A day in the life of a Roman soldier - Robert Garland

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded\n\nView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-roman-soldier-robert-garland\n\nThe year is 15 CE, and the Roman Empire is prospering. Most of the credit will go to the emperor, but this success wouldn’t have been possible without loyal soldiers like Servius Felix. Robert Garland illuminates what life was like for a solider in the Roman army.\n\nLesson by Robert Garland, animation by Brett Underhill.\n\nThank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Luis Felipe Ruiz Langenscheidt, QIUJING L BU, Ernest Chow, Kyanta Yap, Shawar Khan, Elizabeth Cruz, Rohan Gupta, Sarah Lundegaard, Michael Braun-Boghos, Yujing Jiang, Aubrie Groesbeck, Kyoung-Rok Jang, Kathryn J Hammond, sammie goh, Delene McCoy, Mayank Kaul, Ruth Fang, Scott Gass, Mary Sawyer, Jason A Saslow, Joanne Luce, Rishi Pasham, Bruno Pinho, Javier Aldavaz, Craig Sheldon, Andrew Bosco, Nik Maier, Adi V, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Chris , Vik Nagjee, Della Palacios, Alexander Walls, سلطان الخليفي, Ibel Wong, Kiarash Asar, Aliyya Rachmadi, Max Shuai Tang, Jamerson Chingapanini, Al the Scottish Wildcat, Janelle , Sabrina Gonzalez, Malcolm Callis, Aaron Henson, Ricki Daniel Marbun, James Bruening, Ricardo Diaz, Danny Romard, Mariana Ortega, Leen Mshasha, Hector Quintanilla, Raheem , Roman Pinchuk, Soma Ali, Ai Ejima, Barbara Younker, Mohammad Said, Ojas Kapoor, Maurice Castonguay, Rob Johnson, and Bogdan Alexandru Stoica.