Why YOU Wouldn't want to be the 10th Roman soldier!

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The most BRUTAL punishment in history
Life in the Roman army was brutal, even when not actively fighting bloodthirsty Carthaginians or rebellious gladiators.
Military discipline was strict and punishments were often harsh.

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Sources:

Appian. The Civil Wars. I. 18-19. Loeb Classics Edition. 1913

Lendon, J. E. 2005. Soldiers & Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity. New Haven: Yale UP

Phang, S. E. 2008. Roman Military Service: Ideologies of Discipline in the Late Republic and Early Principate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Goldberg, C. 2016. Decimation in the Roman Republic. The Classical Journal, 111(2), 141-164.

The Cruelty of Roman Military Punishments: Decimation in Practice. By Karan L. Pickford

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Roman Military Service: Ideologies of Discipline in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Sara Elise Phang

The Roman Soldier
By George Ronald Watson

The Spartacus War
By Barry Strauss

Spartacus
By Howard Fast

[Simplehistory]

What's your favorite historical unit?

[Vociferous]

**Why you wouldn't want to be the 10th Roman soldier**

Julius Caesar: _Yeah, I can definitely vouch for that_

[oatmeal]

Imagine training/serving for 20 years just to get stabbed by your own homies.

[insectslayer]

Commander: "Why are you alone"
Soldier: "Sir we got ambushed on the-"
Commander: *"And you fled?!"*
Soldier: "No sir! I came here to warn you about-"
Commander: *"DECIMATION!"*

[theexpendableman]

Fallout: New Vegas taught me about this! “The Legate then ordered a tenth of his own troops to be killed by the other nine-tenths. And you thought your boss was a pain.”

[cheez-itman]

"Soldiers could expect to face fines, flogging, or beatings; possibly to the death"
No please don't fine me to death

[mrartdeco]

Soldier A: just run away guys!! I will hold them here!

*after 12 days on harsh chase, fight, and surviving alone

Soldier A : finally!! Home!! Good to see you guys all safe

Friends : yeah about that

[Don-dsdy]

"But sir...he's literally the best soldier in the whole army, he held off most of the barbarian army himself while you were retre...."
"Are you questioning my decisions private? DECIMATION!"

[adrianherrera]

“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

[dom]

Imagine being the man that carries the whole legion but u get ded because augustus over there decides to bail

[JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Imagine the luck being the *9th* Roman Soldier

[lasombra]

4:41 Roman commander: which one of you is Spartacus?

Everyone: *YES*

[Guitaristmalakian]

"A soldier must fear his general more than his enemy"

[wonk]

11th Roman Soldier: Ah yes, my time has come

[marcelob.]

Happy to see the roman armor of the various eras actually being represented accurately. Great work as always from you!

[iainballas]

1:48 Where the actual video begins.
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[alfredashford]

Roman Centurion: “You wouldn’t want to be a soldier in the Roman Army.”

Imperial Guardsman: “You wanna bet?”

[J-icentu]

Romans Soldiers After Training 20 years just to get decimation:

_"Years of Academy.. Wasted!"_

[adivtayudhatama]

Romans : *Punishing coward soldiers by killing them

the Red Army a few centuries later : Write that down, write that down!

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