Invicta | What was it like to Grow Up Byzantine? DOCUMENTARY @InvictaHistory | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
A history documentary on what it was like to Grow Up Byzantine! Click the link blinkist.com/invicta to start your free 7 day trial with Blinkist and get 25% off of a Premium membership.
As a part of our How They Did It series, this episode seeks to explore daily life in the past with a focus on what it was like to grow up Byzantine. Thus far we have several other growing up episodes from a number of civilizations:
Growing Up Roman - youtu.be/7w38PL4kg4A
Growing Up Carthaginian - youtu.be/T8tZ2G51ST8
Growing Up Viking - youtu.be/TdfdVDvA3tY
Growing Up Aztec - youtu.be/wsNdYD8DODo
This animated history documentary on daily life in the Byzantine Empire begins by exploring the typical homes and families one might find across both urban and rural areas. We then discuss the various life stages of birth, childhood, teenagers, and young adults. Along the way we note the differences between genders and socio-economics which would have influenced one's life journey. The city of Constantinople looms large in these discussions as a great hub of learning and the home for many in the Byzantine Empire.
Stay tuned for more How They Did It episodes on daily life in the past. Let us know what history documentaries you would like to see next!
Sources and Suggested Reading:
Brownworth, L. Lost to the West. Broadway Books, 2010.
Gregory, T.E. A History of Byzantium. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Herrin, J. Byzantium. Princeton University Press, 2009.
Mango, C. The Oxford History of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Norwich, J.J. A Short History of Byzantium. Vintage, 1998.
Rosser, J. H. Historical Dictionary of Byzantium. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
Shepard, J. The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500-1492. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Credits:
Research = Sophia Ware
Writing = Sophia Ware
Narration = Invicta
Artwork = Beverly Johnson
Editing = Penta Limited
#History
#Byzantine
#HowTheyDidIt
A history documentary on what it was like to Grow Up Byzantine! Click the link blinkist.com/invicta to start your free 7 day trial with Blinkist and get 25% off of a Premium membership.
As a part of our How They Did It series, this episode seeks to explore daily life in the past with a focus on what it was like to grow up Byzantine. Thus far we have several other growing up episodes from a number of civilizations:
Growing Up Roman - youtu.be/7w38PL4kg4A
Growing Up Carthaginian - youtu.be/T8tZ2G51ST8
Growing Up Viking - youtu.be/TdfdVDvA3tY
Growing Up Aztec - youtu.be/wsNdYD8DODo
This animated history documentary on daily life in the Byzantine Empire begins by exploring the typical homes and families one might find across both urban and rural areas. We then discuss the various life stages of birth, childhood, teenagers, and young adults. Along the way we note the differences between genders and socio-economics which would have influenced one's life journey. The city of Constantinople looms large in these discussions as a great hub of learning and the home for many in the Byzantine Empire.
Stay tuned for more How They Did It episodes on daily life in the past. Let us know what history documentaries you would like to see next!
Sources and Suggested Reading:
Brownworth, L. Lost to the West. Broadway Books, 2010.
Gregory, T.E. A History of Byzantium. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Herrin, J. Byzantium. Princeton University Press, 2009.
Mango, C. The Oxford History of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Norwich, J.J. A Short History of Byzantium. Vintage, 1998.
Rosser, J. H. Historical Dictionary of Byzantium. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
Shepard, J. The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500-1492. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Credits:
Research = Sophia Ware
Writing = Sophia Ware
Narration = Invicta
Artwork = Beverly Johnson
Editing = Penta Limited
#History
#Byzantine
#HowTheyDidIt
![True Size of a Samurai Army [c. 1600] 3D DOCUMENTARY](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/deV34RTyPO8/hqdefault.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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