Testudo

[MrSicknero]

There were many auxiliary soldiers in the Roman army .. For example the Hispanic 9th Legion comprised of Spanish troops and recently made famous in the film "The Eagle". (Although the book was way better.)

[MCToniYo]

Think this testudo formation but instead of 24 soldiers, 24 Chuck Norris... Yes there are 24 soldiers xD

[JoshuaWGLloyd]

GAP!

[ringhino75]

Veni, vidi, vici

[goldbullet50]

Do that with riot shields :P

[LeviathanoftheDanube]

Germans? That would be great to see them break formation to reveal they're actually wearing lederhosen lol...

[TYFLucasDuarte]

AHSUAHSAU

[bestfighteriam1]

with year are we ? tell me please

[TheusZeusDeus]

@bestfighteriam1 Most of the Roman reenactment groups - like the one above - focus on the recreation of the Roman army of 50 A.D. to 150 A.D. as noted by the use of the smaller rectangular shields, the "Cool" (Coolus type as they are termed today) helmets and of course the laminated armours and pilum spears. You have to note that the Roman army prior to that and later that era was substantially different.

[TheusZeusDeus]

@TheusZeusDeus Of course the large Roman reenactment groups do reenact other time periods too, earlier and later ones but it is true that most reenactors wish to focus on the main Imperial era (50 to 150 A.D.) which provides the most impressive appearence. Earlier Romans (and it was them that built the Empire actually!!) looked very poor and later Romans, apart the occasional clibanarii special forces, looked equally poor (but it was them that saved the Empire in the East actually!).

[bestfighteriam1]

@TheusZeusDeus thanks for rply ;)

[TheusZeusDeus]

@bestfighteriam1 Its a pleasure mate!

[vidaloka5431]

vao-tudo-pra-puta-qe-os-pario

[jadetiger88888]

when the romans do this, the enemy can attack their legs and feet, breaking their formation

[Mupperik94]

haha nice xD

[miodzio552]

u cant do a testudo formation now with the riot shields... why? well, the answer is RPG

[NidhoeggrLeadGuitar]

wie sie sehen da ist also kein spalt mehr? bei 0:09 ist ein abartiger spalt, ausserdem könnte man denen von der seite schön in die waden hacken mit der axt...

[JazzJaRa]

@NidhoeggrLeadGuitar

Die Formation wurde ja auch nur bei beschuss mit Fernwaffen benutzt (Pfeile etc) Und welcher Befehlshaben würde seine eigenen Leute in den eigenen Pfeilhagel schicken?? ^^ Und wenn keine Pfeile mehr runterkommen wird die Formation wieder geändert und die Axtleute bekommen haue ^^

[wirasatrya95]

imagine them as riot police with bullet-proof shields

[hastaluego500]

nice Testudo :) best regard from reenactor from poland :)

[aure232]

shoot the legs!!! (not my idea, already done two thousand years ago..and it worked.)

[nitecamel]

@aure232 archers usually shot up

[aure232]

@nitecamel usually not when Romans were on question. Roman archery sucked as well as did cavalry so when testudo their army was pretty match helpless. And when they did met Parthians they were nailed down by arrows..

[nitecamel]

@aure232 no the enemy shoots at the testudo usually upwards. sorry for confusion

[jonah214]

FAILURE FAILURE first of all the roman tuestedo wasnt such as rounded lol jk there faces werent showing

[faleru]

german legionaries?! o.O!!! this makes no sense!! XD

[Hinkel84]

@faleru

You might not know, but there were tousands of german legionaries, which served for the roman army. In fact some legions were very famous, besides that, the german cavalry formed the guard for many roman emperors.

But on this video, you saw english soldiers, the event was based in germany, which was 1/2 occupied by romans ;)

[spectraldistortion]

@Hinkel84

there were no German Legionarries, they were called Auxiliaries or cavalry Auxilia and infantary auxilia.

[Boilerz1]

@Hinkel84 I see that there are also a couple of dutch ones in there from Legio X gemina.

[AlWoolridge]

@Hinkel84 I think only roman citizens could serve as legionaries. The rest were used as auxilia troops.

[17MrLeon]

@Hinkel84 obviously they cant march

[ardaxoy]

@faleru

LEGIO I GERMANICA , LEGIO XIV GEMINA :D (famous german legions)

[ScoXXScotsman]

@faleru The German legionaires were named "the batavians"

[HuntingKnight]

@tzepesh20 They would also do a smaller one whenever the enemy would unleash a small wave of arrows. They would get so close together. It just the same idea though. *While Marching* *Romans see arrows* *front row puts shield in front of them* *everyone behind puts shields above them* .....The sides didn't make the box tight all around. Just defensive from the front. It was so they could easily march toward the enemy without having to be so tight together in a box.

[inchwormgreen]

fag

[Neme13]

jaja....kein spalt mehr :D

wenn das die neuerung in den punischen kriegen gewesen wäre, wäre rom schon vor christus untergegangen und karthago der mittelpunkt der westlichen welt...

[LegoGenfilms]

@tzepesh20 dude take a chill pill!

[mamypokopants]

@tzepesh20 it was a joke moron

[deutscher16]

die sind ja erbärmlich ! und dann auch noch die formation falsch gestaffelt!!!! wenn das die wahren legionäre sehen könnten!!!

[JuniorM0]

"und wie sie sehen, da ist also kein spalt mehr in den man noch...." xDxD na klar ^^

[Nefus2]

Wish I could do this in Counter Strike with the riotshield, that would be awesome!

[HONORGUARD308]

@Nefus2 ya kinda can with lots of people

[Damuse8191]

this formation isnt really meant for close quarter fighting. Testudo is used for advancing on fortified places such as during a seige, or for protection against missles.

[anatrakya]

yeeaah! I've seen this in Asterix !!

[bartieboy93]

@anatrakya yes but the only problem is that if there were some fatty gauls hammering on it in reality then sombody would have poked em with a gladius and say: where is you potion now biatch!

[craman5]

i suppose if you life depended on it, you might make a tighter, better Testudo. I'm sure that it would be acceptable.

[professoreKrishKraft]

Very good, 5 Stars.

[zenkaizer12]

i think they added pressure to their side so if someone charged they would repel the dude

[lucius1976]

@zenkaizer12

Testudo were not for close quarter fighting to break the enemy. They were just for protection against missiles and stuff like that. For close quarter fighting the would have dissolved the testudo and presented a loose shieldwall were they could use their gladius against them. They could not do that in a testudo

[frozensparten]

sweet!

[BlitzoftheReich]

that gap was the guys fault, another soldier couldnt fit there, its because he wasnt keeping up, if you can see the other guy in back of him is a bit behind too.

[TAWEEYZZ]

love that formation but vulnerable by cavalry by charging right to it

[Shadow2271]

meant to protect you from arrow while you marched closer to the enemy. yea i would want to be in there when theres a horse charging at me

[death4351]

they probably had the gap only because they were missing a guy... i mean there IS room there for one more man to hold that gap

[NastyGreaser]

oh no they would die of this! the whole legion would die because one man fell ill!

[witchkingerwan]

at 7 got a gap

[mamypokopants]

think testudo with AK and rpg

[aseglkj]

think of the n00bs buying shields in CS source

[camo999999999]

stop at 9 sec and you see a gap

[masie4jamie]

btw in english it's called the turtle-the shields are rounded for arrows to bounce off them-it's in this formation to march up to forts- the gap is because the shields are rounded there had to be a gap.

[moep]

mensch hinkel! das ist ne kröte! keine kräte! xD

[00Jose00]

thats the best testudo i have seen so far in these kinds of shows.

[PESCARESE88]

la Testuggine romana

[VeroMithril]

lol

[professoreKrishKraft]

Good video. 5 Stars.

[SnowinGraves]

that gap was for attacking while being protected .. i think

[agungk]

what will happen if you throw large enough projectile to the front row? will they crumble?

[Skioppi]

the population that have fought with rome didn't have war siege weapons like catapults, ballistas or onagers....only romans had them...

[patsfan110]

yeah, also the greeks probably could of had them but they considered it a "cowards weapon", they believed in fighting with spear, sword, and sheild.

[mamypokopants]

the carthaginians had elephants that can ram this small testudo piece of shit

[leavemealone2006]

this formation wasn't used against elephants. It was mainly used to defend against enemy missiles mainly during a siege when advancing to the enemy gate. watch this one to better understand:

watch?v=cnHBNVA5DzM&NR=1

[DannyJamesRead]

yeah well the trick is you dont use it in times like that

[rac000n]

LOL!!

[cannibal23]

a classic defensive formation and quite well demonstrated too. there is the one gap but you get the idea.

[longerwolf]

thats roman's defend formation (the tortis)

[poopwadmcgee]

cool!! awesome, as far as i know, perfect, but for that one fatal gap. oh well. me and me friends would do way worse so whatever

[MitchMaker]

kein spalt näää nur ne lücke aber egal nein aber mal im enrst schönes video 5 stars

[SpartanGlory1983]

That single gap in the left side of the troop closest to the cam would have spelled "slaughter" for everyone beneath the scuta.