Republican Roman Soldiers of the Second Punic War

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Channel: Lindybeige

Views: 744,079

Rating: 4.9473548 out of 5

Keywords: republican, roman, soldiers, troops, pila, pilum, velites, triarii, principes, equites, cavalry, infantry, legion, legionaries, legionary, optio, centurian, signifer, cornicen, hastati, skirmishers, lines, intervals, cohort, maniple, century, turma, turmae, ancient, classical, romans, army, princeps, hastatus

Id: TeU8pXr0ucI

Length: 29min 57sec (1797 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 16 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/WhiteTearsForFears]

During the Second Punic War, the Republican Romans used just five kinds of soldier, LindyBeige describes them and their roles (with some minor rambling).

He gets into equipment and tactics and the class differences between these soldiers and how these classes would typically occupy certain lines when in formation.

The video is pretty long, but quite informative.

[u/NoriegaSlim]

I find him knowledgeable and entertaining in a British RP-sort of way, but I always wonder about his collar.

[u/thegiancalvo]

This is great, learning about the Punic Wars in my Roman Republic class.

[u/matt1025]

Hell yeah a new lindybeige video!! Cant wait to get home from work and take some fat bong rips while i watch it like i always do with lindybeiges videos. I could listen to that guy ramble on for hours

[u/NoriegaSlim]

Thanks for that. That's actually a lot weirder than I thought. Wonder why he likes collars that way.