Rome The Battle of Philippi

[noblered5]

Not on his birthday!!

[atlcoatl]

''this is how history is made'' yes, it truly is...

is there any way of watchin this and not feeling proud? knowing that, as latin you share the architecture, the laws, the very language. ^^

[justcavalla]

PHILIPPOI - KAVALA - GREECE

[TheBubba68]

I had no idea that Roman Officers Had English accents......weird!

[squamish4244]

One writer in the ancient world reported the well-known phenomenon of heavy rainfall after battles...almost as if nature were grieving the dead.

[romandef]

@squamish4244 Plutarch

[squamish4244]

@romandef Thanks.

[romandef]

@squamish4244 you are welcome

[777crusader]

It must have taken a lot of nerve and discipline to march right at your enemy without breaking up.

[TheEpicSunrise]

The centurion who used line relief, who did he fight for?

[DorianVonKlaus]

Roman soldiers fighting Roman soldiers , so stupid

If they didant have civil wars all the time they would've conquered so much more ..

And perhaps lasted longer ..

[maaderllin]

@DorianVonKlaus Roman society, expansion and preservation didn't rely only on the military you know. During the "Later Roman Empire" (Time period following the reign of the Severus dinasty) Problems of administration and corruption made the Empire very hard to control and govern.

[DorianVonKlaus]

@maaderllin

Indeed , Corruption , greed and lack of trust did play a huge factor into the collapse of the roman empire, epsically when they constantly cooed and assassinated each other for little reasons , whilst all these problems are occurring the overall administration of their territories across their whole empire slowly but crumbled.

A dam shame i say..

[maaderllin]

@DorianVonKlaus Totally. In the place of Diocletian, I think I would've made things differently. Tetrarchy was just as destined to fail that the system of the time. Instead I would have reformed the Empire so that each Province would have got its own system of gestion similar to the Republic, with 2 consuls etc. But the emperor would have acted like a "federal" level, acting as arbiter, ruling the army, always changing the General so loyalty of men couldn't have grown (...)

[maaderllin]

@DorianVonKlaus for their own general instead of the emperor, and allowed freedom of religion, banning all possibilities for any of them to impose itself. Well, it would have been taking advice from how the Persian empire was administrated. :P Every colony and conquered territory had the right to preserve their culture, religion and internal gestion, but they had to pay taxes, be under the rule of a satrap, and provide men for the army :P And persia failed only because (...)

[maaderllin]

@DorianVonKlaus of Alexander's superior tactics and army ^^

[zipsrule]

Where are the auxilliries?

[Bulloxe4]

You know, these Brutus and Cassious were put by Dante in the ninth circle in hell along with Judas.

They don't seem so bad.

[ImperialGuard9001]

@Bulloxe4 Brutus and Cassius didnt believe in Jew that was yet to be borned!

[Bulloxe4]

@ImperialGuard9001

I know

How does that relate to what I said in my comment is a mystery

[zipsrule]

@ImperialGuard9001 Borned?

[ImperialGuard9001]

@zipsrule Internet English were all people of world come and fuck it up.

[181stTIE]

One giant murderous fist fight....a hundred thousand men simply smashing away against each other.

[MeowMixYoMama]

1:31 makes me laugh hes SO serious

[101andrewj]

how the hell do they know who to kill if they are all on the same team

[Arcanenoodle]

Anyone notice the irony in the death of Brutus?

As in, he had Caesar stabbed multiple times, then he himself was stabbed to death.

[Cyclotrimethelene]

@Arcanenoodle He didn't die like that in reality. If I recall correctly, he committed suicide after fleeing the battle with a handful of men.

[Menorius]

@MrBOOMstick2033 : Blegh. R.I.P. Julius Ceasar and Augustus Ceasar. Thet where Ceasars, Brutus never was, thank Jupiter and Mars for that.

[2000rayc]

?????????????

[svon1]

great video only beautiful

but p.s. who is the guy in the last scene with THE "RING" buhhaha xd

[TheRomanRuler]

@svon1 not anyon hwo belong to story i think

[headshot0211]

"i love the smell of napalm in the morning"

[sweetie11311]

@Draggis92 if you notice they are organized at the beginning they are organized but lines do break, soldiers are killed, maniples or cohorts or even entire legions can be destroyed so it can, sometimes be chaotic. This is a battle remember.

[sgtgewart1]

what movie or series did this come from. very enjoyable but have a query why the opposing armies didnt throw the pilum every soldier carried two and they were thrown immediately prior to contact

[shanondor]

WHO WAS FIGHTING WHO

[svon1]

@shanondor rome was fighting rome

civil war

[GreedyCorpse]

when in doubt ....ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!

[shindouhikaru43]

when the dude says ADVANCE! looks like he is taking a big big shit!

[Draggis92]

the roman battles were not fought as disorganized as shown in this battle -.-

[junoke3]

@Draggis92 yes i think me too

[Panz82]

@Draggis92 quite difficult to send orders to the regiments involved in the middle of the battle.... don't you think?

[NLPaganBlood]

10:20 My precious !!!!

[DarkFilmDirector]

Brutus actually very nearly could have won at Phillipi had it not of been for Cassius' premature suicide. This whole sequence could have been a lot more twisty and turny and more dramatic, but instead they went for the whole 'last stand' approach and made it appear like none of the generals knew what they were doing.

God I hate how rushed the second season was -.- . It lacked so much of the magic the first season had.

[DarkFilmDirector]

Erm, where's the skirmishers and pilum volleys?

Then there's that bird's eye shot of all the completely disorganized swordfights. BS. They didn't just break formation in the middle of battle, as was shown in the very first episode of the show.

Ontop of that, Brutus actually break through Octavian's formations and pillaged his camp. Antony defeated Cassius however, and was tricked into thinking Brutus fled as well and committed suicide. Brutus won the day and held off Antony for 3 weeks.

[AABIDtheSPOON]

The commanders need to show the same professionalism as their men.

[sakkarugzo]

horrible acting... I cant imagine how the history is reflected, manipulated. Poor Greek people. They have to deal with western bullshit like this.

[socalcraigster]

@sakkarugzo - This is about Romans fighting in Greece. You foolish ballonknot!

[OSS732]

Much to gay looking main actors..

[Draggis92]

"Do not despair, the day is not over yet" - "sir, our center is routed we must fall back" -hahahhaha

[soulvanquisher1]

wats this movie called?

[bradhuygens]

@soulvanquisher1 the HBO Rome sereis

[disablingsquid]

@soulvanquisher1 it is a HBO seires called rome



[Jurjenjans83]

"When in doubt... attack!"

[TheBratWhisperer]

like a big chess game! wow all that for an HBO series amazing!!!

[drones200]

Uh...um...din't Cassius and Brutus both commit suicide? What the hell?

[thebritish25]

@drones200 Yes you are correct after the Battle the ran into the hills and then comited suicide.

But to anwser your question this was made by HBO and as we all know HBO will fictonalies many facts to get the better story.

if you where the average joe looking for good entertainment the main character runs into the hills like a chicken and kills him self or he goes out in blaze of glory charging straight into the hostile legion ?

[drones200]

@thebritish25 True, true. I'll take you up on BBC

[thebritish25]

@drones200 Like there most recent story I have been watching called Bordwalk Empire very entertaining but very fictonalised.

If you want more fact than entertainment (like me) then I recomend you try the BBC

[BabyFarkMcGeeZax1969]

9:34 ... dont be shy now, everyone take a stab or two

[Tvaxquivax]

batttle war really like this? so why the formations?

[TheBlablabha]

@Tvaxquivax zo the are no holes in your lines.. when someone dies teh other pickes his place

if it was like spread out poeple can run to the enemy king

and those other formation make sure you dont get tired at all

[Tvaxquivax]

@TheBlablabha but i mean at 3:14, everyone seems to be fighint one on one, like some medieval battles, was that true? or they kept the formations like the first battle portrayed on this show?

[KrazyKommieKiller]

@Tvaxquivax Considering both sides were wearing the same uniform and generally looked the same I'm not surprised that it degenerated into a massive brawl. Even the generals admit they have no clue what's happening around 3:26.

[TheBlablabha]

@Tvaxquivax teh still have teh formation i little but its hard.

because when...

exemple

you and your friend stand toghether (next too)

i push you... so then there is no line

taths whats happening, and the 2 teams look the same

and its in groups so when you are with 5 people of your group you will never fight with friends its hard

[Tvaxquivax]

What's happening, do you know?

No idea.. ^^

[abcun17]

God...I loved "ROME", one of the all time great series! HBO is awesome! I cannot wait for "Game Of Thrones" to come out! To put on such battle scenes for a TV series, takes TV programming to a whole new level! It took my breath away...

[TheGhostfacekilla86]

@abcun17 What's Game of Thrones?

[abcun17]

@TheGhostfacekilla86

"Game Of Thrones" is the new upcoming epic series from HBO based on the popular saga written by George RR Martin entitled "A Song Of Ice And Fire". The saga consists of 7 books, four of which have already been published, "A Game Of Thrones" (hence the title of the first season of the series), "A Clash Of Kings", "A Storm Of Swords" and "A Feast For Crows". The fifth book is almost completed and will be published on July 12, 2011 and it is titled "A Dance With Dragons

[svon1]

one of the greatest battles of history more then 100.000 romans died on this day

[cfcyusuf11]

They all got same clothes so it really gotta be heard to know who you are killinh

[f3wbs]

napoleon Bonaparte said:

remember men what a roman general once said:

"the smell of an enemy corpse smells sweet"

so im guessing thats what this general said by the smell of victory

[HomeMadeGunNut]

Overkill much at 9:30.

[cuzcatlan36]

always brits as romans, what about actual italians and in latin, ha?

[bossepfote]

@cuzcatlan36 I think every legionary in the Roman army had to understand at least the military orders on latein, because the Roman army existed of soldiers of all European and Arabian lands (in English was probably unknown at the time). ;-))

[richiemo2000]

EPIC scene, along with the Gladiator scene with Pullo and Vorenus in season 1, the 2 most epic scenes in HBO's Rome.

[goldencrusader1]

lol when in doubt attack

[holld87]

Anyone else notice what appears to be Mel Gibson at 1:01-02?

[bradhuygens]

@holld87 well i see a slight similarity but Mel Gibson face is different

[EddieTheFishReturns]

@holld87: Yes, he appears to be disgusted by the sight of some Jews on the distant hill. Luckily a beer is being dangled on a string just off camera to keep him under control...for a while.

[Legyonaru90]

The scene when Brutus was stabed by several legionaries probably reminded him of the moment when Caesar was killed, Brutus had a similar death.

[Draggis92]

how the HELL do they know whom to kill in that chaotic mess with everybody wearing the same armor and clothing?!?

[riniel17]

Sorry to bitch, but shouldn't it be "and the deaths of Cassius and Brutus"? Not the death?

[UnoriginallyInclined]

God I'd hate to be standing in the front of the line at 2:25

[LolFishFail]

Lol, 06:45, They didn't know about checking pulses *sigh*

[LolFishFail]

It's easy to see why Britain once ruled the world, if they were once romans...

(Joke about Brit actors... :S)

[moftahsowrdsx]

it rely bad

[CRAZYSAM97]

@moftahsowrdsx so's your spelling

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

I love Marc Antony's devil-may-care attitude lol. "When in doubt... attack!"

[ulizinho]

which movie is this ?

[TalonMercenary]

wow at least you manage to see the soldiers here in formation, the battle of Pharsalus in the first series was depicted in about 3 seconds. Crazy

[bradhuygens]

@TalonMercenary I agree but HBO doesnt know how to show Cavalry fights and in the battle of Pharsalus ther was barely even a infantry fight at all the main thing was the cavalry fight

[fmoa]

roman legion are good at beating european barbarians n slow-moving greek phalangite armies that have poor cavalry n light infantry support..but once they face the persian dynasties of parthia n sassanids,the romans have met its match on the battlefield..oh,dont say rome won battles against them,sure..but parthia n sassanids have also beat romans too,as history says..only parthia n sassanids were the only ancient empires to hold off rome,rome never occupy or conquered iran to northern india.

[fmoa]

oi n dont say trajan almost conquer parthia,well trajan invade when parthia was fighting a civil war,trajan supported one of the parthia kings that wants the parthia throne,many people in the west claim old age coz trajan to retreat from western parthia,thats not it people,trajan never stablilize western parthia..cities n towns started rebelling against trajan n city of hatra was never capture by trajan,so he retreat for trajan knew a new parthia army from east parthia is closing in on him.

[grobo11]

@fmoa

c) In order for Rome to commit fully that far away they would have to employ many foreign Legionares because of the number of troops needed to maintain the Empire. And frankly, the foreign soldiers weren't up to scratch.

d) Massed Diahrrea would take effect, slowing marches, enouraging diseases.

e) Un-familiar landscape, so that means difficulty finding water, food etc.

And so on and so forth.

[grobo11]

@fmoa Rome would have oto travel out of southern European area where it is the most strongest though. The reasons why the Persians were a match was because:

a) Rome had to send supplies, soldiers, horses, materials etc. over extremley long distances.

b) continuous marching and lack of a proper diet for the soldiers marching in barley fertile terrain which damage combat effectivness.

[britishbulldog2008]

What happened to the pilum ?

The romans ALWAYS held off untill they had thrown their two/three pilum throwing spears.

Then they engaged into hand to hand, at-least we saw the shield smash when they engaged...sort of.

[theeyeofsauron1]

This must be the cicil war Rome had after Ceaser died. BOOM Romian history rocks!!!

[inchwormgreen]

what movie is this

[Ninjaheman]

@inchwormgreen The HBO series "Rome", I think this is season 2. I highly recommend checking the entire seres out.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

even the enemy can be a good person. brutus got a beutifull death, he fought to the death instead of running away knowing what would happen if he would fight witch he did.

[bradhuygens]

9:15 to 9:33 is really good acting

[mhmatt1]

@bradhuygens lol you sick bastard rofl

[bradhuygens]

@mhmatt1 0.O ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ

[Zimplony]

1:00 too comic to be Roman, I say chaps, were's my cake!

[killer00630]

How do these Roman soldiers distinguish amongst themselves whether friend or foe?? They wore the same gear, isn't it difficult for one to tell whether he is slashing the right one? I could see that the insignia on the banner indicates their faction? Their shields may be coloured diffrently, but what if one loses his shield..in fact it seems that most do in engagements despite the '5 minutes fuckoff to the back' tactic. Perhaps in reality,it doesn't matter eh...

[AnAznPersuasion]

@killer00630 im assuming you kill the person whose face is in front of yours

[XxpauldadudexX]

@killer00630 They prob had certain colored ribbons or something....like one side had red the other blue...I dont know but thats what they must have done surely .

[TheObsidianhunter]

@killer00630 Color was one part of telling friend from foe.

Also note the two sides had different shields. Antony's were Ovals, The others were the older rectangular ones.

Patterns on the shields and armor also helped.

But the fact was the fights were so brutal and chaotic, sometimes they probably didn't know.

Even in the US Civil war, there was a lot of confusion early on since the southern armies wore the Federal Uniforms they were issued prior to secession.

"Friendly fire" was common.

[bradhuygens]

@killer00630 it looks like that octavian and marc anthonys men had ovel shaped sheilds when brutus and cassias had square sheilds

[breakinthebend]

Pretty sure Brutus ran away and committed suicide. Not whatever the hell this was.

[bradhuygens]

@breakinthebend i know that Marc Anthony commited suicide and charging into an army by yourself is suicide so brutus did commite suicide

[FeildMusician123]

why can't we just stop all this roman-on-roman violence?

[XxpauldadudexX]

@FeildMusician123 hahaha ...its odd really how all the big civilizations had civil wars....the Romans , Greeks , French , British and even USA more recently.

So did Russia and Spain and Italy I think.

[NoNoseProduction]

@XxpauldadudexX England, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, and every nation that exists or every did.

[Frankyre1972]

just as rome fell our current system is about to fall,god is coming to stop further blood shed,man will dominate man to his own ruin ,we can not go on like this,war does not solve anything in the long term ,it only gives the powers that be freedom ,while the masses struggle

[bradhuygens]

lol the smell of victory!

[Scottbro1000]

@bradhuygens smoke shit and rotting flesh

[LANN98]

HAVE FUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[Alexandros1294]

@shieldsff Who gives a shit? Christianity isn't true anyway. Jesus is not my lord.

[steveharrismetalgod]

does anyone else find it ironic that Brutus' death scene is similar to Caesar's? (surrounded by all sides and stabbed repetedly...)

[bradhuygens]

@steveharrismetalgod ya accept Ceaser didnt expect to be betrayed and killed when brutus knew he was dead

[StarwarsGeneral]

@steveharrismetalgod

but brutus surrounded by legions... =)

[slipknotohyeah1234]

Brutus's guy yelling advance sounded cooler

[ryanthai2]

I found out later after watching this series that the battle of Philippi was actually two separate battles and that Cassius fell on his sword believing the battle lost while Brutus did the same two weeks later with a little less heroism than shown. Still a great film clip... Being a somewhat complicated battle I'm not surprised it was abridged here.

[Alexandros1294]

@ryanthai2 This was more dramatic and heroic for the show's heroes. Plutarch gives a nice account of the battle (which normally he doesn't do).

[QuintusSecundus]

@MitchMaker

Would have been awesome though had they spoken in latin the whole time with added english subtitles, like they did it with the native americans in that Mel Gibson Movie (I forgot the actual title).

[bradhuygens]

what a glorious way to die! so um who won?

[ryanthai2]

@bradhuygens Mark Antony and Octavian. They are the only ones left alive..

[bradhuygens]

@ryanthai2 thanks i like to know my roman history

[Alexandros1294]

@bradhuygens Antony and Octavian....

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Romans fighting Romans. It was fortunate for the failing Republic soon to be Empire that none of the Eastern kings used this turmoil to make a bold stroke of war. I guess Pompey and Caesar had them thrashed in the decades prior to Phillippi.

[Alexandros1294]

@hollywoodwerewolf Actually, the Parthians were perfectly capable of capitalizing on Rome's weakness. Caesar and Pompey never touched the far east, and Parthia had destroyed Crassus' army at Carrhae.

[VeneratorDeorum]

@Alexandros1294 Caesar actually was about to go on campaign to conquer Parthia before Brutus and Cassius assassinated him. But we never got to see how that turned out.

[fmoa]

@VeneratorDeorum caesar would have lost against the parthians,why..parthians arnt stupid weak barbarian gauls n caesar would employ limited cavalry as most roman armies during that period..so realistically,caesar would have lost in the east coz of the desert,poor cavalry support n the hit n run tactics use by the parthians would have frustrated caesar,have you notice later roman armies started to field there own horse-archers n heavy cavalry..heck,the byzantine armies copy sassanid armies.

[Tomekwinxs]

What a crappy way to die.

[Ojf119]

@Tomekwinxs glorious way to die

[Alexandros1294]

@Ojf119 Brutus and Cassius were actually both suicides... but if this show wants to do them justice...

[zvonimir89]

....so let me get this straight, Brutus and Cassius are about to have the most important battle of their military careers and they are thinking about cake?! umm No wonder they lost...just saying

[DaddySweets1972]

Now? Don't know what's your getting at there lol chisel chest? Can I break you off like a chicken scrap I gauern fucking T it!! LOL

[DaddySweets1972]

I'd put a Roman Legion up against any of the later armies from the dark ages. It amazes me how much better the ancient armies were over the later militaries/ I guess that's why they called it the Dark Ages!!!

[DaddySweets1972]

@Ojf119 Wrong. I'll take professional, highly mobile, and highly disciplined(5 years to train a legion) group of first rate killers anyday over some slow over amour cladded midevil drumstick eating mfers. They would run right over both flanks and crush the center. Well, that's what I think and shit. lol. And the short sword was the most effective weapon since gunpowder, so!! Sorry!! check mate lol

[oANWARoo]

@DaddySweets1972 IT was dark ages for you Westerns, BUT the rest of the world had a good time. particularly THE ISLAMIC WORLD

[DaddySweets1972]

@oANWARoo THE ISLAMIC WORLD aint doing so well nowaday's. But they did own in the Westerners dark age. Persia has a rich and beautiful ancient culture, That is no joke!!!

[stringerboi]

@DaddySweets1972 and now?

[grimsmith1]

@oANWARoo

Get it right stupid, there was NO ISLAM then, they were Persians, all pagans! Mohammed wasn't even thought of in those days, when men were honourable, unlike your islamic hordes. Get lost.

[oANWARoo]

@grimsmith1 i am not talking about befor Crist, but afther, and way are you so angry at Mohammed!!

islamic hordes loooooooool THATS NEW FOR ME

[oANWARoo]

@grimsmith1 LIFE is to short my friend dont get angry at muslims, you are just wasteing your time

[gameplaya117]

Great movie.

[MartinIDavies]

My precious

[LouisPlume]

Wish for just once, and this was quite good, that you'd see a movie where legionarys used their pilum, just once...

[Alexandros1294]

@LouisPlume Well historically the legions abandoned the pila at Philippi.

[aluurchin]

british accent? if no plz tell me

[Starshina89]

i love how romans like to stab their enemy with sword, again and again.

[Wolvesq]

"Now, let's have some fun."

[mattsmt20]

I have no pity thats what they get for killing Ceaser

[IvanBeSerious]

^^ Anyone who has read Roman History knows that at this point, the Republic had grown corrupt and the Senators had become greedy and too powerful. They didnt want to let go of that status or power. According to them, Caesar was a threat.

[puzleman1]

@IvanBeSerious Sounds like modern day USA

[DomWeasel]

@IvanBeSerious

The Republic was most certainly an oligarchy over a democracy, Caesar and his descendants simply removed the veil.

[sqccccccccc]

Weary romans, now that's funny.

[oarfrost]

Great clip Nhemesea, many thanks for the upload.

A small point, but didn't the Romans start battles by chucking spears (pilums) at each other?

[danuisortiz]

@oarfrost not all the time. A few were, but its romans against romans, so they siad frak it, lets fight like gentlemen...with swords XD

[He101A]

Sucks to be killed by your own men.

[Alexandros1294]

The ignorance of almost everyone here amazes me.

[Alexandros1294]

@Blargman57 No. Just learn history than you'll know. This isn't stupid or weird, you're just an uneducated moron.

[abeltrraz]

Why do they British accents ?

[RamMurray]

is this out of a movie or something??

[Alexandros1294]

@RamMurray It's from the HBO series "Rome"

[spartanwarrior360]

on 2:29 a guy falls and dies before he actually reaches the enemy.thats weird