they would wear pants wool socks that sort of thing all based on weather but they avoided lower body armor because the shield worked well enough and they prefered the mobility. There were a form of shin armor that strapped onto the sandals but i dont think it was used often at all.
@123DROCK I know right,I just wonder what those traitors think to themselves when they decide to take the seat as emperor LOL "Im going to bring this empire even more glory and become the best emperor of roman history" ..........next thing you know,empire splits apart and barbarians run amok
@123DROCK Was there any poet, scientist, mathematician, engineer born north and west of Rome? In 500 years? Do I miss something mate? Why when the Empire disintegrated the east moved forward and the west "went backwards". Did the west went backwards really or it simply remained in the same cultural level it was within the Roman Empire? Get the basics?
@123DROCK Roman Empire was from 30 B.C. to 400 B.C. - from there on we gradually talk about Eastern Roman Empire that lasted of course much more than that. Romans did notthing to expand or improve any Greek ideas for the VERY SIMPLE REASON that 99% of Roman culture and civlisation was happening south and east of Rome. Now you tell me why.
Thus the legion's appearence while far more standardised compared to the earlier Greek city-state armies (where the citizens were bying their own armours), it would be still far from the near-perfect standardised look of modern re-enactment legions. Legions of Rome would still look very much like a motley crew.
What re-enactors tend to forget is that the Lorica Segmentata never became the main Roman armour but was rather used by particular legions mainly of the west. In the east (as well as many parts of west), the main armour continued to be the chain as well as scale mail which were more easily fabricated in mass production style and offered satisfactory protection. Lorica Segmentata derivatives (but not identical) were also used occasionaly by later Eastern Roman troops.
Anyway, the Lorica Segmentata was an extremely old design which was notably used in Mycenean Greece (1800 to 1200 B.C.) i.e. more than 1000 years prior to the appearence in the Roman army. The Roman Lorica Segmentata segments that were found were particularly thin and hence this means that it was meant to be used over a leather or chain mail under-armour. Modern re-enactors make the mistake of making it as a "main-armour" which was not.
@123DROCK I am sorry mate but Rome was not exactly a civilisation. We can talk about Roman culture but we cannot talk about Roman civilisation - that was the civilisation of Greeks. We have to talk about Greek civilisation on which Roman culture was based. To be added that Romans not only did not add up themselves anything on that civilisation but even Roman culture, letters, science itself was largely produced by ethnic Greeks Roman citizens. The culture of Rome was produced south&east of Rome
@123DROCK Nero actually benefited the empire in the long run because he ordered wars against the persians, which actually went well. It wasn't until the crisis of the third century that rome began falling apart. Until Marcus Aurelius, the Empire was quite Stable.
Nope, that's the effect of having an Anglo-centric view of history. The longbow is a very basic and ancient bow design, Otzi the Icemen from 3300 BCE carried a yew longbow, practically identical to the English weapon. It's just that no culture at this point used it en masse in battle like the English did later (well that's not completely accurate either, the Nubians did actually, but they weren't that well known)
@123DROCK But then there would never have been such great emperors as Augustus, Hadrian and Marcus Auralius. Agree Nero was crazy, but he made Rome what it was architecturally. Much of the Rome we think of today is AD stuff.
@123DROCK it hadsome issues though, namely, chainmail had no gaps between the plates and you could get UNDER the plates in a segmentata, so it was fairly good, but not perfect.
Great Vid! I am a Year3 teacher in UK and would love to use your video in class with the children to get them to add their own voice overs, would this be ok?It will not affect the video shown on you tubue at all, and would be used for educational reasons on our school blog. Thank you in advance!
funny how the romans make these awesome weapons and then in 500 yrs or so later we are fighting with spears, tin hats and leather jackets! lol - nice vid
Im not dissing the Romans they were one of the stongest empires in the world but they werent invinsable. The Celts actually defended there land from the Romans for a long time.
@ShowYourWorking: looks like a perfect fit to me, if it was too tight there would be space in the middle, also, you want your armor to be almost skin tight
roman army aws awsome but i like the korean army better back then wen they were in war wit the japs and yeah they didnt bring much in to civilization but the generals were smart and our archery was efficient and yeah not hight tech but still
@nior000 It's better designed because it's lighter and more flexible, whilst offering around the same amount of protection. Plate armour is much lighter than chain-mail, and the multiple pieces of armour mean than it's not all on the shoulders.
By the fall of Rome 80% of its armed forces were barbarian mercanerys! that was a deciding factor her army was no longer as effiecient over extended and internal problems caused its ultimate destruction
too bad they were crushed by the barbarians if they were still part of our world today we would be over 1000 years advanced imagine their armor during the middle ages that would be cool
kelvar armor with a helmet maybe a riotshield. And a uzi a 9 mm in my holster and m60 :). And for the final touch a humvee with a grenade launcher mounted. Where is the time maching XD
The armour was actually quite light, at least lighter than chainmail. The thing that makes his equipment heavy is the large shield. Belive me, i have worn this armour myself.
and remember back in the day recycling was a big thing, and before the maridian(i believe thats the spelling not sure) reforms each soldier had to pay for their equipment, the ones with the better equipment usually being in the front line, go figure
yeah thanks for telling me bout the name i remembered later, but you are wrong about the equipment, ultimately the best equipment soldiers did go in the back but that was because they were bodyguards or more important, but for the comon soldier after the marian reform the best equipment went first, otherwise alot of the poorer soldiers would be lost way to fast and most likely rout, starting a riot among the rest of the troops
Pre.marian where not divided by clases, but by experience in the battlefield, hastati being the newest recruits(first to third large battle) principes being more experienced(third batlle and on) and the triarii being the elite veterans, of course the first where the ones in greater number and with greater losses, and rarely would the triarii have to fight, losing few and so needing less, leaving most up and coming soldiers to remain as principes for a long time
@tacotony24 Wrong. Philip of Macedon created history's first paid professionally-trained standing army. Philip's son of course, was Alexander the Great.
you're right that the Roman Army is not the first professional standing army but you are wrong because the Greco-Mecedonian Army is not the first professional army
Most historians believe that the armies of Sumer and Akkad 3500-2200 BC are the first professional armies. The armies are at a full-time basis and are paid and equipped at royal expense
it was a great replic of a shield and equipment but i think the part of begind of the helmet si too close to the ears is more at level of the neck and the arms because that dont protect of an atack from begind...but all the other stuff was great!!!
Yeah but these soldiers were trained to carry twice that load. Even their swords were lighter than the training ones. They may have been a little out of breath, however still capable to fight effectivley. Plus when on the battle field a sort of sheild wall was used and marched towards the enemy at a slow pace or probablly wait for the enemy to come to them.
imagine you walking for tens of miles a day with a 80 pound heavy kit the romans carried, by the time they would have gotten to the battlefield they would have been exhausted even before battle
Its called a Gambeson, it was quite common throughout history to wear such padding under armour, especially in the Medieval period. However, soldiers were wearing these way before that.
nice armor, a thick heavy gambeson ubderneath:D i do not have the roman armor, but i have medieval knight's medium armor, if you want to know more send me a message on my channel:D
Really cool stuff. I've always thought the Roman army was awesome and it's really interesting to see re-enactors portray one of the mightiest armies in human history.
Yeah, I agree. It was the Equestrian classes that let the Romans down. They were reckless, arrogant and aristocratic - a bad combination if you ask me... But I think there were some exceptions.
@whowantsabighug That one was my little brother screwing around on my account... I've since disabled the login on that computer... Srry for him being a little brat...
@LvpvsRomanvs I dont know, with the new lethality of weapons a much smaller army could be considered the mightiest, and nearly all the countries in the world have an army that would have beaten Romes. If you mean mightiest compared to other contries of it's time, then that is very hard to translate to modern day.
Besides the jingling and the alck of ability to look down yeah. It was alot cheaper and quicker to make than chainmail but I also feel it gives a special look to the roman army. A unique look which imediatly identifies them as a roman.
It makes you feel alot safer to because you are. theres nothing like knowing if a sword hits you it will all be fine but if you hit the other guy(unarmoured) he will die. haha
from where can i buy this antient rome equipment,i want the replicant to the made from a authentic material just like in antient times,can someone give a link so i can buy it online?
The Roman citizens were too much rich to do the hard life of the legionary, they paid mercenaries to fight their wars at the end.
The Empire didn't have legions anymore, the soldiers haven't lorica, gladius, scutum, pilum, they weren't legionaries anymore, they were Barbarians as those against they fought.
one reason is because the romans had let in too many groups of people disloyal to the empire such as the goths and the huns, they evan made the goths part of the roman army for a while which taught them roman tactics and gave them roman equipment.
I stand corrected! Most of what I know about the Ancient gauls,Britanians, celts etc is based on the writings. Of Romans like Tacitus I've read a little of him I'm know expert.
@Kalydosos Well it wasn't exactly the barbarian only who beat the roman army and made the civilization crumple, but they were a big part of it. Having a strong enemy as the barbarians in today's Germany, did pound a civilization that grew too big and was split in two, the internal structure of the roman civilization could not deal with an everlasting enemy in their conquest with the situation in their cities and politic getting ripped apart.
Actually the army was weak too. By the fall of Rome the military was made up mostly of barbarian fighters and no legionary as we recognize them was around.
@Kalydosos They broke the disipline and morale of the army due losses over time, the enemy knew how to break their formation, then the enemys broke these in battle, the romans were as good as doomed.
that was sweet i bet everone that reads this watched this video because medevil times were the best i love playing acting out and watching these things awesome video
they would wear pants wool socks that sort of thing all based on weather but they avoided lower body armor because the shield worked well enough and they prefered the mobility. There were a form of shin armor that strapped onto the sandals but i dont think it was used often at all.
plaid13 1 month ago
@plaid13 It was the centurions who wore leg protection called greaves.
irishxxkelt 1 month ago
THAT FUCCKING SICK! WHERE DO U GET THAT STUFF FROM?
pcortes1987 4 months ago
@123DROCK I know right,I just wonder what those traitors think to themselves when they decide to take the seat as emperor LOL "Im going to bring this empire even more glory and become the best emperor of roman history" ..........next thing you know,empire splits apart and barbarians run amok
kelli72993 4 months ago
it hurts when you put the Lorica Segmentata on. I've tried it, and I was wounded by my own armor.
SVAFnemesis 5 months ago in playlist Lorica Segmentata\
@123DROCK Was there any poet, scientist, mathematician, engineer born north and west of Rome? In 500 years? Do I miss something mate? Why when the Empire disintegrated the east moved forward and the west "went backwards". Did the west went backwards really or it simply remained in the same cultural level it was within the Roman Empire? Get the basics?
TheusZeusDeus 5 months ago
@123DROCK Roman Empire was from 30 B.C. to 400 B.C. - from there on we gradually talk about Eastern Roman Empire that lasted of course much more than that. Romans did notthing to expand or improve any Greek ideas for the VERY SIMPLE REASON that 99% of Roman culture and civlisation was happening south and east of Rome. Now you tell me why.
TheusZeusDeus 5 months ago
lol wow he looks like a complete fruitcake. ;)
omfgitzalex 6 months ago
Thus the legion's appearence while far more standardised compared to the earlier Greek city-state armies (where the citizens were bying their own armours), it would be still far from the near-perfect standardised look of modern re-enactment legions. Legions of Rome would still look very much like a motley crew.
TheusZeusDeus 6 months ago
What re-enactors tend to forget is that the Lorica Segmentata never became the main Roman armour but was rather used by particular legions mainly of the west. In the east (as well as many parts of west), the main armour continued to be the chain as well as scale mail which were more easily fabricated in mass production style and offered satisfactory protection. Lorica Segmentata derivatives (but not identical) were also used occasionaly by later Eastern Roman troops.
TheusZeusDeus 6 months ago
Anyway, the Lorica Segmentata was an extremely old design which was notably used in Mycenean Greece (1800 to 1200 B.C.) i.e. more than 1000 years prior to the appearence in the Roman army. The Roman Lorica Segmentata segments that were found were particularly thin and hence this means that it was meant to be used over a leather or chain mail under-armour. Modern re-enactors make the mistake of making it as a "main-armour" which was not.
TheusZeusDeus 6 months ago
@123DROCK I am sorry mate but Rome was not exactly a civilisation. We can talk about Roman culture but we cannot talk about Roman civilisation - that was the civilisation of Greeks. We have to talk about Greek civilisation on which Roman culture was based. To be added that Romans not only did not add up themselves anything on that civilisation but even Roman culture, letters, science itself was largely produced by ethnic Greeks Roman citizens. The culture of Rome was produced south&east of Rome
TheusZeusDeus 6 months ago
@123DROCK Nero actually benefited the empire in the long run because he ordered wars against the persians, which actually went well. It wasn't until the crisis of the third century that rome began falling apart. Until Marcus Aurelius, the Empire was quite Stable.
effigyoflight 6 months ago
I think Caligula was the greatest Emperor of all time because he did it for teh lulz.
onemoreturn 6 months ago 4
..and then i kill him with a bow haha
MrDarcscythe 7 months ago
@MrDarcscythe It would have to be a relatively powerful one, Longbow's weren't invented yet. Persian Composite bows were the largest threat.
effigyoflight 6 months ago
@effigyoflight i'm shooting traditionell bows for 7 years now, i'm able to hit his face ;) :D
MrDarcscythe 6 months ago
@effigyoflight
Nope, that's the effect of having an Anglo-centric view of history. The longbow is a very basic and ancient bow design, Otzi the Icemen from 3300 BCE carried a yew longbow, practically identical to the English weapon. It's just that no culture at this point used it en masse in battle like the English did later (well that's not completely accurate either, the Nubians did actually, but they weren't that well known)
HaNsWiDjAjA 4 months ago
Rome:Total War
Josecarlosg 7 months ago
nice video :)
MrTrykster 8 months ago
what kind of armor dress that guy? are a Corbridge or a Newstead or other than I not know? is cool, somebody know about this?
carloko08 8 months ago
@carloko08 i think that armor type is called lorica segmenta due to its segmented design i dont know if im answering the right question though
jazzxneonx 7 months ago
@carloko08 Roman Legionary Plate Mail is known as Lorica Segmentata
effigyoflight 6 months ago
this is gay
DaronStorey 9 months ago
@123DROCK But then there would never have been such great emperors as Augustus, Hadrian and Marcus Auralius. Agree Nero was crazy, but he made Rome what it was architecturally. Much of the Rome we think of today is AD stuff.
Zichiable 9 months ago
fail helmet lol but romans for the win awsome armor
TheFumbels 10 months ago
How much does that weigh in total how heavy
DavidOwlGrove 10 months ago
@DavidOwlGrove It was actually quite light, most likely around 40-60 lbs total. The shield would be the most cumbersome piece of equipment.
effigyoflight 6 months ago
Yeah, that was cool!
seattwa 10 months ago
must have been tough marching through the desert or snow
really tough guys
JwZTheBoss 11 months ago
@JwZTheBoss Random Tidbit of hilarious info: Heavy Armored Cavalry Originates from Persia. Of All Places >.>; Persia.
effigyoflight 6 months ago
a very great empire indded some of the best soldiers of all time
rustystevens1 1 year ago
lol y is it wlaways ppl with british accents being roman i always though they were swarthy mediterranians
kaindrg 1 year ago
@kaindrg
because Britannia was part of the Roman Empire
tacotony24 1 year ago
@tacotony24 i mean in movies. like the statues of caesars alll look central italian yet evey movie they use a british person or people.
kaindrg 1 year ago
The equipment must be very expensive
praetorianus72 1 year ago
@123DROCK it hadsome issues though, namely, chainmail had no gaps between the plates and you could get UNDER the plates in a segmentata, so it was fairly good, but not perfect.
elgostine 1 year ago
Great Vid! I am a Year3 teacher in UK and would love to use your video in class with the children to get them to add their own voice overs, would this be ok?It will not affect the video shown on you tubue at all, and would be used for educational reasons on our school blog. Thank you in advance!
mkwoods77 1 year ago
this would look way more cool if the guy wearing all the armor was a bit more muscular or had a athletic body type
joeratti 1 year ago
i heard that the lorica segentata was actually issued because it was cheaper than maile? any truth to this??
elgostine 1 year ago
funny how the romans make these awesome weapons and then in 500 yrs or so later we are fighting with spears, tin hats and leather jackets! lol - nice vid
TheSiegeCamp 1 year ago
@TheSiegeCamp but we have gunzzzzz
JUGO49 1 year ago
@JUGO49 Give the Romans guns and the world is screwed.
14GloryofRome14 1 year ago
@14GloryofRome14 guns dont kill people people kill people. guns wouldnt change anything.
flysnake12 1 year ago
@flysnake12
Tell that to the Zulus
PiotrSmolanski 11 months ago
@14GloryofRome14 hahahaha, yeah man, I agree you!! Romans rock their times, imagine with MG-43 or panzers, hahahaha, rock twice!!
carloko08 8 months ago
two dislikes, i guess two barbarians were watching this
legoman580 1 year ago 22
@legoman580 bloody Gauls..damn that kit looks heavy. Did I miss something....no lower garments or armour?
oneminuteworkout 4 months ago
Im not dissing the Romans they were one of the stongest empires in the world but they werent invinsable. The Celts actually defended there land from the Romans for a long time.
thatonekidperson123 1 year ago
@ShowYourWorking: looks like a perfect fit to me, if it was too tight there would be space in the middle, also, you want your armor to be almost skin tight
Tamerplane 1 year ago
They have found roman Legionary Coins In sweden :
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titanicpiano14 1 year ago
as soon as he put on that Chest Piece... he turned into a COMPLETE BADASS!
I want a set!!! so I can scare off the Barbarians who live down the street!
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roman army aws awsome but i like the korean army better back then wen they were in war wit the japs and yeah they didnt bring much in to civilization but the generals were smart and our archery was efficient and yeah not hight tech but still
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Agomongo1235 1 year ago
i think i admire roman armor even more then knight armor.
nior000 1 year ago
@nior000 It's better designed because it's lighter and more flexible, whilst offering around the same amount of protection. Plate armour is much lighter than chain-mail, and the multiple pieces of armour mean than it's not all on the shoulders.
edinscot56789 1 year ago
@edinscot56789 i see. thanks for the info. the roman empire rules.
nior000 1 year ago
@nior000 Yep, they still use Romanesque tactics today. Kevlar vests are loosely based on Roman armour, for example.
edinscot56789 1 year ago
By the fall of Rome 80% of its armed forces were barbarian mercanerys! that was a deciding factor her army was no longer as effiecient over extended and internal problems caused its ultimate destruction
Danzul23 1 year ago
I was thinking of joining a Roman group.
I getting some money through and could save to buy stuff, plus it would give me a reason to loose some body fat xD
leeham991 1 year ago
i bet that lorica segmentata feels like a second skin :)
but whats the big use of those leather strips between the upper legs?
bartieboy93 1 year ago
@bartieboy93 To protect your cock and balls lol what else
AvengefulAngel 1 year ago
@AvengefulAngel yeah but i dont think those leather strips will help that mutch ?
bartieboy93 1 year ago
@bartieboy93 lol a bronze cup or something would help better
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RievocazioniStoriche 1 year ago
why didnt knights in the Middle Ages use shields that big instead of their pussy ass bucklers?
mopbrothers 1 year ago
oh if id could just get that kind of armor...
pannari123 1 year ago
the mightiest arny ever was the Spartans
whydidsheleaveme 1 year ago
The tunic was red, it was purposely made like that so that you could not see the blood.
EddyARB 1 year ago
too bad they were crushed by the barbarians if they were still part of our world today we would be over 1000 years advanced imagine their armor during the middle ages that would be cool
n00bP4WnZ0r1233 1 year ago
Nice music.... Could some one tell me the name of the CD please
TIGITOE 1 year ago
As far as i know the equipment was perfect! Good job! Wonder how much those cost?
ivrhov 2 years ago
the whole thing around 700 usa dollars thats what i paid
tibherius 1 year ago
kelvar armor with a helmet maybe a riotshield. And a uzi a 9 mm in my holster and m60 :). And for the final touch a humvee with a grenade launcher mounted. Where is the time maching XD
akaboy4life 2 years ago
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MrRipster 2 years ago
very heavy armor. couldnt fight with that shit on me. but great video.
nikkolodien 2 years ago
The armour was actually quite light, at least lighter than chainmail. The thing that makes his equipment heavy is the large shield. Belive me, i have worn this armour myself.
UthredthevikinG 2 years ago 2
On belt - great demo
SpartacusBC 2 years ago
Add some palisade stakes, entrenching tools. And a dagger.
SpartacusBC 2 years ago
I want to wear this!
simsfrasse 2 years ago 2
great video
amadeus987 2 years ago
when you put on the armor or rome you your self are reliving the life of a roman soldier and his history I WANT THAT ARMOR T_T
zenkaizer12 2 years ago
Can you imagine the money the roman empire had to expended for each soldier in building their armors swords etc..?
chumbulezco 2 years ago
Alot, but they gained most of it by using their army to capture other territories and build their vast empire.
KingoftheGods123 2 years ago
and remember back in the day recycling was a big thing, and before the maridian(i believe thats the spelling not sure) reforms each soldier had to pay for their equipment, the ones with the better equipment usually being in the front line, go figure
cachorastaman 2 years ago
It's the marian reform.And actually the ones with the poorer equipment were in the front lines and the ones with the better were in the last lines.
LegioXIIFulminata 2 years ago 3
yeah thanks for telling me bout the name i remembered later, but you are wrong about the equipment, ultimately the best equipment soldiers did go in the back but that was because they were bodyguards or more important, but for the comon soldier after the marian reform the best equipment went first, otherwise alot of the poorer soldiers would be lost way to fast and most likely rout, starting a riot among the rest of the troops
cachorastaman 2 years ago
In pre.marian army first went hastati (the poor class) then principes (the middle class) nad the last line were the triarii "the rich class"
While in the post marian reforms nobody was better equipped than anybody because they got their equipment for free.
LegioXIIFulminata 2 years ago
Pre.marian where not divided by clases, but by experience in the battlefield, hastati being the newest recruits(first to third large battle) principes being more experienced(third batlle and on) and the triarii being the elite veterans, of course the first where the ones in greater number and with greater losses, and rarely would the triarii have to fight, losing few and so needing less, leaving most up and coming soldiers to remain as principes for a long time
cachorastaman 2 years ago
Actually they were divided by class and by age.I forgot to mention age.Mostly but class did not always apply
LegioXIIFulminata 2 years ago
that's why the Roman Army is considered by historians as the first professional army and the basis of later professional armies that followed
tacotony24 2 years ago
Indee!
chumbulezco 2 years ago
@tacotony24 Wrong. Philip of Macedon created history's first paid professionally-trained standing army. Philip's son of course, was Alexander the Great.
2242bzo 2 years ago
@2242bzo
you're right that the Roman Army is not the first professional standing army but you are wrong because the Greco-Mecedonian Army is not the first professional army
Most historians believe that the armies of Sumer and Akkad 3500-2200 BC are the first professional armies. The armies are at a full-time basis and are paid and equipped at royal expense
tacotony24 2 years ago 2
it was a great replic of a shield and equipment but i think the part of begind of the helmet si too close to the ears is more at level of the neck and the arms because that dont protect of an atack from begind...but all the other stuff was great!!!
bruno3789 2 years ago
Yeah but these soldiers were trained to carry twice that load. Even their swords were lighter than the training ones. They may have been a little out of breath, however still capable to fight effectivley. Plus when on the battle field a sort of sheild wall was used and marched towards the enemy at a slow pace or probablly wait for the enemy to come to them.
grobo11 2 years ago
imagine you walking for tens of miles a day with a 80 pound heavy kit the romans carried, by the time they would have gotten to the battlefield they would have been exhausted even before battle
tecna64 2 years ago
@tecna64 our soldiers today carry more and can march longer so I doubt it made them less effective at all
clintdelicious 10 months ago
Its called a Gambeson, it was quite common throughout history to wear such padding under armour, especially in the Medieval period. However, soldiers were wearing these way before that.
LvpvsRomanvs 2 years ago
Actually I believe it's called Subarmalis for Roman use.
treb1986 2 years ago
nice armor, a thick heavy gambeson ubderneath:D i do not have the roman armor, but i have medieval knight's medium armor, if you want to know more send me a message on my channel:D
nightblade600 2 years ago
The armer with the stomec in called muslie armer
rainbowsixODST 2 years ago
a Cuirass.
LvpvsRomanvs 2 years ago
Fantastic! Dearest Comrades, many thanks for sharing. *****from Italy
Vale Frates
guerrierodelgiaguaro 2 years ago
Really cool stuff. I've always thought the Roman army was awesome and it's really interesting to see re-enactors portray one of the mightiest armies in human history.
COLUMBINE1818 2 years ago 9
in my opinion the Roman military was/is THE mightiest army in Human History.
LvpvsRomanvs 2 years ago 34
@LvpvsRomanvs
If they had better commanders and cavalry they would of conquered more and everyone would know they are better then the Spartans.
sicilia313 1 year ago
@sicilia313
Yeah, I agree. It was the Equestrian classes that let the Romans down. They were reckless, arrogant and aristocratic - a bad combination if you ask me... But I think there were some exceptions.
LvpvsRomanvs 1 year ago
he said short sword when it was called the gladeis
Corwin654 1 year ago
@Corwin654 It's still a sword that's short, he probably knew what it was called, but it's only a youtube video.
whowantsabighug 1 year ago
@whowantsabighug That one was my little brother screwing around on my account... I've since disabled the login on that computer... Srry for him being a little brat...
Corwin654 1 year ago
@LvpvsRomanvs Does that include the Byzantines?
edinscot56789 1 year ago
Roman army was actually defeated many many times.
njdevil281 1 year ago
@LvpvsRomanvs Totaly agree. also the most well diciplined.
MooseHunter911 1 year ago
@LvpvsRomanvs I dont know, with the new lethality of weapons a much smaller army could be considered the mightiest, and nearly all the countries in the world have an army that would have beaten Romes. If you mean mightiest compared to other contries of it's time, then that is very hard to translate to modern day.
SgtDoomer 1 year ago
@SgtDoomer i think he means mightiest compared to the opposition
muf321 10 months ago
@SgtDoomer It's very Easy. It was the Superpower of the west (Han China was of course the super power of the east).
effigyoflight 6 months ago
@LvpvsRomanvs that's not opinion, that's fact
MakeItGoSplodey 11 months ago
@LvpvsRomanvs i still wish no one invented guns, i'd for sure go to rome then
MrLegiiOnz 10 months ago
Is that the imperical italic "C" type or "F" type helmet ?
Nice vid :)
mattpbent 2 years ago
That's why they taken over whole sea.
Vultar666 2 years ago
Great video, thank you for sharing. AVE
SEPTIMIVS 2 years ago
modern U.S army full armor & uniform looks stikingly close to roman legionary armor!!!
Czaendermajer 2 years ago
Where can you buy Centurion or Legionary equipment?
IndefinateOutcomes 2 years ago
the internet
sondreus24 2 years ago
google-romen armer for sale-type that.
rainbowsixODST 2 years ago
holy shit that must be tiring just to wear all of that equipment and they had to march up to 25 - 30 miles on roman highways.
IIIArrow711 2 years ago 3
That's how empires are made, my son. :)
jeleuri 2 years ago 3
that lorica segmentata was really light and if you dident look down you wouldent even know you had it on
tecna64 2 years ago
Besides the jingling and the alck of ability to look down yeah. It was alot cheaper and quicker to make than chainmail but I also feel it gives a special look to the roman army. A unique look which imediatly identifies them as a roman.
mokkan06 2 years ago
he looks like a packmule with all that equipment
sondreus24 3 years ago
Good description. After the reforms of Marius the Romans wanted to limit the baggage train and other armies they encountered called them mules
NAVC130VET 3 years ago 4
Cool, thanks
000majorwinters000 3 years ago
i thought centurions had a choice? but wasnt all legionarys helmets made out of bronze
whowantsabighug 3 years ago
I not 100% sure about choice but earlier back the bronze helmet was standard, until the new helmets as you saw were introduced.
Commie62 3 years ago
I have to say that the guys looks pretty cool in his gear.
anthlocal 3 years ago 8
yea but anyone looks great in full armour and it makes u feel great
whowantsabighug 3 years ago
It makes you feel alot safer to because you are. theres nothing like knowing if a sword hits you it will all be fine but if you hit the other guy(unarmoured) he will die. haha
aries772 2 years ago
Really? Interesting fact! Is there a reason for it, or is it just tradition?
000majorwinters000 3 years ago
Thats what you need for paintball protection.
Chompa901 3 years ago
awsome stuff. do you know where i can probably get some of these?
gester27 3 years ago
what was the scarf and apron made from?
prd2bcrzy 3 years ago
no leg and hip protection?
kwstikas82 3 years ago
the legs were usually bare to increase the meanuverability the legion needed but was protected by the samnite-style shield that he carried
BlazenRocker93 3 years ago
Where can you buy the padded undercoat and scarf?
tawtu 3 years ago
scarf isnt really part of the uniform soldiers just wore them to stop the armour rubbing
whowantsabighug 3 years ago 2
from where can i buy this antient rome equipment,i want the replicant to the made from a authentic material just like in antient times,can someone give a link so i can buy it online?
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agnighosh 4 years ago
How did mad northern barbarians beat such a good, diciplined Army. I can't believe that it was just because the Roman state was weak.
Kalydosos 4 years ago 9
the good army became corrupted the disiplined people got spoiled and generals became ambitious.. sad story really :(
yapxingguan 4 years ago 10
well, they got sloppy. Barbarians came in and destroyed the place.
Turboman1999 4 years ago
The Roman citizens were too much rich to do the hard life of the legionary, they paid mercenaries to fight their wars at the end.
The Empire didn't have legions anymore, the soldiers haven't lorica, gladius, scutum, pilum, they weren't legionaries anymore, they were Barbarians as those against they fought.
xilpix 4 years ago 6
I understand you. I think the a similar thing happened with Ancient Eygptian armies as well. 26Th Dynasty onwards mercenaries were heavily used.
Kalydosos 4 years ago
one reason is because the romans had let in too many groups of people disloyal to the empire such as the goths and the huns, they evan made the goths part of the roman army for a while which taught them roman tactics and gave them roman equipment.
DecimusAquila 3 years ago 3
how do you know that the gauls where barbarians?
they had there own relegion language their own kings etc...
if you want to know what are barbarians try searching for the Huns
yordi193 3 years ago
I stand corrected! Most of what I know about the Ancient gauls,Britanians, celts etc is based on the writings. Of Romans like Tacitus I've read a little of him I'm know expert.
Kalydosos 3 years ago
In order to know if gauls are barbarians, one must first as himself, what makes one a barbarian?..... I am so wise yey
amadeus987 2 years ago
to the romans you where a barbarian if you wear pants
amnb1234 2 years ago
really??
amadeus987 2 years ago
well good to know i'm not barbarian for them right? xD
spicki2 2 years ago
@Kalydosos Well it wasn't exactly the barbarian only who beat the roman army and made the civilization crumple, but they were a big part of it. Having a strong enemy as the barbarians in today's Germany, did pound a civilization that grew too big and was split in two, the internal structure of the roman civilization could not deal with an everlasting enemy in their conquest with the situation in their cities and politic getting ripped apart.
Isshiresshi 1 year ago
@Kalydosos
Actually the army was weak too. By the fall of Rome the military was made up mostly of barbarian fighters and no legionary as we recognize them was around.
leeham991 1 year ago
@Kalydosos They broke the disipline and morale of the army due losses over time, the enemy knew how to break their formation, then the enemys broke these in battle, the romans were as good as doomed.
pikathomas 1 year ago
Yep the Romans had the best stuff at the time I think the best stuff befor gunpowder came in to war.
Roman55Legions 4 years ago 5
very cool!
TAKENnameARGH 4 years ago 2
Great Video. THX
Wagas1212 4 years ago
that was sweet i bet everone that reads this watched this video because medevil times were the best i love playing acting out and watching these things awesome video
banditforhire 4 years ago
A very good video. Thank you !
ARIANVS 4 years ago
its no suprise that the romans were the best military power in that age
mgriff95 4 years ago 6
Wow, that's really neat.
Plisken1986 4 years ago
nice but it's to bad he doesn't give more information about the roman legionaire
grts
roma victor
12soilworkfreak12 4 years ago