Workshops of War | The complex system that armed Rome's Legions (Full Documentary)

Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MILITUM at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/militum What truly set the Roman army apart wasn't just superior tactics, but its ability to mass-produce what were once status symbols - turning the weapons and armor of the wealthy elite into standard-issue gear for every single legionary. This video takes you deep inside the massive logistical machinery and ancient manufacturing processes that made this possible, revealing the staggering time and effort needed to extract raw resources, manufacture gear, and transport them safely to the army. If you are fascinated by Roman history, ancient warfare, or the military logistics that allowed Rome to conquer the world, join us as we uncover the hidden industrial might behind the empire's roughly 200,000-strong army, from the mines to the front lines. Primary sources: Berlin Papirus 6765. Carlisle: H476, Inv. No. 14. CIL XIII, 2828. CIL XIII, 6677. Codex Theodosianus posterior 15, 15, 1 Digesto 48.6. Dio Cass. 69.12.2. Tac. Hist. 2.82.1. Veg. Mil. 2. 11. Secondary Sources: Allason-Jones, L. & Dungworth, D. B.‘Production of copper alloy artefacts along Hadrian’s Wall’, in W Groenman-van Waateringe, BL van Beek, WJH Willems and SL Wynia (Eds) Roman Frontier Studies 1995. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 317–321. Aurrecoechea-Fernández, J.”“Talleres dedicados a la producción de equipo militar en los campamentos romanos de León” in Ángel Morillo Cerdán (ed.) Producción y abastecimiento en el ámbito militar: arqueología militar romana en Hispania, 2006, 309-334.. Bishop, M. C. “The distribution of military equipment within Roman forts of the first century A.D.” in C. Unz (ed.) Studien zu den Militärgrenzen Roms III. 13. internationaler Limeskongreß Aalen 1983 Vortrage (Stuttgart 1986), 717–23. Bishop, M. C. “The Military Fabrica and the production of arms in the early Principate” in Bishop M. C. (ed.) The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment: Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar, BAR International Series 275, 1985, Oxford: BAR. 1-42. Bishop, M.C. The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment, Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar, BAR S275, Oxford. Gschwind, M. “Bronzegiesser am Raetischen Limes” in Germania: Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Vol. 75, Nº. 2, 1997, 607-638. Macmullen, R. “Inscriptions on Armor and the Supply of Arms in the Roman Empire” in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 64, No. 1, 1960, 23-40. Menéndez Argüir, A. R. “El abastecimiento de armas para las legiones de las provincias de Germania (ss. II-III d.C)” in Aquila Legionis, 02, 2002, 59-84. Oldenstein, J. “Manufacture and supply of the Roman Army with bronze fittings” in Bishop M. C. (ed.) The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment: Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar, BAR International Series 275, 1985, Oxford: BAR. 82-94. Paddock, J. “Some changes in the manufacture and supply of Roman helmets under the Late Republic and Early Empire” in Bishop M. C. (ed.) The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment: Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar, BAR International Series 275, 1985, Oxford: BAR. 142-159. Quesada Sanz, F. Ultima Ratio Regis: Control y Prohibición de las Armas desde la Antigüedad a la Edad Moderna. Madrid: Polifemo. 2009. Rankov, B. “The Roman Ban on the Export of Weapons to the Barbaricum: a Misunderstanding” in Journal of roman military equipment studies, Nº 10, 1999, 115-120. Scott, I. R. “First century military daggers and the manufacture and supply of weapons for the Roman Army” in Bishop M. C. (ed.) The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment: Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar, BAR International Series 275, 1985, Oxford: BAR. 160-213. Sim, D. “Roman Chain-Mail: Experiments to Reproduce the Techniques of Manufacture” in Britannia, Vol. 28, 1997, 359-371. van Driel-Murray, C. “The production and supply of military leatherwork in the first and second centuries A.D.: a review of the archaeological evidence” in Bishop M. C. (ed.) The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment: Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar, BAR International Series 275, 1985, Oxford: BAR. 43-81. Crafting Gear (0:00) Raw Resources (3:30) Military workshops (4:55) Military Workforce and Organization (5:49) Repair and Recycle (8:12) Civilian Workshops (9:38) Quality standards (11:19) Rome's Genius Expansion strategy (12:34) Lack of Standardization (13:26)