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Why Didn't Anyone Copy the Roman Army? - The Imitation Legions (Patreon)

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2020-03-23 22:37:35

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This past week we released a video talking about what made the Roman army so powerful and why other people didn't just copy it. It was a super fun exercise that I hope you got a lot out of. I'll be hoping to do more of these sorts of comparative analysis videos in the future. One future topic would be to talk about why the armies of Antiquity were so much larger than those of the Medieval Period.

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Why Didn't Anyone Copy the Roman Army? - The Imitation Legions DOCUMENTARY

Unlock an arsenal of free battle supplies in Conqueror's Blade! http://bit.ly/3bVIBCT Sponsored by MY.GAMES The Roman army is remembered today as one of the most effective fighting forces in history. This raises the question: if the Roman army was so powerful, why didn’t anyone copy the Roman army? To answer this question, we will first dissect the specimen on the Roman legions. This will allow us to understand what are the key features worth copying. We will then be able to discuss what would be required to achieve these same features and to what extent others succeeded in creating their very own imitation legions. In this history documentary we cover the Roman Soldier, the Roman Unit, and the Roman Army. Below are the relevant time stamps: Roman Soldier Dissection 2:18 Roman Unit Dissection 5:00 Roman Army Dissection 7:18 Roman Soldier Imitation 9:39 Roman Unit Imitation 12:53 Roman Army Imitation 15:30 Bibliography and Recommended Reading "The Roman Army" by Chris McNab "The Complete Roman Army" by Adrian Goldsworthy "The Roman Army at War" by Adrian Goldsworthy "Roman Warfare" by Adrian Goldsworthy "The Logistics of the Roman Army at War" by Jonathan Roth #Roman #History