Start building your ideal daily routine 💪 The first 100 people who click on the link will get a FREE week trial and 25% OFF 🎁 Fabulous Premium ➡ thefab.co/kingsandgenerals Too many sacks of Rome and more on the way. Sackings will continue until morale improves.

@Abhishek-sr2pu

2 жыл бұрын

At least make a video on Nader shah.

@JonManProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Sack all the Romes!

@stipicaradic

2 жыл бұрын

I think Flavius Stilicho was a Vandal, not a Goth.

@gursimarsingh5505

2 жыл бұрын

Please make video on sikh empire, like afghan sikh wars

@ritabanerjee7597

2 жыл бұрын

Shivaji the great pls or prithviraj chauhan

Romans: *Massacres families of Gothic auxiliaries.* Gothic auxiliaries: *Join Alaric to take revenge.* Romans: Shocked Pikachu face.

@imemberberry

2 жыл бұрын

This guy gets it. And don't forget all the "Gauls" that were brought into Rome. "Too many slaves, you see." -Marc Antony

@Fun4luve

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joleyn-Joy what's wrong with the vastly richer eastern half of the empire?

@Fun4luve

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeroganstrtshots881 It's still the Roman empire, so point being? Also calling it a Greek empire is a huge disservice to Armenian the Bulgarians and for a long time the Egyptians among many more at least imo.

@Fun4luve

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joleyn-Joy fair enough, I must've misinterpreted what you meant my bad on that one.

@IblewuponyourfaceIII

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeroganstrtshots881 it was Latin for about 300 years 330 A.D. 600’s...then Greek became the Offiical Language.

Fun fact: In the Canary Islands and in some parts of Latin America the word "goth (godo in spanish)", is a derogatory way to refer to a peninsular Spanish. In fact, it was a frequent insult to refer to the royalists in the Latin American wars of independence.

@m3dicated

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I don't know what to do with this info, but I still find it interesting

@theodore6288

2 жыл бұрын

Gothe is a less so popular insult in Greece

@Marshal_Rock

2 жыл бұрын

@@cesaru3619 Thank you for reminding me how to call Franco fans from now on

@weyjosh5213

2 жыл бұрын

@@Marshal_Rock okay anglo

@sadskins5447

2 жыл бұрын

@@cesaru3619 good thing he did

Roman soldier: Goths,Huns,Alans,Franks,Suebi,Vandals are going to invade Roman general: Looks like a good time for civil war🔥

@vladimirboskovic

2 жыл бұрын

To me civ wars are the real main reason for rome Downfall

@manuelalonsodominguezvazqu2145

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what happens when your army is mainly composed by those same Goths, Huns, Alans, Franks, Suebi, Vandals, etc commanded by their respective kings.

@tefky7964

Жыл бұрын

@@manuelalonsodominguezvazqu2145 Downgrade of army thanks to this was a problem and they didn´t have same discipline, but many of them were loyal and effective soldiers, but acting towards them like they were trash wasn´t exactly helpful.

@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

2 ай бұрын

Me: oyyy i approve of this choas.

@jp4431

3 күн бұрын

​@@vladimirboskovicRome is so powerful that only Rome can destroy Rome

Remember kids, being a Goth isn’t about wearing a particular style of clothes or listening to certain types of music… It’s about ravaging the Balkans, threatening to sack Constantinople, actually sacking Rome, and eventually establishing permanent kingdoms in Southern Gaul and the Iberian and Italian Peninsulas.

@farhanhyder6378

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'll pass this knowledge to my kids

@jout738

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Romans thought they were barbarians, while I think they were typically europeans, that Huns pushed them to west and so they were ready to be friends with Romans, if Romans treated them nice, but instead Romans laugh it off with not caring singel bit about Goths lives and so Goths got bit angry towards Romans and thats why so many revolts started. If Romans treated Goths nice. Goths would be ready to be part of the beutiful big empire, but they wanted to make Goths go mad and so Goths took the whole western Roman empire down and thats why Romans should have not behaved so rubish way, so their beutiful empire could exist for longer time. Isnt that Alaric didnt want to get Rome burned down, so why did he let his people then go sack the butiful city? Isnt that Hannibal was the last one to sack the city and not the other dude in 390 BC, unitil Rome came to its golden age. History would also have been diffrent, if the plague didnt hit the eastern Roman empire, when they were conquering back old roman territory, but I dont know would it be as beutiful, when they would color themselves purple, not dark red and I think they would not have left much the greek architecture and they rather watch booring horses race, than watch epic Gladiator battles, so Roman golden age would have still stayed as more beutiful golden age.

@pandabear4565

2 жыл бұрын

Im not sure if those kingdoms were so permanent, if i recall right. The lumbards destoryed the ostrogoths, and abbisids destoryed the visigoths

@c.b.4916

2 жыл бұрын

Good joke you should be famous. I'm shocked as to why you are a KZread commenter and not a famous comedian?!

@kenyanroadman8350

2 жыл бұрын

@@jout738 God is the best planners

Stilicho was actually of Vandalic origin. When the Vandals invaded Noricum and Raetia in 401 AD, many Roman nobles and the emperor Honrous believed Stilicho would betray them. Stilicho didn’t and kicked the Vandals out of Italy.

@dittmannrudolfrohr2149

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. But the Vandals were, as the Heruli and Gepids, Gothic folks.

@ConstantineJoseph

2 жыл бұрын

Stilicho maybe Vandal by origin. But everything about him is Roman. He entered service as a young man wearing the imperial legionary uniform and armor and he served to the very end as a true defender of Rome. Plenty of Roman soldiers constitute of many ethnicities, from Gallo Roman to the eastern Syrian and the most vaunted of them all the Pannonian legions. The Pannonian legions are considered the elite of the elite legions of the 3rd century onwards down to their toughness. Therefore Rome had always been recruiting Germans and barbarians for the legions. For example, Arminius under Octavian's empire was a German who as a child traveled away from Germania and was trained to be an officer in the Roman military. Among him, many other German boys were taken and trained to be military men serving Rome. Another example is even the Ostrogoth Theodoric the Great was trained in Constantinople under the Eastern Romans, a full Roman education for elite members of society.

@Continental27995

2 жыл бұрын

@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 No they weren't. Where did you read this? Beside their "East Germanic" background, Vandals and Goths are two different groups.

@dittmannrudolfrohr2149

2 жыл бұрын

@@Continental27995 No doubt that the Thervingi and the Greuthungi were Gothic people?

@Continental27995

2 жыл бұрын

@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 Ofc no doubt, but what relates Thervingi/Greuthungi with Vandals as you stated before? Though probably culturally and linguistically "related", the political history and archaeological evidence differs more or less widely (Przeworsk (Vandals, Lugii, etc.) vs. Wielbark culture (Goths, etc.).

At this point, Rome is pretty much just asking to be toppled.

@Dimitri88888888

2 жыл бұрын

Go watch "why Rome had to fall" living in rome at that time was a shithole, basically made peasants pay 90% taxation and paying them less then minimum wage if they join the army and a bunch of other disgusting shit

@maapaa2010

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dimitri88888888 primary sources? Secondary sources. Sounds like nonsense to me..

@Dimitri88888888

2 жыл бұрын

@@maapaa2010 Just go watch the video. Its all explained there. I aint here to argue about this shit. Just giving insight. The vid is called "The Roman Empire Had To Fall. Here's Why"

@johnrambo5795

2 жыл бұрын

@@maapaa2010 rome had to Fall. I won't explain why and I won't Provide sources

@johnrambo5795

2 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 Dude, I wasn't making fun of him. I was honest. I also beliefe that Rome had to Fall. But I will not provide a reason or sources

"Rome is sacked and conquered" People who watched the entire Rome series: "Nooooooooooooooooooo!"

@tyh5796

2 жыл бұрын

Gauls and Carthaginian: Nice

@imemberberry

2 жыл бұрын

"Too many slaves, you see." -Marc Antony

@neckreth

2 жыл бұрын

Spoilers

@ark6768

2 жыл бұрын

@@neckreth If you're talking about the tv series Rome from 2005, that's been out for a while lol

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

Rome got vandalized!!!

I really hope you go in depth into post-Roman Europe. It’s the one area which is really undercovered due to far greater general interest in Roman history, and a period I’d like to learn more about

@anthonybird546

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, immediate post-Roman Europe is just so overlooked as "The Dark Ages", and to me it's crucial to see just how much this was a process, and that, imo, the west could have been stitched back together with someone with better acumen than Justinian. I'd argue though, that once the year without a sun + Justinian's Plague really made that next to impossible. People who may have had been citizens in living memory or had citizen parents or grandparents were pretty much wiped out.

The Goths were so romanized they used the romans own tactics against them lmao

@sto_karfi842

2 жыл бұрын

Theoderic was so Romanised that he turned Italy into a Byzantine copy, he forced through his germanic lineage the Goths of Spain and the Bourgoundians to subdue to his rule thus he unified the western empire and I say so as he was annotated patrician(protector) of Rome by the emperor and he was raised in Constantinople.His success in Romanization was so big that the byzantines erased him from his mosaics(that were as good or better than those of Constantinople) as an act of anger since they viewed him as barbarian while Theoderic was beyond any of this characterisation , he had plenty of philosophers in his court, he knew greek fluently as well as latin and his mother tongue while Charles , the so called great, couldn't even say a phrase in greek despite his efforts.But the best is that Theoderic despite his absolute independent realm DID NOT claim the emperor's title in west while he was the best candidate, many tiny men in the future accepted that prestigious title and had no shame to do so as they had zero relation in any way with the title they claimed...

@history1077

2 жыл бұрын

Also they thoughts there were the successors of Rome so wanna bes

@ronin47-ThorstenFrank

2 жыл бұрын

@@sto_karfi842 For sure, yes! But there´s something else. If you compare that with the Vandals under Gaiseric and his deeds it becomes more and more clear that the "barbarians" weren´t so wild and uncivilized after all.

@storm6151

2 жыл бұрын

The Romans should have incorporated the Germanic tribes or included the Germanic areas into their empire.

@sharkygames9633

2 жыл бұрын

@@storm6151 they did incorporate the gothic tribes, though in the end the gothic tribes conquered rome lol

12:03 Someone who was more Roman than his Emperor (and most Romans in his period), despite his barbarian blood. 13:06 Here is Honorius proving himself to be the worst Emperor in Roman history, making Caligula and Nero look like great emperors, with his actions.

@shadowthehedgehog3113

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Honorius is worse than Caligula but Nero? I don't think so.

@francomilazzo8277

Жыл бұрын

Caligula wasn't that bad, his relationship with the Senate condemned him to be portrayed as a psychopath

@rsiraistlin2473

Жыл бұрын

Interesting that Honorious was emperor for like 30 years. Usually incompetence got rewarded.

The Sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been replaced in that position first by Mediolanum in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402.

@PackHunter117

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. Idk Rome wasn’t the capital at that time.

@ericponce8740

2 жыл бұрын

Alaric and the Visigoths starved the city into submission.

@PackHunter117

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericponce8740 Dang

@surenot4362

2 жыл бұрын

Rome might have no longer been the capital at that time , but Rome was always the spirit and the beating heart of the empire...

@sto_karfi842

2 жыл бұрын

@@PackHunter117 The capital was where the emperor was residing, thus the name "Roma Mobilis"="Mobile Rome" the new capital of the entire empire became Constantinople that's why the byzantines saw the loss of west as the loss of some regions and not the loss of another Roman state.

This channel has grown immensely since I first started watching years back, keep up the good work sparking people's interest in history! A great follow-up to this video would be an episode on the Ostrogoths of Crimea, they were the longest lasting of the Gothic territories and had a fascinating culture with strong influences from Eastern Roman Christianity, while maintaining their own language and writing system.

@thedirty530

2 жыл бұрын

They have single handedly reshaped how I understand history. If only history class could have been as entertaining... We might actually remember some of it!

The satisfaction of connecting pieces of history you have heard about all your life: Priceless!

Honestly one of the most beautiful moments in World history. Brings a tear to my eye

Near the place I live in South of France, there is the Mountain of Alaric. The Wisigoths established there in 412 and built a powerful stronghold on. The Legend of the place says that Alaric (died in 410 in Italy) lays in a cave under the mountain. But that is probably more Alaric II, famous for the Breviary of Alaric. Alaric II has been killed by Clovis at the Battle of Vouillé in 507 where the Goths has lost Aquitain and Toulouse to the Franks.

The Goths had one hell of an adventure across the world

@alaric_

2 жыл бұрын

5/5 would do it again.

@freshprince69

2 жыл бұрын

Across Europe.

@BudMasta

Жыл бұрын

@@freshprince69 At the time, that was the world.

@ImperialDiecast

Жыл бұрын

@@BudMasta no

@Sina.575

Жыл бұрын

​@@freshprince69 some Also went to central Asia And have influence in modern Kazakhstan. Tajikistan and other central Asian countries

I’ve always wondered how the empires of antiquity transitioned into the kingdoms of the middle ages. This video does a good job of showing how it happened.

@justinnamuco9096

Жыл бұрын

Christianised Germanic chiefs

How many disasters would have Rome avoided, if it weren't for corrupt or greedy oligarchs and nobles?

@karthikmadakasira513

2 жыл бұрын

Rome would have avoided every disaster

@MrTrees77

2 жыл бұрын

Hell that's all counties. Greed and the influence of money/the rich influence on public policy. It's almost like we should make a maximum wage and a limit to how large your company can get. 🤔

@johnwick535

2 жыл бұрын

@@karthikmadakasira513 except the earthquakes, volcanoes, storms and other such natural disasters. Greed is the root of most human caused ills in this world though with religion filling any gaps.

@cb352

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnwick535 Elaborate on how religion "fills in the gaps."

@luciusdomitiusaurelianus8826

2 жыл бұрын

@@cb352 I agree. I think Christianity had a considerable place in the social upheaval for Rome. But, I think it's entirely overstated to say it was THE cause of collapse. This is true, in my opinion, for all states.

This is my favorite event in Roman history. It's the shock value of the event that makes me read or watch about it over and over again.

Why people would defend Rome to date is ludicrous. Europeans should respect the Goths as they were interested in Rome's wealth but disinterested in its lack of honor.

There was an Asian American student in our ROTC unit when I was in college. His name was Alaric.

Yay, another Iberian bit of History! Suebi came here first - claming Gallaecia in 409, and establishing a kingdom that lasted for more than a century, after which a disastrous campaign led to the annexation by the same Visigoths, who at the time were ruled by king _Leovigildo_ . All of Iberia and also the _Septimania_ became under the rule of the Visigoths. I love this time of History, although it is quite overlooked in History classes. Visigoths maintained almost every aspect of Roman legal and administrative apparatus, so their own legacy left not that much visible marks. Here in the Portuguese city of Vila Real there's a numismatic museum that preserves a couple of beautiful golden coins from this era, where the kings depicted on them are no more than child scribbles. It is in fact their swan song that claims more atention here in Iberia, with their demise at the hands of the Muslims, starting at the battle of Guadalete in 711, and then in 722 in the battle of Covadonga, "official" start of the Reconquista, at the hands of _Pelágio_ - who claimed to be a legitimate successor to the Visigothic crown. Looking forward for the next episode!

Another great video, as always. Thanks for taking the time to make these.

Thanks, great video as per usual!!!

Brother your videos are nice and your work on this video is admired by me you work hard you will definitely gain success never give up I am your old subscriber from 2k

Goths! Alans! 💪 Plz make video about the Golden Horde, and Kipchaks. Thanks.

I applaud channels like this for showing and teaching the stuff most of us almost never learn about without doing our own research

KG is always improving its quality ....Am excited of how much it will improve on an yr

Vandals, Goths--I love the migration era and can't wait to see what's next. Could you cover the Sarmatian Alans-their migration, assimilation, and the forgotten medieval kingdom they left behind in the Caucasus. Or perhaps a video about the Franks and Anglo-Saxons? P.S. was Stilicho part Goth or part Vandal?

@aloys1516

2 жыл бұрын

Part-Vandal

By Alaric calling himself Emperor he would have been declaring himself a threat to the East.

@qutuveo6332

Жыл бұрын

But the empire was already split up between east and west

@Chaos.InsurgencyDeltaCommand

Жыл бұрын

​@@qutuveo6332 Not exactly. As honorius and arcadius were just recognized as co-augustus's which has happened more times in the past more then you expect. Tetrarchy, Valens and valentinian, Theodosius and gratian, Etc.

Amazing video as always

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job

Damn you guys downplayed Stilicho badly here but alright he's Vandal anyways and this video is about the Goths and Alaric, so yeah nice video as always

@harleykelly197

2 жыл бұрын

@@maverick7291 well done 😀

@kevinmoore.7426

2 жыл бұрын

Lawyers caused the cownfall

@marloskeiro227

2 жыл бұрын

@@maverick7291 a vandal who was more roman than the romans themselves

It's is a suprise that Rome postponed this inevitability for so long..

@andrewmurphy1774

2 жыл бұрын

America won’t

@kennychampion2700

2 жыл бұрын

West Rome never fell the Vatican controlled all the kingdoms to this very day. Vatican is western Rome!!

@Paul1994Kesidis

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennychampion2700 by your logic mount athos is still byzantine empire

@KraNisOG

2 жыл бұрын

@@Paul1994Kesidis I mean, it technically is, but from what I know they separated themselves from the Eastern Roman Empire after Constantinople fell. So the most they can be seen as is a successor to the Eastern Roman Empire, and Roman Empire.

@Martijn_Steinpatz

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the Byzantium Empire...

Great synthesys, narration and montage!

Thank you for this!!!

Love the new “sack of Rome” series

@juandoe9694

2 жыл бұрын

By the doomsday defense never the less!!!

@doraorak

2 жыл бұрын

@@juandoe9694 what does that even mean. They did not even resist for a month

Alaric is a good example of why you should pay and treat well your workers, lest thet decide a change in management is needed

Great work, as usual!

Absolutely loving this

This is why my mother gave me this name. Lol

@duxromanorum9861

2 жыл бұрын

how do you pronounce your own name? Alah-rick? or Ah-LA-rick

@robertjay9415

2 жыл бұрын

@@Insectoid_ its still there bro

@Johnathan737

2 жыл бұрын

@@Insectoid_ a symbol of arrogance and oppression was rome

@andreas956

2 жыл бұрын

Great reason.

@dragooll2023

2 жыл бұрын

@@duxromanorum9861 a-la-ric

another amazing video!

LOVE this channel.

Nice video (as always), but at least in the case of Late Roman Empire vids, again there are many factual mistakes. For instance, Stilicho was not of Gothic, but Vandal origin. And his was only a half Vandal, although he was more Roman than some Roman senators, if we consider his government and care of the Empire. And the command of the army No Gothic slaves joined Alaric in 408, but Gothic soldiers in Roman employ, who sought protection and safety in Alaric's army, following the assassination of Stilicho, and the purges of Goths and other barbarians in Roman service Also the 405 deal with Alaric, which gave him the position of magister militum per Illyricum was an attempt by Stilicho to use Alaric in the potential war with the Eastern Roman Empire. Let's not forget that Stilicho as Honorius' regent had pretensions on the throne in Constantinople in order to unite the Empire Alaric, on the other hand, did not want just land and gold. No, for him more important was the military command, which gave him access to a potential prominent career path within the imperial hierarchy. (same was with Gainas, Fravitta, or Modares, mentioned earlier in the video), the access to pay, to pay his troops (which operated within the Roman imperial military), and most importantly, a shot to the position of emperor's "regent" (there was no such official position - perhaps guardian would be better). The latter put him into conflict with Stilicho, who as magister utrisquae militiae held that position being the emperor all but in name, and marrying two of his daughters to childless emperor Honorius. Which would, after Honorius' death, leave Stilicho's offspring as a legitimate emperor in the West (and perhaps even East after Arcadius' death in 408) But then things went wrong. Alaric was not willing to cooperate, invading Italy again in 408. Stilicho's attempts to persuade Alaric to join in a potential campaign against Constantinople failed (Arcadius's successor was his underage son Theodosius II, and Stilicho saw an opportunity to unite two halves of the Empire) Meanwhile, Gaul was temporarily lost, being occupied by the forces loyal to Constantine III. At the end, Stilicho's plan backfired, and he was toppled down in the coup d'etat organized by Stilicho's enemies. Alaric now saw an opportunity to take over Stilicho's position, which Honorius and his court were not prepared to give. Honorius briefly toyed with the possibility in 409, but he decided not to support Alaric's claim. Alaric then installed the puppet emperor in Rome, who gave him a much-wanted position. This made Honorius more open to Alaric's demands. By now, Alaric was done with Honorius, preparing to depose him, with Attalus (his choice) being the sole emperor in the West (while Alaric would be an actual leader like Stilicho). But the arrival of the eastern Roman reinforcements crashed Alaric's plans. Revolt in Rome that followed (as grain supply from Egypt was cut out), resulted in the fall of Attalus. With no emperor to back his claim, Alaric and his army did the only thing they could - sacked the ancient capital. It is quite weird that in the video about Alaric, Priscus Attalus is not mentioned at all. I know there is a limited time, but that is an important historical fact. Especially if the topic of the video is Alaric, not Goths (who got too much space at the beginning)

Even today in Spanish-speaking regions some names that still retain a clear Gothic ethimology (such a Teodorico, Cleotilde, Raimunda, Berta, Hermenegildo, etc) are object of ridicule cuz they're associated with "rustic" people

@MultiEvil85

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Interesting!

@CarvedStones

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda ironic considering most Spanish surnames are of gothic origin.

@justinnamuco9096

Жыл бұрын

Even Carlos?

@LukeTheGreat1

4 ай бұрын

Rodrigo, also

Another great video. Best channel on youtube.

This morning, Kings and Generals, i searched for your video about Alaric's sack of Rome and i realized that y'all haven't make it, until now. My prayers have been answered!!!

i honestly just love how much more history we have to cover, we are never gonna run out and it makes me happy. great video aswell love the history of the Germanic people, would love to see you cover the Dacians, Thracians and the other specific celtic tribes who invaded and settled in the balkan and anatolian regions, such as the Volcae, Boii and the later Galatians.

@Kings and Generals At 11:23 that banner reminds me of The Dacian ones(A wolf head meant to symbolise either wolfes or dragons along with that tail instead of a body) , and is also present on a shield at 13:34 and 15:25,never knew the goths used it, could it be because of the contact with the Dacians whilst they stayed there? Also a video on the daco-thraco-ilyrian civilisation would be nice ,,

Awesome stuff

Nearly 2 million subs congrats :)

You're on a "sacking of Rome" streak rn

Imagine if the Rome didn't kill Stillicho, form brotherhood with Alaric, and Goth further integrated to the empire

@ericponce8740

2 жыл бұрын

Stillicho may have kept the Goths in check.

@molybdaen11

2 жыл бұрын

That would have solved they manpower problems and maybe would have given the empire some fresh air to reform itself. We will never know.

@loopyprivate

2 жыл бұрын

Could have been the case like Crimean Goths who were integrated into Eastern Empire later on.

@unclesam5230

2 жыл бұрын

@@loopyprivate they were Tartars not Goths

@anthonybird546

2 жыл бұрын

Given how much the Goths were institutionalized by the Romans, their embrace of Roman laws, Roman military structure, and when they conquered Roman areas and governed by using Roman institutions, experts, and using the titles from Roman political offices, Rome's rejection of the Goths was a *major* mistake. It's one of those what-ifs, like what-if Queen Amalasuntha in Italy, a stalwart of traditional Roman values, wasn't assassinated by Gothic nobles and managed to achieve their reintegration back into the Empire.

The way you introduce the story is always amazing ! Who write the script for Ks&Gs?

Great vidd

Wasn't Flavius Stilicho of Vandal origin and not Gothic like you mention in this video?

@cardenevans6238

2 жыл бұрын

He was and servied in Persian under king shapur the third

@stipicaradic

2 жыл бұрын

@Triballian Yeah, I've noticed. I call them a glorified wikipedia vocaloid. At least there are better channels around.

@alessandrogini5283

2 жыл бұрын

@@cardenevans6238 really? Stilicho serve under the Persians?

@joellaz9836

2 жыл бұрын

He was. There’s a Roman source that specifically mentions it. The roman writer Paulus Orosius directly vilifies Stilicho’s vandal ancestry, writing ‘Stilicho, who was sprung from the Vandals, that unwarlike, greedy, treacherous, and crafty race.’

@muhammadeisa1459

2 жыл бұрын

@TheSerb what do you mean "purposely"?

The use of foreign barbarians ( foederati) to fight wars without accepting them into roman society was in my opinion what led to the downfall of the Roman Empire in the west. Even those who assimilated and served the empire with distinction seemed like it was never enough (Stilicho, Ætius ). In the end these Barbarians went on to recreate and continue different versions of Rome throughout Europe; dawning the purple and drinking wine.

@alpharius8264

2 жыл бұрын

In the end the all fought for their own course, if you lay your military in the hand of foreigners , the foreigners will become the new lords

@jung9399

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they shouldn’t have let barbarians in the army in the first place

@schoolofgrowthhacking

Жыл бұрын

@@jung9399 they had already employed the practise for 1000 years... Many of them, such as the Numidians, contributed greatly to the legions. And much later than that, the Varangians were indispensable

@BudMasta

Жыл бұрын

@@jung9399 Then they never would have taken Italy without greek mercenaries.

@VarangianGuard200

11 ай бұрын

@@schoolofgrowthhacking Also 26 Emperors out of 70 in total were of 'barbarian' Illriyian descent. Decius, ruled AD 249-251 Herennius Etruscus, ruled AD 251 Hostilianus, ruled AD 251 Claudius II "Gothicus", ruled AD 268-270 Quintillus, ruled AD 270 Aurelian, ruled AD 270-275 Probus, ruled AD 276-282 Diocletian, ruled AD 284-305 Maximianus "Herculius", ruled AD 286-305 Constantius Chlorus, ruled AD 305-306 Galerius, ruled AD 305-311 Severus II, ruled AD 306-307 Constantine I, ruled AD 306-337 Licinius, ruled AD 308-324 Constantius II, ruled AD 337-361 Jovian, ruled AD 363-364 Valentinianus I, ruled AD 364-375 Valens, ruled AD 364-378 Gratian, ruled AD 375-383 Valentinianus II, ruled AD 375-392 Constantius III, ruled AD 421 Valentinian III, ruled AD 425-455 Anastasius I, ruled AD 491-518 Justin I, ruled AD 518-527 Justinian I, ruled AD 527-565 Justin II, ruled AD 565-578 Rome was powerful because of 'barbarians'.

Been waiting so long for kings and generals to cover this 🍿

Hell yeah! I looovvver u r videos a whole lot of benfitical

12:02 Stilicho was of vandalic origin, not gothic!

Great video! Very informative, as usual. Stilicho was of Vandal descent, at least this is what multiple sources opine.

Top notch soundtrack, I'm entranced 🥰

hi I love your videos! I was wondering if you can you make a video about Knights Templars just like the video about the Knights Hospitalers. thanks 😁

Wars of Romans and Nomadic tribes. One of my favorite series.

@alpharius8264

2 жыл бұрын

based hephtalite ruler oppinion

Rome: Let's fight Goths with Goths, what could go wrong? Persia: ...

@horsearcher6852

2 жыл бұрын

can you enlighten me a bit on that please? what is the event call?

@imemberberry

2 жыл бұрын

@@horsearcher6852 I compared fighting with Goths in Rome to fighting with Greeks in Persia during Alexander. Greek mercenaries are given a good amount of credit for being the true downfall of the Persian empire because when they lost battles, they quickly sewed discontent (split loyalties). But the joke works possibly in two ways because Macedonia borders Thebes, both of which were ravaged and settled by the Celts/Goths 300 years before Alexander. Look into the Dacians/Galatians, interesting stuff.

Fascinating video. Can you please do a history video on the Galicians of North Iberia/Spain? Interested to know about Vikings settlement in Galicia.

Well Documented And Narrated

Last time i was this early, Rome was still a republic.

@JonManProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early the Etruscans were ruling Rome.

@Charles-yi3mx

2 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, the dinosaurs ruled Rome

@Mr.HotDogShirtGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Remus and Romulus were still suckling from the Capitoline Wolf’s teats.

Enjoying this new series- Are the Ostrogoths up next?- Also I can't help but hope that this is all a set-up for a re-mastered retelling of Justinians wars or the rise of the Franks

This is awesome, exactly what I was looking for in regard to my exam. Explained this so much better that 30 pages of texts 😖

Nice one

That ‘Media offline’ screen was unexpected.

I could argue these raids by the Goths into the Empire could be a prelude to what would happen in the Viking Age.

@RandomNorwegianGuy.

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. The Germanic invasions is like a 1000 year long-lasting domino effect, that just ended at the end of the Viking age

@chrisharte4280

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomNorwegianGuy. I am glad that you agree

@alaric_

2 жыл бұрын

Nice idea but no. For first, historians are actually not SURE about the origins of the goths. Some theories are more plausible than others but nothing definitive has not been presented yet. Main source for the origin is their own historian who wrote about it centuries after in time when there was no written history, only oral. He talked about how "ancestors arrived with three ships to mainland europe." Three ships! And 400 years later there were tend of thousands, if not several hundred thousands, of them? How!? Another thing if we assume goth originated from scandinavia is the time between these events. Millenia is far too long time to assume any culture born "trait to raid" to just exist. People and cultures mix, as did in the scandinavia. Also, at that time there was not written history meaning everything should be passed down during the generations by words and mixed with lore and stories. Back then, scandinavia was cold and bleak place with people fishing and hunting, not plotting generational raid invasions against europe. These two events to be related sound nice but are nothing more. Similarities in these are coincidences happening across a millenia, not factual proof backed by *any* archeological findings. I could argue that the goths that raided Rome were not even the same goths that started their journey somewhere in europe. They mixed and married with every single neighbouring tribe, as well as with romans for at least 400 years. Effectively diluting any genetic makeup of the original people down to nothing. Culture was there, genetics weren't. And even the culture could not be unchanged by centuries of affect from Rome and every other tribe next to them. So even that was not the 'original'.

@irma-108

2 жыл бұрын

@@alaric_ there is written history - Jordanes,Getica,555year. It was translated by Wilhelm Martens in 1914.But he did a mistake and and "insula magna,nomine Scanza,....haec a fronte posita est Vistula fluminis" translated as "island Scandinavia lies in front of the river Vistula".Same mistake did Charles Christopher Mierow at 1915 and now all are loking for goths in Scandinavia,but for sure island Scanza is old prussian name of Curonian bay.

@starfox300

Жыл бұрын

@@alaric_ You may be right but Tacitus famously wrote that the Germanic people didn't like to intermix which is why they all seemed to have the same features

I love your channel please do one one the ajuran somilia empire

MUITO BOM PARABÉNS INTRESSANTE O SEU CANAL!

"Civilization is a race between disaster and education" - H.G. Wells

@andreasprotos2061

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like we are losing right now

@deathbyastonishment7930

2 жыл бұрын

@@lllPlatinumlll The good doesn’t wash out the bad, nor the bad the good. Many western writers supported the USSR up to a point, like Sartre for example.

Alaric achieved something which Hannibal and Spartacus could only dream.

@lisboah

Жыл бұрын

The Romans have lost the "infinite recruitment" cheat. Which is ironic since Rome back then mostly just controlled Italy.

@LagunaShirogane

10 ай бұрын

But Spartacus and Hannibal fought a Rome that was far stronger and more stable to handle such situations unlike Alaric. Alaric fought a weakened and badly decaying Western Roman Empire. At that point, it was said that Alaric simply walked into Rome itself without much resistance when he sacked the city (or am I mistaking that scenery for when Rome was sacked again in 476 AD which ended the WRE for good?).

Love it

very interesting

You said in the video that Stilicho had Gothic origin. Wasn't his father a Vandal?

@Tubehauge

2 жыл бұрын

Think he ment barbarian

What is the name of that beautiful music in the background 7:30

Please make a video on the 80 years war

Please do a video on the Langobards

9:03 I like this banner ,it's called "dracon" and it seems that the goths were influenced by the dacians

The Roman Empire was always in trouble with nomadic warrior tribes. Every battle involves a really big fight.

@carlomagno7092

2 жыл бұрын

They were fleeing the huns if I'm correct

Hope to see a series on Theodoric the Great!

Song at 6:02 ??? Please , it’s too good 😅

Finally someone who doesn't put rome on a pedestal and also show the bad stuff they did to the goths.

@Kings and Generals two sacks of Rome in a week? I think my heart's gonna break

Can you do a video on life, society and culture in Visigothic Iberia?

History of Byzantium podcast is excellent

Me: “BE BRAVE, YOU CAN WATCH THIS!“ Again me: 😭😭😭😭

@darthvenator2487

2 жыл бұрын

As descendants of Portuguese I am a Visigoth. And the way my ancestors were treated was hideous.

@brodieshawn63

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthvenator2487 mmm you're hardly a Visogoth. If you are Portugese descent you're DNA is mostly comprised of Neolitic farmers who came from Anatolia and settled throughout Western Europe (Ireland, Britain, France, Spain, etc.) bringing with them Proto European languages. Actually Portugese people share more DNA with Nroth African's than Germanic people. If you do have Germanic in you it would be a sliver compared to the rest of your DNA

@darthvenator2487

2 жыл бұрын

@@brodieshawn63 well i do share North African ancestry and much more.

@brodieshawn63

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthvenator2487 My point is it's ridiculous to say you're a visigoth when you share maybe 0.5% of DNA with them. And anyway you couldn't be one anyway even if you were more closely related, they were a culture not an ethnicity. That's like an Italian person today saying they are Roman.

@darthvenator2487

2 жыл бұрын

@@brodieshawn63 But don't the Visigoths after the fall of their kingdom mingle with the local population of the Iberian Peninsula? You will tell me now that the French are not Frankish, or the English are not Saxon.

At long last, Alaric’s revenge on the Romans is here.

@brrrrrtenjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 I'm getting good WaW memories.

I would love a video on how cities come back after being sacked, especially Rome the first time.

When will we get the next ottoman video can’t wait for Vienna 1683 and the winged hussars

If you go to Italy today, the northern part seems to be populated by Germanic peoples, despite the Italian surnames

@MMadesen

2 жыл бұрын

This is more due to the Langobardic invasion, not the gothic one.

@kevinmoore.7426

2 жыл бұрын

@@MMadesen Lombards ? Where are they from ?

@MMadesen

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmoore.7426 They were a germanic tribe, which migrated south and eventually settled in the area of northern Italy. They mark the end of the great migration period and are indeed the namesake of the region of Lombardy. Their name is thought to mean Longbeards (Langbart in modern german is pretty close to Langobard), so Lombardy would be the region of the longbeards, xD.

@adamthetired9319

2 жыл бұрын

Italy is among the most mixed places in Europe. Aside from the Italic component present throughout the region, the North has noticeable Celtic and Germanic elements while the South has Greek and Semitic/Berber influences. Of course, many nations have different components. The Germans are Germanic with Celtic and Slavic components. The French are Celtic with Germanic and Italic components. The Russians are Slavic with Finno-Ugric and Germanic components. Etc. But Italy is moreso.

Stilico was their last line of defense, and once he was gone the west was living on borrowed time.

You should make a video on the alans

I like what you guys did with world map. It looks very similar to the style from totalwar attila.