Folks decided not to go with Established Titles as a sponsor after all. Republished this video without the AD - I'd prefer to swallow production costs. Enjoy the video - be advised that Isabella Part 5: Holy War will be coming out in a few weeks.

@andrewthomson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you m'lord!

@emadbagheri

Жыл бұрын

Thank you FPH for upholding your integrity and listening to your fans. The good will and trust which will be generated by your honor will translate to financial support in the long run. You stand apart from many of your competitors by this move, thank you again.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewthomson hahahaha

@KHK001

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this sir! Im sure it'll end up for the better, looking forward for Isabella p5!

@danwillett5657

Жыл бұрын

Right choice, well done 👍

Love this series! I do agree, the more I learn about Justinian the more I see him as a Trajan when what the Eastern Empire really needed at that time was a Hadrian, or someone to stop after Africa/Rome conquests and just consolidate rather than fight for Northern Italy and Spain as well.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

I think that when it comes to any empire - its only as good as the person in charge. But if you get someone horrible it can all fall apart quickly

Can't get enough of this! You have made it all so effortlessly digestible! I hope you will continue to make many more like these...👏👏👏

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

A bittersweet ending of an excellent work! Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Justinian was the man who best expressed the idea of what a good emperor should be in terms of qualities. He was not a corrupt, hedonistic and depraved leader like most Roman emperors before and since. Justinian believed in the idea of justice and the restoration of Rome as a way to change humanity for the better. Justinian was the last Roman emperor whose native language was Latin, not Greek, and the traditions within the empire were more Western than Eastern. Thank you for these videos!

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

I think he was victim of his own success

I'm so glad that you did this series! Justinian, Theodora, and Belasarius are favorites of mine! Such fascinating people!! 💞

The whole series was amazing. This has made my last few nights very peaceful and educational. Thank you so much for the effort and time you put into these. Keep it up!

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Really happy that you liked this series!

You and Robin are a great team for this series. Thanks for the episode. Looking forward to this going onward after Justinian.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Hey Doyle thanks! Yeah he's been awesome to work with

Wonderful, one of the best series I have watched on KZread. Well done, job well done!

Hey Flashpoint history, I've commented a couple of times before and I love your work. You've even featured my comments in some of your videos before. It's hard to stay engaged in story lines that jump around. I was interested in the history of Byzantium during the covid outbreak, now long after I have forgotten about it I get a notification that you are continuing the saga. Right now I want to know about Isabella the great, then I remember oh yeah some time ago I was interested in the story of the eastern roman empire. I'll watch your work no matter what, but I feel the key to your channel's growth is telling the complete story before moving onto the next even if it defies chronological order. whatever you decide keep up the great work and I appreciate you.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the comment John, part of the reason I jump around is because I have artists making art work and musicians coming up with music for the videos - It happens on a production time line so I can have some degree of continuity with my video uploads as a whole. Right now I'm waiting on art work for my Isabella series to come in, I have a collaboration planned with a fellow YT channel for the Art of War series - Doolittle Raid, and I'm working with Robin Pierson for the next Byzantine series. This allows me to best utilize my time. Also, like many YT channels that have an on going series, I place all my videos into playlists that have the videos of a series in chronological order. If you go to my YT site and hit playlist you'll see what I mean - it will plav in order so you won't miss anything.

Another great vid! thanks FPH!

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for - re-commenting =)

@KHK001

Жыл бұрын

Gotta fight the algorithm!

11:49

Justinian's S Tier Resume: - expanded empirial territory by 44% - stabilised trade, tax and admin - used diplomacy and just causes for war (attempting) to protect the Empire - survived mini-ice age and black death - most gains were profitably held until Phocus and the Arab Conquest. - comtinued to define Byzantine architecture ensuring Constantinople stood as the jewel of the world - Laws would be widely adopted, even by the Germans (Barbarossa) who saw them as the Roman standard - Spread power between his generals and disbanded them to prevent unrest focusing around a powerful alternative (clearly Belasarius understood this rational as they seemingly remained trusted lifelong) - never stopped dreaming in the idea of Rome

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Nicely laid out -but I'm guessing you're a glass half full kinda person right?

@rockstar450

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I guess so. Trajan's holdings were immediately untennable and he's a GOAT? Nothing makes you more powerful than being poorly documented :)

Excellent work here Sir and your Team

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Christopher!

Good epilogue. I'm looking forward to what's next.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This series highlighted the pros and cons of Justinian's image that many people tend to blur or ignore, and I highly appreciate FPH for doing this. It's such an amazing series. Although, to some degree, Justinian is considered highly praised for the earliest attempts to restore the known Roman world and for having the expert administrative skills to create many works, he still leaves an almost controversial legacy in the latter stages that promoted untended consequences for Byzantium. (the later plague nor the earthquakes wasn't directly a fault of his) Even without the hearsay sources (like Procopius, etc.) that some people try to push aside, we all can determine that Justinian was still a man that overestimated the true factors on the ground, and by using our own common sense, we can have the opinion that Justinian tried to do too much in little time to prop up his image through the annals of time. In the end, two legacies would form after his death. The Emperor that fought for the Eastern Orthodox Religion to Restore Rome made Justinian a beloved icon throughout Western Europe, and much later on, would change to the Emperor that upset the Gods for his own personal ambitions, mismanaged military affairs & indirectly economically ruined Byzantium. Like Empress Theodora, both were the epithet of promoting good things for their respective regions/people & the spreading of the Orthodox faith, yet human hubris (indirectly via intrigue & his true believer mindset with a military policy up towards to the tragedy in Milan) would slowly take its toll, especially on the domestic front in parts of Greece, Egypt and other parts of the Empire amid the war efforts & long attrition in the West. The sack of Anitoch was the last gasp of Roman greatness. Justinian is a symbol & a lesson for all future leaders that they must understand moderation through both domestic & military policy and that having a short-sighted agenda tends to breed more unforeseen consequences that can definitely lead to the downfall of their own respective civilizations. Had Justinian taken his time to redintegrate Africa and use moderation to allow manpower to stabilize more while holding out against the plague, I think Justinian would have been viewed much better throughout history and could have either delayed the decay or could have successfully restored the Roman world.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Wow! Really nicely said. You hit up on some excellent points here

@SolidAvenger1290

11 ай бұрын

@Flash Point History thank you! I greatly appreciate the response back. Again, you have the very best series covering the history of Byzantium on KZread and other related content. Keep up the amazing work!

Thanks!

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Anytime Shawn!

and now I have to watch it again.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

hahaha - enjoy

beautifully said, i am almost forgiving Justinian(a man that i was named as). exquisite story, narration and maps. gratitude.

Very much appreciate your work

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

I hope that you will cover further years of the Byzantine Empire; this has been very well done.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna stop here - but Robin has another 100+ episodes you can download and listen to

If Justinian listened to this I think he would just say " Well damn" this was a great series I loved it

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

hahaha - especially as it was all about him =)

@PridedTomb55

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I don't know if he would've praised you or blinded you lol

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

@@PridedTomb55 see what your saying here - you've some some good insight. Eye guess that just comes from the ability to gaze ahead

I was gonna say that I just saw this video this morning lol, good on giving the ET people the finger

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've worked with them before - but never realized that they had such bad press - nothing like this happened last time

@alexs_toy_barn

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx its a story from the past couple months, still a little recent

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

@@alexs_toy_barn Seems like they got busted big time - the talking points were a lot different than before

Great culmination on Justinian, I really enjoyed this series and looking forward to more. The black death is absolutely terrifying, praise be for modern medicine

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Take a look at my Black Death Vid if you get a chance then

@FreeFallingAir

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I have😉

Amazing series robin. Im a huge hostory of rome junkie and glad you continued. Any suggestions of other work you do with rome or her successors?

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

I'd recommend you email Robin directly with this question

great stuff , which one to watch next...hmmmm

Will "the Conquest and Fall of Constantinople" Series continue? It would be cool to see a detailed video about the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm going to start back up with Part 14: Osman's Dream - need to finish Reconquista first

@thegiverion3982

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Awesome! Thank you so much!

Absolute awesome. Heracleus comming up?;-)

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

My other series "the Conquest and Fall of Constantinople" starts with Heracleus =)

Water cooled is definitely the next move

This is a good conclusion ! I dont agree with all bit I can totally understand !

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

What's your take on Justinian's Legacy?

Is this a re-upload from last night?

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Yes - without the ad

Love your work man! I think if the Ostrogoths hadn’t had the succession crisis. Ironically we might of seen an stronger more Roman Italy longer. Things like the 20 years of war , destroying of the Roman Senate members. Especially, if the successors to Theodoric, the great had flipped to Orthodox vs Arian. After all the Goth were the most Roman of all barbarían groups. And Like something said it, I think it would of also kept them in Africa longer as well to consolidate it. Plus the Lombards probably wouldn’t have been able to overrun an Italy that had a stronger population.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

You got a really good insight on this Serge - I think that had Justinian pursued a method of trying to politically persuade the Ostrogoths to joining him, instead of years of warfare, it would have ended up better for the empire

@serge-partykingtech5923

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Most likely, I mean they were pretty much living like Romans anyway for the most part. Plague obviously hammered their power down too. Love to see a video on Theodoric the greats Italy, his " golden age" in Italy. If they had lasted another 50 years in Italy probably have seen them absorbed by the Roman population.

Watching this video makes me wanna do an alternate scenario in which Justinian at the very least waited (as you said) 5 years for Africa to be properly reorganized In reality Theodahad nearly surrendered Italy to Justinian but backed out when Mundus was killed. In 540, with a massive army of 20-30,000 Romans at his door step, he would've surrendered it even quicker. And if the Goths still kill him to fight on, they were a minority in Italy, so the spine of their army would be broken & the campaign over by 542-543. They leave Italy & re-occupy Pannonia & even expand into Noricum Then deal with all the raids by the Bulgars, deal with Khosrow. Reintegrate Italy properly with relief efforts coming to help with the plague. If Khosrow does attack, there will be enough troops to delay him & make him reestablish peace Then once all that's done. By 548 with the Assassination of Theudis, Justinian uses the new resources of the Empire to give an Invasion force of Hispania to around 15,000 men & with the instability of the Visigoths, they could retake all of the South & also Hispania Citerior, plus Narbonensis to make the Spanish lands connect with Italy Edit: And while the plague would hit massively hard, with the conflicts being shorter, they could afford to build another army, though it wouldn't be easy And also if Germanus lived or if his son Justin (Magister Militum per Illyricum) had been the one to succeed Justinian, then the Empire would've been stronger to resist the Lombards & they might be become another Germanic Tribe that occasionally raid Italy

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

that would have been an impressive Renovatio Imperii

@iDeathMaximuMII

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx It's the only one I see as most realistic, even with the plague

Can you do one about Basil II?

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Check out my 'Conquest and Fall of Constantinople' series - Part 3. It includes the Battle of Kleidion - its an eye opening experience

But of course, this is not totally correctly titled. It's only the 'history' of Justinian's time. The Empire had a much longer history and the coming centuries would be a mixed bag of disasters and triumphs.

Farewell Justinian...

Will this affect your ability to make content because I perfectly understand the financial cost of your excellent production which is why I personally didn't understand the uproar?

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

I get all sorts of offers from Japanese food, to facial products, to video games. I try to vet them out for items that seem more in line with history - had no idea that this brand had gone down so much - I've used them before and never got this response.

@Olimpico230

Жыл бұрын

because people’s money will be taken through a scam ?

I like the way u said it. History bends to the will of bacteria 🦠

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Tale a look at my Black Death video - you really have history bending to the will of bacteria

great video, great series and a very balanced judgement. Hagia Sophia is still standing and it took 1000 years to have Michelangelo Basilica in Rome. The Empire was overstretched but it took 200 years to eliminate Roman presence in Northern Italy. 200 years, please compare with 20th century totalitarian regimes. And the Codex is a base for contemporary Law in Europe. The greatest mistake was not to give Belisarius the soldiers needed to end the Reconquest of Italy. But, finally, the Plague and the Climate Change that produced Middle Age Cold Era were too strong as forces to withstand. Plagues are too often underestimated in Historical assesments. The great legacy of Justinian is that, yes you can invert the historical trend. It might not last as no human endeavour lasts, but it can shape the world for millennia

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Good points Gabriele - I wonder if Belisarius had the troops - would he have turned against Justinian?

@gabrieletagliaventi5516

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I don't think so. Belisarius was a loyal person. He had plenty of opportunities to take a local power. Pity for Italy and for the Empire. History would have been rather different

The last of the Romans..

👍👍👍

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Henk!!

Favorite Byzantine emperor based on name?

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Basil the Bulgar Slayer - Could also be an 80's heavy metal band

@baggelis_aikaterinis

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Great man, but mediocre emperor. He fueled the former at the expense of the latter. Excellent series!!!

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Hey happy you liked this !

I believe your interpretation is bias to a secular view which is a fallacy in itself. I believe the empire fell due to sin as all empires fall. The exact same curses of war, pestilence and famine put upon Gods people for correction

He's overrated, his name was Justin, which means just in and you can't rate a man highly given his wife's former "profession"

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Well there was another Emperor named Justin - are we talking about the same guy here?

@benerdick_cumberbiatch

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx The other Justin was still just in and didn't have a nose, but he did had two wives so he ranks higher

@rockstar450

Жыл бұрын

His expansion lasted until the Arabs literally conquered everyone, helped define Byzantine architecture, ensured Constantinople stood as the jewel of the world and his laws would be adopted by the Germans who saw them as legitimately Roman. Failing to see how this guy could not be S Tier unless you've been brainwashed by Maiorianus who's been pulled up several times for changing history to suit his anti-Christian and anti-Greek agendas

What a magnificent empire!

Thanks!

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

That is really appreciated Trey!