Name: What It Was Like to Be a Roman Soldier
Uploaded: 2021-05-20T02:50:38.000Z
Duration: 10 min 54 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：

Over centuries the Roman Empire conquered almost the entirety

of Europe, giving generation after generation

the chance to spill blood on the Roman battlefield.

the infamous Roman army invaded, conquered, and occupied

at what it was like to be a soldier in the Roman army.

But before we get started, be sure to subscribe to the Weird

History channel, and let us know in the comments below what

other Roman history life you would like to hear about.

men who will volunteer to die, than to find

those who are willing to endure pain with patience."

Job security is a big deal in modern society,

If you join the Roman army for better or for worse,

The typical Roman soldier served for a whopping 25 years,

Of course, many soldiers didn't survive that long,

but those who did typically found themselves set for life.

The emperor granted all retired soldiers land

In times of peace, this was downright lucrative.

But the retirement benefits were so good that even during war

the average Roman soldier lived a better life

says a lot about what life in ancient Rome

Many civilian jobs were unstable with pay rates negotiated

As a soldier, however, you could always rely on steady pay,

and you often had easy access to facilities civilians struggled

Bakeries, hospitals, and baths were a part of most barracks,

and even broke soldiers could use them for free.

And let's not overlook that the land a soldier

earned after retirement was incredibly attractive

because Romans were often living cramped lifestyles in the city.

So we've established that being a Roman soldier,

even in times of war, could have some pretty huge upsides.

But as you probably guessed, the profession

came with a lot of risks too and not just in battle.

or grievously incompetent by the commanders

often faced extremely strict and sometimes highly cruel

Write out "I shall not run away from Spartacus" 100 times!

canes used to strike soldiers to enforce their will

Small mistakes like that could lead to beatings or even prison

One particular Centurion, named Lucilius,

was known as "another here," because he beat his soldiers so

If you're wondering why the soldiers would stand

for such shabby treatment, it's probably worth

Lucilius was offed during the Pannonian Mutiny.

Larger mistakes resulted in even more severe punishment, up to

One particularly grisly punishment, decimation,

meant that 10% of your unit was simply and somewhat

Most infamously, General Marcus Licinius Crassus

ordered 500 soldiers decimated for cowardice in the gladiator

Every group of 10 drew lots, and the unlucky soul

If you want to get a sense of what that must have been like,

War of the Damned dramatized this use of decimation

in the fourth episode of the third season.

Titled appropriately enough, "Decimation."

One thing the movies got right is that Roman legionnaires

tended to arm themselves to the teeth with heavy battle

Every soldier wore iron armor and a metal helmet

typically fashioned from either iron or bronze over a wool

Their scutum shields added the most weight,

but it was worth it because they were pretty versatile,

providing both protection and an iron knob

The pilum, which was a large spear designed

to be tossed before the start of close combat,

字幕リスト動画再生

What It Was Like to Be a Roman Soldier

massive

access

ancient

average