The Roman Legion: The Most Powerful War Machine of the Ancient World - See U in History

[@kevinnorwood8782]

The Roman legion was an absolute JUGGERNAUT. But no juggernaut is invulnerable. As history proved on multiple occasions, the Roman army COULD be beaten. But you HAD to play your cards right and always fight them where they were weakest, or you were going to be slaughtered.

[@FAMA-18]

Which in many times you were!

[@MrMereel]

Weakness of every Army: The Supplie lines. An army marches on it stomach. While the legionary had food pn its self it was just enough for 3-5 Days

[@johnirish2969]

@@MrMereel supply lines weren't why crassus died, or the legions in the teotoburg forests, most legions had a steady stream of supplies incoming. When the supply was threatened they either forced a battle or reestablished it

[@nicoletingey3325]

The only reason it ever lost was due to betrayal or legion on legion otherwise it was unbeatable even though it may have lost battles what made it unbeatable was the fact when it did lose it adapted which for some rigid militaries that is rare rime did it and I mean this in a longterm sense

[@nicoletingey3325]

@@johnirish2969 wrong absolutely wring they found the entire 17th 18th and 18th legions camp followers which meant they had supplies that would have lasted a long time the reason these legions were destroyed was because arming us was a Roman citizen and an auxiliary so diet on his fifteenth year as a Roman soldier he campaigned in Libya and Africa as well as skirmishes throughout Gaul he used the tuetobourg forest and made it so the roman legions could not use their tactics by stretching them out supplies had nothing to do with it they were slaughtered over three days

[@dariustiapula]

I totally want to see a Roman legion vs ancient mythology movie or tv show. Showing the difference between warriors and soldiers.

[@dariustiapula]

Gotta try harder in your insult. Even Carthage did after their city fell.

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

All you needed to do was to see how a barbarian like Hannibal were handled by Rome: 2libya SALTED.

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

and it was34n:t done by adjusting pH level.

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

and the desert is sweet.

[@xijinping4463]

Roman soldiers were no joke uso

[@nj3309]

Those Roman soldiers where real life super soldiers

[@nicholasmartinez9382]

Maybe however training ride and butte strength I would give it to the spartan

[@nicholasmartinez9382]

Wise* and Brute*

[@freedomloverusa3030]

Nicholas Martinez the Spartans Shouldn’t had Stand a Chance Against The Roman War Machine.

[@nicholasmartinez9382]

FREEDOMLOVER USA in a one on one fight between a legionarie and a Spartan the spartan would take it simply by his training since a young age to be nothing but a perfect soldier

[@notoverbird600]

It depends on their moral and leaders

[@michaelouimet505]

These guys had strong minds and were focused and balanced just imagine how tuff their bodies were as a result

[@FAMA-18]

Solid!

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

I would never you sif3 say tUff88496 to a father even were He only the house2hold.

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

NEVER SAY UFF TO A PARENT WHETHER ONE OR BOTH REACH OLDER AGE:muhammad.

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

ufff888!!!4!

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

lower to them the WING of gentleness,mercy and shade them as they protected you when you were young and fledglingCP. q/an.

[@reinamonarch3170]

The Romans are my favorite

[@HVLLOW99]

@STORM LORD Not Greece? or Create?

[@Yousef-pp6iu]

One of my favorite empires

[@HVLLOW99]

@STORM LORD I see new and improved.

[@alessandrorandi7678]

Greece is important for the western word. But the real father is the roman empire. Today we son’t speack Greecks lengauges, but latin lenguages.

[@nickdiazarmymfers8582]

Hannibal Barca has entered the chat

[@zach7193]

Impressive history about the Roman legions.

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

viviviiix

[@philipmarsden7104]

They were called legionaries, NOT legionnaires.Legionnaires are in the French Foreign Legion.

[@madwolf0966]

Philip Marsden aghh the FFL

[@kazanshin4108]

We also call Roman Legionaries "legionnaires" though.

[@histguy101]

It's literally the same word and means the exact same thing. And no, the Romans didn't speak modern English or French

[@braveconcepts]

@@histguy101 They spoke Japanese though. "Tetsudo" 🤣😂

[@shou9246]

And to imagine no army ever rivalled Rome until Napoléon’s Grande Armee

[@rotcataergeht]

they were babys comparing to the Great Khan.

[@alfreds.1142]

Carthage was close

[@LeeRenthlei]

What about Alexander The Great's army

[@davidjames1068]

Napoléon’s Grande Armee wasn't so great (but very glamorous),especially considering he much resources he had. Many other armies were FAR more successful, as mentioned in the comments.

[@davidjames1068]

In terms of conquests with limited resources what about the Ancient Chinese, Persians (never conquered by Rome), Moghuls, Huns or Ancient Chinese?

[@halo4megablock]

Roman soldiers were never called "legionnaires". They were called "legionaries" coming from the Latin Legionarius or Legionibus. Legionnaires is used to refer to modern military soldiers. For example, the French have a military branch known as the Foreign Legion made up of "legionnaires". However, a Roman soldier in his time would have been known as Legionarius, literally meaning "levy". It is often easy to get these two mixed up as modern films on the era tend to make the same mistake.

[@halo4megablock]

@V R Degen

[@halo4megablock]

@Modern Woodsman buddy you're ten ply

[@histguy101]

Hang on tight, because I'm literally going to save you...from yourself: -Go to your translate app(like Google Translate) -Select "English" in the left column -Select "Latin" in the right -Type "Legionary" under English ...what did you get? Okay, now instead of Latin, select "French." Now Translate... It should say *_légionnaire_* ...it's the exact same word. The "French Foreign Legion" are called légionnaires because that's how they refer to ancient Roman soldiers.

[@anubisd613]

I love the diference betwen the kingdom of Rome, the Republic and The Empire legions

[@sadok6066]

Anubis D and the Western and Eastern roman empire and late Byzantium empire

[@TristanHayes]

​@@sadok6066 There was no distinct divide between the "western" and "eastern" Empires. It was simply two rulers of one Roman Empire. And Byzantine Empire is the same as the "Eastern Roman Empire" or rather, it is the same as the Roman Empire.

[@paprskomet]

@@TristanHayes so rare to encounter on someone who define it really correctly like you do on youtube.

[@chai8941]

Sulla died in retirement. He gave up his dictatorship. I don’t why you think he wanted to be emperor.

[@eydreiandioquino4069]

imagine if they still exist today. Well, the whole of the world will be almost 90% Romans.

[@eydreiandioquino4069]

@tuko tuko Now that will be an interesting topic.

[@macrone3443]

Look, you don't need to imagine it, what you wrote is the stark reality. Western civilization was shaped by the customs and traditions of Rome. Rome is western civilization. When you go to the Theater, to the Baths, to the Court, you build a house, a bridge, a road, an aqueduct, etc. .. All these things are Rome that has given them to humanity. Most European cities were founded by Rome. Before Rome civilization did not exist.

[@eydreiandioquino4069]

@@macrone3443 Exactly, the Mongols of Europe, except they came to this world firts.

[@macrone3443]

@@eydreiandioquino4069 However, it does not seem to me that your life is cadenced by the customs of the Mongols but of the Romans.

[@seferino]

@@macrone3443 plus most European languages were influenced by Roman Latin.

[@Valkyre...]

I watched this 10 times and still find it fun to watch

[@juliushu2686]

actually，the best power in Ancient Europe

[@1993Redemption]

They were still centuries when they went down to 80, because after the Marian Reformation, the other 20 people were noncombatants such as cooks, servants, and slaves

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

What do you mean by best? Best at enslavement for example? Best at securing sea lanes? Best at geopolitics? You do realise that the word best means absolutely nothing, do you?

[@raidang]

@@sincerelyjhing5730 greatest power in the Mediterranean world

[@rossmartinez7377]

*NCR citizen's breathing intensifies*

[@peternguyen1085]

Sulla gave up his dictatorship and retired from politics. They say he drank himself to death and partied hard.

[@Ronald-MarcelvdHoek]

No one: Narator: Means to say testudo Says: tetsudo

[@juliusschwencke142]

...pylum, instead of peelum. Annoying pronunciation.

[@BrodyTBarbarian]

Ikr

[@moniemel-ganayni8732]

66steersteer: for roman steer 8wheel.weltwelt3.

[@seferino]

He doesn't know the proper pronunciation at all.

[@unbreakableplays5563]

You make awesome videos . You are my favourite mythologic KZbinr

[@afgnshha]

Awesome video, the Roman war machine was something else

[@shikuzi2898]

Gonna be real as someone who researched so much about the Roman Military during Julius’ Rule and Augustus’ Rule, I am disappointed with the amount of inaccuracies.

[@jasicjan]

This is some quality content. As a history teacher I appreciate the effort u put into it.

[@oldnosey4961]

Thank you for this outstanding video, very accurate, and you represented the Romans very well, thank you

[@YoreHistory]

Fantastic video, thanks!

[@fenomeno5187]

You can read ROMA back to AMOR. In Italian language amor means love

[@Nemes1sEn4cer]

Am Aur. Means 💡

[@norbertofuentesjr8381]

Watching videos about ancient Rome gives me pride of being a descendant of Romans

[@mbombehdampha6]

Am proud of being a descendant of kushites (Present day Sudan) Who defeated the Army in Battle, during the Reign of African queen Amarinas of Kush😁

[@matthewmatt5285]

@@mbombehdampha6 NO ONE CARES,.Mudhuts,.lol~

[@helloworld2892]

salt payment = *SALARY* . . . wow,, learned a new fact today!!!

[@scottholley4712]

Incredible artwork!

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

So I can only think of two things about the legions and that is a legionary yelling from fallout New Vegas and the battle of minas tirith from lord of the rings return of the king

[@pridelion88]

Nice video. I just subscribed.

[@mahmmodemran1744]

Thanx 4 uploading I love the history so much

[@bestmom3615]

Good vid

[@Ragnar6000]

Imagine signing a contract to join the army for 25 years!

[@warmaster2508]

One of the most iconic and popular empire.thx for this video (Oh ye and i change my name and pic it me Samurai 27)

[@crackheadinthebushes4000]

Samuria we talked on the Hermes vid chat

[@warmaster2508]

@@crackheadinthebushes4000 I know you sup

[@NR-rv8rz]

Originally a Roman 'Century' had 100 but for most of Roman history it was reduced to 80 but retained the name 'Century'.

[@housecapulet106]

So the Century still had 100 men, however, 20 were support, non-combat men to support the 80, fighting Legionnaires.

[@robendert7617]

Wrong. There never was a 100-man century.

[@housecapulet106]

@@robendert7617 Ok, so how many were there?

[@robendert7617]

@@housecapulet106 Creative invention to transform an origal 64, later 80 men in 100 men. But it just remains that - an invention without any proof. Centurions also commanded larger manipels and cohorts, so there is no relation with the number 100.

[@TristanHayes]

​@@robendert7617 Absolutely not true, the original Roman centuriae consisted of 100 men, the word Centuria comes from the Latin stem Centum (meaning one-hundred). Even when the number was changed to 80 legionaries instead of 100, there were 20 slaves assigned to the centuria so that it retained the hundred men to be known as a centuria. Yes, the first cohort during the IMPERIAL period, which is far after the original creation of the term during the founding of Rome itself, consisted of double centuria which had twice the number of men, 160 rather than 80, but that was ONE cohort in a legion and was the odd one out.

[@dtomcheck]

Great Video! I really enjoyed it! I would love to see you breakdown the evolution from Phalanx to Maniple, to Cohort and the reasons which drove the change, the results in battle, the leaders responsible or those who utilized the legions most effectively with each organizational structure. Love the video though, you won my subscription

[@nicoletingey3325]

It started with the triplex acises

[@michaelsonsarmiento5943]

It was not luck, but patience through extreme adversity that erected Rome into such great power. -Marcus Licinius Crassus

[@nicoletingey3325]

And absolute brutality

[@sarahgirlisit]

Great video

[@BrodyTBarbarian]

6:06 the way he says it drives me crazy

[@magnusthered4973]

Brody T. Barbarian he keep saying everything wrong I’m not so sure he’s a real historian anymore and he need to learn how to pronounce Latin

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

ROMAN REIGNS: Rome wasn't built in a day VINCE MCMAHON: Yeah, but my signature doesn't need a whole day to do if you know what I mean

[@alessandrorandi7678]

On roman legions there are a lot of Examples of generals Who Fought on the firsts Lines. They do that for have the respect of their soldiers. Some examples are: Caesar(dictator/consul) Marius(dictator/consul) Pompeus(general/consul) Marcus Aurelius(emperor) Aurelian(emperor) Scipio(consul/general). For me it is so much cool because on word history is very stringe seeing an emperor or an important commander/politician fighiting with his army on the firsts Lines!

[@fabolousnature3873]

Never enroll a outsider or allow to know the company secret this makes young officer like armenius to liberate their people from roman domination and also in later peroid romanate senate

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

1 dislikes is from Barbarians

[@TryAgainSnorlax117]

Primarch Roboute Guilliman Lord of Ultramar my primarch!

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

Make a video about barbarians they & us will love it

[@adriantabin5389]

Sulla did not want to become an emperor, he wanted to restore the original state of the republic which had been corrupted by the senate.

[@theblurmetalhead]

thanks

[@blackandwhiteguy4264]

its kinda cool for being an army of rome's isn't?

[@dimitrijejovanovic5939]

The army was the boon and the bane of Rome

[@nicoletingey3325]

Hardly the bane it was the patrician class of senators they were the bane once you peel back the layers you'll see what I mean

[@Militia_Captain]

Titus Pullo is my lord and savior 😇

[@HaakonTheRayquaza]

i know everyone says that the Roman empire was the most powerful army of their time, but i find them laughable because (as a Scandinavian) i have watched the Asterix movies when i was little

[@FAMA-18]

I know your not comparing the Asterix to the legions, are you?

[@BrodyTBarbarian]

They also forget that even though it’s called the “dark ages”, technology still advanced Let’s not forget about medieval knights

[@enricomanno8434]

Are you serious? The modern French they could have chosen another historical figure to make fun of... but not Caesar

[@enricomanno8434]

Are you serious? The modern French they could have chosen another historical figure to make fun of... but not Caesar

[@jenniecosio3654]

Everytime I click on one if these I feel smart

[@insanemakaioshin]

I saw a golden eagle last weekend

[@insanemakaioshin]

@MrRamto13 Rome, Ga!

[@fishingislife9554]

The Romans never surrendered, they only had two options, defeat the enemy or die trying, but then again ancient armies didn’t have morals so surrendering would mean you would be killed anyway most likely

[@matthewmatt5285]

or sold into slavery~

[@ljdjdjhshshsh49]

Incredibilis !!

[@jamesxm4240]

The Roman Empire was always plagued on the Inside , Even in the Punic Wars Were a chunk of the Male Population died and the Battle of cannae Were only 3000 of 80K men died Due to reckless Generals , Dont get me started with the Emperors and Politics.

[@aydenandjennielaughterandg7839]

Cannae was in Parthia......not Italy......

[@nicoletingey3325]

You do realize they won the punic wars because they were able to replenish men whereas the carthaginians were not able to which makes your statement completely irrelevant

[@petersclafani4370]

If the roman army today existed they would have no competition

[@michaeldriskell2038]

A nice presentation overall. I really liked the illustrations and photos. One thing though, most other sources state that a " century " in the Legions was 80 men, not 100 as the word implies. Odd isn't it ?

[@matthewmatt5285]

The manpower of the the cohorts changed with time as they stated in the Video~

[@michaeldriskell2038]

@@matthewmatt5285 I guess I didn't catch that. I knew the Legions varied in size , but I thought the cohorts stayed the same in number. Thanks for the info. 👍

[@RevanTrajan]

Kind of sad a channel with this many subscribers has so many glaring inaccuracies in their videos. A little research goes a long way.

[@imperialtrooper927]

You say he made some mistakes but you're not doing anything to prove that it was mistakes. Thanks for sharing I guess -_-

[@Tedd-r2e]

RevanTrajan if your gonna make a claim man, you need to back it up or else your just saying bs

[@RevanTrajan]

I’ll start with what I caught on one watch through. They were not called Legionnaires but Legionaries. Centuries for the most of the imperial period numbered 80 men at full strength, not 100. Prime Recruitment ages were between the ages of 16 -22. There wasn’t a set age, it varied based on circumstances. The years of service varied between 16 and 25 years, again, it varied. Legionary’s wore Lorica hamata and segmentata and even Squamata during the height of their power. There is NO evidence whatsoever to say auxiliaries wore blue and green tunics only. The Testudo was used to assail walls and fortresses. It was not used in open battle. Soldiers were not always beaten to death for falling asleep, this was a very RARE punishment. Sulla did NOT want to be elected emperor. He voluntarily laid down his power.

[@TristanHayes]

@@Tedd-r2e Sulla "still dreamed of being emperor of all of the territories conquered by Rome. A dream that didn't come true due to his mysterious death." Utter horseshit! Sulla retired willingly to the countryside after his second term as Consul. And no, his death isn't all that mysterious, it was of natural causes, there's some debate as to whether it was liver failure or a ruptured ulcer, but that is all.

[@unbreakableplays5563]

I would like to see the Romans vs Greeks

[@syloz67]

@Alexandra Desirae Yeah considering their superior war capabilities and their extreme military discipline. The only Greeks who might be able to do anything are the Spartans.

[@tonykalis6205]

@@syloz67 if you know about the clash between Macedonians and Romans then you would know that the Roman victory was achieved mostly through politics, the Romans were supporting the eternal conflict between the Greeks and so they never made a good enough army. Despite that though Greeks achieved to hold in many areas before their assure fall.

[@reieben886]

Frosty Dragon and most spoken language in roman empire's population are greek and i bet there must be significant number of greeks served in the roman legions

[@tonykalis6205]

@@reieben886 well....thats not entirely true... In the East Roman Empire all these are true but in the West....nothing of these are accurate. But we do have to mention that the ones that made Latin as a language were Greeks...and Roman Arts were also based on Greek as well and knowledge.

[@tonykalis6205]

@John Saf look i am not gonna say that you are wrong cause you are not, but i am not here to analyse every single reason of our defeat back then. I only mention the main reason which is the division of Greek states, the luck of imagination of a united Greece. That was our only main issue and enemy through our history. Μακάρι μονάχα να το παίρναμε χαμπάρι κι' όλας...

[@brysonfreeman3526]

Can you do other videos: the Ark of the Covenant, or Dinosaurs, or the story of Saint George and the Dragon, or the Archangel Azrael, or the birth of Jesus Christ, or the Watchers the Angels who betrayed God, or the Holy Grail the cup of Jesus Christ, or Samyaza the leader of the Watchers, or the American Revolutionary War, or the Archangel Uriel, or the Archangel Ariel, or anything like that

[@Operatorganz141]

now I know where the SEAL TEAM, GREEN BERET, DELTA FORCE, and others SF unit got their training principles.

[@gon4455]

4:58 !?? I thought the term salary was derived from salami.

[@blongthoj251]

Idk I would of love to watch thm fight the chinese amry at that time ... u know thm at the height of thy power of the time ... like the Roman Empire vs the Han Empire ... but the Roman Empire is my top empire love the great general Ceasar my top two general and his step son the first Emperor of Rome

[@mbombehdampha6]

The African Kushite Empire defeated the Roman in Battle under The African Queen amarinas of Kush.She disrespected Julio cesar by burying his statue head under her Palace..

[@FAMA-18]

Rome, amazing!

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

Now make a video about Greek legions and its military....

[@paprskomet]

"Greek legions"?

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

paprskomet and it's civilization which includes its system of government, the foundation, its philosophy and philosophers, education, Economy & its contribution to the world of its influence especially its language that most of the English languages derived from....

[@paprskomet]

@@Manuel-gu9ls well-but I am asking what you mean by those greek legions?

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

paprskomet one of the known but least popular army in history that initiated the Peloponnesian war, against the Assyrians and few events they participated

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

It is impossible to make a video about Greek legions, as the Greeks never ever had legions to begin with. Please educate yourself.

[@itsmeroky]

Wow, what a voice!

[@kkaruzo7716]

From where u have all these nice pictures?

[@oddoutdoors]

I remember when I fought Orange Julius...

[@hateoverlove1]

So many ads

[@mamburttut6074]

Only Rome can deafeat Rome..

[@mbombehdampha6]

Don't forget the African Kushite Empire (Present day Sudan)under The African Queen Amarinas that defeated the Roman in Battle..Only Africans can beat Romans

[@matthewmatt5285]

@@mbombehdampha6 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FreedomFighter08]

Rome tries to enter Persian territory gets destroyed on the spot and have their most revered General captured executed and army decimated in the battle of Carrhae. Rome tries to enter Persian territory a 2nd time and now gets their Emperor captured and executed and army decimated in the battle of Edessa.

[@nicoletingey3325]

Rome still ended up t with the upper hand in the end

[@enricomanno8434]

You need to study history a bit more... after that defeat of Carrae the Roman army enter into the Persian territory and destroy the capital cetsiphon two or three times

[@Zangetz]

Please make a video about the Anglo-Saxons! My people's myths, legends, culture and history!

[@uclamnguyen1459]

Rome was the light in the sea of darkness

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

Sea of darkness? You know very very little about the ancient world my friend. What do you know of Celtic culture? Do you know how much Celtic culture Rome destroyed? Europe belonged mostly to Celtic tribes with their own art, culture, dwellings - but since they did not speak Latin were called barbarians by the Romans and then somebody like you would think that these peoples all across the continent were some bunch of idiots. Or, how much light did Rome spread when it destroyed Carthage? Or Corinth in Greece? Do you know how much ignorance you are exhibiting when you make a statement such as yours. There were Persia, Greece, Carthage, Egypt, Celtic cultures not to mention a multitude of others such as the ancient Israelites, the Jews. Where the heck are you seeing all your sea of darkness? Your mind perhaps?

[@alessandrodesangro8881]

Roma controllava il suo vasto impero con 23 legioni, circa 140.000 uomini. In origine le legioni erano 25, ma due furono distrutte a Teutoburgo e non furono mai più ricostituite......

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

Carino, 3 furono distrutte a Teutoburgo non 2.

[@xavienstell5674]

The romon army looked great

[@josiahjobity4951]

Romans my favourites

[@petersclafani4370]

Even marius had his legions honored him. He was caesars uncle

[@commandersharkiboi5931]

Could you compare the legions to the chinese military at the time?

[@SasoriZert]

@Abu Troll al cockroachistan Romans had crossbows of their own called scorpions that came in many sizes from hand held to large ones used in sieges and field battles

[@michaelweston409]

stephanie Scott the Chinese at the time had massive hundred thousand man armies full of crossbow archers. These were special Chinese inventions though called repeating crossbows. They could fire bolt after bolt in succession continually many times like a ancient machine gun. The romans would not be able to see the sky because of the volley after volley of thousands of arrows piercing their armor every second.

[@SasoriZert]

@@michaelweston409 repeating crossbows are very short range weapons with poor percing power they couldnt go through a shield let alone the steel Lamar armor of the romans

[@nicoletingey3325]

The Chinese at the time we're not unified and China as you know it did not exist

[@anshumankashyap2511]

I think the leader of the legion is known as praetor not what u said

[@Sutagel_Panein]

I thought the leader of a legion was called Legate Legionis

[@TristanHayes]

It depends on what time period you're referring to, during the Republic, Praetors could lead legions, but that was no their primary job nor was it necessarily an often occurrence. Instead, during the Republican period of Rome, most legions were led in war by the two Consuls or by the governors of provinces who were known as Proconsuls / Propraetors. During the early years of the Empire, the Principate, most legions were led by Legates as mentioned by the other comment posted. During the later years of the Empire, various other titles were used ranging from Dux to Strategos depending on where and when in history you're talking about.

[@nicoletingey3325]

No it legatus

[@polret17]

Centuria (leaded by centurion) used to be 80 soldiers,not 100. There are few more mistakes in this video

[@carlosordillas1253]

Both Roman legions n Greek Spartans are the masters of a killing machine I would be a give n take if they battle each other

[@robertlehnert4148]

If an average Roman legion met an equal number of Spartans, the latter at the height of their power, the Romans would have easily smashed the Spartans because the Romans were far more tactically flexible than the ultra conservative Spartans.

[@robertlehnert4148]

@Modern Woodsman Something almost no media depiction of Roman armies gets right, not even Gladiator, is your average legion soldier was a short range MISSILE platform. Your first 2-3 years in a legion, you were seasoned by being a skirmisher, a Velite. A sling man, unarmored, typically the first to engage an enemy, only inflicting a few casuslties, but starting to get the enemy a bit stressed, expending effort. Harrassing action. In the legion proper, each soldier carried multiple spears: typically 2-3 javelins (verutim?) and 1-2 heavy pilum. Starting at about 70 yards, on command each forward maniple would volley cast javelins, THOSE spears were the soft steel shafts designed to bend on impact with an enemies shield to make it useless. Of course, if a javelin hit an enemy, so much the better. Bear in mind, as forward maniples withdrew by whistle command (see HBO's Rome) the next maniple to take their place would repeat the missile sequence. At 30-25 yards, the pilums we're brought into play. Pilum were the killing spears, able to smash through lighter shields and most period armor. Holes would be torn in the enemy line and as they struggled to close them, Romans would be in contact, swords drawn, human sharks among prey. At whistle command, those sharks would with draw and the next and fresh maniple would repeat the spear and sword sequrence all over again. This does not even include the effects of Roman artillery, both light and heavy ballistas on the enemy.

[@amg9878]

already did in history and all greeks and macedonian lose vs the INVICTA ROME

[@amg9878]

@Modern Woodsman was only weaker sparta, but still sparta remain. If roman army fight vs gold age of sparta (what u mean for sure) the romans will win for sure becouse of ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND TATTICS, put that in your head...

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

It is well recorded in history that Rome fought against phalanxes at least in 7 surviving examples. The Romans devised ways to finally beat phalanxes regularly. The Spartans would have been beaten the same way. The problem with phalanxes was that they had a way of fighting that was fossilised and could not be further improved, whereas the Romans through manipular modification could come up with solutions that the phalanx could not counter for. One big problem for phalanxes was that they had to find even flat terrain to be able to execute their manoeuvres, not so the Roman maniples that constituted the legions. And that is just one.

[@dannyray1125]

You had to have some good foot masseuse in the ranks.

[@samcarter2371]

How many troops did Rome assign in a legion on average numerically?

[@amardeep_singh_chauhan]

I may be wrong but I think I read somewhere that the roman century consisted of 90 men and not 100

[@SebastianPlaysGamez]

Amardeep Singh Chauhan 80

[@TristanHayes]

Sulla "still dreamed of being emperor of all of the territories conquered by Rome. A dream that didn't come true due to his mysterious death." Utter horseshit! Sulla retired willingly to the countryside after his second term as Consul. Get your facts right. And no, his death isn't all that mysterious, it was of natural causes, there's some debate as to whether it was liver failure or a ruptured ulcer, but that is all.

[@joeyc4473]

Roman "WAR" was clearly Unbearable!!!!!! The One that could have defeated it was Rome it's self. They were and Alway's will be by far the "Superior Military Superpower" if the ancient world. Well Train Warriors ⚔️🩸🔥 Master's of Military Battle Stratagem.... And Excellent Military Engineering..... Que Viva ROMA⚔️🔥🩸🏆 Thank you Sir for this Master Piece of Ancient History.

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

The Romans were smart enough to know that victory was never assured, nothing was guaranteed and as much as possible avoided battling for anything that could be got by diplomacy. One form of diplomacy they used was the fear factor of employing their legions. That is how the Roman World was kept together, by that fear factor. Because the moment you commit in life, it is not anymore what others think about you, but your are all there for the viewing. Like Russia, it can posture that it is a great military power, projecting the fear factor. But if Russia commits a sizeable amount of its army in some international conflict then it would be exposing its potential power for all to see and should it fail at it, it would be exposed for the lesser army it actually is.

[@janusmorales7314]

Roman Legion Vs Spartans . Who you got?

[@Aaron-wq3jz]

Roman's because of the initial spear volley

[@Dondingdingding]

Why is this a question ? Romans already defeated the greeks and the tactics that were made by the spartans

[@legiopretorian]

The legio was the perfect war machine. Roma is immortal

[@vaidyasantosh8559]

Nice info roman legion were t powerful in their heyday

[@paoloangelino24]

Who else went here from ROME HBO?

[@calebbyars]

There were 80 legionaries in a century not 100. I know it’s confusing with servants but come on just google it.

[@r0me_cs]

In the struggles between the republican era and augustus as the first emperor there were indeed 100 man for each centuriae. This did went down however to 80, 60 and by the end of the western half, when vexilattions were made up a centuria probably consisted of 40 maybe even less soldiers. So as he speaks about the republican era he is correct with saying there were 100 people in it.

[@calebbyars]

r0me_cs I cant understand most of what you’re saying but from the time of the Marian reforms in 107bc to hundreds of years later the Roman legions remained largely unchanged from an organizational point of view, with 80 men in each century, if there were 100 men then legions would be significantly larger than they were.

[@r0me_cs]

@@calebbyars no they did not. There were a Lot of changes made from time to time. For example the amount of people forming the first cohort of a Legion doubled in the imperial era. Possibly during tiberius reign to have a larger force under one command. The amount of people making up a contubernium went from 10 to 8 so the soldiers wont need so much time to get out of the tents in case of a night raid of some sort. Just literally google it a Bit more than reading wikipedia or the 1st Site of google and you will See that you are wrong Edit: im sorry i should do more commas

[@calebbyars]

r0me_cs I have seen no record of that in any source. Including Wikipedia and other books. But it doesn’t really matter enjoy.

[@r0me_cs]

@@calebbyars "Centuria (Latin plural centuriae) is a Latin term (from the stem centum meaning one hundred) denoting military units consisting of (originally) 100 men." Thats literally the first sentence of the wikipedia article. But yeah it really doesnt.

[@justinweckler1]

Ok so in the early Roman republic you had to be a land owner to fight. That didn't change until Marius passed his famous reforms. The Roman century was 80 fighting men not 100. Five centuries made up a cohort of 400. Ten cohorts made up a legion 9 of them with 400 and the first cohort with 600. Then about 1,200 skirmisher's. Then usually something like 120 cavalry. There was also engineers and the a separate legion of about the same number of auxiliary soldiers. That contained archer's, cavalry and any other specialized fighting men recruited from outside of the Republic. Keep trying, one day you will get it!

[@shadowrain3513]

You need a good strategy to beat them. Like what Hannibal did

[@nicoletingey3325]

Hannibal still lost

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

You need good tactics to beat anybody. Strategy is not tactics. Strategy is the reason why you employ the tactics in the first place.

[@cavoff]

Roman legion was not only the most powerful army in the ancient world, but would have beaten also every type of army until Napoleon's age.

[@mbombehdampha6]

Except the African Kushite Empire.The Kushites (Present day Sudan) defeated the Romans and Greeks under The African queen Amarinas...

[@mbombehdampha6]

The African warriors were the best in Ancient History

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

Disagree. Rome was very poor at desert warfare, which is why Crassus's foray ended in ignominy.

[@swift5469]

Greek solider vs Rome. Rome’s moto, offensive is the best defense. Greek moto, make a strategy

[@jeffgrey2746]

You pronounced testudo as tetsudo at about six minutes into the video.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Militarily, the Romans on equal strength as the U.S military today as believed

[@raghvendrasingh9984]

The Vijaynagar empire in South India was large as Rome and prestigious. (Source- Persian traveller Abdur Rajjaq)

[@raidang]

Larger as Rome? No but it was prestigious At its height of power Vijayanagar was the richest, biggest and most populated.. Even richer and bigger than Rome and Constantinople until Vijayanagar was burned down by Muslim alliance

[@Brumbieman]

Genghis and Subotai laugh at your Legions - now THAT is a clash of Empires i'd like to be a fly on the wall to...

[@nicoletingey3325]

Hahahaha one empire lasted for over 800 years the other one less than two

[@sincerelyjhing5730]

You are taking armies and powers out of context. A modern battle-group laughs at your Genghis and Subotai. A hundred years from now, future armies will laugh at the ENTIRE GLOBAL MILITARY POWER projected by early c. 21st earth.

[@iangadd9332]

Soldiers in the legions were called legionarys....not legionnaires...legionnaires refer more to the french foreign legion..

[@a3gis692]

Ian Gadd wait so are 100% of tv shows, books, etc (So far) wrong?

[@iangadd9332]

@@a3gis692 yes..

[@juliusschwencke142]

@@a3gis692 ...yes. Legionary is the accepted term used by military historians.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

And there is a country today that models it's military on the Romans and uses the Eagle quite liberally. And it also has more bases around the world than any other country, and dictates to the world and uses the military to project its night and will. It is called America.

[@boooo06T]

Great video but A LOT of mistakes in names and information