Ancient Rome The Rise And Fall Of An Empire: Constantine 3

[1993frozenkiwi]

Can people please stop arguing and just watch?!

[younginspiration1]

damn...you all make christians look bad

[MrGilles1990]

@younginspiration1 who do?

[musicaddict333]

i love how people think Christianity is a religion LOL if people started understanding the concept or religion itself people would be able to isolate the factors that Christianity HAS NO PART IN IT, it is about Jesus who is the son of God our Father, who sent his only begotten son to die for all our sins and to LOVE us, its all about LOVE for one another, ourselves, and GOD alone through the Trinity, its a FAITH NOT a RELIGION!

[LadyAmaltheaUnicorn]

@musicaddict333

sorry, but what you're describing is in fact a religion since the very construct of your ideology is based on a belief taken from dogma

Religion: "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs"

[runningwild1231]

Constantine is thinking,"what the hell just happened?"

[kitgumtownrepublic]

@ Rahab111222...nice one lol!!

[diptdipt]

Thracians, Celts and Romans - were the coolest players in the world (still..)

[justicetrooper]

At 1:26 some of the men fire when just being ordered to raise their bows. I wonder if this was a filming error or if there is reasoning behind this.

[Nolaris3]

Look at 1:41 and 3:33.

lol, same clip

[BOWENSblog]

lol what a cocky loser.

[kc768]

Nice beheading on 2:22

[IvanBeSerious]

Pretty sunny and warm for being a so-called late october day wouldnt you agree?

[goodgirlkay]

@IvanBeSerious Um...It's the mediterranean......

[IvanBeSerious]

@IvanBeSerious No..Its Italy, outside Rome...if you wanna mention Medirerranean areas where its still relatively warm and cool at that time, pick Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Malta.

[TheRyuseiou]

what a wise and decisive idea ur majesty lol

[strongsafety43]

Jesus is unstoppable, all the 10000 roman gods were no match to the TRUE LIVING GOD THE FATHER OF HEAVEN WHO BECAME MEN IN CHRIST....

[danuisortiz]

@strongsafety43 shut the hell up, christian filth.

[KingOCleveland]

@danuisortiz no you shut the hell up, you ignoramous piece of shit. you think you can just go about insulting people and their religion? i bet your real tough on you tube arnt you pussy

[danuisortiz]

@KingOCleveland I'm no youtube punk, but you preach filth. Your son of god was tied to a roman stick in a roman province and left to die. If anyone, hail Rome, Romulus, the consuls and the men of Rome. They refined the west to what it bloody is today, your little red-haired carpenter jew has only stopped Rome, and thus, the world, from reaching extreme victory.

[Rao665]

@danuisortiz

a bitter little bitch aren't you? You talk big with that little pretty face of yours on Youtube for the world to see. You sure that is something you should be doing? Are you truly a "Spiritualist?" I'll call you out on that bullshit boy. Spiritualist don't go around calling other people and their religion as "Filth"

[cosmothechihuahuadog]

@strongsafety43 and then everyone believed in the so called living god and the empire crumbled and after that a thousand years of famine, plague and war came upon mankind

[zeta1123578910]

@strongsafety43 Go SATAN

[mikmuroya]

I live in walking distance of the Milvian Bridge.

[lpaillet]

i like that big guy...it reminds me of the black guys in all the movies who never die no matter what then eventually die= suxs lol

[ImaginedWriter]

Fuck Constantine!

Traitor to Rome and Western civilization.

[Vendimi3]

@ImaginedWriter

Fuck him.

[chocoman45]

@ImaginedWriter if he hadn't done what he did, The world may not be as it is today.

[MrGilles1990]

@ImaginedWriter Constantine was Rome

[TheBigdog367]

send in the bait haha what a prick

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

an officer should never drown, they should die in battle.

[kabuto519]

how can he swim with full plate thats imposible olmost imposible....

[lewisgunner1]

why arent constantine's troopes dressed in red what happened to the red armor why is it mail

[FrieLegos]

@lewisgunner1 the later roman armies were nothing compared to the legions of the old empire. but with the empire's resources fading, the lorica segmenta (the classic legionary armor) was simply to expensive to make. also, the roman army at this point was almost completely germanized. most of the troops in this battle are probably of germanic, barbarian decent. as for the color, maybe the red die was to scarce in the western empire.

[lewisgunner1]

how come lacinus's army has red and i get the armor change but why the color and i hate germans

[FrieLegos]

@lewisgunner1 well, i think its because the red dies that they used were most abundant around the coast of the Mediterranean. besides, this is just a tv series. maybe the colors were switched around in real life. we don't know. also, why do you hate germans? i'm part german, do you hate me?

[lewisgunner1]

well if i dont think they really switched and are you a normal german or a nazi german

[FrieLegos]

@lewisgunner1 neither. i'm American but with a heavy German heritage. i am strongly against the nazis however.

[lewisgunner1]

then were cool as long as u dont dress up like a barbarian and kill romans cause im latin so i have roman ancestors lol jk dude your people were smart

[FrieLegos]

@lewisgunner1 lol ok.

[lewisgunner1]

i do have roman ancestors but i was kidding about the whole barbarian thing so u like history dont u

[FrieLegos]

@lewisgunner1 yes i do. i'm not an expert or anything, but i enjoy it.

[lewisgunner1]

i know me too well i am kinda an expert i talk alot with my history teacher we talk about Rome medieval europe stuff like that

[FrieLegos]

@lewisgunner1 hmm i enjoy this time period, but i'm much more fluent in the American Civil War.

[lewisgunner1]

cool

[richmocha]

@CaptainPicardX not in armor

[Dryst0404]

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[00Avenger17]

so many head shots xD

[jayesdw]

2:26 sheeeesh... that must've hurt

[juliusyeung0330]

worst strategy ever lol

[Zeruel3]

As brilliant a general and statesman as he was, Constantine wasn't a nice man, not by a long shot, he had his own son executed on shaky evidence, he was a very brutal ruler, albeit a Christian one

[veiwer3]

@Zeruel3 not until his deathbed, was he baptized. Which means he technically wasn't a Christian ruler.

[Three6CloghessyA]

This is really helping with my test tomarrow over ancient Rome. This and all the notes I took in class

[DarkPeco]

Hello what Ancient Roman battle is this?

[yak5408]

@DarkPeco battle of the milvian bridge

[TheNinjaboi333]

i noticed something the commander that shot arrows at the other troops he told his troops to attack downhill but what he should have done is fired arrows and force the others to come to him that way they have the advantage of being on higher ground, its just like the battle of gettysburg when the confederates attacked the union up hill and lost tragically

[Praventore]

mushu 144 you think they didnt switch their lines ? yes here they are fighint like barbarians .

[Zartushta]

Kiram to Constantine.

[Saber10inch]

@Zartushta hahahahahaha what are you gay mate? xD

[mushu144]

This isn't how romans fought.

[sofaazul2]

Mushu144 its how the romans fought in the late empire.

[locheelad2]

Got that recorded on your cell-phone I bet.

[Rahab111222]

I love it how all the laymen on Youtube think they know better than historical authorities.

[MrNicMachiavelli]

Although I am just getting on here, the historians often are wrong. The history channel itself is pretty bad with getting facts wrong sometimes. I first learned this getting a degree in history. I see them say things contrary to every historian and archeologist who are supposed to be among the best. They have also misquoted Suetonius, Plutarch, Tactius, Dio, etc and can point out where if you are a skeptic. Don't trust something just because it is a supposed authority with a PHD.

[kaluski]

hahahahahahahaha...lol

[centraspike1]

@Rahab111222

ist ja wunderbar dass du Ami dumbfuck alles weisst. Scheiss auf dich du hirntoter.

[Akylos09]

@Rahab111222 All you're saying is, that you believe everything that someone's telling you. Historical authorities reproduct only the Story of the winner in the past and his "evil enemy" but they don't think about the other side and their lives. In history the winners always the good one and the looser's always the evil. Think about it Rahab.

[leegeorgeson]

@Rahab111222 I studied History in university though :)

But history is partly about interpretation too

[TheHaeresiarch]

@leegeorgeson Do you actually think that studying history at university makes you a historical authority? LOL

[leegeorgeson]

@TheHaeresiarch Actually anyone who studies History becomes a Historical Authority. How about you? Unless you have a History Degree I don't think your above my qualifications... And even then any REAL History Doctor will tell you that History is subject to interpretation...

[wotmot223]

@Rahab111222 lol, that is NOT full plate... lol. That isn't even half plate.

[imperatorcaesar100]

some of this show is blatantly historically inaccurate, and also rediculous.

[senorfarqueso]

lol, the dude cant swim at all? not even for a second? some of this is just bogus.

[Sssabmud]

He is in full plate - you cant even swim in half a second!

[senorfarqueso]

true, but the way they show it is just weird, he jumps up and then hes like instantly dead, doesn't even move his arms

[Sssabmud]

You are right about that! but then again, the whole movie is, for me, a really bad comedy when it comes to those 'realistic' parts.

Aside from that though, i still think the documentary as a whole is pretty good.

[drnogood59]

@Sssabmud And don't forget he's fat

[TheLueii]

@Sssabmud He didn't....

[badcop2009]

how the hell a acient sword could cut human head in one swing???

[IvanBeSerious]

crossing a river during a battle was always at a great risk, especially if the bridge was made out of wood. Dressed in their chanmail or plate, the soldiers had a hard time swimming, which to add that most soldiers at this time..didnt know how to swim. =Epic failure

"Religion keeps the dumb sheep under control"

[badcop2009]

i learn that from playing rome total war

[binshuy]

epic fail

[212commandercody]

I thought The sign constantine saw was the word "In Hoc Signo Vinces" not a meteorite

[2436st]

it said they didnt know what they saw as a symbol it may have been something different than a meteorite

[whatzupa]

2:20 Good special fx.

[JakkWoot]

2:23 lol

[HoundofOdin]

Constantine was a dick. He had some crazy dream, an asteroid hit the other army, and then he forced everyone to convert or die. What a dumb ass. Christianity has always, and always will be, an evil influence on humanity. Did you see pagan Romans killing Celts because they worshipped Lugus and not Jupiter? No. Religious persecution is a Christian, or rather a Monotheistic idea. Polytheists didn't do that. Christianity fucked up Rome and then the world.

[NYDisiple]

Why do they die when they fall in the water?

[WillTheBlackMage]

The Tiber is a large river and they're wearing heavy armor.

[SLRL1A1]

Nowadays if you fell in theTiber you'd probably bounce off. :o)

[GWRtom]

if you think about if your wearing heavy chain mail and that weighs you down so you cant swim

[eugene1241]

i believe chain mail came later, much much later. They borrowed the chain mail from another show.

[ratmilkcheese]

Chain mail had been around for centuries. The celts invented when rome was still a republic. Chain was used in the auxilary troops and late roman legions. The equipment here is pretty accurate.

[NYDisiple]

They fight as if they were barbarians, why?

[jayesdw]

what do you suggest? what would you do in that position? fight politly?

[danuisortiz]

@NYDisiple by the time of this, the tactics of rome had changed from the legions of ceaser and the legions of romulus, eg, they where more barbarian by this time. Heck, by the 476s, the army was all barbarian.

[darkdanu89]

Finally I see a documentary that has accurate late roman soldiers, armed in sassanid and germanic influenced weaponry.

The roman army was indeed effective in late times, as it adapted. The early imperial type army could not have fought against the barbarians in the late empire, because the barbarians had advanced alot in weaponry and tactics.

And about the christianization, it's well known that Constantine chose it because it was the only religion that could manipulate and control everybody.

[zWolf1215]

Exactly what weaponry advancements took place with in the barbarian cultures?

As far as I am concerned early imperial Rome could of defeated any 300-400 ad barbarians.

[darkdanu89]

False. The germanic barbarians became better equipped due to their contact with the romans. For example, if in early imperial times good swords and mail use was reduced to chieftans, now most of their heavy infantry used it. Also they used alot more cavalry than before. If you look at the goths you would see they were influenced by Rome, due to the fact they were first it's allies. And if you look at the huns, you would see they developed siege tactics very fast. So Rome needed a change.

[darkdanu89]

And that was in the north. In the east, the sassanids were winning more and more victories, so the roman army had to adapt. The sassanid army was better equipped and diverse then the earlier parthians, and made use of massed levy infantry, heavy infantry, bowmen, light cavalry, cathapracts and war elephants.

If you would see, the romans, due to them fighting more cavalry diverse armies, both in the north and in the east, they became a more cavalry oriented one, and introduced the catafractarii.

[zWolf1215]

Wow thanks for the information. I never realized how much the barbarians changed.

[darkdanu89]

Your welcome. Every population is influenced by it's neighbours, and this includes their military. With the romans and it's barbarian enemies it was the same case. Just like it was when the american indians or zulus adopted guns from europeans.

[monkaboy]

The Huns were known for their expertise on the horses. I've heard that quite a few times they would ride on the side of the horse and still be able to shoot accurately.

The advancements do not have to necessarily be in weaponry.

[whowantsabighug]

im not sure that the people in chainmail would have all died if ur fit enough u can swim in it but that emporer dude was fucked wearing that plate

[mainkilla]

Think of it,they have a shield which they may not have dropped,heavy main,and everything on them. It would of been hard to swim in armor period.

[ANAMNEN20AR]

Military tactics during the fall of the Roman Empire were worst than those during the Republic

At last a documentary where the bows are being used properly and not like longbows where

It's amazing how an event of chance is being interperted as God's will

[whowantsabighug]

its a bit stupid though if ur shooting a composite bow from that distance and it hits someone in the eye like it did at 1:34 it would kill them

[northkoreanwar]

explain how it was plz

[ANAMNEN20AR]

how it was what?

[northkoreanwar]

this one Military tactics during the fall of the Roman Empire were worst than those during the Republic

At last a documentary where the bows are being used properly and not like longbows where

It's amazing how an event of chance is being interperted as God's will

[ANAMNEN20AR]

which one?

[northkoreanwar]

never mind huh

[mainkilla]

The military tactics of Late Rome were as efficient as those of the Republic,if not better. Are you crazy?This is where the legendary Catafractarii,Palatinae,and elite legions fit in. The Roman army was still formidable,it just needed able Imperators,which after Theodosius I,would end.

[gresala666]

ROME!!!!VICTORY!!!rome rulez!!!a world with romans power would be perfect:D

[darris321]

yeah! no other civilization could even stand a chance! Name one time, ONE TIME! that rome was sacked by barbarians almost without a fight! lol

[wkcia]

The Gauls pillaged and sacked Rome in 200BC, or was it 300 BC? I can't remember, but it's there, and almost succeeded in 100BC before Marius routed them with a Republican Army. The Romans respected the Gauls, for they were the only ones who could match their strength.

[mainkilla]

The Gauls sacked Rome around 350ish B.C, and the Gauls never succeeded at such a task during Marius' time. It was Germanic tribes that penetrated the frontier that Marius defeated.

[darris321]

yea.. i thought it was pretty obvious that i was joking...

thats why i was so specific in saying "sacked by barbarians almost without a fight"

xD

[frtw4428]

I believe it in 410 that Alaric led the Visigoths and sacked Rome

[arcturus8765]

baalls

[zwijv]

constantine the great

[wulfsragar]

so much for turning the other cheek or love thy neighbour

[1989dman]

lol not everyone who calls themselves christians means they are or follows the Word perfectly

[somedaysatan]

By this stage of the Empire the ealier sqaure shields had been replaced by the rounded type here due to the increasing barbarian (vandal, goth, frank, saxon) influence. Visit Osprey publishing for more info.

[9893low]

also the shields were made of heavier metal to stop the heavier arrows and the square shields made of the old metal would have been too weak and the square shields made of the stronger metal would have been too heavy.

[muistettavissa93]

werent the square shields made of wood?

[9893low]

in that case they would have been absolutely useless against the arrows near the fall of the roman empire...

[LoveForChinaForava]

the legionnaires have round shields? how would they form a testudo?

[Killare2]

they are not legionaries but Comitaneses. Constantine reformed the military to suit his own ambisions. Comitanese=new legionaries and Limitanei=auxilia

[Adrianopolis378]

Diocletianus reformed army into two main groups : 1)Comitatenses - mobile field army (no ,,new legionaires'' but old legionaires in new equipment) 2)Limitanei - crew of frontier fortresses and Riparienses - crew of fortresses on rivers. After Constitutio Antoniana (212AD)there were no auxilias.

[shocks007]

the legionaries of ceasar were probably much more capable of fighting than the comitatenses of the later empire

[OmegaTrooper]

true that

[Killare2]

how can they not make a movie about Augustus, I cant find any documentary movies about Augustus on the internett! How can they not have a video about the first emperor

[alphaman03]

just watch the rome series, all about him

[kaptenlemper]

there's the Rome series on HBO...the second season focuses on the rise of Augustus after Caesar's assassination. Not exactly documentary, but worth a look imo.

[JWJCHSR]

The Gods are not in favor of Roman how tragic...

[Octavius31]

Five Stars Great Series

The Marxism of Political Correctness taught in our schools, the Media's conditioning of political correctness, and the push for broad unfettered multiculturalism has served to starve our sense of national identity and to fear speaking the truth lest we offend or evoke conflict. It's time to stand tall, strong, and reject the policies and politics of liberalism and defend our democracy.

[troyalldis]

I have never understood. If you are killing the enemy at a distance why waste your men in hand-to-hand? Finish them off with the arrows.

[SLRL1A1]

They most likely did. Most fighting in ancient times was with missiles. It's obvious even from the garbled and stylized accounts of the ancient authors. The hand to hand part was usually of very short duration - if it happened at all. It's just that swordplay looks more exciting on TV (q.v. the ridiculous decapitation in this).

[deathwishplzomg]

that bridge should have been way wider and the roads should be like they are nowadays

[RabidSpatulaPaul]

An excellent shot at 4th century Roman gear! Hardly perfect, but quite good by the typical standards of television reenactment.

Bravo!

[angelthespartan87]

anyoone know where i can buy all theses dvds?

[drunk168]

they're on amazon.

[chrispollock]

i'd say using archers decided this battle more than some dude in the sky

[snewjaimes]

It only requires excellent strategies.

[coldicedrat]

I love ranged weaponry, but archers are vunerable to cavalry ya know ;).

[coldicedrat]

Great stuff, does anyone have Nero? Augustus? if you do, let me know, will you?

[nationalist19]

there is no Augustus movie.

[coldicedrat]

I'm aware now, thanks :).