00:20Grazie a tutti
00:33This film is about projectiles
00:35It's about the throwing rule
00:38That's chucking stuff at people
00:48When I was Augustus Caesar
00:51People didn't throw things at me
00:55You see Brian
00:56That's the reality of the ancient battlefield
00:59Everybody's either throwing things
01:01They're hurling things
01:02It's being chucked around like wildfire
01:04But it keeps your head down
01:05It's true
01:07The air was full of missiles
01:09There was a constant bombardment of stuff
01:12Spears, arrows
01:13Darts from catapultai
01:15Rocks from ballista
01:17And of course slingshot
01:23So the loop goes over your finger
01:24Yep
01:25Finger and thumb clutch the knot there
01:27You're spinning it round
01:29And releasing
01:35I'd have loved one of those when I was a kid
01:36We used to have catapults
01:38Those would be marvellous
01:56We've been using stones
01:57And they're fine
01:58And they're good weapons
01:59But of course they're different weights
02:00And different shapes
02:01And they're hard to get consistent
02:03What you need is your ammunition
02:05To be the same weight
02:06And the same shape
02:07These are glandos
02:08They're lead bullets
02:09And of course
02:10Every legionary had these
02:12Imagine that
02:12That would be deeply unpleasant
02:14And absolutely terrifying
02:28That obviously is a phallus
02:29That speaks for itself
02:30This says
02:33Petolandicam fulvia
02:35Which effectively means
02:36I'm hunting
02:38Or seeking out
02:39The female genitalia
02:42Of fulvia
02:43Who is Mark Antony's wife
02:44I don't know where to put my face
02:57These raging storms of stones
03:00These blizzards of flying rock and lead
03:02Were the beginning to virtually every battle
03:04Forcing the enemy to take cover
03:07Behind their shields
03:08Right, that's fine
03:09That's fine
03:10It's amazing
03:10I mean
03:11This shield
03:12I mean
03:12It's very effective
03:13It's a scooter
03:16It's the infantryman's
03:18No, a scrotum?
03:18No, not a scrotum
03:19That's
03:19This is a scrotum
03:24Scrotum's last of the purse
03:26But I mean
03:26It's like a barn door
03:27It is
03:28But if you have
03:29Your comrade next to you
03:30And the one on either side of you
03:31You are going to be well protected
03:32Against the arrows
03:33And the slings
03:34And the spears
03:35That are being hurled
03:36In your direction
03:36And formidably
03:38If you're an enemy of Rome
03:39You want to be behind a shield wall
03:41Because there are things like this coming out
03:43This is the feared Roman peel
03:48Each legionary had two of these
03:51Different weights
03:51So a lighter one for medium to long range
03:54And you see this lead weighted heavier one
03:56For the real impact
03:58A close range
03:59Because the tribes against which the Romans are fighting
04:01They embraced a warrior culture
04:03So they would come hurtling
04:05Yelling their rebel yell
04:06And scream
04:07No
04:08Not yet
04:10The tribes that they're fighting
04:12The Gauls, the Celts
04:14And the Germanic tribes
04:15They want to come screaming
04:20Aaaaaah
04:27Aaaaaah
04:28Aaaaaah
04:29Aaaaaah
04:30Aaaaaah
04:31Aaaaaah
04:32Aaaaaah
04:33Aaaaaah
04:34Oh
04:35That'd make him cough
04:36Wouldn't it
04:37That's a fair impact
04:38Wow
04:39She's gone through about a footlock
04:40But it's a punch through
04:41With this conical pointed head
04:53Even if it doesn't go into you
04:56It's dropped down
04:57This is wedged into the ground
04:58You can't go any further forward with this
04:59Your shield is rendered useless
05:01He's got to get rid of the shield
05:02Hasn't he
05:02It makes him totally vulnerable
05:04I mean, that is amazing
05:06I mean, that is completely ingenious
05:08A work of genius
05:10Absolutely brilliant
05:13Every legionary carried two peel
05:15So imagine
05:16If there were 10,000 legionaries at a battle
05:21Counting kebabs, anyone?
05:41Horse archers were great for surprise flanking attacks
05:44And infantry archers were great for keeping enemy troops pinned down so they couldn't maneuver
05:52The thumb wraps around the bowstring
05:58And then you secure the thumb with this finger here
06:02Just draw it back and I know you can choose the bow
06:04Draw it back
06:07Oh, yes, not bad
06:09Marvellous, that's a dead barbarian
06:10There's no end to my talents
06:12Romans!
06:13The Romans had artillery machines
06:16Ballistae and catapulte of immense size, power and range
06:21On the battlefield they used smaller versions
06:28Now this is a real toy to play with!
06:30göt down
06:31Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
06:37This is absolutely marvellous
06:39Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
06:40So, Brian, this is a catapalter
06:42It's like a giant crossbow
06:43Instead of a bow
06:45What you've got is you've got two independent limbs
06:47Tapped in these torsion springs
06:49That are skeins of tightly wound rope
06:51Atthomarthas
06:51I can pan and tilt and take aim
06:55Look at that
06:57Is this something personal?
06:59No, no, this is a message from Rome
07:01Go on, scram, you hairy monster
07:03Hot calling kettle black, eh?
07:06Who is that?
07:08No idea
07:11Is it my sight line?
07:14Oh, marvellous, Javi
07:15Right, the bolt sits in the...
07:17Don't pull it yet, don't pull it yet
07:19The bolt sits in the channel there
07:21Hang on, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
07:22Wait, wait, lift that out there
07:24Yeah, yeah, get rid of that
07:25Now, it's in my power now
07:27Now, take that, you barbarian
07:30Oh, yeah, bullseye
07:43It's gone through the three of them
07:45Three for the price of one
07:47Marvellous
07:47What a weapon
07:49I'd love one of these for Christmas
07:50I'd love one of these in my Christmas stocking
07:53Give them fire
07:55Catapulti could be used with incendiary ammunition
08:01This is the big one
08:02This is it, the flaming incendiary dart
08:06Burn in hell, barbarian
08:17Marvellous, better than November the 5th
08:21Tempests of projectile mayhem
08:23Gusted across the battlefields of ancient Rome
08:28It wasn't a very safe place to be
08:30So if you're going to be a Roman
08:33Take care
08:42God is alive
08:44How did you lose?
09:12Die
09:14Yes! Burn to a crisp! Just how I like them, hey lads! Up roll!
09:44Oh!
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