Rome's most effective Legion Conquers Britain (Full history of the 14th, Part 2)

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This video will go over the second part of Emperor Nero's 14th legion, and will feature the legions greatest achievements and titles. Part 1: • Rome's most effective ...
Sources:
Dio, Cassius. Roman History, Volume II, III, IV, V, VI.
Tacitus. The Madness of Nero.
Tacitus. Agricola.
Caesar, Julius. Bello Civili.
Caesar, Julius. Bello Gallico.
Dando-Collins, Stephen. Legions of Rome: The Definitive History of Every Imperial Roman Legion. New York, 2010.
Dando-Collins, Stephen. Nero's Killing Machine: The true story of Rome's Remarkable Fourteenth Legion. New York, 2004.
Media used in the video:
Total War: Rome II
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Mods for ROME:
"Divide et Impera" (Part 1-4)
"Roman Legions for Divide et Impera"

[@HistoriaMilitum]

Right when I released my first video on this channel, I already couldn't wait to cover the 14th legion.. and now I have! They are my personal favorite for their amazing twist, going from bad omens and disgrace to glory and victory! Make sure you check out the remains of the 14th that we were able to add to the video at 22:26, they are quite amusing! I think I will have something like this at the end of every legion video from now on.

[@olivergilpin]

💯💯 awesome idea! Simple takeaways can be mind expanding

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[@TheR00k]

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[@cipriantodoran1674]

Thx for this post!

[@the-human-being]

Admiratio fui intellegisne latine ?

[@rydog3452]

Budica: *rises up against Rome with over 200,000 people* **this enraged the 14th, who punished them severely**

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

14th raped budica and her daughter and then she rose against them to punish them.

[@mikesmnell414]

@@ayushkumar-bg1xf Thought he just said it was slaves who did that? Like literally in the video he said slaves raised by whoever the vice governor or whoever it was did that.

[@lltipsy]

@@ayushkumar-bg1xf 14th wasn’t even there u mug 😂😂

[@milkshake9394]

@@ayushkumar-bg1xf Yea you apparently didn't watch the video

[@maosama3695]

Why would they rape in a unwashed Brit.

[@NoXeB1995]

Man, It's really unbelievable how a person that served in a Roman legion, tells you now that life is too short and to enjoy it. Feels almost sureal. :)

[@aurail_a4534]

When learning about history, we often focus on the big shots and the expansive political and geographical picture. Y'know, the larger than life monarchs; the rise and fall of entire civilizations; the large scale battles; over arching wars and what not. But when we take a step back and start looking at the events and historical figures from a more human and down to earth perspective you instantly remember that those statistical numbers that were mentioned in the wiki casualties list, were all just normal humans just like you. Because the annals of history only record the most influential of people and events. The common man of the time period is often forgotten about. Consequently, we often neglect them as a result. But just as you have pointed out in your comment, when we are reminded of these ordinary people and their resonating stories that we find all too relatable (despite thousands of years of difference), it always feels surreal. Considering not only how rare it is to come across, but also how despite living thousands of years apart their messages and actions still relate and evoke deep emotions in us. It truly is surreal man Edit: i realize now that this comment's length and tone might have been out of place XD, but your comment really struck a chord with me man.

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@@aurail_a4534 facts

[@daneaxe6465]

Details like that really makes history real giving glimpses into one person's life and thoughts.

[@JonEtxebeberriaRodriguez]

@@aurail_a4534 Fortunately the romans left us with an astounding amount of archaelogical data that can be used for giving voice to the common people. Roman legionaries were extremely kind by recording their whole military careers with years of service, age, origin, family and units on their tombstones. And yes you are absolutely right, history, and military history included, had until very recently focused on the lifes of generals and battles. Thankfully nowadays that is changing and we can enjoy a great amount of books and publications about the experience and life of the average citizen in the ancient world

[@NoXeB1995]

@@aurail_a4534 It is in it's place, I feel you man!

[@rayangelomakasiar1872]

400 casualties vs 80000. Holy! Who could last hours holding up a shield with someone continuously ramming on it and having to swing a sword? Talk about endurance.

[@kogerugaming]

Thats probably still an overestimate, yet it tells a lot about the roman veterans. The galls, germans and britons sometimes fought battles, the romans did it all the time. It was a full time job to be a killing machine.

[@charliehiggins9620]

When it’s life or death you don’t think about it you just do it

[@novoecijano6727]

Gladius is mainly used for stabbing than swinging which uses less energy.

[@hannibalburgers477]

Roman style of fighting. Lines revolve after few minutes. Legoins fight defensively until enemy is tired. With every line change tired legionaries get back and rest (get their wounds fixed enough to continue fighting) Now you have a fresh troops while enemy is tired enough.

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A Roman training gladius and training shield is twice as heavy so that it is easier to carry

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You are most welcome!

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My father as well. Thanks for sharing :)

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I always love when you throw in a piece about the actual individual soldiers that were in the legions. It gives the actual historical account an aura of visceral omniscience.

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Wow, this is amazing. My jaw dropped when I saw both Septimius Severus and Marcus Aurelius, the 14th truly is an amazing legion.

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You should consider doing an episode on the lost Roman soldiers thought to have founded the Chinese town of Liqian.

[@v3ck1n]

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@@v3ck1n literally thought the exact same thing lol I clocked on this comment and was going to say that sounds like a great story haha but then I saw your comment

[@bobbeverley5398]

that theory has unfortunately been conclusively proven to be untrue, to the point that no self respecting modern scholar will go near it!

[@Zarafin]

A Channel named Invicta covers that, it's proven to be false.

[@thealmightygonk2644]

pretty much the only real evidence for that theory is that people from that town look Caucasian, everything else can easily be disproven

[@d.esanchez3351]

Im happy and amazed that history exist. Its facinating to hear about the deed of real people who lived 2000 years ago and that their legend its still shared. I mean those were as real as us, and what they did shaped the world were living today. So, i hope that in 2000 years more there still be people talking about the guys of the XIIII

[@HistoriaMilitum]

I completely agree. In fact, its criminal that no one made videos of these legendary legions before me. So I decided to change that. Hopefully now they have the fame they deserve!

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@@HistoriaMilitum When I first found your channel a month or so ago I looked for additional videos on the Roman legions and I was disappointed at how little of a selection there was!

[@studentofhistory718]

Part 2 lets goooooo Also longer method actually is easier to understand if you dont fully understand roman numerals and the fact that arabic numerals didnt really com into use in a wide spread manner until the medieval banking families came to prominence

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Not arabic numbers, the arabs took them from India, where the concept of zero was discovered by Brahmagupta, who was a Northern Brahmin (thus a descent from Aryan invaders and northern high castes are the less mixed with vasyas) later Crusaders learnt the zero from the arab merchants they interacted with.

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@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 The West Arabian Numerals are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0, you are talking about ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩ ٠, which is Arab-Hindu Numerals. The bases of it was made from Indian numerals but the actual numbers were made by western Arabians.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@ar-a Yes, and the arabian numerals look, and sound, very differently from Sanskrit and Pali. arabs just adapted them since even them noticed their utility. An example, 2 in Sanskrit is /dvi/, in German zwei, Latin dvvs, in arabic is /khamsa/ as far I remember.

[@ar-a]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 khamsa in arabic is 5, athnan in arabic is 2.

[@juyver11]

Incredible work seriously. I would absolutely love to watch a show completely revolving around the 14th legion and their adventures heavily following the men and centurions leading them like their daily lives and thoughts of the crazy events that happened around them throughout their years of service. If such a show exists already I’d love to see it. And Filaxim Historia, amazing work and I appreciate how you bring history to life the way you do. That’s why I’ll always be a life time subscriber. Much love my friend. Vivat Filaxim Historia!

[@danicaliz7133]

I already watch all the videos you've got since I discovered this channel and I just want to say that I've been patiently waiting for this part two. Thank you so much for such a high quality video.

[@HistoriaMilitum]

Wow that is impressive. You are most welcome!

[@player101snoop]

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[@avalle4493]

The 14theen truly embodied the spirit of Rome. The idea that even against the gods, destiny and the universe WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR FATE

[@powahpower2463]

I want a series of the 14th... The ultimate loser, the underdog of Rome's legions, the legion of the unlucky. Then, when they win their triumphant victory at Briton or a battle before that, it becomes the greatest legion of all time

[@tituslabienus01]

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[@thibs2837]

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feels like a shounen anime plot....

[@TheManofthecross]

they did dodge the fate of the 18th and 19th i may say.

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[@HistoriaMilitum]

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[@HistoriaMilitum]

I am glad to hear that. Thank you for the long support!

[@TemplatedWolf]

Cesaer didn't fail to conquer Britain twice just once, the 2nd time came back, fight them, won just had to leave because he was called back to Rome, to his war. I wouldn't say he failed.

[@ssrmy1782]

He failed in terms of logistics. Normal procedure would have been to maintain a military presence on conquered land. But there was no way to sustain the position they had won. In short, they were isolated and surrounded by tribes that would eventually have wiped out / starved out their outpost. Caesars activity on the island was quite pointless actually.

[@jeffyoung60]

I read somewhere that the third lost legion eagle from the Teutoberger Forest was eventually recovered but only after over thirty years. By then peace had long been restored. Rome had a series of loyal or at least, 'compliant' Germanic tribes east of the Rhine. Some Germanic chieftain wanting to sow favor with Rome, revealed the hiding place of the third lost eagle.

[@mrmoore2050]

XIIII Makes sense to me. The subtractive has always seemed wonky. I've wondered that for so long why some ancient inscriptions are IIII but that is taught as patently wrong. Crazy.

[@riograndedosulball248]

160 - 1 is an unimaginable casualty rate, can you imagine what the legionaries felt after seeing this size of a carnage?

[@_d--]

Hunger?

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Relief and Glory

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[@hankdetroit2076]

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[@mustafaamin9516]

Thank you for making this great video. Keep up the good work. Side note, that gravestone of Titus Flamininus really struck me. I always love seeing information about the regular people of history, and seeing the message he left to us, and the fact that we still have it, really warms my heart in some way.

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absolutely incredible and fascinating insight into the 14th Legion and their battles. Thank you so much for all your hard work in bringing such informative content to our screens and greatly appreciated.

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One of the Greatest Comeback of all the Legions, Great Video dude! Cant wait for more of your great videos.

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Tough men and people in those days. Amazing we have any historical information from those days. Great video

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I am flattered that you think so! Thank you!

[@diegonatan6301]

Also the longer form makes it possible to calculate with the roman numerals, eventhough I think they weren't used to make any calculation, but if you want an example (14 + 68) XIIII + LXVIII = ? take both numbers and just put them together L XX V IIIIIIII then see if there are numbers repeating more than four times (or two times in the case of V, L or D) together, in this case there is "IIIIIII" (7), so you should convert it to "VII", it will make: L XX VV II Convert the "VV" in X, and you have the answer: LXXXII (82) Another example: 648 + 1468 (DCXXXXVIII + MCCCCLXVIII) M D CCCCC L XXXXX VV IIIIII = MDDLLXVI = MMCXVI (2116) To make subtraction take away from one side what you see in the other: (65 - 54) LXV - LIIII = (L)XV - (L)IIII = XV - IIII Transform the V in IIIII, repeat if necessary. XIIIII - IIII = XI(IIII) - (IIII) = XI (11)

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This is Quickly becoming my favorite historical video site,. Less on the music, drama, and over-the-top narration like Kings and Generals and more on the subtleties.. I just wish the videos were like 25 minutes Long as opposed to 12-15 mins on average,. Awesome job,. especially on the Dacian Wars,.Woww,.Can't wait for the next installment : )

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Pronounciation sucks tho

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