Soldiers Of Rome - [113 BC - 117 AD]

SOLDIERS OF ROME [113 BC - 117 AD] - PART 1
The Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription," from legere — "to choose") is a term that can apply both as a translation of legio ("conscription" or "army") to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly (and more commonly), to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. In this latter meaning, it consisted of several cohorts of heavy infantry known as legionaries. It was almost always accompanied by one or more attached units of auxiliaries, who were not Roman citizens and provided cavalry, ranged troops and skirmishers to complement the legion's heavy infantry.

MUSIC - King Arthur 2004 theme 00:00 - 02:38, Van Helsing Theme 02:38 - 04:09, Gladiator Theme - Battle 04:09 - 06:34, Lesiem - Fundamentum 06:34 - 09:47.

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• roman
• empire
• legion
• legions
• rome
• romans
• republic
• ancient
• praetorians
• conquests
• caesar
• julius
• byzantine
• constantine
• august
• imperium
• romanum
• octavian
• hadrian
• galia
• britannia
• germania
• hispania
• illyrians
• italia
• italy
• greece
• macedonia

[marcusArmyStrong]

I love this video. I'm writing a book on the topic of the Roman Empire and I use the music from this almost every time. You did a fantastic job at assembling this. Well done

[CroPETROforever]

@marcusArmyStrong thank you :)

[sirdullboyofponty]

isnt that thew vanghelsing theme at 3:54

[CroPETROforever]

@sirdullboyofponty YES IT IS :)

[deltaforceee]

@CroPETROforever is the video taken from a documentary or a movie if so NAME PL0X

[CroPETROforever]

@deltaforceee DOCUMENTARY: Imperium Romanum Teil but it's on german version, don't know will you find english.

[NinjXPk]

Rome was a light in a world of darkness



[54nomore]

(SPQR) Senate and the People of Rome. America was founded as a Republic...The Rule Of Law. It is now a pseudo Republic w/Democratic principles that have been slowly leading to Socialism and ending w/Communism. The founding father will be turning over in their graves to see what America has become now. Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman..Sir what have you done for us? ? Mam we have given you a Republic if you can keep it!" We must restore the Republic or our liberty will ceased.

[StirpeRomana]

AVE ROMA

[spinmonkey4401]

@j12torts Believe me, there are lots of us Americans who don't want any more wars. I don't want to be the "world's police" anymore. It's time for "pax Americana" and to concentrate on our own problems here.

[j12torts]

sounds like America? modern troops, bases everywhere, spreading their democratic version everywhere?

this war of trying to spread your OWN way of life, around the world is what bankrupted Rome's economy and it will bankrupt America too. learn from history. You cannot control the whole world.

[genesarereal]

@praetorianus72 yes they were ambushed but they also fought along serveral kilometres to a last stand where they built a makeshift fortifcation which was discovered in the forest a few years ago.

[praetorianus72]

@Stefanoitch The presence of more non-italics in the roman army of the 4th and 5th century was one of the cause of the fall of Rome. The italics fought for the glory of Rome and for their lands and privileges, the non-italics fought for money. Romans were as good as they were condemned. All the empires fall, but the roman empire lasted more than 700 years, even more if you take the foundation of the city of Rome and Constantinoplr. I prefer the roman republic, with only italics in the legions.

[praetorianus72]

@genesarereal It wasn't a battle dude, it was an ambush.

[VanillaSnow23]

what did Romans think of the Chinese?

[genesarereal]

Varus lost the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD losing 3 legions (20 000 men) which was a devastating blow to Rome. So Germania was never really fully conquered. I wonder if Varus had actually won that battle would Germany exist today, no Hitler and no WW2?

[marcusArmyStrong]

@Stefanoitch That is a very good question actually. Surprisingly as the wars in the frontier continued, the Legions adapted to the environment they were in. Armor styles such as the lorica hamata were inspired by the enemy barbarians that they fought. So to answer it in short, it was kind of adaptation.  Not to mention all the political factors of the senate that transformed the legions from the hand of the Emperor to that of a crude cudgel used to just beat the shit out of their enemies

[Stefanoitch]

@marcusArmyStrong Hey since your writing a book on the roman empire you must be the right person to ask. Do you know why the roman army went so downhilll in its later years. Roman legionnaires from 300AD looks so different from the ones in the time of caesar. They look more barbaric and disorginazied if you ask me.