Top Tenz: Top 10 Horrifying Facts About the Romans Legion

In the video the narrator Simon Discusses 10 horrifying facts about the Roman Legion. Number 10 on the list is their military training. Roman soldiers would have to go through endless drills and marches til the point of exhaustion. Their training also included weapon training every single morning. Next up at number 9 is discipline through fear. Soldiers would be become more reliant of each other due to this. Number 8 is The decimation, the decimation is when there is drawing of straws and the one who draws the shortest straw is clubbed to death by 9 others. Number 7 their weapon and armor, this one is pretty straight forward. Number 6 is battle tactics and formations, this is what made the Romans some of the best at combat there were. Their genius fighting tactics. Number 5 is Sea Battles fought on land. Number 4 is Bellum Gallicum. Number 3 is crucifixions, this was a brutal form of punishment used by the Romans where they would nail one to the cross and it was absolute torture. Number 2 is the Praetorian Guard, The most powerful of Roman Soldiers. They were of the elite protecting the generals during the Roman Republic. Number 1 is making and breaking the empire, most men in the roman empire were in the military and this led to the eventual downfall of the empire itself.

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