The Insane Logistics of a Roman Army on the March - 24 Hour Simulation 3D DOCUMENTARY

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It´s insane to me that independent Youtubers have picked up the mantle abandoned by multimillion dollar history channels. Kudos to you all.

I cant stop thinking about Rome! Somebody help me!

Like I am certain that I have mentioned before after studying roman military history for so many years (40 plus) I've been searching for a documentary with this much detail on the composition and deployment of a full roman army. I just can't thank you enough for the tremendous effort. I will rewatch this to the end of my time!

Beautifully done. I think details like this really help armchair generals realize why "I would have just had my men......" is just silly.

Previously I was a logistics officer 90A in the US Army. The big snake and little snakes of mass movement is replicable in how we plan large convoy operations. Obviously everything is mechanized but movements are organized into convoy, serial, and "chalks" or segments. I moved weapons and Soldiers this way for years.

When you see it visualized like this, it becomes far easier to comprehend how Arminius' Germanians were able to completely annihilate Varus' legions on the march.

If the Total War Series wanted to make a historical game. They should take notes on topics like these. There is so much interesting, historical content that can be added to a game for making a historical game more immersive. With good design it can be extremely fun as well. Just like Rome Total War was for its time when it released.

The logistical capabilities of ancient people is mind-blowing. Persia, Macedon, Rome...the feats these groups pulled off are almost unbelievable.

It is crazy how large these armies were and how underrepresented they are in movies.

Massive respect for putting the credits of your sources in the video so early. I wish more channels did this! Make this a movement for more YouTube history channels to do this!

It's crazy that content like this exists for us to enjoy for free. What at time to be alive. Thank you for making this

Just right click where you wanna go bro

A Roman "pace" was twice the length you mentioned. Romans measured it from the heel of one foot to the heel of where that same foot falls after a complete step. This is a "double-pace" in modern parlance.

Being ex-army I find this absolutely riveting....more of this kind of thing please

I walked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, 2200 miles. The average person cannot maintain 20 miles/day in that terrain. Maybe on a road that would be possible. As I walked the AT, I often thought about how fast ancient armies could have moved. Portions of the Appalachian Trail are flat or hilly and are not mountains. I'm well above average in physical fitness and I can comfortably do 20 miles/day in rough terrain for about a week before I need to slow down. If I pushed the pace I would be happy with 3 miles per hour on trail. On a road, at a solid walking pace, with a pack, I would do 4-5 miles per hour. I think moving an army through normal terrain without roads you could probably move about 12-15 miles per day. I'm sure they followed valleys and rivers to move the fastest they could, avoiding going over mountains or through rough terrain. I was also a Captain in the US Army and marching a company of 100 men long distances you have to remember that you move as fast as your slowest man. If you had to move 100 miles I would plan for 10 days. This is with modern equipment, modern boots, modern clothing and packs. In ancient times I imagine you'd have serious problems supplying enough footwear. On the AT I went through 5 pairs of modern trail running shoes. The heavier you are the more shoes you go through. It's astonishing what these roman armies had to go through.

This is literally THE topic I've wanted to see covered on the Roman Legion and I'm happy to see it from Invicta!

That would've been incredible to see in person. If they ever did a reenactment of a full scale march, I'd join up in a heartbeat. Probably a pipe dream though, I can't even imagine how difficult it would be to;  a: Get that many dedicated people b: Find a suitable modern trail that would be long enough to sustain that many people

In the marines, we do max like 20-25k at a pretty good pace. Even then, we have people that fallout or get injured. It’s hard to maintain the formation. I wonder how the Roman’s carried all that equipment for weeks on end marching like that, maintaining their formation

Men would literally find out the true size of a Roman army on a march than get therapy.