Rome's GENIUS border defense strategy | 3D modeling the Rhine frontier

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  • @HistoriaMilitum
    @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +34

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    • @bashkillszombies
      @bashkillszombies 11 місяців тому +13

      Thank you - this is exactly how I like my videos. Lightly contented adverts. Just like I prefer lightly fries'd salt from McDonalds. You're doing the lords work of working for the megacorps, I'm sure the few hundred bucks you get for wasting a million years of manhours on adverts is worth it. Especially when you're 1. selling merch, and 2. also doing sponsored adverts for bloody Opera.

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +10

      The “few hundred bucks” go towards the creation of more FREE quality videos for everyone’s enjoyment. This all costs money; welcome to the real world!
      If a 1 minute ad of a great app like Opera is too inconvenient for you, then consider Netflix, where for only $20 a month you will watch amazing ad free documentaries like Cleopatra and Alexander. Good luck enjoying those!

    • @Hallgrenoid
      @Hallgrenoid 11 місяців тому +6

      Everyone, remember, if it's free, you're the product. Especially so when it's free and they're still spending money on advertising.

    • @trollbarbu1979
      @trollbarbu1979 6 місяців тому

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    • @TRUMPisGODhaha
      @TRUMPisGODhaha 3 місяці тому

      ​@@HistoriaMilitumhe's right your ads put into your videos is pathetic. Unsubbed

  • @davidhughes8357
    @davidhughes8357 11 місяців тому +531

    After years of studying Roman military history videos like this one with this kind of detail are so important. Thank you friends .

    • @ciuyr2510
      @ciuyr2510 11 місяців тому

      indeed, thank you for such detailed inner-workings of an empire. All behind Praetorian for atmosphere, yum.

    • @daylight3325
      @daylight3325 11 місяців тому +2

      Grammer?

    • @rainmaker132
      @rainmaker132 11 місяців тому

      I contributed in this video. I am happy you enjoy the video, but please, don’t call me friend.

    • @rainmaker132
      @rainmaker132 11 місяців тому

      @@daylight3325grammar**

    • @ditto1958
      @ditto1958 11 місяців тому +6

      @@rainmaker132Huh?

  • @wfr1108
    @wfr1108 11 місяців тому +209

    That letter from "Bassus to Galatus" made me think of my brother. I have many qualms with modernity, but I am glad I don't have to worry about him like that. Doubt I'd ever leave my family's locality if I lived in such a troubled world.

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 11 місяців тому +15

      People haven't changed.

    • @plazmica0323
      @plazmica0323 11 місяців тому +25

      Guard duty was, is and will be most hated duty in the world hah
      I can only imagine the horrors on alien planets future human guard will have to be on a look out post

    • @archsys307
      @archsys307 6 місяців тому +4

      @@plazmica0323lol by the time we’re colonizing planets with meaningfully dangerous alien life we’ll have artificial super intelligence, let alone robot sentries strictly superior to human sentries

    • @chupacabra304
      @chupacabra304 6 місяців тому +3

      @@archsys307sometimes you just gotta have some poor imperial guard dude in a suit in a tower cuz the same AI everyone started using went rogue and started the second solar system war

    • @archsys307
      @archsys307 6 місяців тому

      @@chupacabra304 ASI starting the second solar system war will either have all humans fighting or harvest all humans for the trace minerals in our blood because it values human life not at all
      thats why super alignment is the problem of the millennium and whoever cracks the code will be heralded as the greatest genius of the 21st century like einstein in the 20th

  • @Proud2bGreek1
    @Proud2bGreek1 11 місяців тому +83

    The soundtrack from the Praetorians is a nice touch, brought back memories.

    • @kogerugaming
      @kogerugaming 11 місяців тому +3

      I was wondering why is it so familiar, then I also realised that it is from praetorians.

    • @teliris1
      @teliris1 6 місяців тому +1

      what a game!

    • @TheDonSP
      @TheDonSP 2 місяці тому

      I miss that game. Spent way too much time at it and don’t regret that time at all.

  • @andychap6283
    @andychap6283 11 місяців тому +94

    Love how this channel provides in depth coverage of the ancient world by focusing on a case example of a specific section of the roman border

  • @HistoriaMilitum
    @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +19

    Now that you know how chaotic and complicated Roman borders were, something equally impressive is how they managed to outfit EVERY soldier with state-of-the-army equipment and supply it to them. Check out their GENIUS weapon production industry here: ua-cam.com/video/DSdztU469Vs/v-deo.html

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad 11 місяців тому

      The difference between chaos and genius is that genius has its limits.

  • @SenorTucano
    @SenorTucano 11 місяців тому +120

    Wow I’m impressed. I thought the Roman defences were on the Roman side of the Danube and Rhine.
    I never realised they projected so far forward into Germania

    • @benjamindees
      @benjamindees 9 місяців тому +11

      The Rhine was named after the grapes that the Romans planted all along it. They would have preferred a southern exposure, which means controlling the north bank.

    • @abeedhal6519
      @abeedhal6519 5 місяців тому +3

      @@benjamindees No the Rhine was not named after grapes or by romans. It has it's roots in old indogermanic words for "flowing" and more directly from celtic rhenos.

    • @nuju4480
      @nuju4480 4 місяці тому +1

      Many people don't know that. I live in this region and the Romans left a lot of buildings and artifacts in the region. They even left their mark in the genetic makeup of the population there.

  • @ROGERIUSTEUTONICUS
    @ROGERIUSTEUTONICUS 11 місяців тому +28

    Incredible seeing more focus on my home region. The agri decumates and the other border regions are the most interesting thing for me in roman history. The way the roman culture merged and organically adapted the germanic and celtic influences seems kind of like a return to a panindoeuropean conciousness like parts of a whole that were torn apart and now put together again. I would appreciate more focus on these topics.Thank you for this interesting video.

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +5

      Im very happy you enjoyed. There is a good chance we will be 3D reconstructing a huge legionary fort on the Rhine. Just have to decide on which one!

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 11 місяців тому +20

    Its a good day when Historia Militum uploads a Roman Fort video!

  • @lachbullen8014
    @lachbullen8014 11 місяців тому +4

    I love Roman history and I have such a wonderful fascination...
    By the way what part of the Roman Empire do you generally focus on..

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +3

      Thank you for the donation! I suppose our channel has a natural lean towards the late Republican and early principate period, because the sources are the most descriptive for that period. But we will always try to tackle other periods as well!

  • @nevisstkitts8264
    @nevisstkitts8264 11 місяців тому +4

    6:02 redundancy = defense in depth, mutual-support + increased reliability; it calls back to the method of fortifying routes of march and logistic support during expansion

  • @ZefiBear
    @ZefiBear 11 місяців тому +55

    Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The 3D models help so much in visualizing how life was!

  • @DaniellaCoronel-pr9pq
    @DaniellaCoronel-pr9pq 9 місяців тому +18

    When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

  • @pipp972
    @pipp972 11 місяців тому +40

    Very neat to be able to visualize day to day life in the frontiers so well!

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 11 місяців тому +10

    ...and thank _YOU,_ Historia Militum, for your time and effort in creating this interesting, thought-provoking video for us. Super graphics. Good flow in the story. Cheers from Denmark.

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +1

      You are most welcome. More to come! :)

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 11 місяців тому

      @@HistoriaMilitum I will be looking forward to it. 😊

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex 9 місяців тому +4

    Incredible the complexity of such defenses, not only locally, but the regional strategy done, they were truly advanced and sophisticated. Great video as usual, excellence is the cognomen if this channel 👌🏼

  • @TP-ym1xe
    @TP-ym1xe 11 місяців тому +6

    This episode was another great addition to the channel - and one of my favourites! The details you have included about the Roman borders was original and insightful. I actually feel I'm getting university-level education with this episode, as well as details about history I would struggle to find anywhere else. Awesome artwork too!

  • @DarkVeghetta
    @DarkVeghetta 11 місяців тому +12

    3:56 Hadrian's love of walls continues into the modern day in all those RTS players that build three rows of walls around their entire base, cover every inch of said walls with towers, and keep a decent mobile response force handy in case of long-ranged attacks. It's possible to break those defenses, but it _will_ be painful for any attacker.

  • @soldier22881
    @soldier22881 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @zlcoolboy
    @zlcoolboy 6 місяців тому +2

    Man, the Roman Empire was amazing. I did not realize their borders were this well guarded. It is crazy that they aren't still around with how advanced they were in so many things.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 11 місяців тому +5

    Cool video, I have never seen anyone go into this much depth on this subject!

  • @Purgatory73
    @Purgatory73 11 місяців тому +7

    Oh my god finally! A rare gem of a channel that is not same ol! Thank you and keep up the great content!

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 11 місяців тому +5

    Love these 3D vids of yours man. To be so close to the wilderness must have been like being on another planet...

  • @tatianaprokhorova4111
    @tatianaprokhorova4111 11 місяців тому +4

    It is so neat to details, taking me inside to feel the vibe of those times...I forgot the present.. Thank you for your outstanding work!

  • @kafon6368
    @kafon6368 11 місяців тому +5

    Amazing work, definitely one of the best channels for Roman history!

  • @matthewmatt5285
    @matthewmatt5285 11 місяців тому +4

    The only videos that I wish were Longer : )

  • @prolamer7
    @prolamer7 11 місяців тому +8

    Thank you for this great educational video!

  • @RemoteAntidote
    @RemoteAntidote 9 місяців тому +2

    The way the roman empire operated infrastructure, military and logistics are mind boggeling. Their quality was impeccable which is one of the reasons they managed to last for all those years I would assume

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 11 місяців тому +60

    Q: "How often do you think of the Roman Empire?"
    A: "Only once per day. Unless I have a sleep in the afternoon. Then it is twice per day."

  • @RENATVS_IV
    @RENATVS_IV 11 місяців тому +4

    Amazingly detailed video. Thank you for this quality content, once again

  • @natedarosa3786
    @natedarosa3786 11 місяців тому +3

    Let’s go another Historia Militum video!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @thalmoragent9344
    @thalmoragent9344 11 місяців тому +65

    Man, imagining Rome with an Industrial Revolution would've been wild to see.
    Same with what if the Eastern Roman Empire had continued on, with aid from the West to stand up to the Turkish armies.

    • @david7384
      @david7384 11 місяців тому

      imagining any European power rising without white guilt would be insane. global government in decades

    • @DazBochiz
      @DazBochiz 11 місяців тому +5

      tbf the eastern roman empire was ransacked by\from the west multiple times

    • @wedgeantilles8575
      @wedgeantilles8575 11 місяців тому +7

      A Rome without the (later) constant civil wars would be enough.
      Without these constant fightin legions vs legions, Rome would probably never have fallen - and then sooner or later it would have come to an industrial revolution in the Roman Empire.
      Well, I can't change the past - but at least in Stellaris I always create my Roman Empire and lead it to domination in the galaxy :)
      (And funnily enough I must have a lot of "brothers" who do the same - the devs implanted Roman numbers and names for leaders and ships several years ago!)

    • @acash93
      @acash93 5 місяців тому

      It would have fallen regardless because the plaque decimated Rome's population and manpower

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 11 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for a great presentation; it's particularly stunning in 4k! 👏⚔🎇

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine 7 місяців тому +9

    The Governor of Briton always having a large enough army to make a play for Emperor is actually what doomed the province and possibly even the Western Roman Empire itself. On at least four occasions, its governor took nearly every last soldier in a bid to take the throne by force and once even succeeded.

    • @isaacs.4421
      @isaacs.4421 7 місяців тому +1

      L

    • @AetherNoble
      @AetherNoble 3 місяці тому +1

      Being situated on an island in the corner of the world allows you to do stuff like send all your soldiers without as much fear of barbarian invasion. It’s the same reason the USA dominates the world, they literally inhabit a massive island (not counting Canada which aligns with them in almost all respects)

  • @googlehepimizifisliyor2968
    @googlehepimizifisliyor2968 4 місяці тому

    The way watchtowers operate, and how small "fortlets" dot the countryside alongside the border surprisingly similar how modern border forces operate in modern era.

  • @michaelmanning5379
    @michaelmanning5379 3 місяці тому

    A friend of mine gave me an MDF model of a watchtower. Now I feel obliged to staff it with model soldiers. My original thought was to surround it with a ditch and palisaded bank but from this video I see I need a straight ditch and palisade. Varying 1 metre over 51 km is mighty impressive!

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  3 місяці тому +1

      Sounds like a fun project! But depending on the location, watchtowers could look very different. If you google watchtowers on the Danube, you can see that some of them were indeed surrounded by a ditch and palisade. So the design is up to you!

  • @aleksanderhristov7222
    @aleksanderhristov7222 11 місяців тому +3

    make more videos lil bro can't sleep without your soothing voice at night

  • @vGalaxy1401
    @vGalaxy1401 11 місяців тому +11

    Howdy, love your content

  • @EokaBeamer69
    @EokaBeamer69 11 місяців тому +3

    As always very interesting video. However I would love to see a legend and scale added to your maps to make them more comprehensible. :)

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +1

      A scale is actually a good idea... We will try to do that for the next one. What did you mean by the legend though? We had one for the forts which we color coded.

    • @EokaBeamer69
      @EokaBeamer69 11 місяців тому +2

      @@HistoriaMilitum Oh right I missed that because it was not always visible. :) Well anyway keep up the good videos, I freaking love your channel.

  • @ihavegymnastics
    @ihavegymnastics 6 місяців тому +1

    A perfect an empire as we will ever see.

  • @neilplace8522
    @neilplace8522 11 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic vid! Thorough and detailed. Thanks

  • @calebroberts5422
    @calebroberts5422 11 місяців тому +1

    Love this channel as usual incredibly unique and interesting content .

  • @dougdouglas2112
    @dougdouglas2112 29 днів тому

    Like always, really good stuff!

  • @jasonjason8783
    @jasonjason8783 11 місяців тому +1

    You sir got a follow just from this video alone 👏🏼 well done

  • @lautaronavarra8226
    @lautaronavarra8226 11 місяців тому +3

    It would be interest a video of the romanization process of conquered territories. Love your vids 🤩

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +2

      That would make a fascinating video actually... Thank you, I'll note it down!

  • @Brock-l3u
    @Brock-l3u 11 місяців тому

    Excellent video and very informative. The 3d rendering really adds to it.

  • @philippschwartzerdt3431
    @philippschwartzerdt3431 11 місяців тому +1

    I like that you chose to have a similar music in the background as for the game “Pretorians” 🤔
    It really creates a pleasant mood. 😉

  • @etherealessence
    @etherealessence 11 місяців тому +1

    Add fort Saalburg to my list for a European trip.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +4

      You and me both! I thought the same when making the video, haha.

  • @Harlan-c4i
    @Harlan-c4i 11 місяців тому

    All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

  • @salty82ndveteran
    @salty82ndveteran 10 місяців тому

    This is one of the best channels I have accidentally found on UA-cam! I love how you break down the economics of ancient Rome! As an archaeologist I totally enjoy and support this channel.

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you, glad to have you onboard. We have many more to come!

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 11 місяців тому +8

    i'd argue that rivermussels were a lot more palletable when rivers were clean

    • @djanfgo
      @djanfgo 9 місяців тому

      Yeah I wonder

    • @skyworm8006
      @skyworm8006 6 місяців тому +3

      Freshwater mussels are a pretty normal food the world over. Definitely not a desperation food. I don't know what he meant by that.
      Also, it's not just about unpolluted rivers but unobstructed and unaltered rivers. A lot of 'rivers' are more like canals and are not self-regulating with or without pollution.

  • @brittakriep2938
    @brittakriep2938 3 місяці тому

    About 20 Miles/ 30 Kilometer away from my german village, is the point , where there is the former Imperium Romanum / Germania Magna border, and also border of provinces Germania Superior and Rhaetis. So i have seen many relicts of this fortifications.

  • @awkwardsaxon9418
    @awkwardsaxon9418 11 місяців тому

    Mateo Pascual Music always takes me back :)

  • @HoraceAlerandrr
    @HoraceAlerandrr 3 місяці тому +1

    I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline 11 місяців тому

    Super interesting and realistic depiction. Thanks

  • @qubla2
    @qubla2 11 місяців тому +1

    "...in safety and peace.."
    under domination and servitude!
    Greetings from Germany

    • @nuju4480
      @nuju4480 4 місяці тому

      I live in the Agri Decumates and I am descended from the Gallo-romans who inhabited the area and I would prefer the generosity, peace and safety of the roman empire over the Germanic (and later German) yoke of oppression which lacks all these things.

    • @qubla2
      @qubla2 4 місяці тому

      @@nuju4480 The happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 - 1916)

  • @JohnSmith-jt5qr
    @JohnSmith-jt5qr 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for using AD (and BC), so I can upvote you.

  • @Deamonomnibusintenebris
    @Deamonomnibusintenebris 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video!

  • @georgecristiancripcia4819
    @georgecristiancripcia4819 11 місяців тому +2

    Very nice video

  • @CaptinLongdong1
    @CaptinLongdong1 11 місяців тому

    Please do a video on post-battle influence it had on the region. Did locals go and pick up all the gear and sell it? Use it? Barter?

  • @RoniiNN
    @RoniiNN 11 місяців тому +2

    Didn’t know there where fragment of letters of such mundane matters from the Roman era.

    • @JonEtxebeberriaRodriguez
      @JonEtxebeberriaRodriguez 11 місяців тому +1

      There are thousands of documents that have survived. The only downside is that a huge part of them are either incomplete or very damaged for reconstructing the text inside.

  • @danko6582
    @danko6582 11 місяців тому +2

    It reminds me of the Great Wall of China and Hadrian's wall. More about keeping watch and facilitating reinforcement by a rapid reaction force than a trench line.

  • @Ridingaroundandgettingit
    @Ridingaroundandgettingit 11 місяців тому +1

    Great work

  • @KyoushaPumpItUp
    @KyoushaPumpItUp 11 місяців тому

    1:52 Ooh BGM from Praetorians game!

  • @aprilthunder
    @aprilthunder 11 місяців тому +2

    Rome's INGENIOUS border defense strategy

  • @cutsqwishsqwish3724
    @cutsqwishsqwish3724 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video

  • @samym1694
    @samym1694 11 місяців тому +3

    Yo I thought your gonna make vid about Part 3 of Dacian Wars or what Greek or Barbarian Battles looked like.
    I still wanted to know that some sources say that the Macedonian Phalanx protects whole unit from projectiles like arrows which doesn't make sense with their use of long but thin Sarissas & their small shield Pelta

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому +1

      We are actually working on those exact scripts right now; the Dacian wars and what greek battles looked like. But we wont include Macedonian combat yet, maybe next time! We have 2 other videos that will be released before them though.

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 11 місяців тому +4

    That would be a life of adventure and monotony.

  • @blazejdrazkowski1608
    @blazejdrazkowski1608 11 місяців тому +3

    Great video:)

  • @brett.c1649
    @brett.c1649 11 місяців тому +1

    So many similarities to my time in marine corps security forces pretty cool 😎

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft 7 місяців тому +1

      Legionaries were like Marines/special operations.

  • @nuju4480
    @nuju4480 4 місяці тому

    The region of the Agri Decumates was already being settled by Roman settlers(mostly Gallo-romans) around 0 AD. Before that, the region had been inhabited by the helvetians, whose numbers had been dwindling there since 200 bc. Even after the Alemanni took the region, large parts of the Gallo-roman population stayed behind and roman culture persisted for centuries, they partly still spoke romance languages till the 10th century. Most of the people living there today are ancestors of these gallo-romans.

  • @Jamie-u9u
    @Jamie-u9u 11 місяців тому

    Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

  • @LowWhite-h5d
    @LowWhite-h5d 3 місяці тому

    Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

  • @nevisstkitts8264
    @nevisstkitts8264 11 місяців тому

    11:51 it seems the fortlets would employ an elevated structure for observation and communication with adjacent line-of-sight towers. The structure would not require the heavy construction of the independent watch and signal towers. Thus post and truss above an existing building would suffice. There is evidence that fortlets included towers in Ravenscar, Yorkshire, England where a fortlet was found to have a Latin inscription "Justinianus the First Centurion and Vindicianus the Magistrate built this tower and fortification from its foundations"
    Some speculate that fortlets would present a threat to any raiding party's ability to withdraw, particulary where the fort troops could march out and destroy improvised structures, boats or rafts necessary for exit past a body of water.

  • @iandaniel1748
    @iandaniel1748 11 місяців тому +1

    I hope add how tower depends from attack or how hold battle and proper use tactics

  • @MilesBoydston
    @MilesBoydston 8 місяців тому

    What happened to the merch website? That Hispana hoodie was so fresh 😭

  • @rebjorn79
    @rebjorn79 6 місяців тому

    Actually wanted to check out the merch but couldn't find a link :(

  • @lachbullen8014
    @lachbullen8014 11 місяців тому +8

    I actually never knew that the Roman frontier was so complex I actually thought the Romans were light on natural barriers such as rivers in mountain...

  • @davidgold5961
    @davidgold5961 11 місяців тому +1

    9:47 create video. At 9 minutes and 47 seconds, the word maintenance is misspelled.

  • @mariadespina80
    @mariadespina80 9 місяців тому +1

    The Danubian Limes, or Danube Limes, refers to the Roman military frontier or limes which lies along the River Danube in the present-day German state of Bavaria, in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania the ancient DACIA , In UNESCO.

  • @rubenmontaini7676
    @rubenmontaini7676 11 місяців тому

    Bellissimo video, in più con la musica di Preatorians 😍😍

  • @levoGAMES
    @levoGAMES 8 місяців тому

    The necessity for such an elaborate fortification speaks to the vigor and steadfastness of the people beyond it.
    Those who refused to be conquered by the mighty Rome.

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft 7 місяців тому

      Nope. That is not the case.

  • @tylergust8881
    @tylergust8881 8 місяців тому

    8:40 Heads up! Chrome also has this :)

  • @_Bruno_Cesar_
    @_Bruno_Cesar_ 11 місяців тому +1

    18:14
    In Latin America we refer to Germany as as Alemanha/Alemania. And the germans as Alemães/Alemanes.
    So... Its from these guys that this name came from. Since its the frontier that got occupied by them, i might be plausible to think this was an important tribe that the Romans got a lot of contact with.
    It might be from the events described on the video that originated the term, which is quite different from the english one.

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love 11 місяців тому +1

      LOL, who cares what Latin America thinks of Germany or the Romans :)

    • @nuju4480
      @nuju4480 4 місяці тому

      Rather ironically many people in the region of the Agri Decumates have more Gallo-roman ancestry than allemannic ancestry.

  • @Bolognabeef
    @Bolognabeef 11 місяців тому

    Damn that's impressive ngl

  • @SoulWhite
    @SoulWhite 11 місяців тому +10

    I'm going to leave this video for tomorrow to enjoy next to my morning cup of hot stuff. Thank you for amazing content!

  • @lawsonbrady2586
    @lawsonbrady2586 11 місяців тому +8

    lets go

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine 11 місяців тому

    I don’t think anyone would ever think “a straight line of defenses would make more sense.” That’d be the type of thing someone with no idea of how to setup defensive bastions or lines would do.

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 11 місяців тому +1

    its interesting to think how similar these are to US forts in function, they essentially protect roman interests abroad

    • @nuju4480
      @nuju4480 4 місяці тому

      It wasn't abroad, the Agri Decumates (which was except for a small helvetian population rather empty at the time) had been settled by Roman settlers since around 0 AD and a bit later it became a part of the empire.

    • @istoppedcaring6209
      @istoppedcaring6209 4 місяці тому

      @@nuju4480 fair enough but most romans wouldn't considder the provinces to be truly their homecountry

  • @MaikoTakanashi
    @MaikoTakanashi 11 місяців тому +1

    wheres the link for the merch?

    • @HistoriaMilitum
      @HistoriaMilitum  11 місяців тому

      Just added it to the description. Thanks for the reminder!

  • @maksymilianszulc4872
    @maksymilianszulc4872 6 місяців тому

    +++++++++ for "Praetorians" soundtrack

  • @faustinoelia965
    @faustinoelia965 11 місяців тому +1

    Am still waiting for The Dacian war part 3😊😊

  • @BoomMC_Inc
    @BoomMC_Inc Місяць тому

    This video pops up. I've never seen this channel before, and it's.. guys buy merch. Let me get to know ya first.

  • @garypulliam3421
    @garypulliam3421 11 місяців тому

    16:15 "... to self-sustain themselves ..." 😂

  • @Marcus001
    @Marcus001 10 місяців тому +3

    Hadrian sure loved building walls

  • @thekurdishtapes8317
    @thekurdishtapes8317 Місяць тому

    Your watch tower is depicted incorrectly. Not sure how you could have missed such an elementary detail since it's known for decades but they had three storeys. The lower one was used as storage, the middle one as living room and the upper one as watch room. The entrance was in the middle one, so the ladder did not go up all the way to the balcony but to a door on the middle floor.

  • @ciuyr2510
    @ciuyr2510 11 місяців тому +2

    When in doubt, build more towers & walls.

  • @pierce9019
    @pierce9019 11 місяців тому +3

    Im fucking pissed they didn't industrialize, they were so close

  • @alpinealpine2793
    @alpinealpine2793 6 місяців тому

    Organized chaos, that sounds like humanity on any given day.

  • @IosuamacaMhadaidh
    @IosuamacaMhadaidh 11 місяців тому

    Hmmmmm... Good timing.😉