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In this series we will explore the mystery of Greek warfare! Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! inflcr.co/SHIpH Thanks YouGov for sponsoring!
What you think you know is most likely wrong. The problem with our understanding of ancient Greek warfare is that no one has been a hoplite or seen them fight. We are therefore left to reconstruct models of combat. This is complicated by the fact that Greek hoplites themselves evolved over the years as have the schools of thought for interpreting clues from the past. To break this impasse, our friend, professor Paul Bardunias, has pioneered experimental research meant to validate or falsify the claims of historians.
In this first episode we will set the foundations for this discussion by exploring the evolution hoplite and comparing the competing schools of thought regarding their warfare.
Reenactment provided by the awesome team at the Greek Phalanx:
thegreekphalanx.org
Video Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:54 What is a Hoplite
05:20 Hoplites (Early Archaic)
10:44 Hoplites (Late Archaic)
12:42 Hoplites (Classical)
15:18 Hoplite Recap
15:38 How Hoplites Fought
17:10 "Prussian" School of Thought
19:41 "Orthodox" School of Thought
21:53 "Heretic" School of Thought
24:03 Who is right?
Sources and Suggested Reading:
"Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History" by Dr. Roel Konijnendijk
"Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities" by Hans van Wees
"The Western Way of War" by Victor Davis Hanson
#history
#documentary
#military
In this series we will explore the mystery of Greek warfare! Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! inflcr.co/SHIpH Thanks YouGov for sponsoring!
What you think you know is most likely wrong. The problem with our understanding of ancient Greek warfare is that no one has been a hoplite or seen them fight. We are therefore left to reconstruct models of combat. This is complicated by the fact that Greek hoplites themselves evolved over the years as have the schools of thought for interpreting clues from the past. To break this impasse, our friend, professor Paul Bardunias, has pioneered experimental research meant to validate or falsify the claims of historians.
In this first episode we will set the foundations for this discussion by exploring the evolution hoplite and comparing the competing schools of thought regarding their warfare.
Reenactment provided by the awesome team at the Greek Phalanx:
thegreekphalanx.org
Video Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:54 What is a Hoplite
05:20 Hoplites (Early Archaic)
10:44 Hoplites (Late Archaic)
12:42 Hoplites (Classical)
15:18 Hoplite Recap
15:38 How Hoplites Fought
17:10 "Prussian" School of Thought
19:41 "Orthodox" School of Thought
21:53 "Heretic" School of Thought
24:03 Who is right?
Sources and Suggested Reading:
"Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History" by Dr. Roel Konijnendijk
"Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities" by Hans van Wees
"The Western Way of War" by Victor Davis Hanson
#history
#documentary
#military
![True Size of a Byzantine Army [c. 900 AD] 3D DOCUMENTARY](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jE48hMEGlPI/mqdefault.jpg "True Size of a Byzantine Army [c. 900 AD] 3D DOCUMENTARY
Documentary on a Byzantine Army! Build your own historical army with 20% off Victrix Miniatures: https://www.victrixlimited.com/invicta?bg_ref=SuTPaZ6Jx0
A history documentary on the True Size of a Byzantine Army of the Thematic Reforms. We begin the episode with the broad trends of the era which had seen the Roman army transform from legions of heavy infantry to a more eastern, cavalry centric force. This system would face additional shakeups with the advent of the Thematic Reforms which moved from a fully professional force to one of rotating levies. We spend some time discussing the structure of the Themes and how its denizens were called up for war.
Next we introduce the basic soldier types of the Byzantine Army before then organizing them into the ever increasing building blocks of this later Roman army. Finally, once the army is build, we cover its Roman army camp, its army march column, and its deployment in battle.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:27 Thematic Reforms
05:10 Soldiers
07:01 Kontoveriai (10)
09:26 Allaghion (50)
10:22 Vanda (200)
12:12 Infantry and Archers
13:08 Droungos (1000)
14:11 Tourma (3000)
16:55 Theme (9000)
18:45 Army Analytics
20:16 Army Camp
22:03 Army March
25:22 Army Deployment
28:15 Outro
Sources:
A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum by Georgios Chatzelis
Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565–1204 by John Haldon
Byzantium and Its Army, 284–1081 by Warren T. Treadgold
Byzantine Armies 886–1118 by Osprey Publishing
The Byzantine Army by Charles River
Credits:
Research = Sophia Ware
Script = Sophia Ware
Narration = Guy Michaels
Artwork = Penta Limited
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#documentary
#rome")
![True Size of a Krieg Siege Army (Infantry) [999.M41] 3D Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k9RNVqx_HQ4/mqdefault.jpg "True Size of a Krieg Siege Army (Infantry) [999.M41] 3D Documentary
A Warhammer 40k lore documentary on the True Size of a Krieg Regiment! Play Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus https://play.tacticusgame.com/invicta-1224 and use the code Invicmas to get 2,000 Gold, 50 energy and 1 requisition order.
We continue to explore the true size of armies in Warhammer 40,000. This particular episode focuses on a Krieg Siege Regiment. We begin with the history of Krieg as a thriving hive world and how a disastrous civil war eventually left it as a hellish death world. Yet from the ashes rose a new Krieg army, the Death Korps.
We cover the Krieg Military at a high level. This includes their war doctrine and their particular ways of fielding massive troop counts for siege based combat. We then review the Death Korps army organization such as the 88th Siege Army which fought at the Siege of Vraks. Finally we reconstruct our own theoretical Siege Regiment from the humble Krieg soldier to the massive Line Infantry Company. In following episodes we will cover the armor, artillery, and support companies of this vast combined arms force.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:43 History of Krieg
05:47 The Death Korps
07:26 Army Organization
09:35 Typical Soldier
10:56 Typical Death Rider
12:32 Infantry Squad
13:50 Engineer Squads
15:37 Heavy Weapons Squad
16:54 Death Rider Squad
17:47 Infantry Platoons
19:55 Heavy Weapons Platoon
20:53 Death Rider Platoon
21:50 Infantry Company
24:03 Support Staff
26:01 Conclusion
Sources:
Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), Regiments of Distinction - Death Korps of Krieg
Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition)
Imperial Armour Volume 5-7 - The Siege of Vraks
Imperial Munitorum Manual (Background Book)
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Script = Invicta
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
#warhammer40k
#documentary
#lore")
