"How do I beat these men with long pointy sticks?" "LONGER POINTIER STICKS!"

@oddish2253

4 жыл бұрын

no, big shield and short pointy stick.

@yoruichixx6951

4 жыл бұрын

@@oddish2253 no, small shield big pointy stick

@boiboiboi1419

3 жыл бұрын

How do i beat these tank with long range guns? A LONGER RANGE GUNS - british RAF

@lazarjovanovic4388

3 жыл бұрын

@@shafqatishan437 are u a muslim?

@lazarjovanovic4388

3 жыл бұрын

@@shafqatishan437 because of your name

You don't hear nearly as much about Phillip as you do Alexander, yet he laid the groundwork for everything Alexander would later accomplish. Great video!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

@thatguy6919

5 жыл бұрын

Thats because he took 20 years to conquer his kingdom, while Alexander reconquered it in one to two years then actually delivered on his campaign east, although in all likely hood Alexander killed Phillip before he could accomplish this

@rafaelsocarras1128

5 жыл бұрын

Took him two years because he had substantially less to reconquer than Phillip, who united all of Greece beforehand :). The ancient sources are also pretty clear about the motivations behind the assassination, and I haven't seen one that points to Alexander as the culprit.

@worsethanjoerogan8061

5 жыл бұрын

Rafael Socarras I was going to say one reason Alexander subdued Greece so quickly is he inherited a strong, experienced army and weakened enemies thanks to Phillip. Greek cities were subdued after Chaeronea and the Thracian and Illyrian tribes had no answer to the reformed military.

@user-ch7wn5fk8d

5 жыл бұрын

But remember Phillip started from scratch,Alexander was borned into the Great Kingdom that Phillip had created.

Alexander was fortunate to have a father like Philip because he inherited a well equipped, well trained and ready for action army.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed! That gave him victory and allowed to start his conquests right away.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

5 жыл бұрын

An army that was combat experienced too

@hardcoredoom5892

4 жыл бұрын

Phillip didn’t even want Alexander to succeed him as king. Alexander’s mom had to have Phillip assassinated just so Alexander could become king (purportedly). He was more fortunate to have his mother than his father. If you thought Phillip was tough, boy, you have no idea. Phillip was afraid of Alexander’s mom.

@dzakysastra

4 жыл бұрын

@@hardcoredoom5892 nah, Olympias was exiled to Athens and then she knew if she does nothing she'll be killed. It was the way of medieval, kill or be killed.

@SMiki55

4 жыл бұрын

@@hardcoredoom5892 Alexander would be nothing without Philip's army, regardless of what his mother had done.

List of Men with the pointiest sticks: 1. Philip of Macedon.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

I loved those lists in Civ. :-)

@counterkidnapping1737

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@counterkidnapping1737

4 жыл бұрын

Who's number 2?

@shizukajoestar614

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Philip II of Macedon Traits: -Smart king -Makes the boys train -Trains them the skill "Phalanx" -Best King of Macedon😎

@BatCostumeGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@shizukajoestar614 That would Alexandre my friend.

I am in awe at the size of that Sarissa. Absolute unit!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Still inferior to my ego.

@ICCraider

5 жыл бұрын

You can pretty much say it was the ancient equivalent of the medieval crossbow or the early modern period musket. Which made regular peasants into killing machines. Also the Han and Tang dynasty crossbowmen would blow your mind.

@talknight2

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. And nowaydays you can round up a bunch of random 18 year old dudes, hand out some guns and in about 2 days of intense practice have them sniping targets at 50 yards.

@danielmorris6584

5 жыл бұрын

Tal Sheynkman. 2 days? Less than 2 hours to "snipe" 50 yards. That's nothing.

@ericconnor8251

5 жыл бұрын

Babe, just wait until you see the size...of my sarissa.

dekas is Greek for ten, lochoi means battlaions, taxeis means class , lochagos means battalion commander, syntagma means co-unit, seimeoforos means flagbearer, hyperetes means(technically) slave or servant.(for anyone intrested)

@tr1stan007

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for this!

@dojio0749

5 жыл бұрын

ouragos=someone that is in the back /follows other in front of him

@apostolispouliakis7401

5 жыл бұрын

i think it could be used for regiment cause battalion and regiment can be mistaken for one another.

@user-wr7fc3db9w

5 жыл бұрын

the last one.

@josuegraao5750

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you, I just found out that the portuguese word for traffic light comes from greek. It's "semáforo". The seimeoforos gave signals to the soldiers, and the semáforo give signals to the drivers. Makes perfect sense! Thanks for the mini greek class. Even made me research the etimology of the word and learn more.

"If we long pokey stick, then they no hurty hurty us." "Make that man king!"

How long do you want your pike? Philip : Y E S

Huge applause for Cogito who made these awesome animations! Any questions send them my way!

@edwardkenway9225

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@tr1stan007

5 жыл бұрын

Babies come from the Macedonian Phalanx. This is the truth.

@UpcycleElectronics

5 жыл бұрын

Hi I'm Phil (not really), and I want to source tens of thousands of big sticks, several tons of weird fabrics, and some funnt half pint shields. How exactly does that happen? How do I go from I want, to I got? -Phil- What kinds of political and economic struggles underpin such an endeavor? Are we talking stuff made by the army for the army, subcontractors, foreign trade? Somebody had to be saying 'we already have pointy sticks that are 2/3rds the length you want, and you want to spend HOW MUCH TO REPLACE THEM!!! ...and you want to throw out these great full coverage shields for these guys to strap a toddlers chair-seat-joke of a tiny thing to their arm?!?' ...what's that story go like? -Jake

@moazzimalive9578

5 жыл бұрын

Which one of these was stronger thebes or sparta and if there was a third persian invasion what would it be like... please reply

@tr1stan007

5 жыл бұрын

That's a very interesting question as not much info. on this survives. Regarding the smaller shields I think Philip saw Iphicrates' reforms as a prototype to equipping his soldiers with longer spears and smaller, lighter shields. It was also much CHEAPER. It was also economically a genius move to replace the heavier body armour with a lighter cuirass and lighter shield as the new sarissa provided the wielder ample protection. Also remember that the Macedonian infantry before this mostly did not have effective weaponry or shields. For them, this small shield and long pike was a HUGE step up from what they previously equipped themselves with. And for Philip it was cost-effective to arm them this way too!. Seeing how readily available cornel wood was in Macedonia, it was easily acquirable for the everyday Macedonian. Bronze and iron was readily available too. So I do not think it would have costed Philip that much to create these new weapons en-masse - he was simply taking advantage of Macedonia's most valuable natural resources (timber, iron, bronze) and putting them to good use. I think the weapons themselves would have been made by Philip's army in a central arsenal (similar to Philip's arsenal of siege equipment in Pella), but I cannot say for certain as the evidence is not there sadly.

Better then history Channel. Their camera men are drunk.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@RahimullahQazi

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals you are always welcome.

This was very informative and well done. I really enjoyed the bit about Philip's time at his rival's court. Says so much about a kid that could have been afraid and timid but instead educated himself on their ways of battle. Learned enough to beat them in open combat! Alexander had to learn it somewhere!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, Philip built on Epaminondas, Alexander on Philip and so on.

I love Greek history and war tactics and the way you portrait them on your videos is just awesome. Keep up the awesome work

@ramble_on1

Жыл бұрын

Macedonian and Greek history. They were a bit different but they definitely share the same history

@ChronosHellas

Жыл бұрын

@@ramble_on1 same history cry about it, and as your user names implies keep rambling on with your nonsense.

@igorivanovski1977

Жыл бұрын

Macedonians and greeks are not the same !!

@georgegkagka1773

Жыл бұрын

@@igorivanovski1977 Coming from a Western Bulgarian with identity crisis. The ancient Macedonians could be nothing else but Greeks, their culture, names, language, Gods, customs and ancestry were all Greek, their ethnic consciousness was Greek. Modern Macedonians are still Greek, they are the ones that live in Northern Greece, you are not a Macedonian

@cule9822

10 ай бұрын

@@georgegkagka1773tell me 1 proof 1 site 1 and only 1 proof who shows that antic macedonians spoke greek

Oh! speaking about the Phalanx formation, It also reminded me of the warring states period, the Qin, and the Han Chinese Halberdier Phalanx similar to Macedonian Phalanx formations, the only thing is the Chinese used Halberd pikes. But Pike and Shield Phalanxes were proven useless to Archer Cavalries using skirmishing hit and run tactics, they would just be mowed down by hails and rains of arrows from Cavalry archers and vulnerable to Pike wielding Lancers when they are routed.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will eventually move to the East. :-)

@georgerig7946

5 жыл бұрын

Valor Warrior That's way Alexander used the Companion Cavalry to rout horse archers

Love the tactics breakdown in this sub-series it really brings life to the main series when reviewing strategic battles, thanks for doing this!

Great job on the Macedonian Phalanx video, you explained it clearly & made it easy to understand how it was used, the animation went perfectly. Both history buffs & war gamers will get a lot out of it . TY, videos like this make subscribing very worthwhile. Keep up the great work .

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Will do, thank you! :-)

Wow This was the thing which revolutionized the Greek world.👍

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, Philip's reforms changed it all.

@innosanto

2 жыл бұрын

It was critical. As were the actions of Themistocles with the ships and convincing the people to vote to spend on ships instead of giving to the people as benefits. 2 critical events.

Σαρισα the nuclear weapon of the Ancient Greek world ! Great video as always !!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

And, as always, we appreciate the feedback! :-)

@MELKORBAOUGLIR

4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion Sarissa is the tank and Companion Cavalry is the nuclear weapon.

@innosanto

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't the Sarissa. It was the phallanx that was the nuclear weapon. The Sarissa was a good addition to the phalanx. Cavalry one of the important aspects to both fight and to protect the disadvantages of phallanx.somethijg Alexander did excellently. And that Macedonians against Romans did very badly and would leave phalanx without cover.

Are you going to make a video on the short Theban hegemony itself? I think Epaminondas and Pelopidas are hugely underrated. I absolutely love your video's!

@bonanapi

5 жыл бұрын

I see that you already made a video on the oblique order, so I should probably watch that..

@parmenion2965

5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest kings Epaminondas he stops spartans once and for all

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We covered some of it in our video on the Oblique Order, but we'll see.

@bonanapi

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals Whatever you do, I will be looking forward to the next one. It is real quality content.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You had me hooked throughout the whole video. Fantastic commentary and insight! Definitely enjoyed learning about the macedonians!

Dude I’m loving the frequency and quality of these videos. Keep up the amazing work

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will, thank you!

I love Greek history.Its the best.

@user-fi4by6br6k

3 жыл бұрын

Khm khm Macedonian

@zlatko6846

3 жыл бұрын

Macedonian history

@zlatko6846

3 жыл бұрын

Greeks is not macedonian snd never was, they stole the history

@sotirismakr3380

2 жыл бұрын

@@zlatko6846 stop stealing history and try to make your own

@psi1378

2 жыл бұрын

@@zlatko6846 how can someone steal history you bozo!

Proud to be greek and live in makedonia and great video bro

@prcp4328

3 жыл бұрын

If you are proud as a Greek, imagine how proud we Macedonians are :D

@leap4203

3 жыл бұрын

@@prcp4328 give me 2 facts that prove that you are related to ancient makedonias

@prcp4328

3 жыл бұрын

@@leap4203 When the Slavs came here, did they eat the Macedonians or did they melt with them?

@leap4203

3 жыл бұрын

@@prcp4328 they lived in the northern borders of the byzantine empire as a threat your country is basically Bulgaria if you chech ancient makedonias writing is the same with the spartan bcs they were doric greek and you say they blend in that doesn't make them makedonias there isn't 1 man or woman in this planet that is 100% 1 ethnicity that doesn't make them greek Italian or anything else if I am 2%german it doesn't matter I speak greek like my ancestors and we know in fact that ancient makedonias spoke doric greek worshipped greek gods a d even participated in the Olympics something that only greek could moreover Aristotle that all know him as a greek philosopher is from makedonia from stagira a village near olinthos so your point about slavs that came in 6th century 900 years after the makedonian empire is just nonsense

@prcp4328

3 жыл бұрын

@@leap4203 Now we write in English, are we Englishmans? I do not see any danger from any country and if you are so confident in yourself, do not persecute Macedonians, Turks and Albanians. When they get their rights in the occupied territories, you will not have a majority in your country. Time will tell. Remember my words

Quality content as always, this gives me such a clear vision of ancient warfare.

appreciate the effort that goes into these videos it's now my favorite youtube channel, bazbattles is good too but they don't upload frequently enough

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

literally for the phalanx men, "if we stay together, we survive" reference to the Gladiator movie.

Only notification I have on from KZread. Which says A lot. If you tube gave awards for time watching youtube I would get a 🌟

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

The alarm bell, people, press it. :-)

this channel keeps getting better and better... keep up the good work!!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

There is no word that can illustrate how awesome this was to watch! Keep it up (I also love the Phalanx)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

There will be much more within this series. :-)

Love the new intro and video keep on shining guys🤗👍

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we will!

For me Phillip's reforms had the biggest impact on the other divisions of the army. The center phalanx was extremely important, but during and after both Philip and Alexander's reign it was bested by its contemporary Greek counterparts until it was saved by other divisions of the army separate to it (Battle of Chaeronea, Battle of Issus, Battle of Sellassia). I hope yall do a video over the improvement of the calvary and light troops of the Macedonians, and those reforms for me helped them the most in the flexibility needed to support a pike phalanx.

This video is much better than anything that National Geographic and/or the History Channel had to offer at their best.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Both Cogito and Tristan Hughes did a great job on that. :-)

this channel is just so amazing, its tax time down here in Australia so as soon as all of mine is wrapped up, i think i owe it to you guys to become a patron

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We appreciate the thought. It is not and will never we mandatory, but every little bit helps.

As always another great video!!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

There is a difference between a kingdom and a city state. Macedon was a kingdom including several states in the region of Macedon(Northern Greece) and all of them were Hellenic. In Ancient Greece Hellenic kingdoms and city states including others like the kingdom of Epirus(which is rarely mentioned) looked each other with hostility and waged war for different reasons but they were all Greek and based themselves into things that will be later classified as Greek by the people of Latium.This is what modern wannabe Macedonian Slavs do not understand and use it as an excuse to prove that Alexander wasn't Hellenic.

@argoshellas6717

3 жыл бұрын

@Voskresija Glavin Voskresia... in Greece people still have their ancient names, unlike in your country that you are fully Slavic and with slavic names. Macedon was a part of the Hellenic world, just like Epirus was. If was independent, then why did they talked and spread the Hellenistic civilization through the EAST, instead of your "imagined Macedonian" independent culture? I will never call my self a "Hellenic" if you tell me a proof that the people of Macedon used different language and religion than other Greeks. Even the Illyrians had their own unique language and religion, but you say you are independent "Macedonian", ok , let it be as you say, but give a real proof. Every Hellenic region had something unique, but above everything they were Hellenic tribes.

@puppetmasterk2

2 жыл бұрын

Your form of falsely uniting different ethnicities like the macedonians and the grekos is not working. Its funny "modern grekos" celebrating our macedonian kings who destroyed ancient grekos in the past. Well anyway glory to Macedonia !!☀️🇲🇰

@greekmacedonianpunisher

2 жыл бұрын

@@puppetmasterk2 You are dreaming slav from NORTH of Macedonia.

@ramble_on1

Жыл бұрын

Wgat you’re referring to was 2300 years ago… therefore todays Macedonians and Greeks have only the territory in connection with that time. Prople wise much have changed… you’re as Slavic as any other Macedonian

@ramble_on1

Жыл бұрын

@Cop Anders Greek dummby?… have no clue what that is… I know is convenient for you to claim Macedonia bc of Alexander and Filip, but in reality Macedonia was never Greek neither wanted by the Greeks, and totally always disputed by the Greeks as being Greek… true they might have both been Hellenic, but language wise they didn’t understand each other, as they don’t up till today. U stole a big part of Macedonia because down in Athens you have nothing. You feed your whole country from Macedonia. Down there Greek land is dry land, produces nothing. As once Filip put you under order and rebuild Macedonia, MARK MY WORDS: there will be another Macedonian born soon who’ll put you in order. By the way I’m most likely more Greek than you r. My DNA test revealed 75% Hellenic origin, I’m born central Macedonia therefore I’m most likely more Greek than you are, although born in Athens (as u claim)

I love these ancient loadout videos. Please make more!

Your videos are so good man. Very interesting and well made!!

Amazing video! Good job, again!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the support, good sir! :-)

Thanks so much for your work. Greetings from germany

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

I learned a lot from your channel. Thank you!

This chanel is Epic. I was specialy happy to see some of famous Polish battles covered: Kircholm and Grunwald. Thx for this. Looking forward to see more.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

Kings and Generals very nice vid! Could you do a video about the Byzantine armies during the time of Basil II?

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This series will move through the XX century, so the Byzantine armies will be covered.

What an amazing performance!! Historically accurate and entertaining!! It makes every Greek Proud!! Thank you!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

@tonyalb3863

4 жыл бұрын

GreekEmperor pfffff Todays so called "Greeks" have nothing in common with old ancient Pelasgians ! Your so called modern "greek" language is completely different language from the original Pelasgian language

@tonyalb3863

4 жыл бұрын

Ilija Stojanoski Shut up You SLAVIC shit ! Go back to Russia you fake Where is your old Macedonian Language ! Ohh almost forgot that you are Slav Shit That speaks Slavic Language and has a Slavic Name and Last name

@mareksagrak9527

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonyalb3863 It is scientifically proven (by thorough examination of toponyms) that before the Hellenes arrived to Hellada and created the Mycenean culture, Greece was inhabited by two populations: an unknown indoeuropean Anatolian tribe, probably akin to Hettites or Luvians, and some continuators of pre-indoeuropean neolithic farmers. Though both these populations spoke of course languages different than Greek, a lot of their vocabulary transferred into ancient Greek language. Keep in mind that names like Pelasgians, Lelegians were mentioned for the first time in Homer (a lot of centuries after the arrival of Greeks) and therefore they seem to be rather an invention, a way to express some distant, nearly mythical memories of not being indigenous to the land, rather than names representing some truly existing prehistoric tribes. Of course these 'Pelasgians' were just a minor prehistoric tribe without any historical importance and had nothing in common with Albanians, who hadn't appeared in Greece sooner than approximately 1200 CE when they started to invade Acarnania and Thessaly and in 1400 CE when they were invited by Catalonians to colonise almost depopulated Attica and by Venetians to protect the Peloponesian fortresses.

Really thorough research and interesting presentation.

I love these ancient maps... this is such a nice detail work :) Well done :)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

Good job. There are many channels that talk about how genius generals are but no one really talks about how the army came to existence or who formed it and how. Please make more videos like this. Perhaps talk about the romans, persians, arabs, mongols, etc? Thanks.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, we will try to cover all of them.

when you see a greek word ending with "oi" that means the word is in plural form. So you have to pronounce it like the "o" never existed. So when reading the word ignore the "o". oi = i in the end of a greek word.

@victor_rybin

3 жыл бұрын

only in modern greek, in ancient languages all letters were pronounced, and historians pronounce them in the original, ancient manner

@Filipas-el9sp

3 жыл бұрын

@@victor_rybin 🤦‍♂️not even modern greeks know how letters like 'ω' were pronounced in ancient Greece. But modern greeks pronounce it exactly like 'o'.

@Filipas-el9sp

3 жыл бұрын

@@victor_rybin there is no WRITTEN rule by the ancient Greeks when it comes to the accent of the word, so it's impossible to know how they say a word

Thank you for the excellent content!

So Hype, great work yet again!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

GREEK HISTORY!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

With more on the way.

@pasal99

4 жыл бұрын

@Ilija Stojanoski that's a propaganda tito made in order to occupy thesaly and Macedonia greek regions . You are slavs and you came to Balkans top years after the fall of Macedonian empire . Also macedon is a ancient greek word (μακεδνος means the tall man or the man that lives in the mountains.)

@tatjanavelkova5814

19 күн бұрын

MAKEDONIJA ---- 25 CENTURIES IN SOUTH EVROPA ! ! ! ! !

so you guys we're planning to make a series like this but it's all about 16-17th century? for me i favored that era cuase guns and sword/pike can co exist at the same time and cavalry is still op in that era

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will get there.

@worsethanjoerogan8061

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. LiLskie Yeah cavalry remained prominent until WWI. A hapless British general even attempted to use cavalry tactics against a machine gun lined trench. Shows how attached military minds were to cav warfare

Keep up the great work!!! You don't find content like this anywhere on KZread.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, planning to! :-)

Thanks for this awesome video! Keep up the great work!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will, thank you!

The video was as always excellent. I am writing this because it just sounds so wrong reading these combinations of letters one letter at a time and it must also be harder for you to say them like that. So here is my greek pronunciation lesson: ai, e are pronounced like the e in strength oi, ei, i are pronounced like the i in evidence ou is pronounced like the oo in look. Anyway keep up the good work :)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@alexandrosaristovoulos4718

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals You are welcome :)

*Absolute Unit*

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

*Total lad*

@ReviveHF

5 жыл бұрын

Until Maurice of Orange's linear tactics emerges.

I'm so glad you put out this video I was just thinking about it today

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. :-)

Ohhh boyyy a new video !! Great work

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

Good video men ! It's nice to add Iphicratès within because nobody talks about him. But the hoplon is not the shield, hoplon means weapon. For the great shield, the word is aspis. And for the sarissa, we are not sure that Philip used them in 359. It's possible but not at 100%.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hey guys! Great video as always. I always learn something new from your videos, and the animations are great. I wanted to ask you this question: would you consider doing a video of comparison between the greek phalanxes(?, i hope this is the right plural, correct if i am wrong) from the begining of the 2nd century BC against the roman legions? It was/is clear that the greeks had superior forces to the roman hastati and prinicipes, being matched only by the Triarii(which weren't really used), yet the genius roman generals managed to win the war with Makedon in 197 B.C.(E.) and eventually with the rest of Greece. Ok, i think i bothered you enough. Have a great day:))

@user-cd4bx6uq1y

7 ай бұрын

And they actually did it by the time I'm writing this

One of the best war channels along with @BazBattles on KZread. Keep up the good work :)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-) Will do our best to be the best. :-)

The video we’ve all been waiting for

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The Macedonian in 7:28 be like: “Fuck the phalanx i go yolo” He also reminds me of Pullo

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Good old Pullo, we all miss hm. :-)

Guess when alexander fought the indian war elephants he was like *thanks for the sarissa daddy*

@yllbardh

5 жыл бұрын

if so why didn't he continued further in to india?

@TheDutchGeneral

5 жыл бұрын

His army just didn't wanna fight anymore, they had left their homes 10 years earlier and wanted to go back.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

5 жыл бұрын

+Ludwin V You call 1,000 casualties heavy as opposed to the slaughter of Porus's army ( he lost 12,000 men) just for the record

@rik73764

5 жыл бұрын

Seleucus got spanked by Chandragupta Maurya in the Seleucid-Mauryan war, 3rd century BCE.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

5 жыл бұрын

+RB Seleucus was no where near as brilliant as Alexander, so you've lost all credibility, if Alexander and his 50,000 veterans took on Chandragupta, he would destroy him. There was no army more powerful in the world at the time than the 50,000 battle hardened Macedonians under Alexander that had been winning battles for 8 years and conquered half the known world.

I am doing Bible study on the successions of ancient kingdoms. This video was fantastic to learn, especially more on how it was actually Phillip who paved the way for Alexander.

Great video very insightful

WOW ita the same thing now just like then loxos-taksiarxia-sundagma ,loxagos and etc just amazing.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I like that kind of continuity!

Grey Worm should have watched this before the battle of Winterfell.

Great video Kings and Generals! I love the intro!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It's a great video again. I hope sometime you're going to make a series about Winged Hussars because those were an magnificent elite cavalry units

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will. thanks for watching.

Ah, yes, Philip the second of Macedon. Perhaps on of the most underappreciated characters of his time, and too often over shadowed by his son, "Alexander the Pretty Alright". Phillip''s brilliance revolutionized warfare from a centuries' old tradition and paved the way for his son to become one of the most well known conquerors in history.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Philip is a proof, that you always need to build on the shoulders of the ones who came before you. :-)

Great job as always! So I'm guessing Phillip borrowed the oblique battle tactic from Thebes?

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, in a way. He took cavalry ideas from Thebes, and infantry ideas from Athens.

@FranciscoChagas-ij4cs

2 жыл бұрын

Filipo habia tenido ocasion de conocer durante su juventud, cuando residia como rehen en Tebas, la "formacion oblicua" de Epaminondas, y, una vez elevado al trono, lá introdujo en aquel ejercito configurado y concebido por el de tan distinto modo. Epaminondas habia realizado la ofensiva con sus tropas de a pie. Filipo transfiro esta funcion a su caballeria de "Heteros", mucho mejor preparada para eso. (WILCKEN, 1951,pg. 285, 286)

I love it all. The colours the pictures, is just a genius way explain

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Gotta love your videos. Great job!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

The famous phalanx!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. :-)

Next..... *MACEDONIAN CAVALRY*

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

When it is Thursday and K&G uploads a new video , you know that this is gonna be a good day indeed ;-)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

This was an awesome vid and I'm happy u did it👍👍 and I can't wait until u get to the mideavil period.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, it should get very interesting. :-)

2 things, first of all very amazing video, in absolutely impressed yet again by the hard work and dedication of the people behind this channel, this was a very well made video indeed. 2nd thing, I have a small question, you mentioned that a section of the formation would put wield their spears in a 45 degree angle yo protect them from incoming projectiles, in very curious as to how this would work as I don't exactly understand how their sarissas could possibly block arrows being thrown at them. Thank you again for your video.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! The projectile defense wasn't foolproof, but it offered some protection.

@ethnicity

5 жыл бұрын

If you hold a colander above your head when it rains, you'll still get wet, but not nearly as wet if you didn't.

Phillip II's New Innovative ideas *recruit more peasants* *give some cheaply made light armour* *make overly long pointy sticks* *teabag the enemy with his new long pointy bois*

@innosanto

2 жыл бұрын

Phillip would make opponents weaker through leading them to fight each other. Not only through fighting.

The only disappointing thing about this channel is that there is never any surprise: every video is great.

Great guys! Keep going!

epirus was a greek kingdom as well

Ancient Greece: *Exists* Philip II and the Kingdom of Macedonia: Its free real estate

@manos7haros699

4 жыл бұрын

Macedonia was a ancient Greece kingdom and BTW they didn't conquer all the Greek mainland

@tatjanavelkova5814

19 күн бұрын

MAKEDONIJA EXIST 25 CENTURIES from KING FILIP . Oto german make Greece before 190 years.

O yeah, I'm so excited for the hetairoi cavalry! Which I assume will be the topic of the next video in this series.

@tr1stan007

5 жыл бұрын

You are correct.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, coming soon!

Every time I see the notification I get so hype

Long wait

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Hope, it was worth it. :-)

Lochagos, salpingetes, dekades, ipiretis, taxeis. All words still used in greek. And tgere are still people saying that Macedon was not Hellenistic.

Can't stop saying that your content is so good and interesting. You guys make a good work and your videos makes me smile on bad and good days. like this ---> :-)

@tr1stan007

5 жыл бұрын

Diadochi coming soon for you too my friend :).

@adrianbrunner8

5 жыл бұрын

Battles of the Ancients Yeees my favourite :-D You are one of kings and generals, right? ^^

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

He is the scriptwriter for this series and our good friend. :-)

@tr1stan007

5 жыл бұрын

Research and script for this. Narrator, researcher and scriptwriter for Diadochi :)

@adrianbrunner8

5 жыл бұрын

Battles of the Ancients cool, nice to meet you :-D

Thank you for the Ancient History war tactics.👍

Today is a good day

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

Macedonian National Ideas Peasant Class Levy: +10% National Manpower Modifier Light Armor: +1 Land Leader Maneuver Sarissa: +10% Infantry Combat Ability Continuous Training: +1 Army Tradition per Year Macedonian Phalanx: +10% Army Morale Revolutionary Warfare System: +10 Discipline Dayum. Macedonian army was space marines of their time!

gracias por el canal amigo,

Oh yeah I'm loving the tactic series

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Much more on the way!

Well, we can safely say that Alexander and Philip were the greatest Greek leaders ever!!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

I prefer Plato or Socrates, but that is just me. :-)

@7ultras157

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals I will agree with you in this one

@thatguy6919

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao you just dont know much about Greek history, theres Cimon Alcibiades, Pericles, Socrates Plato Aristotle, Thesus

@marijamare8718

4 жыл бұрын

They weren't Greek. They were Macedonian.

@marijamare8718

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrYoyoman12345 you wish lol

When Macedonian sends a person in a war he gives to him a piece from his heart, to lead him, and he is over there with him, in good and in bad. In the end, good or bad, that piece of heart will be returned to him and he is with him no matter where he is.

It's an incredible video, it's so usefull.

I really love your videos can you make a video about battle of hattin please.... your explaining way is far better then other historical videos edit:and sorry for my english.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Not sure about Hattin right now, we'll see.

What should we do to create a formidable force that would go on to dominate Central Asia? Build a bigger stick

@PrivateSlacker

5 жыл бұрын

Have the biggest dekas. 7:04

:applause:

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

@franzhuschka9837

5 жыл бұрын

hey its the guy that always comment on the great wars channel!

@VladTevez

5 жыл бұрын

Franz Huschka It seems you've got a nice taste on watching youtube channels

When I studied history at school, I never could understand why phalanx of Philip II and Alexander were so deadly. Now seeing this video I understood. It was like a modern tank division destroying anyone on its way. Your videos must be included in school curriculum.