I feel like this video undersells heavily the samnite wars, as rome got many of their now famous tactics from them. Military road building, the Manipular Legion and Triplex Acies these were all things started in those wars. The Samnites, although glossed over in the video were a very good match for Rome, as if they did not copy the Samnite maniples, it is likely they could have lost the war, thwarting their expansion swiftly.
THE GLOSS OVER IS GREAT FOR FIRST TIME OR BEGINNERS IN ROMAN HISTORY. A FOLLOW UP MORE IN DEPTH VIDEO WOULD BE NICE TO TELL THE INTERESTING DETAILS AND STORYLINES WOULD GREAT AFTER YOU GET A HANDLE ON THE BASIC WHO'S AND WHERE'S.
There's a UA-cam channel starting out called saving history that does a detailed history of rome: ua-cam.com/play/PLwO30fDn5dmM-nJPntnThm1CVYHTR0Ti2.html Otherwise the history of rome podcast isua-cam.com/play/PLmhKTejvqnoOrQOcTY-pxN00BOZTGSWc3.html
@@BiakSkull Yeah those wars were perhaps the most important wars of early roman history yet they were just glossed over with "rome went to war with the them and took some land...."
@@WelcomeToDERPLAND yeah like the romans literally got their triplex acies and manipular legions by copying the samnites, and the third samnite war is undersold, as it definitely could have crippled rome if the allied samnite/etruscan/senoni forces won more
Looking at how powerful the roman empire became, we usually forget how much struggle, work and abilities were needed to do so especially in the beginning
While it seems a good documentary, the use of art showing late republic helmets, shields, the gladius, and apparently iron cuirasses for the beginning of the republic disturbs me to no end.
14:10 What this video doesn't mention is that-around this time-the Romans constructed the *aqueducts* carrying clean water into the city from very high altitudes 50 miles away. This, along with the *Cloaca Maxima* , as well as public latrines, more than 800 public bathhouses, and more than 1200 fountains, greatly improved health and sanitation for the republic. Thus, the Roman men became far stronger and healthier than their neighbors, and the birthrate skyrocketed.
@@BillPrueter you're not going to convince me that stagnant bath houses with warm water (absolutely breeding grounds) and people's urine and excrement floating around was in any way clean.
@@jamst123 do also compare this to conditions without bathhouses and some sewage systems. Disease usually ran rampant in such cities up until the modern day introduction of sewers in the 19th century.
Antonio Gramsci once wrote: "Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other forces of society - both active and passive, and they prepare the maximum of favourable conditions for the definitive tug (revolution)"
can we PLEASE put a link to part 1 in the description like there is supposed to be with any sequel video? For some reason YT doesn't think it's a relevant video to put in the recommended section so now I have to manually look for part 1 after posting this brief rant. This is very mildly vexing
The Roman empire was never truly destroyed, they simply transformed into other empires and adapted as other new empires and new enemies formed over years, plus they were running out of funds which started their slow loss of military strength
The point I believe they are making is that. We are still under Roman influence and government structure which has spread like wild fire 🔥. Behind every powerful Empire are people who suffers. Overall, great content. I learned a lot.
Wow what a good precedent to set, invade everyone even though you've been hand gifted with everything you need and rape them, wow Romans are so cool especially when they're dead
While this video is fantastically informative and thoroughly researched I find one thing misleading in the illustrations and that is the panoply of the troops, not only did the enemies the romans encounter have their own unique tribal aesthetics and did not adhere to the Roman insignias or color scheme or even general armament displayed but the romans themselves didn’t either. Romans at this time looked very similar to Greek hoplites because in effect they were the same military unit, Inspired by the Etruscan to the north who were hellenized long ago. Its not until the first massive military reform after a certain defeat against the samnites that you have Romans using swords predominately and even then the early transition into the manipular armies saw a gradual change from spear to sword. (When it was Velites Hasti Principes and Triari) It’s not until hundreds of years later during the reforms of Marius in response to the Cimbrian War that we have the transition into the legionary of fame but even these look far from what is commonly depicted.
Also the samnites had tge manipular legions before rome, which is one of the reasons the second samnite war lasted so long, as the roman phalanxes could not operate well in the hilly terrain of Samnium. Another thing is that technically there is a better flag for samnium from a picture at a tomb at Nola but thats not very important
I guess this is meant to be a series on the whole Roman Empire. Still, it disappoints me there was basically no coverage of the Samnite wars. Makes me wonder if there's any more indepth series on early Roman history.
The samnite wars will come separately during this winter. Rome had so many wars and presenting each in detail will take more than 100 episodes for sure. We try to present the whole history of the Roman Empire as fast but as detailed as possible. :)
@@Knowledgia Ah, OK, so this era will be covered again in more detail, in separate episodes? That works out fine. This episodes works well for an overview, though perhaps it should've spent less time on the first sack of Rome since that was the subject. Either way, good video. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Latin Wars, Samnites, Etruscans, wars with north Italy Gauls, wars with south Italy Greeks... all fascinating and overlooked parts of the Roman rise to power for most people. Most people are somewhat aware of the wars with the Carthaginians, the conquest of French Gaul by Caesar, and maybe some of the later Gothic wars, and Attila the Hun, but not all of this earlier stuff.
and illyrians . you should mention them they were stronger than the greeks that also settled in south . Mesapians Japigues and Daunes were illyrian tribes
14:42 - "and triggered another war..." (empty air) looks like you forgot to mention what the result of that 2nd war/rebellion was. (obviously, they were not successful and Rome just took over the entire area, but it feels like it just hung there.)
@@diegoidepersia what gets glossed over in this video is that when the Romans defeat the Greeks in the south and have control of the whole peninsula, that would signify the beginning of the Roman Empire of the next six and half centuries. It would also mark the decline of the Greeks. In the Romans battle with the Greeks they had a little unit in reserve. The Greeks used their phalanx at the start. It looked like the Greeks would be victorious. The Romans had their reserves go around the Greeks and attack from the rear. The Greeks are not able to turn around with the phalanx and we’re destroyed. That would basically be the end for the Greeks and Rome would then win the Punic wars and be on their way glory and victory.
Hi, i see your last video, How did United States plan fight the British Empire before WW2? And that give me some intersting ideas for themes for future videos. - Whar if the War Plan Black was used? (One of the plans named by colors of the United States, this plan being a war plan against the German Empire); - What if the German Empire invades the United States? (During the late of 19th and early 20th centuries Germany made plans to invade the United States in order to allow American influence on the american continent to expand its own); - What if the United States were a German colony? - What if Germany were unified much sooner? (Perhaps between the 15th and 17th centuries but probably in the 15th century); - What if the Prussian Scheme was carried out? (It was a plan to turn the United States into a monarchy under Prince Henry of Prussia, younger brother of the King Frederick the Great); - What if the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were German colonies? (Here Brandenburg during the 15th century increases its strenght and territories by conquering and annexing all German states in the north of the Holy Roman Empire and builds a powerful navy equivalent to the navies of Holland, England and France and participates in the Grand Navigations and transforms into a great colonial power).
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After Rome fell to the Gauls they revised their entire army and tactics and when time came for the conquest of Gaul the Roman’s had this gross fear of the Gaul people.
great video from knowledgia...one small caveat to look up roman arms and armour of the early republic. your drawings show post-marian/imperial legionaries which is not all the way accurate...
Your voice sounds really similar to the voice of the narrator from Kings and Generals lol I just finished their documentary about how Rome conquered Greece.
As the topic of Gaul sack of Rome by King's and Generals, camillus said Rome is built on Iron and blood not Gold, he convince them to fight and not give any more tribute to the senones prior to his victory. As the campaign was over the cool name Marcus Furious cammilus gotten back as a farmer until his death. And 300 years later julius ceasar conquered the whole of Gallic kingdom ending the Gallic threat
One thing you got to admire about Romans is how they never gave up now matter how bad the situation was
well, in their early days that statement would be true. Not so much further they went
Hmmm... like in 390 B.C., when Brennus sacked Rome and the Romans paid a ransom?
@@manilajohn0182 but then they called in Marcus Furius Cammilus who kicked his ass.
@@samuellennon1984 AFTER they lost their city and paid a ransom...
@@manilajohn0182 you win some, you lose some
it really is impressive how Rome went from a tiny city-state to the most powerful country in the world
That’s how all empires rise
@@СтефановићКараџић no not always
That’s little too much don’t you think?
@@micahistory like give an example
@@randomhuman1754 england didn't begin as a city despite what jake paul would tell you
Imagine being a Roman in those days and having no idea the empire that Rome would become!
Yeah imagine doing a day's work and thinking rape wouldn't become a part of your kids daily lives, rofl
Like humanity in 1000 years after conquering ETs world
I feel like this video undersells heavily the samnite wars, as rome got many of their now famous tactics from them. Military road building, the Manipular Legion and Triplex Acies these were all things started in those wars. The Samnites, although glossed over in the video were a very good match for Rome, as if they did not copy the Samnite maniples, it is likely they could have lost the war, thwarting their expansion swiftly.
THE GLOSS OVER IS GREAT FOR FIRST TIME OR BEGINNERS IN ROMAN HISTORY.
A FOLLOW UP MORE IN DEPTH VIDEO WOULD BE NICE TO TELL THE INTERESTING DETAILS AND STORYLINES WOULD GREAT AFTER YOU GET A HANDLE ON THE BASIC WHO'S AND WHERE'S.
@@maximsteelusa4855 why all caps doe
Triplex acies came from Marcus Furius Camillus several decades before the Samnite Wars.
If anyone wants more Roman history, I couldn’t recommend the podcast “the history of Rome” more.
Can you send a link ??
Mike Duncan is an absolute hero man.
I honestly love you mentioned this. The best podcast I’ve listened to.
There's a UA-cam channel starting out called saving history that does a detailed history of rome: ua-cam.com/play/PLwO30fDn5dmM-nJPntnThm1CVYHTR0Ti2.html
Otherwise the history of rome podcast isua-cam.com/play/PLmhKTejvqnoOrQOcTY-pxN00BOZTGSWc3.html
welcome, to the history, of rome.
Felt like the Samnite and Etruscan wars were cut a little short in this video, other than that(and some pronounciation errors), another great video.
Yeah cought me off guard too
@@BiakSkull Yeah those wars were perhaps the most important wars of early roman history yet they were just glossed over with "rome went to war with the them and took some land...."
@@WelcomeToDERPLAND yeah like the romans literally got their triplex acies and manipular legions by copying the samnites, and the third samnite war is undersold, as it definitely could have crippled rome if the allied samnite/etruscan/senoni forces won more
Even though we know what's happening next, it is still interesting to hear more about Rome. Can't wait to see the Punic Wars episode
Looking at how powerful the roman empire became, we usually forget how much struggle, work and abilities were needed to do so especially in the beginning
the begining of Rome of course is Arkadian Greeks from Pelloponese . And this is an explanation for everythig..
And how much rape
While it seems a good documentary, the use of art showing late republic helmets, shields, the gladius, and apparently iron cuirasses for the beginning of the republic disturbs me to no end.
Agreed, I appreciate them talking about a lesser known time in history, but anyone knowledgeable in Roman history knows thats incorrect.
@@traxler5730 Yeah, so it's disappointing. It is a small channel, of course, so I can accept they're working with limited resources.
Pedantry
@@jackparker8602 not at all
Jack: It's pronounced, "panoply"
14:10
What this video doesn't mention is that-around this time-the Romans constructed the *aqueducts* carrying clean water into the city from very high altitudes 50 miles away.
This, along with the *Cloaca Maxima* , as well as public latrines, more than 800 public bathhouses, and more than 1200 fountains, greatly improved health and sanitation for the republic.
Thus, the Roman men became far stronger and healthier than their neighbors, and the birthrate skyrocketed.
Bath houses were absolutely filthy but I get what you mean.
@@jamst123 completely false. Read Bathing in Classical Antiquity by Fikret.
@@BillPrueter you're not going to convince me that stagnant bath houses with warm water (absolutely breeding grounds) and people's urine and excrement floating around was in any way clean.
@@jamst123 do also compare this to conditions without bathhouses and some sewage systems. Disease usually ran rampant in such cities up until the modern day introduction of sewers in the 19th century.
Yeah I bet the Roman men loved the cloaca
I am studying the Roman history at school, I guess I’ll use those videos to study, ty knowledgia :)
Your user name is GLORIOUS.
Also check out the History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan. It goes deep into romes entire history.
Check Kings and Generals on videos about Rome they make very detailed videos
I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time, I find early and mid Roman history extremely interesting
Me too
Finally, part2 is here! great as always Knowledgia
Thank you!
Quality content!
Seems the Romans still want to expand...
Where is part one?
@@coryhafer7285 it is a 6month old video you’ll find in his playlist “learn more about the roman empire”
Part 3 PLZ! Great as always! Thanks for the great content!! 😊
Antonio Gramsci once wrote:
"Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other forces of society - both active and passive, and they prepare the maximum of favourable conditions for the definitive tug (revolution)"
Antonio marGHARETTI. MARRRGHAREETTIII
Bet he didn't write on the rape, because he's a little Roman cuck
I really liked the cliffhanger at the end, can't wait to watch the next episode the Punic Wars
All I learned about the Romans was this:
Every single Roman has the letter 'S' as their last letter of their first, middle and last names.
@@freedomslunch Originally Trajanus and Hadrianus ("Trajan" and "Hadrian" only in English)
sulla
Surely you're not forgetting Incontinentia Buttocks, wife of Biggus Dickus
@@freedomslunch Actually even Nero was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. Later he named himself Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
I guess I'm a romanised germanic or something then lol
Thankyou for making this! The early history of Rome is honestly under covered and underrated.
A good psychological study of how rapists are formed
can we PLEASE put a link to part 1 in the description like there is supposed to be with any sequel video? For some reason YT doesn't think it's a relevant video to put in the recommended section so now I have to manually look for part 1 after posting this brief rant. This is very mildly vexing
Pt 1 was made 6 months ago, just search up "Knowledgia Roman Empire"
@@joefrankenstein5553 and that's exactly what I don't want to do.
@@Tapiola666 why? It will show pt 1, thats how i got it
ua-cam.com/video/HCXA0bok9-E/v-deo.html
part I
First world problems…..
Thanks!
Thank you for your support! Means a lot!
Nicely explained.
Very interesting video, especially as someone who once lived in Rome
The Roman empire was never truly destroyed, they simply transformed into other empires and adapted as other new empires and new enemies formed over years, plus they were running out of funds which started their slow loss of military strength
That is how a majority of empires turn out to be in history. What's your point
The point I believe they are making is that. We are still under Roman influence and government structure which has spread like wild fire 🔥. Behind every powerful Empire are people who suffers. Overall, great content. I learned a lot.
Wow what a good precedent to set, invade everyone even though you've been hand gifted with everything you need and rape them, wow Romans are so cool especially when they're dead
@@TeganHoneywe are all under Assyrian influence
While this video is fantastically informative and thoroughly researched I find one thing misleading in the illustrations and that is the panoply of the troops, not only did the enemies the romans encounter have their own unique tribal aesthetics and did not adhere to the Roman insignias or color scheme or even general armament displayed but the romans themselves didn’t either. Romans at this time looked very similar to Greek hoplites because in effect they were the same military unit, Inspired by the Etruscan to the north who were hellenized long ago. Its not until the first massive military reform after a certain defeat against the samnites that you have Romans using swords predominately and even then the early transition into the manipular armies saw a gradual change from spear to sword. (When it was Velites Hasti Principes and Triari) It’s not until hundreds of years later during the reforms of Marius in response to the Cimbrian War that we have the transition into the legionary of fame but even these look far from what is commonly depicted.
Also the samnites had tge manipular legions before rome, which is one of the reasons the second samnite war lasted so long, as the roman phalanxes could not operate well in the hilly terrain of Samnium. Another thing is that technically there is a better flag for samnium from a picture at a tomb at Nola but thats not very important
What time should part 3 come out coz I love this series
I just discovered this channel and I love it so much. Any chance you guys could make something on War o Roses?
Great topic
The beauty of Roman empire is that it started with only a city and ended with only a City
This is so good
I guess this is meant to be a series on the whole Roman Empire. Still, it disappoints me there was basically no coverage of the Samnite wars. Makes me wonder if there's any more indepth series on early Roman history.
The samnite wars will come separately during this winter. Rome had so many wars and presenting each in detail will take more than 100 episodes for sure. We try to present the whole history of the Roman Empire as fast but as detailed as possible. :)
@@Knowledgia Ah, OK, so this era will be covered again in more detail, in separate episodes? That works out fine. This episodes works well for an overview, though perhaps it should've spent less time on the first sack of Rome since that was the subject.
Either way, good video. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Latin Wars, Samnites, Etruscans, wars with north Italy Gauls, wars with south Italy Greeks... all fascinating and overlooked parts of the Roman rise to power for most people. Most people are somewhat aware of the wars with the Carthaginians, the conquest of French Gaul by Caesar, and maybe some of the later Gothic wars, and Attila the Hun, but not all of this earlier stuff.
and illyrians . you should mention them they were stronger than the greeks that also settled in south . Mesapians Japigues and Daunes were illyrian tribes
What about Greece and Egypt make more about these two countries history
Great video as ways
try to understand history of Mediteranian world us Greek history and there you are
Amazing how the Roman's were able to expand from such a small part of Europe
amazing video man can't wait for the next one!
You realy easily got my sub :D Keep them coming !
Fantastic video as always! This is a period I was wondering about in Rome's early history thanks for covering it
14:42 - "and triggered another war..." (empty air)
looks like you forgot to mention what the result of that 2nd war/rebellion was.
(obviously, they were not successful and Rome just took over the entire area, but it feels like it just hung there.)
I really recommend the video Ancient Rome in 20 minutes. Best video on youtube.
You almost need a 3rd part with just how much is in part 2. you skipped alot of information at the 14:30-15:30 mark.
Okay whoever told him they were called “Sabeans” own up now.
Sabeans best beans
What about the pronunciation of Superbus? Lmao
@@Clear_Ski3s I thought that was a pretty good one too lol
@@diegoidepersia what gets glossed over in this video is that when the Romans defeat the Greeks in the south and have control of the whole peninsula, that would signify the beginning of the Roman Empire of the next six and half centuries. It would also mark the decline of the Greeks. In the Romans battle with the Greeks they had a little unit in reserve. The Greeks used their phalanx at the start. It looked like the Greeks would be victorious. The Romans had their reserves go around the Greeks and attack from the rear. The Greeks are not able to turn around with the phalanx and we’re destroyed. That would basically be the end for the Greeks and Rome would then win the Punic wars and be on their way glory and victory.
been so long since the first part, i had to make time to watch the 1st part again.
Really enjoying this series, good stuff!
It's amazing how they make it before establishing the fighting model of legion 🧐
Great narration and summary. Very revealing.
Thank you, I wish the years were put on screen more.❤
I still find it amazing that such "small" entities were able to raise thousands strong armies
Blame the olive groves, powers thousands. Olives are the best thing since fire was invented. :L
Hi, i see your last video, How did United States plan fight the British Empire before WW2? And that give me some intersting ideas for themes for future videos.
- Whar if the War Plan Black was used? (One of the plans named by colors of the United States, this plan being a war plan against the German Empire);
- What if the German Empire invades the United States? (During the late of 19th and early 20th centuries Germany made plans to invade the United States in order to allow American influence on the american continent to expand its own);
- What if the United States were a German colony?
- What if Germany were unified much sooner? (Perhaps between the 15th and 17th centuries but probably in the 15th century);
- What if the Prussian Scheme was carried out? (It was a plan to turn the United States into a monarchy under Prince Henry of Prussia, younger brother of the King Frederick the Great);
- What if the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were German colonies? (Here Brandenburg during the 15th century increases its strenght and territories by conquering and annexing all German states in the north of the Holy Roman Empire and builds a powerful navy equivalent to the navies of Holland, England and France and participates in the Grand Navigations and transforms into a great colonial power).
Historians says " there is no 'if' in history"
That was awesome 👌🏾 👏🏾 👍🏾
Thank you! More will come :)
14:46 is this a glitch? why is no one in the comments talking about this. i wanted to know what happened to the samnites :(
6:35, Roman ambassador was build different😂
Very good documentary, please keep it up in the future
Now i feel stupid. I thought everyone in italy agreed to become a part of the roman empire
Normally we should have city-states and tribal villages everywhere, nobody sane wants to live on the whims of others.
>Italians
>agreeing
🤣
Oh you are an innocent soul.
No way! Check out the neighbouring latin tribes of the Hernici and Volsci and realize how difficult it was for Rome to conquer them.
It is actually kinda wild how quickly Rome popped off once it started expanding.
Giving me total war rome 2 vibes with that outro
I have to play that game again.
Loved this video!
Good One. Thanks.
hey love the video. I want to make one like it for a school project but I don't know what editor you use for the maps, could you tell me what you use?
Absolutely fantastic!
It's not often you hear the phrase "the romans attacked the latins"
Beautiful bravo!! 🎉🎉🎉
Man I love history, It’s so fascinating 😊
We were kinda late with this one, but we won't let that happen again! Here is PART 1 : ua-cam.com/video/HCXA0bok9-E/v-deo.html
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Nicely informative video.
Great video
10:14 is it me or is Camillus a yes chad
You forgot about the war with Veii.
0:57 "Extremely affordable at under $20 a..."
*$20 a month?!?*
"...a year"
That is actually a great price.
Love this series
Can't wait to see the same for France, Germany and Spain.
Imagine if Pyrrhus hadn't lost so many soldiers at sea...
2:07 Tarquinius SuperbAs. My ears!!💀
A: Hey, there is a latin word! Why don't we pronounce it in english anyway?
B: Great idea!
After Rome fell to the Gauls they revised their entire army and tactics and when time came for the conquest of Gaul the Roman’s had this gross fear of the Gaul people.
Was there economic or strategic underpinning to Rome Being able to out fight its neighbors in Italy?
13:19 ''Rome was free, not by bribes but by honourable battle''
you mean by backing out of a struck deal :O
Well done here.
Bravo to all
More… more…. more…. Please this is to good
14.3$ only holy this looks good
Rome will always be one of the most powerful empires in the human history
where is the first part? :)
14:35 a glitch in editing?
rome started as a city and ended as one city again (constantinople)
Uh... whats up with the strange audio...cutouts around the 13~14 min mark?
great video from knowledgia...one small caveat to look up roman arms and armour of the early republic. your drawings show post-marian/imperial legionaries which is not all the way accurate...
“How did rose conquer Italy”
Me “ very carefully”
Which is better Curiosity Stream or Magellan Tv?
There is one advantage that won Rome most its wars, superior manpower
Your voice sounds really similar to the voice of the narrator from Kings and Generals lol
I just finished their documentary about how Rome conquered Greece.
Give us more next vid must be sequel for this
As the topic of Gaul sack of Rome by King's and Generals, camillus said Rome is built on Iron and blood not Gold, he convince them to fight and not give any more tribute to the senones prior to his victory.
As the campaign was over the cool name Marcus Furious cammilus gotten back as a farmer until his death. And 300 years later julius ceasar conquered the whole of Gallic kingdom ending the Gallic threat
Also technically "Vae Victus" is pronounced "Uae Uictus" because V and U were the same letter and sound back then
Knowledgia, when will the video about the Albanian prince Skanderbeg be released?
I love that you pronounced it "Super Bus" Lmao
This makes me wanna start my own country then make it an empire.
I just subscribed
Can someone please tag part 1 here I can’t find it? Thank you in advance!
Rome: "I'm having difficulty finding the surrender button, so i guess i just have to win"
6:46 I told you to take your meds *lol*
Part 2!
Aaaah
Old.... great ....times
Amazing