Battle of Achelous, 917 AD ⚔️ Byzantine Empire sets out to punish Simeon of Bulgaria ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY

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🚩 The Battle of Achelous was one of the last major efforts of the fading Byzantine Empire to re-expand their territory, and influence, into southeastern Europe. Instead, it was an unmitigated military disaster for the Byzantines, essentially leaving their entire northern frontier exposed to conquest by Bulgarian armies from Western Asia. Moreover, the battle effectively marked the end of Byzantium as a great power, though the rump state continued to hang on for five more centuries.
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  • @HistoryMarche
    @HistoryMarche Жыл бұрын

    🚩 Sign up on HistoryHit and get 50% off your first 3 months by using the code HISTORYMARCHE access.historyhit.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=historymarche&plan=monthly 🚩 The Battle of Achelous was one of the last major efforts of the fading Byzantine Empire to re-expand their territory, and influence, into southeastern Europe. Instead, it was an unmitigated military disaster for the Byzantines, essentially leaving their entire northern frontier exposed to conquest by Bulgarian armies from Western Asia. Moreover, the battle effectively marked the end of Byzantium as a great power, though the rump state continued to hang on for five more centuries. 🚩 This video was made in collaboration with Srpske Bitke kzread.info/dron/I3WrqhS0XmaLcebHgLa24Q.html Check out their channel and give them the credit that they deserve.

  • @vantabuna1235

    @vantabuna1235

    Жыл бұрын

    The following statement is inaccurate: "....the battle effectively marked the end of Byzantium as a great power, though the rump state continued to hang on for five more centuries....". In practice the Byzantine Empire recovered steadily and in roughly 100 years liquidated the Bulgarian Empire completely and kept it as a Byzantine province for more than 150 years. Byzantium was the sole regional power at that time.

  • @brocksargeant1134
    @brocksargeant1134 Жыл бұрын

    My wife is from Bulgaria. I remember years ago visiting there and her friend was driving us along the Black Sea coast near Pomorie, headed towards Nesebar. I knew just a little Bulgarian, and he knew just a little English. He turned and said "Great battle here, a thousand years ago. Thousands of Romans killed." This was the battle he was referring to.

  • @DimitarFCBM

    @DimitarFCBM

    Жыл бұрын

    At least 2 more battles happened near Pomorie as well - Anchialos 708 and 763.

  • @section8738

    @section8738

    Жыл бұрын

    Mine too. She came to the US 15 years ago and we went back every year. Moved here a year ago.

  • @Shadowhunterbg

    @Shadowhunterbg

    Жыл бұрын

    @@section8738 Bulgarian women today are very good at genociding their own demographics. Not surprised that you have one. I feel sorry for you. I really do. You could have gotten a better wife, literally anyone else.

  • @James-sk4db

    @James-sk4db

    Жыл бұрын

    Just went on holiday there. There is now a vineyard on the hill where Simeon hid his cavalry. Went on a wine tour there and the owner told us about this battle, he also put up a monument to the battle and signs explaining the history. I’d recommend, the area is lovely just avoid ‘sunny beach’.

  • @subratadhar7698

    @subratadhar7698

    Жыл бұрын

    @@James-sk4db what's wrong in sunny beach ?

  • @RositsaPetrovarjp7
    @RositsaPetrovarjp7 Жыл бұрын

    Most forget that Simeon was a highly educated man. He got university education at the Magna Aula University in Constantinople, which followed the classical curriculum which later became the staple of all higher schools in Europe Initially he was trained to be a head of the Bulgarian Church. Educated rulers were an extreme rarity in Europe. He combined his education with the military tactical tradition of Bulgaria.

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    He was technically behind the 2nd most used alphabet in the world if counting by number of states

  • @desssval
    @desssval Жыл бұрын

    Battles, battles, battles - Bulgarian history is like running to stay still in one of the most beautiful places in Europe.

  • @TheStrategos392
    @TheStrategos392 Жыл бұрын

    Simeon reminds me of Philip II Of Macedon. Making tactical peace in one hand, but directing war with the other. He was a master of statecraft.

  • @jonathanallard2128

    @jonathanallard2128

    Жыл бұрын

    Always making use of his army to both strengthen his realm and make the most out of his paid armed men while limiting their use to 1 conflict at a time, to be able to concentrate, I suppose?

  • @janekduda7548

    @janekduda7548

    Жыл бұрын

    He exhausted the state and left it for his son to deal with.

  • @SilverisDuhas

    @SilverisDuhas

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you mean Philip II of Macedon?

  • @georgimihalkov9678

    @georgimihalkov9678

    Жыл бұрын

    I view him more as Alexander. And his father Boris as Phillip. Boris being a great ruler who layed a great foundation. Simeon is the son who exceeded his father in every way possible. Especially militarily.

  • @TheStrategos392

    @TheStrategos392

    Жыл бұрын

    @@georgimihalkov9678 Interesting.

  • @borislavandreev196
    @borislavandreev196 Жыл бұрын

    Great video , Bulgaria was a key player in Medival Europe , to bad its aways been overlooked by historians and history documentaries.

  • @ihsany2893

    @ihsany2893

    Жыл бұрын

    That because like us you are horse lords and horse lords are despised in the west

  • @giorgijioshvili9713

    @giorgijioshvili9713

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ihsany2893 westerners always ignore history of other country's

  • @KanasAudan

    @KanasAudan

    Ай бұрын

    @@ihsany2893 I do not agree! "Cavalier -Equestrian, Horseman"" EXACTLY in the West means "master of a horse".

  • @historydelivery5082
    @historydelivery5082 Жыл бұрын

    As a Bulgarian historian I would like to add that Simeon's title does not translate into "king". Kings are Catholic rulers while bulgaria is orthodox and the Slavic word for his title before the invasion of the byzantines was "knyaz". Tsar is the title we use afterwards and you pointed very well that it is equal to the title of emperor.

  • @chris-qe4yc

    @chris-qe4yc

    Жыл бұрын

    well Tzar actually comes from the latin word Ceasar which was the title of the Roman emperors thus the word Kizer again refers to Ceasar title tracing back to the early holy roman empire with sole purpose to gain legitimacy as the continuation of the early roman empire

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@chris-qe4ycCaesar was at the time not equal to emperor. It was a lesser title and could not be inherited. So no it's not equivalent

  • @TheReal-Napoleon
    @TheReal-Napoleon Жыл бұрын

    Obviously this channel is amazing in every way but I can't help noticing how beautiful the maps are, the detail is something to behold.

  • @scintillamdei5649

    @scintillamdei5649

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm an acartographer. Cartographers don't exist. Psyence says cats on keyboards could have done that. No intelligent design necessary. Atheism: 1. Logic: 0. Atheism wins again. Glad all epic warriors of history were atheists. Creationists are such losers.

  • @t.j.payeur5331

    @t.j.payeur5331

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree, the maps rock. Good maps are a great asset to any explanation of a military action.

  • @resileaf9501

    @resileaf9501

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn right. Really helps put the battlefields to life.

  • @trentondamm194

    @trentondamm194

    Жыл бұрын

    FACTS!

  • @keeshans5768

    @keeshans5768

    Жыл бұрын

    @@t.j.payeur5331 yep it’s key, unless sufficient information is provided.

  • @SKa-tt9nm
    @SKa-tt9nm Жыл бұрын

    A loose translation of a great Bulgarian poem by Ivan Vazov that mentions Simeon the Great: How Simeon drove out the Magyar raiders And had from Byzantium humble obeisance A scholar was he, a philosopher wise, His own native language he did not despise And when there was no one left for subjugation He sat and wrote books as his relaxation

  • @user-oe2tk9lk7c
    @user-oe2tk9lk7c Жыл бұрын

    I am born n this old capital Preslav. The city exist even nowadays. Thank you for the video 🇧🇬❤️

  • @ssbobence3644
    @ssbobence3644 Жыл бұрын

    Watching this as a bulgarian is a real joy.Your videos on Bulgaria are just too good

  • @user-hx2xl2km2e
    @user-hx2xl2km2e Жыл бұрын

    Simeon was the first Tsar in history, 6 centuries before the first Russian tsar. During his reign the Bulgarian alphabet (the cyrillic alphabet was created). He displaced the magyars (Hungarians) from North-Eastern Bulgaria to Panonia where they live today. He was big.

  • @dimitartomov5015

    @dimitartomov5015

    Жыл бұрын

    хах, оправи си го от биг на грейт, за да те разбират...

  • @jimmypage2499

    @jimmypage2499

    Жыл бұрын

    That is what the official historiography claims but in reality Romans used the title of Caesar between themselves long before that. The first official non Roman who received the title of Caesar (Kesar in Bulgarian) was saint Kanas Tervel for his and our people's efforts in stopping the islamization of Europe.

  • @LGC8373

    @LGC8373

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimmypage2499 In fact Tervel, got the title after restoring Justinian II Rhinotmetus of the byzantine throne.

  • @John3.36

    @John3.36

    Жыл бұрын

    big bisniz

  • @grafdelafergrafdelaf

    @grafdelafergrafdelaf

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@jimmypage2499 The titles are not the same though because the Ceaser was not equal to the Roman emperor, while the first Tsar was recognized as equal by the emperor himself - at that point Emperor=Tsar

  • @davidt3563
    @davidt3563 Жыл бұрын

    History is so amazing. If you changed all the names and wrote it as fiction people would claim it was too unrealistic. This channel is so amazing and this narrator could make folding laundry and mowing the lawn sound like humanities peak.

  • @martinpartinkov3184
    @martinpartinkov3184 Жыл бұрын

    Always love to see my country's battles animated!

  • @hanglei9865

    @hanglei9865

    Жыл бұрын

    Greece or others?

  • @martinpartinkov3184

    @martinpartinkov3184

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hanglei9865 Bulgaria

  • @DimitarFCBM

    @DimitarFCBM

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hanglei9865 He's Bulgarian

  • @FiZZgAR
    @FiZZgAR Жыл бұрын

    From what I know and from what I’ve read, the two armes were more like around 50.000 Bulgarians against around 60.000 Byzantians, which was unheard of since the time of the Roman Empire. 🤗 So that may have very well been one of the biggest battles in European Medieval history.

  • @rawka_7929

    @rawka_7929

    Жыл бұрын

    Medieval sources do over inflate numbers tho.

  • @Nate-dv5dp
    @Nate-dv5dp Жыл бұрын

    I like how Simeon combined two very effective battle strategies. First he employed faint retreat similar to that which Philip of Macedon did in the battle against Thebes and Athenes. Then he also had a flanking ambush similar to that of Hannibal against the romans. I am always impressed when an enemy is able to defeat roman professional armies in a pitched battle

  • @aransin167

    @aransin167

    Жыл бұрын

    D

  • @aransin167

    @aransin167

    Жыл бұрын

    Dd

  • @aleksk4151

    @aleksk4151

    Жыл бұрын

    this was the Macedonian army

  • @nomooon

    @nomooon

    Жыл бұрын

    Much less impressive when it's done against a Late Roman army. See how they panick just from seeing their commander's horse? Now remember the countless times Roman army in Punic War fought an orderly retreat out of pending encirclement when their commander was killed.

  • @Toto-95

    @Toto-95

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really. More like feigned retreat from nomadic hordes and flanking like any decent general (but at early medieval age it wasn't very spread as a tactic)

  • @lyubomirdechevski4364
    @lyubomirdechevski43649 ай бұрын

    As a child and adolescent I often accompanied my mother -- a full professor in history of architecture at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences -- in her study and archaeological excavations in Pliska, Preslav and several historical sites south of the Balkan mountains. The presentation of the battle of Achelous (this is the old Greek name; the Bulgarian and current modern name is Acheloy) given here is fairly sound and professionally well-done. There is, however, one important detail that has been overlooked, as I will explain in the remaining part of this remark. The presented map of the battle indicates a relatively planar relief which gradually raises in height from south to north (which is correctly mentioned in the current presentation). The fact is, however, that in this region there are several hills whose tops were fortified by Simeon's forces before the battle, and small Bulgarian detachments were left at the top of each of these hills with the task to communicate information to Simeon as long as they could defend their hill top and survive (the presentation correctly indicates that Simeon was positioned on high ground west of the battle together with the reserve heavy cavalry). They communicated also with the commanders of the center and left flank of the Bulgarian army, and these communications were important for the start and the stopping of the feigned retreat of the Bulgarian left flank. Without this maneuver changing the main direction of the battle from North-South to NW-SE it would have been impossible for the Bulgarian reserves to block the safe route to Mesembria which lays to the south, while the route east goes through marches and a part of the Kamchia river which is deep and broad enough to make it hard to cross. This maneuver was also eased by the hills, as the armies were not linearly aligned as indicated on the map, since they had to circumvent some of the hills during the course of the battle. Another detail which is not mentioned in the presentation is that Simeon did take part personally in the final stage of the battle, as he was leading the reserve heavy cavalry when attacking from the west and blocking the southern route to Mesembria.

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep. He actually lost his steed in battle. He mentions that in his correspondence with byzantium. Seems he loved that horse dearly

  • @vipashovvip
    @vipashovvip Жыл бұрын

    It was a pleasure to watch again. Another great video. 20.08.917 was the battle event Phokas and Simeon was students in Magnaura University in Constantinople at the same time. Maybe one of them was more fluent than the other in lectures of Military tactics and than more adept. :)

  • @paulceglinski3087
    @paulceglinski3087 Жыл бұрын

    HistoryMarche, your channel is one of the best out there. The maps and animation is top notch. Love all your collaborations with other history channels. That's a class act. Kudos! Outstanding videos keep the notification button pressed. Oh, and, I have a tendency to watch these vids gleening details from each multiple times. Brilliant!

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a ton!

  • @gledigledis8134

    @gledigledis8134

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HistoryMarche Greetings. I would like you to put the Albanian subtitles in this video, that is, the Albanian translation. If you can.

  • @tychus8219
    @tychus8219 Жыл бұрын

    Tsar Simeon was Charlemagne to Bulgaria, but more educated than our Charlemagne and much happier than him because laid the foundations of a national literature." - French historian Alfred Rambo

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    That's right. Charles the great was illiterate

  • @grillodofus
    @grillodofus Жыл бұрын

    That Simeon was a badass! First time i hear about him!

  • @iamgroot8510
    @iamgroot8510 Жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up from France 🇫🇷 👍

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 Жыл бұрын

    Symeon I when on his way to besiege Constantinople : « Spare that School which i studied, i really love it, and its teacher, also spare this good tavern, and this Basilika , Hagia Sophya

  • @aleksk4151

    @aleksk4151

    Жыл бұрын

    you are very passionate

  • @petarpanayotov4118
    @petarpanayotov4118 Жыл бұрын

    The Byzantine historian Leo the Deacon says that 75 years after this military catastrophe the field at Anchialus was still covered with tens of thousands of Roman skeletons.

  • @itikutok6568
    @itikutok6568 Жыл бұрын

    This was the peak of my nation, sadly, never to be this high again. Thanks for making this episode it was very interesting!

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @TedMyth

    @TedMyth

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you forget Ivan Asen II? It happened again. Not to the same extent, but very close.

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@TedMythtechnically Ivan asen ii came even closer to taking constantinople. He was just not that interested in it and just turned back home on news of the plague

  • @ivanpenev9550
    @ivanpenev9550 Жыл бұрын

    Your channel is amazing! I'm so glad that you cover bulgarian history and its relationship with Byzantium. Congratulations for the hard work and have many successful works in the future!

  • @politicaleconomy9653
    @politicaleconomy9653 Жыл бұрын

    The battle of Achelous was one of the most important battles in the long Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars. It secured the concession of the Imperial title to the Bulgarian rulers, and thereby firmly established Bulgaria's role as a key player in Europe. However, the dynastic marriage that Simeon desired to establish with the Byzantine imperial family was foiled

  • @spyridon3089

    @spyridon3089

    Жыл бұрын

    Key player? Maybe for some time, until it was broken under Basileus II. After they regainded independence bulgaria was a shadow of itself

  • @politicaleconomy9653

    @politicaleconomy9653

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spyridon3089 I dont agree

  • @rayzas4885

    @rayzas4885

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spyridon3089 Bulgaria would be the dominate power in the Balkans again after the 4th crusade and would for all practically purposes be the defender of orthodox Christianity for decades.

  • @spyridon3089

    @spyridon3089

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rayzas4885 of course, that's why they betrayed the Romans in the first case. Your petty nationalistic histories aside, the success of the turks was made possible because serbs, bulgars, Romans were busy fighting among each other...

  • @iddi2278

    @iddi2278

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spyridon3089 The Byzantine empire under Basileus II didn’t conquer Bulgaria. They won a battle, which was important by trickery, but after this battle, the Bulgarians won a few more. However, as the Bulgarian king died of a heart attack there was no one to take the throne. There was simply no heir to the throne. The Bulgarians would only put someone with direct royal bloodline on their throne. That helped Byzantine take over the rule in Bulgaria. But the Bulgarian aristocracy, as disciplined and organized as it was, continued to exist and rule the regions and Bulgarian people were not suppressed. However after time the Bulgarians rose and came kings like Asen, Pater, Kaloian (who was called Romeokton - the destroyer of Romans), Ivan Asen (during whose time Bulgaria was even bigger in territory and as great as during the times of Simeon) and many other. As for the Turks, yes some dynasties are weaker. And at that time Bulgaria was divided and thus conquered. This has happened to any country with a history that long. However, soon after it was free, Bulgaria attacked Turkey and won countless victories against it. In fact, the entire world was stunned by the strength and heroism of Bulgarian soldiers during these times. Countless newspaper articles show this in every major European press. Some of those battles are still studied in the military academies around the world for their significance.

  • @kingmaverick3140
    @kingmaverick3140 Жыл бұрын

    Leo : let me have some rest His Horse : Ok, I’m taking a walk that ppl will remember after 1000’s years 😂

  • @magtinfal7908
    @magtinfal79082 ай бұрын

    The fact that it takes the video 9 minutes to get to the battle itself shows how much of a complex and rich history Bulgaria has

  • @davidrob_
    @davidrob_ Жыл бұрын

    Congrats on 600k subscribers 🎉🎉

  • @Ranyas_Senestela
    @Ranyas_Senestela Жыл бұрын

    Thank you thank you thank you so much! This video has been an immense help to my research. I am writing historical fiction and this battle plays a large part in my very first book of the series.

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Very glad to see you made use of the video. Thank you so much for watching.

  • @Ranyas_Senestela

    @Ranyas_Senestela

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HistoryMarche Your video actually shaped the "action" of the two chapters covering the battle (lead up, battle, fallout) and I cannot be more thankful. It is one thing to read about a battle but to see it put into motion visually is SO wonderful. Thanks!

  • @victortodorov2218
    @victortodorov2218 Жыл бұрын

    High quality video, I really enjoyed it! It's great that this chanel covers parts of the Bulgarian history 🇧🇬☦️! The sources may be a little unreliable though. There were some details that weren't mentioned and others were "remade". But still great video! Keep going 👏

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    @justice.freedom.mankind Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Keep up with your great work!

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    @vasilijesamardzic4151 Жыл бұрын

    I love these videos but I was wondering when you will continou with the punic wars series. You are the only one who covers them in such a detailed way I love it !

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    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Жыл бұрын

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    @Sp-zj5hw

    Жыл бұрын

    Napoleon had great ties with the Komnenoi royal family, who after the fall of the empire, found refuge to Mani. Then with other Maniots they colonized Corsica and changed their name to Stephanopouloi. Napoleon promised his Maniot friends to help in their struggle to liberate Greece and sent a ship with ammunition to Mani. The family of Stephanopouloi de Komnen still exists.

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    @vasil.kamdzhalov

    Жыл бұрын

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    @danyalmohammady1421 Жыл бұрын

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    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, thank you!

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    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Жыл бұрын

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  • @vasil.kamdzhalov
    @vasil.kamdzhalov Жыл бұрын

    When I read about the battle and how big it was it was said that you can still find easily bones on the battlefield today.

  • @protokrator
    @protokrator Жыл бұрын

    Can you make video for emp. Ivan Asen II and battle of Klokotnitza?

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    @lustinlis413 Жыл бұрын

    You are Roman soldier peacefully marching in the mountains... And you start hearing drums from the woods

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  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

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    @ordotectonicus8585 Жыл бұрын

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  • @jelibona
    @jelibona Жыл бұрын

    Great video..professional..good job fellas..Very good .bravo

  • @JackRSlim
    @JackRSlim Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always

  • @joselepez8906
    @joselepez8906 Жыл бұрын

    gran video como siempre

  • @omgwtfbbqownage
    @omgwtfbbqownage Жыл бұрын

    One of the best history channels out there in my opinion.

  • @brocksargeant1134
    @brocksargeant11348 ай бұрын

    There is a winery on a small hill near the battle site that has a memorial display that calls the hill "Simeonova mogila" because allegedly Tsar Simeon used the hill to hide his cavalry. We just drove past the site yesterday, and that particular hill seems much too close to the coast road for the Byzantines to not have detected Simeon's force. I believe the HistoryMarche animation is more accurate; the hills further north near modern Kableshkovo are much larger and perfectly shaped to hide a large force behind them, and the distance is such that it would only take about 15-20 minutes for them to ride out from behind the hill and into the Byzantine flank.

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 Жыл бұрын

    Great as always HM! and congrats for 600k!

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @Wolf-mi4qe
    @Wolf-mi4qe Жыл бұрын

    The Walls of Constantinople are the true MVP of Byzantine military history

  • @daniellinanmolina1044

    @daniellinanmolina1044

    Жыл бұрын

    if gunpowder hadnt been created, constantinople would have fallen quite later i think

  • @user-ci3xy9fe5u

    @user-ci3xy9fe5u

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daniellinanmolina1044 even with cannons, Constantinople only fell because Byzantium was at its weakest point in history

  • @daniellinanmolina1044

    @daniellinanmolina1044

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-ci3xy9fe5u i mean, if byzantium was in a similar condition then to that of lets say the komnenid restoration, i can see the ottomans still overpowering but yeah, when your empire is only a city, and you have been vassalized for half a century, its about damn time. with all the rebellions the empire had, its still surprising that they managed to keep going til 1453

  • @AnuDugala

    @AnuDugala

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daniellinanmolina1044 Ottomans were on the verge of calling of the battle but Sultan Mehmed tried one last time and it worked

  • @nikosveloudakisafricancich2990

    @nikosveloudakisafricancich2990

    Жыл бұрын

    That's to simplified it was a combination of great emperors great generals great politics great armies great compaigns and military victories and a lot of Christian faith. And of course the walls of Constantinople for some big occasions as the Arab or the Avar sieges! Especially in the Arab siege at their pick these walls saved Europe from Muslim conversion centuries before the Francs at south France. If those walls and their soldiers didn't exist the Arabs would stop in Paris and the history of Europe would be completely different make no mistake on that. Of course those walls and the people in them stopped handrends of assaults in Europe from barbarians for a 1100 years!!! So we could say Europe from the east frontiers was blocked and noone could pass from there leaving the European nations thrive and do their thing. Sadly when Constantinople at her most final moments asked for help non of the European countries inolaged that and left her to die at the hands of the Turks. They didn't need them anymore! So sad and ungrateful.

  • @braziliodecarvalhotasso3230
    @braziliodecarvalhotasso3230 Жыл бұрын

    Nice vid, as usual

  • @ZarnakTheTerrible
    @ZarnakTheTerrible Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again!

  • @alijade3521
    @alijade3521 Жыл бұрын

    Great content

  • @Hartofilax
    @Hartofilax Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your videos!

  • @dand7763
    @dand7763 Жыл бұрын

    10:36 A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

  • @TotilaTheGoth
    @TotilaTheGoth Жыл бұрын

    I hope you do more Balkan history!

  • @robertmanjani1894
    @robertmanjani1894 Жыл бұрын

    Good work 👏👏

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @MrJuggernautishere
    @MrJuggernautishere Жыл бұрын

    good work

  • @dontbemad8894
    @dontbemad8894 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video i love your channel

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @georgimihalkov9678
    @georgimihalkov9678 Жыл бұрын

    Make a video comparison on Simeon and Charlamagne. Both military and culturally. Both impacted Europe today in many ways.

  • @dawnsparrow4477
    @dawnsparrow4477 Жыл бұрын

    Always (history Marche) are sharing a wonderful history episode's thank For sharing 😀 😊 🙏

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @dawnsparrow4477

    @dawnsparrow4477

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HistoryMarche thanks

  • @thebigone6071
    @thebigone6071 Жыл бұрын

    Congrats on 600k subs my g!!!!

  • @Nap0le0n99
    @Nap0le0n99 Жыл бұрын

    This story is about the battle by Ongala where knyaz Asparuh defeated Constantine IV Pogonatos in 681ad with him leaving the horse and all that. With this win Asparuh gained the freedom of Danube Bulgaria or Mysia.

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    Moesia

  • @ScentsOfSouthJersey
    @ScentsOfSouthJersey Жыл бұрын

    Has HistoryMarche made a documentary on the Battle of Ongal ? Between the Bulgars and Romans in 680AD ?

  • @AnvilMAn603

    @AnvilMAn603

    Жыл бұрын

    bazbattles did a video on it

  • @ScentsOfSouthJersey

    @ScentsOfSouthJersey

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnvilMAn603 yes they did ! It’s great, I’d love to see HM’s version of it now

  • @lazikolxi
    @lazikolxi Жыл бұрын

    Very good as always!

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview Жыл бұрын

    Hard to believe Bulgaria was so strong 💪

  • @user-hx2xl2km2e

    @user-hx2xl2km2e

    Жыл бұрын

    It is estimated that the Bulgarian population at that time was 3 million and It was bigger than the combined populations of Britain and Scandinavia.

  • @Kaizen917

    @Kaizen917

    Жыл бұрын

    I know,right? You look at Bulgaria and Bulgarians as a whole now and you could be forgiven for thinking "wtf"...a bit like the British really as a then and now comparisson I suppose.

  • @milenpenev1362

    @milenpenev1362

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Kaizen917 Unfortunately you are right. Although in the First WW we still had some good battles.

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

    Superb video, as usual!

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Komap619
    @Komap619 Жыл бұрын

    Probably the most impressive thing about Simeon the great is that he was chosen to be the Bulgarian patriarch for the newly created organized religion of Bulgaria which was dependant on Byzantine texts and priests , therefore he spent most of his early years in Constantinople as to resieve the best education the world had to offer But as you can see fate had other plans for him , he was 3rd in line for the Bulgarian throne but through not so clear circumstances he was appointed Prince . His nickname 'The half Greek' didnt help his early years of ruling but the knowledge he had was something the world wasnt prepared for. These things where always strange to me , why promising rulers where not educated in the best way possible.

  • @zarni000

    @zarni000

    2 ай бұрын

    I think the bulgarians those days did not think too highly of byzantine culture. They thought it decadent. Soneboy who came from magnaura was likely considered more of a traitor to bukgarian culture. Don't forget boris had to kill hundreds of bokyars along with families because they resented the new religion imposed on them

  • @AndreevGM
    @AndreevGM Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @orlinkanev2874
    @orlinkanev2874 Жыл бұрын

    Just search in wiki about Tervel, Krum, Kaloyan, Ivan Asen II, Simeon. Each of them is a true Caesar!

  • @papazataklaattiranimam

    @papazataklaattiranimam

    Жыл бұрын

    With common Turkic origin just like Ottoman Caesars :-)

  • @papafrankupleasereturn4225

    @papafrankupleasereturn4225

    Жыл бұрын

    @@papazataklaattiranimam Turkic not Turkish, there is a difference fool

  • @chelsblue7370

    @chelsblue7370

    Жыл бұрын

    @@papazataklaattiranimam Most of 1st Bulgaria's field army was melee cavalry from Asparukh to Kardam at least. How does that compare to any Turkic tribe where the field army was almost exclusively horse archers?

  • @bryanb2886
    @bryanb2886 Жыл бұрын

    I never knew Bulgaria had ever been so large

  • @jelibona

    @jelibona

    Жыл бұрын

    So,you knows now ...

  • @SKa-tt9nm

    @SKa-tt9nm

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, Bulgaria and The Polish Lithuanian commonwealth were the two most important Slavic countries of the Middle Ages. Long before Russia even existed.

  • @TedMyth
    @TedMyth Жыл бұрын

    It's Tsar Simeon. Good video.

  • @jgilson85
    @jgilson85 Жыл бұрын

    Great channel

  • @SamuelHallEngland
    @SamuelHallEngland Жыл бұрын

    600K Wow! Been here since 10K mate :D

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Legend!

  • @tedcruz1774
    @tedcruz1774 Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are the best? Thank you.

  • @dimdim2793
    @dimdim2793 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @HistoryMarche

    @HistoryMarche

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @westsidermetalhead4997
    @westsidermetalhead4997 Жыл бұрын

    Simeon the Great, the Golden Age bringer! Bulgaria on three seas! We saved Constantinople from falling to the Umayyad Caliphate in 717 - 718 and this is how they repay us.

  • @strandedphilosopher

    @strandedphilosopher

    Жыл бұрын

    Well eventually the Byzantines needed to save themselves from the Bulgars, as any other people/kingdom wanted the city of desires 😄

  • @plamendimitrov9252

    @plamendimitrov9252

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@strandedphilosopher Maybe if the bulgars conquered Constaninopol we all wouldn't fell under Otoman rule

  • @strandedphilosopher

    @strandedphilosopher

    10 ай бұрын

    @@plamendimitrov9252 Or maybe if the Byzantines kept the Bulgar horde on the north side of the Danube they wouldn't have the struggle to keep their empire stable. As the Byzantines were the inheriters of Constantinople and not the Bulgars lel.

  • @usvidragonslayer3091
    @usvidragonslayer3091 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video

  • @1.ramskabrigadahvo560
    @1.ramskabrigadahvo560 Жыл бұрын

    In Simeon's career the only one army who defeated him are Croatians,in the Bosnian Mountains in year 927🇭🇷💪🏽❤️

  • @radislavrashev7266

    @radislavrashev7266

    Жыл бұрын

    Marmais and Teodor Sigritca,...are lose this war Simeon is planing to attack Croatia next year new army.

  • @1.ramskabrigadahvo560

    @1.ramskabrigadahvo560

    Жыл бұрын

    @@radislavrashev7266 Simeon send his best men Alogobotur to lead the army in simeons name,and alogobotur died in this battle.

  • @TheMelbournelad
    @TheMelbournelad Жыл бұрын

    The most extreme example of horsing around that went bad

  • @tonymaurice4157
    @tonymaurice4157 Жыл бұрын

    Many great archers in this battle 🏹

  • @anayathhossainbhuyan1724
    @anayathhossainbhuyan1724 Жыл бұрын

    Nice 🙂

  • @slayermenta
    @slayermenta Жыл бұрын

    Commander's horse: "Im outta here" Byzantine luck = 0%

  • @celdur4635
    @celdur4635 Жыл бұрын

    It would've been very interesting if Simeon had managed to unite Bulgaria and Rome, there had been non-roman emperors before, although i don't think there ever was an Emperor that was "imposed" from an invasion. In any case, he would have had to deal with the Arabs, and a massive amount of plots and betrayals at court if successful.

  • @wazzy4877
    @wazzy4877 Жыл бұрын

    The sound when anytime an Emperor or King dies Hhhhhhaaaa...lol with a withering banner that dissolves...I love it

  • @EUROPAONTOP
    @EUROPAONTOP4 ай бұрын

    Hello from Messembria now Nesebar!

  • @ccraig4399
    @ccraig4399 Жыл бұрын

    Please do a video of Scandinavia. Wars between Denmark,Sweden, Russia, Polen, etc. 💙💙

  • @augustineo.6990
    @augustineo.6990 Жыл бұрын

    Your group is in a class of it’s own.

  • @aleksk4151
    @aleksk4151 Жыл бұрын

    "Only the Gods can defeat the Greeks" Simeon : smiles

  • @konstantinkumchev6824

    @konstantinkumchev6824

    Жыл бұрын

    They are not greeks..They are ROMANS!!

  • @aleksk4151

    @aleksk4151

    Жыл бұрын

    @@konstantinkumchev6824 they are Greeks Macedonian dynasty . In the previous war of 894-896 was again Macedonian dynasty. Also, they recruited armies from all parts of the empire including Hellas. Also at the time Byzantines were speaking/writing in Greek, had Greek mindset and Greek Orthodoxy.

  • @konstantinkumchev6824

    @konstantinkumchev6824

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aleksk4151 Yea 5% greeks 95% others

  • @spirosvelliniatis2165

    @spirosvelliniatis2165

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@aleksk4151the Macedonian dynasty is Armenian!read some history please!

  • @VedranPrema
    @VedranPrema11 ай бұрын

    It would really be great if you could cover Croatian-Bulgarian war and the battle of 927. Thank you in advance!

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