably 10,000X better than any of the garbage on History Channel. Well done!

[@mythiclords3175]

The ad placement and pre-amble was impressive 👏. Amazing video as always thank you for the hard work and research.

[@andrewhill2614]

I appreciate the effort you put into these videos. Thank you.

[@snoopsnoop4561]

So so happy to see you grow. Godspeed Invicta.

[@nefariouspersephone9447]

this popped in my feed and only a minute in, im incredibly impressed with the quality! this will be really great to use for history lessons for my kids

[@thinkcubeydr.shulker9888]

This is probably the most quality history recreation documentary I've ever seen.

[@dukecity7688]

This was excellent. You are skilled at bringing this history to us. Look forward to seeing more of this. i just read a work of fiction based on the Mercenary war w Carthage. It talked about the amazing Hoplites. I can't get enough of this.

[@khankristian]

Great video there isn't enough content focused on the logistics and everyday realities of classical armies.

[@jacsontp]

Wow... I'm so excited to watch this! Thanks for always putting out quality.

[@HumbertoRamosCosta]

This video is astonishing... Congratulations for the production.

[@shinzouriku5310]

Wow. To think that you time-traveled back to the 5th Century in order to show us such marvelous process. I thank thee.

[@gorlab9549]

Crazy how Invicta went from total war videos to the best history videos on the platform.

[@MithradatesVIEupator]

Love this.. We need more history in this format!

[@thepuffin4050]

This channel is so dedicated to history that they went back in time to get footage of real hoplites. Impressive

[@alejandrosakai1744]

I loved the Greek hoplite reenactment! It would be amazing to explore the Vikings and other cultures!

[@arislabra3929]

11:28 mark a vehicle drove by in the background. But all in all this video is such a treat to watch! Absolutely informative!!! Excellent presentation!!!👍👍👍

[@jesse3913]

I love this channel so much! I recommend it to everyone!

[@johanalitalo8331]

Loved the video greatly. Hope you make similar videos of other warrior cultures.

[@malosua9790]

Straight to my favorites playlist. This is awesome & I love it great job

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It's a wonderful documentary coverage about specific Greek 🇬🇷 militia ( Hoplite) .rather clearly explained of its warrior's ready-made for striking ..it's short & fascinating ceremonial acting...allot thanks (Invicta) channel for sharing

[@Strat0Patrick]

This vid really calmed me down and assured that I've painted my greek hoplites army for tabletop in correct and history-accurate colors and textures Many thanks!

[@nickolynch1824]

This is excellent content - keep up the great work!

[@inssjoseph1910]

It's always so interesting to me that People think Hoplites were weakly armored because they wear tunics But really The best Defense of a phalanx is the Cohesive nature and trust in one's Neighbour's soliders to hold the shield wall.With The Heavy Bronze shield and Since Soliders of the second row also introduced their spears forward it made an imposing Army Also Thank you For representing the slingers.People fail to realise how effective a rock thrown from a silng is.If You think slings are weak search videos of balieric slingers doing their craft and you will see the amount of damage it can cause Also The Best advantage of the Hoplite armor was the mobility it offered.Even if you were fully kitted out in the best Heavy armor it will all come crashing down as it's weight would make Weapon use almost impossible But thr best thing of light and heavy armor was born in the middle ages as the Brigandine(No its not studded armor that you see in games) It was cheap compared to other armors like mail and Considerably easy to make and Light But people don't know a lot about armors like Brigandine,Tunica segmentata etc sadly

[@MbisonBalrog]

How move around quickly in tight formation? You have move as group and that usually slow. You have no freedom

[@inssjoseph1910]

@@MbisonBalrog Not while marching.Travelling to the site of battle in light armor is much more easier.If you March without armor you will be exposed to ambushes so you must be ready in full armor

[@chase6579]

King David killed Goliath with a sling. No idea why people think so little of the sling but they do. I reckon the sling is not as glamorous as the spear or bow.

[@AlithAnar]

@@chase6579 the bible is full of lies and this is a verified historical channel, not a biblical brainwashing channel.

[@chase6579]

@@AlithAnar even if one night is not a Christian one must admit, as do even the agnostic and atheist biblical scholars that it is an excellent historical document.

[@Caesars_Legate]

Yet another awesome video, love these reenactment style videos

[@zakadams762]

Really happy and impressed for you!

[@JackSparrow-hh2lh]

thats some very impressive reenactment! really cool footage

[@themadburner]

Awesome Video.. I like watching videos like this. Makes it more realistic and is more interesting to watch. Awesome Job to the Actors

[@basfinnis]

Excellent visuals and informative. Thank you 👍

[@GothPaoki]

"Come back with your shield or upon it"!! Badass stuff

[@Galician_Lion]

Truly great work and great scenery!

[@aachen800]

This is a fantastic documentary. It's all information and example, without the drama.

[@nachomarimba]

Beautiful video, thank you!

[@nomad211d]

Great episode. Much thanks to all.

[@kirboturbo6932]

Absolutely fantastic video, love your channel!!!

[@brenddevries7792]

This is outstanding! Gentlemen, thank you!

[@raffaeletrapani83]

Cheers from Sicily. Ancestors see us, we see them✊ Magna Graecia.

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

cheers from greece and gods bless.

[@Lisa-ol1ih]

Love the new aspect and new actors!

[@benitorodriguez4344]

Awesome work, love the content.👊🏼

[@hanshanszoon]

This is amazing! I am reading Christian Camerons book on Marathon now and it is so cool to also see a re-enactment of the period!

[@paulbardunias5950]

This was an event that Christian put together.

[@SamuelOfCumorah]

Gotta say this was really well done. The past was still the real world, and you display that brilliantly. You asked what we'd like to see? Well I'd like to see a video like this about the battles fought between the Nephites and Lamanites in ancient North America in the 1st century BC. But unfortunately we don't have lots of source material for specifics, and no one takes that seriously anyway. But you did ask, and felt like venting. Keep at it! You've earned a new subscriber!

[@Shinirkrog]

4:39 that pose right there is pure ART

[@TheMDJ2000]

Beautiful work - congratulations.

[@LookHereMars]

Another great production as always, especially love the practicality and real world representation. Fantastic work guys. 👍 A side note I would like to know more about if you would indulge me is the Apis/Hoplon's use of the telamon strap. I find the theory that Hoplites in formation would clasp eachothers telamon to help strengthen the shield wall against impact by interlocking grip quite interesting. Any thoughts of this? I also quite enjoy the theory that the telamon was used in conjunction with the shield to form a sort of sled to pull wounded or dead men out of the battlefield. "With your shield or upon it" seems plausible. Thanks again for all of your contribution to Historic education, keep up the good work guys and Merry Christmas.

[@sebastiandc1392]

11:24 such ambiance and the car passing behind hehehe. Cheers from Argentina fellas.

[@EykisCorporation]

Thanks for a video!

[@thehturt5480]

Very well made. Like it very much.🤗

[@Jovan_Jarkarane]

Amazing video. Astonishing job . Thank you for this video 🥺

[@iNeedaBreakdown]

Awesome video! I would love to read further into this topic. Could you maybe share a list of the scholarly literature that you've used for the vid? Would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

[@mlazos]

Very amusing. Entertaining. Well done.

[@momsspaghetti6571]

Great job going back in time❤️

[@rileytermondt5940]

the quality of this is insane

[@Quickshot0]

Certainly interesting to see how things might have looked like all those thousands of years ago, an interesting point of view on how it could look from a soldiers point of view.

[@hermespsychopompos8753]

Even today the soldiers in Greece are called "Hoplites", the Squadron "Hippilarchy" and the Βattalions "Tagmata" from Byzantine Empire. The captain of a ship or the pilot of a plane, "Kybernitis" where we get the word "cyber-blabla". The Kybernitis was the one at the wheel of the ship in the battle of Marathon.

[@mrgpf2008]

Excellent quality. 👍🏽

[@EzraB123]

I was in the infantry and have nothing but respect for the ancients. Being a soldier in those days was an absolute different beast all together.

[@robbabcock_]

Wonderful video!⚔

[@josephturner7569]

The slave tasting his masters sweat possibly to acquire some of his heroic ethos made me shudder 😝. Excellent production however. Do you think the horseless carriage in the background was one of Hero of Alexander's inventions.

[@brodieknight772]

No this is very cool. I wanna see more of these for sure.

[@chucknorris202]

I love the Re enactment hoplite footage. Those guys kits are spot on, and I like seeing them spar especially.

[@socratrash]

Great video. Thx

[@DeepDarkSamurai]

LOVE ANCIENT GREECE. I'd love to hear about Homeric and bronze aged

[@Matt-cz6ti]

I’d highly recommend the Persian Wars novel series by Christian Cameron. Cameron is an Ancient Greek re-enactor and really gets the details absolutely right

[@paulbardunias5950]

He was with us at the event.

[@flpzkr]

Thank you. Brilliant.

[@ralambosontiavina7372]

So good !

[@TheSlanderousTruth]

I'm impressed and can't wait for more of these types of documentaries.

[@jjackomin]

Vraisemblence was the word I was looking for. That goes back to my college days of studying French drama. One of the five unities of drama. I believe that it started with the Greeks, which is noteworthy here, but 20th Century French drama adopted it wholeheartedly.

[@johanandhira5429]

Shout out for the creator of this video to actually travel back to ancient Greece for content

[@jjackomin]

This re-creation of the partially hypothetical arming of a Hoplite is simply amazing. Even more than being exceptionally thought out and researched is the execution of the actors involved. It's not difficult to accept that these are really people from ancient Greece. That alone gives a lot of value to anyone watching this. This aspect is frequently lost with many modern re-enactors. Their efforts are well done, but they never quite capture the sense of reality that you present.

[@xxiiantoine9423]

More of this!!

[@aresdonachelo5283]

Finally! More Greek stuff 👍👍

[@johnderatt3168]

Well Done!

[@youvebeengreeked]

00:52 Yeah yeah this video's great, but... *GOOD JESUS THAT MONOBROW IS EPIC.*

[@dezmarcel9098]

Great job

[@dezmarcel9098]

@text9673 Okay

[@matthewburgar2626]

I’ve always wanted to be a historical re-enactor of ancient battles.

[@lmonk9517]

Nothing stopping you

[@denniscleary7580]

Love this ❤

[@CoreyKlinedinst]

Very cool! Makes me want to dress up in some armor :)

[@DarthKiller456123]

oh my god this is just what I need for my mod

[@martinmullender-taeter5163]

to be honest, i believe that hoplites did not "learn on the job" as you would say, yes skirmishers and other poorer units might have and probably did learn on the job but(for me at least) it is unimaginable that someone would go trough the expense of arming a hoplite without them being capable fighters, it cost a lot of money after all, whether it was the father teaching his son and giving him his armor, or there were local groups that trained the young would be hoplites, there must have been training, heavy infantry is supposed to be elite infantry after all and you don't become elite just by putting on armor. As to the training at camp, in my opinion it was just a way to keep in shape and pass the time usefully, just like fighters nowadays doubling their training before a tournament.

[@cuestatv9900]

In most Greek city states, it was the citizen's obligation to be battle ready. Each individual was required to have a certain set of equipment which would vary depending on his social and economic status, as depicted on the video. While they were not professional soldiers, as each one would need to work for their living, most city states would have some basic form of training for them. So yes, they would not be the untrained "peasant rubble" of an early feudal medieval army but neither the professional roman legionnaires. They would get most but not all of their experience on campaign due to the constant wars of that period.

[@stephenschenider4007]

@@cuestatv9900 The Greek hoplites were racist and bigots for not including transgenders and females into its selection process. Todays army is much more inclusive and battle focused.

[@myleshubert3540]

Amazing

[@obi-wankenobi6192]

It's so cool that they got the camera man to go back in time to make this video