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Correction: It's Anno Domini (In the Year of Our Lord or just AD for short). It is not Marxist Common Error (CE)...ditch the Troksky Crocksky...and say it right.
О, Скорпо, привет, Братуха!!!! Люблю твои видео, у тебя талантище! Спасибо, что благодаря тебе я услышал "Trap Autumn Leaves", я тогда бросил свою девушку и мне этот трек помог справиться с душевными переживаниями. Ты лучший! ✊🤝🤝🤝
"What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?" "Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans Ever Done for Us?!"
Unfortunately no matter how much you can give others, they will never want to have to be under your thumb to get it. Like one Filipino man once said, he would rather see his country ran into the dirt by his fellow Filippinos than ran a paradise by any other
Actually I was missing a part of that statement, the the full quote by Manuel L. Quezon was "I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans, because however bad a Filipino government may be we can always change it" I think my point stands that people won't be grateful for what you give them if it means being under your thumb
@@Finn_the_Cat That statement is maybe correct today - but it was not correct during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Most were quite happy with Rome and did not want to be independend again. Yes, after taking a new region there often was one rebellion a little later. But most of the time, that was it. After this rebellion was done, people became happy and content. Just a few examples: The quite famous "Social War" fought in Italy, when several tribes like the Samnite rebelled against Rome. But what did they fight for? Their freedom? NO. They fought for ROMAN CITIZENSHIP. Or during the second punic war - most towns and tribes stayed loyal to Rome, even though Rome suffered heavy defeats. Or look at the Gauls. Extremly fierce fighting - but after their integration into the Roman Empire, they soon became a prosperous province, a little later they became senators - and just prospered and didn't rebel again. The reason why Rome was so successfull for hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of years was that all the tribes and regions they conquered benefitted and were content to live under Roman rule.
@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx”There will be no Byzantine badmouthing under my roof! Constantinople kept Rome alive for another 1000 years, is what it did! And in this house, the Eastern Roman Empire are heroes, end of story!”
Ironically while Rome expanded quite efficiently, it had an extremely inefficient economy and agricultural output (one of the less known factors in the fall of Rome was huge amounts of land in southern Italy being infertile due to poor farming practices).
@@teffical9304 in the last decades of the republic, one of the major problems was the rise of huge mega plantations. The massive influx of wealth and slaves from their conquests went mainly to the upper classes, which led to them to buying up land from people who had been fighting in the war and had left their farms to do so, to find them ruined. Alot of this land was left uncultivated leading to agricultural production in italy crashing.
@@teffical9304 It doesnt create job opportunity. National economy grows if average citizens becone wealthy. It sounds great to have free labour. But free labour has downside. It cause a massive unemployment. With no jobs, no money. When citizens dont have money, they dont pay taxes and instead rely on goverment subsidies. Which in turn drain the state coffers. Slavery only benefitted very few percentages of the population. And does not contribute to national economy.
@@aetius7139As a historical example, I heard that in the Southern states of America before the abolition of slavery, many people who didn't own slaves were horribly impoverished. Though I also heard many of those impoverished Southerners also had a very counterproductive culture that also contributed to their impoverished status as described by Northerners and foreigners which matches the ghetto lifestyle/mindset that plagues modern American society today in some places
The Marian reform, gotta love the trigger event during Rome Total War. Pretty cool to train way better units who have better equipment and high moral…though i miss units yelling Triarii!
I enjoyed this overview, but it seemed to gloss over the resistance faced by conquered cultures. The Roman Empire wasn’t always as inclusive as suggested, and many regions fought hard against Roman control
@wesleysinnema7210 Most people don't. To really drive the point home, look up how multiplication works with Latin numerals. Spoiler alert it's a pain in the ass.
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππαςlike if you multiplaying roman number it painfull to how long symbol become i swear god in most number system does have 0 number word until it found in india they put zero symbol in numberical system which renovation for maths economy of world
Rome was founded in the 8th century BC. The 8th century BC was also the age of a strong phoenician presence in the mediterranean, where most trade centered around the city of Tyre - a city that had stood for nearly 3000 years before then. Further east were the Neo Assyrians with their powerful and innovative (for the time) armies, whom would expand to conquer egypt, creating one of the largest empires in the world at the time. In Italy, Etruscan writing dates to around 700 BC (ie. final year of the 8th century BC), making it older than ancient greek writing (since iirc, Homer dates to the 7th century BC) - but it can't be interpreted. Tyre declined with its conquest by Alexander, wherein other cities took over portions of its old market share.
The Roman process of assimilation was probably the biggest factor which enabled rapid expansion. Unlike later colonial empires, there was a shared common Roman identity which all received representation.
Yeah. 1.5 million slaughtered and the same number of enslaved Gauls is the most innovative assimilation technique ever. The difference is that they did it most of the time only once because otherwise there would be none left and they only forced their laws on them. What was probably the better thing was the citizenship for auxiliaries but well "Shock troops" is just a glorified name for meat shields. The only innovative thing is that they weakened their enemies enough for them to beg for protection as in their weakness they would be eaten by someone different who they hated more than Romans.
Yep the most successful empires in history are usually those that are able to successfully integrate the conquered people's. And usually the empires that fail the most spectacularly are the ones that alienate the conquered by keeping them distant and separate.
@@kubium7546 Gauls hated others gauls more than the roman. The 1.5 million killed is not evenly distributed between gallic tribes as some are allied to the romans. A lot of tribes got wiped out and Caesar's germanic cavalry were let loose and repeatedly caused massacres to intimidate the tribesmen.
One of your best videos. The subject the narration the script the amazing visuals and sounds came together really well you should be proud of yourself great job
When the Romans invaded your kingdom while you were at school: Barbarian child: "Hi, mom! I'm back from school!" Barbarian mother: "Salve, fili mi. Ego cenam paratam habeo. Quomodo schola?" Barbarian child: "m- mom?"
“They do not indulge in imported delicacies. Their meals are simple: wild fruit, fresh game, and curdled milk. They satisfy their hunger without elaborate preparation or dainty cooking. In their thirst they are not equally moderate. They are enticed by strong drink, which has been introduced by traders.” (Germania, Chapter 23)
I quite enjoy learning about ancient logistics. Thank you for this little overview on the evolution of Rome's military. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Ancient Rome. The aesthetics, achievements, inventions, prominence, it's always so encaptivating. Though of course, it's important to understand the realities of history: Celebrate the good and innovative things, condemn the darker aspects of it and learn from both.
The one thing he didn't mention was, yes, soldiers could retire and get a land pension as well as money for the rest of their days... after 25 years of service. Imagine having to survive 25 years of constant warfare in order to finally retire and you didn't move up from your social status. So, being an officer would not be too difficult because you could just rank up. Being a poor, enlisted man would be extremely tough. Your videos are the best. Between you, History Matters, and Yarnhub I get my history fix.
Amazing video, listing down all the main points. A similar video for the East Roman Empire would be also great, to see how it the Roman practices were further developed in the same way as they developed from Persian to Greek kingdoms and empires and then to Roman.
Rome reminds me so much of the United States: 1. Had an enormous and multi-racial society. 2. Wielded the greatest economy in the world during its peak. 3. Offered progressive liberties and rights like due process to its citizens. 4. Was the sole super power of its age who ensured global stability by policing regional powers. 5. Heavily influenced by Judo-Christian values.
I live in an old Roman town right on the English/Scottish borders,the grounds where the old forts were are still visible , every now and then some old coin or artifact turns up as well , a lot of the old roads around here are in fact old Roman roads .
I always kinda wondered why those people, the Romans, were thinking so many moves ahead of everyone else. While barbarian tribes took part in primitive behavior and showed a lack of desire for innovation, Romans chose to evolve and adapt every single day
@@johnjackbogle1217 stfu, no one cares. You're commenting on every other comment, and no one cares nor wants to use BCE. BCE is never going to catch on, and it's going to continue to be BC and AC
Re-watch the episode but think U.S each time he says Rome. Just goes to show how the Roman’s cracked the code. We just have today’s technology, but still use much of the same strategies and structures.
Decentralized expansion. The time they expanded so fast was during the republic. They have lots of generals that operate independently, taking lands for the glory of rome. Their system of expansion and integration is one of the best in the world. When they became a centralized empire, they were no longer the same because instead of rome, it became for the emperor which doesnt last that long as civil war rock the empire most of the time. The same can be seen during spain's expansion in americas, russia's expansion to siberia, britain's conquest of the world.
Expansion is easy when most of the world is unsettled and most remote settlements have less people than a legion. The romans just steamrolled everyone, only stopping when they hit actual resistance or if their supply chain got stretched. Occasionally they would stretched way too thin and the legions supply chain would break leading to periodic recalls of troops. That's the true reality, there's no real magic secret to it all. War is a numbers game and the romans had the numbers.
@Armchair historian Could you make a Video about the Evolution of the Byzantine Army, Maximinus Thrax, The Campaign of Emperor Heraclius and The Strategikon? 🦅
The roman empire is maybe extinct today as a political entity, but its legacy lives through all the european cultures today, even those from countries who were never controlled by the roman empire
You got one thing very wrong thou Throughout the Roman Empire, there was always one little village in Aremorica called Gallien. The people of that village resisted thanks to a magic potion from their Druid Miraculix, that gives them Superhuman strength to defend themselves against the Roman invaders
The video kept threatening to turn into a poorly segued advertisement but never did. I spent nearly the entire video waiting for him to say something like "written records such as censuses and land registries were painstakingly maintained...which you can learn ALL ABOUT with this video's sponsor, Brilliant!"
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I hope you cover napoleon war and marshal, i think this topic is the most rare you talk about
Do one on the mongol
Correction: It's Anno Domini (In the Year of Our Lord or just AD for short). It is not Marxist Common Error (CE)...ditch the Troksky Crocksky...and say it right.
There is no allowance for subscription for non dollar account holders
0:25 the walking animation is SMOOTH. Major props to whoever did that.
Will let the animator know. Thanks for watching!
I prefer the one at 9:38 😂
@@ghost7344 thanks for your hardwork my friend
hood irony ahh walk but all jokes aside really good animation
@@Varangoi I expected a good animation, gave me a sharp exhale from the nose.
Armchair History + Roman logistics? Never clicked so fast in my life!
@@Dutchmapper No
@@Commander1327calm up
Profile pic checks out
Bro is not the Roman Empire😂 no hate btw
Pfp checks out
Love the improvement in video quality, and music choices. Major props to the edit team
YO SCORPOOO
О, Скорпо, привет, Братуха!!!!
Люблю твои видео, у тебя талантище!
Спасибо, что благодаря тебе я услышал "Trap Autumn Leaves", я тогда бросил свою девушку и мне этот трек помог справиться с душевными переживаниями.
Ты лучший! ✊🤝🤝🤝
"What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?"
"Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans Ever Done for Us?!"
Brought peace?
Unfortunately no matter how much you can give others, they will never want to have to be under your thumb to get it. Like one Filipino man once said, he would rather see his country ran into the dirt by his fellow Filippinos than ran a paradise by any other
Actually I was missing a part of that statement, the the full quote by Manuel L. Quezon was "I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans, because however bad a Filipino government may be we can always change it" I think my point stands that people won't be grateful for what you give them if it means being under your thumb
@@Finn_the_Cat That statement is maybe correct today - but it was not correct during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Most were quite happy with Rome and did not want to be independend again. Yes, after taking a new region there often was one rebellion a little later. But most of the time, that was it. After this rebellion was done, people became happy and content.
Just a few examples: The quite famous "Social War" fought in Italy, when several tribes like the Samnite rebelled against Rome.
But what did they fight for? Their freedom? NO. They fought for ROMAN CITIZENSHIP.
Or during the second punic war - most towns and tribes stayed loyal to Rome, even though Rome suffered heavy defeats.
Or look at the Gauls. Extremly fierce fighting - but after their integration into the Roman Empire, they soon became a prosperous province, a little later they became senators - and just prospered and didn't rebel again.
The reason why Rome was so successfull for hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of years was that all the tribes and regions they conquered benefitted and were content to live under Roman rule.
@@wedgeantilles8575 I see
Last time I was this early, Roman leaders had good models in Civilization games.
Last time I was this early, Byzantium was still called Rome
@@ASlickNamedPimpback
Don’t worry, I still call it Rome.
@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx”There will be no Byzantine badmouthing under my roof! Constantinople kept Rome alive for another 1000 years, is what it did! And in this house, the Eastern Roman Empire are heroes, end of story!”
@@NCRVeteranRanger
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Wasn’t expecting another ancient history video. Nice.
Ironically while Rome expanded quite efficiently, it had an extremely inefficient economy and agricultural output (one of the less known factors in the fall of Rome was huge amounts of land in southern Italy being infertile due to poor farming practices).
That and practice of slavery. A nation with slavery system is doomed in a stagnant economic system.
@@aetius7139 How so? I'm curious
@@teffical9304 in the last decades of the republic, one of the major problems was the rise of huge mega plantations. The massive influx of wealth and slaves from their conquests went mainly to the upper classes, which led to them to buying up land from people who had been fighting in the war and had left their farms to do so, to find them ruined. Alot of this land was left uncultivated leading to agricultural production in italy crashing.
@@teffical9304 It doesnt create job opportunity. National economy grows if average citizens becone wealthy. It sounds great to have free labour. But free labour has downside. It cause a massive unemployment. With no jobs, no money. When citizens dont have money, they dont pay taxes and instead rely on goverment subsidies. Which in turn drain the state coffers. Slavery only benefitted very few percentages of the population. And does not contribute to national economy.
@@aetius7139As a historical example, I heard that in the Southern states of America before the abolition of slavery, many people who didn't own slaves were horribly impoverished.
Though I also heard many of those impoverished Southerners also had a very counterproductive culture that also contributed to their impoverished status as described by Northerners and foreigners which matches the ghetto lifestyle/mindset that plagues modern American society today in some places
Another fire video from the Armchair Historian
Because of James Bisonette
Wrong channel, friend! 😂
The ultimate financier
Don’t forget spinning 3 plates and words about books
Kelly Moneymaker also had some input.
@@MrWhipple42 I literally wanted to type that 😂
Absolutely love your Rome content. Keep em coming!
The Marian reform, gotta love the trigger event during Rome Total War. Pretty cool to train way better units who have better equipment and high moral…though i miss units yelling Triarii!
Armchair! Do more videos on Roman Empire.
I appreciate your team's videos and consistently, and also you for putting in the work.
Armed chair vid about Rome? YESSIR
Isn't an armed chair just a fighter jet?
I enjoyed this overview, but it seemed to gloss over the resistance faced by conquered cultures. The Roman Empire wasn’t always as inclusive as suggested, and many regions fought hard against Roman control
Armchair plus ancient history makes such a fine wine of content
Crazy to think that logistics we call “basic” today took hundreds of years to develop
Even "basic" logistics are a pain in the ass when you have to do everything by hand and without Arabic numerals.
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππας dang I didnt even think of that
@wesleysinnema7210 Most people don't. To really drive the point home, look up how multiplication works with Latin numerals. Spoiler alert it's a pain in the ass.
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππαςlike if you multiplaying roman number it painfull to how long symbol become i swear god in most number system does have 0 number word until it found in india they put zero symbol in numberical system which renovation for maths economy of world
Thank you so much for doing a video about the greatest Empire!
It´s not often you make a video about ancient history thank you very much!
Funny how the Roman Empire is capable of ruling a massive Nation with lots of diversity for longer than any modern empire could
Because nationalism wasn't invented yet
A willingness to incorporate other cultures beliefs and at the same time ruthlessly crush rebellion seemed to be the trick
@@aaronbecker5617So that's the secret. I have to write my congressman
Imperial China: Am I a joke to you?
@@levinicusrex1006 how diverse is china tho? And it frequently broke apart
Rome was founded in the 8th century BC. The 8th century BC was also the age of a strong phoenician presence in the mediterranean, where most trade centered around the city of Tyre - a city that had stood for nearly 3000 years before then. Further east were the Neo Assyrians with their powerful and innovative (for the time) armies, whom would expand to conquer egypt, creating one of the largest empires in the world at the time. In Italy, Etruscan writing dates to around 700 BC (ie. final year of the 8th century BC), making it older than ancient greek writing (since iirc, Homer dates to the 7th century BC) - but it can't be interpreted.
Tyre declined with its conquest by Alexander, wherein other cities took over portions of its old market share.
*BCE
BC works just fine?
@@johnjackbogle1217 Thank you for calling the birth of Christ the event that brought us to the "common era"
@@joshjwillway1545 Based✝
You're a weakling for trying to whitewash@@johnjackbogle1217
The Roman process of assimilation was probably the biggest factor which enabled rapid expansion. Unlike later colonial empires, there was a shared common Roman identity which all received representation.
Yeah. 1.5 million slaughtered and the same number of enslaved Gauls is the most innovative assimilation technique ever. The difference is that they did it most of the time only once because otherwise there would be none left and they only forced their laws on them. What was probably the better thing was the citizenship for auxiliaries but well "Shock troops" is just a glorified name for meat shields. The only innovative thing is that they weakened their enemies enough for them to beg for protection as in their weakness they would be eaten by someone different who they hated more than Romans.
Yep the most successful empires in history are usually those that are able to successfully integrate the conquered people's. And usually the empires that fail the most spectacularly are the ones that alienate the conquered by keeping them distant and separate.
@@kubium7546 Gauls hated others gauls more than the roman. The 1.5 million killed is not evenly distributed between gallic tribes as some are allied to the romans. A lot of tribes got wiped out and Caesar's germanic cavalry were let loose and repeatedly caused massacres to intimidate the tribesmen.
@@linming5610 That doesn't make it okay.
@@Raphael4722 didn't said it was. Just adding a context.
You should do the Katipunan next. Especially, of its Founders the Bonifacio Brothers.
You should do a video on roman tactics. Nice video!
if I remember right, Carthage finally falling, tied with Alexander's Heirs squabbling to much to unite against a greater threat leading to Hegemon.
One of your best videos. The subject the narration the script the amazing visuals and sounds came together really well you should be proud of yourself great job
Nice animations!
Nice video.
you still havent watched the full video yet
@Dutchmapper right? These people man
@@Dutchmapperyou just now it’s gonna be good
Thanks for watching!
How about Dacia before and after Roman conquest? That's a cool idea for a video,a subject not many people speak about.
OER Project teacher reporting in. 🔥 video
Nice cameo by Vitalstatistix 😉
Cool that someone noticed him too XD
Fascinating video.
Always a good day when Armchair Historian posts 🔥🔥🔥
NICE!
@@Dutchmapper someone got up on the wrong side of the bed (or got into it, depending on the time zone, I suppose)
I know all of this information, but I didn't know it by Armchair historian , so I had to watch everything I know again, and regret nothing!
REALLY GOOD
Hear me out on this one: the Gallic wars from the Gallic perspective?
Omg, what a video 😮
just when I thought I was done thinking about the Roman Empire
I hope this helps me with my essay 🙏🏻😭
When the Romans invaded your kingdom while you were at school:
Barbarian child: "Hi, mom! I'm back from school!"
Barbarian mother: "Salve, fili mi. Ego cenam paratam habeo. Quomodo schola?"
Barbarian child: "m- mom?"
"Mom! Mom! The armchair historian dropped another video! Don't bother me now!"
What? Hold on son i'm gonna watch it too! 😁
Great job 👍
Amazing content as always!
This video was amaizing
Awesome video!🎉
“They do not indulge in imported delicacies. Their meals are simple: wild fruit, fresh game, and curdled milk. They satisfy their hunger without elaborate preparation or dainty cooking. In their thirst they are not equally moderate. They are enticed by strong drink, which has been introduced by traders.” (Germania, Chapter 23)
If I only got this video earlier, id be doing better in my history classes cause these are exact things we were talking about
Armchair Historian videos not WW2
Hook it to my veins
Can you do one on Justinian and Belisarius?
Eres el mejor explicando historias
miau
Please, PLEASE do a LOT more videos about antiquity!
Have you ever considered doing a video about cultural history?
I quite enjoy learning about ancient logistics. Thank you for this little overview on the evolution of Rome's military.
God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Yesssssss!!!
Great video!
Ancient Rome. The aesthetics, achievements, inventions, prominence, it's always so encaptivating. Though of course, it's important to understand the realities of history:
Celebrate the good and innovative things, condemn the darker aspects of it and learn from both.
The one thing he didn't mention was, yes, soldiers could retire and get a land pension as well as money for the rest of their days... after 25 years of service. Imagine having to survive 25 years of constant warfare in order to finally retire and you didn't move up from your social status. So, being an officer would not be too difficult because you could just rank up. Being a poor, enlisted man would be extremely tough. Your videos are the best. Between you, History Matters, and Yarnhub I get my history fix.
would love more ancient history!
You could expand this theme by doing the exact same video about roman efficiency... in a 1 hour documentary!!! It would be awesome!
Heh, at 9 minutes, I've wondered, how historically accurate Asterix was... Aside from the super powered strength.
Amazing video, listing down all the main points. A similar video for the East Roman Empire would be also great, to see how it the Roman practices were further developed in the same way as they developed from Persian to Greek kingdoms and empires and then to Roman.
Well, I’ve thought about Rome today now
thanks to these videos, I’ve uncovered so much I never knew.
Would love to see a Ancient Chinese equivalent of this video
Rome reminds me so much of the United States:
1. Had an enormous and multi-racial society.
2. Wielded the greatest economy in the world during its peak.
3. Offered progressive liberties and rights like due process to its citizens.
4. Was the sole super power of its age who ensured global stability by policing regional powers.
5. Heavily influenced by Judo-Christian values.
A great n informative video
I live in an old Roman town right on the English/Scottish borders,the grounds where the old forts were are still visible , every now and then some old coin or artifact turns up as well , a lot of the old roads around here are in fact old Roman roads .
Because becoming Roman is a blessing, not a curse.
Very cool video 🙂
Do Aurelian next
1:16 Why'd you do Joe Rogan like that
Before common era
Right
The common era
The era that was common before the event
The event that ushered in the common era
Right
I always kinda wondered why those people, the Romans, were thinking so many moves ahead of everyone else.
While barbarian tribes took part in primitive behavior and showed a lack of desire for innovation, Romans chose to evolve and adapt every single day
Now I finally understand why men think about the Roman Empire. I am even thinking about it right now
Veni vidi vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
-Julius Caeser 46 B.C
@@DutchmapperAre you stupid?
@@DutchmapperThey literally translated it. Troglodyte
*BCE
@@johnjackbogle1217 stfu, no one cares. You're commenting on every other comment, and no one cares nor wants to use BCE. BCE is never going to catch on, and it's going to continue to be BC and AC
Logistics. It's always the answer
@@Dutchmapperwars are won with logistics
@@Dutchmapper
@@DutchmapperLogistics is a powerful weapon.
Logistics and more importantly, money, granted I guess you could count money as logistics.
@@kryzzan7039I would count money as logistics. No money, no supplies.
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Re-watch the episode but think U.S each time he says Rome.
Just goes to show how the Roman’s cracked the code. We just have today’s technology, but still use much of the same strategies and structures.
It's a good day when Armchair Historian uploads, it's an even better day when it's about Rome
Decentralized expansion. The time they expanded so fast was during the republic. They have lots of generals that operate independently, taking lands for the glory of rome. Their system of expansion and integration is one of the best in the world. When they became a centralized empire, they were no longer the same because instead of rome, it became for the emperor which doesnt last that long as civil war rock the empire most of the time.
The same can be seen during spain's expansion in americas, russia's expansion to siberia, britain's conquest of the world.
Expansion is easy when most of the world is unsettled and most remote settlements have less people than a legion.
The romans just steamrolled everyone, only stopping when they hit actual resistance or if their supply chain got stretched.
Occasionally they would stretched way too thin and the legions supply chain would break leading to periodic recalls of troops.
That's the true reality, there's no real magic secret to it all.
War is a numbers game and the romans had the numbers.
I'm honestly curious as to what made Rome so meritocratic and adaptable that other civilizations of its time couldn't do the same
I was born in Ancient Rome, but I didn’t know some of this. Thanks. My favorite was the goddamn tigers in the colosseum
Loving that thumbnail! Sets the tone of the video perfectly!
6:06 i really like the way you showed the order of battle, i think you should show battles like this more often
Conquest is the easy part. Holding the damn thing is the hard part.
Because James Bissonette was secretly pulling the strings before he got bored.
@Armchair historian Could you make a Video about the Evolution of the Byzantine Army, Maximinus Thrax, The Campaign of Emperor Heraclius and The Strategikon? 🦅
Stone roads and aqueducts
The roman empire is maybe extinct today as a political entity, but its legacy lives through all the european cultures today, even those from countries who were never controlled by the roman empire
I think you should do more videos about the roman empire
Please can you do the Macedonian empire next?
You got one thing very wrong thou
Throughout the Roman Empire, there was always one little village in Aremorica called Gallien.
The people of that village resisted thanks to a magic potion from their Druid Miraculix, that gives them Superhuman strength to defend themselves against the Roman invaders
We did not, there is an Asterix and Obelix refference in the video (Graphical one, so look for them!)
No wonder I think about the Roman Empire every day…
The video kept threatening to turn into a poorly segued advertisement but never did. I spent nearly the entire video waiting for him to say something like "written records such as censuses and land registries were painstakingly maintained...which you can learn ALL ABOUT with this video's sponsor, Brilliant!"
How? Roads. I would assume roads. Logistics is the most powerful weapon in any military.
The Mediterranean Sea was one hell of a highway.
Just as I ran out of Roman vids to watch! Ave Amicus!
Love ur vids man
so do i
@@Dutchmapper bros responding to everyone’s comment 😭
@@Dutchmapper yes u are
@@Dutchmapper you have commented on 25 posts yes u are don’t lie
love the vitalstatistix cameo XD
"Veni vidi vici"
I came, i saw this video, i liked it
- Julius Ceaser