The Diversity Of Roman Soldiers
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2021
- So often we think of Romans as little Italian guys wearing red tunics and with shiny armour marching around on straight roads. The success of the empire though was built on its ability to integrate the very people it conquered and make them Roman. Discover how widespread the empire's influence was in this episode.
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Good stuff, my friend!
Thank you kindly! More to come and I appreicate the kind words!
Excellent content.Obviously Rome had men from different countries and continents and one should not be surprised to find Egyptians,Greeks,Germans,etc.
Yes, I don't know of Egyptians in Britain, but the cult of Isis was big in London.
@@AlexIlesUK It happened during the time of Marcus Aurelius and previously young Berbers were drafted and sent to Europe.So it may be
Yes there's a unit of moors on the west end of Hadrians wall so yes there could be others we don't know about!
Great information. Your channel deserves a lot more followers! Please keep posting 👍
Thank you! It will get there - the growth over the last week has been amazing. Thank you for the encouragement.
Alex another Great video . I am currently doing a lot of Tardo Romano research and collecting the Equipment of a Roman soldier . I am almost finished with equipment. Waiting on a shield from Res bellica with plumbatas mounted on inside part of shield. I will be representing Equites Honoriani Seniors from about 400 Ad They were attached to comes Brittiania . I will send picture once completed Have a great day and chat soon .
Hi Leonard please email me on alex@ilestours.co.uk I'd love to see your kit. I do Roman Reenactment too and in the future may do a video on it!
How very interesting… loving these vids.
Thank you!
Fascinating. The Roman military machine was so vast and fascinating.
The recruitment and organisation does make you think doesn't it!!
Barcarii!
Why I never; a wild Marine appeared! I'm sorry I didn't say the name during the video - I think I felt I'd butchered enough peoples names and units!
@@AlexIlesUK That's OK! Just great to see the unit in context and with all the other units. Great stuff!
This is fascinating. 1:04 You have some legionnary blood in you don't you? Just joking 😄
A little slip up! I try to do the filming in one take so sometimes I make a little mistake! I don't know if I have any Roman ancestors - my Genetics are British 'Celtic', Scottish, Irish and Anglo-Saxon. My ancestors may have served in the Roman forces, but honestly I think it is more likely they just were farmers! I like the joke though :)
Diversity is not a strength unity is.
Diversity just leads to tribalism, tribalism without a strong national identity leads to civil war. It's happened so much throughout human history.
Diversity is what brought down the Roman Empire. The fact that these Germanic Tribes in the Empire were being trained by Romans and bringing that knowledge back to their own warfare they're able to sack Rome at once not twice but multiple times.
These groups of Germanic tribes were never able to assimulate fully into Roman society even after Hundreds of years.
Rome got to a point they had to contract out their National Defense to German Tribes.
If Germans were kept out of the Empire never tried to assimilate them into Roman society they would have never been trained and organized under the Romans and Rome would have still stood.
Diversity is dangerous.
Diversity is the death of Empire
Diversity without National Identity is a death sentence for any and all Nations.
Unity under a singular Culture is what makes a Nation strong and United
I am tell you've taken a long time to write this so thank you for your effort. I would say though that one of the greatest strengths of the Romans was to conquer other peoples and recruit them into their military. The auxiliaries were one of the most diverse military forces in history. I'd suggest reading more Roman history. You might enjoy it. Also I would say your argument about the three Germanic tribes is incorrect.