so true xdxdxd

One had an empire, the other one was conquered.

@Free Spirited Cat rome destroyed itself then it's vacant lands got conquered.

And that´s why the romans were more powerful

Rime wasn’t never conquered. First the empire collapse alone, then the germans arrived

Yes, Julius Caesar was a mastermind strategist when it came to siege warfare, and the gauls paid dearly

-Sir the Gauls are attacking the inside wall *2 Minutes later* -Sir the Gauls are attacking the outer wall! Caesar: "Send in the cavalry in a flanking maneuver"

*BUT THIS TIME IS GONNA BE BIGGER*

@@twitchstaff4226 same shit nerd

@@twitchstaff4226 B.C. don't start up with that revisionist history nonsense

Rarity indeed

props to the producer for cutting expenses by using the same Broll over and over again. Same tools in same dirt.

Also professional basketball players

@@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC they didn't have basket balls those days instead they used barberians heads

Spanish villagers after Supremacy

"Hey look, buddy, I'm a legionnaire - that means I solve problems. Not problems like 'what is beauty,' because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems."

Sought of like a barber in India

no soldier complains when they get to rape female prisioner

Ilona Sapel "oh don't worry is just a quick mission in Germania, Teutobourg is called I think..."

Looks fun to me

@@MaiDKHOA-ly1tc they raped the male prisoners to humiliate them and to underline the fact they'd been defeated. Male slaves were raped for this reason also.

@@davidegaribaldi1503Varus ! Dont listen to Arminius!

Lol!! You can just imagine the director saying..” look! Take that hammer and look busy or I’ll get another extra instead!”

He's hammering it straight! But considering how weakly he swings it, it'll probably take all day. Right around the same time those guys lifting the pickaxes with their back and arms will be hospitalized.

Adam Metcalf love to know how they managed to do those machined bits of 2 by 4

Union Labor

@@GuinessOriginal I'm sure they had hand planes to make the boards back then.

Marines have Drill Instructors, not Sargeants. That's the army.

@@mosesmarlboro5401 sergeants*

No be cause marine DIs didn’t whip kill or beat there soldiers

It took them 3 hours actually. They'd build one every evening after a march and take it apart every morning before a march. That's why its called a marching camp. If the army remained in place for longer the fort would be gradually upgraded with stone, mounted ballistae, deeper moats, thicker gates etc. But even the basic 3 hour version would've been a better defence than most barbarian (celtic and hermanic) permenant forts.

@@zuuzuuka The one in the video isn't a marching camp, but a something between a temporary and permanent camp. For example when you build a wall during a siege (eg. Alesia), this kind of wall would be build. A marching camp that they created daily is much more simplified. Basically this ditch with an earth rampart from the dug earth right behind in and stakes to form a wall.

To be fair when you have workers in the thousands it may not be THAT impressive, still pretty neat for an entire army to know these skills instead of a select few.

@@ScurvyBoi True, the fact they all knew how to build and could contribute to the making of these forts only make them a more capable and unique fighting force to deal with.

@@thalmoragent9344 I recall one instance in which the Roman army and its engineers were put to the ultimate test. I forgot the name of the battle, but I believe Caesar was leading it. He was besieging the enemy, surrounding them and building walls and fortifications to keep them in. Soon, reinforcements for the Gauls arrived. Instead of abandoning it, he build walls and fortifications on the other side. Placing the Romans between the Gauls they were besieging, and the Gauls that were besieging them.

Roman and Greek History, Etc. If you're into “Roman” stuff Michael Curtis Ford's “Gods and Legions is the book to read. If you're into history I suggest you get Ammianus Marcellinus' History. The ass kicker here is that Marcellinus actually went to battel with Emperor Julian. The Loeb Classic is almost an adventure novel all by itself. As far as Gladiators go a couple of “difinitive” books are The Way of the Gladiator by Daniel P. Mannix and Spartacus by Howard Fast. Here are books from my library. Ass kickers every one. Ammianus Marcellinus History The Battle for Gaul by Julius Caesar The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon The Way of the Gladiator by Daniel P. Mannix Spartacus by Howard Fast Julian by Gore Vidal Gods and Legions by Michael Curtis Ford The Ten Thousand by Michael Curtis Ford The Last King by Michael Curtis Ford The Sword of Attila by Michael Curtis Ford The Fall of Rome by Michael Curtis Ford Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Tides of War by Steven Pressfield The Virtures of War Steven Pressfield Alexaneder the Great by Paul Cartledge The Spartans by Paul Cartledge Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge

why did you post this?

Conor Beggs F-ing Google; they cut 3/4 of my damn comment.

Conor Beggs I'll try again. (Google: a total pile of stinking dog crap.) The Legionary's shovel II Marius had long ago showed us that the legionary has a weapon that is the bane of the civilized world, one more formidable than the dual-edged Roman short sword, more affective than the bronze-headed javelin, of greater defensive strength than the concave bronze-sheathed shields. It is a weapon in which the legionary is trained from his first day of induction and which he uses daily, in peacetime or in war, on the march or hunkered in camp under siege from flaming missiles. And upon their arrival at Themiscyra, every able-bodied Roman immediately whipped out this most fearsome of all weapons: The Legionary's shovel. Before even breaking to rest or scouting for supplies, the Roman troops had unpacked their shovels and commenced digging, and the dirt flew, and the dust rose. In the space of an afternoon, a Roman camp for thirty thousand men had been constructed just beyond range of our catapults. Before dark it had been ringed on all sides with a trench twelve feet deep and three feet across, the dirt thrown up into an embankment ten feet high inside the ring. Topped with a thick palisade of sharpened stakes. Inside, four sturdy walls were constructed of felled trees, guarded by squat log towers twenty feet high, stationed every fifty feet and surmounted by bolt-hurling field catapults. Inside, a space of a full two hundred feet was left between the walls and the tent line, a distance calculated to prevent our missiles and burning arrows from reaching the tents. This space was occupied by prisoners, cattle, plunder and supplies. Withing a few hours, the Romans had constructed a stronghold that would be the envy of a lifetime's work of many civilizations poorer then theirs. A fortress impregnable. Yet this was not a permanent stronghold they had built. This was the Roman's usual daily campsite, Every day of a legionary's working life he would dig such a trench, construct such an embankment, hew trees, and build such palisade. All to be torched at sunrise, when the legions marched off to their next encampment. Javelins, when thrown, may miss their mark entirely. Shields may cave upon impact with a Scythian battle-ax; and a sword, though reliable at close quarters, still dulled, broke upon ribs. Or shivered if struck upon armor. But the shovel...the shovel was the legionary's best friend, his most faithful protector, the one weapon that allowed him to sleep soundly at night, behind his magnificent trenches and embankments. The shovel could stop a cavalry charge cold, stymie hordes of barbarians. Rome conquered not with its brutal leaders, not with the strength of its soldiers, not with the ingeniousness of its weapons...but with the most rustic, pigheaded, inglorious, gods-bedamned tool of them all...the shovel. Michael Curtis Ford "The Last King" Read one of the best books you'll ever read; Gods and Legions" Roman and Greek History, Etc. If you're into "Roman" stuff Michael Curtis Ford's "Gods and Legions is the book to read. If you're into history I suggest you get Ammianus Marcellinus' History. The ass kicker here is that Marcellinus actually went to battel with Emperor Julian. The Loeb Classic is almost an adventure novel all by itself.

Conor Beggs I just refreshed the page and the whole thing magically appeared. Gawd! I hate Google. I like Roman history and like to share the neat stuff I've read.

I think you'll find they were "Labourers" rather than engineers...A small cadre of specialists in every Legion were engineers / Surveyors etc. Most were just labourers.

Kinky

Actually the correct rank would be an Optio, who was similar to an XO. He would convey the Centurion orders and carry and stick to emphasize his authority. By law he had the power of life or dead over the enlisted men and punishment could go from a broken knee to a cracked skull.

The section leader of the 7 men under him would have kept order if not he would be replaced with a more suitable or ruthless section leader. There would have been a cohort commander to keep check and command the 8 or so sections commanders. Then a major ( Opto ? ) Cohort commander in charge of the 8 or so cohort commanders.Above them the centurion. Command and control order and authority as well as discipline. Very much like today's army. Each rank from the bottom up would have total respect for the ranks above. Thus a deadly formidable FIGHTING force

+Shix Lo but didn't the romans leave them so if they go down the road they built they could stay?

Im not so sure myself

+Shix Lo They were usually left built with a few garrison men to lookout as an outpost for the romans, they create a perimeter and each garrison is what they are called help each other out the ones in close proximity

+moonhorse100 thers marching camps and outpost, marching camp is build every day and taken down everyday(its a marching camp they build in this video) , outpost is usally garrisoned by half a centuria of legionarys or axulliarys.(thes camps where usally close to fortreses or citys to serv as a deterent and so they could see the enemy comming and fall back to thier legion

There were 1000 men in one legio sometimes more depending on what period but they all took turns building

you will not last too much with that big tongue michael, i guarantee that.

Where's the general!? 1:07 those aren't the hands of a Centurion!

10 lashes to the slacker and 20 to you for selling out your brother

@@zerogbot23 I am the Mars-be-damned _Tribune_ , Foderatii dog

Hahaha true

Yeah! Just like how Genghis Khan took one look at the Great Wall, and said "Nope!", and promptly fled back to Mongolia where he and his sons stayed for like forever.

@@Mr.LaughingDuck didnt he go around it or something?

@m. rude Not if you can fly over it.

@@Mr.LaughingDuck Didn't the mongols end up conquering china though?

@@LordBruuh 1400 years after the wall was built

I suspect the pallisade was quite primitive for the marching camp but actually digging the perimeter is impressive in itself. For an army on campaign it seems they built one of these things every evening after a day's march which also means pulling up the palisade every morning. They were super fit which must have given them an edge in battle too.

“Now build another”

Correct, was thinking the same, even still there was a huge amount of work building a daily camp ie dirt moat, mound and palisade etc

@@saneman8147 they spent 3 hours before dark on the night's fort. 10,000 men woirking for 3 hours is a TON of labor hours. 30,000 man-hours to be exact. for instance if you work EVERY DAY all year for one person ...is only 2,000 man hours.

Man, such enigmatic creatures.

Legionaries were not slaves, they were not whipped indiscriminately.

@@jurisprudens it a joke.

this is how they conquest all mediterranean countries and most of europe

they did not build this every day those are far simpler ones

2000 years ago, the average man was much stronger than modern man our genetics progressively get weaker as we live easier lives and rely on technology more

@@samspade2657 Ok... so what?

@@samspade2657 I'm not sure what you are responding to really. Like ok so some roman soldiers lived slightly longer then non soldiers. Like so what? they did not live longer on average then people born in modern times. So you do have to explain it as it seems to not be addressing anything

Myrdin it's not from a documentary. It's a self made clip. You may also enjoy The Wooden Sword, at www.hethoutenzwaard.nl

Myrdin You should watch Roman Empire on Netflix then, they hired real actors and settings to replicate what happened in real life

@@elijah-he975 What's a "real actor" and how can you hire a setting?

@@user-te9vx8bx8y or.....idk just an idea.....you can google it

LOL. So soft-looking. He's really the cornu player, or worse, the double flute. ;)

Shoulder like rocks and oak like legs

It's more challenging that way.

because they were inside enemy territory

Only when making their on the march camps

Movie Jose nope always when I’m enemy territory it was to react fast and when I’m friendly territory it was training

This is a more permanent wooden fort built over several weeks and not a marching camp fort that the Romans built everyday. The palisade of their daily marching camp was protected by smaller wooden stakes (sudes) they carried while marching. Only the more permanent forts/outposts had towers and wooden walls, and those took much longer to build. In the book "Roman Legionary Fortresses 27 BC-AD 378" by Duncan Campbell, the author talks about different types of temporary and permanent fortifications. The more permanent forts (compared to their daily camping forts) were still often made of wood, while the biggest and most permanent ones evolved into rammed earth, stone, & brick fortifications.

@Al Strider They had alot of disiclipine up until late antiquity, then they were a gaggle fuck, hence why they fell.

They didn’t fell because they was conquered, their army lose some battles, but they stil the more powerful soldiers and army of the world. The roman empire wasn’t never conquered. It only collapse alone for internal conflicts and anarchy, then without ma army because the empire was dead the italian lands was easy for be conquered by the germans tribes.

Can i know your country?

Stakes were often carried with the legion. Plus after the engineers found a suitable place near by for a Fort to erected, and the army arrived. Half the men would go out and gather wood. Like you said, a legion was 4500 (it varies from 3000--6000+) half of that would be 2250 out gathering wood. You dont need massive trees, nor do they need to be fancy or perfect at first. Were talking at most a shitty wooden fence on a dirt mound in the first stages of building. The Romans often built these forts while under attack as well.!!!

Wood rot was not a concern. They built this fortress EVERY day on the march. Soldiers were expected to march 20 miles with gear then break camp. These forts were camp. At day break, they'd tear it down, march 20 miles, "rinse and repeat". They were an unmatched military machine.

Unless they've been churning out thousands of these over the years on campaign. The specialists on this would have had the tools to make short work of it, and would have the experience to likely create these on an almost assembly line kind of setup.

@@whiteknightcat The technology existed but lumber like this wouldn't appear until after a campaign was over and more permanent buildings were going up.

@@damionkeeling3103 So you're thinking something more along the lines of an "old West" frontier fort in North America, with upright logs facing out as the primary wall, with rough hewn lumber behind for structure and support? OK, I can see that.