A day in the life of a Roman soldier - Robert Garland 

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If anyone wants to know, I counted all "5000" men in the picture and it comes up to 2143 men. Nice try ;)

This should be a series where we follow servius around I’m interested if he’ll ever get back to his girl lmao

I was alittle worried when they mentioned him being in Germany. But luckily he's led by Germanicus and not Varus at the moment so he'll be fine.

God: you can’t survive 25 years of service Servius: *hold my spear*

We live quite comfortably today

17 years left ... DAMN

"Beware of the old in a profession where men die young" or something like that.

This is how my parents described their walks to school

25 year commitment? Sounds like my old Verizon contract.

I didn't know Samurai Jack was once a roman soldier

When he says, "he is stationed in Germania" my heart sank :'( But then 'under Germanicus' and I took a big sigh of relief. Funny how these videos make you care for a person who lived 2000 years ago

For anyone wondering, Servius completed his military service, married, and settled down with the girl back home. They had three kids together and built a small farm.

Samurai Jack becomes a Roman

Things about the military that have not changed: Avoiding watch duty, marching until your feet fall off, dreaming about going home, the 20 or so years until you get retirement benefits, and above all the brotherhood.

Actually soldiers often went back to Rome during time of peace. It was not just 25 years of war without interruption.

Everybody gangsta til the trees start shouting war crys.

For those who want to know what happened to this expedition: this is most probably Germanicus expedition under emperor Tiberius. Germanicus decided to avenge Teutoburgus defeat with a double attack, penetrating by land with the army and by the sea with a huge fleet landing troops and supplies in northern Germany. But while land troops (Servius army) advanced deep in Germany, pursuing German tribes who avoided open battle, the northern fleet was destroyed and displaced by a huge storm. When Germans heard the news, they imagined that gods had cursed the Romans, so they rounded up and besieged Germanicus camp. Roman troops were starving with no supplies and no water, Germans even sent envoys who promised food and women to roman deserters, but finally, after a speech to his troops, Germanicus launched an all out attack over besieging germans, who panicked and hardly escaped the carnage. After other minor episodes, Germanicus army (and so Servius) met a huge German army led by Arminius near Weser river (Idistavisius plain): over ten thousands Germans were killed, and the same Arminius, winner of Teutoburgus, only escaped by faking his death, while leaving his wife and son in the hands of the Romans. Romans erected a monument there, with an inscription who said that they annihilated the tribes between the Rhyne and the Elb river, avenging the deaths of Tehthoburgus. They also recovered all the eagles of the fallen legions, except one. At this point Germanicus wanted to penetrate in eastern Germany, but the old emperor Tiberius, who was growing jealous and was afraid to be detronized, recalled him back in Italy and aborted the whole operation. Germanicus was then sent to Syria as governor, where he suddenly died, most probably poisoned by Tiberius. His remains were burned and his heart found still intact. In Italy where Germanicus was loved as hero, people reacted horribly to the news of his death: they started to assault the temples of the gods, dissecrating and beheading the statues, sacking the treasures and beating up the priests. "That's was the revenge of the italic people, against gods so cruel to permit the death of such a good and brave man." (Source: Tacitus, annales)

I cant imagine what was going through their heads in war probably swords

"i only like you as a friend" girl that the roman soldier held dear.

I was one of a military soldier in S.Korea only for 2 years. I can't imagine how to bear so much of years on military service. Looking back on the past period in military service, spending just 1 day was feel like 1 year to me.

I’d love to see this ‘a day in the life’ series with more different ancient cultures also, such as the Persians or Chinese etc :)

I didn't know that samurai Jack served in the roman legions

And then that girl gets married before he comes home *oof*

Thank you for your loyality Servius.

I like this "Legionary Jack" thing so far.

Did anyone notice that at 0:53 the soldier has a SUNDIAL WATCH?!

Fun fact, "Serviūs" Means "Servant."

2:52 "Starting with the right foot as the left is considered unlucky, or sinister." **random demon pops up and hisses**

Back then, if you lived past a certain age, your chances of reaching old age increased exponentially.

I just want to hear more about Servius.

*“the glory of the empire can go to the crows.”* *My quote of the day.*

The saddest part about this is they were ambushed AGAIN a few hours later. Poor guy.

My grandfather`s father was serving in Tsarist Russia army, that was at around ~1800 year, he went to the army at age 18 and came back after 20 years of mandatory serving. Because of that each soldier got 5ha of land from the tsar. So after he got back at age of 38 only then he build a house and married his wife. Not many of the soldiers survived the wars back then. Most of the armies in those days had the mandatory serving of many years compared to today.

Life is tough but it was tougher back then

When they said three legions in Germania, I feared the worst... "Varus give me back my legions!"

0:16 its impressive how he says that name

*Teutoburg flashbacks intensify*

wow living at that time seems brutal. i definitely have a lot of appreciation for the amazing amenities we're blessed with today

3:53 that oh no noise😂😂

Such a great video. Really captures the emotions of someone who fights for his country.

For the romans, Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Germany, was what actually Vietnam is for the american army and the Battle of Isandlwana was for the old british empire

Gotta get back, back to the past.. *Centurion Jack*

"the empire could go to the crows," nice Classics joke, TED-Ed

I hope my mans got with his wife and settled down

3:33 OOooh... Vaaaarus.... GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!!

Very nice thank you for making this video I enjoyed watching it :)

It's super informative to watch people's lives in different eras and settings. I love this series you've launched)

I hope he lived... And had a happy life with his wife. I hope she survived to bring into the world many healthy children for them to love and raise.

the sun dial as your watch is actually pretty cool...

Roses are red, countries have regions. QUINCTILIUS VARUS, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS

Just to bury your brethren made me emotional. Such loyalty. Such SPIRIT. Such discipline.

when the ground starts speaking Germanic

Animation style, specially His eyes and mouth reminds me of Jack, Samurai Jack!

TedEds animation never fails to impress me😀

So, I'm something of a Roman legionary fan, and I love the way this video was done. History is amazing!

Thank you so much! This video was a real help I'm doing a project on the roman empire!

The one thing that they didn't tell us about in Rome/Greek class.

A Roman legionary in the era had about 99.9% chance of not dying in battle. That's not bad odds, if he lived through Teutoberg he should be fine. And I think citizen-soldiers of the era had 20 years of service, 25 was for auxilliaries. Still, keeping a sweetheart faithful and chaste for another 12 (or 17, doesn't matter) years is quite a challenge, then or now.

I’ve watched this like 4 times in the past 2 years and It gets better every time

Wait but what happened to Servius? Damn it Ted I have to know!!!

3:12 "Today is a just march. Only 30 kilometers" Big emphasis on "Only" here.

Amazing! Thank you so much for posting this.

Thank you for your service, Servius

They’re probably just *ROMAN* around... *Gets chased by Romans*

I wonder how many legionaries actually reached retirement.... 🤔 💭

I love these videos, keep up the great work TED Ed!

_"Unlike other soldiers, he doesn't gamble... he's even kept his viaticum, the three gold coins he received when he enlisted."_ Ancient Roman Army 40k enlistment bonus. Perfect for spending on a new Camaro- I mean, Wagon with a 40% interest rate.

I really enjoyed this series. We usually talk about history based on famous, powerful and/or main characters but this gives us another perspective of how life was back then

This is such good story telling ! I love this series QuQ

What a tough life these loyal soldiers led. More power to them.

imagine your ancestor was a legend ruthless fighter and then theres you going berzerk over uno game

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The worst military drill in Romania is to listen to DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI for 1 hour straight

Great presentation, very informative Thanks.

OMG Thanks for all the work done this video has helped me a lot with my school project. You have win a like and a suscribe

"Varus, give me back my legions!"

1:17 look at his feet!

That life is hard man. I just can't imagine a life that hard.

25 years is crazy

My ancestors are smiling down on me imperials. Can you say the same?

1:21 In romanian (latin based language) "sarcina" means "task" or "pregnancy"

thank you we are using this fr my childs online work

Thank you for your lucid videos Ted-Ed!

It's crazy how similar they were to the modern day, you think that 2000 years is a long amount of time but culturally and significantly, we are still the same.

My oldest know ancestor was a centurion. He was stationed in ransbach, germany and my family comes from there with the same name as he had. I cant imagine this life he had. It seems pretty hard and dangerous.

Can I ask for more Roman Military Content? Im stuck watching this repeatedly each day because I like the form of the Roman military.

The mystic of the Roman Soldier is timeless. It's surprising how much some of their equipment mirrors that of the most modern army today (author of Renee: St. Mary's Virus).

This is almost unbelievably well done and engaging.

*This anime sounds cool*

This video was amaizing , I love it !!

thank you for the video very informative

Common ancient soldier is like nowdays special force.

Would love if you turned the story of Servius into a series! You can describe specific Roman campaigns from his point of view. Great video and story-telling liked and subbed.

2:38 if you played Assassin's Creed Odyssey, you'd know that name

Excellent video.

This is fairly accurate. Especially the soldier. What a true Southern European would look like. Not some blonde, very fair skin like movies mostly do.

Really puts into perspective an everyday person's life back when there was always the looming threat of war. All a person could really hope for was to not die too early.

Nice work

We need a series man