Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Documentary simulating a Roman Army on the March! 📲 Install Raid for Free Mobile and PC: 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!
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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, Sophia Ware
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
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#documentary
#unrealengine5
Documentary simulating a Roman Army on the March! 📲 Install Raid for Free Mobile and PC: 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 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, Sophia Ware
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
![True Size of a Samurai Army [c. 1600] 3D DOCUMENTARY](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/deV34RTyPO8/mqdefault.jpg "True Size of a Samurai Army [c. 1600] 3D DOCUMENTARY
History documentary on the True Size of a Samurai Army! Watch the Assassin’s Creed Shadows trailer (https://ubi.li/1bL6W) and pre-order the game now (https://ubi.li/qF6Fe)! Thanks to @AssassinsCreed for sponsoring this episode.
In this history documentary we seek to bring to life an army of the Sengoku Jidai. Such a task is quite the undertaking given the poorly documented and fast-evolving nature of the eras military forces. Yet we can nonetheless model a typical Samurai army which captures most of the key themes of the period.
We begin with context on the history of Japan from the early Heian period though the Kamakura, Muromachi, and eventual Sengoku eras. Next we establish the general structure of a Daimyo Kashindan and how this network of vassals mobilized its forces. This includes mobilization records of the Koku based system which give us a sense of each vassals obligations. We then inspect each type of soldier which went to war. This includes peasant non combatants, ashigaru troops, and samurai warriors.
Finally, with all these pieces in place we see how the mustered forces were organized into an army. This begins at the smallest level of the Go (squad) and rises up to the tactical unit of the Sonae (battallion). Multiple Sonae would in turn be configured into the major elements of an army in the field. We conclude with a final positioning of such forces as they may have existed in an actual Samurai battle of the Sengoku Jidai.
Sources:
Samurai Armies of the Late Sengoku Period - Volume I by Till Weber
Samurai Armies of the Late Sengoku Period - Volume II by Till Weber
Samurai Armies 1550–1615 by Stephen Turnbull
The Samurai by Stephen Turnbull
War in Japan: 1467–1615 by Stephen Turnbull
Credits:
Research = Sophia Ware and Paul Liu
Script = Invicta
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:31 Historical Context
05:17 A Daimyos Kashindan
06:59 Systems of Recruitment
09:01 Troop Types
13:02 Ashigaru Go (Squad)
15:34 Samurai Go (Squad)
16:52 Ashigaru Kumi (Platoon)
18:30 Samurai Kumi (Platoon)
20:22 Sonae (Batallion)
21:09 Combat Units
22:17 Command Group
25:01 Banner Group
26:04 Baggage Group
27:35 Sonae Statistics
29:03 Sonae in Battle
32:40 Samurai Army
35:20 Outro
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