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"....all the way up to 1453."

I love you guys.

That Legionary who served 33 years. Before modern healthcare and nutrition, what a hero...

"Give us an emperor from humble beginnings. Gives us AURELIAN!"

I feel bad for watching so many of these videos without leaving a comment. As a history teacher and enthusiast, I find these videos to be among the best on YouTube.

“Became stronger out of necessity.”

History in a shellnut.

Two points.
1. Roman recruiters may have preferred agricultural workers because service in the legions involved ALOT of digging
2. Owing to the extreme debasement of the currency payment of soldiers in this period increasingly took the form of annona (rations) rather than coins.

Really enjoyed the video.

A very overlooked era of the Roman Military. When you say Roman Legionary people imagine the classic Segmentata with Gladius & Scutum. There isn't much shows/movies with the Late Empire.

A Good Emperor dies.







literally every empire in world history: I'm about to end my whole career.

6:08 You thought it was a Roman senator, but it was I, Dio!

1453?
Ah, I see you're men of culture as well.

Medieval European style warfare probably started from this period:
1.spear and rounded shield are the king of the battlefield for the western/middle eastern world
2. heavy cavalry/shock cavalry play a much more important role than before
3. gladius and rectangular shields are out while spatha sword became popular as backup weapons
4. New helmet designs such as burgh castle helmets, Imperial Italic helmets(a heavier upgraded gallic helmet) and Niederbeiber Helmets are also saw widespread usage throughout this era.
5. Roman style warfare are not viable anymore as spearmen and shock cavalry rules the battlefield
6. Long sleeves shirts and long trousers are standard issue combat uniforms
7. More and more Germanic peoples served in the Roman armies and eventually some of them became Romanised.

After the 3rd century crisis, Diocletian institute reforms that will became the elements of Medieval Europe.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Here’s an idea for a new episode: the fall of Assyria.

Crisis of the 3rd Century: happens

Roman Empire: "[chuckles] I'm in danger."

When he first addressed his soldiers as sole emperor, having assassinated his brother Geta Caracalla said to them "it is because of you alone that I care to live, in order that I may confer upon you many favours", he was an autocratic ogre but he took his dad's dying advice to heart, maybe a bit too much

I almost watched the video before liking it first, silly me.

Early Roman Armies were for fighting Italian Tribes, then for fighting Greek or imitative forces, then for dismembering Celtic & Germanic Warbands (Their most successful period), until they were finally required to meet more fluid and mobile enemies
That didn't mean they were screwed if they fought something else, just that was what they did best against primary opponents at the time
It took a commander of true incompetence to piss away a Roman Army, or appalling bad luck like Hadrianopolis   Their list of Catastrophic defeats (ok, lets ignore Hannibal, he was some mutant genius) over such a length of time is astonishingly small
Arrian's Array against the Alans shows how an army may  adapt to dealing with a non typical enemy, Romans showed flexibility that few other armies ever repeatedly displayed

As a Severan dynasty/Crisis of the Third Century reenactor, may you be blessed by Sol and Mithras for this wonderful content.
The Middle Empire is in my opinion the most fascinating era of Ancient Rome.

At 16:36, there are several errors.
1. Clothing: The Roman military already adopted barbarian long sleeve shirts and trousers since 2nd century. Ridley Scott's Gladiator film do depicted this very accurately.
2. Helmets: The Italic Helmet shown in this video is the Imperial Gallic I type, this kind of helmet was decommissioned during the 2nd century. The main helmet designs during the 2nd century were Italic D, E, G,H type helmet and Niederbeiber Helmet. It is said that the integral brass cross-braces added to the Italic D, E, G,H type helmet and Niederbeiber Helmet were influenced by the Hunnic helmet designs or developed as the response to the  Dacian falx. On the other, the The Roman ridge helmet and Spangenhelm did saw service in the Roman Army since 2nd century but not saw wide spread usage until after the 3rd century.
3. Armour: Lorica Segmentata was still common but after the 3rd century crisis it was likely replaced by lamellar armour possibly introduced by the Hunnic or Sarmatian peoples.
4. Weapons: Spatha sword have more resemblance to the Han Dynasty Sword of the same era instead of the early modern rapier. There is a Han Dynasty Sword scabbard founded inside the Roman cavalry officer tomb in Bulgaria. Very likely the Roman military during 2nd century already acquired Chinese swords from the Sarmatian peoples and reverse engineered into Spatha sword.

My favorite Roman Army Period . Best Helmet,Armor period