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After the catastrophic crises of the third century, the fourth century is an era of recovery and reform under great emperors like Diocletian, Constantine and Theodosius. Under their rule the Roman empire underwent a major overhaul, including the army. For example, many new legions were raised, but much more revolutionary was the new system of 'classes', divided into palatini, comitatenses and limitanei. What were these? What was the difference between them? Was one better than the other? How did they impact the overall strategy of the late Roman army? Find out in this video!
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00:00 Intro
00:59 Channel trailer
01:10 World Anvil
02:41 General background
04:35 3rd century changes
05:03 Raising an army
06:32 Limitanei
07:38 Comitatenses
09:20 Defense-in-depth?
10:49 Class and privileges
13:29 Palatina
15:47 Superior armament?
17:12 Flexible roles
18:16 Superior performance?
20:14 Outro
Music: Atilla Total War
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