Roman Military Hospitals (Staff and Facilities) DOCUMENTARY
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Күн бұрынA documentary on the Roman Army's Medical Corp. Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: storyblocks.com/Invicta
In this series we will explore the Roman Army Medical Corp. We begin with an overview of its history from the early days of the Monarchy through the reforms of the Roman Empire. This involves a gradual evolution of the service driven by foreign influence and the necessities of distant campaigns. We then cover the organization of the Medical Corp as it existed within each legion. At the top would have been the Medicus Legionis and beneath him various levels of Roman Army Doctors. Finally we cover the facilities of Rome's medical care in the form of the famous valetudinarium, or Army Hospital. In future episodes of this series we will look at the specific application of Roman Battlefield Medicice for treating combat wounds and illnesses.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:48 History
06:09 Roman Doctors
07:29 Medical Organization
13:03 Medical Facilities
14:05 Army Hospital
17:38 Outro
Credits:
Research = Chris Das Neves
Script = Chris Das Neves
Narration = Guy Michaels
Reenactment = Veters Milites, Imperium Romanum (@ImperiumRomanumYT )
Sources:
“Medicine in the Roman Army” by Eugene H Byrne
“Man and Wound” by Richard A Gabriel
“Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century” by Jack E McCallum
“Milites Medici to Army Medics” by Robb Wesselingh
#history #documentary #rome
@InvictaHistory Ай бұрын
This is a topic I've wanted to cover for a LONG time and I'm excited to finally bring it to life with our friends at Veteres Milites and Imperium Romanum! You can make your own documentaries with our sponsor, Storyblocks! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: storyblocks.com/Invicta
@HistoryHaty Ай бұрын
I what to make history documentaries.
@NorthForkFisherman Ай бұрын
As much as anything else, a dedicated medical corps did ensure the legion's successes...but where did that come from? Maybe it's about time for a look at Roman ideas of public health and how they all fit together?
@lukevarnell9939 Ай бұрын
This is awesome! I really that it seems like the algorithm has been screwing you recently. Have you all considered joining Nebula?
@BensonCaisip Ай бұрын
Can you do an episode on medicine in Ancient China?
@Sagittbrit Ай бұрын
The clips at 6:20 and 6:59 are from Legio XX Deva Victrix Reenactment group, based at Park in the Past in North Wales. Could this group get some recognition as this would be a third group that helped make this video.
@matthewstromberg8272 Ай бұрын
The KZfaq algorithm promotes drivel instead of great content like this and it's a real shame. You produce some of the best documentaries.
@derrickstorm6976 Ай бұрын
Let's be honest most people watch youtube for entertainment and not "education"
@chickenmadness1732 Ай бұрын
the algorithm brought me here lol. It just auto played in the background
@CousinJesse1 Ай бұрын
Agreed. These videos are so informative and easy to understand that they could easily have a place in formal education, in History class.
@tysonsprime Ай бұрын
The algorithm showed me this video, it shows exactly the kind of videos you watch frequently
@interphatch Ай бұрын
What are your specific critiques of the video? How might they make the next one better?
@harbl99 Ай бұрын
Reminds me of the conversation in _I, Clavdivs_ between Claudius and his Greek doctor. "How did you learn so very much about human anatomy?" "I was a legion doctor for a decade.The army leaves a lot of research material lying around."
@Teverell 28 күн бұрын
_I, CLAVDIVS_ is just iconic in so many ways. Book (and CLAVDIVS THE GOD) and TV series both. "Don't eat the figs!"
@petrusinvictus3603 26 күн бұрын
Macabre, but true and funny in black way😱😱
@drewinsur7321 Ай бұрын
Soldier who trained his whole life for battle: **dies of shatting all nutrients
@mnk9073 Ай бұрын
Dysentry was the end for many an English knight during the 100 years war and even a good handful of Kings. Boil that water, cook that food and always wash your hands kids.
@vonnero1250 28 күн бұрын
@@mnk9073 It still knocks soldiers around today, though fatalities are less common.
@meilinchan7314 16 күн бұрын
@@mnk9073 : That is why regardless whaet you say of us, we Chinese cherish boiled water and cooked food.
@mnk9073 16 күн бұрын
@@meilinchan7314 ...and you even make it delicious. 👍
@rickstalentedtongue910 Күн бұрын
@@meilinchan7314 Then you eat food cooked in gutter oil, devour plastic food and eat mystery meat falsely labeled as animals that people regularly eat.
@nijadbahnam9859 Ай бұрын
Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals talk about logistics . Disease and attrition killed more soldiers than battles . Your videos are as always interesting and educational .
@thelineguy123 25 күн бұрын
I'm sure that sounded cooler in your head.
@greenfox3010 9 күн бұрын
@@thelineguy123 its a (small deviation) from the popular quote "amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics.” by Gen. Robert H. Barrow, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and quite well known :p
@frankbarron1907 Ай бұрын
Reminds of the the scene in Rome (the series) when Titus Pullo suffers a head injury and has surgery done on Vorenus’s kitchen table. RIP Ray Stevenson Long Live the 13th!
@petrusinvictus3603 26 күн бұрын
Yup! I have both seasons at blueray. Sadly they pulled the plug on that HBO series!🤕
@captainyossarian388 13 күн бұрын
He died? Nooooo. Jeesh, he wasn't much older than I am and in far better shape. So very sad. Will always remember him in Rome and Dexter.
@coffeecocaine8878 Ай бұрын
The Roman military, the medicine and the baths are some of the most fascinating subjects I’ll never get bored of learning about.
@thelostcosmonaut5555 Ай бұрын
As a former combat medic, this has been the most interesting topic so far! Do we have any specific examples of the treatments that a wounded Roman soldiers would receive on the battlefield?
@petrusinvictus3603 26 күн бұрын
Search: moder surgions look at Roman surgion tool kit. Youll be amezed.😱
@user-cd4mo7rw5b Ай бұрын
Apparently the medics also had a chisel type of device where a hopeless case with no hope of recovery could be dispatched with the chisel being thrust through the spinal column from the rear.. euthanasia.
@alfwatt Ай бұрын
Looking forward to the M. R. S. H. : Mobile Roman Surgical Hospital series!
@winedarkemperor Ай бұрын
Honestly though, I would absolutely binge watch that series.
@hi23nutzer21 Ай бұрын
Actually I am confused why their isn't allready one😮
@williamharvey8895 Ай бұрын
Don't expect to see Radar😂
@harbl99 Ай бұрын
@@williamharvey8895 'Auditor' Rilius. (muted for no good reason. This is why people use Adblock with a clear conscience YT)
@beetrootmcguillicuddy4185 29 күн бұрын
Did you see the episode where Ferviduslabia got into the bath and Accipiteroccularus turned the water cold!!!
@indridcold1689 28 күн бұрын
Invicta undoubtedly does the best coverage of Roman history on yt. They never run out of topics! Just shows how rich the history is.
@fallendermond5577 Ай бұрын
This was an amazing video. The medical side of combat in the Roman military is almost never talked about. This is the one channel I have notifications for!
@yochaiwyss3843 26 күн бұрын
Actual Roman Legions: One of the most sophisticated, advanced, and organized medical systems. Fallout Caesar: "lul no medicine. Have some powder."
@ZaphielSahaquielSariel Ай бұрын
Would love to hear about specific medical practises, plants and tools used for specific wounds/illnesses etc.
@markmuller7962 Ай бұрын
The surgeon's tool sets were particularly impressive and only matched in the 19th century Europe. There's a complete set in a museum in Italy
@saopro21 Ай бұрын
I also think there needs to be an emphasis on the sheer amount of soldiers who would die from non-combat related causes and secondary causes compared to actual deaths on the battlefield. Even as late as the Crimean War & Napoleonic Wars, having almost 10x the amounts of deaths via non-combat was considered somewhat normal, despite how much more advanced their medicine got. Penicillin/Antibiotics (and cleaner, non-bacterial filled water) were the best implements of warfare known to human history.
@Teverell 28 күн бұрын
The Royal Navy did pretty well for their survival rates for amputation, mostly because of the speed the wounded sailors got to the surgeon who was generally only a few decks below. They worked on a first come, first served basis, which left Admiral Nelson waiting for a while for the surgeon's attention after he was fatally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar. ...It still wasn't a _good_ survival rate, certainly by modern standards.
@petrusinvictus3603 26 күн бұрын
Yes! So correct. I wonder who where these "super soldiers" like Caesar whom survived in time one cut on your thumb couldve been deadly. Better DNA? Alexander the Great killed by flu or alcohol. Both?
@kylerocco7467 25 күн бұрын
If you can believe this up until the introduction of antibiotics a quarter of the population of industrial nations still didn't make it past 12.
@alexiaNBC 8 күн бұрын
Much of the advent of modern battlefield surgery owes itself to Dominique Jean Larrey. He not only reinvented the Triage system via the creation of "flying ambulances" but experimented with medical therapies that effectively saved soldiers from dying from infection like the use of maggots to treat infected wounds.
@celsus7979 Ай бұрын
I looked at the thumbnail and thought you were reviewing a boardgame called Medics & Hospitals
@d4rkpr1nc39 Ай бұрын
M8 I thought it was monopoly with extra buildings o.o
@TacitusKilgore165 Ай бұрын
I would totally play a board game based around the life and experiences of a medic assigned to the legions of ancient rome!
@trentsteel4421 Ай бұрын
😂🤣😅🥲
@justinmathieu2417 Ай бұрын
Ppl like you remind me I’m smart
@Makrelacz Ай бұрын
My first thought was Roman Monopoly.
@malahamavet Ай бұрын
I never thought this topic was so fascinating! these guys were so ahead of their time
@starshiptrooper2354 Ай бұрын
Galen was ahead of his time
@armynurseboy Ай бұрын
Trauma medicine after the fall didn't equal what Rome had until about the US Civil War.
@steelbear2063 Ай бұрын
Dude was so freaking influential that when people centuries later learned the center of the nervous system was the brain and not the heart - they refused to say that Galen was wrong and instead stated that Humans had changed since his time. At least that's how the story goes
@Lassisvulgaris Ай бұрын
Yes, though "galen" means crazy in some Norwegian dialects.....
@OcarinaSapphr- Ай бұрын
Beyond his medical expertise; One of his recipes is the basis of all modern cold creams- that's quite a legacy...
@thelineguy123 25 күн бұрын
@@armynurseboy I don't know where you pulled that information from, but you should stick it back where you found it.
@syksystransitagency Ай бұрын
Everything that in any way relates to logistics and upkeep of any army is top content, this one in particular! Btw, the Finish word for surgeon is "kirurgi", quite close to the term ancient Romans used! Glad the equipment has evolved though 😂 Great video as always!
@Tepalus Ай бұрын
I took heavy inspiration from your video about a roman legion on the march for the D&D campagne I'm DMing, and this one certainly will help me further. The party currently is scouting and will lead the next march. Thanks a lot for all those videos!!!❤
@philly83 Ай бұрын
Thank you for this. This is an often overlooked topic.
@flashgordonsthemesong2838 Күн бұрын
It's amazing that the military medical system of 2000 years ago really... hasn't changed all that much in 2000 years. They had it figured out. I mean yes, obviously the two aren't equivalent, but having field medics on site to rush wounded men to a field hospital for certified specialist treatment, and then transferring them to the regional hospital (with plumbing, record-keeping, and what's basically a pharmacy) for long term palliative care is simply incredible. All of this done either by hand or horseback, with records kept on paper.
@ak9989 Ай бұрын
I learned in the army early on always become friends with the medics😊. My oldest was a combat medic in Afghanistan and he stopped the bleeding of a wounded soldier who leg was almost blown off.
@Teverell 28 күн бұрын
The medics have the best stories!
@jackalope07 Ай бұрын
woah how did they get footage of wounded legionnaires?? really makes you think
@drewinsur7321 Ай бұрын
The iWax Tablet is old tech bro
@AnIdiotOnTheInternet3 Ай бұрын
@@drewinsur7321wait was it not recorded with the I-Romania?
@Lassisvulgaris Ай бұрын
@@AnIdiotOnTheInternet3 Yes, in an earlier video.
@earltaylor1893 22 күн бұрын
This is a top tier documentary. I’m awed at the Romans organizational skills. I’m constantly left asking, “what didn’t they think of?”
@robbabcock_ Ай бұрын
Truly fascinating! The sophistication of the Roman medical system is very impressive for the age.
@Starcraft2Krauts Ай бұрын
SPQR - Glory to Rome. Thanks for those videos.
@SSgtB0311 Ай бұрын
Great video! I've always wondered how the wounded were treated in ancient times. Well done!
@condeaarondarkusexcubitor3155 Ай бұрын
Any chance that we might get a video about the evolution of the medical corps in the byzantine era?.
@Tawadeb Ай бұрын
That would be cool
@condeaarondarkusexcubitor3155 21 күн бұрын
@@Tawadebx2
@Sammydx1 Ай бұрын
The best channel. As a reincarnated Roman Soldier i appreciate this.
@parkinthepast Ай бұрын
Great to see our reenactors from Deva Victrix at Park in the Past in such a good video.
@georgecristiancripcia4819 Ай бұрын
Very nice video i was waiting for a long time. Romans did not fight for a patient like our doctors do.If the medic decided the soldier was to badly wounded to have a resonably chance of surviving,they were given some sort of anesthetic(yes romans knew and used an opium based anesthetic) and tge soldier was left to die with little to no pain in a separate room.
@InvictaHistory Ай бұрын
I hadn't heard that latter part but that's pretty sad yet I suppose expected for the time. In part 2 we will be looking more closely at patient care
@georgecristiancripcia4819 Ай бұрын
@@InvictaHistory It was both a practical choice and a religious inspired one. Why waste manpower and supplies on a soldier with a low chance of recovery,who most probably,if he survive,will never fight again,when you can use them to save other wounded that have a higher chance of survival and rejoining the army? Also,they believed that the fate of men were in the hands of the goods,who will decide if that soldier survive or die. It has also driven by the limitation of means and knowledged of the time.
@AUGUSTOOCTAVIO1 Ай бұрын
Great video! I'm looking forward to the second part!
@jamesrichards9567 Ай бұрын
Something I've wanted to know more about for a long time! Thankyou!
@ryszardprzytua6667 28 күн бұрын
Great job. I'm looking forward to the next episode
@dritzzdarkwood4727 27 күн бұрын
Videos depicting great battles are all fine and dandy, but it is videos such as this which truly showcase the truly grand scope of Roman civilization. To be so organized in such detail at such an early stage in our history boggles the mind!
@Shaman1879 Ай бұрын
Another great episode my dude! This channel has some of the best doc's in all of KZfaq, keep it up!
@midasreal Ай бұрын
this was something i actually didnt know and never thought about it before - great video thank you
@-RONNIE Ай бұрын
Thank you for the video and information
@PalmettoNDN 28 күн бұрын
Thanks for this fascinating video.
@wildcardjavi7107 24 күн бұрын
As an Army Combat Medic I absolutely love this, and I am so surprised at how much we are so similar in organization to this day!
@stijnvantongerloo9122 Ай бұрын
I love these documentary-style videos!
@mooncake8254 Ай бұрын
It's exciting in seeing your videos.
@jamespoynor9511 Ай бұрын
Very Cool! Thanks for this! - A Decorated Combat Medic.
@JackyHeijmans Ай бұрын
I always wondered about this, thank you so much! Very interesting!! Have a beautiful weekend! 🤗
@user-up1bd1vj6f 12 күн бұрын
Very well done, thank you.
@flyselbyhigh 23 күн бұрын
Awesome episode! I love hearing more about ancient medical care for wounded soldiers
@benketengu Ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I always learn a lot. I just wished your channel had been around when I was a college student studying Roman History back in the early80s
@DH-. Ай бұрын
Wow i cant believe have quickly the 20 minutes felt, this video was great
@peterberger86 27 күн бұрын
Again, well done!
@dereks1264 Ай бұрын
One of the most fascinating facts in this piece is that the Romans were sterilising their medical instruments and taking measures to combat or avoid sepsis. I didn't think that came about in Western medicine until the mid- to late-19th century.
@Wi3rzb0 25 күн бұрын
Love it, very interesting video :)
@johnosborne1873 18 күн бұрын
Loved this!
@MagnumGreenPanther Ай бұрын
These are amazing
@RobertPoteet-ro8bm 5 күн бұрын
I've often wondered about this hospital subject of Ancient Roman Legions for sick and wounded. And Alexander the Great as well .
@HadiAnimations 29 күн бұрын
I like these documentaries so much, I also like to imagine myself as a soldier or a member of the time your covering in the video. I’m currently a medical student, so this episode was much more interesting, I always believed Romans would just cover their injuries with a leaf and move on.
@HelionDark Ай бұрын
Love those documentaries
@joebiggs135 Ай бұрын
So fascinating
@enriquehartmann8642 Ай бұрын
80 years old and still serving ? That's something else. I was in Iraq 03-04 when I met a battalion surgeon who , a long time ago, was once a line medic in the Korean War. Im only half way through but i hope to hear how the soldiers protected their medics. Because my boys and I did. Believe you me, if you dislike happiness, and want to ensure that you have the worst day ever , then might I recommend to mess with an infantry man's medic.
@VainerCactus0 Ай бұрын
50 years in the military? Long time.
@rafaelfreire7214 Ай бұрын
I have been a History Fan since I was a child and I’m a medical doctor today. The History of Medicine is arguably one of my favourite topics, and Roman Medicine was always something that stirred great curiosity in me. Thank you for this great video! I’ll be expecting the best episode with great anxiety!
@jerryhutchinson3582 Ай бұрын
Looking to part 2! I'm educated in history in a family of doctors, so this is a topic that we can all get behind!
@binbows2258 Ай бұрын
great video
@TheTimer81 Ай бұрын
Tnx for the informativ video.
@ivanstrydom8417 Ай бұрын
Superb video sir. Best Historical YT channel there is. Could you please create a video on the Medical proficiency of the Hospitallers, Order of st. Lazarus and more Crusader Chivalric orders whom excelled in Military + civil medical care all across the Medieval word?
@DanielGallant1 Ай бұрын
Great stuff!
@trikepilot101 Ай бұрын
Great video.
@WittyEgPlant Ай бұрын
Man this is awesome thank you ps been watching you for 5 years off of 3 accounts
@deathlytree434 Ай бұрын
Great video
@okancanarslan3730 Ай бұрын
amazing documentary. Roman military medical system seemed very close to modern systems
@darkness1293 Ай бұрын
Would love to see more of these support units based videos possibly ending in a long video describing a campaign with each unit being shown playing their part
@williamsorensen9680 12 күн бұрын
Interesting 🤔 During 1968 I was in air vac system as medic and helped thousands wounded 👍
@DieLuftwaffel Ай бұрын
Cool topic!
@MelodicMethod 9 күн бұрын
thank you
@thiago7975 Ай бұрын
Good job
@r.s.i8753 Ай бұрын
Never thought romans medical understanding this sophisticated. Love to know about their contributions to medical field in a video. I have seen their urinary stone removal devices in the museum. They are scary looking but marvelous for their time.
@joshuamoxham-smith2149 Ай бұрын
So interesting!!
@karldubhe8619 Ай бұрын
well done.
@rodrigoedznagonzalez2354 28 күн бұрын
can you do some videos about the dental hygiene in ancient rome and greece?
@AB-gk8cs 27 күн бұрын
I think you can say that the Roman medical care was not only exceptional for it's time - but also (in Western Europe) for the next 1.000-1.500 years. I mean if you look to the Medieval, Early Modern and even later times up to the 17./18. century...
@dommather573 Ай бұрын
Love the vids! Can I ask what programs you use to create maps and then animate them moving? I’d love to do it for my students.
@robinkoenjer1030 Ай бұрын
As a former army medic who worked in a field hospital, and as a history lover, this is a golden combo! Can't wait for the next video
@Leo_1975 19 күн бұрын
What about the final episode of the Jugurtine War? When it will be available?
@TheSaneHatter Ай бұрын
If army doctors were offered the same retirement benefits as the regular solidery, you have to wonder how sought-after they were for colonies and settlements manned by those same soldiers. And as for those high-ranking doctors who were technically centurions, how many of THEM were sought after to become recalls, or "evocati," after their enlistment was up?
@khartog01 Ай бұрын
Grunts love Doc.
@jasonthompson6594 21 күн бұрын
Cool!!
@lexington476 Ай бұрын
Now this is definitely interesting. in the next episode do you go into what they could actually treat? Like in ancient times, what could an eye doctor do 🤓? How would in Roman times a broken or shattered bone be treated? How might an infection like bronchitis or pneumonia be treated? They didn't have antibiotics 🙂.
@InvictaHistory Ай бұрын
That is indeed the idea
@kelechirichard54 28 күн бұрын
Leaving a tribute to Algo Zeus on behalf of Invicta👏
@michaellinner7772 16 күн бұрын
In so many ways the Romans were very advanced. Their level of knowledge and technology was why, after their empire collapsed, nearly the next 1000 years was called the 'Dark Ages'.
@captainyossarian388 13 күн бұрын
5:45 Marc Antony just having a permanent nap, nothing to see here. 😉
@matthewjay660 Ай бұрын
Invicta, French teacher here. 🇫🇷🇫🇷It's spelled "corpS," even if it's singular. Example: Usually, a lieutenant general is in charge of 1 army "corpS."
@eldorados_lost_searcher Ай бұрын
It's been a while since I was in French class, but it's just the term for "body," correct?
@matthewjay660 Ай бұрын
@@eldorados_lost_searcher Oui. "Le corps" means "the body." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👨🏻🏫
@khaldrago911 29 күн бұрын
Bruh, how do you say “surrender” in french?
@eldorados_lost_searcher 29 күн бұрын
@@khaldrago911 Ask General Cambronne.
@matthewjay660 29 күн бұрын
@@khaldrago911 Ha ha ha. I'm American, so your comment does not bother me. 🇺🇸🦅💪🏻. 🫵🏻🤡
@Gen.berseker25 Ай бұрын
Things in Ancient Rome were cool! For me, they made many steps forward in the military!
@user-ex8eq1yy8d 29 күн бұрын
Could you make another video on the Anatomy and Tactics of an US Army Infantry Battalion during WW2, similar to how you did the True Size Of US Rifle Company (1944)?
@ListenToPowerViolence Ай бұрын
Holy fuck this channel rocks.
@AlexPovolotsky 11 күн бұрын
Are there any documentary evidence of triage?
@the_farrow9549 27 күн бұрын
great
@MatthewChenault Ай бұрын
14:01 *If they survived. Always important to mention that fact.
@jaylewis9876 Ай бұрын
As the empire disintegrated did these practices continue in Byzantium? Did they also fade and this had to be reinvented?
@thibs2837 Ай бұрын
Iwonder how exactly they linked plumbing pipes, that we can see at the end ofthe video
@kutu258 Ай бұрын
I can't get how your views are so low ... I have been following you for the last few years and you deserve much much more than that. Keep up the good work ma man
@subarashiistudios5203 Ай бұрын
I need a growing up ancient greek vid pls
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