Evolution of Roman Military Units Through The Ages

I love the medieval looking late Roman army infantry and cavalry. I'd love to see more of them in movies instead of only seeing lorica segmentatas and square shields

I would love it if you did a part 2 for the medieval Byzantine Roman army as well, It would be fascinating to see how the ranks changed and what is still reminiscent of the classical Roman army

Wait they didn't just rank up by doing guild quests???

I got out of the Marine Corps around 7 years ago and we still used their tactics when it came to securing embassies using shields. They are by far the best military tacticians in world history.

The Roman military invented articulation in military formations, with generals relinquishing direct control to lower officers, thus allowing a Maniple to exploit an opening without direct orders from on high. The inclusion of so many specialty troops allowed the rank and file Legionary to just hone his ability to defeat the enemy.

Thanks Metatron. I learned from a video by another author that the Roman legions did not have specialist engineering sub-units unlike modern armies who have "assault pioneers", "combat engineers", etc. Instead the whole legion might set itself to the task of building a fort, or a road, or siege machines. And then you described various types of specialist officers which to day we would call "technical warrants". High ranking NCO's with specialist knowledge and skills. These would obviously supervise the work of the ordinary soldiers in their engineering tasks.

By all means, dive as deep as you possibly can into the details of the Roman army throughout the Republic and Imperial eras; I can't get enough of it. Also, I love hearing your Latin pronunciation, which is what I learned in college back in the late 70s, although with far less fluency and style as you have.

One of my favorite Romaboos is back to making Rome videos. Gonna be a good day!

Some names of the military ranks and units introduced in this video can be considered the origins of certain words in modern English. "Optio" is an example of them. This is an informative video. I'd love to watch more.

Would be good to consider a vidoe on the Roman Navy and how it was organized and ranks, etc.

very interesting and informative. the roman military was very complex (and complicated). i had always to remember, how long ancient Rome existed and ruled, no wonder how many changes they´ve had over all those centuries of time.

Did a good job there explaining a VERY complicated topic.

Thought I know all about this and then Metatron teaches me something I didn't know about the specialist ranks of immunus and the nco variant .Always delivers and surprises lol

It would be awesome if this is a starting video of a series that describes Rome's military shape in different eras of Rome. Personally, I'm excited to see a video about the Praetorian Guard, as I think there are a lot of parallels between them and the Intelligence Community of today's America. I would love to see just how they were organized.

I would love to see more breakdowns of the Roman armies, and also their enemies.

Could you also cover the auxiliary troops and how much equipment and such like cost them please

...I am preparing a D&D campaign in my setting's Classical Period, so this is absolutely fantastic timing. Thanks, Metatron!

I love ANY information about the legions. So please, make more of these.

Do more of these little things for rome and thw neolithic times. This is insanely useful for my book!

The centurio nicknamed Cedo Alteram ("gimme another") more or less embodies the use of the vitis, becoming notorious for breaking them on the backs of the milites.