The story of Caesar's best Legion (Full History of the 10th, Pt. 2)
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I love the Corp. Of Legion Engineer, and how there was a blueprint on logistics and engineering, all while two armies square off.
Very nice
Date: 2023-08-10
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just
I don't think we can say the 10th gave birth to the Roman Empire, especially since (as you yourself admit) they met their de facto end when their name was changed, and as such didn't participate in Octavian's transitioning of Rome from Republic to Empire. I suppose their contribution comes down to how much one believes Caesar contributed to the transformation to Empire.
I'm of the belief that it wasn't quite as much as he's credited with - the vast majority of the power he accumulated was centered upon himself as an individual by exploiting loopholes in and abusing pre-existing legislation, by making small adjustments, amendments, and exceptions to that legislation, and by stacking the senate to pass new legislation. And, as a result of commandeering the existing institutions (and, y'know, being assassinated so soon, a lot of that power died with him.
Octavian not only accumulated most of his power on his own, but he established new institutions, systems, and policies - primarily his now-formalized position as Imperator - that fundamentally changed the way his power was exercised. He reformed and rebuilt the structures of power and the state itself to accommodate the integration of these institutions, and to function in concert with them.
Essentially, Caesar co-opted the system to center power on himself whereas Octavian formed a new system that centered power on _his position. _
Caesar was in a far different place before his assassination that Octavian was in after it, and Rome under Casesar's dictatorship was a very different place from the Rome that Octavian fought to control, and even more different than the Rome that Augustus dedicated his whole life to building. That said, Caesar left Octavian the tools he needed to do what he did.
TL; DR - This is all to say that the 10th only gave birth to the Roman Empire in the sense that they helped Caesar give Octavian the tools he used to accumulate power and eventually give birth to the Roman Empire himself.
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I don't think we can say the 10th gave birth to the Roman Empire, especially since (as you yourself admit) they met their de facto end when their name was changed, and as such didn't participate in Octavian's transitioning of Rome from Republic to Empire. I suppose their contribution comes down to how much one believes Caesar contributed to the transformation to Empire.
I'm of the belief that it wasn't quite as much as he's credited with - the vast majority of the power he accumulated was centered upon himself as an individual by exploiting loopholes in and abusing pre-existing legislation, by making small adjustments, amendments, and exceptions to that legislation, and by stacking the senate to pass new legislation. And, as a result of commandeering the existing institutions (and, y'know, being assassinated so soon, a lot of that power died with him.
Octavian not only accumulated most of his power on his own, but he established new institutions, systems, and policies - primarily his now-formalized position as Imperator - that fundamentally changed the way his power was exercised. He reformed and rebuilt the structures of power and the state itself to accommodate the integration of these institutions, and to function in concert with them.
Essentially, Caesar co-opted the system to center power on himself whereas Octavian formed a new system that centered power on _his position. _
Caesar was in a far different place before his assassination that Octavian was in after it, and Rome under Casesar's dictatorship was a very different place from the Rome that Octavian fought to control, and even more different than the Rome that Augustus dedicated his whole life to building. That said, Caesar left Octavian the tools he needed to do what he did.
TL; DR - This is all to say that the 10th only gave birth to the Roman Empire in the sense that they helped Caesar give Octavian the tools he used to accumulate power and eventually give birth to the Roman Empire himself.
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Duende
You made a mistake that anglosaxon historians and fans of history do. Sources of the campaigns in Hispania show that the hispanic tribes engaged in open battles and could mobilize through coalitions thousands of men, they did have close formations. I recommend you to read studies by Quesada, who led teams in archeological surveys and he is a expert on celtic-iberian tribes. Old historians tend to see the iberian tribes as skirmishing armies, perhaps due to the influence of the war against the french in the XIXth century and the guerrilla tactics employed there, but it is a bias. If you take the accounts on the punic wars and celtic-iberian wars you'll see that is not like that, plus all the further studies on these peoples made recently. I also recommend you to read Desperta Ferro, a magazine that publishes articles of historians, experts in martial history, they have good ones in this subject too, specially the one about Numancia. This hispanic legions were that stubborn for a reason, there was a huge culture around honor and war, there are accounts of the celtic-iberian wars where as a punishment for fighting Rome, men of a town got their right hands chopped off, the one that they used to fight with a sword, those men took their life because they couldn't fight. They were quite straight forward peoples.
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You made a mistake that anglosaxon historians and fans of history do. Sources of the campaigns in Hispania show that the hispanic tribes engaged in open battles and could mobilize through coalitions thousands of men, they did have close formations. I recommend you to read studies by Quesada, who led teams in archeological surveys and he is a expert on celtic-iberian tribes. Old historians tend to see the iberian tribes as skirmishing armies, perhaps due to the influence of the war against the french in the XIXth century and the guerrilla tactics employed there, but it is a bias. If you take the accounts on the punic wars and celtic-iberian wars you'll see that is not like that, plus all the further studies on these peoples made recently. I also recommend you to read Desperta Ferro, a magazine that publishes articles of historians, experts in martial history, they have good ones in this subject too, specially the one about Numancia. This hispanic legions were that stubborn for a reason, there was a huge culture around honor and war, there are accounts of the celtic-iberian wars where as a punishment for fighting Rome, men of a town got their right hands chopped off, the one that they used to fight with a sword, those men took their life because they couldn't fight. They were quite straight forward peoples.
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Chris
The over view of the strategy and in the minds eye analysis is refreshing. Let's face it even et knows Caesar was assassinated. However trying to explain Pompey used a classical Alexander tactic of a massed cavalry charge but got out fixed by the hidden line of infantry in essay format only works when explaining it to a fellow nerd. Your graphics are so much more enjoyable as anyway.
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The over view of the strategy and in the minds eye analysis is refreshing. Let's face it even et knows Caesar was assassinated. However trying to explain Pompey used a classical Alexander tactic of a massed cavalry charge but got out fixed by the hidden line of infantry in essay format only works when explaining it to a fellow nerd. Your graphics are so much more enjoyable as anyway.
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David
This may be my personal hangup but
PomPAY = is a place.
PomPEE = was a person.
Every time I hear something like Pompay wasn't as good of a general as Cesar. All I think is so a city isn't as good of a general as person is you say?
Or one of the Gauls told Pompay. In my head I see some dude running around trying to tell a whole city something.
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This may be my personal hangup but
PomPAY = is a place.
PomPEE = was a person.
Every time I hear something like Pompay wasn't as good of a general as Cesar. All I think is so a city isn't as good of a general as person is you say?
Or one of the Gauls told Pompay. In my head I see some dude running around trying to tell a whole city something.
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Nick
I've watched this video countless times.
I watched Invicta's Critical Moments - Caesar vs the Mutiny of the Legions and while Invicta's work is good, I feel Filaxim Historia's video with Caesar's speech really hits that emotional mark.
Filaxim Historia as always I thank you for your hard work to bring us such grand videos!
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I've watched this video countless times.
I watched Invicta's Critical Moments - Caesar vs the Mutiny of the Legions and while Invicta's work is good, I feel Filaxim Historia's video with Caesar's speech really hits that emotional mark.
Filaxim Historia as always I thank you for your hard work to bring us such grand videos!
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Marcus
You didnt mention one word about the reason he had a 4th hidden line armed with just their pila b/c he was outnumbered in cavalry with 1k or 1. 5k vs Pompeys 7k cavalry. And your pronouncing Pompey as the city of Pompeii. Please stop. Nor is that why he made the 4th line. Your wrong about any things here.
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You didnt mention one word about the reason he had a 4th hidden line armed with just their pila b/c he was outnumbered in cavalry with 1k or 1. 5k vs Pompeys 7k cavalry. And your pronouncing Pompey as the city of Pompeii. Please stop. Nor is that why he made the 4th line. Your wrong about any things here.
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theBaron0530
The right of a battle line was the position of honor, from ancient times, up through the age of musketry. That's a major reason why Caesar would place the 10th on his right. The decision takes into account that the legion would recognize this honor and do their best to rise to it.
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The right of a battle line was the position of honor, from ancient times, up through the age of musketry. That's a major reason why Caesar would place the 10th on his right. The decision takes into account that the legion would recognize this honor and do their best to rise to it.
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Martyn
How can you glorify a regime that used genocide as a means of social control. Extorted taxes, enslaved millions and enjoyed brutal murder in their Colosseums as sport. A depraved society masquerading as more civilised than the so called barbarians.
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How can you glorify a regime that used genocide as a means of social control. Extorted taxes, enslaved millions and enjoyed brutal murder in their Colosseums as sport. A depraved society masquerading as more civilised than the so called barbarians.
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michael
I have always felt a immense attachment to Romes emperor Caesar and the tenth people come from the lands of my ancestry. My ancestors I salute the blood spilt in wars long forgotten that children won't read to soft to give justice to your bloodline
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I have always felt a immense attachment to Romes emperor Caesar and the tenth people come from the lands of my ancestry. My ancestors I salute the blood spilt in wars long forgotten that children won't read to soft to give justice to your bloodline
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Jesus
Anyone who accepts the gospel that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose on the third day will be saved. Regardless of good or bad deeds, a godly or reprehensible life. That's the good news.
According to 1. Corinthians 15: 1-4
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Anyone who accepts the gospel that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose on the third day will be saved. Regardless of good or bad deeds, a godly or reprehensible life. That's the good news.
According to 1. Corinthians 15: 1-4
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Only
Wow thank u for this video. I now kno what to fact check when I do my research. I appreciate this so much.
As we needed Rome as the biggest empire for Christianity to flourish through the whole world at that time throughout antiquity.
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Wow thank u for this video. I now kno what to fact check when I do my research. I appreciate this so much.
As we needed Rome as the biggest empire for Christianity to flourish through the whole world at that time throughout antiquity.
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Chris
That Caesar managed to make the 10th so incredibly loyal to him that they wilfully took any risk as long as he ordered it, is crazy. And the fact that they made it work against all odds so many times is even more crazy.
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That Caesar managed to make the 10th so incredibly loyal to him that they wilfully took any risk as long as he ordered it, is crazy. And the fact that they made it work against all odds so many times is even more crazy.
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Leo
So disrespectful of you to the veterans of Leg X Eq, you did not mention that they were sent under orders of Octavianus Augustus to settle in Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis, AKA Patras, Greece.
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So disrespectful of you to the veterans of Leg X Eq, you did not mention that they were sent under orders of Octavianus Augustus to settle in Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis, AKA Patras, Greece.
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education
The depth and detail of information here and the visuals are amazing. I have not seen a better production of Roman military history on any television documentaries. Really very impressive
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The depth and detail of information here and the visuals are amazing. I have not seen a better production of Roman military history on any television documentaries. Really very impressive
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Natthapong
I have always known about the deep bond between Caesar and his 10th, but your narrative almost made me cry along and definitely would go to Africa even without stimulus bonus.
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I have always known about the deep bond between Caesar and his 10th, but your narrative almost made me cry along and definitely would go to Africa even without stimulus bonus.
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Pier
Amazing content. Im myself an italian paratrooper soldier, and on a wall of my barracks theres a painting of roman legion fighting. We still get inspired by them and their values
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Amazing content. Im myself an italian paratrooper soldier, and on a wall of my barracks theres a painting of roman legion fighting. We still get inspired by them and their values
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semre
The X is just unstoppable, unbelievable how Caeser deploys the same tactic over and over and still wins.
Truly a great combination, a charismatic general and honorable men
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The X is just unstoppable, unbelievable how Caeser deploys the same tactic over and over and still wins.
Truly a great combination, a charismatic general and honorable men
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Rodfel
I thought I was about to hear about the follow up of the 14th Legion story, Why am I hearing one about the 10th? . Well, I see, you meant the 14th don't you? . lol.
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I thought I was about to hear about the follow up of the 14th Legion story, Why am I hearing one about the 10th? . Well, I see, you meant the 14th don't you? . lol.
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Нет
I'm gonna lead the charge, but if anything happens to me, you're all gonna be disgraced / punished.
Sounds really effective, but also really hypocritical.
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I'm gonna lead the charge, but if anything happens to me, you're all gonna be disgraced / punished.
Sounds really effective, but also really hypocritical.
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