Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Which dinosaurs would be best for ancient warfare? Humans have utilized beasts of war for millennia, and in a variety of capacities. We all know about the usage of war elephants, like the famous example of Hannibal Barca in his war against the Roman Empire. Horses defined cavalry charges for thousands of years, and were used in combat as recently as World War Two. Carrier pigeons flew hundreds of miles to deliver important messages to isolated soldiers, and camels are useful cavalry for patrolling in desert areas. This video will explore how various human cultures throughout history would have potentially utilized dinosaurs in warfare, divided into four categories: messengers, mounts, packs, and artillery.
00:00: What dinosaurs would be best for ancient warfare?
02:14: Messengers (Carnotaurus, Spinosaurus, Microraptor)
04:19: Mounts (Qianzhousaurus, Tarbosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Triceratops, Sinoceratops, Zhuchengtyrannus, Utahraptor, Tyrannosaurus)
11:29: Packs (Edmontosaurus, Lythronax, beasts of burden)
13:19: Artillery (sauropods, ankylosaurians)
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Which dinosaurs would be best for ancient warfare? Humans have utilized beasts of war for millennia, and in a variety of capacities. We all know about the usage of war elephants, like the famous example of Hannibal Barca in his war against the Roman Empire. Horses defined cavalry charges for thousands of years, and were used in combat as recently as World War Two. Carrier pigeons flew hundreds of miles to deliver important messages to isolated soldiers, and camels are useful cavalry for patrolling in desert areas. This video will explore how various human cultures throughout history would have potentially utilized dinosaurs in warfare, divided into four categories: messengers, mounts, packs, and artillery.
00:00: What dinosaurs would be best for ancient warfare?
02:14: Messengers (Carnotaurus, Spinosaurus, Microraptor)
04:19: Mounts (Qianzhousaurus, Tarbosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Triceratops, Sinoceratops, Zhuchengtyrannus, Utahraptor, Tyrannosaurus)
11:29: Packs (Edmontosaurus, Lythronax, beasts of burden)
13:19: Artillery (sauropods, ankylosaurians)
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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