The Roman Silence - Psychological Tactics of Rome

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What about the burning purple juice, they used and the licking the purple anus rites & rituals dirty Romans 😂

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I once read a memoir from World War One, a European who was a boy at the time wrote that all the armies who marched back and forth would sing or have a band accompany them, except the Americans when they arrived. He reported that they overawed people there because they averaged taller and marched silently. Makes you wonder how real some accounts are but then you come across similar tales from other times and it makes sense. Thanks for the video.

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I doubt there was much silence at Teutoberg, Manzikert, Cannae, Lake Trasimene.

I imagine the sounds if terror and fear were near deafening.

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Silence makes no mistake......

The voice is anonying
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Using generated AI is convenient but you have to check the detail. I closed this video as soon as I see the caliga having modern soles.

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Totally enjoyed this video very well done kudos sir

Shouting and screaming uses up energy and strength. Great series and pictures.

Intimidation is a sign of weak war skills and the inability to fight properly. It's efficient against weak opposition. A strong opposition will wipe out intimidating hordes, and it happened all the time in history. And it will happen again. It's a rule.

The early Foreign Legion also used this tactic in at least one or two engagements against Algerian clans, making slight sounds only when hit by Algerian bullets.

This total silence understandbly unnerved and unsettled the Algerians.

“Gracchus, something more cheerful”

Great video! Thank you

What do you call a Roman missing an arm? Speach impediment.

Drill Sargent told us the first day of Basic STFU! when PTing, and the reason was...it's simply a waste of energy. Never forgot that lesson. 11bravo CIB mosul '04

Yes, silence is the main asset of any special forces or undercover actors. Paul,69

There was a time when Italian forces prevailed over Germans due to superior discipline

Meanwhile the Japanese are the kings of yelling in battle😅.

Definitely not the American 🇺🇸 Loud Mouths who can’t keep Secrets
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The romans whas muslims! the vikings kept them away! ever herd of the golden horns?

Great vid, got my sub👍

What is with all the AI-generated imagery? Like there isn't enough actual art for this video.

Incorrect. The adoption of the culture of foreign warriors diluted and weakened the military. It took about 4 generations for their failed border enforcement and immigration policies to destroy their empire for good.

This is like the Portuguese Empire tactics in the middle East and India in the XV and XVI century.
Also used on the Portuguese Guerrilla warfare style.

I actually did my masters thesis on a similar topic and unfortunately have to disagree with what you're saying in this video. Whilst there are many instances where Roman armies advances silently into battle (the Roman force at Watling street, Caesar's army at Pharsalus), we also have an equal number of ancient sources that detail Roman armies advancing loudly and with a clamour. Caesar's "Gallic Wars", which you also reference, includes a passage in which Caesar writes “Trumpets should sound on every side and the whole army raise a shout, in order to animate the courage of their own men and strike terror into the enemy”. During the Bar Kokhba revolt, Josephus describes a small engagement where the Roman legionaries sounded their trumpets and shouted their war cries before charging the enemy. At the Battle of the Bagradas River, Polybius writes that the Republican forces facing the Carthaginian army banged their shields and spears together “after their usual custom” whilst also raising their battle cry. This is a particularly interesting quote, as it would appear to suggest Roman tradition was in fact to create noise before engaging. Ultimately, like you allude to in this video, Roman military tradition changed drastically throughout the many centuries in which Roman armies operated. Using blanket statements to describe such a long period of time is problematic, especially when we have many instances of Roman armies employing noise in order to psychologically affect their opponents. Other than that, I really enjoyed the video, analysing the psychological impact of silence on the battlefield is certainly an interesting topic and as you point out, the Romans did utilise this effectively. Unfortunately, not in every engagement 😉.

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Listen,when Romans tried conquer Dacia foe the first time and heard the sounds the Dacians were producing through this war metal flags shaped as a dragon with a wolf head,they shat their asses

"by the 4th century AD rome army was diverse incorporating different practices" well, that's about when downfall happened... diversity and inclusivity is a poisoned virus.

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The spears are not correct. They should be carrying the pilum.

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Rome lost an absolute shitload of battles for a variety of very stupid reasons. I wonder why being quiet didn't help for all of them?

I always wondered why these clown in the trenches blew whistles , if they’d shut the fup the troops may have gained a good yardage before the opponents opened up .

Gauls had a good supply of steroids.

Romans could be silent because Italians can have full conversations with just hand signals…

Can anyone give the spelling of the Greek or Germanic battle cries that were mentioned? Sounded like "Allalah" and the "Bar-eye-tus", respectively?

It's funny to me when I see pictures of Romans and their adversaries as muscular titans. Reminds me of comic book characters.

This would be the intent, but never ever the reality. In the chaos and fog of war and the psychological strain that would effect the fighting men, cheers and motivation from their officers and comrades is what would keep them going.

The soldiers would comm

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Ugly artificial generated images.

They were mewing 😗🤫🗿

Who created those terrific images?

fantastic art xx

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