Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Full video: youtu.be/2JZtbFUD6_E featuring Veteres Milites
This live history documentary brings to life the activities of a Roman Scout mission. We begin with an overview of Rome's ancient intelligence services, composed of three layers: the procursatores, exploratores, and speculatores. We then recreate a possible scout mission carried out along the Roman frontier of the Rhine. Here, a scout mission prepares to explore the potential route of the main army, seeking to march out into the lands of Germania.
Credits
Research: Chris Das Neves
Writing: Chris Das Neves
Narration: Guy Michaels
Reenactment: Veteres Milites
Check out more videos in our live history series:
"How to Join the Roman Army" youtu.be/6lgzHnHcCDA
"Real Letters from the Roman Front Line" youtu.be/uaZSfRfg_k0
"What Happened When a Roman Soldier Died?" youtu.be/8nLauaMK8XE
"How did a Greek Hoplite Go to War?" youtu.be/J5yp54UnbfI
"Gaming in the Roman Army" youtu.be/l8AFtcNH_-c
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Full video: youtu.be/2JZtbFUD6_E featuring Veteres Milites
This live history documentary brings to life the activities of a Roman Scout mission. We begin with an overview of Rome's ancient intelligence services, composed of three layers: the procursatores, exploratores, and speculatores. We then recreate a possible scout mission carried out along the Roman frontier of the Rhine. Here, a scout mission prepares to explore the potential route of the main army, seeking to march out into the lands of Germania.
Credits
Research: Chris Das Neves
Writing: Chris Das Neves
Narration: Guy Michaels
Reenactment: Veteres Milites
Check out more videos in our live history series:
"How to Join the Roman Army" youtu.be/6lgzHnHcCDA
"Real Letters from the Roman Front Line" youtu.be/uaZSfRfg_k0
"What Happened When a Roman Soldier Died?" youtu.be/8nLauaMK8XE
"How did a Greek Hoplite Go to War?" youtu.be/J5yp54UnbfI
"Gaming in the Roman Army" youtu.be/l8AFtcNH_-c
#shorts #history
![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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![How Space Marines Level Up? - From Novice to Veteran [999.M41] 3D Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g99Jq315hXw/mqdefault.jpg "How Space Marines Level Up? - From Novice to Veteran [999.M41] 3D Documentary
Lore documentary on the organization of a Space Marine Chapter! You can manage your own business with all-in-one tools on Odoo: https://www.odoo.com/r/RWDk
In this series we bring to life the True Size of a codex compliant Space Marine Chapter of the 41st millenium. To do so we explore the general history of the Space Marines from the Horus Heresy to the Second Founding and how the Codex Astartes came to be. The documentary then discusses Space Marine creation from the recruit to the aspirant and the neophyte with a Marines transformative implantation of the Gene Seed organs. We then trace the elevation of a new Space Marine Battle Brother through the ranks of the Ultramarines starting from the 10th Scout Company and up through the ranks of the 9th through 6th Reserve Companies. We then continue this journey of ascendance within the Ultramarine Chapter by looking at the 5th through 2nd Battle Companies, the Veteran Company, and finally the Command Staff of a Space Marine Chapter.
Let us know what you think of this format and what documentaries in the Warhammer 40,000 universe you would like to see us cover next.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:43 Background
05:02 General Organization
08:14 Recruitment
10:11 10th Company (Scout)
13:01 9th Company (Devastator)
16:14 8th Company (Assault)
18:50 7th Company (Tactical)
21:25 6th Company (Tactical)
22:57 Battle Companies
25:41 5th Company
28:10 4th Company
29:36 3rd Company
31:05 2nd Company
32:31 1st Company (Veteran)
37:02 Command
40:10 Support
41:22 Outro
Music from Epidemic Sounds:
Sciophobia by Jo Wandrini
Collisions by Bonnie Grace
Breaker of Chains by Jon Bjork
Beneath the Church by Jo Wandrini
Byzantine Chant by R Hive
Dawn of War II OST
Credits:
Research = Eric Ten Wolde
Script = Eric Ten Wolde
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
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