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@aleksk4151

Жыл бұрын

and people say that Basil II is invincible the greatest and never lost. Yes he was beaten by Bulgarians.

@factshistory3193

Жыл бұрын

Why dont you make content on Indian history anymore?

@vasil.kamdzhalov

Жыл бұрын

There is a profile trying to fool that there is giveaway and to write on Telegram. It is on one of my comments I will go and report.

@user-uy1rg8td1v

Жыл бұрын

Great channel but I have to say the sound mixing was terrible in this video. The background music was way too loud to the point where I had trouble hearing you. Frankly, I firmly believe background music is annoying, distracting, and unnecessary (especially for educational videos). I also believe people want to hear you speak and get information and not hear background music that they have to mentally filter out.

@MrPunisher2707

7 ай бұрын

your map is incorect because on place in Balkan where is suposed to be Bosnian kingdom u place serbian and croatian (they do not have kingdoms in that time )

Ambushed in a narrow pass: A Roman tradition.

@damoncrossan3827

Жыл бұрын

I'm suprised Romans didn't have a massive fear of doors and hallways

@thegamingwolf5612

Жыл бұрын

@@damoncrossan3827 they did thats why their doorways/hallways are so big

@damoncrossan3827

Жыл бұрын

@@thegamingwolf5612 ofcourse how could I neglect these facts 😅

@kraz007

Жыл бұрын

Hence why they built roads everywhere

@megalesius7100

Жыл бұрын

I can't think of any besides trasameine. What others were there?

Byzantine royal court drama feels like the true story. They could have won so many wars, if they weren't busy murdering each other and then going to war with each other over the murders.

@user-ln8eh5nq3q

Жыл бұрын

Game of thrones in real life

@pvtj0cker

Жыл бұрын

Witout internet n' shit, murdering you relatives sounds like a good pass time activity.

@caniblmolstr4503

Жыл бұрын

Have you even seen the Chinese Palace intrigue... This is children's games compared to that

@user-ln8eh5nq3q

Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 ok ...

@KingDanny9

Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 Not as crazy as Byzantine court drama!

When a Bardas revolts against you, counter with another Bardas you have in your back pocket. Which is why you never leave home without at least one Bardas.

@romanvalkansproductions5376

Жыл бұрын

VARDAS THE HARD ,bruh mimagine veing called hard/tough in middle ages . It means this guy really was a tough motherfucker . I wouldnt mess with a guy whose name is this

@Perceval777

Жыл бұрын

And then have both Bardases revolt against you...

@zoliking

Жыл бұрын

@@Perceval777 True. I'll update my Bardas policy to have at least 4-6 ready to go in case cumulative Bardas problems arise. :D

@histguy101

Жыл бұрын

@@zoliking 6 Bardoi is a disaster waiting

@zoliking

Жыл бұрын

@@histguy101 Sorry, zoliking is not available from now. This is Bardas. Can I help youi?

Imagine how loyal those Armenians were to the Emperor to not only hold their own in battle at night, but realize the situation, and act with all possible effort to save their leader at any cost. Those men are what history is made of, we don't and never will know their names, but they changed the course of history that night.

@dusk6159

Жыл бұрын

Well said, in many theatres of History, plus Armenians and Georgians have also been great characters in the European and the Roman Empire's History. They deserve their honor.

@jj4l

Жыл бұрын

The fact they had to die was weak

@nickdg507

Жыл бұрын

That part that they cut down their own tho...

@Voivod23

Жыл бұрын

@@nickdg507 They were at the heat of battle, and did what they saw was necessary.

@nickdg507

Жыл бұрын

@@Voivod23 yeah no arguments there, i guess anyone would have done the same to stay alive. Imagine being one of the other guys tho.... such a wasteful death

Basil Lack-a-penois is the best name ever for a Eunuch Uncle. I can't stop laughing.

@DarthVader-ig6ci

Жыл бұрын

True🤣

@simpicusmaximus

Жыл бұрын

It's like something out of a Monty python skit

@amiralsrbani24

Жыл бұрын

Real life is a Big comedy !!

@perikliskagialaris1445

Жыл бұрын

Funny playword indeed. Lhe-kha-pee-noos is the correct pronunciation.

@brendandor

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping people noticed that 🤣

Those Armenian soldiers deserve credit for rescuing Basil II in a very difficult situation. They literally changed history by saving him.

@user-lb3cr9pw3q

Жыл бұрын

Well for sure Nikifors guards didn't do the same. In a matter of facts, in Bulgarians schools we learn much more for the battle of "vurbishki prohod" than this battle.

@yaqubleis6311

Жыл бұрын

Basil II himself is Armenian descent and is the best warrior of Armenian descent

@Elenril_

Жыл бұрын

@@yaqubleis6311 no its not!

@yaqubleis6311

Жыл бұрын

@@Elenril_ read about is ancestors and origin is origin is Armenian

@Elenril_

Жыл бұрын

@@yaqubleis6311 nope he wasn't sorry

As a bulgarian I'd still have to admit that what follows is one of the most hardcore moments in medival history. Basil II not only didn't forget this defeat, but made sure to have a payback served COLD. Can't wait for next episodes of the series.

@georgimihalkov9678

7 ай бұрын

"Payback is a bitch" - Kaloyan Romanslayer

So the eunuch uncle's name is Lakapenus. Guess that fits.

@tonit4233

Жыл бұрын

Now I cannot unsee that

@JohnSmith-wg2uq

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone else caught that too😂

Most underrated rivalry in history

@borislavandreev196

Жыл бұрын

Agree

@yoghurtmaster1688

Жыл бұрын

@Vrvodec basil saw Samuil as nothing as the yet another rebel he had to deal with nothing personal actually and Samuil had no chance of taking the roman empire anyway within the first bulgarian empire empire only simeon the great had a chance and the empire during his time actually had a chance of taking the city

@aleksk4151

Жыл бұрын

the 5th longest rivalry in the history of mankind

@tsvetomirsheev3882

Жыл бұрын

@@yoghurtmaster1688 that is just false, they tried to overtake Bulgaria for decades with no avail and it was thanks to the usual backstabbing and dirty tactics that led to the breakthrough of the fortress at Kliuch village Basil hated Samuil with all his soul and he committed one of the biggest atrocities in mankind's history - he blinded nearly 15000 bulgarian soldiers, something that is just a big NONO to do to another christian nation, a heinous crime He was one evil man and should not just be remembered as a great ruler, u have to take the good, the bad and the downright ugly And Bulgaria is well and alive now even after 500 years of ottoman yoke while the greeks pretty much stole all the history they could lmao

@SpartanLeonidas1821

Жыл бұрын

@@aleksk4151 Hi Alexandros, I find you here AGAIN :) Hehehe….you like this Hellenic History? Boulgaroktonos is the MAN 😃

Absolutely love learning about the Byzantine empire, so much luscious culture and history 👍

@ParleLeVu

Жыл бұрын

How many times does the Byzantine empire get wrecked for stupid reasons? The Byzantine Empire seems to not deserve survival purely because of the constant backstabbing.

@rahman9749

Жыл бұрын

@@ParleLeVu on the other hand, its amazing for how long the Eastern Rome surivived with all those incompetencies, betrayals, and defeats.

@MorinoRavenberg

Жыл бұрын

Roman power, baby 💪

@ParleLeVu

Жыл бұрын

@@freedombro6502 Never said they did. Said they didn't deserve to.

@user-ni3ri9ox2p

Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅

I like hearing anything about the Byzantine and Basil II. He's an interesting character. Can't wait to see the next episode of this series. I just hope we also see the next episode of the Hannibal series too.

@caniblmolstr4503

Жыл бұрын

There are two Byzantine emperors that I can't get enough of. One is the Bulgar Slayer and the other Alexios Komnenos. The guy was Rocky in real life. Never heard the bell ring

@brokenbridge6316

Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503---Yeah I heard him compared to Rocky. And I get what you mean.

Thank you for this great and accurate video on Bulgarian and East Roman Empire history! I look forward for the second part!

@HistoryMarche

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support. You are very kind.

The old romans should've started a new genre for their books called military horror in which a lot of of them started with "during the march in the narrow pass ..."

I think its a huge oversight not mentioning Nikephoros' conquest of Antioch.

@alessandrogini5283

Жыл бұрын

Maybe if he wasn't Murdered..

This'll be a great series! looking forward to part2

I really love your videos about the bulgaro-byzantine wars, a topic of history that I believe is neglected by most people and I am so happy to see someone talk about my country's history. Some fun facts: about Arons execution. Samuel ordered the death of him, his wife and all of his children, trying to wipe out that branche of the family for good, but Samuel's own son, Gavrail Radomir, stepped in to save his childhood friend, the son of Aron, Ivan Vladislav. I will not spoil how the latter two will become important, but they will be. The four brothers who continued the war, also known as the Komitopul, were of unknown descent. We know that their father was the ruler of Sredets, Nikola, but some scholars believe that the brothers were a minor branch of the Krum dynasty, to which tzar Petar, Simeon and khan Krum belong(and others), which might be where their legitimacy came from. When tzar Boris II was brought to Constantinople, he was ritualistically stripped of his regalia and humiliated as to show that the Byzantines were now the rulers of his domain, afterwards his brother Roman was castrated. I will not spoil what happens to them.

@zippyparakeet1074

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I was a bit shocked when I read the Byzantines destroyed the Bulgarian Empire (I read history chronologically). Like the Bulgarians were up and coming and were pretty strong but the Romans under good leadership straight up wiped them within a few years.

@carlustin4034

Жыл бұрын

@@zippyparakeet1074 They conquered it by bribing the regents. After Samuel dead his son Gavrail Radomir become king.Ivan Vladislav assassinated him (the one who saved him). The Bulgarian kingdom continued to expand under ivan Vladislav until he died in the siege of Durres,stracked by an arrow. The successor ,his son was 6 years old . Basil rashed to bribe all regents to be . They chose him as Emperor. Nobody wiped Bulgarians. Their kingdom revived as strong as before 160 later. In 1165 than was made up the nickname Bulgarslayer as propaganda. Bulgarian king was called Romanslayer, defeated the crusaders in 1205.

@iordanvassilev8091

Жыл бұрын

@@zippyparakeet1074 it is a number of factors that contributed to this, mainly the fact that Simeons wars exhausted the country and under Petar, they didn't really have time to recover. The Serbian uprising, followed by the rebellion of 2 of Peter's brothers, whilst the pechenegs and magiars invaded from the north, raiding almost constantly, exhausted the kingdom, but the real kicker was the invasion of Svatoslav and the following mess. It wasn't really a couple of years, resistance continued until 1018 and afterwards many uprisings would rack the empire, including in 1040, 1072, some others and the famous one of 1185. In conclusion, while the Byzantine empire recovered because of the peace, Bulgaria just couldn't recuperate that quickly

@user-rq6oe2ee4x

Жыл бұрын

@@zippyparakeet1074 few years?You call 40 years of various campaigns few years?

Thanks! Balkan history is always fascinating and you did it justice with a fine retelling! Awaiting part II ...

@HistoryMarche

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support! Very kind of you. Part 2 coming later this month or early February.

This trinity, Nikephoros Phokas, John Tzimiskes, and Basil the II, was the greatest in the Byzantine History!!! Hope that you cover Phokas and Tzimiskes' story, after Basil's!

@christospanagopoulos5821

Жыл бұрын

Phokas carrier was much more glorious as a general though. "the pale death of the saracens" "

@kylelovett6420

Жыл бұрын

Justinian would have something to say about that claim

@vangelisskia214

Жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion Ioannis (John) II Komnenos certainly was among the greatest, if not the greatest.

@user-ln8eh5nq3q

Жыл бұрын

The soldiers emperors

@zippyparakeet1074

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if all these greats of different dynasties- Nikephoros Phokas, John, Basil II, Alexios and John Komnenos succeeded each other like the five good emperors of old Rome with some other decent emperors sprinkled in between. Maybe the Empire would've regained Justinian's territories of Italy, the Levant, Egypt Libya, Africa and maybe even Hispania. What a glorious timeline that would be.

Damn, what an in extremis escape for the King and his retinue. Just barely managing to go through a side pass to escape the battle, leaving everyone else to die behind you. Harrowing thing.

@tsvetomirsheev3882

Жыл бұрын

Bitch move, he hated Bulgarians to his core. Did all the dirty tactics he could and later commited one if the most heinous war crimes in human history - the blinding of nearly 15000 bulgarian soldiers after the breach of the fortress in Kliuch village ( which also couldnt be done without bulgarian traitors) The man was a great ruler but he was also a monster

@resileaf9501

Жыл бұрын

@@tsvetomirsheev3882 Sure but that's not related to my comment.

@tsvetomirsheev3882

Жыл бұрын

@@resileaf9501 it is tho, its all connected He tried underhanded tactics, all his people died and he barely escaped. U have to be objective and remember the good and the bad

“The blind leading the half blind.” Best podcast episode title ever from History of Byzantium by R. Pearson

Благодарим ви!

@HistoryMarche

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for supporting the channel, you so very kind!

History Marche always introduces informative, excellent historical videos.. thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Most excellent! Great storytelling.. Go team History Marche..!

Awesome video as usual! Can’t believe we’re getting this quality of content for free

great video man! the narration is done so well

huge respect of putting the Byzantine empire as the Roman Empire

@vangelisskia214

Жыл бұрын

"With the collapse of the empire in the west, its eastern counterpart became, in reality, an entirely new and independent state, at once Greek by language and Roman in name: 'A Greek Roman empire'." Roderick Beaton, "The Greeks: a global history", New York: Basic books 2021, pp. 212

@mickeymouse1697

Жыл бұрын

The GREEKS are the Romans

Greetings from Sredets/Serdica (nowadays Sofia).

Great presentation! The narration is excellent and the animations are clear, beautiful and abstract enough to leave space for imagination!

After this battle the byzantine author John Geometres wrote: ,,Ister grabbed the wreath of Rome- the Bulgarian arrows are stronger than the Roman spears."🇧🇬

Can't wait. Keep up the good work.

As always, great work!

As a Serb I sometimes wonder if there's any other people on the Balkans that have mastered the level of surprise attacks as our Bulgarian brothers and yes, if you sense a slight insinuation in this joke for what happened back in 1915 then you are absolutely right, lol, though jokes aside you guys really are good at ambushes and surprise attacks and that truly deserves respect and recognition as it is not easily pulled off, though I hope you guys can understand that my stereotypical Serbian inat-o-meter requires that I make a lighthearted reference all the while I show my admiration for you guys.

@lemonacidrounds7293

Жыл бұрын

The Balkans are providing such opportunities! Its a thick forest and high hills everywhere across Bulgaria and Serbia. Very beautiful.

@MojeidaNeMoje421

Жыл бұрын

When you mention 1915, you should never forget 1885. Serbia was the first country to attack us shortly after our liberation from the Ottomans. The funny thing was that almost all of our army was on the southern border because we expected a Turkish attack. Instead, we received a brother backstab.

@user-ls1pq3oj8r

Жыл бұрын

Well, it is proven that nobody is better at backstabbing as Serbian King Milan and nobody works better with the enemy than Stefan Lazarevich by helping the Ottomans to actually survive the following crusade. So you have contributed plenty to backstabbing and betrayal....dear brother :) I'm saying this with the best feelings in my heart :)

@MojeidaNeMoje421

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ls1pq3oj8r I bet he never studied in school this part of Serbian history.

@slavzahariev3901

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-ls1pq3oj8r 🎯

love your byzantine vids man keep them coming

Great video as always!

Absolutely love eastern roman empire history guys, keep it going!

Love your videos keep them up mate!

I am really glad you are doing docs on this time, thank you

Back here so I can remind myself of what happened before, now that the second video about Basil is released. Loving the content, as always!

Very informative ❤

another great video as always!

Wow very Informative and also inspiring video! I will illustrate this whole battle in my Basil II comic.

These videos make me love the game Crusader Kings 3 even more haha

Great stuff, thanks!

Another great video. Intro to a legendary ruler, the calm before the storm lol

Great video!⚔

cant wait for the next episode on this. Thank you! liked and subscribed as always.

Amazing content keep it up

What a marvellous channel. Quite astonishing.

This is going to be your greatest series.

Great videos as always.

waiting for the next! thank you

That was awesome!

Again amazing video,thank you for good videos,respect from Türkiye,u are loved

Please continue this is excellent

The Elite Armenian Bodyguard who saved Basil had been put together by John Tzismiskes. They certainly did their job. John was a better general than Basil but he did not live long and some think he was poisoned.

The end was just great!

Excellent video as always and l think the battles of arcadiopolis and dorystolon diserve their own video

Though defeated, Basil showed in the following decades that he learned his lesson. And the bulgarians would know this in a horrible and unforgetable way

I know this series probably isn’t first priority but I’m really looking forward to you finishing it. I think Basil should get more attention.

good content thanks

It is indeed an interesting documentary. Thank you

Thank you!

Interesting as per usual.

These videos are as good as a cup of coffee in the morning!

Great video!

Thanks!

@HistoryMarche

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the support!

Insert puerile comment:"Basil's eunuch uncle, Basil Lackapenis." Superb presentation as always good sir. You are definitely one of the best history channels on this platform.

Yesssss i was waiting for basil II

Basil made the escape of the ages. If he was caught and killed like Nikephoros 1 the fate of ERE and Bulgaria would've been totally different.

Amazing!!

Oh. I have been waiting for one on Basil.

This chanel always deliver

Increíble que a pesar de dicha derrota tan catastrófica Basilio II pudo mantener su trono y prevalecer, debemos de dar a conocer mucho mas la Roma Oriental.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

Жыл бұрын

Arabs I exist

great explaination

Please continue this series! I'd love to know better on basil and you always put out vids on how the eastern roman empire lost haha, would love to see when did they win actually

@Michael_the_Drunkard

Жыл бұрын

Why did you revolt against Heraclius? What did Chosroes II offer the Judeans? Just kidding

Thank you very much for the video and for the Bulgarian subtitles. My father is big fan of yours and all the time I have to translate for him. This time I passed 😂

Great video

great content

Love this guy.

Having kids become King that early must have been tough, Blessed Be.

Congrats for 700k subscriber

great thank you - for the range ;)

Great stuff. I live in Bulgaria. Always interested to learn more history of this country.

@tsvetomirsheev3882

Жыл бұрын

Bulgaria has some of the richest history in the WORLD, and bulgarians have existed waaay before the country's official inception in 681. Every Bulgarian should be proud of their heritage

"Bulgar-Slayer" !!! Can't wait for the next episode!! Peace and Lots of Love from Mumbai India ❤️💯👌✨

8:30 What I have learned on this topic is that Boris II was likely given the option to side with the Rus or get executed. In addition, there were many Bulgarian soldiers siding with the Romans and fighting against the Rus. So there were Bulgarians fighting on both sides of the conflict.

@vashtalelq

Жыл бұрын

That's what I know too. It wasn't only the Byzantines but a combined Bulgarian-Byzantine force that kicked Svyatoslav out of the Balkans and into Pecheneg lands where his skull was made into a drinking cup.

Usually other than minor details, dates and other small peices of information, I'm never really finding out anything I haven't already known. As I'm fairly educated on the period. However I had NO idea the RUS were going into the Balkans this early on. The bribery by the Eastern Roman's was stunning and quite interesting. Love this channel, good voice, good graphics, just a great all around program. Keep it up. 👍🏻

@radislavrashev7266

Жыл бұрын

Russians is not an accurate name for the period. This population was called by Byzantium, Scythians. and those who have been bribed are the Scythians of Prince Svetoslav from the Russian Principality of Galicia. In other words, from the territory of today's Ukraine. The Muscovite Russian Principality would later conquer the remaining small Scythian (Russian small state entities) principalities

@bashbish4564

Жыл бұрын

@@radislavrashev7266 I didn't call the period "Russians." I'm aware how they were founded, and what they were referred to as.

@g.d.1722

Жыл бұрын

Nothing surprising about New Rome's "divide and conquer:" foreign policy ... they invented it more than 1000 years before and applied it better than anyone. Their diplomacy was truly in a class by itself in those times.

These videos are so well made that even commanders Phuk-ass and Lak-of-penus couldnt distract me from learning some interesting history.

This narrator is so good!

Excelente!

Sredets is the medieval Bulgarian name of modern day Sofia. The city was captured by Khan Krum (803-814)...

@Michael_the_Drunkard

Жыл бұрын

We know, especially Nikephoros, who is now a cup.

Whoever did Boris' painting, they did Boris dirty.

Love you work even though im not intersted in this topic

Did you know that Nikephoros II belongs to the cast of the few men in history who never lost a battle either as a Strategos or Basileus!

@vashtalelq

Жыл бұрын

What, he never crossed a mountain pass?

@giannisgiannopoulos791

Жыл бұрын

@@vashtalelq You must be talking about Nikephoros I (Pliska 811)

nice!!

Basil II and Alexios must be two of the best Eastern Roman emperors ever in terms of revitalizing the state both externally and internally especially since the dismal condition the state were at their respective reigns.

@user-ln8eh5nq3q

Жыл бұрын

Well during basil the second reign the empire was stronger than the one alexios had inherited

@aleksk4151

Жыл бұрын

so Bulgarians have beaten "the greatest Byzantine warrior emperor" in history. That's something to be proud of and is indicative of Bulgaria's immense strength. Although small in size , Big in heart

@user-hx2xl2km2e

Жыл бұрын

He almost became a drinking cup....

@tsvetomirsheev3882

Жыл бұрын

@@aleksk4151 we are small in size now cause we've been robbed and backstabbed by everyone, but sooner or later our glory will be back

@Michael_the_Drunkard

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-hx2xl2km2e but instead Tsar Samuel lay 6ft underground.

I look forward to new HistoryMarche videos like it's Christmas and the voice guy is Santa Claus 🤣

Perfect

La historia del imperio romano de oriente o bizantino es tan increíble que podrían hacer varias series o películas, excelente video.

Very good.