For this video, we decided to go for a different animation style than usual. It was the best way to go over the day-to-day events and feelings of promotion, envy, and wanting to visit your family and friends. Stay tuned for 2 more videos this month!
Much prefer your art style in your earlier videos. Too many videos use this sort of silly corporatized "south park" stick figure sort of art and it really detracts from the seriousness of and trivializes historical content. The information in your video is as always top notch.
@@noneofyourbusiness43 Thanks for the input. We will always retain our original animation, don't worry. It just have been too hard to use it for a "day in the life" video. Cheers!
@RoniiNN Other than SandHRoman I've not seen channels do daily life stuff. Being loose with definitions there's several food history channels, but, as much as I like food it's not every day stuff.
Emperors, generals, and politics make up most Roman historical works. These views really help ground these times, making it easier to insert one's self in the Roman world.
A hard part regarding every day life is much of it requires conjecture, analysis of various loosely tied sources, and a LOT of archaeological record which we wouldnt have standard (reputable) access to. It's kind of like how most cuneiform tablets we have are receipts, religious texts, or ledgers - what gets written down is what literate society at the time viewed as important to note, and standard daily life isnt really worth recording to most people (the past is much like the present in this way. When is the last time you wrote down the events of a normal day in a physical journal? Or personally knew someone who did?). That being said, with enough access to historic texts, artwork, mythos, overlapping accounts: im sure a relatively stable narrative could be put together with time.
I can't stretch this enough - you have a high-quality informationly animated video about the slice of life of an otherwise war-driven historical major power. This is breathtaking.
This is an amazing video which I didn’t want it to ever end. It gives so much information and portraits a great account of how the massive cogwheel that was the Roman Empire lived in another time. I would love to see more videos like it for other types of soldiers or sailors as to how they start from the ground up and even what it took to go from their mid careers to get to the upper echelons of the military or society. I liked the way the information was presented spending more detail on the information provided than spend excess time & money into fancy graphics & sounds.
We often have a fantastical view of the Roman military, with its hard discipline and impressive scale. It's easy to forget it was composed of ordinary men; men who's days were often filled with simple, ordinary, monotonous tasks. Can't imagine a solider back then would be any more or less enthusiastic for nightly watch duty as soldiers are now.
I love this video. Maybe you can do a little series on this on how Valerius rises through the ranks and get to the highest rank possible for a roman soldier who is not of noble birth. That would be an amazing story to tell you could sketch up some fun scenarios
Your day in the life and logistic videos give me life. Romans were some of the smartest people to live, and even the ordinary things they got up to were fascinating.
Just subscribed but been watching you videos for some time. Great video!! Would like to see other videos like this. Roman Sailor, messengers, and so on. Keep up the good work!!
Wonderful! I love these "day in the life" videos. While the 'Great Men' are celebrated by history it's the average folks that are moving the world along.
THIS IS AWESOOME, really, learning about the daily life of soldiers *or sailors, or people in general in ancient Rome is absolutely great. Please More !!! xD
yeah uh, can we get even more videos like this for the roman army? i just listened to it twice and loved it both times. basically getting a slice of life from one man, part of one of the most distinct militaries in history. really makes me wonder what other roman soldiers were like
Wonderful and thorough as always! Would be amazing if you could do a day in the life of a Centurion, be it just a regular Joe or a Primus Pilus! Also, hearing about a life of a Cavalry office is compelling as well!
Valerius' daily life is still indicative of all E3 and below in the modern day US military where every Enlisted starts. (Exception being the literacy rate is much higger.) Great video!
One of the best advantages to have when in the Roman army was being able to read and write, this alone would make you stand out, and potentially to be promoted to even Centurion. Putting it simply if you cant read and write orders or write important reports then you were useless as a centurion or leadership role in the legion. I remember watching a documentary about a Roman soldier who got promoted very quickly to centurion because not only was he a good soldier, fighter and leader but was very proficient in reading, writing and even basic book keeping. When he got promoted their was several other legionnaires who could of taken up the position even with more military experience but because he could read, write and had basic math skills, that sealed the deal for him to the senior commanders. Even being able to write your own name back in these times was seen as impressive to most, imagine being able to read and write where most others around you cant, really makes you think.
Sailors would be interesting, if for no other reason than they get so little coverage. Anyway, excellent job as always on these little details that so often go overlooked!
It’s crazy how our modern languages haven’t changed much from Latin. I speak both English and Spanish and I can understand a lot of Latin since a lot of words are similar if not technically the same.
@@tappajaav There is no modern Latin. Only the languages derived from it. But it's true. I learned Spanish and Latin for some time and can still roughly understand at least written text most of the time. Except for French. 🥸
OP your series is excellent, I'm watching them one after another - they are like what Nat Geo and Smithsonian could be without the titles, advert breaks, and side stories. At the beginning you mention their brutal 4 month boot-camp, you'd have to know it's not brutal like a day in the hot sun but medieval type brutal! Anyway can you do the video on that brutal boot camp too? I want to know what kind of tortures they had to endure -
Thank you for the comment. I'm very glad you're enjoying the content! I briefly cover some exercises done in the boot camp in our video on the training and recruitment of Roman Legionaries. But apart from what I mentioned there, we have close to no other sources.
Day in the life of Auxiliary, Centurion, Cavalry, or an OPTIO. Did the Optio share a tent with just Principales, like Sesquiplicarii (1.5* pay) or Duplicarii (2x pay)? ⚔🎪
A little detail correction. People who can't read know when their names are written down, if they have seen it many times previously. In my line of work, I've had occasions to know people who can't read and write, except their own names. So Valerius would probably not ask his fellow soldier where his name is, but what he should do. However, if the written words are repetitive, Valerius would recognize the task, by familiarizing himself with the block of words.
Very nice video. I wonder if the soldiers who receive double pay had a separat tent.Or where the slaves will sleep.I wonder if they share the food with their camarades. I dont think the immunes had a easy life either.All soldiers with special skills were granted the rank of immunes or it was a reward? A video about the boot camp will be nice.
I thought this month your going to talk about the Greek fighting styles like the use of Hoplites like the Phalanx even by the Romans before the Maniple Reforms. I've also wanna to know how the use of Macedonian Phalanx & their Sarissas Pike protects the whole unit of Pikemen which doesn't make even sense with such a thin protection
They didn't say and it probably varied a lot depending on manning, security situation, number of posts to cover, command orders, etc. In general, you don't want to go over 4 hours per shift per post; alertness falls off pretty hard after that.
Wait...Valerius writes a letter home? I thought he was illiterate, or did I miss something? Other than that I loved the video and I would love to see an entire series like this.
Much prefer your art style in your earlier videos. Too many videos use this sort of silly corporatized "south park" stick figure sort of art and it really detracts from the seriousness of historical content. The information in your video is as always top notch.
For this video, we decided to go for a different animation style than usual. It was the best way to go over the day-to-day events and feelings of promotion, envy, and wanting to visit your family and friends. Stay tuned for 2 more videos this month!
The new style Is very cool. I approve
Much prefer your art style in your earlier videos. Too many videos use this sort of silly corporatized "south park" stick figure sort of art and it really detracts from the seriousness of and trivializes historical content. The information in your video is as always top notch.
@@noneofyourbusiness43 Thanks for the input. We will always retain our original animation, don't worry. It just have been too hard to use it for a "day in the life" video. Cheers!
@HistoriaMilitum what happens to old walls of Roman sellmeants
Great show. You are a great teacher
A Day in the Life sounds like a great series. Every day stuff is sorely lacking in popular history.
There is like 6 channels that does it already…
@RoniiNN Other than SandHRoman I've not seen channels do daily life stuff. Being loose with definitions there's several food history channels, but, as much as I like food it's not every day stuff.
Emperors, generals, and politics make up most Roman historical works. These views really help ground these times, making it easier to insert one's self in the Roman world.
A hard part regarding every day life is much of it requires conjecture, analysis of various loosely tied sources, and a LOT of archaeological record which we wouldnt have standard (reputable) access to.
It's kind of like how most cuneiform tablets we have are receipts, religious texts, or ledgers - what gets written down is what literate society at the time viewed as important to note, and standard daily life isnt really worth recording to most people (the past is much like the present in this way. When is the last time you wrote down the events of a normal day in a physical journal? Or personally knew someone who did?).
That being said, with enough access to historic texts, artwork, mythos, overlapping accounts: im sure a relatively stable narrative could be put together with time.
I ship Rufus and his cook-wife.
yee-haw!!!😎
What 💀
Exploring the life of a Roman sailor would be a good idea. Just like always you guys bless us with great videos about history. Thank you.
Mare mare mare
@@taxult Yare yare daze
Here's another vote for a day in the life of a Roman sailor
@@tappajaavno Roman sailors there were slave rowers and Roman soldiers no Navy in Rome Ghay was Ghay without the Navy
Rome had a navy and won a few battles, it wasn't a big navy and nothing compared to the likes of the greek navy but it had a navy.
I can't stretch this enough - you have a high-quality informationly animated video about the slice of life of an otherwise war-driven historical major power.
This is breathtaking.
Our granaries are FULL m'lord!
Triggered a core memory with that stronghold music
Haha i knew this music sounds familiar
This is an amazing video which I didn’t want it to ever end. It gives so much information and portraits a great account of how the massive cogwheel that was the Roman Empire lived in another time. I would love to see more videos like it for other types of soldiers or sailors as to how they start from the ground up and even what it took to go from their mid careers to get to the upper echelons of the military or society. I liked the way the information was presented spending more detail on the information provided than spend excess time & money into fancy graphics & sounds.
We often have a fantastical view of the Roman military, with its hard discipline and impressive scale. It's easy to forget it was composed of ordinary men; men who's days were often filled with simple, ordinary, monotonous tasks.
Can't imagine a solider back then would be any more or less enthusiastic for nightly watch duty as soldiers are now.
Technology and culture changes but people stay the same
This is Amazing! Thats a really good video and very Happy to see this channel now use Animations to show us History❤❤❤❤
How the Praetorians and Stronghold vibes are kicking in... maybe i played it too much back in the days 😅
I’m looking forward to more documentaries like this one, especially the like of a Roman sailor.
Thank you! Love your videos!
Seeing a day of a roman governor would be wonderful
I love this video. Maybe you can do a little series on this on how Valerius rises through the ranks and get to the highest rank possible for a roman soldier who is not of noble birth. That would be an amazing story to tell you could sketch up some fun scenarios
agreed
More "day in the life" vids please. These are great!
I really enjoy these day in a life of videos
Your day in the life and logistic videos give me life.
Romans were some of the smartest people to live, and even the ordinary things they got up to were fascinating.
Most of their administrative and military tactics were invented long before by civilizations in ancient Africa.
Day in the life of a Military tribune, please. Great vid!!
Amazing video 👌🏼 would love more routine videos
Damn. This is a good video and sheds light on the ordinary life of Roman Empire.
I enjoyed this and I would love to see a day in the classis
I love the Praetorians soundtrack in this video, really impressive work!
AND! Also the Stronghold Soundtracks as well.
Yo buddy, the Praetorians soundtrack in the background, love it. Nostaliga kicked in real hard.
Just subscribed but been watching you videos for some time. Great video!! Would like to see other videos like this. Roman Sailor, messengers, and so on. Keep up the good work!!
This was one of your best videos. I love personal "common person" narrative.
Wonderful! I love these "day in the life" videos. While the 'Great Men' are celebrated by history it's the average folks that are moving the world along.
Crazy how there’s still a ton of similarities with the Legion and modern militaries
THIS IS AWESOOME, really, learning about the daily life of soldiers *or sailors, or people in general in ancient Rome is absolutely great. Please More !!! xD
Great video and animation
yeah uh, can we get even more videos like this for the roman army? i just listened to it twice and loved it both times. basically getting a slice of life from one man, part of one of the most distinct militaries in history. really makes me wonder what other roman soldiers were like
This is a very good video and deserve more engagement than it has gotten.
Great Explaination Video❤
It's a wonderful video. Others like this are good ideas
Great game and music
3:45 Stronghold soundtrack 👌🏻
Indeed
6:24 damn that was a good segue. I was listening and away from my phone so I couldn't skip it lol
Really liked the video format cant wait for the others
Set in Carnuntum. I flashed back to reading Household Gods by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.
Backing audio track brings back some good memories.
Sounds like Stronghold
I noticed the stronghold music
Wonderful and thorough as always! Would be amazing if you could do a day in the life of a Centurion, be it just a regular Joe or a Primus Pilus! Also, hearing about a life of a Cavalry office is compelling as well!
Your documentaries are just great.
Please make more of the in the life of romans!
"Surely this must make his mother very proud"
Did you guys just cheekily snuck in a Tommy Tallerico HBomber reference haha
Valerius' daily life is still indicative of all E3 and below in the modern day US military where every Enlisted starts. (Exception being the literacy rate is much higger.)
Great video!
Can you even join the military If you are unable to read???
Loved the video and hope to see more
Could you also do the the life of the centurions of caesar.
Your videos are like warm mint tea. Comfy and always enjoyable
Fantastic video.
I enjoyed this and would enjoy the other videos you mentioned possibly making. Cheers
Are you planning on following Valerius' journey further? Would love to hear more!
Great video , the writing made it feel even more alive , what day I dont think i could manage , I would be a literate solider haha
Great video! More please!
I really enjoyed this. Thank you.
Love this channel, the video makes you appreciate that ancient people were real
super interesting, please make more videos in this style
One of the best advantages to have when in the Roman army was being able to read and write, this alone would make you stand out, and potentially to be promoted to even Centurion. Putting it simply if you cant read and write orders or write important reports then you were useless as a centurion or leadership role in the legion.
I remember watching a documentary about a Roman soldier who got promoted very quickly to centurion because not only was he a good soldier, fighter and leader but was very proficient in reading, writing and even basic book keeping.
When he got promoted their was several other legionnaires who could of taken up the position even with more military experience but because he could read, write and had basic math skills, that sealed the deal for him to the senior commanders.
Even being able to write your own name back in these times was seen as impressive to most, imagine being able to read and write where most others around you cant, really makes you think.
Yes! More please.
Excellent presentation friend.
Sailors would be interesting, if for no other reason than they get so little coverage.
Anyway, excellent job as always on these little details that so often go overlooked!
Greetings from a fellow Pannonian! Castrum Iovia Botivo and Aquae Iasae salute you!
It’s crazy how our modern languages haven’t changed much from Latin. I speak both English and Spanish and I can understand a lot of Latin since a lot of words are similar if not technically the same.
Modern or ancient Latin?
@@tappajaav There is no modern Latin. Only the languages derived from it. But it's true. I learned Spanish and Latin for some time and can still roughly understand at least written text most of the time. Except for French. 🥸
OP your series is excellent, I'm watching them one after another - they are like what Nat Geo and Smithsonian could be without the titles, advert breaks, and side stories. At the beginning you mention their brutal 4 month boot-camp, you'd have to know it's not brutal like a day in the hot sun but medieval type brutal! Anyway can you do the video on that brutal boot camp too? I want to know what kind of tortures they had to endure -
Thank you for the comment. I'm very glad you're enjoying the content! I briefly cover some exercises done in the boot camp in our video on the training and recruitment of Roman Legionaries. But apart from what I mentioned there, we have close to no other sources.
Amazing video! I dont even mind you mispronouncing the letter C in words such as Principales.
Please more of these. Epic :)
not be able too read is intresting to me on how simple things would work in life.
Would love to see a cavalier scouts life in rome
More please! Pretty pleassssseeeee
Day in the life of Auxiliary, Centurion, Cavalry, or an OPTIO. Did the Optio share a tent with just Principales, like Sesquiplicarii (1.5* pay) or Duplicarii (2x pay)? ⚔🎪
A little detail correction. People who can't read know when their names are written down, if they have seen it many times previously. In my line of work, I've had occasions to know people who can't read and write, except their own names. So Valerius would probably not ask his fellow soldier where his name is, but what he should do. However, if the written words are repetitive, Valerius would recognize the task, by familiarizing himself with the block of words.
Absolutely fascinating video
Thank you!
As an ex-army infantryman, lemme tell you this goes hard.
I loved this video it was amazing!
Hanc fabulam inveni valde interesting. plus habere vellem. Gratias tibi
A long, difficult boring life with the occasional pure horror in the form of battle
Dacian wars part 3 please!!!!
Very nice video.
I wonder if the soldiers who receive double pay had a separat tent.Or where the slaves will sleep.I wonder if they share the food with their camarades.
I dont think the immunes had a easy life either.All soldiers with special skills were granted the rank of immunes or it was a reward?
A video about the boot camp will be nice.
Awesome sauce
Summus quartadecumani, Legio gemina! 🐐🦐
I thought this month your going to talk about the Greek fighting styles like the use of Hoplites like the Phalanx even by the Romans before the Maniple Reforms.
I've also wanna to know how the use of Macedonian Phalanx & their Sarissas Pike protects the whole unit of Pikemen which doesn't make even sense with such a thin protection
This was a great video it was very interesting 😁
Well done, Valerius. Enjoy your retirement.
why am I hearing stronghold 2 music in the background?
Can I ask how long was the nigthwatch interval?
They didn't say and it probably varied a lot depending on manning, security situation, number of posts to cover, command orders, etc. In general, you don't want to go over 4 hours per shift per post; alertness falls off pretty hard after that.
More Video like this
Wait...Valerius writes a letter home? I thought he was illiterate, or did I miss something? Other than that I loved the video and I would love to see an entire series like this.
good video
I gotta ask, is that music from Stronghold the game? It sounds so familiar but I can’t quite place it.
Yes, it is :)
when will dacian wars part 3 be uploaded? is the series discontinued?
Not at all! Part 3 is scheduled for early-mid May.
Awesome!!! Pick the Governor!!
Stronghold music lol
i bet his boot camp was way more difficult than mine
how did housing market work in roman times?
Me, watching this while playing bannerlord with serve as a soldier and eagle rising mods
yea
Mas,mas,mas😊
I am now a legionary.
Know i am invested, will he get his promotion or will he loss his cool and stab the consul 😅
Much prefer your art style in your earlier videos. Too many videos use this sort of silly corporatized "south park" stick figure sort of art and it really detracts from the seriousness of historical content. The information in your video is as always top notch.
The soil in Pannonia is terrible for farming!!
anyone know a game where i can experience this?
The Forgotten City
Day in the life of a Centurion and his Optio!