The Battle of Philippi 42 BC

A short clip of the Battle of Phillipi which was fought between Marcus Antonius and Octavian against Brutus and Cassius. Edited from the series of HBO's Rome.

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[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?

[jontaah]

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

[WolfhoundMercenary]

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

[luffy1431]

@jontaah is rigth

thats how real men fight

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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

[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.