"GO FOR THE EYES! GO FOR THE FËRSCHUGGINËR EYES, YOU RANDY BASTARDS! IF THEY CAN'T SEE YOU HACKING AT 'EM, THEY CANT STOP YOU! SLASH, YOU WASTRELS! STAB! HACK! KICK 'EM IN THE FORK! KILL! MAIM! DESTROOOYYYYY!" -some sergeant, somewhere, sometime ...
Let’s be honest, JC would have snared some of the giant crabs and, in a month or so, had them performing camp duties when not doing regular drills with the men.
Romans DID exist in Warhammer Fantasy. They were the Reman Empire. They basically were Fantasy Rome and would have all the things you woukd expect of the Romans but they also made extensive use of halberds
@@Brother_O4TSi love when modders add THAT level of detail when making factions! To know that means they did their research to fit it into Warhammer, while making the faction fun for history nerds like me
There is a WH Fantasy mod for mount&blade warband called Warsword Conquest. And there is an Ogre companion named Ogrelix. Get it? He looks like Obelix with iconic blue and white pants, red hair and super strength
I remember seeing that painting of Caesar riding a dragon in a small museum in Milano. Thank you for including these niche historical facts into your videos. Very educating.
I don't know about FIGHTING undead, but the romans are certainly adept at commanding them, as seen in the also totally historically accurate "Spartan : Total Warrior."
All jokes aside, I notice an uptick in Roman-themed Undead factions in various games in recent years. Dominions 5 has Ermor, Battle Brothers has the Ancient Undead (who even have pseudo-germanic and pseudo-celtic undead Auxiliaries), Songs of Conquest has the Barony of Loth, and the tabletop wargame Conquest has the Old Dominion (which also has some Byzantine stuff in their roster, like Cataphracts and Varangians). Not sure where that came from, but I'm not complaining. I'd love to see more Undead Romans.
@@moriskurth628 Hmm... With the exception of Battle Brothers I haven't heard of the others. Might have to have a look. I certainly can't say no to more undead factions.
@@Caldaris As a certified Dominionsologist (Don't quote me on that), I can tell you that it is the Dwarf Fortress of strategy games. The amount of unique Factions, Spells, Craftable Items, and strategies is without equal. You want to lead an army of sapient Magma humans clad in the heaviest armour possible? That's a thing. Wanna wage war with Japanese Oni as semi-divine Angels governing over armies of monkeys? Thats possible. A lot of the factions in the game is based on real life mythology, Mixed with tabletop games and some such. Fair warning, You should really watch a tutorial series before playing the game as it is incredibly complicated and detailed, And it does not teach you at all :D
It's pretty funny to see you doing this one because i'm almost done reading through a series called Codex Alera which is a pretty similar scenario to what you're doing here. It's basically "the lost legion" myth but it was Julius Caesar's legions, dropped into a fantasy world with magic (via binding elemental spirits) and a lot of nonhuman races. Story starts almost two thousand years later after the misplaced romans have managed to tame the spirits and used their new found magic and good old legions to tame their corner continent via good old total war and a bit of genocide. It's a pretty good read.
@@todorminchev2123 in their defense they didn't exactly run into friendly natives when they got there so not much choice if they wanted to live. It's actually a pretty insane feat they managed with only a single legion but it's heavily implied that they had Julius Caesar leading them so it checks out I guess. Would have been cool to read his book about that campaign.
The elves being Roman would improve them: using the consular system both Malekith and Bel Shanaar would be able to rule without centuries long civil wars
@Zerkovich, Hey thanks for featuring my mod in your video, it literally just went from 600 subs in 80 days to 1600 subs sins yesterday and someone in my comments told me about your video, so thanks :) and because of you I have renamed a lot of the Roman units.
Could you tell me the name of the mod/mods? The link in the description isn't sending me anywhere, and I had issues finding anything in the steam community tab. Thank you!
Dude got me laughing so hard when he was saying true historical facts and then finishing with some clear nonsense… As a Roman history fanboy - this was hilarious and super entertaining to watch, thank you so much!
As a roman fanboy i can say with 100% certainty that the commenter above is 100% an ancient roman, so if he says this video is 100% historically accurate then it 100% is.
15:55 Interesting story about the first punic war according to the roman historian livy the romans did in fact fight a dragon once the roman general Regulus invaded North Africa and on the road to carthage his army encountered a dragon. Modern historians seem to not believe him but I do 😊
Ah yes tommy and cesar, i remember that painting, it still hangs in rome, in the vatican to be exact, this is 100% confirmed to be historically accurate
History fact, the contubernium and century actually had 10 and 100 men in them respectively, but the extra 2/20 men were non combatants. Hence the discrepancy between Century and having only 80 soldiers.
Bonus Roman saying about the triarii, as a sign of appreciation for the video : "Ad triarios redisse" , "to fall back to the triarii" , meaning to use your last shot at something.
The lands of the border princes are some of the most strategically important in the mortal empire campaign map. Trade, room for expansion, and coastal advantages which the empire doesn’t have. Totally underrated. I look forward to the day we have an official Dogs of War update for WH III.
Zerkovich, found your channel again after not watching for a while. This was my first watch. Its had my in tears, love your style of videos, great balance to them. Also loving the humour good sir. Keep it up 👍
As someone who survived the fall of the Roman empire I can tell this is 99% accurate. One small detail is missing, the flying pirate ships. These are the stories I tell my grandchildren as well.
I recently started playing older total war series and been playing Rome remastered for past few weeks. This actually inpired me to try warhammer games :D Well done sir.
"Reman"? As an Elder Scrolls fan, I am obliged to say: "I AM CYRODIIL COME" ...even though I haven't actually looked into 2nd Era Tamriel lore very much so I don't really know what that means.
Both comments make me wonder how many history/fantasy adjacent worlds have been made with the nerd "hehe, what if it was Remus instead of Romulus" exist out there.
To be honnest having misnumbered legions would be the most historically accurate option, usually some more elite legions would even remain smaller due tot heir own skill level and comradery
Romans? Seriously? Apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
this is actually teaching me to not be a complete newb in warhammer total war while also teaching me about Rome what the hell this is awesome XD great work man! first video I have seen from you and I look forward to more!
its funny that despite being modeled on the germanic holy roman empire, warhammers empire didn't really have much of an ancient roman precursor. fitting that it's tyrion here i guess because i think a lot of the ruins in warhammer italy are actually elf ruins
Right around 11:45 "the hastati though, their inexperience is leaving them to struggle with crabs" War, war never changes. And neither does the experience of the average young solider apparently...
I love the idea of Romans being dropped off in a fantasy world. I am sure it has been written before, but they would 100% learn to use magic and stuff.
Actually, in older versions of Warhammer, there was a totally not Roman, "Remen Empire" located in Remas that conquered all of Tilea, Estallia, the Border Princes, and a lot of Bretonnia. Myrmidia, the god of strategic warfare, came down and kicked ass to form it, just like Sigmar did.
_As I noted years ago.... It would be fun to have a Total War (Fantasy) Title that combines all eras, nations and factions in one game and make it possible to compete in that alternate universe. The Holy Father Pope St. Scratchius would surely agree... yes, yes!_ 🤯
Magic would be a problem. Not to mention the physical resistance too.... Oh darn it, I suppose they can go along with the Maleficent 1 scenario. Make silver strong against all fantasy creatures.
@@URKCEHinoSuu I figure it wouldn't have magic, it would just be fantasy in the sense that it combines all the iconic factions from historic Total War, except Fall of the Samurai because that would be too OP.
The mod author is now aware of this video and has made name changes to the units based on your commentary. I doubt you will see this, but I thought I'd at least try to let you know.
Fun fact, some myths about dragons were likely based on battles against Roman Legions. The armies with shiny plate armor, and walls of shields, moving as one coordinated unit, being used as the inspiration for the hulking armored bodies of dragons.
Skaven Auxilia After a painstaking amount of patience and effort, the Romans have instilled the Roman way into these "rat-men". And although they're not as strong or courageous as the average legionary, they're significantly better than the Clanrats which is saying something.
So, the reason 80 men was a century, when a century is 100 years, is because each contubernium had 2 slaves, so there was 20 slaves per century, bringing its total to 100, thus a century
The Romans having to immediately deal with pirates when they wanna fight someone else is 100% canon.
The Illyrian Vampirates were huge problem for the Romans.
@@saimonista-k3ias were the Cilicians (Caesar remembers), and many others
well done@@saimonista-k3i
very true, lol
You mean 100% cannon
Yes, I find out myself
"Attack their weak spot for massive damage" - Julius Caesar, On Giant Enemy Crabs
"GO FOR THE EYES! GO FOR THE FËRSCHUGGINËR EYES, YOU RANDY BASTARDS! IF THEY CAN'T SEE YOU HACKING AT 'EM, THEY CANT STOP YOU! SLASH, YOU WASTRELS! STAB! HACK! KICK 'EM IN THE FORK! KILL! MAIM! DESTROOOYYYYY!"
-some sergeant, somewhere, sometime ...
So glad to see that’s still being remembered
"Engage the enemy ship with your velites, and keep a safe distance from its legs"
-Belli contra piratas by Julius Caesar
Let’s be honest, JC would have snared some of the giant crabs and, in a month or so, had them performing camp duties when not doing regular drills with the men.
I like how Zerkovich circumvented playing elves by turning elves into not-elves
Tsun-zue (or some guy) best win is win without fighting
sunzu@@giganticbrittle
@@giganticbrittle "just win lmao." - the Sun, Art War
Sun Tzu: " Just win."
Okay and how are we going to accomplish that?
Sun Tzu: "... . Just read Clausewitz!"
@@udozocklein6023nah theyre on about snu snu
ah yes, the historically accurate Roman halberds
In this context it's like saying: "oh look, how fat are Jabba the Hut's arms!"
Romans DID exist in Warhammer Fantasy. They were the Reman Empire. They basically were Fantasy Rome and would have all the things you woukd expect of the Romans but they also made extensive use of halberds
@@Brother_O4TSi love when modders add THAT level of detail when making factions! To know that means they did their research to fit it into Warhammer, while making the faction fun for history nerds like me
@@Brother_O4TS "reman"
not knowing a lot about warhammer lore, something something romulus and remus.
@@StarshadowMelody
I suggest you look it up lol
As a historian I can confirm the 100% historical accuracy
Not exactly, we haven't seen famous battle when Julius Caesar cut Archaon's head
As a Spaniard I can confirm it's 100% a lifeless wasteland indeed
Even down to the small details like Caesar knowing lizard magic
it's lack dragon though, everyone know the Roman slay dragon when fighting Carthage
I've read history and you're lucky you didn't encounter Asterix and Obelix because those two surely would have put an end to this.
You shouldn't listen this dirty gallic propoganda, they didn't exist #GloryToRome #RomaInvicta
They're called Gotrek and Felix in the Old World.
There is a WH Fantasy mod for mount&blade warband called Warsword Conquest. And there is an Ogre companion named Ogrelix. Get it? He looks like Obelix with iconic blue and white pants, red hair and super strength
🤣🤣🤣👍
@@kraeutemall you're no school trying to correct old school. Shush, child.
I remember seeing that painting of Caesar riding a dragon in a small museum in Milano. Thank you for including these niche historical facts into your videos. Very educating.
Thank you for this video, I almost forgot to think about Rome today until I saw the video.
Your a legend, I almost forgot to think of sargon of akkad today
I don't know about FIGHTING undead, but the romans are certainly adept at commanding them, as seen in the also totally historically accurate "Spartan : Total Warrior."
Brooooo someone else gets it
All jokes aside, I notice an uptick in Roman-themed Undead factions in various games in recent years. Dominions 5 has Ermor, Battle Brothers has the Ancient Undead (who even have pseudo-germanic and pseudo-celtic undead Auxiliaries), Songs of Conquest has the Barony of Loth, and the tabletop wargame Conquest has the Old Dominion (which also has some Byzantine stuff in their roster, like Cataphracts and Varangians).
Not sure where that came from, but I'm not complaining. I'd love to see more Undead Romans.
@@moriskurth628 Hmm... With the exception of Battle Brothers I haven't heard of the others. Might have to have a look. I certainly can't say no to more undead factions.
@@Caldaris As a certified Dominionsologist (Don't quote me on that), I can tell you that it is the Dwarf Fortress of strategy games.
The amount of unique Factions, Spells, Craftable Items, and strategies is without equal.
You want to lead an army of sapient Magma humans clad in the heaviest armour possible? That's a thing.
Wanna wage war with Japanese Oni as semi-divine Angels governing over armies of monkeys? Thats possible.
A lot of the factions in the game is based on real life mythology, Mixed with tabletop games and some such.
Fair warning, You should really watch a tutorial series before playing the game as it is incredibly complicated and detailed, And it does not teach you at all :D
I'm gonna add the Empire faction from Fantasy General 2 in that list too.
All these fights are based on historical event
11:43 so there is this giant enemy crab
yeah, he did MASSIVE DAMAGE to took him down %)
I love these absolutely historically accurate battles. Always funny. And of course absolutely historically accurate...
As both a history buff and a warhammer nerd, this video was a match made in heaven.
When Zerk wishes to play as the elves, but can't make himself admit it
Galri Asur! Oh, sorry, I mean Roma Victrix!
It's pretty funny to see you doing this one because i'm almost done reading through a series called Codex Alera which is a pretty similar scenario to what you're doing here. It's basically "the lost legion" myth but it was Julius Caesar's legions, dropped into a fantasy world with magic (via binding elemental spirits) and a lot of nonhuman races. Story starts almost two thousand years later after the misplaced romans have managed to tame the spirits and used their new found magic and good old legions to tame their corner continent via good old total war and a bit of genocide. It's a pretty good read.
Just added it to my list, thanks for the rec!
Damn I already made a comment mentioning Codex Alera before I saw this.
But hello fellow Codex Alera enjoyer!
@@lazylonewolf hello, friend. Wish there was more like it 👍
i like how in typical roman fashion they travel to a new dimension and immediately think ok lets conquer it
@@todorminchev2123 in their defense they didn't exactly run into friendly natives when they got there so not much choice if they wanted to live. It's actually a pretty insane feat they managed with only a single legion but it's heavily implied that they had Julius Caesar leading them so it checks out I guess. Would have been cool to read his book about that campaign.
00:42
Faction : greece
*leader got the most italian looking name of all time*
Seems legit
Aaaah yes, the majestic fenix in support of a spear roman phalanx, what a marvelous and historic sight!
Phoenix
@@MrShaggy789 lol thanks for making the world a better place, grammarnazi bot n306
@@AndreaFasani Ok rusbot
@@ianover6838 dasvidania tovarish
@@AndreaFasani Just learn to write.
The elves being Roman would improve them: using the consular system both Malekith and Bel Shanaar would be able to rule without centuries long civil wars
Considering roman history it will burst out into civil war anyway xD
Ah yes, the Romans. A people famous for not starting civil wars.
I cannot imagine a worse idea for reducing civil wars, I'm pretty sure Rome must hold the world record for civil wars.
@@hedgehog3180 Defenitly rome or china
Malekith already thought he had a hereditary claim to the elected office of Phoenix King sooooo
@Zerkovich, Hey thanks for featuring my mod in your video, it literally just went from 600 subs in 80 days to 1600 subs sins yesterday and someone in my comments told me about your video, so thanks :) and because of you I have renamed a lot of the Roman units.
A man of culture I see
Could you tell me the name of the mod/mods? The link in the description isn't sending me anywhere, and I had issues finding anything in the steam community tab. Thank you!
@Leelilou hey its called TOTAL WAR ROMEHAMMER now I made it new and removed the old mod, its on steam workshop. For total warhammer 3.
@The_1st_Rock awesome, thank you!
Dude got me laughing so hard when he was saying true historical facts and then finishing with some clear nonsense… As a Roman history fanboy - this was hilarious and super entertaining to watch, thank you so much!
What u mean nonsense? Everyone knows Julius' dragon Tommy
As an ancient roman I can confirm, this is 100% historically accurate
As a roman fanboy i can say with 100% certainty that the commenter above is 100% an ancient roman, so if he says this video is 100% historically accurate then it 100% is.
15:55 Interesting story about the first punic war according to the roman historian livy the romans did in fact fight a dragon once the roman general Regulus invaded North Africa and on the road to carthage his army encountered a dragon. Modern historians seem to not believe him but I do 😊
Ah yes tommy and cesar, i remember that painting, it still hangs in rome, in the vatican to be exact, this is 100% confirmed to be historically accurate
The first cohort of a legion was usually double sized, as they were the ones guarding the eagle 👌🏻
History fact, the contubernium and century actually had 10 and 100 men in them respectively, but the extra 2/20 men were non combatants. Hence the discrepancy between Century and having only 80 soldiers.
I got a Pharaoh Ad before watching this and I thought for a split second that it was Warhammer lol
As a history myself, I can tell this is 100% historically accurate.
Bonus Roman saying about the triarii, as a sign of appreciation for the video : "Ad triarios redisse" , "to fall back to the triarii" , meaning to use your last shot at something.
These themed campaign videos are really great, hope you keep doing them 🙂
4:15 Ay! What did the Dutch ever do to you?!
The lands of the border princes are some of the most strategically important in the mortal empire campaign map.
Trade, room for expansion, and coastal advantages which the empire doesn’t have.
Totally underrated. I look forward to the day we have an official Dogs of War update for WH III.
Zerkovich, found your channel again after not watching for a while.
This was my first watch.
Its had my in tears, love your style of videos, great balance to them.
Also loving the humour good sir.
Keep it up 👍
Thank you, I almost forgot to think of Rome today. 🤔 Your a lifesaver. 😌
“Let’s see if we can get a 4th”, 8:53 of a 23 min video, I can’t wait
As the sayings go, "All Mods lead to ROME."
As a german i have to say that the guys in gaul were the french
I was about to say.
Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding, but isn't the term "French" derived from Franks, as in the German tribe, the Franks?
@@jorvach9874 i think so but gaul in roman times was on modern day french territory so
These campaign vids are awesome
As someone who survived the fall of the Roman empire I can tell this is 99% accurate. One small detail is missing, the flying pirate ships. These are the stories I tell my grandchildren as well.
I've learned how to play Total War because of this channel. Now I've learned about Roman History. This channel just keeps on giving. Thanks Zerkovich!
This has been one of the most entertaining campaings you've shown us, Zerk! Thanks for taking these challenges and giving fun moments with TWWH3.
Maniples eh? I had no idea there were two Roman units on my chest, no wonder men are always thinking of Rome.
As a Harvard graduate and historical advisor to the aliens I agree this is 100% accurate
I recently started playing older total war series and been playing Rome remastered for past few weeks. This actually inpired me to try warhammer games :D
Well done sir.
Pyrrhic victory has is a whole new level here.
First Warhammer video I've ever watched in full length
How amazing is that??? Definetly going to try it out, huge roman fan!
2:20 "trusting an elf to do a Roman's job" my ears have been blessed
"Oh Scheiße, there is rats!" - Gajus Julius Caesar, 64 a.d.
Fun fact: The Reman empire is an actual thing in warhammer, so this video is not only 100% historically accurate but 100% canon in fantasy too.
"Reman"? As an Elder Scrolls fan, I am obliged to say: "I AM CYRODIIL COME"
...even though I haven't actually looked into 2nd Era Tamriel lore very much so I don't really know what that means.
Both comments make me wonder how many history/fantasy adjacent worlds have been made with the nerd "hehe, what if it was Remus instead of Romulus" exist out there.
I love how at minute 16 the video goes from "Sounds about right" to "Now I know you're messing with me."
Fantastic work. Love these types of videos. Brilliant.
Wholesome stuff!!
Very kind good Sir, thanks!
To be honnest having misnumbered legions would be the most historically accurate option, usually some more elite legions would even remain smaller due tot heir own skill level and comradery
This is simply incredible content. More please!!
Romans? Seriously? Apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Love the fun, imaginitive videos you make!
Im late to the party but as a german i absolutely loved your "ouh scheiße" xD Great Video overall.
I found this mod 1 month ago and made a post in WH group. Im happy you found and tried it too.
How do you succeed in troop rotations during combat?
I’d love to see a video on this and if it’s a viable tactic for campaigns.
Total War: Warhammer IV: Rome Rising confirmed
20:37 I laughed way to much at what you had said great video!
4:40 I just looked up the battle of Actium and I laughed out loud
I live for Zerk videos like this
This is great, please do more!
As a Spaniard I can confirm the scorched wasteland.
this is actually teaching me to not be a complete newb in warhammer total war while also teaching me about Rome what the hell this is awesome XD great work man! first video I have seen from you and I look forward to more!
Technically you could say this is semi-lore-friendly since the Roman Empire did exist in the Warhammer world as the Reman Empire.
100% historically accurate.
its funny that despite being modeled on the germanic holy roman empire, warhammers empire didn't really have much of an ancient roman precursor. fitting that it's tyrion here i guess because i think a lot of the ruins in warhammer italy are actually elf ruins
Right around 11:45 "the hastati though, their inexperience is leaving them to struggle with crabs" War, war never changes. And neither does the experience of the average young solider apparently...
I learn history from kings and generals for ners
I love the idea of Romans being dropped off in a fantasy world. I am sure it has been written before, but they would 100% learn to use magic and stuff.
Considering how often they either put curses on others, or sought protection from curses, this is entirely believable. So many curse tablets...
Codex Alera for one?
I'd like the video twice if I could; Cheers Zerk!
Actually, in older versions of Warhammer, there was a totally not Roman, "Remen Empire" located in Remas that conquered all of Tilea, Estallia, the Border Princes, and a lot of Bretonnia. Myrmidia, the god of strategic warfare, came down and kicked ass to form it, just like Sigmar did.
In the book world war z, roman legions did actually fight zombies
Was waiting for the “Scheisse” in the right unexpected moment. Was not disappointed
the link to the mod doesn't work any more
_As I noted years ago.... It would be fun to have a Total War (Fantasy) Title that combines all eras, nations and factions in one game and make it possible to compete in that alternate universe. The Holy Father Pope St. Scratchius would surely agree... yes, yes!_ 🤯
Magic would be a problem. Not to mention the physical resistance too....
Oh darn it, I suppose they can go along with the Maleficent 1 scenario. Make silver strong against all fantasy creatures.
@@URKCEHinoSuu I figure it wouldn't have magic, it would just be fantasy in the sense that it combines all the iconic factions from historic Total War, except Fall of the Samurai because that would be too OP.
@@hedgehog3180 so in theory we can have roman legions supported by spainard musket squads
Finally, a piece of media showing us a lore-accurate julius caesar
The mod author is now aware of this video and has made name changes to the units based on your commentary. I doubt you will see this, but I thought I'd at least try to let you know.
The changeling has arrived…
I live like thirty minutes from where the battle, or rather battles, of Teutoburg took place, and we're still finding Minotaur bones now and again.
Fun fact, some myths about dragons were likely based on battles against Roman Legions. The armies with shiny plate armor, and walls of shields, moving as one coordinated unit, being used as the inspiration for the hulking armored bodies of dragons.
4:16 What's this about us Dutch being zombies? I don't mind, its just- first time I heard this roast, is all
When I heard about the new historical total war, this wasn't what came to mind
Skaven Auxilia
After a painstaking amount of patience and effort, the Romans have instilled the Roman way into these "rat-men".
And although they're not as strong or courageous as the average legionary, they're significantly better than the Clanrats which is saying something.
4:44 the only thing historically inaccurate here is that it was actually Agrippa and not Octavian
Agrippa did the work but Octavian got the credit (and the Empire).
We also have 1st cohort with the legion's eagle and being double the size of other cohorts.
So, the reason 80 men was a century, when a century is 100 years, is because each contubernium had 2 slaves, so there was 20 slaves per century, bringing its total to 100, thus a century
Dear Lord, THANK YOU! I've been wondering about that for years!
I love the loose history lessons sown throughout the show! Very engaging
Probably one of the best mods for this game
I love this guys commentary
Best Total War Content. Just my humor.
“The hastati though are inexperienced so they are struggling with crabs” is both hilarious and accurate
I like how it gets progressively more unhinged with each minute
The Greeks made me remember the Mod from Rome 2 with the skins of the Spartan Total Warrior. I quite liked it.
This has to be one of the best TW3 videos ever
Zerko trying to smuggle some historical into the WH fan diet :P This looks like a great mod! Awesomely funny video!
18:05 Hey where did that comet of cassandora come from who did that ?
XDD
The moment i was scanning my "Latin phrases" PDF to find the triarii one only to have Zerkovich drop it on screen ^_^
16:00, Tommy, a historically accurate character in Roman history.