We Tested Roman Weapons!

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  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +221

    Gauls HATE this! Learn this one simple trick to expand the Empire.

    • @imperator9343
      @imperator9343 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Five centuries of tricks and an incredible amount of stamina to pull it off

    • @olivierpuyou3621
      @olivierpuyou3621 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In -390 the Gauls of Brennus annihilated the Roman army and were the only ones to pillage Rome, even Hannibal did not succeed.
      It would take 800 years for the Goths to achieve the feat of the Gauls again.

    • @3baxcb
      @3baxcb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@olivierpuyou3621It helped that the Celts had a way of fighting that rendered the Roman fighting style obsolete. The Romans learned from such reversals by taking some of the best qualities of how the Celts waged wars against opponents.

    • @generalbelisarius8103
      @generalbelisarius8103 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      GODS, I HATE GAULS

    • @TheWolfalpino
      @TheWolfalpino 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@generalbelisarius8103 i love gauls.

  • @shaggycan
    @shaggycan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    I can't believe there has never been a film about Gaius Marius. Consul of Rome seven times.

    • @JoFa876
      @JoFa876 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      They could do soooo many shows based on Rome. I'd watch them all!

    • @Raz.C
      @Raz.C 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      there are a large number of shows (many of them from the 1950s, and 60s) that include Marius and his contemporaries, but none that I know of that focus solely on him.
      edit - Movies, rather. Not 'shows.'

    • @user-dh9id1hz8k
      @user-dh9id1hz8k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      his rival Sulla as well

    • @OltrePodcast_Official
      @OltrePodcast_Official 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!!

    • @PeterParker-yr8yb
      @PeterParker-yr8yb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂❤👏​@@OltrePodcast_Official

  • @panchao2737
    @panchao2737 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Excellent, I would like to add a few remarks, though.
    - Sodiers usually wear padding under metal armour ; the Romans called it "subarmalis". It gives better protection and is a lot more comfortable, especially if you carry something heavy on your shoulder. Helmets are also worn over padding - the one shown here probably has it glued on the inside - and I don't think they would move around the head as seen here and in some reconstitutions. Remember that soldiers of the 5th century petitioned the emperor for permission to stop wearing helmets, so they must have been hard to wear, as well as efficient.
    - Pilum do well against mail, but not against segmented armour. Anyway, they are primarily designed to pierce shields and make them useless, the shaft falling to the ground and getting stuck in it. Both Gauls and Germans carried shields, so using pilum made sense, even if the tribes were mostly unarmored.
    - Markus Junkelman's reconstitution group ("Die Legionen des Augustus") made a 300 km (200 miles) march with roman equipment, but carried only the pilum in the right hand ; equipment was carried on the left shoulder and the shield also on the left, held by a strap. This way, in case of a surprise attack, the baggage could be dropped without having to figure out what shafts to let go of (as would be the case if pilum and baggage are held in the same hand), shield can be grabbed as soon as burden is released and pilum is already in the right hand.
    - Incidentally, Junkelman's group noticed that at night, the curved roman shield made an excellent bed.

    • @henrikaugustsson4041
      @henrikaugustsson4041 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember something about the real sign of a legionaire is a scar under the chin from the helmet strap. Maybe that's why they didn't want to wear them?

    • @cid7800
      @cid7800 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      well , thats how WE would wear it Novadays .. but we will never know how it realy was , padding may make you less flexible at some point . im sure they made their armory ascomfortable to wear as possible .. with what they had acces to at least what you can purcase with your salary of a " Normal Roman Soldier " 🤔

    • @henrikaugustsson4041
      @henrikaugustsson4041 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@cid7800 If you don't wear padding under the armour, you might as well not be wearing anything at all. I'm being a bit hyperbolic here, but not much. Without padding you basically stick get hit almost full force as the plate impacts your body instead of the padding.
      The padding itself is quite servicable as protection, so you'd be more likely to get padding before you god anything else. A chainmail isn't very comfortable to wear on top of just one layer of fabric.

    • @LegIIAVGCA
      @LegIIAVGCA หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, segmentara and chain malle both have padding underneath… gives a extra padding and helps with chaffing

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    This is my new History Channel

  • @Eg.601
    @Eg.601 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    “A very long and pointy point” indeed, points are pointy

    • @terrygreene1395
      @terrygreene1395 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Really…..I mean, what’s the point?

    • @Raz.C
      @Raz.C 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not if they're pointless!

    • @mattfrancis4569
      @mattfrancis4569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Raz.C point! taken!

    • @TanyaRando
      @TanyaRando 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I get the point, thank you!

    • @skipgiblets
      @skipgiblets 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Touché

  • @Harib_Al-Saq
    @Harib_Al-Saq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Therapist: Legionnaire Tristan can't hurt you.
    Legionnaire Tristan *hurls pilum and closes in for the charge

  • @helenannedawson3694
    @helenannedawson3694 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I really liked seeing the whole process of putting on the kit, with all the bits and pieces, as well as the comparison of the two types of weapons

  • @thomasgangl8990
    @thomasgangl8990 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Good Video all in all. "My right shoulder is killing me" 😂 Had Tristan ever been part of a modern infantry squad, he'd know. 😁 But then, interestingly enough, at least the fact that your weapon will turn into a pain in the a** during a long march apparently hasn't changed much over the past 2000 years. 😅

    • @_--JohnVK--_
      @_--JohnVK--_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is exactly what annoys me immensely about a lot of modern documentaries, having non-military people doing military things, and then drawing conclusions from their 10 minute "experience"...
      Don't these documentary makers understand that these ancient peoples were ACTUAL WARRIORS? Or are they being willfully ignorant? They trained and actually fought battles throughout their ENTIRE LIFE. "Some random guy" that sat behind a desk his entire Life isn't going to make for a good comparison with an actual warrior, not even a little bit.

    • @Victor-hg1lo
      @Victor-hg1lo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re right about that… but also wrong.
      First, the human body isn’t really more resilient in ancient times than right now. A lot of people didn’t had a reliable access to food neither in abundance or quality, making growth problems commons.
      Second, you aren’t really right when you are talking about so called « warriors ». Most of these people had another occupation. The Roman army was a professional army, but I can tell you that most legionnaires weren’t much more fit than the guy we see on this video even with the training. And sorry to pop your bubble, but most of the people fighting in ancient times weren’t the elite that you try to describe. You don’t live long in a professional army at the time.
      Yes, a few years on the battlefield would make you battle hardened, but that only rarely happened, most people were farmers, picking up weapon to fight when it was time to fight.
      Indeed, I the case of the Roman army it was different, but most legionnaires were fighting for one campaign than resting for a entire year in garrison.
      In conclusion, yes Larpers in old military gear piss me off as much as you, but no, people weren’t more resilient in ancient times (with some exceptions of people who should get reminded of Darwin the hard way), what they can do, you can do it too.

  • @nigeh5326
    @nigeh5326 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Great video as always guys.
    Tristan as good ever 👍

  • @deonprins1583
    @deonprins1583 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The Germanic warriors mostly used spears...I suspect their swords were secondary weapons. The Romans obviously carried pila as ranged weapons and closed ranks with the scutum and gladius, stabbing as they went. Easier to maintain a stabbing point than a cutting edge with the metallurgy technology they had.

    • @Intranetusa
      @Intranetusa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The pila can actually double as a stabbing spear. There are period drawings depicting Romans stabbing at enemy infantry with the pila, and many Roman texts talks about using the pila as a spear against cavalry.
      As for swords, stabbing may have been preferred at certain times, but Roman soldiers were trained to both stab and slash as needed. Roman writers talked about the horrific slashing injuries that the Hellenistic armies suffered (heads and limbs being chopped off) caused by the gladius.

    • @MrHaighahatta
      @MrHaighahatta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I suspect the Germanic warriors, like the later Vikings, would also have used axes, since there was likely one in every household for domestic use. The axes' weight and blunt force would be more effective against a fully shielded and armored adversary that a sword or spear.

    • @EAfirstlast
      @EAfirstlast 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      most german warriors wouldn't have a sword. Only the big men of a community would

    • @LegIIAVGCA
      @LegIIAVGCA หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Germans used axes and spears. A Sword is for high end warriors…. Long and thin.

  • @Conquerthemall
    @Conquerthemall 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The museum in the Teuteburger Wald is great it has many cool finds and an interesting design
    In the three times I got there (in the last 6 years) they always got something new

  • @Uncle_Checkers
    @Uncle_Checkers 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great video. Lets get some love for the ERE. The empire lasted until 1453. The evolution of the army from lets say Justinian to Constantine XI.

  • @Mr.KaganbYaltrk
    @Mr.KaganbYaltrk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Barbarians didn't like this :(

    • @Warentester
      @Warentester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Barbarians (βάρβαρος) are all people that are not speaking Greek (or strange greek dialects). This makes Romans Barbarians.

    • @Mr.KaganbYaltrk
      @Mr.KaganbYaltrk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Warentester i dont agree with you but sometimes romans act like barbarians

    • @swarnavabanerjee4112
      @swarnavabanerjee4112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Mr.KaganbYaltrk it's true, they considered all outsiders barbarians

    • @bismarckbismarck6352
      @bismarckbismarck6352 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I mean the barbarians won in the end.

    • @mrkus-nc7od
      @mrkus-nc7od 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes - Bruder ! Tube - "" Wir Rufen deine Wolfe "". Make you feel Better 😊

  • @manricobianchini5276
    @manricobianchini5276 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Roman pilum was also designed to bend once the enemy shield was penetrated, making the enemy shield useless. Love Roman armor. Looks awesome and was far superior.

    • @paprskomet
      @paprskomet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No,it was not.That is by far the most common myth about Roman army from those several others.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A wonderful historical coverage video about Roman emporium weapons and Roman opponents Germanic tribe's warriors...thank you history Hit) channel for sharing

  • @bloodrave9578
    @bloodrave9578 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    At Pharsalus, Caesar had a fourth line of infantry hidden and they used their Pilla as spears to beat back Labienus's cavalry assault and then rout them.

  • @hugoboss917
    @hugoboss917 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The thumbnail is sick. He looks good as a legionary 🫡

  • @freddyz3359
    @freddyz3359 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Yessssss man is a total war chad from the good old days.

  • @jeffyoung60
    @jeffyoung60 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    History does not record what happened to the thousands of Roman gladii short swords, helmets, armor, and shields that fell into Germanic hands after the Teutoberger Forest catastrophe. Of the estimated 14,000 Roman legionaries (not counting civilian camp followers), only several hundred, reportedly Roman cavalry escaped the slaughter to bring news to the Roman garrisons on the Rhine. Common sense would likely have had the victorious Germanic warriors using captured Roman arms and armor.
    Thus when the Romans launched a massive, 8-legion punitive expedition across the Rhine River in 16 A.D., the legionaries would have been enraged to see large numbers of Germanic warriors wielding Roman gladius swords and wearing Roman Coolus helmets. Some might be carrying Roman scutum shields. Yet Roman history is quiet on this prospect. It belies credulity to think the Germans would have been averse to using any captured Roman arms and armor out of tribal and cultural pride. Germanic pride might have prevented many warriors from wearing Roman armor, helmets, even using the gladius sword but many, including the poorer tribal warriors would have likely used Roman swords, helmets and armor. Wearing Roman gear and using Roman weapons came with its own risk as legionaries would fight harder and be less likely to take prisoners.

    • @mangalores-x_x
      @mangalores-x_x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      you missed the part that Germanic tribes imported Roman swords. Also hamata would be easily adopted to Germanic use because the warrior class wore the same type of armor (and again importing Roman chainmail armor might be cheaper). Javelins similar to pila are also not rare across ancient Europe. Probably scutum is a bit divisive because if you use a different type of shield it might not go with the fighting style of your unit.
      I believe you overstate a perceived moral effect when really there is little reason the Roman legions would need any more reason to hate the tribes that killed their comrades and desecrated holy eagle standards. They made a pretty big deal of getting those back.
      In contrary we know from other instances that soldiers used what was useful and took armor and wore it. The main issue might be that it was more worthwhile to sell it as loot and there may be a bit of a class distinction that the warrior class would like to be the ones wearing armor. For the levy it may not be affordable or more profitable to get rid of

  • @LearningSpanishwithDrL
    @LearningSpanishwithDrL 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video!

  • @HerrGesetz
    @HerrGesetz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's incredible what hardships and endurance humans can adapt to. For some reason this reminds me of stories from WW2 in the comparison between old soldiers tough feet and fragile feet of new recruits arriving on the eastern front when the experienced soldiers had feet that were immune to blisters because their feet were covered in a continuous callus from having no socks due to poor supply and having to march across Russia

  • @ein.mensch9185
    @ein.mensch9185 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Schön, dass man im Hintergrund eine Bierzeltgarnitur sieht, wir sind ja immerhin in Deutschland :D

  • @No_outcome_but_Victory
    @No_outcome_but_Victory 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    On anything related to the Roman military I forcibly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Can't conquer the world with sub-par kit.

    • @Frank_Nemo
      @Frank_Nemo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The British did. The War Office (later, the Ministry of Defence) has a long history of issuing cheap sub-par equipment.

    • @stephenhoffman7801
      @stephenhoffman7801 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good leadership & tactics can offset sub-par kit. Logistics is an easier target than armies. Gladius are stabbies because the scutum is easier to stab around than a wider swing slash.

  • @garygalt4146
    @garygalt4146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I was taught in my school days [60s] that the Roman sword was a Spanish sword design

    • @wookie-zh7go
      @wookie-zh7go 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      it did originate when they started colonies in spain

    • @deonprins1583
      @deonprins1583 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The gladius was indeed Celtiberian in origin

    • @danielearley5062
      @danielearley5062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would that be the spatha? Mainly used by the cavalry.?

    • @wookie-zh7go
      @wookie-zh7go 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@danielearley5062 The gladius my dude, spatha was longer because it's better on horse back and metallurgy improvements in the days of the empire. Gladius was copied from Iberian designs as they started to expand outside what we know as Italy, as it fit their maniple fighting system better.

    • @stuartbailey9287
      @stuartbailey9287 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@danielearley5062 The gladius sometimes known as the gladius hispaniensis was the short sword used by 1st Century AD Legions and was originally adopted by Roman troops fighting in Iberia. The Spatha was a long sword only used by Roman Cavalry in the 1st Century AD though much later in the 3rd and 4th century AD when Roman Infantry became much less pure close formation heavy Infantry it was also used by the Infantry.
      Roman's being a very pragmatic bunch seem to have adopted all sorts of foreign weapons so the 1st Century Legions were carrying short swords originally from Iberia while their scutum shields and their helmets were originally of Celtic design. Though it should be noted that they were also hard core modifiers of other peoples original designs so while the helmet is based on the Celtic Montefortino design 1st century Roman helmets had added extra ribs and lengthened and changed angle of neck guard. They also did same with the short swards.
      The spatha seems a pretty geneic long sword used by a lot of different people though the Romans could have got it originally from Greeks or Gauls. The Pilum seems a unique Italian design though it may have been Samnite in origin. Indeed the only uniquely Roman design seems to be the lorica segmentata. Though this replaced the chain mail used by the troops of the republic originally adopted from the Gauls. Which the Romans later went back too.
      Not 100% sure why the lorica segmentata was abandoned for the earlier design. May have had something to do with ease and cost of production. Also the lorica is believed to have a rust problem.

  • @LegIIAVGCA
    @LegIIAVGCA หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A Pillium is thrown by legionaries… and they go through shields to hit the holder but bend over time. Roman Auxilia throw Lancea…. Spears… … but once you got 4 or 5 spears stuck in your shield, you drop it since can’t hold it up. The goal of throwing spears is to have them drop their shields then spear them.

  • @kenc9236
    @kenc9236 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    HH dude you look awesome in the battle kit and your eyes are direct to the cause. Bravo.

  • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
    @JoaoSoares-rs6ec 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    The Roman legions were trained to stab at the lower part of the torso, no bones, and to go up into the body, that bypassed the bones into vital areas.
    The pilum was good to knock out enemies, but the full purpose was to remove the enemies shields making the enemy defenceless. The pilum was narrower, there are many theories, but one us agreed it was so it was to be extremely hard to remove.
    The roman doctrines were to first soften the enemy lines then using the gladius and scutum holding the line striking with the gladius.
    Romans took heavy losses, but they nearly conquered germania, it was the emperor that ordered the withdrawal.
    The Roman tunic was made of lining not wool, wool came from Britain and others groups, like Germany and only on those stationed on Northern Britain used wool, for cloaks,
    Lorica segmentata was one size all.
    Just about the one thing right was the marching kit,

    • @robo5013
      @robo5013 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Roman military tunics and cloaks (plus togas) were made of wool. There are several inventories and orders that specify that the tunics were made of wool, some of them from Egypt (so they were wearing wool even in the Egyptian desert), and they specify the type of weave and thickness of the thread to be used. People all over the world kept sheep for wool, not just the Britains.

    • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
      @JoaoSoares-rs6ec 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fenriss749 well j haven't seen that, but all that j have shown it difficult, even if they could the shield was know useless.

    • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
      @JoaoSoares-rs6ec 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robo5013 I seriously doubt that, wool comes from North Europe, and frankly wool in Egyptm suicide, considering the heat.

    • @TheAegisClaw
      @TheAegisClaw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@fenriss749that's not the conclusion Tod reached at all.

    • @fenriss749
      @fenriss749 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheAegisClaw my bad I must have forgotten what happened, thanks for correcting me

  • @jbagger331
    @jbagger331 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think that the knapsack and the pila would be tied together at two points with cord in order to make more practical to carry, you would also probably wear your cloak slung forward to the right to have something to keep them resting on the shoulder.

  • @MERISI001
    @MERISI001 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Remarkable. So interesting.

  • @reactdevops
    @reactdevops 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is really good video thank you!

  • @fernandoredondosoler7288
    @fernandoredondosoler7288 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Roman sword was not designed to cut with its edges. Its main function was to stab, it was enough to plunge the gladius three fingers into the opponent. With that he already produced a fatal wound.

    • @paprskomet
      @paprskomet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was designed to cut with edges as well as for stabbing.Both is very obvious from how are those swords constructed and also confirmed by several written sources.One of the most common popular myths about Roman army is that hispanic sword was meant only for stabbing.This myth is chiefly based on misinterpretation of words by Vegetius(while ignoring words of other writters at the same time)who however merely says that soldiers primarily used it for stabbing not that it was only used for stabbing(and even Vegetius in fact also mention slashing).That is was also quite effective for shashing is well attested too.

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tristan clearly likes trying out historical weapons, and seems pretty good at it.. Me, I prefer pen power but, a Japanese armsworth first crack is impressive. Great to see the replica plate armour in action, having viewed the film on the original, kindly on loan to The British Museum, if memory serves.
    Some v pointy points indeed! Nice one Tristan and team. 🌟👍

  • @tituslaronius
    @tituslaronius 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic!
    Everything is awesome! Only thing I wanna say is that the belts should be higher up, on your waist, not your hips 😊

  • @edwardpate6128
    @edwardpate6128 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    “Varus, Varus, give me back my legions!”

  • @Brabantian
    @Brabantian 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing

  • @tauIrrydah
    @tauIrrydah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the Germanic sabre!

  • @monochromfotoart
    @monochromfotoart 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Also have to consider the marching speed which was sometimes crazy, they didn't go for a stroll. Just look at how Julius Ceasar pushed his troops down Italy to hunt Pompeius, that was insane. For legionaries marching, we also need to take climate and weather into account, the armor won't help keeping your body warm or keep it ventilated in hot areas like Syria or Egypt. And yeah, you are in for this for at least 25 years, if you manage to live that long ...

    • @taceturnman
      @taceturnman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A római kori emberek jóval edzettebbek voltak már születésüktől fogva is! Még volt természetes kiválasztódás és a katonák napi fegyvergyakorlatai valamint a napi menetgyakorlatok is kitartóvá tették őket. Így számukra egy átlagos csata "csak" véres gyakorlat volt csupán.

  • @DallingerM
    @DallingerM 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    A bit kiddy ... Tristan obviously knows the answer to most the questions he’s asking, as do we. Still, nice to see the channel focus on Roman military history

    • @SB-sj4uz
      @SB-sj4uz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Agreed, the listeners are not stupid.

    • @markdotinc8371
      @markdotinc8371 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SB-sj4uz speak for yourself 😅

    • @SB-sj4uz
      @SB-sj4uz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@markdotinc8371 so you're saying you're stupid. Fuck me it's like he is talking to a five year old. Lmao.

    • @skepticalbadger
      @skepticalbadger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's aimed at a general audience. You might be surprised how many viewers don't know as much as you.

    • @DallingerM
      @DallingerM 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@skepticalbadger I never meant to insult your intelligence ...

  • @aleriaproductions2869
    @aleriaproductions2869 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fact he played rome total war makes him so much cooler

  • @LegIIAVGCA
    @LegIIAVGCA หลายเดือนก่อน

    Segmenta was not fully deployed in 9 AD. Only prototypes like the very top part. Was not until 30 AD did you see segmentara. At the famous battle in Tutenberg, most chain maille….
    Segmentara needs factories to make and lots of the brass fittings and leather rots. So constant repairs. Chain Maille can be made at home with simple tools and easy repairs.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Holy smokes, he's only 27? Woof.

    • @alexandrasparov5442
      @alexandrasparov5442 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      by the underdeveloped muscles and shoulders, I would estimate 12

    • @basedboi3956
      @basedboi3956 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He looks fine, just a receding hairline. Bro should go bald + beard, ladies love it

    • @kiely4561
      @kiely4561 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If he was living in antiquity at 27 he’d be regarded as middle aged lol

  • @deonprins1583
    @deonprins1583 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I sincerely doubt the legionnaires retained a pilum as a close range weapon. The idea as i understand it was to throw both your pila while the opponents were less than twenty yards away. Creating obstacles, opening the line, individuals exposed to combined line of scutum and sword infantry meeting them.

    • @stuartbailey9287
      @stuartbailey9287 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Probably depended a lot on the tactical situation. At the battle of Pharsalus expecting his Cavalry to be swept away by greatly superior Pompeian horse deployed a Infantry flank guard who were ordered not to throw their spears but retain them to fend off the cavalry. As this was a specific order this would imply that the standard practice at this time was to throw the pila and then get stuck in with the sword. In much later Roman (Byzantine) manuals the instruction was to throw the spear and then engage with the Sword if fighting Infantry but retain the spear if fighting cavalry.

    • @Intranetusa
      @Intranetusa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The pila is perfectly functional as a close quarters weapon used for stabbing. There are period drawings depicting Romans stabbing at enemy infantry with the pila, and multiple Roman texts talks about using the pila as a spear against cavalry.

    • @HDSME
      @HDSME 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The pila a great weapon was only good as the man who threw it!!!
      Most were one shot affairs good enough to scare you thats fir sure

  • @PayGEngineer
    @PayGEngineer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The roman spear wasnt designed to go through shields. It has a narrow edge so when thrown, it'll bend which prevents the enemy from throwing them back

    • @Xenophaige_reads
      @Xenophaige_reads 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That is an old theory. More modern research and experimental archaeology have moved away from this in the eyes of modern historians. To stop it being thrown back, some had a wooden peg in the fitting of the head to the shaft which could break on impact making the head hinge on the other peg as a means of preventing the spear being reused. This may not have been universally used though.

  • @TomTurbo-wh6op
    @TomTurbo-wh6op 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am prretty sure, that at least the helmet did NOT sit barely on the head, but had a bit of a padding inside, might be mounted in the helmet or in form of a cap. Same goes for the lorica segmentata. Else, every hit would have resulted in a blunt force trauma.
    In one thing, the expert is at least a bit off... if you use a Germanic sword with a handle like this the way he shows it to stab, it will fly out of your hand, when the opponents raises his shield. The Germanic sword has a handle like my machetes, works well as long as you have a slashing movement, but when you come a bit too steep, the machete flies off. Happened to me several times.
    Besides a one edged blade only makes sense in a cutting motion. For a thrust, you need a pointy tip and at least two cutting edges, that make penetration into flesh easier. And you need a bigger guard plate to bring force behind the tip.

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8fr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When varus dressed his legions in all blue and had them make ocean wave noises didnt work as good as i thought it would

  • @chivo850
    @chivo850 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think one thing to remember is people of those times mainly had to do things manually. Im sure that by todays standards, they were freakishly strong. Compare soldiers now to ones then. Now, we have firearms. A squeeze of the finger....versus a constant movement with a bladed/spear or bow. Researchers have said that you can tell the strength of an individual by the thickness of their bones. The thicker, the stronger. I dont know about many of you, but when i think about it.......hours of battling and swinging/thrusting a weapon...i know that i would probably not make it a full hour.

  • @chicinthewoods
    @chicinthewoods 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this!

  • @IanSinclair77
    @IanSinclair77 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It has a pointy point AND a symmetrical, symmetrical handle! (Just playing, dude obviously knows his stuff)

  • @SpaceRa
    @SpaceRa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:52 Shout out to everyone else who is here because they grew up playing Rome: Total War

  • @TalesOfWar
    @TalesOfWar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The swords are like modern bullets. Designed for different things. The Roman sword is basically a 5.56 x 45mm NATO round that's designed to penetrate armoured opponents then break apart in the body and make a big cavity. This doesn't really work so well against soft targets without armour and has a tendency to go through. The German sword is more like the 7.62 x 39mm Soviet rounds famously used in the AK-47 etc. They're basically just big and smash a hole in what they hit but aren't quite as good at going through armour.

  • @henrikaugustsson4041
    @henrikaugustsson4041 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shouldn't the sword belt go over the left shoulder? The position of the sword itself is correct, but I don't think the belt was around the hip, it should be more like a shoulder bag.

  • @GustavoCrecenzio
    @GustavoCrecenzio 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good job thanks

  • @donttakeitpersonal8704
    @donttakeitpersonal8704 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    crazy to see someone like Tristan Hughes asking which one is the Roman sword of these 2.. No I get it, you need to as a presenter but still crazy.

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting video

  • @65bravo
    @65bravo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It has been stablished that Kalkriese should be associated with the aftermath operations of the varian battle ... 9+ AD

  • @philipsquire9056
    @philipsquire9056 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where can one buy one of the Roman swords and pila? Asking for a friend...

    • @alexgame8700
      @alexgame8700 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Avalon Celtic

  • @XxKINGatLIFExX
    @XxKINGatLIFExX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think the biggest discovery from this is finding out Tristan is 27 years old.

  • @stephenhoffman7801
    @stephenhoffman7801 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pilums are designed to pierce chainmail armor and not as effective against metal plate (bronze or iron).

  • @tomservo5347
    @tomservo5347 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Funny to think my German mom's hometown on the Rhein (a Roman military outpost town) may very well have seen the few that escaped bring the news of Varus to the Roman Empire.

  • @ronaldbobeck9636
    @ronaldbobeck9636 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The reenactors who I know , Wear their full armor and train in it . Break ing in the footwear is a chore.

  • @skyhigh1154
    @skyhigh1154 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those pilums would break or bend on impact, so they would not throw them back at you.

    • @paprskomet
      @paprskomet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They would not.What you mention is possibly the most common and deepest entrenched from all popular myths about Roman army.

  • @khartog01
    @khartog01 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a modern a grunt carry all that gear would suck.

  • @Pan_Blazej
    @Pan_Blazej 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tristan is kinda scary, right? I wouldn't want to be a Roman soldier in a dark barbarian forest somewhere facing off a crowd of guys like that.

  • @Raz.C
    @Raz.C 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really? The loss of 3 legions was "one of the worst defeats ever?" I guess you don't want to hear about the 2nd Punic war, then...

  • @deonprins1583
    @deonprins1583 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Let's consider the impact on an infantry charge of multiple pila hitting your line...creates some confusion and gaps in the line. Disciplined line of scutum and gladius meeting a disorganised charge.

  • @deathdeathington
    @deathdeathington 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pretty good 😊

  • @LegIIAVGCA
    @LegIIAVGCA หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do not agree with this guy. As a Roman Reenactor for 25 years, the Roman sword he showed is meant for un-armored enemies and the wide blade caused terrible damage when you stab and turn blade 45 degrees and pull out.
    The German swords are much longer and thinner such as Roman Spatha… great for slicing and dicing (excellent for cutting off a head)…. But not great at stabbing or attacking an armored soldiers.

  • @2bingtim
    @2bingtim 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Roman swords optimised for penetrating armour? In over 60 years I've never seen any such suggestion either for Gladius or Spatha. Both were broad bladed for maximum effect against unprotected flesh.

  • @cid7800
    @cid7800 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    finally someone who thinks about how they may have used their Arms with the mindset of their time

  • @greghenrikson952
    @greghenrikson952 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ingo! I'd recognize that slice anywhere. Is there a German word for unexpectedly recognizing someone?

  • @watchman835
    @watchman835 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why didn’t Roman use AK47 instead?

    • @marcobassini3576
      @marcobassini3576 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Because the cartridge was not compatible with NATO standards.

    • @abeeltenista
      @abeeltenista 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were using the AD47 to be historically accurate

  • @joeblowfromidaho3642
    @joeblowfromidaho3642 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Slight correction: the verutum is the smaller, throwing spear, and the larger spear, the pillum, is for stabbing. (Or vice versa, depending on the source.) They're not all generically called pilla.

  • @celdur4635
    @celdur4635 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    27? not 47?

  • @TheJohn8765
    @TheJohn8765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having worked in the trades, you figure out ways to carry your kit efficiently and more comfortably. Im sure the soldiers were adroit at doing so.

  • @big1dog23
    @big1dog23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting. I sure hope NF is planning a 3d season of Barbarians.

  • @wojsport
    @wojsport 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is pleause to see you.

  • @frodeulf7400
    @frodeulf7400 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shout out to rome total war.That's cool

  • @wolfshepherd5873
    @wolfshepherd5873 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ave , true to caesar

  • @Quickrex
    @Quickrex 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the Battle of Carrhae and Arausio makes the battle of Teutoburg Forest look like a Disney show.

  • @giannidcenzo
    @giannidcenzo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sharp

  • @phillipallen3259
    @phillipallen3259 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The one main difference is Tristan is a historian and a Roman Legionary would have been trained to do that. Months and probably more likely years of being on the move with his gear. These men were strong and had tremendous endurance.
    Arminius knew the strengths and weaknesses of both sides as an axillary and Roman citizen but also as a Germanic Chieftain. He planned the attack as best as he could using what he had at hand. Varus, on the other hand was arrogant and ignorant and walked into a trap that should have been obvious.

    • @taceturnman
      @taceturnman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Igen. A hadszíntér nem jól volt megválasztva. Caesar jobban csinálta volna.

  • @falcondmp
    @falcondmp 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well balanced for a sword?

  • @billmiller4972
    @billmiller4972 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Throughout history swords all tended to have the same (maximum) weight and equipment too. That is based on the human physis. Soldiers cannot carry 50 kg for long and cannot wield swords of 3 kg for long.

    • @JJJBunney001
      @JJJBunney001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good thing even longsowrds didn't weigh that much. Also you can, with training, handle them for a long enough time

  • @TheWolfalpino
    @TheWolfalpino 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    if you want accuracy, there are tons of romans experts (in italy)
    and i say it not being a roman empire fan.

  • @sebastianmaharg
    @sebastianmaharg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Mate, your referring to them as "the Germans" instead of 'Germanic' doesn't exactly scream historical/academic rigor.

    • @jasonrr9817
      @jasonrr9817 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it's more of using vernacular for a lay audience. Wouldn't fly in an academic paper, but to someone new to learning history, it sounds more familiar.

    • @gorilla30100
      @gorilla30100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mate, I can guarantee you the historian knows more than you. Stop being a pedantic bozo.

    • @sebastianmaharg
      @sebastianmaharg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gorilla30100 expecting historical accuracy in a history video for history buffs isn't being pedantic, asswipe.

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "In time of peace prepare for war."
    -- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

    • @apmoy70
      @apmoy70 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Si vis pacem para bellum

  • @angloaust1575
    @angloaust1575 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The rise and fall of the empire
    Amazing it lasted so long
    753bc to 410ad

    • @marcobassini3576
      @marcobassini3576 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Plus another 1000 years in the East. Byzantium only fell in the XV century. In total it lasted 2 millennia!!

  • @MH-fb5kr
    @MH-fb5kr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good enough to win a huge empire

  • @2serveand2protect
    @2serveand2protect 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The "gladius" wasn't designed to fight against opponents that were heavily armoured. It might be good against chain-mail at best and padded/leather armor - no more! Come on guys! ...SURE AS HELL - it was never designed to fight opponents with segmented armour.

  • @A14b19
    @A14b19 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With the spear you can’t get through armour but you would go for the face same with sword or legs then you can finish off hand to had is dirty

  • @PeterParker-xz8cu
    @PeterParker-xz8cu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please do not stab holding the sword like the right guy in the blue jacked, you will probably hurt your wrist xD

  • @SafetyProMalta
    @SafetyProMalta 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Vare, redde mihi legiones!"

  • @sherlockgnomes8971
    @sherlockgnomes8971 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He’s not 27, more like 47

  • @animevortex8075
    @animevortex8075 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that Fabrizio Romano in the thumbnail😅🤣🤣🤣

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't want to get stabbed with any of those.

  • @HDSME
    @HDSME 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The roman sword is lighter sronger easyer to stick fast and to SHLASH!!!!!
    Better steel as for as grip the pommel at the end was very useful in not loseing your sword! Both are good the Roman is good plus. took yrs of design

  • @rayruiz5871
    @rayruiz5871 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes The Barbarians won in the end but a lot of years later. By then the empire was decaying internally and they hadn't fought a major foe in like 200 years or so. This made the Roman armies not as experienced. Remember he said later on they changed to chainmail which was cheaper and wasn't as good as this armor shown here honestly. So by the time the barbarians won it was a very downgraded Roman army. Also one other thing, the Romans did buy a lot of mercenaries in the latter part of the Empire which made the Army less cohesive as a fighting force.

    • @marcobassini3576
      @marcobassini3576 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the final years of the Empire many legions were in fact made by "romanized" German mercenaries. Curiously, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (the original one), a new ”Holy Roman Empire of the German People" was formed, and lasted until the Napoleonic wars!
      This was the official adoption of the Roman civilization, alphabet, Latin language (in the official documents), Christian religion.

    • @taceturnman
      @taceturnman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Minden birodalom így ér véget.

  • @nothim7321
    @nothim7321 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Answer: fairly good for protecting against the most common threats of the era. Not perfect.

  • @daemonharper3928
    @daemonharper3928 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Romans were equipped with their own spears too - not just pilum.

    • @ericwilliams1659
      @ericwilliams1659 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the throwing darts

    • @taxult
      @taxult 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Roman Legionaries were only ever issued their 2 pilums, gladius and Scutum.

    • @jsimmons9969
      @jsimmons9969 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@taxultearly roman legion had the triarii. Older veteran Spearman used as a last resort. But yes in this period it was pila, short sword and shields for everybody.

    • @paprskomet
      @paprskomet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ericwilliams1659 in different time than army from this video.Darts you have on mind were not in use yet.

    • @paprskomet
      @paprskomet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Roman legionaries(and commonly Auxiliaries)also had limited use of spears,however in period shown in this video they were issued with Pilum as they standard shafted weapon.