How Did Rome Maintain Peace in the Provinces? DOCUMENTARY

A history documentary on how the Roman Empire achieved the Pax Romana across the provinces. Get Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/invicta and enter promo code INVICTA for 85% off and 3 extra months for free!
In this history documentary on law and order in ancient Rome we look specifically at peace in the provinces. To lay the groundwork for this discussion we first cover the history of the Roman provinces themselves starting with the first one in Sicilia following the First Punic War. We discuss how these worked in the Roman Republic and later evolved under the Empire with a split between what was an imperial vs a senatorial province.
Next we turn our attention to the Roman governors who ruled these provinces over the years and their chief duties of maintaining public order, dispensing justice, and collecting taxes. Public order largely had to do with the deployment of military forces in the form of the Roman legions, auxiliaries, garrisons, and militias to combat internal and external threats. The response to the Great Jewish Revolt and the ultimate siege of Jerusalem is one such extreme example. For the discussion of Roman law we talk about the idea of citizenship and rights with a case study by looking at the trial of jesus.
Stay tuned for more How They Did It episodes on daily life in the past and more episodes specifically on Law and Order in Ancient Rome.
Bibliography and Suggested Reading:
Law Making in the Later Roman Republic, Alan Watson, 1974.
A Legal History of Rome, George Mousourakis, 2007.
The Historical and Institutional Context of Roman Law, George Mousourakis, 2003.
Roman Law in Context, David Johnston, 1999.
Roman Law: An Introduction, Rafael Domingo, 2018.
Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law, HF Jolowicz and Barry Nicholas, 1972.
An Introduction to the Principles of Roman Law, P. Van Warmelo, 1976.
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law, ed. David Johnston, 2015.
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#Documentary
#Rome

[@InvictaHistory]

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[@chrishardcore1151]

@Invicta please make the biggest siege in history!

[@zawwin1846]

You are spoiling us with these top quality contents.

[@rimlandrealist7679]

unlike for the political comment

[@oservandobrasileiro8628]

look at the data, police brutality is largely a myth

[@oservandobrasileiro8628]

look at the data, police brutality is largely a myth

[@The105ODST]

Patrolling the Egyptian desert makes you wish for a Britannia winter.

[@andreascovano7742]

Man I could be enjoying the splendid brittannian weather, with beutiful brittanian women and eating delicious britannian food, instead I'm stuck in some desert hellhole crucifying some galilean.

[@davidegaribaldi1503]

@@andreascovano7742 "I sure do hope this won't have any long lasting consequences"

[@PaulJohn01]

@I HATE TOUCANS Oh there are many good recipes from there...involving Toucans 😁

[@jedimastertitaniumdickmana2939]

Yeah

[@NukeCaulfield]

Ave. Glory to Caesar.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Rome: The world must learn of our peaceful ways. *BY FORCE*

[@friedlemons5201]

basically every empire in history

[@Susko586]

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

[@Historyfan476AD]

Every Government rules though force and power in some degree even the USA does, if you don't pay your taxes they come after you like a shark.

[@myazzizonfyr]

that was the christians mate!

[@Historyfan476AD]

@Doctor Detroit solved the Nazis Germany problem and imperial Japan.

[@ashina2146]

Building Temples is probably the straight forward way. at level 1 it gives +2 Public order, and some factions can have a temples that gives +16 Public Order at Level 4.

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

>not converting to Tengriism

[@genasis8049]

I usually do temple of poseidon for greeks since it also gives me food.

[@samuelbutler4973]

@@pavelthefabulous5675 Pfft Minor religions are more of a challenge

[@Number1Irishlad]

Build a theatre all the way up to a hippodrome and youll be good

[@GraysonJStedmanjr]

Civilization right? Haven't played that game in years. lol

[@JaelaOrdo]

“A bad peace is even worse than war.” - Tacitus

[@Uvatha.]

Ah... rome total war....

[@highcouncil1302]

"There has never been a bad peace or a good war" someone else posted this quote elsewhere

[@Historyfan476AD]

Great line, as Well we had a bad peace in 1918 and look where we got to later.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Klaidi Rubiku Oh yeah, war against communism which led to the « witch hunts ». Yeeeeeah, that was a good war.

[@facundocadaa9020]

And war eventually makes way for peace

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

"Anonymously posted accusations ought to have no place in any prosecution" preach brother

[@vladxx2]

You must have missed the bit where he also said "if you are a Christian you should be killed".

[@facundocadaa9020]

Yeah, few centurys later... Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition

[@andreascovano7742]

@@vladxx2 Oddly enough trajan is looked rather positevily by christians.

[@TheReaper569]

But we must believe all women

[@090giver090]

@@andreascovano7742 'Cause comparing to those who came after him (dudes like Decius, Valerius or Galerius) he was a quite charming and tolerant chap ;)

[@Martyr_of_vigilance]

“Could lead to open conflict over things like sports rivalries” The longest living European tradition.

[@RomanFanboy]

American also. We probably got it from Europeans

[@soloinvictus1057]

Invicta: "How did Rome Maintain Peace in the Provinces?" *Roman Testudo intensifies*

[@terner1234]

sorry for ruining the joke, but the testudo formation was only used against missile fire, as it reduces mobility, and attacking capability

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

@@terner1234 So...........Riot Police? ;)

[@davidegaribaldi1503]

@@terner1234 the testudo was actually so powerfull that the enemies of rome trembled in fear upon witnessing it

[@terner1234]

@@The_Daily_Tomato you win

[@RexoryByzaboo]

Did the Byzantines used testudo, brother?

[@igorbahillodiaz]

Gods...I hate Gauls. My grandfather hated them too, even before they put out his eyes. Did you think I'd be out here on the frontier without good reason?

[@CrazyNikel]

Damn Gauls

[@igorbahillodiaz]

@@jjvega83 Yes

[@jhoxha]

Yes , Rome needs a strong frontier! No , Rome doesnt need unwashed barbarians at her gates! The fact that i still remember that after all these year is a testament to how much fun that game was.

[@MrNackaerts24]

@@jjvega83 Julii faction.

[@chris0000924]

Fighting gauls, I love fighting gauls

[@monad5140]

It's so crazy how, after Rome fell, Feudal Europe really had little similarity to a functioning central bureaucracy, even in large kingdoms. The Roman model feels much more similar to the nation states of the 1600's or at least the Middle Eastern empires.

[@gggamer2738]

Rome was such a high as standard, that it took nearly 2000 years to have a similar functioning government.

[@monad5140]

@@gggamer2738 At least in Europe. It seems that the Chinese state and Gunpowder Empires had really extensive bureaucracies and social programs that are pretty neat. Well, except the Timurids, but hey, fuck the Timurids ammirght.

[@gggamer2738]

@@monad5140 hahaha well I mean Europe at that time had one central policy, fuck everyone that's not them.

[@monad5140]

@Mike DI mean I guess in principle Greco-Roman ideals are pretty well practiced today. But the actual entity is really gone.

[@monad5140]

@Raju Peddada Yeah I agree. The European states preceding Roman rule were generally pretty lackluster. After Rome collapsed things went pretty sideways. It's funny you bring up Charlemagne though because he styled himself as a return to the gold old days of Rome but then the actual Romans over in the East were like "Who is this barbarian? He isn't Roman."

[@Airknightangel]

Eirenarchs. A very Greek word. Comes from "Ειρήνη" (eiríni) which means peace and "Άρχω" (Archo) which means I command or I'm in charge of something. Literally meaning peace keeper as described in the video

[@drewinsur7321]

Typed that damm word and found it not cool relating about it. Damm you ancestors with no goddamm internet.

[@SagaofaCrew]

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[@mandaloriancrusader6699]

Romans: hate Christians for being troublemakers denouncing all other gods and throwing them to the lions... Also Romans sometime later: well these guys are not giving up, pro gamer move time... we all Christians now. Deus Vult!

[@mosesracal6758]

The greatest manifestation of cant beat em, join em

[@Athanatoi]

The Roman destroyed the true teaching of Christianity by added their pagan concept called Trinity. Not only they burn some chapter of new testament but they also did not stop throwing Christian Jews to the lions untill there are more Christian Romans than Christian Jews. And this is the main reason why Christian Jews hiding some of the Bible's chapter in the dead sea caves

[@SirChill-gm8bh]

@@Athanatoi Aye, enjoy the joke for once you nong.

[@andreascovano7742]

They finally found a religion that was as stubborn as they were

[@maxdecphoenix]

had nothing to do with the elites 'deciding' to become christians, it was the peasants converting to christianity in record numbers for the unique ideal of absolution. impossible to justify throwing members of your tax/production base to wild beasts, when 95% of said population is christian.

[@casbot71]

Curse Tablets still exist today - Posting online using a Tablet (or a phone or PC)…

[@j4genius961]

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[@ricky-sanchez]

Ipad

[@VikingBadass94]

Me: I cast a curse on your cow!

[@benjamino.7475]

How did Romans maintain peace without using Surfshark VPN?

[@unocualqu1era]

With skillshare's course on peacekeeping, duh!

[@r.p.4756]

Real sharks

[@ME-hm7zm]

Rod ciphers I guess.

[@kazemizu]

Out in the more costal cities, they trained an elite team of shark surfers. They would like the wind whenever ocean troubles occurred and then scatter once resolved to search for more trouble to address.

[@rotciv1492]

They developed perfect strategies by playing Shadow Legends.

[@thisguy4345]

"How Did Rome Maintain Peace in the Provinces?" Judea : **angry noises**

[@Sputin]

I V D A E A D E L E N D A E S T

[@octapusxft]

Judea was being a bad boy too many times.

[@LTPottenger]

If they stayed in palestine they would have not done much damage, but they 'revolted' by simultaneously trying to murder all the roman citizens all across the empire on the same day, much like mithridates once tried on a more limited scale.

[@koby1kanoby159]

@@LTPottenger I've never heard of this empire wide civilian murder spree on the same day, do you have a source that mentions it for me to read?

[@deepasrivastava863]

Not only Judea but Illyria, Egypt and many others too.

[@gavinsmith9871]

"It started with a 66 word list of his titles and a 10 word greeting." Ya, that sounds like Emperor Commodus

[@foty8679]

Imagine forgetting one title. Shame.

[@kneedeepinbluebells5538]

" Emperor Commodus " Dude Was Named After The Shitter ? Really ? No Way !

[@gavinsmith9871]

@@kneedeepinbluebells5538 Your comment made me check if I spelled his name right (I did btw), apparently the answer is yes.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

😅

[@keizoxd5623]

"But anonymously posted accusations ought to have no place in any prosecution. For this is both a dangerous kind of precedent and *out of keeping with the spirit of our age*" WoW, This Trajan was really an intelligent man.

[@wilhelmsarosen4735]

Through the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health?

[@madwolf0966]

*WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS EVER DONE FOR US!?*

[@Notski]

@Catch_Me_If_You_Can It's not communism, it's public health. City hygiene through efficient waste removal and clean water sources is an example of caring about the public health if you want one from the period. If you are a moron who thinks that public health care today is communism, I can present to you the Scandinavian countries which prove beyond a doubt that it's a better system for everyone. It is not communism. Calling it communism is like calling the existence of a company communism because they work together for a common cause. You are blinded by your hatred. Communism is a horribly inefficient and broken government form that we don't have to come close to even if we want some of our systems to make sense, like in the case of public health care.

[@thealgerian3285]

Are you the guy who just reads titles of videos, comments, and then leaves without watching it?

[@Notski]

@Catch_Me_If_You_Can No sir, it's not. Communism is a specific form of governance with socialist ideas. Communism has as much in common with public healthcare as with a strong military. Both are important for a strong nation regardless of ideology. Communism is a form of government that has proven time and time again to be a failure. At the risk of repeating myself, there is no reason to adopt communism even if we wish to upgrade our systems of public infrastructure. Public education in America is a good start, since that is probably what has failed you. I don't want to assume though, you never know which idiocracy people come from on the internet.

[@bomtrom6733]

@Catch_Me_If_You_Can You're mixing facts and emotions. Stop speaking because you already misleading others like how you're a lost

[@fish4198]

Over 2000 years ago the Romans knew not to take anonymous accusations seriously, yet 2000 years later we freely accept and believe any old anonymous accusation/denouncement someone says as truth.

[@istvansipos9940]

yes. the majority. and in some topics only. decades old petty theft or tax evasion would not cut it, for example. But bring up anything sexual, and you have the "guilty until proven innocent" game play. Sad.

[@LevCallahan]

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. Weak men.

[@nicoangelobado9913]

#gossip

[@CeramicShot]

We don't take anonymous accusations seriously in courts of law, which, you know, is kind of the context the video was talking about...

[@nicoangelobado9913]

@@CeramicShot In some countries in Asia, in example in mine, most of the time when a rape victim recalls the crime in the most GRAPHIC way and the judge sheds a tear. The accused will get the maximum sentence. When I was in Riyadh, K.S.A. the discrimination against non-Saudi most especially Christian Asians are high. In an altercation, the Law will always hear their citizen's side but never the Asians. (This was back in 90s and early 2000s).

[@090giver090]

*Rome*: bring peace, law, order, security and aqueducts. *Some local rabble*: WHAT DID ROME EVER DO TO US??!!

[@daveshn]

*Some other local rabble*: YOUR NEW EMPIRE?

[@coreystockdale6287]

Dont forget the roads and sewage system and bigus dickus

[@scutumfidelis1436]

"Okay but what has Rome done for us lately?" t.women and atheists.

[@rotciv1492]

Join the Judean Liberation Front!!

[@coreystockdale6287]

@@rotciv1492 or the peoples front of judea

[@brycevo]

Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat them. Absolutely amazing episode

[@casbot71]

Letter from Commodus to Boubon. p.s. I am going to deal with a troublesome high profile Gladiator that has been challenging my authority - wish me luck…

[@InvictaHistory]

haha : )

[@Historyfan476AD]

I expected the Letter to be a bit more stuck up his own rear if you get what i mean.

[@Historyfan476AD]

@Drake Hashimoto Oh yeah at the start commodus was okay cool even but then he snapped. Shame he could have been just as great as Marcus Aurelius.

[@ricky-sanchez]

@Drake Hashimoto It would have become the crisis of the forth century. Unfortunately when caesar was killed, everyone (especially senators) realized they could just kill anyone they didn't like and get away with it. This eventually led to the fall of the empire.

[@MaladjustedLabel]

@@ricky-sanchez lol senate didnt lead to the fall of the empire, by the time western rome fell the senate of rome was literally qn old mans club

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

I love this series, it is such an underrated topic in history

[@LucidFL]

your mom is an underrated topic in history

[@Delacroix0402]

@@LucidFL hshshshshaahsh U ARE SOOO FUNNYY HSHSHSHAHA HSHHAAHAHAHHAHHAAHHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHA

[@isaks7042]

Roman Empire, UNDERRATED?

[@teyrncousland7152]

@@isaks7042 Yes you can never overrate the Roman empire.

[@hazzmati]

I feel like people spout the word ''underrated'' without actually thinking about what it means

[@archiostivnnih2774]

Rome maintain peace Public order My brain: "Romani ite domum" understand? Now write it 200 times Also my brain: crucifixion? Good, out of the door line on the left one cross each

[@sakara4]

the peopol called romans goes in house?

[@rouka120]

The “how do I deal with Christians” letter really got me lmao. I mean, it made a lot of sense with how you shouldn’t take accusations as law.... but in the end all I could hear was, “just don’t crucify people who you aren’t ABSOLUTELY SURE are Christians.” I couldn’t stop laughing.

[@GALL0W5]

Ah yes, romanes eunt domus!

[@ofirgurvits9172]

They didn't need to keep public order. The people's front of Judea wiped out the judeans people front.

[@Dayvit78]

@@rouka120 And also it was pretty easy to repent. If you really didn't want to die, just burn some pork for Jupiter and you're all good.

[@rgm96x49]

"People of Jewusalem...Wome is youw fwend!"

[@andybateman2478]

uwwwuuuuuu

[@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288]

dO.w.Ob

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Welease Wodewick!

[@conorwhitehead1823]

"To pwove our fwiendship, we will welease one of our wong-doers! Who shall I welease?"

[@terner1234]

I know it's a reference, but didn't romans have a hard r sound?

[@TheReaper569]

"There are no fixed standards, but anonymously posted accusations ought to have no place in prosecution for this sets a dangerous precedent and not in the spirit of our age." People usually consider that ancient people were idiots because of their faith of their age or their superstition on the observation of nature. I feel that it is the opposite, we are far dumber

[@theearlofsandwich9731]

I have no intention of arguing your point, but I invite a different outlook. People have and always will be the same. There were smart people then as well as people who never looked farther than their own noses. Just as there are today. The only things that have truly changed with time are the amount of people, and the technology that let's us hear more of what they have to say. So to base any assumption on what you believe is a usual practice, e.g assuming people think our ancestors were idiots, is only putting blinders on your own understanding. We are not dumber or smarter than the Romans were, we are just not Roman.

[@justsomeguy3931]

@@theearlofsandwich9731 Well said, I agree with you. I do think the sheltered people of 1st world Western Civilization are pampered panzies with their naive heads up their asses in ways older generations around the world simply couldn't be. The reason? Too much shielding from reality - not possible back then...

[@TheScamr]

Commies and feminists could learn a lot from this dude.

[@justsomeguy3931]

​@@TheScamr To be fair to Communism, not all Bolsheviks are Communists. There were the Mensheviks, who the Bolsheviks split from before starting the Russian Revolution. There were the Trotskyites, who followed more of Lenin's kind of Communism and heeded Lenin's dying words - don't trust Stalin! The Mensheviks were more numerous in Russia's Communist population, the Bolsheviks literally means "the minority" with Mensheviks meaning "majority," if my memory of college classes serves lol There's Stalinists, who seriously believe that evil SOB was some kind of saint (the Russian Orthodox Church has icons and stained glass windows of Stalin, and has essentially canonized him!) who made the tough calls when faced with horrible decisions. Sad... There's Communists who aren't any of those kinds, like the Fabians. They believe (as I do) that humanity will get to that Star Trek Communist utopia where money isn't needed, but that we don't need to have "Great and GLORIOUS People's Revolution" [single tear rolls down cheek] to make it happen lolz Not even all Communists are Marxists! The Calvinists who founded Geneva were radical Christians of the Renaissance/Early Modern period and ran their city with lots of public works and services that helped the poor, the widow, the orphan the sick, etc. A lot of Native American societies would qualify as Communists, having no private property and being under the absolute authority of the chief and shaman Also, because I'm sure I haven't pissed everyone off yet, the Christians are in no position to criticize the Communists, especially the Stalinists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3jNdIWNmqySd7M&t= I'm a bit of a Communist, since I'm dedicated to bringing humanity to that glorious Star Trek future. I'm a Secular Humanist, so I appreciate Marxism's Atheism and emphasis on The People instead of elites, the idea of natural human rights actually going into the economic sphere - why not, Mr. Capitalist who believes in free speech and the 2nd Amendment (as I do!)? I appreciate Marx's work as a historian; unlike Adam Smith, which is probably why Capitalism's assumptions about human nature are so wrong and why the system can't predict things like the Great Depression - Smith (and all the economic system inventors) were NOT historians like Marx was! IDK how people can look at Feudalism in Europe and Japan etc, and NOT see how social class is a huge (if not the main) driving force in human history... And I"m a Socialist, because I believe in evil government services like public education, public libraries, public police, public fire department (all of which were fought for tooth and nail back in the 19th century during the Work's Rights Movement etc.), laws for child labor, minimum wage, overtime, safe working condition, environmental protection, etc. I even believe we can make medical care a public good like roads and schools, paid for by taxes. It would start with standing up to pharmaceutical companies; the same bottle of medicine that costs $500 in New York should NOT cost $15 in Zimbabwe! "The market has a keen ear for private wants, but a deaf ear for public needs." -Robert Heilbroner, Marxist economist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Heilbroner

[@MrBottlecapBill]

It won't matter. Every system will collapse. Humans are animals and selfish and will always behave as such, resulting it the corruption of every system.

[@user-vi1lm1ul2w]

Dovahatty watching this like: "And then the praetoreans "

[@p03saucez]

Scotland, like Ireland, was, is, and always will be useless.

[@SagaofaCrew]

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[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@p03saucez said the guy with a Mel Gibson photo,lol

[@Saltiren]

Pontius Pilate: King Herod, you got this? Herod: I don't really want to kill a super popular public figure and possibly the son of God... It's all yours Pilate.

[@OutOfNamesToChoose]

8:40 Props to the artist; that's a beautifully painted and thought out scene.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Yep. Some of these are simply amazing.

[@i_teleported_bread7404]

And that's how Rome kept peace in the provinces... Save for one little Gaulish village.

[@ericschnipke874]

This very nicely cleared up a long-time question on my part of why Pilot proceeded with Jesus' execution while believing him innocent of any crime. It wasn't actually about individual justice but rather about ensuring regional stability. Such an action makes a lot more sense when viewed through that lense. Thank you for making these videos!

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Isn't this the traitor Judas who was crucified?

[@tombogan03884]

Think about that when you watch todays news. Nothing changes.

[@Alex.HFA1]

"The Romans create desolation and call it peace", Calgacus, Chief of the Caledoians (present-day Scotland). According to the writings of Tacitus.

[@090giver090]

For their credit, cemetery is usually indeed the most peacefull and quiet neighbourhood in every town )

[@keedaman]

Didn't stop his descendants from taking advantage of the peace provided.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Translation "Those bastards beat me........I wanted my army in control of those lands"

[@LucidWanderer]

Bottlecapbill You'd be pissed to if A Roman broke into your house.

[@MaylocBrittinorum]

Tbf it's highly probable that this was Tacitus' inserting his own opinion on the mouth of a barbarian, similar to the "noble savage" trope.

[@iliakaikaci]

This channel is underrate :( and the quality is so good

[@facundocadaa9020]

We need more subscribers, as Rome needs more provinces

[@AlbertBasedman]

Last time i was this early, Rome was still a Republic

[@walidhousni3186]

Last time I was this early Alexander the great was still busy with his Persian campaign

[@CrazyBrosCael]

Last time I was this late, Byzantine had fallen to the ottomans.

[@friedlemons5201]

Last time I was this early, the Greeks were still in their beta stage

[@AlbertBasedman]

I like this trend of replies, carry on boys

[@facundocadaa9020]

Last time I was this early, Indo-european was still a language

[@qus.9617]

Man I wish Invicta or someone out there could do the exact same topic but for India and China and etc. So much potential and even a later video could be done comparing each of the different methods of provincial statecraft.

[@Historyfan476AD]

problem with doing China is that well Mao kind of destroyed a lot of the records of china's past.

[@weirdofromhalo]

@@Historyfan476AD No he didn't. And even writings that were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution was preserved in Taiwan.

[@Historyfan476AD]

@@weirdofromhalo He did everyone knows Mao wanted to destroy the past, like the communist he is.

[@qus.9617]

@@Historyfan476AD As someone who has really gotten into Chinese history this past year I can say that there is actually a lot of textual evidence left behind. China has a lengthy history of historiography. For reference you can wiki the Chinese classics, the Chinese military books, Chinese manuals and historian works throughout the thousands of years. We have military books, and statecraft and organisational theory dating back to the Zhou dynasty. And the oracles bones is only second to the Sumerian Cuneiforms in the amount of writing left behind... 25,000 oracle bones in China alone during ww2 and during Maoist China was dug up and conducted and not even including vast amounts of oracle bone script outside China like Japan and the UK due to their prospecting rush.

[@qus.9617]

Again, I want to emphasise India is seriously underrated (Arthashastra). One of the best books I had the fortune to find. Not a fan of the comment section when China and India are the focus but would love to see it nonetheless.

[@connorgolden4]

It’s crazy to think about how long the romans maintained such a widespread peace. We shall never see it’s like again.

[@jaimec1011]

We are seeing it now..

[@Strider91]

@@jaimec1011 not even close man. The Pax Romana lasted for almost 100 years of non stop peace a growth.

[@rafakaminski3001]

@@Strider91 There were wars, but at the frontiers, just like US had wars in the past 100 years, but the center of the country was rather at peace

[@jaimec1011]

@@rafakaminski3001 ty

[@Dave_Sisson]

Pax Romana was most effective and lasted longest, then probably Pax Britanica as they managed to prevent all MAJOR wars for 99 years except for the Crimean, American civil, Franco-Prussian and Boer wars. I don't think Pax Americana was ever a thing as major and minor wars have been common in the 75 years since they became the major super power.

[@QueenTheCossackTongued]

"But how did they accomplish this level of law and order?" The People in the Provinces "Please...i just don't want to be a slave." Roman Legionnaires on patrol "It rubs the Latin on its skin or it will get the beatings again."

[@stephen5174]

“Cases were best one by calling on the help of those with deep pockets or the well connected”....some things never change

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Ikr? Sad to see this is still the case in some places.

[@aryowisnuwardhana6666]

I have to say that, by far, this is the best video from you guys that I've ever watched! Thank you for the eye opening content!

[@aaronwalker4017]

Fantastic video..love the insight and small intricate details about the maintenance of it all in a broad generalisation!!

[@leoborros]

The quality of your videos is incredible! Keep it up! :)

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

this videos are promoting white supremacy, so... no. just no. this should stop

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

@Johnny Cage how's what ?

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

@Johnny Cage well ?

[@10509054]

They built the Amphitheater and the Cloaca. They also didn't max out the buildings that increase squalor, keeping them at Level II. When necessary, diplomats were also sent to organize games to increase the public order in the province. If an enemy army was raiding their territory, they deal with it right away. They also give their generals abilities that give public order bonus.

[@everssonnascimento4601]

Every time I watch this channel I wish that there were more good books, tv series and movies depicting this time period with historical accuracy

[@xsaberx5345]

such an awesome channel!! been watchimg for years

[@magnusm4]

What I find funny and very annoying is the joke behind the rebellion in Life Of Brian. When the Romans came to for example arabian countries they built houses after their own design, with fountains to regulate and cool the temperature and in England they brought with them many architectural buildings and designs. Yet like in Life Of Brian they still complained despite all the things the Romans brought them. What's worse is when they left an the empire fell. Suddenly all this knowledge, all their architecture and innovations were forgotten, destroyed or left to rot. Some even simply took small things and claimed it as their own creation. One my dad brings up is the fountain being claimed by some middle easterns yet it was the Romans who introduced and built it.

[@OntarioGoating]

Ummm way off base since the earliest INTACT fountains are found in the earliest cities discovered. See Lagash or Jericho. The Romans were highly adept at adoption of successful opponents. Their architecture from the eutruscian and greeks, and even the famous manipole from their sammite neighbors.

[@KumsalObuz]

I love the artwork you used in this piece. Could you point me to the source you used? Thank you.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

+1

[@ScottStratton]

Wonderful video. So interesting and thorough. Thanks!

[@TAINO916]

Nice work bro I legit enjoy all videos

[@ericpabon2458]

Eirenarchs - keepers of the peace (“sheriffs” who could marshal the local militia to suppress local violence). Frequently the eirenarch also served as gymnasiarch and thus trained and commanded the local militia

[@navilluscire2567]

12:05-12:19 I always find it interesting that magic and folklore from various cultures and religions were considered very real in ancient times (even today by many) and thus many societies including the Romans actually had laws regarding its use, treating it as just a fact of life or as we might call it "functional magic" (as in tropes) in a 1st world setting. If there's one thing I'd like to see from this amazing channel is an episode that focused on magic traditions, talismans, curses, the forces that were believed to be behind these trinkets, charms and powers invoked (lore, gods, spirits & metaphysics etc.) and the laws regarding it, would be an immensely interesting episode! *edit: Oh and by 'laws' I mean not how they were they believed to have worked but in a judicial sense, like what was considered legal and illegal magic, what separated good magic from bad magic.*

[@wosm100]

love this series! keep on!

[@joedemelfie5509]

Wow. I throughly enjoyed your work here. Well done. So informative and historical with little if any bias. Thank you sir. We need you teaching schools and students this.

[@mafiousbj]

The difference in tone and wording used by Trajan and Commodus in his letters really shows their natures....and who was the better emperor ^^

[@kazemizu]

“Out of the keeping for the spirit of our age” How times have changed

[@ricky-sanchez]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar Court is basically a way of saying: this smaller group of public people thinks your guilty, and wants to go home. Court is still only as valid as public opinion.

[@Likexner]

@@ricky-sanchez If you ever lived in a communist country you would know thats not true.

[@civfanatic8853]

Great info and art of course. Ty for this detailed doc :D

[@davidcervantes9336]

The pictures are simply beautiful. Keep it up! Awesome content.

[@FlymanMS]

10:19 the smile on that eirenarch dude c:

[@090giver090]

"Nice workshop you have here, man. It'd be a shame if SOMETHING happens to it..."

[@NMMD1531]

Please consider a series of how Rome used religion to maintain order in the provinces. A good example was the conversion of Jupiter to Serapis in Aelia Capitolina. The Greeks changed Zeus to Serapis to convert Ptolemaic Egypt. Control of society begins with influencing religion. Worshipping the Emperor as a god. Caligula wanted to put a statue of himself in the Jewish Temple but almost started a rebellion.

[@rosswebster7877]

Interesting as always Invicta! So many great potential crime stories in these. BTW may I suggest maybe reviewing the Didius Falco detective series to see how it matches up to history?

[@damuses1452]

Well done Invicta.

[@spidersoldier8997]

How did the romans keep peace in their provinces? Meanwhile in roman israel: WAR

[@user-gw5df2br5k]

Judea*

[@johnpijano4786]

Besides the roads, sanitation, irrigation, wine, public order, education, fresh water system, and public health, WHAT HAS THE ROMANS DONE FOR US!!?? Like if you understood the reference.

[@severepizzaaddiction4869]

Can someone explain

[@johnpijano4786]

@@severepizzaaddiction4869 A monty python Reference.

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

Peace? Oh shut up!

[@alexandrub8786]

@@severepizzaaddiction4869" life of Brian" comedy movie

[@blitzio]

Wow learned a new word "Eirenarch". It's not even easily Google-able or found in Wikipedia. Thanks, Invicta, always learning new things from your channel!

[@justkris6461]

Wow that artwork. Very nice. And again a nice episode. Keep it up💪💪

[@Visigoth_]

18:47 so how's that progressive point of view, still as it was? (Firery but mostly peaceful Protests.) 🤔 Maybe we should be wary of viewing extreme ideologies through rose tinted glasses...

[@collaborisgaming2190]

7:36 if only emperor Trajan lived in our time period. lol

[@Shoes51]

Let's hope that when the american republic falls you get a Trajan instead of a c*mmodus lol

[@adamtyniec9154]

You've made good research about law. That's 3 yesses from me. Great video!

[@bagacera91]

This is such the perfect way to teach about the past, it's a wonderful work! Well done!

[@joelthomastr]

16:13 "This episode goes to show how stability was often the guiding principle behind law enforcement rather than true justice" Still is!

[@ricky-sanchez]

Those guys advocating and protesting for equal rights are traitors and must be punished by American law. It is their fault they are oppressed. WE will squash this movement. - Conservative right

[@andreascovano7742]

Would you do something similar for the Late roman empire (Diocletian's reforms)?

[@ArturdeSousaRocha]

I love those paintings you used for illustration.

[@Rogue-A.I.]

great video! keep 'em coming!

[@agnel47]

This was such a fresh perspective on Jesus. Subbed.

[@mew11two]

I would suggest watching Sam Aronow's video on Jesus for a fresh perspective on the man. It's a similar channel as this focussing on Jewish history.

[@naughtiusmaximus3690]

some roman dude in 33 AD: "well, that's the last crucifiction for today". another roman dude: "yeah...but why do i feel this will have consequences?". the first roman dude: "why would it? who cares about some judean preacher?!".

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Sometimes i am worried we wont saw such a advanced civilization again,for their time they were near revolutionary and brought many ideas and practiced that are still practiced today,not to mention a nation that lasted over 2000 years during which and even after all kinds of people claimed descent otomans,russians,germans,italians,etc. Say what you will about them but they outclass nations of today in many fields like tactics,innovations,adaptability,integration of cultures,morals,etc. Would rather live in Rome than live in countries like America or China which are supposetly our "best"

[@thekoneill8]

Once again, great video Thanks

[@snarst]

I remember using that letter from Pliny to Trajen in my first upper division class when getting my degree at University.

[@AemiliusLae]

When will the Evolution of the Roman Legions series continue? :-)

[@Tailss1]

"Anonymously posted accusations ought to have no place in any prosecution" Someone please tell that to today's legal system, which ironically mimics Roman custom and language more than any other group.

[@raybugati3763]

Genuinely interesting and informative.

[@TheMessyCoder]

love these vids. where does the artwork come from?

[@Charliecomet82]

"What have the Romans ever done for us?"

[@naughtiusmaximus3690]

brought wine, DUH!

[@ReasonableRadio]

When the Emperor tells you "be happy", you be happy.

[@vazak11]

An interesting and topical video.

[@bnap3221]

Thank you for this video, I love it

[@onemoreminute0543]

So, what if there was a rebellion/insurrection in a senatorial province? Would a governor from an imperial province have to march over to help out?

[@fulerage9514]

Pontius Pilate be like: "Ah yes, I was able to proceed and give Jesus a sentence without taking full responsibility for it, now both the Jewish people and the Romans are happy with the results, and there's no collateral effect whatsoever 🤓"

[@bernardok]

christian schools: Pilate is evil

[@matthewbrooker]

@Invicta - am new to this channel. Love your channel logo and content. Where is the merch?

[@MissLionRose]

Excelente work! NEW subscriber ❤️💯✌️

[@ericpabon2458]

Dekaprotoi or decuriones - boards of 10 councillors who collected Roman taxes from the community

[@graceskerp]

Pay your taxes, pay tribute to the emperor or go through the motions, don't start sh*t and you're good.

[@Historyfan476AD]

Sounds like the modern world today as well. Just replace Emperor with your name of government.

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

well that's what Jesus said. and i honestly have no idea how the heck did they misinterpreted that with "kill the romans" ! it's like Jesus was talking to the walls i swear. because this is one of the reasons that Jesus was brought to court anyway. because He was accused of instigating people to violence. but all the Jesus said was "pay the taxes you owe, and be nice" and they were all like "oooo yes we should kill the romans"

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

Pay taxes and don’t cause trouble, reasonable enough if you ask me.

[@CENTAURSARATOGA]

Well spoken......A True Roman

[@umbra1085]

Amazing content as always.

[@mani_saber]

Amazing content. Answered many of my questions and very nice conclusion at the end. Love your work from Iran ❤

[@Dethmeister]

In before the bot that wants to be friends.

[@PaulJohn01]

OMG 😁 that bot has been popping up on many of the channels i'm subbed to for the last couple of months.

[@bnap3221]

Want to be my KZbin friend?

[@louisgilligan1213]

"Will you create a new Pax Romana ?" - Sean Bean

[@natemattingly2828]

Thanks for your excellent scholarship and for relating the lesson to modernity. Responsible history here

[@stefanol7814]

Great video. Subscribed!

[@xstrawarot]

the artwork is phenomenal, where can i buy it? :O

[@InvictaHistory]

We actually provide art downloads to Patrons: www.patreon.com/InvictaHistory

[@dhindaravrel8712]

please don't mix history and mythology without clearly pointing out which is which

[@veronicabascunan7116]

hey Invicta you should definitely do a how they did it: life as a Patrician from ancient Rome, like in the imperial family and state details everyday life and especially about the assassination stuff and with the Praetorian Guards would be definitely cool!

[@Phased3023]

I love the Total War music in the background