Roman Army ( Chester Roman Weekend 2012 ) Part 2

[@diablohorer]

Imagine being such a badass empire that the lands you subjugated celebrate your awesomeness almost 2 thousand years after you're gone

[@jimboonie9885]

Yeaaah

[@vuivui4273]

Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Greek City States, Sparta, Israel Empire, Palpatine Empire, Arabia Empire, Chinese Empire, Japanese Empire, Golden Horde Empire, etc. Empire Earth soon to be

[@sauronmordor7494]

ys

[@vuivui4273]

@@sauronmordor7494 Game is simp

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@vuivui4273 vui

[@ИгорьПак-т9б]

Archeologists in future: it seems like Roman legions appeared occasionally thousands of years after the Fall of Rome.

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

For ceremonial purposes

[@GabrielDipo]

Yes

[@ÁngelPalacios-m4y]

Jajajjajajajajauajajaj Yes😊

[@njm3211]

OK, now fix the roads and the sewers to continue with the reenactment LOL.

[@tackyman2011]

Best comment.

[@swissmilitischristilxxii3691]

LOL

[@atrioxairsoft5413]

HAHAHAHAHA very true

[@mbdulka]

Ha ha ha! Better than today's unions trying to do the same -- bring back the Roman Legion Engineers! HA HA!

[@theghost3061]

Not to mention the diet and the training that came with being a warrior..

[@tedolphbundler724]

What is weird, is that 2000 years ago, legioners may have actually marched on these same streets.

[@sunnyjim1355]

Those streets didn't even exist until long after the Romans established a fort there, and the town grew from that - that's why Chester celebrates in this way. 🙄

[@thomassbulivan6352]

Romans never came to england moron

[@tedolphbundler724]

@@thomassbulivan6352 Really?

[@thomassbulivan6352]

@@tedolphbundler724 yes i know history

[@tedolphbundler724]

@@thomassbulivan6352 Hmmm....so why was London originally called Londinium?

[@kimmogensen4888]

The people who had the courage to attack the heavy Roman infantry without clothing or protection on the upper body must have been very brave, or very drunk.

[@bobbulat1393]

Mushrooms help I hear

[@renegadusunidos6151]

High and drunk at the same time

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

Like they say “You cant be killed if your already dead inside”

[@gilpvp4858]

In the case of the germanic tribes both.

[@gerardoimbriani9698]

Very drunk!

[@STaRBG4405]

Imagine you are a small kid living in a gallic village in the middle of nowhere and having no contact with anyone except maybe traders from other gallic villages and suddenly seeying these chads marching and singing trough the village square in complete order and synchronization

[@Skerdy]

Something I found interesting: Romans marched in formation, yes, except when they had to cross bridges... the vibrations of all these people marching in step could actually break a wooden bridge so they stopped marching in formation if they had to cross one.

[@AleraKira]

You could actually keep the formation, you'd just need some kind of cadence!

[@madgeordie4469]

Soldiers today still break step when marching over a bridge and for the same reason.

[@Skerdy]

@@madgeordie4469 Lol, I did not know that, but what's that old saying? If it's not broken, don't fix it. It seems to apply in this case.

[@CHRF-55457]

huh lolol.

[@EgelundB]

@@Skerdy Well that’s one way of putting it. I think it’s just to do with that it still applies for the same logical and valid reasons. Not just, that it’s because “they did it back then, why not keep doing it” :)

[@armorvestrus4119]

This is a fantastic demonstration and very well performed. Cheers

[@jeffyoung60]

I imagine myself in that parade, 1,900 years ago. I'm a Syrian auxiliary archer who enlisted in the Roman Auxilia army as I saw no real economic prospects for myself at age 18 back in rural, agricultural Syria. I'm now 22 years old, surprised and not too happy about being stationed across the entire Empire on this cold, foggy, misty, overcast island filled with odd, pale-skinned people. I'm in the back of the column with the rest of the auxiliary soldiers. The citizen legionaries in their shining, Newstead lorica segmentata armor are marching up ahead through the large Briton town. Like many of us auxiliaries marching in line, we're wearing mostly hand-me-down lorica hamata chainmail shirts once worn by the legionaries themselves thirty years or more ago. These chainmail shirts have been cut down shorter in length and gone through innumerable repairs over the decades. I'm also carrying an old, hand-me-down, cheaper, and simpler bronze helmet. Knowing this does not bother me though. The equipment and kit are still serviceable. Wearing an old but usable chainmail short shirt and bronze helmet are far better than nothing. Like the legionaries up ahead us auxiliary soldiers are carrying all of our kit and supplies bundled together on a wood, T-frame, which seems to weight a ton. My sidearms are a long knife on one side and a small axe on the other. The regular auxiliary soldiers are carrying the standard, regulation gladius short sword, oval shield, and a hasta (spear). I noticed a long while back that some of the auxiliaries, the Germanic enlistees, carry the longer, spatha sword, also carried by the cavalry. The big guys like to swing longer swords. I give thanks that, unlike earlier generations of Syrian archer auxiliaries, I'm not wearing a long skirt down to my ankles. I wear a wool tunic just like the legionaries. I used to wear brown, woolen breeches, the legs coming down to the tops of my calves. But this wretched Britannic weather is far too cold and wet for breeches. Out of my own pocket I've had to purchase locally-made, longer pantalones, same as worn by the local, civilian men. These Briton pantalones have colorful squarish patterns on the material. Like them I tie the pant legs around my ankles with a length of fiber cord. I wear woolen socks under my caligae sandals. A thick woolen cloak wraps around my shoulders. It's the bare minimum comfort in this miserable cold weather. If I wasn't kept overly warm by the constant marching, I would be freezing. I thought my unit of Syrian archers would be garrisoning the great stone wall that separates Caledonia from lower Britannia, the wall built during the time of the emperor Hadrian. It seemed odd that there were a lot of us Syrian archers stationed on the wall. But I appreciated the creature comforts of the wall fort's warm, comfortable baths and stone and wood, barracks with a small fireplace in each 8-man contubernium room. Now I know differently. We're all marching further north to garrison a new wall in the far north. This wall, I hear, is made out of turf instead of stones and is lower. It's shorter in length but still needs a strong wall garrison. We know that the emperor Antoninus Pius wanted this new wall further north in order to lay claim to southern Caledonia. Yet from other rumors and news through camp talk that the Caledonians and Picts to the north were very unhappy when the Romans decided to suddenly build a new wall right across their territory, cutting across farms, manors, villages, and tribal lands. There is unrest and trouble up there. We auxiliaries don't ask questions. No one tells us anything anyway. Our superiors issue orders, we obey. But looking around, no one is smiling or joking, even cutting the usual bawdy jokes on the march. Can't say I blame them. No one is looking forward to marching deep into the thick foggy mists in the distance where the wet and chill penetrate your wool cloak, wool tunic, linen underwear, to the bone. When I reach where I'm supposed to go, I had better look after my two, composite short bows in my kit. Damp weather is detrimental to the components of composite bows. It's a good thing I have my two bows wrapped in wool cloth. I'm concerned the damp and chill of this place will warp my arrows. I miss my warm Syria.

[@jeffyoung60]

Update to my unit's journey north to the new, northern wall. We're marching steadily through southern Caledonia. The tribes adjacent to the former stone wall of Hadrian are friendly or allied. Passing through their lands was no problem. But we have marched north past their tribal lands into the middle of southern Caledonia. The local tribes are not friendly nor allied to Rome. They are not happy to see Romans marching north through their lands but they refrain from openly opposing Rome. Still their hostility is hard not to fathom. From here on to the wall our superiors warn us to stay alert. Although we're not on enemy territory, we're far from being on friendly territory. Our centurion listens to a messenger from the front of the column. The centurion yells out for us to pick up the pace. For good reason. Our centurion is a good man, we are lucky. He often tells us what's going on. The senior officers leading the column are anxious to reach an established Roman fort up ahead before nightfall. The Roman Army usually never marches at night except for good reason and usually it happens during wartime. Marching at night through questionable territory invites all kinds of bad things to happen. Besides, no one wants to get lost in this land which can become foggy and difficult to travel even in daytime. If the fort is large enough, we should be able to pitch our tents on the parade ground for the night. If it is a fortlet, there won't be enough room inside to host our traveling column. In that case we will have to pitch tents just outside the walls, hopefully with the protective trench or trenches outside of us providing some minimum security. Or else our officers will have to settle for an unused nightly marching camp, previously constructed by another marching column long ago. That's still better than nothing as most of the entrenching work is already done. We just have to make some repairs, spruce it up, and see if the protective ditch needs additional digging. I have the sense that we're being watched by unseen eyes, cleverly hidden from view. I do my best not to feel overly alarmed. Every legionary and auxiliary should be used to be watched on campaign marches. Enemy scouts are everywhere. Our marching column, I adjudge is too large to attack even though it's about four centuries total, two legionary and two auxiliary. Besides, the local tribe who holds this territory is not willing to openly oppose Rome by going to war, for now. So, we're safe from any band of brigands or raiders. Still, it serves best to stay alert and ready. Yet the army grapevine is replete with stories of ongoing incidents in the tribal territories just south of the new northern wall and at the wall itself, hence the urgent need for reinforcements, us.

[@joeyj6808]

Looks like you did your homework! Great post, Legionaria Auxiliaria! I wish you the smile of Fortuna upon you when you face those woad-blue Picts!

[@superbus3244]

reading this was better than watching the entire movie "centurion"

[@NN-bk5bb]

Beautiful

[@jdewitt77]

I enjoyed reading this this.

[@Throbbing_Gimp]

I always feel fortunate that I live in Chester. Such a rich culture and history. Beautiful city

[@sunnyjim1355]

Cheshire is the most boring county in England and Chester is the epitome of it.

[@WraithLK]

@@sunnyjim1355 bro no one asked for your pessimistic opinion

[@Redrosewitch]

It's a beautiful city right enough. It's too long since I last visited

[@jdewitt77]

I admire the dedication of these re-enactors and the time and money they put into their hobby.

[@AmazingDuckmeister]

Good to see that Scippi and Julii can put aside their differences to match together in a parade.

[@quartztemplar3676]

The blue shields are most likely from Graecia and Asia. Black shields you see at the start I presume are Syrian.

[@_hunter_hunter1048]

Byzantine Cataphract in the lead

[@bluesman1947]

Every year the lost IX Roman Legion re-appears on the streets of Castrum.

[@kukifitte7357]

How men should dress according to modern society: -skinny jeans, formal shirt, expensive shoes How men really want to dress:

[@Praenuntium]

I thought I was a Roman Empire nerd.

[@joedume8932]

Roma invicta!

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great stuff! "By Jupiter, this cloudy weather is getting me down!"

[@shinigm7153]

Grandioso Império Romano, deixando de existir a 2 mil anos atrás e ainda fazendo pessoas se apaixonar por ele Legio, Aeterna, Victrix

[@joeyj6808]

Who says the Brits have a weak military? Look at those bad asses! Great stuff, Legio Romani! The column even had camp followers! Truly amazing! I would have loved to see such a column on the march, each lugging 100 lb of gear on top of arms and armor!

[@amilcarestocchetti3788]

splendida ricostruzione storica. Un modo interessante e coinvolgente per diffondere la cultura storica

[@Warmaka]

0:18 the guy on the left with the fur on his hat looks familiar. I think he might be in Lindybeige's video about Roman Kit.

[@sempertemper6017]

Congrats from.italy so nice and accurate!!!

[@pauljohansson363kagy5]

wonderful lads enacting the past

[@Redrosewitch]

Looks like massive fun. 😊😊😊😊

[@leandroluckei]

Hail, Caesar!

[@mitchellsimi5373]

Damn!!!! ...that's the most coolest sight I've ever seen!!!!

[@raulgaraycochea4883]

Imoresionante ! Son los britano- romanos ,habeis hecho una cohors completa ☺😮👏👏👏✋👐y delante van también los 🅰nglos muy bueno fantástico ,congrsts !☺ Saludos

[@taroman7100]

You guys are AWESOME!

[@johngallagher9151]

I'm ok with them having all the time periods in a parade, but in battle reenactments there should only be one time period, not all of them.

[@CHRF-55457]

Ye.

[@romangaming462]

What do you mean by that? Like their armor? Because Roman armor was never exclusive to a certain time period of Rome, it extended unless if it was the Lorica Segmentata.

[@swirlyskyshock1155]

@@romangaming462I think it’s because while the Cavalry in Front were 300-500AD Roman Cavalry, wearing Intercisa-esq Helmets, while the rest of the Parade were wearing Imperial Gallic.

[@francopolvara6690]

Queste bellissime parate rievocative noi in Italia non sappiamo neanche così siano!!Bravo 👍👏

[@Jagdtoq]

Very Good, but couldn't resist turning off the sound and playing Ave Caesar (Quo Vadis) by Miklós Rózsa, it bring things up a bit.

[@WienerVL]

They are back!!! Run,run,run!!!

[@realweareallamericans1685]

That's a very cool army. I can see they re-conquered London. Where did they get all those uniforms? This is even more amazing than 2000 years ago.

[@linadepasquale5595]

La londinium romana , piero da roma

[@teigemaddrell1769]

It’s not London brain cell. Read the header

[@Miratesus]

How come reenactors always seem to be missing the subarmalis (padded armor jacket underneath the lorica hamata/segementata)?

[@Astraben]

Sad that you cut out the late infantry

[@agubamachukwuebuka5330]

Rome gave Europe their identity.

[@accountreality1988]

to a degree but Germanic inspired gothic is also a massive theme in European aesthetic.

[@americohagim1131]

I loved seeing those 2 Late Empire soldiers!

[@pimppimpproductions6497]

Archeologists in the future: Despite historical records to the contrary, it appears the Roman Empire survived in some form thousands of years after the deposition of Romulus Augustus

[@marcoiciliobenatti2357]

Ricordo che l'Impero Romano é terminato nel 1453 e l'ultimo Romano Imperatore è Costantino 11

[@petersclafani4370]

Being Italian i proud of my ancestry. Even those here in America would call me racist being g white and part of an empire that conquered the world.

[@themaxlimelight3757]

Bro with all the ethnic mixing after the fall of the WRE added onto the fact that ethnic Romans were very few in number makes it highly unlikely that you’re more Roman(ethnically) than most people, also, I’m a major Rome fan, but they didn’t conquer the world, no empire has, though they are one of the few empires that has come very close.

[@petersclafani4370]

@@themaxlimelight3757 any Italian has roman blood. Just like a German would have German blood. Even the French (gaul), has roman blood. All you have see there facial.

[@themaxlimelight3757]

@@petersclafani4370 uhhh no. As I said, the ethnic Romans did not come from Italy, they were refugees from Troy, ethnically unique from the Latins and Italics, meaning that most people in Germany and France and Britain and Italy and Spain would be ethnically related to the Latins and the Italics, the Roman gene pool would be so diluted with the genes of other ethnicities that it’s highly unlikely anyone is more Roman than anyone else, trust me, I figured this out because I was trying so hard to prove I was part Roman. Turns out almost no one is Roman, it’s nobodies roots, ethnically you have more roots in Germania and the Etruscan league than you do with Rome. I’m sorry chief, but trust me, I’m just as disappointed as you.

[@petersclafani4370]

@@themaxlimelight3757 wrong again the extrusions f possibly from Troy.

[@petersclafani4370]

@@themaxlimelight3757 where was your heritage from.

[@farkasandras6443]

Nagyon látványos, mintha vissza mentünk volna az időben.👍🏻

[@NickDanger0001]

No one shouting, "sinister, dexter, sinister, dexter!

[@marcoanonymous8434]

'Join the army', they said. 'It's fun', they said.

[@Redrosewitch]

'Join the army', they said. 'See the world', they said. And where do I end up? Britannia! Rain, fog, up to your bracae in mud half the time.

[@marcoanonymous8434]

@@Redrosewitch By Jupiter, you are right!

[@rtzend4311]

Who are these people? I mean that seriously, who are these,people that have mustered so much in time, money and energy to put on this display? #spqr

[@theplayisoverapplaud176]

It's tradition to do this in many UK towns

[@jesuspalma4185]

Impresionante!!!😮😮😮

[@НикаТрифонова-м1я]

Как мила эта императрица в волчьей шкуре! Действительно, она мать своего народа! Аве!

[@obliviangamer2319]

Me and the boys heading to Britain:

[@miguelflorit4187]

Why the heck is Cesar walking

[@aserher215]

This makes me want to cry of excitement as I sip my red wine.

[@malcolmdavidrobertgaudin2194]

"07:22 beam of light divine luminous frequency pointing towards where I stand from the old sol our sun, CAESARES early retirement planning"

[@JamesThiagoCoan]

Roma invicta!!

[@ukaypete]

What did the Romans do for Britain then?

[@gabrielle3099]

Very nice

[@grimjawtheplatypus8707]

This is what happens when the boys get together

[@gabrielvazquez7147]

Delendam esse Carthaginem! Romani diu!

[@skylerrutherford9870]

For the glory of Rome!

[@sandernson10]

Weren’t legions supposed to have been compromised of 6,000 legionnaires?

[@vuivui4273]

Anyone remembers Empire Earth?

[@PHILOLAVS]

ROMA ÆTERNA ! ROMA VĪCTRIX !

[@PaleRejent]

Is the armour they're wearing post marian reforms?

[@themaxlimelight3757]

The majority I believe, there are quite a few with Lorica Segmentata, which came about long after the Marian Reforms, and there’s also that dude dressed in the manner of a Roman Cataphract, which also came long after the Marian reforms, so I’d say the vast majority, perhaps even all of them.

[@deejaaay7600]

LONG LIVE CEASER!

[@marcusantoniusflavius9807]

long life for me 😂😂

[@ivancuba457]

Semplicemente fantastici!

[@竹東天丸轟哥]

ROMA VITTORIA!

[@jonathandjing1065]

Are they wearing crocs ?

[@sergiogreco1806]

I believe that, if the soun of the horns and trumbets played by the really Roman's legions were the same fracas made by this replica the enemies were going to die before being hit

[@copper_himselfgaming619]

Honey where are u going? Well me and the lads have a big day today. Lol

[@Pure_Uranium_]

One of the Legionarys is a kid lol.

[@CHRF-55457]

PJO

[@Aetila]

Young Octavian...

[@Wsadef]

Must be Lucius Vorenus son, masonry didn't work out then lol

[@goliath8922]

This is awesome

[@genaroayala8100]

This completely changes the narrative when you play German soldier music over it.

[@jeffreywong33]

a mix of 1st to early 3rd century equipment, love the variety. !

[@someguygaming9248]

Me and the bois on sundays-

[@richardyao9012]

They don’t sound like Roman troops. Their boots are missing the nails that make a characteristic noise on pavement.

[@petersclafani4370]

I havent seen any lectors or legion insignia

[@InAeternumRomaMater]

In the beginning was that the Romans? Because I could see a symbol like the Dacians was using. A head with a long tail. Or am I wrong?

[@timothyortiz2222]

Magnificent!

[@ralphwasson3812]

Did a whole legion return from the dead?

[@ernie_like_hemingway]

I think that is one of the "lost" legions at Teutoburg Forest.

[@grimjawtheplatypus8707]

Her: he's probably out cheating Him and the boys: For the glory of Rome!!!

[@Redrosewitch]

Well, of course. What else can a girl expect her fella to be doing on a Saturday?

[@tackyman2011]

Where are the carts full of loot? Where are the war captives? Where are the chariots for the generals? The exotic animals? You call this a parade?

[@johnchesterman6016]

Proud Cestrian!!! 20th!!!

[@sidnjal12223]

Which Legion do they represent?

[@Redrosewitch]

@Ruben Schreppers Cool! I thought I caught 'Legio Secundum'. I'm learning Latin, so keep listening out for words I recognise.

[@captainamerica6525]

Testudo!

[@iliyaehrenburg2374]

Várias épocas retratadas num só desfile, de legionários republicanos tardios com cassis de bronze e lórica hamata, para legionários imperiais, com cassis de aço e lórica segmentata. Alguns legionários auxiliares e na abertura catafractos, ou catafractários... Cavalaria pesada de inspiração persa/sármata. Pois...

[@yonatanmustis7560]

Very nice!

[@pieterotten3848]

Obelix, fresh Romans!!!!

[@MrDedalus2008]

Re dedalus legion italica amor!! ❤️

[@stefanodeangelis8187]

MORITURI TE SALUTAM

[@CBass-mn5dy]

They even had one huge ogre marching with them!

[@ЯромирАртамоненков]

"Gracchus, something more cheerful!"

[@DominicBHaven-qm6nx]

It's a joke name, sir. Like Biggus Dickus.

[@CB74651]

That's civilization marching

[@Shad0wack]

Fat old beer bellies?

[@hammadurrehman8189]

after ceaser in germania now ceaser in britania....

[@fabrizio.guidi64]

Bretons and romans afrer 400 years i think they were so mixed as to form an ethnic group

[@3ch056]

You there! Your shoes are a disgrace man!

[@personifiedape5347]

Aren't they a little tall to be imperial troopers 😉

[@Redrosewitch]

These are not the legionaries you're looking for.

[@Pitbull00000]

Barbarians acting like romans, the irony

[@niklask8753]

Well of course they're mainly Anglo Saxon but English people also have a high amount of romanized Celt ancestry. Probably higher than the Anglo Saxon ancestry

[@shaochongzhang6964]

Roman legions were filled with barbarians, some of them became generals.

[@Pitbull00000]

@@shaochongzhang6964 i know but more was foederati other legion barbarian style. Still amazing .

[@Pitbull00000]

@@shaochongzhang6964 and that was the end of the west roman empire

[@theplayisoverapplaud176]

And the irony that Britain had the largest empire in all of human history

[@BopWalk]

LEGIO AETERNA AETERNA VICTRIX!

[@placidopereiraprado5301]

Muito bonito

[@datasilv]

The Empire... where subjugated countries were transformed into successful Provinces...

[@helmutweber8941]

♥♥♥♥♥

[@saueqietrollageposting1477]

Me and the bois going into the living room with plastic swords and cardboard armour:

[@TheGreenB1rd]

Sounds like Obelix dinner is ready :v

[@joaocarlos8858]

Essa tropa vai pra alguma província quem sabe a bretanha na famosa muralha de Adriano 👍😁🦅🏛