Marching In The Roman Army

Marching In the Roman Army

A standard day’s march was 25 kilometres, in which the legionary carried 35 kilograms of kit.

This was said to have been completed in five hours although experts today say that Romans exaggerated these numbers.

Even when not on campaign the legions would have to make this march three times per month to stay in top shape.

This is quite the achievement as one must remember that Roman Soldiers were expected to build a fortlet and prepare food from scratch after a day’s march.

Each group of eight soldiers would have two mules as well as two slaves to help with the load, however, in times of war, the resources available really depended on the situation.

Marius Mules were the founding of Rome’s marching strategy.

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[scottyius]

U.S. Army standard is 12 miles in 3 hours

25km is roughly 15 miles coming to about just over 3mph roughly.

35kg is 77lbs. Now the Army standard is 30-35lbs, but in the Infantry we rucked with nothing less than 70lbs.

So it’s highly doable, I think it’s more important to note that they lived a much more active life than modern people do. If they trained to march at that speed with that weight, I would believe it.

[charlessmith]

I had to march 20 miles with a 35lbs pack in 4 hours in US Army OSUT. Going 25 clicks in 5 hours doesn't seem too far out of reality.

[MrBalzJohnson]

Give historydocumentary credit, seeing as you took his video word for word

[napoleonbonaparte]

They didnt inflate the numbers, they were literally their military joining standards.

[Average_Enclave_Soldier]

Bruh you copied this word for word from a channel called history documentary make your own content without stealing

[froggystyle]

The auxilia within a contubernium were not slaves. They were also soldiers, just not legionaries.You may be getting confused with the general term Contubernalis, which could mean either a relationship between a free citizen and slave, or between two slaves.

[drfye]

🤔That doesn't sound all that unreasonable. I have walked 50 Km in 11 hours while carrying 30 lbs. 35 kg is about 80lbs which is quite a bit more but if your conditioned and doing it constantly, I assume you can adjust pretty easily

[lukeskywalker]

And being able to build a fort meant most were trained to be proficient carpenters . Even building bridges on the march.
When strength testing even stroke victim carpenters . Their good hand can crush my strong hands . This would also be an advantage on the battle field .

[akincistrength]

Doable. Even as a conscript we cleared 32km march with nearly 25kg load in 10 hours, a river crossing at the 20km mark and live combat shoot right at the end of the march. We did that as conscripts. A professional army would be able to fare just as well

[JovenVillanueva-umsx]

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[FIGHTBACKORGETCLAPPED]

Ancient Romans were basically dagos and if you dont believe me do your research because i know i did👍

[HyperNebula]

If course "experts" today would exaggerate, you can't compare the average man of today to an average man back then, especially a legionary who would train non stop for this, the physical fitness of a Roman legionary can not be compared to the average soldier today

[JovenVillanueva-umsx]

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