Roman Soldiers – Demonstration of Imperial Power

 

Channel: 1415Razor
Duration: 2:44
Description: The Ermine Street Guard in action, with help from Dutch, Germans, Italians and Belgians. You can see them marching, forming a testudo and a training fight between two legionnaries with javelin-training behind them. The event took place in the archaeological park in Xanten, Germany: www.apx.lvr.de
Published: June 24, 2012 5:45 pm

Ancient Rome

 

Channel: Jeff Peacock
Duration: 2:49
Description: Bread and Circuses was a phrase used in ancient Rome. It was a method the leaders used to keep the citizens “fat and happy”. The coloseum shown on this program is the Crypta Balbi built in 13 B.C. The Crypta was a vast colonnaded courtyard, within the Campus Martius, annexed to the theatre erected by Lucius Cornelius Balbu. Please pay special attention about half way through the video.
Published: September 22, 2012 5:12 pm