Invicta | How did Roman Soldiers Guard the Watchtower? #shorts @InvictaHistory | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Full video: youtu.be/dLp62Tcc0Pk featuring @ImperiumRomanumYT
We join Roman soldiers as they take up their watch along the fortified border of the Rhine frontier. We begin with a brief introduction to the Roman Limes which was composed of a network of forts, walls, and outposts. These allowed the Roman army to effectively control hundreds of miles with just a few men. But the key to this system was information with which to properly react to events along the frontier. Thus a vast series of watchtowers was established. This episode focuses on what the experience of manning one of these would have been like.

Check out more videos in our live history series:
"Letters from the Front Line of the Roman Army" youtube.com/watch?v=uaZSfRfg_k0
"Death of a Roman Soldier" youtube.com/watch?v=8nLauaMK8XE&t=528s
"What was it like to journey beyond Rome's Rhine Frontier?" youtu.be/PYvFjMcWv5w

Credits
Research: Chris Das Neves
Writing: Chris Das Neves
Narration: Guy Michaels
Reenactment: Imperium Romanum
Editing: Penta Limited

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