@@furiotogio You got to sugar coat things to get things on the way. Like trying to convince a kid to get into a white van with candy but insteads gets the you know what.
Muito interessante e didático! A diferença entre as épocas de fato surpreende. Gostaria muito que houvessem mais reconstituições com atores de uma legião do Império Tardio, não apenas entre estudiosos como também nas artes. Parabéns!
Sad that he couldn't mention Rome's reliance on more Cavalry rather Infantry in the later times, It would've been a treat to see Cataphractarii or the Bucellarii
@@furiotogio I think I have to give the Byzantine Empire credit but during the Flavian Period, Rome relied more on the Alae, a group of Auxiliary Horse cavalry from Iberia, some Germans, Thrace, and especially Gallic Cavalry were useful. This was because Rome couldn't expand its territory any longer so it had to patrol its borders and quell any invasion or small rebellion immediately. We then move to the time of Belisarius and Emperor Justinian where the Byzantines had to adapt their Cavalry to rely on fast and effective Horse Archers (like the Huns) as well as flexible Infantry, during the time of Emperor Justinian's restoration of the Empire, its cavalry force was effective on taking back and defending the city of Rome from the Goths.
@@Kazii_CSclips on Belisarius I agree, but he is a couple of centuries later than the army spoken of in the video. And while I agree that cavalry was important, at the beginning of the 4th century infantry was still the Queen of the battles :)
Who or which company made the fine late Roman uniform? I cannot find any replicas of the uniform anywhere; let alone shoes, the pants and belt. Any information will be helpful.
I have a question,sir. Do you have actual uniforms/imperial equipment for units of the Herculiani Seniores,Cornuti Seniores,Scholae Palatinae and Scholae Gentiles, Calvary and Heavy Infantry units as well as the Ravenna Elite Ballistarii units for Re-enactment personal you can do for a recording and post it on youtube in future? I would like to see what they actually look like for real as opposed to the Attila total war game... I am interested in the time period of the 5th Century and the units that were fielded during this time when Attila was a menace...
I re-create an auxilium palatinum at the beginning of the 4th century, so my clothes and my equipment is a bit outdated with respect to the period you are mentioning, but the overall impression is definitely similar. You can check our Facebook page to see more reconstructions: facebook.com/custodesurbis
@@furiotogio is there other groups that have 5th century western rome uniforms,equipment and does reneactments? A question from outside italy from ,america.. Is all the roman military doctrine,clothing,customs uniforms training,etcc....all passed down from generation to generation. I mean,is preserved and rediscovered or is some lost from 5th century? Like exact manufacturing of equipment during 5th century can it be done today?
@@agenthunk5070 a lot can be done, by studying the archeological remains, but there is no direct "descendance" of military doctrine, uniforms and training. what we know depends on archeological remains and a few literary sources, including some late military manuals I know of a single guy who does late 5th-early 6th century Roman, I think he is in Virginia; most of Late Roman reenactment is based in Europe
Yes, indeed. It was probably a way to carry your money around with you, in an age when banks were not really efficient :) But mostly it was a way to display status through wealth
Amazing Presentation! Nice Job 👏🏻👏🏻 I have a question about the langauge spoken, was it Latin or Italian? Greetings full of love from "PALÆSTINA PRIMA" 🌹
Hello, thank you for your compliment :) The language spoken is Italian, my Latin is not good enough to support this level of complexity in the discourse and the people around me spoke only Italian, I suppose :)
It's uncorrect. During all V Century Roman "EXERCITUS" changes "panoplia" and clothes mamy times. For example the helmet and and sword, colours and tactics were really different from the Costantin's time. This soldier-reenactor, Who I salut here, is a soldier about the "principium" of IV Century. Romulus Augustulus saw other kinds of army.
@@francescorossi524 Could you elaborate? As I understand, there's little to no difference between 4th and 7th-century Roman troops. It's only after the Thematic system introduction do changes start to creep in, but even then, it's mostly superficial armor and weapon differences.
@@adamfrisk956 it's not a radical change, but an expert can tell the differences between early 4th and late 5th century panoplies (from helmet, to tunic, from sword to cingulum to shoes, just to mention a few)
We do not really know, but probably maintenance too complex for its utility, there were types of armour that were better suited for the type of warfare common in Late Antiquity
Economics late Roman Empire was in trouble there was less money so there were fewer legions and more hired Barbarians mercenaries. We al know what that ended up to.
They did not completely abandon it. Clibanarii and other types of heavy shock cavalry still retained 'manica' plate armour for hands and legs. As for the infantry, my best guess would be the influence of Persia in the 3rd century AD, the abolishment of the legion/auxilia division and the switch to 'fabricae' centralised weapons and armour production, thus leading to more uniformity across the board.
@@adamfrisk956 why would the Roman drop a piece of useful armour because of Persian influence? And why the adoption of the fabricae system should cause the loss of the segmentata, specifically?
@@romatardoimperiale but without artillery, on a downward slope it would be pointless to attack. Keep ranks 5 deep, cycle every 4 minutes. I know its WAY more action per an hour than the ranks are used too, but it's only while Cavalry is deployed. And if you form it on a slight slope, the enemy shouldn't be able to push you off the high ground with only heavy Cavalry
