{"id":67749,"date":"2021-11-29T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=67749"},"modified":"2021-11-28T10:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:04:55","slug":"why-was-the-roman-legionarys-equipment-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/11\/29\/why-was-the-roman-legionarys-equipment-so-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was the Roman Legionary&#8217;s equipment so good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y1GsB1SSMVg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Epimetheus<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 3 Nov 2019<\/p>\n<p>Arms &#038; Armor of the Imperial Roman Legionary<\/p>\n<p>The Ancient Roman legionary&#8217;s clothing, arms, armor, and equipment (Top 10 items) mini-documentary<br \/>\n#Legionary #documentary #Rome<\/p>\n<p>This video is sponsored by my patrons on Patreon<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Epimetheus1776\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Epimetheus1776<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Epimetheus<\/strong><br \/>\n1 year ago (edited)<\/p>\n<p>Check Out my video on Republican Roman Infantry:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/APuh6rokd_w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/APuh6rokd_w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional info\/and sources<br \/>\nRounded metric Conversion for units mentioned:<br \/>\nTypical March: 20-30 miles(32-48 km) in a day<br \/>\nTraining march distance and load: 22 miles = 35 km, 45 pounds = 20 kg<br \/>\nFull campaign max carried load per Legionary: 65-100 lbs = 27-45 kgs<\/p>\n<p>One thing I wrote in the script, recorded and edited out by accident was that &#8230; when a Roman Legionary was dishonorably discharged (thrown out of the legion for bad behavior) his belt was confiscated by the legion which did not want him to be associated with the Roman State.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<em>Roman Military Clothing<\/em> by Graham Sumner<br \/>\n<em>Greece and Rome at War<\/em> by Peter Connolly<br \/>\n<em>Roman Legionary<\/em> by Ross Cowan<br \/>\n<em>The Legionary<\/em> by Peter Connolly<br \/>\n<em>The Gladius (The Roman short sword)<\/em> by MC Bishop<br \/>\n<em>Warfare in the Classical World<\/em> by John Warry<br \/>\n<em>Caesar&#8217;s Legions<\/em> by Sekunda, Northwood and Simkins<\/p>\n<p>Misspelled Inches as inces and Cohort as Chohort <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-10-03-17-Why-was-the-Roman-Legionarys-Equipment-so-good-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-10-03-17-Why-was-the-Roman-Legionarys-Equipment-so-good-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-70260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-10-03-17-Why-was-the-Roman-Legionarys-Equipment-so-good-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-10-03-17-Why-was-the-Roman-Legionarys-Equipment-so-good-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-10-03-17-Why-was-the-Roman-Legionarys-Equipment-so-good-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-10-03-17-Why-was-the-Roman-Legionarys-Equipment-so-good-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epimetheus Published 3 Nov 2019 Arms &#038; Armor of the Imperial Roman Legionary The Ancient Roman legionary&#8217;s clothing, arms, armor, and equipment (Top 10 items) mini-documentary #Legionary #documentary #Rome This video is sponsored by my patrons on Patreon https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Epimetheus1776 From the comments: Epimetheus 1 year ago (edited) Check Out my video on Republican Roman Infantry: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,7,5,663],"tags":[1379,1299,1103,1343],"class_list":["post-67749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-history","category-military","category-weapons","tag-armour","tag-bladedweapons","tag-infantry","tag-romanempire"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-hCJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67749"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70262,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67749\/revisions\/70262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}