1500 years of Roman Infantry
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
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Made with ibisPaint. I do not own the rights to the audio tracks in this video (taken from the Civilization VI soundtrack: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Sumeria, Industrial Scythia)
The evolution of the Roman heavy infantryman from the dawn of Rome right down to the coming of the Arabs. I've deliberately (and to save time) not included light infantry and officers. And while I've tried to keep the gear as authentic as I could, my focus was style rather than accuracy.
In order of appearance: Iron Age warlord, Etrusco-Roman Class I warrior, Etrusco-Roman Class II warrior, Republican legionaries (hastatus, princeps, triarius, post-Marian legionary), Principate legionaries ('regular', 'heavy' and Danubian flavours), Auxiliary infantryman, Third Century-crisis-era legionaries (in plate, scale and chainmail armour), late imperial period legionaries (scale, lamellar and chainmail armour), Belisarian soldiers (armoured infantryman, dismounted bucellarius), Roman militiaman, Maurikian infantryman, Heraclean infantryman.
Sequel here • 800 years of Byzantine...
This is a movie channel. ⚠️ Not a toddler painting platform.
nice
This is channel for anything interresting and anything what interest others.And this channel clearly is both of it.UA-cam is sadly also open for any rude existence who have nothing worthy to say yet it still provides people like you room to say anything you wish even if it have no value,logic or sense.
Clown
Everybody gangsta til the Romans start wearing pants
Their empire started falling apart after they started wearing pants.
@@garretphegley8796 this was the germanic influence
@@niklask8753 Germanic Influence to wear pants.
That's why the Romans never fully conquered Scotland. They couldn't attack the highlands without staring directly up a Pictish tunic.
@@garretphegley8796 I say Christianity
Its actually somewhat historically accurate. Glory to you!
How can it be accurate it was over 2000 years ago
@@jaxta86 you fail to understand the point friend
this is not historically accurate at all he drew a spartan at one point
During the regal / kingdom period the Romans wore very Greek style gear
@@goldenlegendgaming9348 wich one was the spartan?
3:17
"is this a roman soldier?"
"yes"
12:45
"and this is some knight ?"
"no its a roman soldier too"
"wtf"
I think it was Byzantine armor, which is basically what was left of the Eastern Roman empire after the collapse.
@@distilledwater8871 it was the eastern Roman empire. It was only the west that collapsed.
@@johnnystander3142 What I meant was that after the roman empire itself had crumbled, including the west, and some eastern territory. The Byzantine empire was what was left of the eastern empire
@@johnnystander3142 And besides, the eastern roman empire and Byzantine empire are the same thing... Just that Byzantine comes from the eastern roman empires capital, Byzantium.
@@distilledwater8871 the area were the capital was built was called byzantium in the ancient times. The term byzantine came much later after the empire's fall. It was never called byzantine during its existence.
Moral of the story:
Battle stance, forget the pants; protect the flank with higher rank, last for years with trusted spears; enemies hang when dangles swang.
C.J. Brazzell i hope you have a great week cuz that comment is gold!
Have my like.
And you would be a great centurion in the Roman army.
I would def try
Romans be like -
Early period: Meh, upgrade.
Mid period: A hell of a lot better, possible upgrade?
Late period: OH SHIT GO BACK!
@@jimzimmer2048 You want a rifle in yours, Mr. Wabbit?
@@TigerBaron yes love
A. Soldier not all of the late period were bad, in fact I’d say some were better.
@@cromabu5090 Nah, nothing beats Imperial Legionaries with the Lorica Segmentata and a proper square scutum.
A. Soldier true true, but ain’t the scutum more of a rectangle/oblong
After the Imperial age it makes me cry how Rome’s army fell apart in the armament department one day I’ll build a time machine and save the western Roman Empire Alexa play despacito
Please bring the Romans gunpowder and schematics on how to craft rifles and explosives
After Imperial age Roman armour continued to be quite good actually and contrary to popular myth.
@@paprskomet In fact in some cases it was far superior it was just the Roman military became more focused on defense, they could still put up a good fight like the earlier legions but they couldn't recover from a bad defeat, unlike the republican and early imperial era.
Keep in mind that infantry was falling out of favor by this point - it was increasingly the cataphracts who were the lynchpin of the army
They are actually practical adaptations. Without these, the empire would have fallen much earlier.
Awesome video! The drawings were awesome, the music went well with the video, and you showed the dark ages Roman soldiers (my favorite time period).
Thanks mate! Yeah the Civilization 6 soundtrack really is amazing. And yeah go late Roman period! Severely underrated period with some very cool costumes and armour
Jackson Keller i
Dark ages Roman soldiers but the (western) Roman empire based in Rome collapsed around 500 so...
The Eastern Roman Empire lasted well into the Late Medieval period (1453).
Jackson Keller I know man late Rome is so amazing and underrated and underrepresented
I feel like the Belisarius-type armor marked the early beginning of medieval armor.
Yeah i feel so too. Part of what makes that period so interesting
I've always loved how little the helmet changed over the years. Simply being refined, show what a good design it orignally was
Ave, True to Caesar.
Sauron profligates like you belong on a cross.
Sauron give me cause, profligate
Watch yourself, profligate
Ave to Caesar!!!
And thats Caesar with a “K”
That's amazing! Truly well done!
Thanks mate!
Trying to make my companions in M&B Warband look like Byzantine soldiers. That's why I'm here lol.
Fucking Bannerlord got release date.
Amazing Job
Amazing!! Congrats Bro!!
Thanks!
Exactly what i was looking for! Thank you very much.
This was really well done, I con not imagine the hours put into the drawings. You are quite talented, I am totally going to check out the rest of your videos.
thanks mate:) close to 100 hours from the first drawing to the last edit i reckon
This video finally gave me the answers I was looking for 'bout the FULL history of the Roman legions, from the earliest to the latest armies of the decaying Empire, Thank you so much, please keep up that good work!
Very nice work! Helpful in understanding the evolution of equipment for a Roman legionary as the centuries went by. The classic look of segmented armor, gladius, pilum and the imperial Gallic helmet was not always standard equipment.
This is just amazing!
Awesome video
This is such amazing work
great video thanks!
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Honestly, I really this old style of yours to the other more contemporary ones you do now! It has this more cartoony feel to it, but that's what makes it come off as quite charming in a way to me. That and the music here slaps!
You’re not the first person to say this. Good to know:)
@@foojer 🙆🏻♂️🙆🏻♂️🙆🏻♂️
Excellent drawing skills man
Very nicely done, great subject and great video, lovely drawings!
Drawings amazing mate great video
Thanks!
Good work!
Thank you!
Art work is awesome man!
Good drawing foojer, from humble beginnings, to great might, to pyrrhic ending; the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
Awesome work
I am loving the Civ 6 music! Fits so well.
Love the music and drawings :-)
Impresionante. Saludos desde España, te ha quedado MAGNÍFICO
Excelente trabalho amigo!!!
Very cool, i think when you do a video like this you should add a year count so we know for excact :)
who is in your youtube pic
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I will definitely use this for reference for the less known ones, thanks
Great video who showed me exactly what i wanted to know. Ty
really good job, it´s an unique material!
Thanks mate!
Superb
so good man
Very good job!
very cool video!!!
Great job!!!!
Thanks mate!
well done with this,
Very good!
Did you hand draw each link in the chainmail? Props! That must've taken hours!
I wish:) I have a tool that draws little circles
As time goes by music becomes kinda tragic... :'(
Well done! Especially interested in the late Roman armours, me.
Sad times:( And thanks man, late Roman armour is one of my favourites too
At 2x speed, the music is really cool!
Jan Philipp lol I haven't tried but I'll take your word for it!
more uplifting!
dude you are right! music is cool on 2x speed. not saying that normal speed sounds bad.
It’s the Civ 6 Greece and Rome soundtracks
i watched it on 2x speed and forgot i was doing so because the music sounding completely normal
excellent job! hats off for you!
may i use this video for one of my history classes at some pint?
be my guest:)
Pls do Evolution of Byzantine armors.
That is something I’ve wanted to do:) but not for a while, I realise I’m waaay less knowledgeable about Byzantine military than I am with Roman stuff. And the fact that Byzantine military history and military costume is not nearly as well understood as Roman military history means I’ll need to do some serious digging before I make a Byz video
foojer okay I understand it.
Mbembee Osas who are you?
+Jack the Ripper The Byzantines may have been largely Greeks, but considered themselves to be Romans and called themselves Rhomaioi, which is greek for Romans. Modern Greece is actually build upon a revolution which started as a Byzantine Revival Movement.
D00Mguy 1987 thanks to your information 😊
All of your videos are truly wonderful, I haven't done much research however I wish you would color the roman tunic to red instead of left it white.
Thanks mate:) the white tunic was a conscious decision, apparently it would’ve been much more common (and cheap) than red tunics
Read books by Graham Sumner to discover that Roman army clothing colors is far more complex subject than just red tunics popular in films.
PLEASE DO MORE! DO ALT HISTORY TOO!
Hollywood: Ima pretend I didn't see this.
Pretty fascinating seeing the evolution of a Mediterranean ancient Roman Greek-inspired style to something almost medieval at the end of it.
Man I don't know how did I get here I was listening to Bathory, but this is a great job i'm a truly fan of ancient military history and this is fucking awesome!!! I agree with the guy who said about making the byzantine ones :)
So cool!I'll show this ,when I 'll have a child))
I'm trying to remember if a partial ice age was happening around the late Roman Empire. It would help to explain the sudden interest in pants.
Or the invasion of German lands and Britain. Ice ages, as i was taught are 15 000 years apart from each other or 7 000, don't hold that info as valid, i'm lazy to google it.
I'v read some days ago in a book about late roman military dress that pants and several other clothing items were introduced to the Romans by Germans and Persians, mercenaries to be specific.
Actually, the Romans started wearing pants when they moved into northern England as they didn't want be confused with the proto-Scots
@@TheShadowwarrior80 The proto-Scots, also known as the Picts . . . who wore pants, so that idea doesn't really hold much water. The kilt was not introduced to Scotland until sometime in 16th - 17th centuries, well after the time of Rome.
The music and drawing look awesome. But some explanation should be added as to why going back and forth between sword & spear.And give the dates of the respective periods.
Also, why various types of legionary in same time period. But great!
Awesome
I think it's kind of crazy how you can see the change in the style of infantry fighting in the Roman army and it goes with their rise and fall. They start out like everybody else shields and spears (primarily) and medium/light armor kind of defensive strategy . They when they take off, as time goes on they get heavier armor and bigger shields and take on more a aggressive offensive strategy up till a certain point then they revert lighter armor shields and spears and defensive tactics.
Yeah i see what you mean. Also related to which enemies they learned from - the early hoplite-style panoply was probably picked up from the Etruscans, the gladius was probably adopted from the Celtiberians, etc
This is so fascinating! Growing up with playing Rome: total war, I suck this stuff up!
ah RTW, so many hours of my life gone:)
i love roman history
it be cool to have the years with along with period just for a better understanding
I can't believe you hand drew all of that chainmail hahah
Everybody gangsta till the Ottoman Janissaries come bursting into Constantinople with Mehmed II leading the charge
Lol
I'd recommend adding the dates on any future vids. Otherwise not bad.
Start of very Greek looking, then end up like a medieval knight.
@Jose Antonio Campuzano Cano Did the Byzantines had the same style? since this is from the Roman Empire at least the western part
It coincides with the times. Romans always used the best available. However, others did the same. Germanic people used similar equipment, because it just worked. Like military uniforms today, no matter the country all militaries use similar camo fatigues and plate carriers.
That's what happens when your military covers over 1500 years. If you don't adapt with the times, then you'll wind up falling on your face.
Good job! but remind that the word "imperator" has never been used to indicate a roman emperor, in fact the word itself means something like "dominator". To mean an emperor a roman citizen would have used "Caesar".
Marco Only prior to the creation of the Tetarchy. With the Tetarchy's establishment under Emperor Diocletian, the title of Emperor became Augustus and Caesar became the co-emperor (the prince); this would be retained under Constantine I's Dominante system, until later under Heracleus, Augustus was replaced with Basileus, and Caesar respelled to Kaesar. Much later, under Emperor Alexios I, Kaesar was finally relegated to an honorary title and replaced with Sebastokrator.
I loved it, just want to see another 800 years of roman soldiers until 1453 :)
Milosav Pavlovic that's right
The Romans really got a lot of their armor ideas from combining Greek and Celtic pieces, really fascinating!
Civ 6 soundtrack is a great addition to the video!
the first song is actually the melody of "song of seikilos". its the oldest song of which we still know the melody and the text, pretty neat
The part I find the most interesting is that, in the later Roman and especially the Byzantine Roman era, the armor gained high resemblance to Persian armor. I wonder if this is due to the conflicts between the Sassanids and the Eastern Romans.
Very likely yeah, some of the ridge helmets worn by late roman troopers were probably adopted from Persian designs
Your talent is magnificent , try a bit realistic next time, I'd love that, tho this is fab too
Murica Marine Are you really a Marine? Your grammar sounds like you’re one 🤣
the graphics remind of those 80s adventure games
PARATUS!
Wonderful! You love the ancient history?
yes i do my friend. Do you like ancient history too?
foojer shouldn’t we all, seeing the evolution of such an ancient people is always fascinating
Nice drawings! What were your references for these soldiers?
Robert Fisher thanks! Well too many to list them all... but I'd say Angus McBride, Johnny Shumate and Peter Dennis are good starting points:)
Osprey Publishing is amazing!
Excellent work! I wonder what software did you use to draw?
i used iOS Ibis Paint
Nice archaic music opening. It is actually a real Greek melody from thousands of years ago
It would be useful with each uniform style to put a range of years like 30 to 100 AD or 100 to 60 BC I did find the music and the cartoon artwork relaxing
different level gear until u start getting epic drops
It hurts to watch how you draw every chain in the chainmail armor.
Sensacional
Xcellent
Hey, any sources on the depiction of the first type of 4th century legionary (the one with the intercisa helmet and the Squamata over the Hamata)?
Well this one was more based on secondary sources.
Here's one: www.karwansaraypublishers.com/issue-ix-1-2014.html
Also this one, though more for the feel than exact look: simulyaton.deviantart.com/art/Old-man-535952075
seems the chain-mail was the most popular armor in the ancient world
balances
mobility protection and weight
if you skip in 5 second increments slowly and steadily, it creates cool music
Lol that is the melody that Nero sung in Quo Vadis at the begging.
Princapate Legionary is my favorite
fun fact: the later, longer sleeved tunics were called tunica Manicata, literally tunic down to hands.
:D i did not know that. Nice!
i like this one
Spatha's medieval equivalent was an arming sword, not a longsword (which could be either 1,5 hand sword [bastard sword] or 2 handed sword what isn't a zweihander {XVIth ceuntry sword-polearm hybrid}).
love the music but I wish there was some explanation of the different types of armor like in the Greek hoplite video
My latest video has exactly what you’re looking for:)
3:17 the coolest
Rome Total War was actually pretty well researched in this department
Magnum opus !
:)
How is this a song?
I'm talking about a masterpiece (that means Magnum Opus in latin). If you know some song with this name, well, what a humble your author! (^_^)
LAM666 well damn, nigga, r u on ur period, cuz u moody af, he/she/it was just asking a question.
4:40 "Braccae (trousers)" - Great, just found out where the Basque word for pants (prakak) comes from. TY.
Surely also the Spanish word for female underpants (panties or whatever): bragas.
All the other stuff is cool, but we know the smurf hat really takes it home