Roman Military Clothing and Uniformity - DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
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A Roman soldier was identified not just by his armament, but just as well by his style of clothing. Ancient Rome had a strong sense of fashion, not just in civil life but just as well in the military. In this episode we will open up the wardrobe of a Roman soldier; what did a Roman soldier dress like, were there differences between legionnaires and auxiliary troops, did they really all wear red or what about uniformity in their military dress? All these questions and more will be answered in this video!
00:00 Intro
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02:09 Channel intro
02:19 Intro part 2
02:45 Production
04:09 Tunic
07:03 Colours
09:22 Cloak
11:32 Long sleeves and pants
15:20 Conclusion
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@@ImperiumRomanumYTWhen we were speaking about ancient climates, I told my relatives that Greeks and Romans mostly wore wool, which was handwoven and therefore pretty thick. That's why it drapes like that on the statues.
They were amazed, because in Russia Greece and Italy are considered really hot places. 😊
I just love how the cloth merchant leans in and tries to sell that particular cloth. "You see this? This is the future of clothing. It's affordable, finely woven and durable!"
Oh man he does seem to know his cloth 🤣
It's true, as soon as the camera stopped filming a fight broke out amongst the people in attendance over who could buy it from him
Now, are you telling me that's not worth twenty shekels?
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turns out its flimsy, not water-proof, and itchy... "Caveat Emptor."
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Great to hear, sometimes it can be hard to act an entire 'natural' conversation, we're no professional actors and those people in the background sure have no script haha
Mark Antony definitely strikes me a the Captain Zapp Brannigan of his day.
Never considered the difference that sleeves could make on whether or not armor is comfortable. It's a little strange to me that for all of Rome's engineering and artistry, they decided to dress in what was essentially large squares while the "barbarians" were able to put the necessary time into making effective sleeves and pants.
Yeah it's a weird thing to realize indeed haha
I think it would have been seen as *ahem* profligate to desire innovation in clothing, complex patterns or body-accentuating cuts, as with, say, buddhist monk clothing or quaker plaindress. I like the nonchalant simplicity of loose, folding fabric.
Prissy barbarian femboys were too busy making fashion statements while real Roman MEN were conquering whole civilizations.
Weren’t trousers seen as barbaric or dressing like one of the barbarians ? .
It isn't that strange when you stop viewing history through the Roman lense (which is hard, I admit, since we mostly rely on their accounts), and actually realise that the word "barbarian", a subjective term that the roman used, has no place in modern, objective, historiography.
That was great! One of the common mistakes people make is assuming that what Roman frescoes show as far as colours go, reflects the colours of Roman clothing at the time. Not so. The mostly mineral pigments used to create colours in frescoes were, by and large, not suitable for dyeing cloth - thus being able to use bright paints for a fresco didn't translate to being able to achieve the same effect with fabric dyes. Most clothing was dyed using vegetable dyes and the colours were very muted and generally far from permanent. True bright red dyes only arrived in Europe in the 1500's after the Spanish conquest of Mexico and their discovery of the red the Aztecs and Mayans obtained from the cochineal beetles. In Roman times blue was a rare colour as indigo was imported in small quantities at a high price from India and woad wasn't cultivated in southern Europe. Colours easily created tended to be yellows, browns, dark brownish reds and light greens. Because the Romans cleaned their everyday woolen and linen clothes with urine-derived bleach, colours didn't last long, and basic clothing was probably not dyed at all in the first place. Dyeing fabric black was extremely difficult to achieve, purple dye was as expensive ounce per ounce as gold and a bright green dye did not exist. Roman frescoes are about as much a reflection of Roman reality as 'Ben Hur' was. Most Romans preferred (and could afford) bleached white garments or what the Americans use to call 'homespun' shades of beige, off-white or light brown.
“Homespun” refers to the rougher, non-uniform texture of handmade/spun thread and its weaves, as opposed to machine-made fabric. Homespun can be dyed any color. Never seen it refer to color.
@@CourtneySchwartz Thank you for educating me about what homespun is. Let me re-phrase what I said: Homespun coloured clothers referring to the colour that Americans in pre-industrial time could achieve with the kind of vegetable/organic/chemical dyes then available. Of course, homespun in pre-industrial America could be 'dyed any colour' but the depth of the colour, as you say, but the range of colours available and the intensity of the colour and it's ability to last is what I was pointing out. Only American indigo produced an intense colour and un-dyed homespun cotton, linen or wool is almost always - when not dyed - beige, off-white of light brown. So to be even more precise as I always find Americans to be so literal: "American homespun of cotton, linen or wool before the 1870's made by those without access to expensive British or French dyes or the knowledge to use them". So, there, you have seen it referred to as a colour. Presumably you get what I meant?
Didn't romans have access to madder? Or maybe that's what you mean by dark brownish red? Madder red wool doesn't have to be dark, but of course it's not the same as cochineal red.
@@kajsan760 Hi Karin. I'm no expert but yes, I guess Romans with money had access to a lot of things! But from what I have read the 'average' Roman did not have much access to madder. Done correctly, onions can produce a dark brownish to red stain. I've achieved a reddish colour with onions and their skins. But my point was that in any movie or video production since 1930 it was much more exciting cinematographically to show Roman soldiers and officers in bright red and purple and such. Even these loveable Dutch guys are wearing obviously modern fabrics with their deep even tints. But we also forget that until recently - and I mean after the first World War, the wealthy had maids and seamstresses who would remove brightly coloured 'trim' from clothes before washing, then sew it all back on again. But deep, true red - much less crimson - did not exist then, insofar as fabric colouring.
Archeaological finds from Timna in Israel show that they used woad. Since Israel is dryer than Italy it can be assumed woad grows in climates as disparate as Italy, Israel and Ireland
Really interesting. The scenario gives "roman outpost in barbarian land, somewhere alongside the Rhine" vibes.
Next stop: ridiculously elaborate coptic style tunics of Late Antiquity.
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Legionary: Salve. I heard that you're a man that can get things.
Sutler: I've been known to locate items of interest from time to time, for the right price.
Legionary: I don't suppose you can get your hands on... *looks around, whispers* long sleeved tunics and trousers.
hahaha nice interpretation of the thumbnail xD
It is so nice to see roman times in colour, and not in the grey filter they put in the movies.
Ngl, my first impression was that legionaires always wore green tunics with white hems, while sharing great receipts and staying as far away as romanly possible from a certain small village in Gaul. The popular idea of marines wearing shades of blue seems natural until you realise sailor clothing through the ages had exactly one main purpose: Stand out from the sea so you can get picked up if you went overboard.
Some things are timeless. Modern military berets come with a liner that every single recruit is then secretly told to cut out as to make forming it easier.
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I think it would make sense for Roman soldiers to have a spare tunic or two, with red being the traditional color for battle (red being the color of Mars and fairly inexpensive to produce from madder root), while the "fatigues" were whatever was provided by the army or sent from home.
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It is also possible that an undyed tunic or sagum could be dyed by the legionaries themselves. Madder (red/orange), walnuts and acorns (yellowish/brown) and indigo (green/green blue) would all have been available
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Excellent video! Well done, explained and sourced :) fantastic! Love that you mentioned the cold..Once you've been outside for a few nights up near Scotland in winter, it can be a bit nippy in just a tunic! Big 🫡 from a 20yr Vet Legio IX Hispana society. You've earned a new subscriber
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I think I would like the Sagum if I was a Roman soldier. It is much like the Poncho Liner, Wet Weather in the American armed forces affectionately known as the “woobie”…part coat, part blanket, part emotional comfort and pure awesome…
haha a woobie indeed sounds a lot like a sagum! Cool
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