The Battle of Philippi 42 BC

[Picard578]

equipment probably stayed same for quite some time after reforms; actually, lorica hamata (mail) was used until early empire, when it was (only partially) replaced by lorica segmentata; and scutum was also introduced in early Empire (both probably in late 1st century).

[Picard578]

@Kaeladino it is long time since I last looked at Republician roman army, but as far as I know main feature of Marian reforms was introduction of professional army, and merging of hastati, principi and triarii into one class of heavy infantry, not any grand changes in equipment; as well, it is when cohorts and centuries were introduced in place of maniples.

[effigyoflight]

@Kaeladino It's not pre marian technically. the Battle of Phillipi was fought during the second triumvirate, which was long after the Marian Reforms.

[marvy1118]

Battle was arduous.  You didn't want to spend yourself by sprinting with your armor, sword, and shield, before the fighting commenced. So you walked.

[slikytom01]

the reason the romans marched into battle was because they maintained order and regimentation, as apposed to charging, where the men become seperated and are easier to kill off.

[puraks100]

fucking battle!!!

[heirihunziker]

now regardless of whether that`s 'historically accurate' or not, the way the frontlines walk up to each other looks kinda fruity, to say the least.

[rolle16]

the sountrack sounds familiar :p

[LachyHanzo]

it was the roman way of war to engage the enemy

[arielmorad123]

what movie is this?

[OmegaTrooper]

its from a TV series called 'Rome'

[guineawolf]

very good BGM,better than the original....i love this...

[devilkohe]

its bullshit I didn like even a bit, none of armies march aganist each other like that...

[ares1815]

how are you so sure about it? were you there?

Are you a eyewitness of every battle that was fought back then?

[hqm85y]

nice vid and devil got told lol.

[bazukaboom]

its called comon sense, unlike you devilkohe doesnt take everything he sees on tv as facts, he uses his brain a little.

what army go in frony of eachother and start fighting like that.

so whats the point of cavaliers.

its going to be a bloodshet unirganized battle.

think a little

[epearl8]

it wasn't always about common sense. look at 18th century warfare. that's the dumbest thing ever. look, ask any history professor, that's how they fought. they threw the pilum and then marched in

[Raiwenn]

oh yea :)

[WRH90059]

your an idiot,the romans marched into battle and fought like that,they used thier shields to protect whislt using the gladius to stab,romans worked as a unit(cohorts) to win battles they didnt run into battel like crazy celts

[DuckingNDiving]

@ares1815 i also do not believe that armies would march against eachother like gays on a love parade as this video portrays

[tacticalmastermind]

@DuckingNDiving sorry, war wasn't some kind of glory fight, war was a gruesome experience which haunted every living soul who experienced it. The romans fought to win, not so it looked pretty and glorious. So maybe you should go shoot a bird or something.

[tassidar86]

@tacticalmastermind No one can be sure what went through peoples minds in the past. But there is lots of evidence that many cultures valued warriors and war. The Norse believed that the only way to enter Valhalla was to die in battle. The Greeks the conquered the western world. The Romans did the same with the best trained fighting force of its day. Samurai's also believed death in battle was the only righteous death. It only matters what your perspective is.

[Kang5030]

@tassidar86

Of course cultures valued warriors. In many of the same ways as today.

War is ugly, brutal and scarring for all but the most psychotic individuals, and when there is no law and no safety, war is brought to EVERYONE. We look up, as we always have, to those of us who brave it anyway. Add social pressure, the natural male need for respect and standing and fantasies of victory, revenge and dominance...

We don't like "war". We like "winning", and being strong human beings.

[BNMMVII]

Why not? NO fatigue, no charge casualty. I think its quite a clever way of warfare. If you look on here for 'barry lyndon first tatse of battle' youll see they do the same thing on there.

[PhilippeCa]

They did it like that at the time, you should look up the strategies of the Romans or Alexander's armies, you'd be surprised at how rigid they were, especially the greecs.

[Raiwenn]

another time another manner

[meloo1]

actully yeah they did fight like that when they fought each other.

[Leikonel]

@devilkohe romans did march like that in almost every battle, that was their key to achieving victories.

[pyhapieru]

@devilkohe romans do

[Perilix]

@devilkohe Romans attacked at a marching pace.

[draconite420]

@devilkohe Wow you are moron these were classical battle movements used for 1000's of years, hell even the british uses similar movements up until the american revultion... Hell drill in our moder armies were from these movements.

You seriously need to relook over history because if u didnt know this than there is tons u dont know about any topic

[multimetal1000]

@devilkohe Dude.. yes they do their Rome and in that time the Romans were the leading empire until they got crushed when Alexander (srry i dont remember the name quite) fell.

[Bllackguard666]

@devilkohe Uh, actually they did. Being in the the start of the bronze age, there were no front lines of heavily armored "tanks"...so to put it. Archers were limited, and were taken out once closed in on.

And I suppose you'll deny that the Brits in the Revolutionary War wore bright, red coats and marched in a horizontal line with no strategy?

[WolfhoundMercenary]

@devilkohe Stop basing your facts on video games, kid.

[matunbojo]

Philippi est urbs antiqua in Graecia. Locus illustris est quia ibi, mense octobri anni 42 a.C.n., proelium magni momenti ad fortunam Imperii Romani futurum commissum est : triumviri Octavianus et Marcus Antonius ultimos fautores senatoriae auctoritatis atque veteris reipublicae, Gaium Cassium et Marcum Brutum, debellaverunt.

[KenCaesarXL]

hey turd, no one reads latin anymore, but thanks lol

funny

[MitchMaker]

great job man nice clip could be a great trailer for that episode, i look foward when the second seasons comes out on dvd in germany

[65CL]

HBO did a great job in this miniseries, how long do they follow Roman history in the series. I plan to get them on DVD when they are completed.

[Regdot]

What is the name of the song?

[Biohazardologist]

'Menouthis' from E.S. Posthumus

[CRUSADE358]

good short clip

[TrotseHollander]

great serie!!

Was the battle at Philippi not in 41 BC.??

[bazzatheblue]

Wrong you slavic fool

[stuckie2003]

I think they used english actors because words and dialogue are far more impacting and forceful when spoken with a british accent. Actors get out of their element when forced to affect an accent they don't understand...ie: kevin Costner as Robin Hood...it was painful to watch,plus I think the majority of people watching this series spoke english....my opinion only...whole series was awesome

[fenr111r]

latin sound more than english or german than italian? you`re wrong my friend.. think about present romance languages.. they have evoluted from latin.. so try to hear spanish, italian or romanian... they use similar vowels for a reason!

[ModernBabylon]

As a matter of fact the average roman soldier would have spoken latin with something like a french accent. I'm english/german so don't come saying I#m french or something, it's scientificaly proven.

[illerac84]

How do you figure it's science?

[jontaah]

Yeah, guns and rifles are dishonourable, swords and spears is nice =)

[ViriathusVingathor]

you are right,its exactly what i tink,swords and spears are the "arms of honour"

[Profile99999]

long swords spears and everything else than the xiphos or gladius are dishonourable. They are the only thing that need courage to be used.

[draconite420]

@jontaah i donno if gettign stabbed to death would be better than a bullet :p

[DutchPetriot]

@jontaah are you a faggot?



[tassidar86]

@jontaah System of a Down - War? The lyrics are talking about fighting with swords instead of bombs when they say "For you must enter a room to destroy it" deep shit

[luffy1431]

@jontaah is rigth

thats how real men fight

[praetoriancorps]

whats the name of this soundtrack?

Really awsome vid

[danielaung691]

fucking awesome vid dude i love old wars. guns r dishonourable

[dommarini]

couldent have said it better. guns take the skill out of fighting

[keldaz]

Haha, you are, way, off!

This is Rome, dont even hesitate!

[ares1815]

youre definatly wrong...

[NATESOR]

i can't watch that series for the sole reason that every roman has an English accent. Why do they do that? Man, it's so patronizing. Maybe Italian accents would make more sense??? Why are the Romans always talking of tea, crumpets and flats? bah.

[hazzlehoff]

Amen.

[PhilipineMan]

actually latin language and italian accents is gooooooood and realistic so ya

[IHereVoices]

!!!! ARE THEY FUCKING MAD!!!!!

[PhilipineMan]

It's A Foxtel television series.

not a realistic movie.

[callie26]

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[MitchMaker]

englisch accent is perfect an italian accent would be wrong because latin sound more than english or german than italian

[Camilo83]

My latin teacher used to say the vowels would have sounded more like present romance language pronouciations actually.

But for the purposes of the series i'm glad they didnt have the actors putting on an italian type accent.