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The Insane Logistics of a Roman Army on the March - 24 Hour Simulation 3D DOCUMENTARY

Documentary simulating a Roman Army on the March! 📲 Install Raid for Free Mobile and PC: https://pl.go-ga.me/75jyydya and get a special starter pack with an Epic champion Drake 🔥 Use the Promo Code JTSKIN before October 7th to get both the Epic Champion Stag Knight and Gilded Glider Custom Skin! You can redeem the Promo Code either via this site https://plarium.com/en/redeem/raid-shadow-legends/, or inside RAID: Shadow Legends itself if you are playing via an Android device or on Plarium Play. In this history documentary we bring to life the insane scale of a Roman Army on the March! We begin with the basic marching rates for individual soldiers to establish a baseline for our analysis. We then calculate the true size of a Roman Army made up of four legions and its auxiliaries. These are then placed four men across and arranged end to end to calculate their maximum length of over 25 kilometers. However this is just part of the story. We then cover the logistics of actually moving a force of this size from point A to point B. This is done by simulating a 24 hour cycle of a Roman army on the march. The result is a stunning 3D rendering in Unreal Engine 5 of what such a monstrously large force would have looked like. This hopefully gives you a better appreciation for the mechanics of ancient armies and how disasters such as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest could have unfolded. Sources and Suggested Reading “The Roman Army” by Peter Connolly “The Roman Army at War” by Adrian Goldsworthy “The Roman War Machine” by John Peddie “The Logistics of the Roman Army at War” by Jonathan Roth "Models of the Roman Army" by Gary Brueggeman Credits: Research = Invicta Script = Invicta Narration = Guy Michaels Editing = Penta Limited Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:26 Sources 03:43 Mechanics of a March 06:58 Marching Columns 08:38 Size of an Army 10:28 Length of an Army 11:20 24 Hour Simulation 13:06 600 am Scouts 14:06 630 am Vanguard 15:14 700 am Surveyors 15:53 715 am Command 16:55 725 am Main Body 17:54 920 am Baggage Train 19:23 1110 am Rear Guard 20:27 1130 am Flank Guard 21:17 Crazy Statistics 23:06 Setting Up a New Camp 25:06 Evening Activities 26:37 Outro #history #documentary #unrealengine5