Eastern Roman Army: Tactics, Structure, Weapons, Recruitment, Navy, Soldiers

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A very good, detailed video how the Roman military evolved over the millennia.

I didn't even notice the length. Making a good work morning start

Amazing content ! The Eastern Roman Empire is one of the most underated empires ever. I'm so glad you guys dedicate so much time to it !

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The Romans always do what they do best; adapting to a situation

The Byzantine Army adopted the composite bow-equipped mounted archers in their force structure. Byzantine sources mention the dexterity of the Seljuk Turks with composite bows. In the eleventh century, the Seljuks overran most of Anatolia, which the Byzantines had been able to defend against the Arabs from the seventh century onwards. Procopius refers to the presence of mounted archers in Belisarius's force, which enabled the Byzantine Army to overcome the Ostrogoths in Italy. In the war against the Vandals, Belisarius used auxiliary Hunnic horse archers against Vandal lancers. From the sixth century onwardsthe Romans used composite Hunnic bows. These bows were made of wood with sinew and horn glued together. The maximum range of such a bow was 300 metres and the effective range against an armoured target was 100 metres. Crossbowmen became common in the Byzantine Army only during the Crusades under Frankish influence.

It is just truly astounding how the Romans could find new ways of adapting to challenging situations over the course of 2200 years. Sure, their civilization and the state itself changed heavily after thousands of years, but a distinct, tangible Roman state existed and transferred successfully from one part of the Mediterranean to another and lasted until the invention of gun powder.

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The transformation from heavy infantry to light, nomadic style horsemen of Byzantium reminds me of the transition known in Chinese history as 胡服骑射. Wuling king of Zhao modeled his army after northern barbarians during the warring states period, and became one of the strongest of the states. His nation became the only one to remotely challenge the Qin nation later on, though they were crushed under their boot eventually.

2 hour video on the byzantine army? Yes please!

Merci ! I just start the video but I'm especially fan of the Eastern Roman Empire. Art is already awesome. Speaker is awesome. Music is awesome. So here is a tip.

Please do more videos about Eastern Romans

Medieval Roman history is making a comeback.

Your fluency in medieval Greek is impressive.

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with the start of the arab byzantine wars the child of the roman empire slowly passed in greek hands many of the units in army renamed with greek language just like protostates means in greek those who stand 1st in battle and many more in renamed units and orders in soldiers all had mostly greek names

Eastern Roman history is so rich. ty for the video

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