Legio XIV Gemina - Epic Roman Music
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- You can buy this song and more of my music here: faryafaraji.ba... Music and vocals by Farya Faraji, lyrics taken from the RMRS repertoire of marching songs; the RMRS are a reenactment group specialising in Ancient Roman military reconstructions and drills. Please note that this isn’t reconstructed ancient Roman music, it’s a modern piece with an ancient theme. With this song, I wanted to use only ancient Roman instruments and no modern orchestral ones, hence we only have drums, a lyre and an aulos, the last one is the bagpipe-like instrument that can also sound similar to a duduk depending on the model and playing style. The melody employs the Phrygian and Dorian modes of Ancient Greek and Roman music. I used Classical Pronunciation for the pronunciation, which is the reconstructed historical pronunciation of urban Rome circa the 1st century B.C up until the 3rd century A.D; it involves, among other elements, a retracted “s” like the Greek or European Spanish “s” sound, “v” is a “w” sound, the “m” endings like “um” and “em” are nasalised to the point where the “m” can almost sound silent, the “ae” cluster is a diphthong, and the “c” letter is a hard “k” sound. Note however that the melody does not take into account the phonemic vowel length, which was fundamental to the language, and it also ignores the stress accent.
The Legio XIV Gemina, or Twinned Fourtheenth Legion, was formed by Julius Caesar in 57 B.C, in Cisalpine Gaul. The “twinned” part of the name refers to the fact that it was merged with another legion after the Battle of Actium. It partook in the Gallic Wars under Julius Caesar as well as the war in Britain where they faced Boudicca, and many more wars for the next centuries, existing up until the end of the Western Roman Empire, as late as the 5th century.
Lyrics in Latin:
Sumus Quartadecumani Legio Gemina,
Aufer te! De via decedite!
Cornu sonat pedem inferre,
Milites romani, procedite!
Nostra superbia est in legione
Et pugnans peditatus est domus gensque.
Nos signa sequimur, quocumque nos ducunt,
A barbara Germaniae silva,
Ad Caledoniam caliginem,
Domitores Britannorum procedite.
English translation:
We are men of the Fourteenth, Legion of the Twin Away with you! Get out of our way!
The trumpet sounds advance,
Soldiers of Rome, forward!
Our Pride is in the Legion,
And the fighting infantry are our family and home,
From the barbarous forests of Germany,
To the mist shrouded hills of Caledonia,
Tamers of Britain, March!
DISCLAIMER: The “XIIII” is not an error, the image in the background is a real, historical one, and Romans commonly wrote 14 both as XIV and XIIII, it’s like colour vs color in English-multiple writing conventions can exist for a word or number, and XIIII is routinely attested in Ancient Roman sources and remains.
Music and vocals by Farya Faraji, lyrics taken from the RMRS repertoire of marching songs; the RMRS are a reenactment group specialising in Ancient Roman military reconstructions and drills. Please note that this isn’t reconstructed ancient Roman music, it’s a modern piece with an ancient theme. With this song, I wanted to use only ancient Roman instruments and no modern orchestral ones, hence we only have drums, a lyre and an aulos, the last one is the bagpipe-like instrument that can also sound similar to a duduk depending on the model and playing style. The melody employs the Phrygian and Dorian modes of Ancient Greek and Roman music. I used Classical Pronunciation for the pronunciation, which is the reconstructed historical pronunciation of urban Rome circa the 1st century B.C up until the 3rd century A.D; it involves, among other elements, a retracted “s” like the Greek or European Spanish “s” sound, “v” is a “w” sound, the “m” endings like “um” and “em” are nasalised to the point where the “m” can almost sound silent, the “ae” cluster is a diphthong, and the “c” letter is a hard “k” sound. Note however that the melody does not take into account the phonemic vowel length, which was fundamental to the language, and it also ignores the stress accent.
The Legio XIV Gemina, or Twinned Fourtheenth Legion, was formed by Julius Caesar in 57 B.C, in Cisalpine Gaul. The “twinned” part of the name refers to the fact that it was merged with another legion after the Battle of Actium. It partook in the Gallic Wars under Julius Caesar as well as the war in Britain where they faced Boudicca, and many more wars for the next centuries, existing up until the end of the Western Roman Empire, as late as the 5th century.
Lyrics in Latin:
Sumus Quartadecumani Legio Gemina,
Aufer te! De via decedite!
Cornu sonat pedem inferre,
Milites romani, procedite!
Nostra superbia est in legione
Et pugnans peditatus est domus gensque.
Nos signa sequimur, quocumque nos ducunt,
A barbara Germaniae silva,
Ad Caledoniam caliginem,
Domitores Britannorum procedite.
English translation:
We are men of the Fourteenth, Legion of the Twin Away with you! Get out of our way!
The trumpet sounds advance,
Soldiers of Rome, forward!
Our Pride is in the Legion,
And the fighting infantry are our family and home,
We follow the standard wherever it leads us,
From the barbarous forests of Germany,
To the mist shrouded hills of Caledonia,
Tamers of Britain, March!
Your songs improve my morale at the gym better then any heavy metal song can ever hope to achieve. Truly thank you.
Awesome! Could you do a Praetorian Guard song?
Música da guerra entre Romanos e Lusitanos seria tão interessante...
My friend, you should make one for the Paean of Apollo. At least a recreation of how it may have sounded like when sung by greek armies as they entered combat
@@sebastianaurelio841 Lusitanians also sang paeans when their armies were about to fight.
I don't take testosterone shots. I listen to this.
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Me too
👏🏼😅 Sehr gut 👍🏼
I do both
Righteous
Her: So, what music do you listen to?
Me: It's complicated.
yeah for real, how to describe this kind of stuff without looking nerdy or creepy
I can easily see this go wrong "I sometimes like to listen to music from ancient cultures in their own languages" say it wrong and someone may think you are a fanatic looking to commit terrorism
@@rohanofelvenpower5566 yes, but the key is in not giving a shit
@@rohanofelvenpower5566 It gets even weirder when you discovered this music through a radio mod for New Vegas lmao
@@Kumire_921 true, imperium radio right
Become addicted to drugs: ❌
Become addicted to Roman music from Farya Faraji: ✅
The sound of Civilization
Dang, those drums hit harder than Titus' legions when they toppled the walls of Jerusalem.
(Honestly though, I really enjoy all the music you put out, it has such an interesting feel to it, and I love studying Roman literature to music like this, to put me into the world of antiquity a bit more)
lmao! Best comment!
very well, studying history is essential to have a complete vision of the current world, studying and carrying out comparative exercises and you will see that history has never changed, the protagonists have changed, now the wars are more extensive but less ferocious, if not we are careful with the current resources there is a risk of extinction.
Or Caesar's when he entered Rome.
Jerusalem is Jewish Always✡️☝️
@@isrealiSoldier786 🇮🇳❤️🇮🇱
We play this in the car on the way to Olive Garden
Salve, Romanus!
As someone’s who’s full blood German but has little Roman ancestry and knows some Roman I feel proud listening to such legionic music of the ages of past 🇩🇪❤️🇻🇦
"Get out of our way" What a Roman thing to say 😂 😂
now is "levate dar cazzo"
@@Beorthere yes what a 🦅 way Roma Invicta!
Its interesting how its possible to make a Roman march without trumpets, an instrument which everyone associates with Rome.
The lyrics are absolute fire, not gonna lie, and so is your performance. Out of all of your Roman songs, this one seems the most like a song legions could march to, the drums to give rhythm, and singing to boost morale and pass time during long marches. 10/10
i associate trumpets with..
my balls
For a good march you need drums only.
Heilung ... :D
Да, верно. Вы абсолютно правы. Музыка была очень популярной в Древнем Риме. Римские легионы использовали музыкальные инструменты: духовые и ударные музыкальные инструменты для того, чтобы поднять дух и мотивацию римских легионеров и запугать врагов. К тому же, армейская музыка Древнего Рима очень помогала легионерам синхронизировать все свои действия на войне и на поле боя: марш-броски, и так далее и тому подобное. И несмотря на то, что римская музыка Фарья Фараджи это всего лишь реконструкция, это самая правдоподобная и правильная реконструкция древнеримской музыки.
Threre are no words to describe how I love your Roman music. Have been waiting for this track so much
Dear Farya, thank you for this song 😊 It was my number one song on Spotify last year. My son, who was born in March last year, grew up with it. Now he is almost 1 year old. Every time he hears the first sounds, he smiles ❤ More of such songs please! Greetings from Germany
Incredible. I feel the blood of Rome flowing through my veins when I hear your music.
I LIVE for your Roman themed music! Absolutely epic! No words, just chills. Music aside, I was wondering how many Boudiccas were there? I remember she led an uprising around the time of Emperor Nero, so I am a bit confused. Was there another Boudicca in the time of Caesar?
Legio XIIII GEMNIA MARTIA VICTRIX participated in the conquest of Caledonia and later under Nero the battle of Watling street and defeated Biudiccas. It was raised by Caesar but its legionary standard remained for more than five centuries.
Le resistenze nei confronti dei romani erano Indispensabili per mantenere l'Impero unito, anche quando non vi erano minacce le creavano. Ci sono state centinaia di "Boudicche" cadute per mano delle legioni. Senza un nemico l'Impero non vive.
@@Fraskino86 Makes sense.
@@samuelshi5991 Thank you for the explanation. That makes perfect sense!
@@Fraskino86 to be fair aloft of those enemies were due to Rome's heavy handed tactics against those who wanted a fair deal before submitting. But then that is what happens when your Emperor is more interested in turning a minor religious sect into lawn candles
I just found out this wonderful chanel :D Keep it going!
Baaaaa :D
Nu ma gandeam ca te gasesc aici
@@undreadecembrie Ba da :D
Paladiiin :DDD
I was just playing Ryse son of rome a few hours ago, and you drop this, legend
all these roman songs by you just make me want to learn latin even more than i already do
Added to my playlist instantly! What a song! Thanks Farya 🙏
I wish I could revive a Roman veteran of this legion, have him listen to this. So sad it is that history is taken from us on the personal level by death; so glad it is that it may be revived on the personal level by songs honoring the dead.
Such a wonderfully creative song. You have a gift Farya, use it well. I wish you the best in life! Continue sharing your passion please.
Amazing as always ! Really love the creativity in each one of your songs and I always enjoy the little bits of history in the description. Félicitons mon ami bonne continuation !
1000 years have passed, but the Italic blood is still inside us... Ahead Legions of Rome
No rome was better and greek
I love this song so much. There's a lot of exciting lyricism - I really enjoy the number shift in "Aufer te de via decedite" from singular to plural, and the "Pugnans peditatus est domus gensque" is full of great sounds arranged in a cool chiasmus.
I've been waiting so long for another Roman song!!! Ave Farya Faraji
Hi my friend, I live in the exact region where the Romans marched, Germany, border Netherlands, where xie forests stood, where the legions, culture and people romanized. There's a lot of Roman remains here, so I've been listening to this song at night, taking in these places and forests - what's left of them, exactly what's left of them. there is nothing to criticize about this song, i could put myself in it, the song is timelessly modern. like a roman script, it gives me power, expression, strength and in a way a faint glimpse of what it must have felt like to have to march through this region at that time. I can't wait to hear another work of art like this. I played this song to many people and everyone here with us thinks it's really enormous and impressive. whether there should be small formal errors, which i don't think doesn't matter, the idea alone is brilliant, i'm very impressed, keep it up! if you want to see something about the romans in reality, i recommend the museum in trier, aachen, cologne and many places offer a lot of history to see. all the best see you soon sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes
Another banger from my new favorite historicaly inspired music TH-camr creator.
10/10
A wonderful song! It would be nice to se a version for Legio XIII Gemina as well! Maybe a playlist with songs for each legion! Keep up the great work! :))
Very good marching song. If the Roman Empire existed today, the Legion could include your song in their songbook :D
Its never died, just transformed into more tyranical global re legion empire, it is not like in their pre times of the pagan eras..
It still exist technically as a rump State: Vatican City
@@loreCarbonell Yes ıt is the fake jesuit order roman empire.. the pagan roman empire destoryed by them
thanks to wodan
@TK "Britain didn’t conquer itself smart guy there is a difference between geographical Britain and English Britain"
Still ignoring the point. William the Conqueror was King of England by right of conquest despite not being English.
" Norman’s are still Germanic"
They're French, which is why Normandy is part of France. They spoke a French-based language, and French was the language of the monarchy from the 11th century after the conquest to the accession of Henry IV. While the word Norman does derive from Northman, the Vikings who were given the region we now call Normandy, they assimilated with the local population, and lost any real sense of being Germanic. Just as the Norman kings would eventually lose any semblance of being French.
So, again, by your own admission, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not a successor to the Kingdom of England as it existed prior to the Norman conquests, and so Norman England is not actually England.
" As for the patriarch recognitions I will just laugh it off considering you got no common sense that he was threaten with his life."
He actually was not. In fact, in classical Roman fashion, Mehmet appointed the Ecumenical Patriarch which recognized his authority as Roman Emperor. And you can't say this makes him illegitimate considering that the Emperors have been appointing patriarchs for nearly a thousand years by this point in time.
"you really pressed about this and I really don’t care"
You apparently DO care, since you responded.
"You also just recognized that target are an outside entity that simply let some form of government live inside that doesn’t make the a successor by far in fact only a very deflect fee ottomans even considered themselves Roman other, so yes you’re not only pressed but never got passed 6th grade it seems."
Considering you can't even write coherently, this is the perfect example of a black pot calling a white kettle black. If that metaphor is too hard for you to comprehend, I'll explain it.
You say I am uneducated, IE you are calling me a black kettle, while you are someone who lacks enough education to use proper grammar, IE, a black pot. I call myself a white kettle because I am clearly more educated than you will ever be, as shown by my use of reasoned arguments and ability to command the English language with a high degree of fluency.
I suggest you look up what 'irony' means, because you are oozing it.
And yes I am the same person as Me, I have a work account and a personal account. While in my work account I have to be nice, in my personal account I do not. I was trying to be civil, but you showed yourself to be a uneducated vermin unable to entertain ideas that run contrary to their personally held beliefs. Which is the mark of an uneducated scoundrel.
Testosterone+10
You are so talented bro this song sounds incredible
As a man who learned Roman Empire History, this is one of my anthem of life. My every morning starts with this song while I am going for another glorious campaign.
This is absolutely fantastic. You just got yourself a new fan here, well done!
the line at 2:40 is enough to make you shiver in the intense summer heat! can't get enough of it
This music is beyond epic.
Farya you are truly a master of your craft.
It would be amazing if you could make some chinese war music depicting some epic periods like the Warring States Periods or the Three Kingdoms Period.
Can we agree that the Roman empire is the greatest human civilization on the Earth?
Besides the mongols or the Macedonian empire or that empire the Celtic people of brittania had before Romans took them over
Or Germany if AFD wins elections
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@@CollinWardlowDie AfD ernsthaft?
There is something about this guys music that is, just primordial.
Instinctive. And beautiful.
Je crois t'avoir déjà dis que mon père est passionné d'histoire et de culture romaine. Je viens de lui faire écouter cette composition, il a beaucoup aimé ! Et il m'a confirmé que ta prononciation latine est impeccable ! 😉
Amazing work, I love all your roman and greek songs.
Imagine getting prepared for war in the next 10 minutes and you hear that ,suddenly you are a changed man in whole different level.
Roma Invicta! Roma Aeterna! Victrix!
LEGIO! AETERNA! AETERNA! VICTRIX!
SEMPER AETERNA !!
Roma Aeterna! Legio Secunda! Roma Victrix! Traiara Fortis!
Legionis X, Equestris Caesar
@@KriegsmarineCZE_Jaegermeister Traiana
@@perfectcell5106 Roma Victrix!
One of the Ancient Song that blast off from Antiquity...
best latin reconstructed pronunciation I've heard to date, even s is retracted and m is nasal, bravo guys
This is personally my favorite Roman-themed song that you’ve made so far! (I love them all btw) Your music and channel are massively UNDERRATED! Keep up the great work!
PS: Your music is great to listen to while playing Total War Rome. You outta also consider making a song on the 9th or 10th legions with a very clear Caesar-loving focus if you haven't.
Maybe a song on Quintus Sertorius, a mix of Roman with heavy Iberian theme.
Hannibal, I'm not sure if you've done any Phoenician based songs. Could also do one on the Roman perspective where it’s sounds dire with lyrics about how dangerous he really was and how the Romans saw him as their boogeyman.
Obviously Augustus is a must, Roman themed with a heavy and thick emphasis on Power and Prestige.
Pompey, Aurelian, Trajan, Stilicho, Marcus Agrippa and many many more famous Romans who I think could have their own themes.
But those are just sound cool ideas in my opinion. Once more great song!
I dont know why but I love from 1:30 to 2:05 so much it sounds so powerful
Fascinating how in a way, if this exact same set of organs and vocals was used in any other context, we would subconsciously associate it with ancient tribes and even barbarism. But because it is in Latin, our mind instantly goes "ah, civilisation". Not saying there's something wrong with that, it's just interesting.
War is ALWAYS Barbarism
Love this track. I think with this one you got closer to the "actual" roman sound so to speak, which is in my opinion a great thing 👍, even though some might not like it because they are not used to it.
I love the minimal instruments at the beginning.
Damn that's so good! I can't stop listening to it.
I love the vibe of this song. so powerful!😊
Imagine the infantry life with legion at the golden time of their republic, they must be very proud, from a city, they become superpower nation
Favorite song so far, absolute gold
"**Omnes sumus filii Romae, vivat imperator, gloria aeterna Imperio Romano.**"
ROMA INVICTA!!
Magna musica amicus,es valde bona
Amor et reverentia a Graecia 🇬🇷🇨🇦
Sounds like a song, to sing after a long and hard legionairs day.
great song as always!
From 54 BC to 5th century AD...this Unit has lasted to over 500 years. Talk about badass.
Knowing latin so that you can translate it while hearing it to have the epic bonus +1000000 = freaking perfection.
Roma aeterna et invicta in seculam seculoniam est.
Legion aeterna Victrix
🇮🇹🇮🇹🤚🇮🇹🇮🇹🤚🇮🇹🇮🇹🦅🇮🇹
Roma wasn't a city but a way of life in a dark world
this is what a daily roman legionary fr listens to
just discovered this marvelous channel and all it's hidden gems ! keep up the good work
Roman music is so soothing 😊 while listening to this before I'm 30 now im XXX
Can you please make one for every single legion? 😂😅 jokes, we need you to make other music as well, but this is again a great song, seriously. Although I wonder if it would be possible to create a song in the roman "marching cadence" (I think the Metatron made a video about that if I remember correctly?) That one you made just now would be a tard bit too slow to march to I believe...
To hear the Roman footfalls slowly getting closer as you waited for the battle to start must have been the most intimidating thing ever. Perfect lockstep thundering through the air
Legend is whenever this song was heard during a siege the gates magically opened
This is all made by one guy. Just one guy. Fucking beautiful
C’est tres bien, Farya !
Roman music is so cool!
I thought it was suspicious how I was able to get out of bed this morning.
I didn’t know why at the time, but I know now.
Your passion is literally melting me
And I like it you are the greatest music composer of all time at least for me
Roma Aeterna!
Rome lives today in our United Europe 🇪🇺🇪🇺
May it always stand!
If you ever decide to make one more like this - please make it about Legio IV Flavia Felix.
This is soooo good man! You have amazing talent! Please continue to bless us with these!
I remember haw me and the boys used to sing this song in wars... Nostalgic.
Instructions unclear currently giving civilization to Britain
Thank you Farya Faraji, first I thought my Total War: Rome II campagin was a disaster and I am loosing it, now I have reestablished the roman empire and carthago delanda est.
Another great roman latin song from Farya Faraji.
This is incredible
So beautiful. Un Theme de la Legio II Augusta please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nos, populi Latini, hereditatem omnis Romani imperii in sanguine nostro habemus! Superbia in lingua Latina loqui!
New gym music motivation 💥
This is really Awesome! Farya, Can you make Sagu of Alp Er Tunga? a Turkic music for death of mythologycal character named Alp Er Tunga
absolutely amazing
Legio XIV's emblem will be perfect for the Italian football team
fun fact, there is an italian american football team called Legio XIII Gemina (the one with the lion)
This Music speaks clearly about the SPIRIT of the people that kept the Roman Empire alive for Centuries!! ❤️
What do you think a hypothetical anthem for Rome would sound like?
I also love your work, your incredible with this music
A hypothetical Rome anthem could be something similar to the SPQR song that Farya created before this one
Honestly seeing as the concept of anthem back then didn’t exist, I’m not sure, but they’d probably use drums and auloi like I did here, since they project sound far louder than lyres and their other instruments
@@faryafaraji I would also see it sounding a bit more aggressive. Because of the martial culture of the Roman people
What instrument do they use in 1:18?
The “aulos”
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@@bflow147 you’re welcome 😃
I'm currently re-watching HBO's "Rome" series and I just had to re-listen to this song again after.
Damn good series.
i am currently writing a book where the main characte rspends some time serving in the legio xiv gemina in carnuntum would you mind if i used the lyrics of that song in my book as a "historic" marching song? of course with credit
The lyrics aren’t mine so I can’t help with that permission, more info in the description concerning this :)
“Just one more game” - Every student at 23:55
“Just one more episode” - Every Netflix watcher
“Just one more Province” - Julius Gaius Caesar
Why not the Vikings next? My people deserve the epic music!
I can understand almost 90% of written lyrics as an italian speaker, creepy
That is some outstanding Classical Latin Farya!💚
Remember kids! All roads must lead to Rome
Thank you for the great song
I love it. Thank you for doing this
What can i say Bravo i like ancient Music from all Over the world
please made a seachant with similar lyrics!!
this channel is pure gold
bravissimo!
It would be cool to see more songs like this but with other legions like the 11 or the 10 legions
Amazing
I had a t-shirt
Now is a LORICA SEGMENTATA