*Looks back* dammit Marcus those were meant for lunch tomorrow.

I can just imagine an aquilifer sword drawn stomping into the barracks going "SO TAX EVASION IS IT? MARCELLUS?"

They also had to keep the books for the burial accounts for every legionary. It was deducted from his salary before payday to guarantee him a nice headstone with all his accomplishments on it.

Such is the life of a US Army GPC holder

great imagination. Fake history anyway.

Hi sarge!

Not sure what that quote is from..but they didn't wear sandals

@@Sharigan561From Halo CE I believe

@@svarthofde2492 well that would make more sense lol

Share the rock? Centurions don't share shit expect the rod.

I am glad you can hear my fascinstion of the topic, haha. Thanks for the kind words!

“Teached”

You’re grammar teacher must have been Ben Stein 😂

People in the comments making fun of bad grammar probably don't even know more than 1 language.

@@BatCostumeGuy It’s a joke Batman, relax bro. Why don’t you flex your supposed comprehension of multiple languages to whoever the fuck sent you the unnecessary bat signal.

While that does make sense to me, I would imagine that caused a lot of chaos for the military structure of the Roman Army. And possibly a good bit of unrest in the ranks. Being told your rank no longer exists and then being tossed into a lower position overall.

@@serathaevistille995 I doubt they were tossed lower.

Thought that mf had 3

@@cheekybastard1423 lol...You are correct. I'll leave my error up so your post doesn't lose relevance... and I'll live with its ignominy.

I thought it was 3 legions?

@@analander9222 You are correct. I'll leave my error up so your post doesn't lose relevance... and I'll live with its ignominy.

@@thomashazlewood4658 i never looked at that event in that angle before. You have opened my eyes. I used to think augustus was being a 5 year old kid about losing soldiers in a war, why can't he just recruit more men instead? Disastrous battles were rare but not unseen.

I heard an Italian man on the internet say that the legionnaires were supposed to always work while wearing their armor. I'm not sure if it's true but that would be even more remarkable.

@@jethrovaningen I don't know for certain, but I do think most of the times that they built their camps a fraction of the legion would be building without armor on while the remaining part would stand guard. If they were in imminent danger though, they would built it while wearing their equipment on, an example that comes to mind is during Caesar's second invasion of Britain, they did so because of the dangers of briton chariot attacks.

I have a video planned that goes over a lot of their building skills. It will be in a video about how they crossed rivers and lakes. Some of their bridges and methods were very fascinating and were completed in incredible time!

@@HistoriaMilitum Excellent!

@@jethrovaningen stop questioning the metatron.

You should start posting videos on this :D would definitely watch them

@@moonshine3678 I certainly would make a terrible job of it. I never said I was *good* at Latin. In fact, I was terrible. I found computers far more interesting way back then. As so often it wasn't until later in life, when I was out of the clutches of terrible teachers, that I rediscovered my interests. But that's quite possibly why I liked Caesar and Pliny (the Younger) best: even with my bad Latin grades, I found them understandable. Others were incomprehensible to me, with their showing off their "leet skillz" of the convoluted worst that Latin grammar has to offer. Don't get me started on the poets...

@@michaelhoffmann2891 You say you’re bad at it. But already you’re teaching me something I never knew :D I believe in you

@@moonshine3678 I agree lol

Cicero still triggers my fight or flight response. I did my Latinum in an accelerated program so we went from books written to teach Latin straight to Cicero. Not a fun time at all, kinda scared me off and made me take Spanish instead of Latin in the end.

Like Alexanders companions said in Baktria: "We are mules. Mules that kill."

"The legions were engineers that occasionally engaged in combat"... a well deserved quote indeed!

@@Kozak806 Not to mention they also built the roads as they went. Hence the saying "All Roads lead to Rome".

It's an attitude that persists today. There's a joke among Marines that the symbol for the infantry shouldn't be crossed rifles; it should instead be crossed brooms or shovels given how much time they spend cleaning or digging versus actually using their weapons.

South African infantry corps had a crossed pick and shovel on shoulder flash.

Not just reading but SPEAKING... Oratory... the Rich would send their children to the schools of Athens...

not all people are born leaders; no matter how much experience you have. some just don't have the desire to "lead"

@@ChickenMcThiccken And some have desire, yet should never lead.

@@ChickenMcThiccken that is true, but if you are assigned a position to lead, you must learn to and force yourself. or you can do something else like get someone who is charismatic or talented at speech to help get your orders/instructions followed, the only problem is that it might open competition in the long run. i was a class president at school, but i am not good at "talking/persuading" people, the only thing i can say that i have is the vision for our room to look presentable and organized, plus i am sometimes too honest that i sometimes hurt people's feelings. and since I don't have an ability to "talk", i assigned my secretary to do the talking for me and get my mates to listened. I was lucky that she was loyal to me and was willing to follow my instructions, and we were in good relations. i also got my escort and muse to enforce rules for me. i knew that all i needed to do is for my officers to do the little shenanigans for me so that i can focus on the bigger picture. edit) i know how to do the "little shenanigans" , i just assigned others to do it for me to free up some space i am a member in a few clubs at school, and as a class president, me and other pres. attends meetings held by actual adult school officers, instructing us how to get things done. and i am not the type of teen who's obsessed at school trying to get the highest grade, i try to limit myself to less but more important responsibilities, so that i can have free time to do things i like. but sometimes, when my officers are absent i do their chores myself i averaged 91 the whole S.Y, or A- for Americans. class 2019-2020 is always fun for me

@@garji2477 i don't quite understand that... because to me, if you have a "desire" for something, you will always find ways to get that thing you were desiring even if it's physically and mentally exhausting.

@@ChickenMcThiccken now what i was trynna say is that i am not born to lead, because to be a good leader you must also be charismatic, which is im not that much. i do have brains, yes, but you can't get.your plans done and get people to follow if you're.not that good at talking. so i tried to find a solution to my "handicap" which is getting my secretary to do the talking for me.

Nice.

Is like a medic then... "Sir, as the team medic, when it comes to the health of the men, including you, I outrank everyone" ~ Kix

@@CHRF-55457 I would say that is accurate from my own time in uniform. Happy new year! ~Gus

Most people never stop to think that if you removed enlisted people from the military you would not have an army, navy, marine corps, or air force. You will hear all kinds of praise heaped on military officers, and hear them called bulldog this, mad dog that, old Ironsides, blood and guts, but when you look at the body count of those who actually fought in those military campaigns you will find few officers among the dead or the maimed. The elite takes the credit, while the troops do the fighting. The military does not give a damn about enlisted men and women. The draft was stopped so that the wealthy would not have to go out and fight to protect their wealth. Imagine getting out of the draft by claiming that you have a bone spur in your heel, getting a deferment because you are in college, because you have a religious objection to taking another person's life, but if you happen to be poor and cannot afford one of these scams you are sent to prison if you refuse to go fight against people who have never done a damn thing to you. I taught my children to never volunteer for military service. let them bring back the draft without any deferments or private doctor scams to get out of serving. There would be damn few wars if that happened.

@@maxxmabemwe4859 Part of the reason why the German Army was so cohesive even after numerous defeats is that its officers were with the soldiers. The chance of an officer surviving the war was actually lower (even amongst generals) than the average soldier's... this is partly due to the stab in the back myth of WW1, everyone felt obligated to do their best, officers were mandated to actually lead the common soldier into battle or take responsibility for the failures. This resulted in a high morale even in the hardest of times. The problem with this method was that around '44 the Wermacht started to run out of skilled officers... Even at the general's level. Training a lieutenant or a captain takes considerably longer than training the rank and file soldiers. When it comes to generals promotions from colonel of even major ranks were possible due to the losses.

Even if he wasn't in a combat unit for the last leg of his career, just following the army on campaign is hard living! And the wealth of experience he must have been able to mentor younger officers, who would later on outrank him, yet still respect him immensely. Pretty tough man indeed.

His name was Hardus Assus.

@@joeyjamison5772 Thanks!!

@@joeyjamison5772 hard ass? wow cool name

@@joeyjamison5772 or Hardus Testisus :D

No way would I want to be the one held responsible if it went missing on campaign lol.

@@rc59191 I think everyone would be justifiably pissed of that happened.

Soldier, have you been drinking Arr!! "Just a bit Caesar" Guard, Flog this man, Yes Caesar.😅🤣😂

Ill keep an eye out for ditch herb if we run out of wine-grape!

Carpe vinum

Thank you for the praise! There is more where that came from. I have a lot more in-depth videos planned ;)

Would recommend - toldinstone channel

Invictus is also an amazing channel for Roman history I would even say the best

That's a big praise, thank you!!

Thanks gramps. You too!

Daily weapon training and sparring was mandatory. Twice per day for recruits. I imagine that combined with the firewood chopping, camp building and trench digging they were very fit.

As a short answer, they very much enjoyed to wrestle and even box. This topic is very interesting to me as well.. I think I will add it to my list of future videos. Thanks!

@@HistoriaMilitum Again, excellent!

@@HistoriaMilitumGreat! Maybe in one future video you could include Roman workout plans that history fans could try out to value more what the legions were capable of physically.

Their diet was pork

Thanks for the support. I will continue posting topics that are not seen on UKposts for your enjoyment :)

@@HistoriaMilitum right on...I'll keep watching and sharing

In the making of this video, we read a few letters, like one written to a father about a promotion to "librarius" and the benefit of not working in the sun all day like the others. So there definitely was communication of this sort. For the illiterate soldiers, I am sure they also wrote letters, with the help of literate friends or clerical staff. It is also important to keep in mind that the legions had a large amount of camp followers marching behind them wherever they went. These could consist of friends, families, girl friends, illegitimate wifes, and children. So some soldiers would not be far away from their loved ones!

@John Osman You are absolutely right! In one of the next videos, we will be mentioning some letters and poems written by soldiers and centurions with a lot of spelling mistakes and latin "slang". So many of them would indeed learn to write during their military service. Cheers!

@@HistoriaMilitum Somewhere near Hadrian's Wall (north of England) an excavation uncovered many 'letters' to be sent home to their families. The 'letters' were thin slabs of wood with pyro-graphic (wood burning) writing on them. Not unlike today's postcards, but bulkier.

The case of the evocatii is very complex because upon their reenlistment they could end up in multiple positions. They could be promoted to centurions or be given highly specialised tasks in the ranks of the immunes and the duplicarii for sure. Others might end up as common foot soldiers it seems. What is clear from all of this, is that normally roman commanders were very interested in retaining or promoting as much talent as they could, so that put the evocatii in a place of privilege as seasoned veterans with years of experience in military affairs.

You are most welcome, and thanks for the kind support!

...before taxes.

@CipiRipi00 You had to be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan

Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Promotion could be had by your circle of friends ie Julius C

I am glad you like them! Unfortunately it takes weeks to research, script write and then animate.. I will look into expanding the team for the futurr though. My goal is 2 videos a month, hopefully I'll get there wothout sacrifising quality

Thank you very much!

Thank you, you are most welcome!

Thank you for the kind words, welcome aboard!

Thank you for the kind works, friend!