@@greencasd89 imagine being a student in this day and age. Every kid is being brainwashed. If I had children, they would most definitely be home schooled now.
As a teacher, students have to want to learn. Until then they will harass the staff and teachers as the parents think accusing teachers of "failing" the students, the children.
I actually faired very well as a legionnaire. I was able to get out early, got elected to pontiff maximus, later I was elected to consul fulfilling my life long dream. I was loved by the people for all I accomplished on their behalf and hated by some of the no account senators because of jealousy (weak men) but a stroke of luck and some slick political manuvering got me appointed governor of 2 provinces and commander of 4 legions. I would use my own fortune to raise up another 8 and legions payed by me and completely loyal to me as well. We would go on to conquer all of Gaul and even travel to the magical (at least we thought it was at the time) island of the Brits. When that was over I was elected to consul again before those traitors killed me at work one day. Conspiracy theories are a undeniable truth to reality and I got 23 stab wounds to prove it. All and I would say that I faired very well in the Roman army.
Yeah, he was perhaps the most amazing man to ever live. His clemency may have played a major role in his death but he also dropped the ball in not anticipating that all the pathetic lesser lights might attempt to assassinate him. How over 60 prominent Romans, not only his former enemies but even his friends and associates including his best mate, Domitius Brutus, could hatch a plot to kill him, without him finding out is incomprehensible. I even suspect that Antony was in the "know" given his close association with Trebonius and the way he and Lepidus bent over backwards to accommodate and forgive Caesar's killers.
0:10 Actually Coastal africa is very Green Especially back then in antiquity And its cold in winters too ( Thats why Barbary Lions have massive black manes) You have to go further south to find the desert
I’d love to see a video on some of the stranger religious cults and their practices. I know we don’t have a lot of info on them, but I know it would be some weird history!
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Legionaries would in fact carry ranged weapons. They would often carry slings and lead shot. Legionaries in the rear of the formation would hurl shot ahead of their front into enemy lines.
4:12 - The "boss" _(iron knob)_ _could_ be used for bashing but its primary purpose was to strengthen the shield and cover a hole that the front of your hand would fit through so the grip could be close enough to keep the weight of the shield centered _(without the "boss-hole" the grip could be too far back and a shield would be extremely off-balance and unwieldy)._
When you mentioned the Starz series Spartacus, you had me fangirl-ing...that series is still to this day one of the BEST made historical series I've ever seen. and that's considering the fact they had to replace their MAIN character. RIP Andy Whitfield
When talking about the Roman weaponry you mention they have a Pilum (They actually carried 2) and then immediatly after say they had no ranged weapons. The Pilum was a ranged weapon. You threw it like a spear. As you mentioned it was designed to bend on impact so if it hit an enemies shield it would be difficult to remove making the shield useless. They carried to of these and threw them at an enemy before they engaged with sword fighting.
I just popped over to Wikipedia because I recalled that they used slings and what do I find within 1 minute on the Roman Military Personal Equipment page but a section on... projectile weapons. Bows, crossbows, throwing barbs, and on other pages I confirm that they did have slingers. Add in ranged siege weapons such as ballista and it is clear that the Roman military used ranged weaponry a whole lot.
@@ladyabaxa Over Rome's 1200 years of existence the Army changed it's components dramatically and multiple times over the centuries. In early Roman Republic your income dictated which section you would belong to because each soldier had to pay for each piece of equipment they used. The poorest soldiers were called Skirmishers. They only had a light shield and a sling/spears. Skirmishers were used exclusively as ranged combatants. However Skirmishers were no longer used when they introduced the Manifold system during the Samnite Wars.
I'd love to see videos about these aspects of Roman and historical events: -The Roman-Jewish wars (including the siege of Masada) -Julius Caesar's military conquests (and arguably genocidal killings) in Gaul -The fall of Carthage -The horrible experience of living in a poor Roman tenement -The lives of Roman slaves and prostitutes -The last moments of Romans trapped in Pompeii and Herculaneum -Roman medicine -The structural changes that shaped the late Roman empire -Life in the early Byzantine empire (this subject doesn't get a lot of attention) -Life in a Roman client state -A video about the Fayum mummy portraits -More videos on Roman cuisine -A video on executions and the Roman justice system -A video on the importance of bath houses in public life and their equalizing effect -A video on Roman sewage systems and "bathroom stuff"
7:35 you know it's actually pretty sensible, as a tool for promotions. "Put the greenhorns at the front, whoever survived must either be good or lucky enough to get promoted."
Man, that's something. The Roman army was a well-trained, oiled machine due to Gaius Marius. He took people who owned no property and enlisted them in the ranks. It's like the model of the British army with different results. Man, Weird History is coming out with good content especially on Fridays.
Had to. So many of the Romans and Italian Allies lost a lot of their propertied men to the Proto-germanic migrants due to the hubris and military incomplete of their aristocratic generals at battles like Burdigala (modern Bordeaux) in 107 BC and Arausio in 105 BC.
Dude, just stumbled upon your channel tonight-have already watched 5 of your videos...or to go along with this one, I've watched V of your videos. You're extremely talented and entertaining. Bonus: your voice and cadence resemble Harry Shearer so that makes your narration even more enjoyable. Keep up the fantastic work! #newfan #actuallysomethongintelligentonyoutube
This Channel has been like my podcast while working from home. The narrator is just cool. Keep up the goodwork fo feeding us with these weird histories!
As I was watching this, I was literally thinking, this reminds me of a Horrible Histories sketch with Jim Horwick. And then, at 2:32, BAM, there he is. 😂 Great minds think alike.
A+ video! Fascinating history, it would be quite the experience! If I could be a soldier at any point in history...I would have wanted to be a Roman soldier.
This was interesting. I did a novel years ago named Blood For The Masses, that I did a lot of research on. You had a few facts that I didn't find. Good job!
During the early days of Rome (prior to the Marian reforms) only the patricians and somewhat-rich plebeians could get into the military service though. It's because back then equipments weren't supplied by the state and everyone has to bring their own gladius and lorica, and most of the time, only the wealthy could afford buying weapons and armors.
It wasn't exclusively a 25 year service. In later imperial times, end your service there after 20 years with your honesta missio. Your discharge bonus would be considerably lower, though - while, for example, in the 4th century, a veteran of 25 years would be excused 5 capita (heads) of taxation in kind, one having served only 20 years would receive only 2 capita exemption - presumably for himself and his wife [found on the Brigetio tablet].
Well, the Roman soldier seems to have a better life after retiring than today's discharged soldiers, you'll see some become beggars or pitifully living with PTSD.
Good video, although I must specify that the Romans used subjugated foreign reigns and barbaric tribes very often to enlarge theire ranks. This was done by giving gifts and privileges to the elite of the foreigners in order to keep them friendly. This was to alleviate the amount of men necessary on the frontier or for patrol duties. But it's very right that those people where expendables, and were attacked when the situation requested it.
Horrible, I guess. You're essentially just following a dude who just wanted to name a lot of cities after his name all across Asia and Africa for months non-stop. I swear Alexander's soldiers' mutinied just because "PLEASE, ALEX MY GUY, I JUST WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY"
Wow! thanks for the fascinating information about Roman soldiers! Why would they retire in their mid-40s ? that’s a great age to get in the best shape of your life!
4:30 mark is my Roman Legion group, Legion III Cyrenaica, based in New England US. (I'm on the left in the brass helmet) That photo is from around 2005 but had become surprisingly widely used over the years. You're welcome. :D. Also: thanks for doing some of your homework and research and not falling into the trope misinformation trap. Some of the stuff is more modernism and factoid, but for the most part, not bad.
04:32 I think you just contradicted something you said a few seconds earlier. The pilum was considered a ranged weapon and is the basis for the modern olympic javelin throw event. One of the major advantages of the roman legionaires for centuries was that they perfected the art of a pre-charge salvo. Later Byzantine soldiers even used, I kid you not, a dart that was known as a "Plumbus".
Skyrim guard: "My cousin's out fighting dragons and what do I get? TOILET DUTY"
But at least you didn't take a arrow to the knee.
Bring it back lol
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Why do you complain of your work? Were we not made to work, then rejoice in the job you have
I'd be a lot happier and warmer with a bellyful of wine.
A perfect way to start the weekend with some weird history.
no kidding i just got off work lol
I didn't know it was Saturday today
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There was actually a lot wrong in this video..
@@Skelstoolbox like what?
"Lucilius was offed", nice delivery 😂
A Roman centurian walked into a bar, held up two fingers and said,
"Give me five goblets of wine".
Never gets old 🤣🤣
Lol it took me 1 minute to figure h Djoke 😂
pls explain hahaha
@@sonaffe2248 the V in the Roman numeral symbol mean 5
@@thibomeurkens2296 oh thank you hahaha bruh I would've never guessed that
I have a very good friend in Rome named Biggus Dickus.
He has a wife
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Does anyone else feel like a little.... giggle.... when I mention my friend.... Biggus.... Dickus!?
@@jennyrose9454 Incontinentia Buttocks
*starts giggling*
I always love when he adds scenes from horrible history, it just brings me back to my childhood.
I'm so early Julius hasn't even set foot on briton
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Speaking of Romans I heard people are trying to ban roman numerals.
Not on my watch.
Other then movies who even uses them these days?....o...not on my watch...i get it.
This...is a pun, right? If so, its a good one😂
@Matricx700 (it's a pun)
"The numbering of numbers is numbered."
---Albert Einstein
Fact checkers say..."Correct!"
Anyone else addicted to this channel? 🙋♀️
Weird History should be mandatory viewing in high school. More kids would love history if it were this fun!
Too bad school don't teach, they Indoctrinate
@@greencasd89 imagine being a student in this day and age. Every kid is being brainwashed. If I had children, they would most definitely be home schooled now.
I agree. It’s scary what they don’t learn, and even more scary what they do learn.
As a teacher, students have to want to learn. Until then they will harass the staff and teachers as the parents think accusing teachers of "failing" the students, the children.
Liking or hating histoty is all about the way it's taught
Please could you do the history of cooking utensils
The answer we didn’t know we needed
Start with sticks.....
Hands
That would be very interesting!!!!
YEEES
Too bad you can't give multiple thumbs up because the Horrible Histories bit alone is worth a like!
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Literally been on a Roman Empire learning spree with your channel.. and look at you.. reading my mind
Me, too!
Finally off work and a new weird history video! Score 👌🏻
“If a tribe or kingdom they sought to conquer had the *Gaul* to fight them” 10/10 pun
Of course
I actually faired very well as a legionnaire. I was able to get out early, got elected to pontiff maximus, later I was elected to consul fulfilling my life long dream. I was loved by the people for all I accomplished on their behalf and hated by some of the no account senators because of jealousy (weak men) but a stroke of luck and some slick political manuvering got me appointed governor of 2 provinces and commander of 4 legions.
I would use my own fortune to raise up another 8 and legions payed by me and completely loyal to me as well. We would go on to conquer all of Gaul and even travel to the magical (at least we thought it was at the time) island of the Brits. When that was over I was elected to consul again before those traitors killed me at work one day.
Conspiracy theories are a undeniable truth to reality and I got 23 stab wounds to prove it. All and I would say that I faired very well in the Roman army.
Yeah, he was perhaps the most amazing man to ever live. His clemency may have played a major role in his death but he also dropped the ball in not anticipating that all the pathetic lesser lights might attempt to assassinate him. How over 60 prominent Romans, not only his former enemies but even his friends and associates including his best mate, Domitius Brutus, could hatch a plot to kill him, without him finding out is incomprehensible. I even suspect that Antony was in the "know" given his close association with Trebonius and the way he and Lepidus bent over backwards to accommodate and forgive Caesar's killers.
0:10 Actually Coastal africa is very Green
Especially back then in antiquity
And its cold in winters too ( Thats why Barbary Lions have massive black manes)
You have to go further south to find the desert
Relax bro. It's only visual representation . Actually that's battle of philippi from HBO series ROME
@@frodobaggins904 i know but many people think the second you enter Africa
Its officialy desert
@@AB-fr2ei I’m pretty sure Africa isn’t a real place
@@JeffersonSteelflexx 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@JeffersonSteelflexx im african myself
I’d love to see a video on some of the stranger religious cults and their practices. I know we don’t have a lot of info on them, but I know it would be some weird history!
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Gladiator: "Are you not entertained?"
Weird History: "Are you not entertained, AND educated?"
“...massive tracks of land...”
That line seriously made me think of the marsh castle king from Holy Grail...😭
"Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em!"
A moment of silence 🔕for al the fallen soldiers that died on the battlefield.
F
F
Does it matter on which side they fought?
@@mikitz no, it only matters about the sacrifice everyone of them made!
A second moment of silence for those who died on their 24th year of service
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Legionaries would in fact carry ranged weapons. They would often carry slings and lead shot. Legionaries in the rear of the formation would hurl shot ahead of their front into enemy lines.
Join the Legionnary they said
It would be fun they said **punts another bucket of crap into a wagon**
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Today’s military have you doing clean up duty too
@@drizzlemcnasty7733 yeah, but at least, you don't have to deal with some problems they did.
It's all worth it for the everlasting glory of rome
ROME on HBO is one of the best series HBO has ever done. If you haven’t seen it, watch it now. You won’t be disappointed.
4:12 - The "boss" _(iron knob)_ _could_ be used for bashing but its primary purpose was to strengthen the shield and cover a hole that the front of your hand would fit through so the grip could be close enough to keep the weight of the shield centered _(without the "boss-hole" the grip could be too far back and a shield would be extremely off-balance and unwieldy)._
The men on the ground: Well yes, the floor today is made of floor
The Video I've been waiting for
I was a Roman soldier, till a took an arrow to the knee.
Can we have a video about Carthage please ???????
It will be... extremely salty.
Being a soldier today is pretty lucrative too. My cousin earns a lot and has a lot of perks and benefits..
Yea everything is free you only have to worry about a phone and WiFi bill that’s it
Man these videos are always solid. Great narrator and interesting content. Nothing beats the Timeline series either. 👌 Respects from 🇨🇦
7:41 "If a tribe or kingdom they sought to conquer had the *Gaul* to fight them..."
I see what you did there
When you mentioned the Starz series Spartacus, you had me fangirl-ing...that series is still to this day one of the BEST made historical series I've ever seen. and that's considering the fact they had to replace their MAIN character. RIP Andy Whitfield
Me too, it is my Joint favorite Season ever, did you watch Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, it's a prequel to Blood and Sand
When talking about the Roman weaponry you mention they have a Pilum (They actually carried 2) and then immediatly after say they had no ranged weapons. The Pilum was a ranged weapon. You threw it like a spear. As you mentioned it was designed to bend on impact so if it hit an enemies shield it would be difficult to remove making the shield useless. They carried to of these and threw them at an enemy before they engaged with sword fighting.
I just popped over to Wikipedia because I recalled that they used slings and what do I find within 1 minute on the Roman Military Personal Equipment page but a section on... projectile weapons. Bows, crossbows, throwing barbs, and on other pages I confirm that they did have slingers. Add in ranged siege weapons such as ballista and it is clear that the Roman military used ranged weaponry a whole lot.
@@ladyabaxa Over Rome's 1200 years of existence the Army changed it's components dramatically and multiple times over the centuries. In early Roman Republic your income dictated which section you would belong to because each soldier had to pay for each piece of equipment they used. The poorest soldiers were called Skirmishers. They only had a light shield and a sling/spears. Skirmishers were used exclusively as ranged combatants. However Skirmishers were no longer used when they introduced the Manifold system during the Samnite Wars.
Also the pictures were of phalanxes.
4:32 no ranged weapons? I've heard that every soldier had a sling.
I'd love to see videos about these aspects of Roman and historical events:
-The Roman-Jewish wars (including the siege of Masada)
-Julius Caesar's military conquests (and arguably genocidal killings) in Gaul
-The fall of Carthage
-The horrible experience of living in a poor Roman tenement
-The lives of Roman slaves and prostitutes
-The last moments of Romans trapped in Pompeii and Herculaneum
-Roman medicine
-The structural changes that shaped the late Roman empire
-Life in the early Byzantine empire (this subject doesn't get a lot of attention)
-Life in a Roman client state
-A video about the Fayum mummy portraits
-More videos on Roman cuisine
-A video on executions and the Roman justice system
-A video on the importance of bath houses in public life and their equalizing effect
-A video on Roman sewage systems and "bathroom stuff"
Can't wait to play Rome Total War Remastered ;)
7:35 you know it's actually pretty sensible, as a tool for promotions.
"Put the greenhorns at the front, whoever survived must either be good or lucky enough to get promoted."
I just love your work thank you. "WHEN IN ROME.". PHILADELPHIA USA
Man, that's something. The Roman army was a well-trained, oiled machine due to Gaius Marius. He took people who owned no property and enlisted them in the ranks. It's like the model of the British army with different results. Man, Weird History is coming out with good content especially on Fridays.
Had to. So many of the Romans and Italian Allies lost a lot of their propertied men to the Proto-germanic migrants due to the hubris and military incomplete of their aristocratic generals at battles like Burdigala (modern Bordeaux) in 107 BC and Arausio in 105 BC.
They were well trained executioners. If you were subject to execution by a Roman soldier you would be dead when they were finished with you.
That’s why Peter was crucified and Paul was beheaded. Paul was a Roman citizen. Peter was not.
Actually if you could, do a video on how they trained messenger pigeons. Quite curious..
Love the narrator!!
I ❣️❣️ weird history !! Yay for a new episode 😄
Hope that Momma Daddy Long Legs lived a good life after you saved her :D
@@PortCityBalrog Aww thank you I sure hope so too 😊
Dude, just stumbled upon your channel tonight-have already watched 5 of your videos...or to go along with this one, I've watched V of your videos.
You're extremely talented and entertaining. Bonus: your voice and cadence resemble Harry Shearer so that makes your narration even more enjoyable.
Keep up the fantastic work!
#newfan
#actuallysomethongintelligentonyoutube
I love rewatching your videos on Rome
Always a good day with a new weird history
This Channel has been like my podcast while working from home.
The narrator is just cool. Keep up the goodwork fo feeding us with these weird histories!
Can you make some videos on "The Moors"? Would love it
As I was watching this, I was literally thinking, this reminds me of a Horrible Histories sketch with Jim Horwick. And then, at 2:32, BAM, there he is. 😂 Great minds think alike.
As a huge History Buff, I'd love to see an Episode about what it was like to be a Victorian English Governess!
A+ video!
Fascinating history, it would be quite the experience!
If I could be a soldier at any point in history...I would have wanted to be a Roman soldier.
9:01 _"I wipe myself with a sponge on a stick"_ [applause]
5:00 wow what an awesome splice into the Roman stone relief. Pretty cool
Weird History is a good way to start the weekend.
These guys were pioneers in HEAVY METAL, litererally.
Titus Pullo made old school soldiering look fun
I would've died marching to the first battle
Great 👍🏼 video
Make a video about Transylvanian history and vald and bram Stoker's dracula
They have a video on that already
@@KetchupPankaka no they don't, share a link if you've seen it
@@patelhemanshu1942 are you a patron?
King tut once used his weird shaped head for a cereal bowl. (Yes, it's egyptian not roman)
The image of a pilum does not really look like one, instead it appears like a hoplite?
Love love this!!!
Great video
This was interesting.
I did a novel years ago named Blood For The Masses, that I did a lot of research on.
You had a few facts that I didn't find.
Good job!
Nothing like a good cup of coffee with some weird history
Shit, that's three strikes on me. As someone naturally disobedient, cowardly, AND grievously incompetent, I'm quite sure I would struggle to thrive.
Poverty is used even to these days as a recruitment tool.
No way a wealthy person would ever voluntarily enter the military, then or now
Poverty is a recruitment tool for a lot of things
During the early days of Rome (prior to the Marian reforms) only the patricians and somewhat-rich plebeians could get into the military service though. It's because back then equipments weren't supplied by the state and everyone has to bring their own gladius and lorica, and most of the time, only the wealthy could afford buying weapons and armors.
It wasn't exclusively a 25 year service. In later imperial times, end your service there after 20 years with your honesta missio. Your discharge bonus would be considerably lower, though - while, for example, in the 4th century, a veteran of 25 years would be excused 5 capita (heads) of taxation in kind, one having served only 20 years would receive only 2 capita exemption - presumably for himself and his wife [found on the Brigetio tablet].
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Thankyou Bird
good birb
Well, the Roman soldier seems to have a better life after retiring than today's discharged soldiers, you'll see some become beggars or pitifully living with PTSD.
You're also eligible to run for Senate if you retired and were in a pretty high position in the military.
@@EternalVirgin yeah but there are a lot more people now isn't there?
Love the channel! Can you please do an episode on the start of carnivals? Their attractions and first rides...how things changed?
Loved the inclusion of the Life of Brian clips! lol
Good video, although I must specify that the Romans used subjugated foreign reigns and barbaric tribes very often to enlarge theire ranks. This was done by giving gifts and privileges to the elite of the foreigners in order to keep them friendly. This was to alleviate the amount of men necessary on the frontier or for patrol duties. But it's very right that those people where expendables, and were attacked when the situation requested it.
Amazing episode! Pls make a video on What it was like to be a Greek hoplite during the campaigns of Alexander the great.
Horrible, I guess. You're essentially just following a dude who just wanted to name a lot of cities after his name all across Asia and Africa for months non-stop.
I swear Alexander's soldiers' mutinied just because "PLEASE, ALEX MY GUY, I JUST WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY"
4:20 That "pilum" image is a Greek dorion not intended to be thrown, please do your research.
I love this channel.
I would probably die the first day..
As long as it would be a good DEATH!
"If they had the *gaul* to resist..." I see what you did there.
Certified Gold!!!!!😎
Every veteran should be treated like these retired soldiers😌🥺❤️
YOU USED A CLIP FROM HORRIBLE HISTORIES!!!! THIS IS OFFICIALLY MY FAVORITE HISTORY UA-cam CHANNEL!!!
I like this narrator, he is funny and sarcastic 😄
Can YOU make video what was Like to be general in rome
I’m amazed there wasn’t more Monty python
And a little sad
Am sure I saw Brian somewhere......
4:16 This is not a picture of a pillum.
History class was one class I didn't ditch...
Please do the history of Weird History.
Idk bout u but I'm addicted to weird history... Lol
Please do more videos on the origins of the three monotheistic religions
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Thanks
Love this, 💗💗💘💘
As a veteran of the U.S. Army I think I would have done ok as a legionnaire or Centurion.
Dude I would love to be a Legionary I have so much love and unwavering loyalty to Rome!
clutch upload
I have come to reclaim Rome for my people.
please make more videos about ancient china!!
I'm pretty sure I'd do well . I'm a combat veteran who was in great shape before I enlisted.
Wow! thanks for the fascinating information about Roman soldiers! Why would they retire in their mid-40s ? that’s a great age to get in the best shape of your life!
4:30 mark is my Roman Legion group, Legion III Cyrenaica, based in New England US. (I'm on the left in the brass helmet) That photo is from around 2005 but had become surprisingly widely used over the years. You're welcome. :D. Also: thanks for doing some of your homework and research and not falling into the trope misinformation trap. Some of the stuff is more modernism and factoid, but for the most part, not bad.
04:32 I think you just contradicted something you said a few seconds earlier. The pilum was considered a ranged weapon and is the basis for the modern olympic javelin throw event. One of the major advantages of the roman legionaires for centuries was that they perfected the art of a pre-charge salvo. Later Byzantine soldiers even used, I kid you not, a dart that was known as a "Plumbus".