Armies and Tactics: Earliest Roman Armies DOCUMENTARY

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[@pegoku]

Until 1453? Damn, finally someone will cover the Eastern Roman/Byzantine armies.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It may take forever. So, it is quite possible we just make pauses and cover other armies too along the way.

[@umaransari9765]

It will take years Just Greek armies took many months

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Video begins at 1:34

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[@Marshal_Rock]

Until 1453? That's why I love you guys!

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Marshal Rock 1453 the worse year for the civilized world

[@Marshal_Rock]

MyGdoggy yeah, 😥 well, it is sad the Fall of Constantinople, however, we must always think of the changes that brought to Western Civilization.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is the initial plan. We'll see. :-)

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"Marshal Rock 1453 the worse year for the civilized world" ......... Uh tell that to the crusaders sacking Constantinople....

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[@giorgosbookhunter4215]

Great epidode, very interesting how the social chenges from Clans to a class society changed the military organisation and the nature of war as well. Can't wait for the next ones... This might become one of my faves series...

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[@Millennium7HistoryTech]

John Keegan, one of the most insightful military historian of our age, in the "History of Warfare", explains how the characteristics of war is strictly dependent by the characteristics of societies fighting it. This is blatant in the early Roman case. The names of the different soldiers, their deployment, their equipment etc. are a mirror image of the early roman society. And, I would add, the early Roman society was very much shaped by the requirements of war. However, you guys do a wonderful job! You were definitely part of the inspiration that took me to start my own channel.

[@raisukeuzarachi]

wow, this is an ambitious series, looking forward to it all! even though i've gained a decent amount of knowledge about certain prominent eras there are still plenty of gaps in my knowledge and it'll be great to learn more about the more obscure periods and have a more complete picture of how the armies transformed over time

[@natethomas587]

I absolutely can NOT WAIT till you guys do medieval byzintine units . The. Kataphractoi look soooo dope . I can't even count how many times i have searched online for information about the eastern roman army in detail to no avail . Great work guys. go ahead and skip ahead if you want ;)

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It will come!

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[@jonathanle2787]

Most educating video as always! Do you ever plan to cover the Persian armies? Admittedly not always the most formidable force in history but the Parthians and Sassanids might be worth a video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, we are planning to cover more!

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[@ioannisstavropoulos4319]

Thanking you for getting up to 1453. Can't wait for the Eastern Roman army documentaries !

[@KingsandGenerals]

On the way!

[@norbertgoder1872]

Oh my god, one of the soldiers used Sting from the Lord of the rings lol

[@KingsandGenerals]

We don't know the exact sword they used, so... :-)

[@podemosurss8316]

Actually, the Kingdom of Gondor in Lord of the Rings is based on the late Roman Empire, and the battle on Minas Tirith is inspired by the battle of the Catalaunian plains.

[@Wolfeson28]

There's definitely a lot of Roman inspiration to Gondor's storyline. Although, I would argue that the Battle of Minas Tirith specifically also draws a lot of inspiration from the 1683 Siege of Vienna (ancient city under siege by "evil enemy hordes" saved by a massive cavalry charge).

[@podemosurss8316]

@@Wolfeson28 Well, it's what the author himself stated, so it's "word of God". That said, in addition to a WW1 veteran, Tolkien was a total History Buff. Each army on the Middle Earth is clearly based on a real army, and the inspiration of the Late Roman Empire for Gondor is pretty obvious.

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It's a pity that a glorious time like the Roman Kings Era is so underrated by the people.

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Also, most of what we "know" about the Roman kings is legend. Including the individual kings themselves.

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@@varana legend like Troy or Mykenai?

[@varana]

Do you want to insinuate that Paris shooting Achilles in the heel was a historical event? ;) Rome existed, just like Troy or Mykenai. But that it had exactly seven kings, their names, what they did (like all the stuff that Numa Pompilius was supposed to have started) - yep, that's basically legend. Maybe there's some truth in it somewhere, maybe there was some king called Numa Pompilius at some time (although he certainly didn't do all that), but currently, we can't say what parts _may_ be based on actual events.

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Historia Aeterna well as the video said the romans didn’t even record their own histories until 3rd century BC.

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@Historia Aeterna It's because of Western Propaganda, which don't like monarchies. Note how Rome spilled far more blood in the Gladiatorial arenas for the sake of crude entertainment and yet are still admired with many buildings in the US modeled after Roman architecture, while the Aztecs whom spilled far less blood in sacrifices are considered horrific savages. It's the lens of Western Propaganda that makes Rome worth admiring because they had a Senate and the Roman Kings despised and ignored because the Senate overthrew them.

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If part 2 is about Marcus Furius Cammilus, than part 3 or 4 should coincide with the coverage of Pyrrhus of Epirus or at least show that the same week.

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i hope they talk about the battle of caudine forks

[@legerarts]

I watched all your videos about the development of the Roman Army, and I'm so impressed with the work and dedication! I would like to ask if you could make a chronological playlist with all videos.

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Awesome for planning to cover the Byzantine Army too! Such an underappreciated civilization in pop culture.

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Can't wait for the next Roman army video!

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[@chaosdwarf406]

Good video as always. Good idea to cover everything to 1453 just to drive home the point of how tenacious the Roman state really was.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, that point should be made. People often compress the 2000 years of history into the early imperial period.

[@vinodvarghese78]

Very good topic to cover from the start to the end of the evolution of the Roman army. Look forward to seeing the next episodes. Cheers!

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a video i have been waiting for a very longggg time!!!! thanks lads..

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2:28 Small mistake I think : Romulus shot Remus with a bow, and did not engage him into a melee.

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thank you for this review. An important time in military history.

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Nice video. I always wanted to know more about Early Roman times. And this video helped fill in some of the bits n piece's. Nice job to whoever made this video a reality.

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6:29 It seems there are -orcs- gauls near that third soldier...

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3:35 Etruscan boar vessel 500-600 B.C

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3:35 HOLY SHIT IT'S THE BOAR VESSEL, 600-500 BCE, ETRUSCAN, CERAMIC

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[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

The Roman army is one of the strongest and most disciplined armies ever.

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Yeah they really showed how discipline beats numbers most of the time. 100k warriors? Not a problem when 90% flee the second things get hairy

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or perhaps was

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Best army in history hands down

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Chinese Armies during the Qin and Han dynasties: hold my sake.

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I can't wait for the next video in this series!

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I've read some books that horsemen in early Rome we're just mounted infantry that can dismount and reinforce a battle line whenever needed.

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Marc Loui Rivero those type of troops were called Dragoons in later era They used horse for speed and mobility but dismount when fighting

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I wonder if the early cavalry wasn't something similar to deferred service, whereby the very wealthiest essentially paid to stay out of the fight but still technically contributed to the war effort, in order to keep themselves safe without excessively harming morale.

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[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for the kind words. It is hard work and sleepless nights :) Yes, we will have full Diadochi video and perhaps add a few missed points there to make it more complete. As for Vikings, it is an incomplete series, we kinda abandoned it due to lack of interest. Justinian is too short and map styles are different to be able to combine them in one video. Instead, we will start a brand new series in a few weeks that will replace Diadochi in the schedule.

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It’s great that you’re covering all the way until 1453! Most people discard the Byzantines all too easily citing that they’re too different from the “Romans” to be considered as such all the while ignoring the fact that Romans of the late Empire would’ve been unrecognizable to the early Romans and even indeed the Republic of Scipio Africanus.

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Ah and so we begin. Let's agree to disagree ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[@KingsandGenerals]

We will :-)

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Cant wait for the rest of the serie!

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3:34 Boar Vessel 600-500BC Etruscan Ceramic

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Please Make a series on Eastern Armies! Neo-Assyrian army, Pontic warfare, Armenians, Sassanid heavy cavalry etc etc

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[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

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excellent, concise information. I was unaware of most of it. thanks

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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@schlirf]

Good Vid! Anyway of posting a Vid on how Military Geography affects operations, or how battles are "shaped"? Thanx!

[@judenorbz500]

Another interesting episode I hope you upload Han Dynasty or any Imperial China 👌

[@ryandaverayla4910]

Invicta has a similar video on early roman warfare, but did not pursue the series that it was suppose to be a part of.

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Amazing video as always. Thanks!!

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Hey! :-)

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Love this channel

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks :-)

[@pegeman1510]

This was so well made and educational! Want to learn more! Would you do early Greek and early Persian army and equipment! Thanks

[@AngryHistorian87]

Pegeman 1 they already did a video series on the Greek armies from Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period. There is also a second series on the Hellenistic Macedonian army.

[@pegeman1510]

Pierre S. Ok I remember now. Thanks I don’t know much about the Persian army tactics and equipment. I hope they cover that. :)

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Great video as always

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[@FreedomFighter08]

You should make one about the Persian army's evolution from the Achaemenid to Sasanian army. After the Persians defeated the Medes and united iranians tribes all over the iranian peninsula and formed the Achaemenid empire, it was not until then proper tactics and military were formed. With archers at the back, Sparbara units in front and cavalry to the flanks and chariot units. There were military reforms to the later Parthian (Horse archers, romans encountering the Parthian shot for the first time & Cataphracts heavy iron clad knights on horse with lances) and Sasanian dynasties with war elephants & heavy cavalry like cataphracts, also know to have had 10,000 cataphracts called the Immortals and even elite cataphracts called the Pushtigban acting as the the royal bodyguard to the emperor who also engaged in the battles (Cataphracts are believed to be origin of the Knights which was adopted by romans later and spread throughout Europe) which proved to be very successful against the heavy units of the romans but less effective against the arabs light cavalry. Persians scored many victories over the romans in Roman-Parthian, Roman-Sasanian & Byzantine-Sasanian wars, prior to this the Greeks were driven out of Persia in the Seleucid-Parthian wars.

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Can't wait to hear about the Samnites and the Manipular formation.

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ive never heard Devin sound so dead as when hes reading from the script of this mobile game advert

[@davidrosner6267]

The Latin word GENTES for clan gave us the English word gentry. As a former Latin student, this video reminded me of that little bit of linguistic history. Keep up the great work!

[@podemosurss8316]

And the Spanish word for people (gente) too

[@generalgrievous7912]

Guys please do the Marian Reforms! I need to see that beautiful Lorica Segmentata art!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will!

[@youngcato718]

I love early Rome, thank you for making this. There is so little on it in English.

[@Churhli]

Can’t wait for the next one

[@adrianbrunner8]

Cool topic and I love this little easter eggs (6:29) in your videos :-)

[@althesian9741]

Hope you would cover how the roman gladius during the imperial era was adopted by the hispanic-iberian warriors, the scutari. And please cover when rome adopted the lorica hamata/segmentata armors.

[@jaythompson5102]

When did all the fort building start? During the empire days they would build forts and walls relentlessly, often right next to the enemy. Were they doing that in the early to mid republic, and if not when did it start?

[@mrstarfishh33]

More or less since they expanded out of Cissalpine Gaul. Got to protect that frontier.

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This video came at the right time and I'm looking forward to see the next episodes of this series. Good luck to everyone that will try to get their hands on that PS4 PRO. The merchandise is really nice but I can't afford to get one right now.

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It's still fascinating to me that a single city state could expand into an Empire that lasts for a Millenia.

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Before the change in manipula the oplites were divided in hastates, principes and triari, but since III century b.C.

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Do more of these armies and tactics videos the other ones on wars and battles get really descriptive and difficult to listen to. You could probably squeeze them in tactics videos I think.

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The download link tells me to open it on my mobile device when I am on my andorid tablet