That is exactly what we always hate about populair films and series. Glad you noticed!

Lol

those were batvian born soldiers no? they were friends and family

@@kenrudd6362 they could just happen to be Roman born, too.

@Mohammed Selimec you think so? despite the fact that we will fully underestimate people of the past the past is still a much more violent time than now

Es cierto, porque tiene pocos videos; lo acabo de descubrir.

@@hadcrio6845 Espero que se hagan conocidos, quiero que tenga éxito este canal.

Gracias mi amigo! Great to see some non-native English speakers here as well, it's for the worldwide audience after all that we added in accurate subtitles :)

Rome wasn't built in one day

UNDER È UNA PAROLA LATINO ROMANA CHE VUOL DIRE SOTTO...

Some tombstones of former Batavian Legionaries have been found in the NL.

Thanks mate! Great to hear the live-action is appreciated, it's quite the work but we hope worth it :)

Extremely well researched and presented. Attention to detail in video such as casting and audio with background music transported me instantly Back in time but not before I hit the subscribe button. Well done gentlemen. Gloria Eterna Al Romano Emperium!🌿🏛️

Thanks! Indeed it's a beautiful site, and manned by the friendliest people (and chickens) too!

Good to hear, thanks! A video about religious cults is actually on our wishlist for future videos already, so hang around :P

The Chatti tribe was from central to west-central Germany (modern borders). Perhaps you're thinking of a different tribe with a similar name?

lol Scottish fairy tales

Thanks, your wish has been noted!

Because of Rome the Batavians and the Frisians had a lot of contact with Britain. There's a British DNA study that showed, statically there was no difference between current day Fries men and 30% of men in central Britain. I knew the Saxons invited hundreds of Fries ship builders to Britain after the Romans left. The Fries were excellent ship makers even that far back. Just an interesting historical tidbit.

@@williamfluit6198 The Frisii of the Roman times aren't the same as the later Frisians that would later inhabit their lands though. The largest portion of Frisii left their homeland towards Brittain and Flanders after a period large and many floods. The later Frisians were mostly Angles and Saxons that later started inhabiting the lands of the Frisii. They would use these lands to sail towards what is now Great Brittain and become the Insular Anglo-Saxons. Those that stayed behind are what the Frisians of today are descendants of.

@@kimashitawa8113 Other than the shipbuilders I haven't come across any info on the Frisii migrating to Britain. Not saying there isn't any just that I haven't found it yet. Your mention of many floods causing people to leave, sounds exactly like the story of the Cimbri from Denmark. There's a good story of the Cimbri migration on KZfaq (multiple parts).

​@@williamfluit6198 I might have the Brittain part confused with the later Frisians and the Migration Period, but there are inscriptions of them on Hadrians Wall so at least the Frisii were there at some point (although probably only in service as soldiers and shipbuilders like you said)

They swore an oath to protect the emperor against the first mafia of the world : the praetorian guard

@@swissmilitischristilxxii3691 maffia is a family business, like Royalty is. I dont see how the preotorian guard is the same

@@swissmilitischristilxxii3691 No, the Praetorian Guard was mostly Batavian to the end of Nero. Galba dismissed them because he feared they were too loyal to Nero. Bad move to diss the Batavian Praetorians....they killed Galba. The Roman Emperors wanted loyal guards from far away who did not have ANY connections or loyalties near Rome. That prevented plotting of coups and political assassinations. IF anyone was going to do political killing it would be the Praetorians. The Batavian Praetorian connection gets a little muddy as Rome continued to sink into countless civil wars and constant emperor changes. I saw an article about a Batavian tombstone found in the NL. The inscription indicated the soldier took part in the destruction of Jerusalem. They were all over the Empire doing various things like prisoner escorts, spying, and whole bunch more. All which indicates to me the Batavian tribe was quite large as they were estimated to have 5,000 to 7,000 Batavians in active service at any given time. In fact that was a spark for at least one revolt against Rome, probably a second revolt. The Batavians were never punished like other rebel tribes in the Empire. Normally the Romans would totally destroy a revolting people. That says a lot how the Romans respected (and needed) the Batavian warrior skills.

Geert this may be too late for your essay but I've got a lot of bookmarked webpages relating to Batavians in service of Rome. They were all over the Empire.

@@williamfluit6198 If I remember well, Batavians were Nero and Augustus private bodyguards. I don't think they were in the pretorian guards. You had to be of italic origin to be a pretorian in the 1st century.

I live a few miles from the originial 'Batavia', it's actually 'Betuwe' now. As far I know the term 'Batavia' was pretty all-around in the early Dutch Republic and it was used in many town, company and ship-names a like.

Batavia (current name Jakarta) on Java island, capital of the Dutch East Indies...........

@@ebsk2022 i just Googled "Batavia towns in the USA" and there are seven states with this name...also a town in Germany...also a ship in the seventeenth century...and a brand of cloth...interesting.

Batavia is old name of Holland, almost mean the same, it is still quite popular. If dutch settlers who flee New york created this town; yes it is possible you have some Batavian ancestors cause at a degree we have all same ancestors.

There’s also the inhabitants of Jakarta, Indonesia, formerly Batavia under Dutch rule, who now identify as “Batavian” or “Betawi” in their native tongue.

Thanks! We sure did not expect such a rapid grow but we are very thankfull for it!

Hah cool, didn't know that!

What does it mean ?

@@pierren___ Probably the the most realistic translation for the roman Chatti is "Hattoz"(Ones who battle) as the would not have called themselves Chatti.

@@safe8213 Thanks, and idea for the Franks ?

The spelling 'Ch,' pronounced in today's English like the 'ch' in 'Achilles,' is a sign that the Romans heard a puff of air after the /k/ sound and wanted to distinguish it from their own /k/ without the puff, as in 'catti' (cats)

They were the most loyal allies the Romans ever had. The Romans themselves could not trust other Romans as history proved over and over and over and....

To be fair, It would be an impressive feat if you knew every single folk that was ruled by the roman empire.

Well, you know. Italians are known for being a tad self centred.

@@iangodfrey4518 Your reliance on sketchy ethnic stereotypes speaks volumes about you.

@@teerex51 Hey man, Italian Bamboccionis are a thing! You tell me that's not self centred...

@@iangodfrey4518 Yawn. You're doubling down on dumb. Give it up.

I think we all share the same background here haha, thanks for your support, we'll keep at it!

Haha thanks Alystr! We definitely have room for improvement though, but we're getting better and better for sure :D

Thanks Pseudo, glad you enjoyed it!

I have come across comments that peoples north of the Fries joined the Roman Legions. Probably not in big enough numbers to stand out in the historical writings. IIRC the auxillary units could have cohorts from various tribes depending on the needs for specific skills, like slingers, archers, cavalry, etc.

Welcome and thanks!

Thanks Robert! :)