But soldiers always fight better alone. Maintaining formation did very little to contribute to Rome's incredible success as an empire 🙄

@@therecoveringsaver9097 Nonsence. Roman soldiers were always trained to never break formation.

These men hadnt trained in years and there's no NCOs to keep them focused. It would be understandable for many to revert to base instinct once the fighting actually started. Shields are fucking heavy.

Also the guy dual wielding isn't Roman, he's a British slave. I say British because I don't remember what tribe they say he was from.

@@MrPatrickworthington sarcasm

MAXZONE47. What a laugh I had with your comment. The best yet funny guy.

Still laughing.

Gaelic Iroquois haha

LOL

MAXZONE47 indeed

that's a buff they get for possessing the eagle standard

You are immune from attack when performing a finisher move after a combo.

Can someone please explain to this guy that is a movie. It’s a MOVIE. Yes a “MOVIE”. Lol

Romans must of been respawning, wasn't that many lined up.

They had a refuse to break morale buff from the eagle, there were only a couple left at the end, it seems like that cause its chaos

I loved this movie honestly. Especially the sequences in the village, there people who lived beyond the wall are misterious to us and the movie gave an interesting representation

The "plot" was terrible as it makes no sense whatsoever to take such risks for a standard that the rulers care NOTHING about anyway it's a "symbol" which the serfs are mobilized by nothing more .

Thats what is great about telling stories of our ancestors. The over embellished grandiose is like.. the point Have these people never once read a fairy tale or that of the Gods?

So you don't think that some pockets of separate cultures didn't exist in the British isles ?

I agree, as unhistorically and inaccurate this movie is, I still enjoy it.

Rofl.

The movie was laughably bad 😎😎😎

Alex Hensley, Why is that?

Shmuel P because there are lots of keyboard warriors online who say everything is bad

***** Haha 😂

Um not sure about that, swords were a rare commodity up north. If they had swords they'd be Roman Swords.

Mr ward ... In the FINAL battle scene, the adversaries were supposedly the mythical seal people of Scotland, dating to around 120 A.D. ... Scotland's coastal villages abound in legends about selchies, or seal people... Unlike mermaids, selchies were rumored to be shape-shifters, able to shed their skins and live as humans... The inference is of course, only warriors of the spiritual world could have annihilated an invincible Roman Legion, in this case, Rome's 9th.

Heimdallr That sarcasm ? ☺

thats true, but they still had the 'at natureness' of the native americans, did dress kind of similarly as they did use warpaint, and also did use axes of bones and stuff like that.

that why, I like this scene. It former legionaries redemption;

The whole movie is that low quality and tv sitcom recycled costumes. The wardrobe Dpt. was really amateur, done no research except in comic books, or picking up from other tv shows of the time or cheap bargains from LOTR fantasy "medieval" production, to outfit the extras hoping the Audiences would not notice or to mess with the minds of those of us knowing better of the Time Period and whole Iron Age in general, which lasted in the islands longer than continental

@@pendragonU This film was not set in the Iron Age.

Most of the Roman troops who served & fought in Britain were either Germanic from the Rhine River areas or Celtic Gauls from France, with others hailing from the Spanish Peninsula. Very few were Italian, perhaps 5 percent of the Roman soldiers.

Who is Jon Snow ?

@@plant_leaf a bastard's son

@@plant_leaf 🍟🍟🍟

Lmao

Jon snow is a fictional character. The eagle at least is based on a real civilization

he probably had the garrison troops bonus equipped before the battle

This aint star wars battlefront bud.

Clan castle reinforcements

respawn

They also invented Halloween

The Pict's didn't invent Samhain the Gaels of Ireland did. The Picts may have had a similar holiday but it wasn't until the Scots brought Samhain over in the 5th century that it was practiced in Scotland.

They are seal people, I watched this movie in class yesterday

The "seal people" were shapeshifters in Scandinavian mythology... I have no idea what they have to do with north britain or why you watching a movie about them in class...

whowantsabighug no these people the movie didn't portray them to be Picts the portrayed them to be seal people almost like ghostly paranormal warriors that fought romans and could easily kill them cause they are SEAL people lmao Picts were pale Europeans with long blonde hair and war paint but not like goblin war paint.

its almost harvesting season

So you mean mount and blade: war banner

Soon TM ^^

The Judean's deserved it. Constantly revolting and taking the lives of innocent people. Hadrian was a hero.

​@@sheek3222dangerously based

Exactly what do you mean , Romans as villains from a Christian perspective ?

@@sheek3222 They seem to do that everywhere they go

“The order sir”

+Ariadalf They arent Indians, they are picts. The Picts were native to Scotland (aka Caledonia) at the time of Roman Britannia.

+Kessler Hassenstein thats what you think? Mohawks, Sioux, Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, look it up. Indians, or Americas' First Nations were badass.

someone can define badass ?

+Jordan Fedosenko they dont look like picts to me otherwise there weapons would be iron not bones and stone

That is true, im not educated enough in this so i could be wrong.

Does that mean "Flecktarn" is Deutsch for "Holstein"?

From a movie that poorly represents historical peoples?

You forgot Antionines Wall almost to the North of Scotland, You forgot the Romans Circumnavigated the Briton Isles while the Brits didn't even own a paddle... Caesar brought 40,000 horse and foot across the channel more than once... the largest cities of Briton have Roman Foundations...and I could go on and on for days and years. But I love the Scots, the countryside and their beers!.. I've been north to Inverness. Lovely Country.

@@canconservative8976 no it wasn't. Wall made of turf ran from the Forth to the Clyde. Only lasted a few years.

@@ianmoffat2366 but it would have lasted centuries if they saw the effort and cost worthy. We are talking about an Empire who at the same time was bringing 10 legions beyond the Tigris / Euphrates and subduing the Persian Empire, laying a camp on the shores of the Caspian sea… I think they could have went another 100 miles north in Scotland!

No evidence that the 9th legion was destroyed in Caledonia Most probably was assigned to Caesarea... it's okay to be patriotic but to discuss about real history you need facts not wishes

I remember Chris Bunch and Allen Coles joke of two Romans on hadrians wall and dealing with those bloodthirsty, angry, obscene , savage Scots going home from a nights drinking. Then an hour later having to deal with their husbands and fathers when THEY were done drinking.

read the shit above u....dingus.

Are you talking about the description that doesn't have anything on it? dingus

Romans vs Pict... they aren't Mohawks good lord lol

Snowee Frost rotflmao.....pewdiepie.....

Snowee Frost nothing says internet smuglord like using autism as an insult. Those guys could be acting as picts or huns, or whatver, but looking at it you can instinctively define it as a fucking mohawk or the likes, so my point stands, regardless of what the people who amde the movie called it. Also for you that lives in some wifiless rock, there are plenty of illustrations based on roman reliefs and descriptions of the picts they fought. History exists so we don't have to travel time.

I believe the formation broke so quickly because they were so out numbered on top of there being too few Roman soldiers to form a proper formation. they were just lined up horizontally. no one behind them. that's why formation broke

@@user-nu6vq1su4k Exactly. Putting the shield together can form a strong defense but without bodies forming a second line, It was only a matter of time before it broke. Not to mention, one of the Seal people managed to jump over the formation. Even if one were to cut him down, there is now a hole in the line and there would have been no time to reform the line.

jacob verona ever heard of bludgeoning weapons?

jacob verona a hit by a heavy club will break bones and cause internal bleeding. Against hammers and clubs of sufficient weight metal armor is a curse rather than an advantage as it has almost no recoil properties and will not bend back into shape. Metal in fact makes the impact worse as it allows it to pass through at an even sharper wavelength.

SantomPh but then again, jacob seems like a know-it-all who smacked many men with bones to test it.

SantomPh plus its an old man

+jacob verona This is just a movie (not a documentary) after all. In 'Star Wars Ep. 6' Evoks, who lived on Endor planet, were able to kill a stormtroper equipped with hi-tech armor with spears and stones. With a single shot/throw) Every kind of movie has its own flaws (I mean convention, "non-reality" conception). Trying to find the historical/physical truth/realism in such kind of movies is obviously pointless.

And Roman generals too apparently.

The Romans fought against Celtic tribes by keeping in close formation with shields and using short thrusts of the gladius. It's really disappointing to see time and time again the directors of movies turning it into a melee, presumably because they think it's more visually exciting.

The one thing I can’t blame the Ronan’s here is the fact they didn’t have ranks of men, nor artillery or what a standard legion should have, so I can give them that one grief.

I'm with Constantine on this one. Not enough men. Even if they held formation, it would probably break relatively quick as the enemies start moving around them

@@BLaCkKsHeEp yeah some can even jump behind them and with lack of men and the enemies outnumbeing them, formation breaking down is predictable.

@@tc-channelhobby4051 in the initial charge, one of them is seen jumping over the Roman line. The shield wall tactic is now ineffective.

Some of his men doing TikTok in the back round, to busy to care.

@@huemungus1491 yeah very intelligent answer 🤔

@@RandomShorts007AP I think he's making a joke

@@awesome_barabado who? The actor who is drowning him or the one who died? 😅

Some of his taking a 2 minutes break drinking fruit punch and eating nacho dorrito chips

They did hack. Just because their preferred method was stabbing doesn't mean they never hacked. They broke formation because they've been out of the game for 20 years and forgot their discipline I'd imagine.

​@@ryanbrown4053 Nonetheless, there was comparatively next to no stabbing in this clip and lots and lots of hacking.

@@YinYangLogothey were outnumbered and they got outlfanked, the picts jumped over the wall. They had no choice but to break formation and fight in a melee

pure nonsense, this fight, the Romans would keep shields locked throughout the fight and never break ranks if they can help it...

@@Mr-Wisdomthief ridiculous. These aren't legionnaires in any meaningful way anymore. They're just men with fighting experience who haven't trained together, have no actual small unit commander, and haven't gone through even the most basic drills in years. It's absolutely realistic for the fight to break up almost immediately without someone in control and without constant training.

@@Mr-Wisdomthiefyoure a fool. They had a thin single line. And you can see the barbarians jumping over and flanking. Of course they had to devolve into a melee

not to say they actually hide their gladious behind the shilds so the enemy could not know where the strike would come, and they just put on the shields,etc etc etc, does anyone care fr history in movies?

Roman Legions didn't use Phalanx. Well, they did early in their years, but they ditched it pretty quickly because it's inflexible.

mojave955 the maniple followed right?, even though the triarii kept their hoplite equipment and formation

+charles955 it was inflexible on its own but when it had cavalry and light infantry protecting it like Alexander's it was flexible.

?? Finny ???? what?

Jason Pandolfi Every legion still had an eagle.

Jason Pandolfi their FLAG was a bull. Their legion, like all the others still had an eagle.

It was based off a book in 1954, that was about an eagle so yeah

When the reform took place they took the AQUILA as main symbol of the roman legions, the AQUILA represents Rome, the Bull (And other animals) is what represents the Legions

evry legion had an eagle, the best soldier of the entire legion had one thing to do, protect the eagle of the legion, the symbol of the might of Rome. all emperors when win a war or make a peace want immediately the eagles taken or there will be not any peace.

I mean huge numbers of the roman army were germans.

The line broke. When that happens usually a melee ensues.

Its called a Gladius. Yes, its mostly a pure thrusting weapon, agreed. But, did u even notice how few Legionaries there were? They could hold formation so it ended up an every-man-for-himself moment. Anything to survive.

cole thompson They also didn't prepare for combat by putting their Gladius FLAT on the top of the Scutum. The movie, is retarded. It could've been amazing, had they been historically accurate.

Looked like vikings in Legionarie armour, fighting north american natives

Mr Raptor ikr fuck me lol

9th Roman legion absolutely decimated in what is now modern day Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 So no you are wrong

@@bobbyscott2123was it a straight up battle? No, it was an ambush. They werent defeated, they were ambushed and slaughtered, not a battle, a massacre. In a frontal fight rome always wins

@@ExtremeShoe sarcasm maybe

Get back in formation, you drunken fool!

Areo Hotah those painted people are Picts, the natives of southern Scotland, the people whom Hadrian built his wall to keep out.

was a joke lads, i was poking fun at how they are portrayed in this movie

the director was clear about this, His exact words about the seal people were...... "They were a more indigenous folk than the Celts, who were from farther south ... They were probably small and dark, like the Inouit [sic], living off seals and dressed in sealskins. We are going to create a culture about which no one knows much, but which we will make as convincing as possible. We are basing it on clues gained from places like Skara Brae and the Tomb of the Eagles in Orkney, so that we will have them worshipping pagan symbols, like the seal and the eagle. The reason they have seized the emblem of the Roman eagle from the legion is because to them it [was] a sacred symbol.[5] The Seal people were not Picts

They look more like Iroquois or Mohawk, but then I hadn't read about the full movie, which is just so much more fairy tale mischief.

Natewatl lol the Iroquois and Mohawk we’re native AMERICANS from North America they have nothing to do wit the natives of Scotland Ireland and other countries in Europe

+Apollon Abaddon wtf would you know about combat , what martial arts to you train bullshit Kung fu

Callum Doyle Kung fu isn't the only form of martial arts. There's European martial arts too.

The leader acts soo tough and then gets drowned like a bitch

well they fought in the middle of a creek so yeah........

@@callumdoyle2200 lmao ik kids in karate wit green belts who will beat the living shit out of yu

Those shield are good if used correctly and that means in formation side by side with two other guys. In an individual combat thery are too cumbersome.

Carrying much weight.

@@josealbertomoso9024 10 kg isn't cumbersome, especially when you consider these guys are supposed to build roads, ships, fortifications, etc.

JoseAlberto MoSo a shield and sword is still good

A sword and shield is much better than just having a sword as you can defend yourself a whole lot better than just parrying and blocking with a sword

Fuck off, I want to watch a film about romans. Not a film about some bullshit some writer has shat out.

What next? 100 years from now a movie about the Iraq war comes out where Taliban charge US tanks with scimitars and win? It's not that it's not entirely historically accurate, it's so inaccurate it's just bad.

xXKirkSoloXx then go watch one.

Mattock96 They don't make them, their too busy publishing this bullshit and promising that it's "Roman".

The Exile then go write a script then go to Hollywood and advertise your idea. I'm sure there will be someone that will look at it

This particular movie takes an anti-historical, anti-practical dump on Legionares, therefore it can not be tolerated

Total War? ;-)

Its not, this movie is called eagle.

lol agree, the one that jumped over didnt do sht either like wtf

+manuls23 Wow, listen to the hindsight wisdom about "realism": for tribal warriors of the time glory in battle was achieved by charging into the fray - they were not professional soldiers unlike Romans and would even go to battle in drug/-alcohol infuzed haze ('shrooms and booze can do wonders) - it's easy to talk in hindsight about things, especially when you (guess what; me neither!) don't have the mentality of Iron Age tribal warrior : /

Complaining about not flanking while professional soldiers all throw away their shields for no reason and them proceed to attack in the most stupid way possible.

It's a movie, computer commander

T. I watch and read history channel

Electric razors.

the series "Rome" shows that

I hate when people think that there are nations that have soldiers that aren't or weren't well disciplined and trained killers who invaded, raped, murdered and enslaved anyone they could......that's just how soldiers are, they rape and they kill, and they were trained for that IN EVERY COUNTRY IN HISTORY

in this movie they show a scene around 30 seconds to show what roman did to other neighbor and countries

And yet the East prospered for 1000 years without slaves...

***** You've gone a bit too far east...

It was, pict was a sort of slur from the Romans becasue they used pictures for words and had body art.

Picti, as the Roman's called this Tribe, means 'Painted or tattooed people"

@@halbarbour7340 I know

Whenever a tard makes a comment, you ever notice he uses stupid phrases and acronyms like ZOG?

@Aqua Cunt No, but I do notice that everyone who uses terms like ZOG are brainless simpletons whose mothers are their sisters and lovers.

Ben Skelly , how.

Idk much about the romans

its a good movie

Those shitty comedies are still making him millions at the end of the day.