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@brokea.r.5789

4 жыл бұрын

What are you saying i live in greece we learn this i dont remember are y sure ? yr surses are question able

@jovicsaldua2239

3 жыл бұрын

i8ii@@brokea.r.5789i88i8ii

@jovicsaldua2239

3 жыл бұрын

oo

@jovicsaldua2239

3 жыл бұрын

import

@brokea.r.5789

3 жыл бұрын

yr things are not 100% true they were propably writen but it is not true always .

i bet the soldier who gave alexandar water in the helmet was like hell yeah im gonna be remebered in history for saving the king 5 seconds later oh shit

@iwanttopotato8848

5 жыл бұрын

Could've at least give that water to me shithead

@anitawilliams1720

4 жыл бұрын

Ô

@player2-Red-

10 ай бұрын

i will see him again

"So... Alex... since you'll be dead soon, who will you name as your heir to avoid conflicts in the future?" "The strongest" Well that's one way to start a war.

@AmberW28

4 жыл бұрын

Im not sure if you found this out by now or not but his leading general ended up taking over and ruling in Egypt. The generals bloodline (about 9 years later) actually ended up being Cleopatra 😅

@miguelmontenegro3520

4 жыл бұрын

Alex: Wait, wait, The Strongest is the nickname I gave to... Bleargh *Ded* Ptolemy: And the truth died with you... ugh I mean, him. Anyways I forgot my uh, horse in Egypt, sya.

@johnhutchinson9509

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

@milantomic1799

4 жыл бұрын

Ptolemy? He wasn't a general, he was one of Alexander's companions, so he did have positions of command, but not a general. You can't really call jim the leading general either, as perdiccas was the one who initially inherited the empire. Also... Antigonos, Seleukos, even Demetrios Poliorketes, were definitely comparable if not superior to Ptolemy's capabilities. The Ptolemies just lasted longer heh

@towardsheaven4196

3 жыл бұрын

@@AmberW28 Cleopatra 9 years after what? What kind of history do you even study? Cleopatra(the Pharaoh of Egypt) lived like 3 centuries after Alexander!

Well NO WONDER he charged enemy lines like a MANIAC. Alexander must have thought he was un-killable in battle, combine that with being told he is descended from Hercules' bloodline he must have been cocky as hell

@RC15O5

6 жыл бұрын

Monguku He was an arrogant boy with the bloodlust of a serial killer. EDIT: Three years later, my views while largely the same regarding his ego, have differed on the violence. Such was the norm of the time.

@fackrez11

6 жыл бұрын

pretty normal for over 2300 years ago i hope you know

@mrdiablo8180

6 жыл бұрын

+RC15O5 he managed to conquer the whole known world of his time ....

@hundwyn7530

5 жыл бұрын

He *was* descended from him.

@zjackshot

5 жыл бұрын

@@RC15O5 he was also deeply religious and was told he was invincible by an oracle, it was wildly known amongst his men and enemies that he was/ thought he was unkillable

Those fighting alongside Alexander the Great must've felt like they were in the presence of a demigod: Seemingly able to overcome death despite overwhelming odds, fearless, inspiring tens of thousands to fight and die, his presence alone sending his enemies into complete retreat, etc. A warrior king who led from the front, throwing himself into the heart of battle must've been a sight to behold.

@SlickStitch

5 жыл бұрын

Or felt like he gets hurt early to avoid the rest of the fight xD

@metaxist

4 жыл бұрын

They had enough of Persians back then and went to rampage mode :P

@LouSaydus

4 жыл бұрын

It's highly unlikely that he was anything like that. He most likely sat in the back like all kings and had his scribes record fairy tails of him being "heroic".

@RobertKoch-rg7iy

4 жыл бұрын

@@LouSaydus Actually not really. This was at a time when most Greek "Kings" were generals first and foremost and were expected to carry the load same as their men. Alexander himself was always in the heat of the fight as he led the cavalry most times. The so called records you mention also stress that his active role in combat was cut short after he lost a quarter of his lung to an Indian arrow, during a siege of some citadel.

@LouSaydus

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobertKoch-rg7iy Again, i find that highly unlikely.

This dude was on a roll, went back home and died. Lesson learned: Keep conquering, you'll live longer.

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately my friend, it doesn't work that way , simply cause we are not robots , but humans 10 straight years of bloodshed But not just Alexander but the Entire army , WHAT AN ARMY IM CERTAIN HE WAS POISONED HE SENT A MESSAGE BACK HOME . STRONG , HEALTHY , AND FULLY RECOVERED THOSE ROMANS , GERMANIANS AND BRITTS IM GOING TO CRUSH

@billyalexander5530

4 жыл бұрын

He never went back home , he was returning home and died in Babylon

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

@@billyalexander5530 that's right , he never made it home

@lydiaa9594

4 жыл бұрын

Or stop before they hate you enough to poison you

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

@@lydiaa9594 He wasn't poisoned due to hatred although he would of had several enemies , but had become that powerful that the Whole world feared him . A particular empire feared him that much , and of LOOSING their empire to him . Say no more .......

Didn't realize he was such a "follow me" type leader. No wonder his men loved him.

@user_mac0153

6 жыл бұрын

After he made them all rich as #%@k first. Persia was an immensely rich kingdom and still a huge empire in its own right, Egypt was immensely rich and perhaps controlled satellite states to a lesser extent. Alexander's rule became so vast, he made kings of his generals to keep it all under management. He should have kicked back, relaxed, soaked up the good life and let his frontiers tell him what neighboring state was off, and what neighboring state was on. I think the romans approached this problem with the East and West Holy Roman empires but all the paperwork and documentation, due process and red tape was just impossible to stay on top of.

@ziovanni77

4 жыл бұрын

@@user_mac0153 *east and west Roman empire.HRE is something else

@jamil3286

4 жыл бұрын

@@ziovanni77 i think the best description of the HRE i've seen it that it is "neither holy, nor Roman or an empire"

The man never took care of himself, he never rested, he never relaxed, he just burned out. He was incapable of resting and experiencing peace.

@conatus1306

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think the mosquito that gave him malaria really cared if he was "at peace" or not.

@RC15O5

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Smith perhaps he had ADHD

@nobsherc

5 жыл бұрын

@@RC15O5 he surely had ADHD

@chanimarie6753

5 жыл бұрын

Better to burn out, than fade away.

@munemshahariar2503

4 жыл бұрын

Miss C sounds like a bodyspray ad

He lived shortly but lived more than any of us will ever live. His legend will live forever.

@McMollet

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Bent nah, it IS something to emulate. A man's man, dominating man and woman. Not some "civilized" nu-male who's obsessed with being docile and domestic. This is a man.

@alexanderm3504

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Bent Without Alexander the great we would be in a stone age and tribal setting still. He helped, Christianity spread all across back then also, with the spread of Greek laungage, and culture. We get it, not everyone wants to, go out of there boundries, to fight for a better world, to unite all as one together, that was his main goal and purpose, was to bring all people together, and to spread Greek way, but to also show respect to others heritage also. Why do you think so many countries, he crossed and went to, the people loved him? He understood the people, he didn't just conquer them as a brute, a good king understands the people.

@McMollet

6 жыл бұрын

Hawkeye 47 how did he help Christianity spread??????

@alexplouff5723

6 жыл бұрын

Hawkeye 47 dude christianity......this is way before christ you are tripping

@faniskourelis1625

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Plouff Seriously both of you go and read some history for Christ's sake...He paved the way for the spread of christianity through the spread of hellenism and the Hellenic (Greek) language THE LANGUAGE THAT THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN...

compare this to phyrus who got killed by a roof tile.

@breaden4381

6 жыл бұрын

Before that he fought through the Spartan Royal Guard to avenge his son. Also a roof tile is much heavier than any iron age weapon.

@breaden4381

6 жыл бұрын

And then he was dragged into a house and killed

@jerec1267

6 жыл бұрын

dont try to use logic and facts here im making a point

@teriyakichicken1848

6 жыл бұрын

Jerec 12 He got knocked out by a roof tile than decapitated by an Argos soldier

@kekero540

6 жыл бұрын

Braden Vande Plasse still it's like JFK being killed by a falling coconut

This is what my history teacher taught in 2002, and I never could find the information again. Thanks for making a video of how awesome Alexander the Great was!!

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

His life is truly incredible. As I was doing my research there were actually even more cases where he almost died but I had to cut it for time. For instance while assaulting a fortress in Bactria a defender threw down a big rock that crushed his face and knocked him out... somehow he got back on his feet the next day and kept trucking

@HighProStrategic

6 жыл бұрын

A lot of it seems to be him getting back up and pressing on to keep the moral of his men up, and not allowing them to give up. To bad he never had child to carry on his legacy.

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

well he did have some children but basically his whole bloodline was wiped out in the following wars

@odesstern199

6 жыл бұрын

He did have one legitimate son (his Sogdian wife Roxane was pregnant when Alexander died and gave birth to little Alexander IV. a few months later) and perhaps a bastard son (likely, with how the Macedonian nobles lived, but we can't know for sure of course). Both were killed during the Wars of the Successors, as they were either too dangerous or simply became worthless in the power games of the time, alongside basically anyone else with only a drop of royal blood in them. The years following Alexander are basically Game of Thrones in antiquity when it comes to intrigues, treason and war.

@HighProStrategic

6 жыл бұрын

really? I didn't realize he had any children

Greatest warrior and military leader in the history of mankind can't swim.

@SprayedToTheBone2

6 жыл бұрын

Ikr and he was from a country surrounded by water.

@KkkittT

6 жыл бұрын

SprayedToTheBone2 that would mean Macedonia is an island. It's not an island, so its not surrounded by water. There was water in the south, thats about it.

@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge

6 жыл бұрын

Survives incredible odds most normal men would have failed and died in. Dies from a hangover.

@whayes8084

6 жыл бұрын

Numoyunne Ghengis Khan could swim.

@williamcombis4836

5 жыл бұрын

SprayedToTheBone2 The Kingdom of Macedonia had very little access to the sea.

He also had an argument with Cleitus, who was unhappy with Alexander's acceptance of barbarian culture, which ended in Alexander killing him in anger. After realising what he'd done, he took the spear that killed Cleitus and attempted to kill himself, but his bodyguards grabbed him before he could strike. Source: Plutarch

@nikolak4225

6 жыл бұрын

Dejan Bogosavljev jebiga

@mm16046

5 жыл бұрын

9 Lives' sounds better

@dropPlaydead

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander seriously had anger issue

@setiawansetiawan5103

5 жыл бұрын

@@dropPlaydead all people with power and little consequence of their actions do

@dropPlaydead

5 жыл бұрын

@@setiawansetiawan5103 Couldn't agree more

Never knew Alexander was an action movie hero.

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

Another bobo from ashtons circus

@Hugh_Morris

4 жыл бұрын

He was the original

@PMMagro

4 жыл бұрын

It does help when your "documentary" is written by poets and writers.

@KasumiRINA

4 жыл бұрын

Really? I think that's the stereotype people have of his character. That he was larger than life epic hero of legends.

@miguelmontenegro3520

4 жыл бұрын

Back in the day when there was no Steve Rogers we used to call him Lieutenant Sarissa. A great hero in the Greek Avenger series.

The hell was he made of? Hypothermia, lung punctures, infections, blood loss, lost in deserts, etc. And then he died of a liver that got smashed from all that alcohol.

@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723

5 жыл бұрын

We just remember the crazy mofo’s. After all, no one remembers bob the tax accountant.

@alexander6399

5 жыл бұрын

Historians don’t believe he died of liver damage. Plutarch and Diodorus’ accounts don’t match that cause of death. But yes, what the hell was he made of!

@kevinsmith5901

5 жыл бұрын

Poison most likely from the Shudda. Therea a vreat book called Murder in Babylon that I highly recommend.

@atlasbailly5439

5 жыл бұрын

i thought it was malaria

@shadow-monger5189

5 жыл бұрын

Most historians actually believe that it was likely malaria or poisen that killed him. Probably a combination or both... And all of his injuries were probably a hampering on his ability to recover.

Alexander the Great? I think maybe the title "Great" seems a bit too small for Alexander. Maybe we should call him "Alexander the holy shit that guy did some shit". Rolls right off the tongue.

@magnuschristianssen8999

5 жыл бұрын

Paul TheSkeptic Maybe he was a great Campaigner but he seems to have lacked a mental "check" on his ambitions which IMO got him killed. Also the author simply says "he got a fever and died" and I remember that the ancient source says that he went to a swamp to watch a full ecilpse and contracted a sickness. (Malaria) and this is what killed him.

@crazytazzify

5 жыл бұрын

@@magnuschristianssen8999 he just loved Achilles more than Odysseus.

@brothergigawatt2116

5 жыл бұрын

@Paul TheSkeptic ALEXANDER THE GREAT(FOOL)IN THE BIBLE (THE BEGINNING OF ALL EVIL ON THE EARTH) 1 MACCABEES 1 And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, 2 And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, 3 And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted and his heart was lifted up. 4 And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. 5 And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die. 6 Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive. 7 So Alexander reigned twelves years, and then died. 8 And his servants bare rule every one in his place. 9 And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and EVILS were multiplied in the earth.

@randomlyrandomrando

5 жыл бұрын

Paul TheSkeptic I didn’t necessarily entirely dislike the last film Made about him but I’d like to see a new film or Netflix series made to historical accuracy the best they can or something idk...

@quenal3

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Wow the art is amazing

@JohnzeeMr

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great fell because he reached India. The Indians suddenly mistook him as a Hindu God because his army got such awesome armor. So even before he reached the first Indian city, mesmerized Indians twice the size of Alexander's army was following him around. Alexander took India without a fight because of this Indians who worshiped him but then the problem dawn on him since everybody wants to make him a God and the local leader wants to marry his daughter to Alexander...HOW THE FUCK IS HE GOING TO FEED THIS PEOPLE. That is how the Indians stop Alexander cold in the borders of India. Ever wonder how Alexander solve the problem of feeding the Indians that are 5 times more than his army. In our final topic Tao: All Under Heaven.

Wow great job narrating this story!! You give such intensity and severity

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

thanks, its been a long road getting here

@UltimaSigmarAlonso

6 жыл бұрын

Invicta when will the Jerusalem part come

@cameronsipka3352

6 жыл бұрын

+

@graphospasm5394

6 жыл бұрын

Rennoc Gnal +

@edthoreum7625

6 жыл бұрын

shasha like to play ping pong in the dark?

This is quality content. Even the sponsor isn't random bullshit but is for the benefit of the video and viewers who want a book recommendation on the subject. I am so happy to have seen you grown from Halo Reach, then to total war gameplay and wanting to collab with HoC to creating impressive content such a this. Thank you for being you! I would also love for you to talk more about you engineering studies (or have you already graduated?!?!). I think I speak for a lot of people here when I say we appreciate you and your creativity, for sharing you love of history with us!

@baukepoelsma

6 жыл бұрын

Snafu a true fan over here. #spreadthelove

@zniMreivaX

6 жыл бұрын

you are deluded if not crazy

@Warden_Vtel

6 жыл бұрын

Snafu I dunno why, but I read that as "This is quality bullshit" 😂

@kpando4952

6 жыл бұрын

any youtuber can sponsor audiobooks you narcissistic intellectual twat

"to the strongest" god damn it alexander

2:37 You mean, the treatment miraculously failed to kill him.

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

what?! You mean to say rubbing oils on someone and balancing their humours doesn't cure all ills?

@nebojsagalic4246

6 жыл бұрын

You forgot the mercury.

@jmt_fury2853

5 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory no srsly his Physician had used a very powerful liquid that was enough to kill an elephant

@KasumiRINA

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, chemistry was trash back then. Bunch of queens famously died from _makeup,_ all the way from Hatshepsut (over a thousand years before Alexander) to Elisabeth 1st (two thousand years later) and then there's radium girls... Medicine wasn't much better.

The best leaders are the ones who lead by example. By this definition Alexander is a guy I would follow without question

@perverse_ince

6 жыл бұрын

Basically the personification of Virtus

@HearthguardHG

6 жыл бұрын

Phosphorus got a lot of his soldiers killed, and killed some himself...

@twiliblade

6 жыл бұрын

just don't be under his command when his army wants to go home after a lifetime of campaigning so he leads you through one of the worst deserts in the world as punishment killing many of your comrades in arms before he drinks himself to death in babylon, early alexander was great but the years and intensity of his conquests took their toll and he became a cruel, self-absorbed man.

@simonpeter5032

5 жыл бұрын

Until you saw him take an arrow to the king right in front of you, and hit the ground wheezing with a shocked face while you go 😱

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

Absalutely, a leader by example And a Great one , and not a Dictator from the back of the army Which in my eyes is gutless

Alexander the Great is just Easy mode campaign

@RC15O5

6 жыл бұрын

Cristian Cerban Pretty much. Thanks to his pa, Alexander had an excellent starting position.

@noelnotorious.6

6 жыл бұрын

Indian start was literally unplayable.

@ihatetobethatguybut7175

6 жыл бұрын

Persian start is just broken IMO.

@Valiguss

5 жыл бұрын

RC15O5 yeah to conquer Greece but to conquer the Persian Empire that was impressive

@BraydenLondon88

5 жыл бұрын

Ikr easier then Persia if you unlock them though game files

Alexander the Great His name struck fear into hearts of men Alexander the Great Became a legend 'mongst mortal men

@zakback9937

6 жыл бұрын

Iron Maiden

@HollowDesert

6 жыл бұрын

Dethmeister Alexander the great, he died of fever in Babylon.

@alexanderm3504

6 жыл бұрын

Ein Walroß He was poisoned by his own men. Theybdidnt like the fact he, was mixing the cultures, and making peace with his enemies. The men didn't agree with it. Messed up

@Dethmeister

6 жыл бұрын

@Hawkeye 47 , Is that in the extended live version of the song?

@alexanderm3504

6 жыл бұрын

Dethmeister Lol no, I was just stating some facts I guess lol

"To the strongest" Alexander was like, you robbed me of the battlefields. I will condemn you to fight forever. >=D

@arnoldthegreat4138

2 жыл бұрын

haha yes i never thought about it like that.

Gotta love the Rome Total War Greek intro music best music in Total war in my opinion

"Two ravens soon flew overhead." Norse gods confirmed.

@bigbadseed7665

3 жыл бұрын

@George K. Congratulations! You're the first person to take my joke way too seriously! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWydsc-PlJS9j8o.html

@michaelsantos8377

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbadseed7665 what a shitty joke.

@selverhalilovic5837

3 жыл бұрын

Odin is with us

sounds like someone playing ck2 remove_trait severely_wounded

@aegonii8471

6 жыл бұрын

CerberusSnow Amen

@lord2529

6 жыл бұрын

ikr Long live the God Emperor!!!

@danielchequer5842

4 жыл бұрын

And then he got ill but he was playing in 5x speed and died before he could type another comand

"I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity" All men should live by such words.

@prithvirajchowdhury4351

5 жыл бұрын

a short life and a merry one aye

@setiawansetiawan5103

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao no we needed people to content being "regular" workers like farmers and builders else society would collapse

@flyhard3388

5 жыл бұрын

@Alexandru Glory on the man who killed osama bin ladin.

@starrix4712

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandru All of which he clearly had in abundance. What was your point?

@alexandersmidt5289

2 жыл бұрын

@acevitamin Being forced? How are you being forced into obesity?

Love this one, especially all the artwork in it

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, Robbie McSweeney really knocked it out of the park with these

@robbiemcsweeney1318

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciated :)

@Laughimalz

6 жыл бұрын

Robbie McSweeney nj dude!

Just imagine how far he might of got if the army didn't mutiny in India, hell I doubt he'd of stopped until reached the ocean

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

Fraser Budd-Brophy He would eventually have run out of resources. That said it would still be a larger area than what he managed ITL

@JoelJernbergPalm

5 жыл бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 he would have responded to your critasisem and had you executive for herasy

@starrix4712

4 жыл бұрын

Jules Brags He hasn’t been here for over a thousand years........

@homelessdude8080

4 жыл бұрын

I think he would of lost if he continued to India.

@antikokalis

4 жыл бұрын

@@homelessdude8080 I don't get the whole India strong argument. Indian people are smaller in size and there were no Mongol style warriors back then

"TO THE STRONGEST" holy shit thats dope finally some honesty

The visuals, the music, the facts and your voice make this video so damn good. I love this series. Just one point of criticism: pls make some breaks in the video and let us think some seconds to better understand what you just sayed. btw: 11:22 just gave me chills, this and the alessia episode are my favorites, keep going

And that the ones we know of. History is always romanticized to a certain extent, just in what you choose to record. Maybe Alexander almost died from dhiarrea at one point.

@the_dropbear4392

6 жыл бұрын

SpyMonkey3D no, that would mean he had more lives than a cat, and that's impossible

@ironpumpkin0182

6 жыл бұрын

Also neither chipotle nor taco bell existed back then.

@setiawansetiawan5103

5 жыл бұрын

That would sense since dysentery is still a deadly disease nowadays

@RexoryByzaboo

4 жыл бұрын

Did he got fatal diarrhea? Or it is hidden from the history books?

Amazing artwork, man.

@robbiemcsweeney1318

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@honestabhe3138

6 жыл бұрын

Man I'd subscribe but you have exactly 69 subscribers.

Amazing job. That Greek theme though got me goosebumps. "the Greeks could rule the world... alexander did..."

This video is so well put together that I shed a tear at the end. Absolutely outstanding presentation.

Thank you invicta!!!! I love this series

"If I were not Alexander the Great, I would wish to be Diogenes!"

@LazyMe420

6 жыл бұрын

..A much greater person if we wanna be honest!

@user_mac0153

6 жыл бұрын

Soldier: "Behold Alexander, King of all Greeks, and of Egypt, of Anatolia, the Arabian Penninsula, Persia and Asia minor Diogenes: "You are standing in my sun." (soaps his armpit). Alexander: "what is your name, buddy." Diogenes: "Get out of my face, asswipe! And take your shadow, can't you see I am busy doing something here." Alexander to a companion: "Is this not the man they call Diogenes who long went among his own townsfolk with a burning lamp held high, at the mid of day, seeking to discover an honest man?"

@LazyMe420

6 жыл бұрын

Diogenes wasn't a rude fuck lol. He was just smart, cynical and laconic to his word. When Alexander stood in front of him he didn't converse with him neither did he insult him, that's not the way he acted. All he had to say was ''enlighten me'' which could either mean teach me about stuff or move to let the sun illuminate me. Simple as that. He did that a lot in his life. When he was sold as a slave and was asked what he was good at, so they could sell him at the appropriate price. All he said was ''I indict men'' which was another pun in ancient Greek that could either mean ''I prosecute/accuse men'' or ''I teach men'' Pretty brilliant if you ask me. He understood the many contradictions of life and that the same thing can appear different from other points of view and he tried teaching this to others in the simplest ways. He also tried to show people the true nature of life and it's simplicity while he mocked the social masks and constructs that prevented them from living it, something that is plaguing our world to this day maybe to an even worse degree.

@newreast3904

5 жыл бұрын

the complete two opposites!!! what a joke of a person you are.

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

Just a simple man with a simple life

My friend, your love for history is absolute. You're love for sharing this knowledge, is truly wonderful. Thank you

It would be great if you did a video on Hannibal at some point

@mykomatos5445

6 жыл бұрын

Gypsy Extra History did a good job with it

@Tatsigr

6 жыл бұрын

Its fiction..wtf?

@nikolak4225

6 жыл бұрын

Alpha Pi Hannibal Barca the Carthaginian general is fiction?

@JeyC_

5 жыл бұрын

Damocles no it aint, you dumb. It's pure history

@notyou6942

5 жыл бұрын

tasos plgns how tf is that Fiction? You’re calling the general who brought ROME to its KNEES FICTION??!!

Amazing production quality, well done!

This is the crown jewel of the videos you've been cranking out this year. Fantastic work Oakley! :D

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you appreciated the work and effort that went into this one, its my favorite so far!

This video has such great quality! The narrating is on point: Calming when it needs to, exciting when close to death. It's up to my favorite videos I've ever seen... On youtube

Man, such a great job! I have enjoyed every second of that. Thanks

These are the reason I subscribed :)

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Glad I could get back to the documentaries. We have many more on the way

@bdubdutheabsolutebdubdu1854

6 жыл бұрын

Invicta WE?

One of the greatest Hellenes (Greeks) that ever existed. Alexander was more than a man; he was a genius, a warrior-king, a visionary, an example of excellence to all.

@Crusader899

6 жыл бұрын

By the way, he allegedly said "to the best". He supposedly said "τω κρατίστω" which in Hellenic means "to the best"

@RobinTheBot

6 жыл бұрын

Except he was arrogant, short-sighted, and glory-obsessed. He carved out that massive empire and carried out none of the governing that goes with it, and in doing so condemned his native people to a brief few years of glory before falling into eternal subordination to lesser powers. It is one thing to seize great power, it is a far greater challenge to hold it. He could win any battle, but in the end, he could not build an empire. He created neither the infrastructure nor the systems needed to keep his holdings, failed to plan for his own inevitable death, and in the end the Persians were back in control in less than a decade. Alexander was a great General. He was one of the greatest failures as a king.

@Crusader899

6 жыл бұрын

Robin Bot and here it is obvious you lack the necessary historical knowledge to pass any judgement. You speak as if it was his fault that he died and didn't get to rule. Because, he died /before/ he began ruling his vast empire. So, was it his fault that he caught an illness or was poisoned? What little governing we saw him doing in regards to his Persian and other foreign subjects was, in my opinion, impeccable. Bringing East and West together, he skillfully merged Hellenic and barbaric civilizations to create new, civilized Hellenistic hybrids. His tolerance towards foreign cultures, something which brought upon the ire of his commanders, was impressive for the time and a very good example of what his governing would have been like had he not died prematurely. And yet he created the infrastructure to retain and defend his holdings. Do you think all the colonies and Alexandrias he founded were just cities? They were settled with former Hellenic soldiers who would also act as a defensive garrison should the need arise. That's why he founded Alexandria Eschate in today's Tajikistan, the northernmost border of his empire. Was it a place for a city? No. But someone needed to defend the northern borders. As to the matter of his succession it is probably the only thing you can hold him accountable for and even then, not so much. He knew his generals would kill his son, his only possible suitable successor, and he didn't want one of his generals to succeed him because he knew they weren't as good as him, no one was. They would act greedily and enslave instead of govern his foreign subjects. That is why he said "to the best". There was no one better than him in his mind. On a final note, to show you your historical illiteracy, those lands weren't at the hands of Persians until many decades later. They were kept by Hellenes (Greeks) for many decades after Alexander's death, like the Seleucid Empire and the Baktrian Empire. Then the Parthians slowly took them but not until later on. The Parthians were not Persian, they were Parni. A different culture of northwestern Iran. Only when the Persian Sassanid dynasty overthrew the Arcacids would Persians rule Persian lands again. Pick up a book and learn a thing or two instead of arbitrarily judging

@DgNguyen

6 жыл бұрын

This comment would have been so much more inspiring to read without you calling other guy historical illiterate here and there. Is providing others with knowledge less important than proving your supremacy in this one particular topic? Anyway, thank you for the information, as I also share a similar point of view to Robin prior to your comment.

@Crusader899

6 жыл бұрын

Trần Đông Nguyên Providing others with false knowledge is something to be discussed. I did not call him out on his argument. I called him out on his lack of facts to support it, on his baseless claims. There might have been evidence to support his side as well. But he ruined it by not providing any or providing false facts such as with the Persian argument. His designation as historically illiterate might upset you but it is what he has shown thus far. If you agree with him, especially without providing any facts to support your claim, then only a similar designation can be assigned to you too. This is not about supremacy. It is about historical fact and lack thereof.

Superb video, my friend! Love the art style and research that went into it all, as well as the script and voice over

Great video. Your documentaries are intense

WTF! Alexander the Greats my favourite historical figure now.

Great work! Would love to see something like this about Belisarius.

Great work on this you never disappoint and totally worth the wait.

always on point,got love this series,the narrative and ofc the history behind it.keep up the good work

Europe needs a man like this again.

This is what i call "historyporn"... Love it!

This was excellent! Very well done, I learned a lot

Great narration..solid sources...great job!

Alexander is the rarest greek diamond. Nice video. I learned more and with that you can think more about how he died.

Ancient Optimus Prime

These videos are so amazing! Great work on research, and art and sound!

Great video, the way it's shown ...just amazing!

Love it. Great job with animation.

@ewan80

6 жыл бұрын

Superpope69 What animation?

@kylepowpow

6 жыл бұрын

Ewan Flean You didnt notice? You must not have watched the video

Isnt it also speculated that the cause of alexander's deteriorating health was because of the death of hephæston?

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

could have been partly due to that

please keep making these, they're great!

What I love about the flourishing History scene of KZread is the passion and dedication to telling the story.

This must of take hrs of research. Great Video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a fellow 23-year old with similar and high-level ambition, these accounts in history are truly admirable and respectable.

Love what your doing with your channel man, great work!

Simply love your channel. Good videos even better content. Thank you.

"My son, ask for thyself another kingdom. For that which I leave is too small for thee"

Just when I thought Alexander couldn't be any greater, I watch this video and am floored by these cheats of death put in a nutshell. Fantastic storytelling!

Great video, thanks for the work

The art style is perfect for this type of video. Subbed. Keep up these awesome videos

And then there's king Robert that lives just like Alexander but dies from a boar making everything shit :/

@BoarhideGaming

6 жыл бұрын

Of course it was. Cercei Lannister's boy-toy was tasked to get him drunk, while hunting one of the most dangerous animals around

@sonyablade3001

6 жыл бұрын

@BoarhideGaming Nevertheless, Robert had enough "mind" to drink before the hunt - so it's still his fault.

@thomasvrielink299

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Alexander dying also made everything shit, with his "to the strongest" comment tearing his empire apart.

@LordDeathNote

6 жыл бұрын

Robert himself was a shit king though, far more shit than Alexander (who was very flawed himself as a leader and super over extended his empire). Robert bankrupted the kingdom, pissed off a ton of people and alienated his own wife to such an extent that she made sure they never had a legitimate child. Not only that but his extreme condemnation of any and all Targaryens ensured that any surviving Targaryens would undoubtedly want to get vengeance - with given the power their very name held in Westeros and the world at large would never be impossible. And all that's not even to mention the fact he spent most of his time drinking or fucking.

@andreascovano7742

6 жыл бұрын

They would have wanted revenge regardless

I took a whole semester's class in college on alexander and i must say this is top notch content.

Great stuff, good job with the editing!

tks very much, great show.

If he cheated death 9 times, shouldn't the title be "The 10 lives of Alexander the Great" ?

@daniellucas5171

6 жыл бұрын

imagine a game with 10 lives if you died 9 times you are left with your last one , you die it's game over , so to cheat death 9 times you need 10 lifes . get it ?

@arconesaeradan3262

6 жыл бұрын

that's the point. the title of the video is "The 9 Lives of..." instead of "The 10 Lives of..." or "The 9 Times Alexander Cheated Death"

@SprayedToTheBone2

6 жыл бұрын

The greeks struggled all their lives to gain "υστεροφημία"(to be remembered eternally after death) so in that sense Alexander never died, therefore the title is appropriate.

@SebHaarfagre

6 жыл бұрын

Wait, did he cheat death 8 or 9 times?

@Lion-rs2qy

4 жыл бұрын

Ok , this one actually made me laugh , cause in a way your actually right

Personally I think he cursed himself when he cut the Gordian Knot in half. Karma got him. That was a dick move. A lot of people worked really hard on that puzzle, and some asshole teenager comes across and is like "I have a solution for you!" and cuts it in half. What a troll.

@8888stealth

6 жыл бұрын

Or It was the rash bravery of outside the box thinking that lended him his great victories. Fortune favors the brave.

@dhillion6675

6 жыл бұрын

You do realize that whole Gordian Knot thing may be an ancient propaganda just to create the whole godlike atmosphere surrounding Alexander

@wankawanka3053

2 жыл бұрын

There was no curse

@saeedvazirian

2 жыл бұрын

@@8888stealth he lost the war.

@8888stealth

2 жыл бұрын

@@saeedvazirian A comment 4 years later, nice.

This video was pretty impressive. It's a good one. Nice job. I love finding out anything about Alexander the Great.

Awesome narration and artwork!

A bit of criticism if you don't mind ? The narration seemed a bit fast especially with the fast paced music running in the background. Usually you pour more emotion and life into the words. Thanks for all the videos :)

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I did have to rush this video along a bit since it was running way longer than I wanted to already

Peter Green's 'Alexander of Macedon' is a very good biography, and Christian cameron's 'alexander god of war' is a fantastic fiction from the POV of Ptolemy, check them out sometime

@holypaladin4657

6 жыл бұрын

JAK3FR0M5T FARM I read Jacob Abbott's "Alexander the Great". It's free on iBooks. He's also written a book on Cleopatra, one on Hannibal, probably more too.

@jak3fr0m5tfarm6

6 жыл бұрын

Holy Paladin I'll have to check him out, I haven't read any of his books, thanks!

@jak3fr0m5tfarm6

6 жыл бұрын

Holy Paladin just looked him up and I think he's written a biography on everyone that's ever existed lol

@holypaladin4657

6 жыл бұрын

JAK3FR0M5T FARM yep, haha.

@jaFerr

6 жыл бұрын

Read the Alexander series by Valerio Massimo Manfredi. It’s narrated as Alexander POV. From his childhood to his death, really good.

Great video! I'm glad I just discovered your channel.

Most impressive work !! 👍 👍 thx!

long live greece and alexander

@sherwan8143

5 жыл бұрын

He was a macedonian....

@sherwan8143

5 жыл бұрын

@OWL SQUAD I could ask the same from you. No way to know for sure but my view is backed by more evidence than yours...

@emololasdf5492

5 жыл бұрын

Sherwan Abdi Macedonia Era( that time Slavic tribes dint exist at the era ) family dynasty Argead ( from Argos Peloponnesus) first place of their kingdom at Macedonia is Pela. Argead dynasty are descend of timenid dynasty whom the head of was illos /Υλλος.. learn History boy,is not bad ;)

@zissists1210

4 жыл бұрын

@@sherwan8143 lol their house came from the peloponnese and they did not speak Slavic

@sherwan8143

4 жыл бұрын

Sick... I'll sit back down

Wasn't Parmenion killed due to the fact that his son was in on a plot and Alexander had him killed, so he had to kill Parmenion too?

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

it seems like they probably weren't involved but Alexander suspected their loyalty and decided to purge part of his army which could threaten his hold on power

@420xanatos

6 жыл бұрын

@7:20 as he says...

@MattieK09

6 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to write a book on Parmenion, he's an unsung hero in Alexander's campaigns

@stevencable6317

4 жыл бұрын

Matt K the virtues of war by steven pressfield has him as a key character

great job. History has always been fascinating to me.

Please do more of these videos. They don't even have to be epic moments IMO, just interesting parts of history.

Probably the Greatest Ancient Greek to live!

@michaelsantos8377

4 жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest Greek ever.

@user-vp6ij5nt8c

4 жыл бұрын

@Jd Pv Greece existed millennia before your Bulgarian state.Keep believing that you are macedonian but you will never become because you are simply not greek

@resetthatworld8807

3 жыл бұрын

@Jd Pv cry bitch,if im turk you are too

@user-yh8yp5lq3m

3 жыл бұрын

@@resetthatworld8807 we are no turks . You are Bulgarians , end of story !

Well I just learnt that this man was like a cat thanks for that😁 Great vid btw

This is one of the best videos I've seen on Alexander. This is a treasure trove of information.

Invicta, new to your channel but enjoying it very much.

Great video! But as a Greek person i never understand why in english is macedonian while in greek we pronounce it makedonian.

@matheusmelo6022

6 жыл бұрын

Aley I guess because it would sound retarded like that in English. Get it? Make + donian. Macedonian is pronounced better.

@overlord3592

6 жыл бұрын

idk

@koffieslikkersenior

6 жыл бұрын

Well, you don't pronounce your letters like you used to in classical times either. But you're right, the Brits do funny things to ancient names. Take for example Mark Anthony instead of Marcvs Antonivs

@zakback9937

6 жыл бұрын

Nicolas De Raedt and the V was a U? And the C was said as a k sound in classical Latin?

@matheusmelo6022

6 жыл бұрын

Really though, I never understood why it is written and pronounced Mark Anthony but all other names are written and pronounced as they were before. You have Publius Africanus, Quintus Fabius and Marcus Crassus but then you get Mark Anthony. Other names were pronounced and written different too, like Livy, as opposed to Livius.

Who just randomly got this in there recommended

@guilhermehx7159

4 жыл бұрын

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Great video!

quality content! who needs history class when you have this? keep up the great work. your dedication doesn't go unappreciated.

Can we get a dope video like this for the wars of the diadochi???

It seems to me that he was poisoned

This was such a well produced and narrated piece, will definitely get the book! Hope there are a few more I can check out :)