HC Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire Ep 1 Part 2/5

[tacotony24]

this video is not totally accurate

the 80,000 Roman dead was an exaggeration and the defeat was the result of two Roman commanders refusing to to cooperate and share intelligence with one another

[cbohar84]

Did Carbo eat carbs :S

[sobserver]

that texas historian is so melodramatic, bad historian

[Aleksei5055]

What the spelling of his name... Carbo?

[madax132]

@Aleksei5055 Yes, if you speak english most roman names will sound how they are spelled.

julius= jewl e us.

For an English speaker definitely some of the easiest to pronounce.

[bommobiel]

@madax132 Roman´s pronounced them different, but in this vid they pronounce it they english way, so obviously they sound as they are spelled in this vid if you speak english, cuz this is an english vid.

for example, in ´Julius´ the ´u´ (in both occasions) should be pronounced as the ´o´ in ´do´,

and English people tend to pronounce the ´j´ as ´dj´, which shouldn´t be done when pronouncing Julius the latin way.

[madax132]

@bommobiel Really? I got the impression that latin was a softer language.

[NDRonin1401]

@pucksterz12 Wow, you seem to know it all ...

[ganjafarmer80]

@pucksterz12 you seem to be a know it all yourself, 1st of u can't say no one knows unless you have concrete evidence the t nobody knows, if you don't you are just speculating and bound to be dismissed. 2nd point is there might be mistakes and inaccuracy (obviously) but not all are entirely inaccurate. Some are even supported by archaeological discoveries, paintings, written records etc. You seem to dismiss all the evidence based on your thinking, i think its time you get some schooling

[madax132]

8:23 willhelm scream.

[Traynor921]

The equipment may be a fail people but this show is basically for information from the "experts" not the accuracy of the armor displayed. The only reason documentaries show battles and such is to pacify people who find it too tedious to listen to someone and not see hacking and slashing.

[migkillerphantom]

The reenactors' equipment is epic fail.

[Ticklehug]

@migkillerphantom what are you talking about there gear looks awesome what need is more of them there's like 40 of them max on the screen at once 

[migkillerphantom]

@Ticklehug *facepalm*

You don't know it's completely historically inaccurate, do you...

[Ticklehug]

@migkillerphantom oh here we go with the nerd rage

[migkillerphantom]

@Ticklehug That is such a limited and ignorant view of the world... Let me just remind you, that if you watch a video like this, you are most likely a nerd yourself.

If it is meant to educate, it has to be historically accurate. Well, a bit at least. Which, in its visual presentation, it is not.

[Ticklehug]

@migkillerphantom ok please expand on your opinion rather then calling me ignorant show examples of historical inaccuracy

[migkillerphantom]

@Ticklehug The roman equpment is wrong in every way as in: not one part of it is accurate.

Lorica segmentata? Oval, small metal shields? LOLWTF? Something similar to a gallic helmet? Leather armour? This is just so wrong.

The equioment of a cohort legionaire should be: Montefortino helmet, mail shirt, large, oval plywood shield, 2 pila, a gladius short sword.

Come on, they even fail to represent the way the romans fought. They were not berserkers, you know.