Rome's most effective Legion Conquers Britain (Full history of the 14th, Part 2)
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Date: 2023-08-10
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Vaggelis
The comment about alexander being 4: 1 is utterly ridiculous especially because you choose to use ancient sources for the romans but do not grant the same courtesy to the greeks i suggest stating only things you know as fact, you have very good knowlege of roman history but use ancient sources for gaugamela as you use here and you will find that alexander had a 47000 man army and the persians acording to Arian had between 500. 000-1. 000. 000 men with 300. 000 dead + captured after the battle to Alexanders 1200. so that makes the odds at the least 10: 1. and i am not even gonna talk about chariots and everything else going on or even that the battle took place in the most open field possible
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The comment about alexander being 4: 1 is utterly ridiculous especially because you choose to use ancient sources for the romans but do not grant the same courtesy to the greeks i suggest stating only things you know as fact, you have very good knowlege of roman history but use ancient sources for gaugamela as you use here and you will find that alexander had a 47000 man army and the persians acording to Arian had between 500. 000-1. 000. 000 men with 300. 000 dead + captured after the battle to Alexanders 1200. so that makes the odds at the least 10: 1. and i am not even gonna talk about chariots and everything else going on or even that the battle took place in the most open field possible
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Timo
The ads are fine I am just wondering how do you know the old names of the areas on the map? They do not correspond to anything in modern texts or maps. That is if you were with the Legions. XIII is a late one. Do you have information about IX and X? What happened to us?
Just a fictional caption, the discussion started by Centurion Timotheus:
- Ave centurio, quid agis?
- Heus Timothee, fessus sum. ET VETERIS.
- Narra mihi de eo. Puto nos in aliud bellum ituri.
Novi, Tim. Sumesne latus laevum? ius accipiam.
- Certe, ut semper, infans.
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The ads are fine I am just wondering how do you know the old names of the areas on the map? They do not correspond to anything in modern texts or maps. That is if you were with the Legions. XIII is a late one. Do you have information about IX and X? What happened to us?
Just a fictional caption, the discussion started by Centurion Timotheus:
- Ave centurio, quid agis?
- Heus Timothee, fessus sum. ET VETERIS.
- Narra mihi de eo. Puto nos in aliud bellum ituri.
Novi, Tim. Sumesne latus laevum? ius accipiam.
- Certe, ut semper, infans.
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Eimantas
Ah yes. boudica. a prime example of why women should never be given leading roles, the few that succeed are complete outliers and flukes at best. In her blind rage she massacred and tortured 3 innocent towns just because they were loyal to Rome, she then lead tens of thousands of her own people to get slaughtered, and for what? Feminist historians will try to bring her up as some sort of hero but don't be brainwashed and look at the facts and the result, she was a complete tragedy for her own people.
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Ah yes. boudica. a prime example of why women should never be given leading roles, the few that succeed are complete outliers and flukes at best. In her blind rage she massacred and tortured 3 innocent towns just because they were loyal to Rome, she then lead tens of thousands of her own people to get slaughtered, and for what? Feminist historians will try to bring her up as some sort of hero but don't be brainwashed and look at the facts and the result, she was a complete tragedy for her own people.
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Sandra
200k Britons was an impossible number and shows Roman exaggeration while Paulinus did win a very good victory Historians now believe that the Britons numbered around 60k and their army around 35-45k while the Romans had between 10-12k.
You have to take into consideration that the Roman histories written in imperial times were a lot different from the histories written for the Republic which tended not exaggerate and were more truthful.
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200k Britons was an impossible number and shows Roman exaggeration while Paulinus did win a very good victory Historians now believe that the Britons numbered around 60k and their army around 35-45k while the Romans had between 10-12k.
You have to take into consideration that the Roman histories written in imperial times were a lot different from the histories written for the Republic which tended not exaggerate and were more truthful.
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Sol
The Romans use the numeration of their legions in that way cause they was not pronouncing the numbers as today do, so adding. The XIIII Legion wasn't spelled 14th Legion but kinda like 10-4 Legion, so the Legione Decima-Quarta spelled Dekima-Quarta.
X=Decem=Decima. fem. IIII=Quattuor=Quarta. fem.
Ofcourse meaning decimaquarta they was referring and thinking to 14 number, but spelling it in a different way.
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The Romans use the numeration of their legions in that way cause they was not pronouncing the numbers as today do, so adding. The XIIII Legion wasn't spelled 14th Legion but kinda like 10-4 Legion, so the Legione Decima-Quarta spelled Dekima-Quarta.
X=Decem=Decima. fem. IIII=Quattuor=Quarta. fem.
Ofcourse meaning decimaquarta they was referring and thinking to 14 number, but spelling it in a different way.
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First
Today I learned that, because of the biggest douchebag pile o st procurator Descianis Katus, thousands of people die in the most terrible way, suffering, getting torture and burned alive.
Thats how one man can create a war and bring pain to thousands, by selfishness, stubborn and incompetence.
The Romans should have not just let him go, but give him the same destiny he caused to all those people.
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Today I learned that, because of the biggest douchebag pile o st procurator Descianis Katus, thousands of people die in the most terrible way, suffering, getting torture and burned alive.
Thats how one man can create a war and bring pain to thousands, by selfishness, stubborn and incompetence.
The Romans should have not just let him go, but give him the same destiny he caused to all those people.
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Who
And don't forgot one of Rome's successful comander, politician and future to be emperor Vaspasius, truly a great emperor who in his career joined Claudius on his invasion of Britain and subdued Judea under Nero, truly a great man. Ave Vaspasius the greatest emperor eclipsed by crisis emperors.
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And don't forgot one of Rome's successful comander, politician and future to be emperor Vaspasius, truly a great emperor who in his career joined Claudius on his invasion of Britain and subdued Judea under Nero, truly a great man. Ave Vaspasius the greatest emperor eclipsed by crisis emperors.
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Ivan
The subtract convention for numerals was standardized around 100 years after the fall of Constantinople, Western Romans NEVER really used IV for 4 as mentioned in this video, it was just a fancy way to put it in medieval times, similar to quatre vingt dix for 90 in French language.
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The subtract convention for numerals was standardized around 100 years after the fall of Constantinople, Western Romans NEVER really used IV for 4 as mentioned in this video, it was just a fancy way to put it in medieval times, similar to quatre vingt dix for 90 in French language.
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3rd
Imagine if Bouddica had won at Watling Street. Britain would be free of Rome. Maybe the Anglo-Saxon influx of 450 - 600 AD may have been resisted. Maybe the Dane Law kingdoms would not succeed. The ramifications of the Roman victory at Watling Street are still echoed today.
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Imagine if Bouddica had won at Watling Street. Britain would be free of Rome. Maybe the Anglo-Saxon influx of 450 - 600 AD may have been resisted. Maybe the Dane Law kingdoms would not succeed. The ramifications of the Roman victory at Watling Street are still echoed today.
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Sun
Great video. Couple notes. Caesar didn't fail to conquer Briton, he never tried to conquer then he just launched a couple raids then had to quell a Celtics uprising. Also need to remind the audience to never trust historian numbers and provide the modern estimates.
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Great video. Couple notes. Caesar didn't fail to conquer Briton, he never tried to conquer then he just launched a couple raids then had to quell a Celtics uprising. Also need to remind the audience to never trust historian numbers and provide the modern estimates.
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Krushner
Love your content been following for quite a while. Any chance you could do a video on the disappearance of the 9th Legion and your view on its end? Its such a subjective subject but your knowledge base would provide an excellent opinion on it no doubt
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Love your content been following for quite a while. Any chance you could do a video on the disappearance of the 9th Legion and your view on its end? Its such a subjective subject but your knowledge base would provide an excellent opinion on it no doubt
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Martin
Damn, Vittelius was a spiteful (and fat) man wanting to kill the Most bravest Centurions who marched against him. Not realizing that it would probably weaken the troops He would Command as Emperor. Must have been all that fat that hier His brain.
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Damn, Vittelius was a spiteful (and fat) man wanting to kill the Most bravest Centurions who marched against him. Not realizing that it would probably weaken the troops He would Command as Emperor. Must have been all that fat that hier His brain.
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B.
Just keep in mind that 80. 000 dead means a large percentage were stabbed and/or beaten to death up front and personal by a Roman legionnaire or Batavian auxiliary. Not like today where you often won't know if you hit or killed anyone in a battle.
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Just keep in mind that 80. 000 dead means a large percentage were stabbed and/or beaten to death up front and personal by a Roman legionnaire or Batavian auxiliary. Not like today where you often won't know if you hit or killed anyone in a battle.
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Edmon
I wonder what he meant by your star grants you time what is the context behind that, it was believed that everyone had a personal individual star in heaven? or in the spirit inside? .maybe star is synonymous to the soul? idk
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I wonder what he meant by your star grants you time what is the context behind that, it was believed that everyone had a personal individual star in heaven? or in the spirit inside? .maybe star is synonymous to the soul? idk
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Jeff
The battle was basicaly won by the soldier being totaly disciplined and acting as a an ironfist smashing the britains. I know cruel. but i wouldve loved to watch from the side as the maschine carved into the mob
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The battle was basicaly won by the soldier being totaly disciplined and acting as a an ironfist smashing the britains. I know cruel. but i wouldve loved to watch from the side as the maschine carved into the mob
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ryanburbridge
Subbed. Never thought history of war would bring such emotion and thought. As 2023 rolls on its easy to think society is crumbling yet when you look back you realize just how good we are doing. Thanks
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Subbed. Never thought history of war would bring such emotion and thought. As 2023 rolls on its easy to think society is crumbling yet when you look back you realize just how good we are doing. Thanks
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T. W
I remember reading a book that had a few few pages on Boudicca's revolt and it had a visual joke were the head of the second augusta had committed suicide and it stated and people said he had no guts
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I remember reading a book that had a few few pages on Boudicca's revolt and it had a visual joke were the head of the second augusta had committed suicide and it stated and people said he had no guts
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Michael
I always love when you throw in a piece about the actual individual soldiers that were in the legions. It gives the actual historical account an aura of visceral omniscience.
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I always love when you throw in a piece about the actual individual soldiers that were in the legions. It gives the actual historical account an aura of visceral omniscience.
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MrVegetaTV
This question may have been answered: Would a legionnaire be able to transfer to a different cohort? ex: 14th cohort solider wants to go to 3rd cohort cause 14th sucks
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This question may have been answered: Would a legionnaire be able to transfer to a different cohort? ex: 14th cohort solider wants to go to 3rd cohort cause 14th sucks
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