All of this could have been avoided if Blue just said Autumn.

@redfaldas7524

5 жыл бұрын

Blue is American. They prefer Fall than Autumn.

@deeplysuperficial1637

5 жыл бұрын

@@redfaldas7524 that really isn't true America is rather big so certain areas use the term but not all of America.

@q345ify

5 жыл бұрын

don't be ridiculous, that would just lead to a warring states period

@nameless4392

5 жыл бұрын

Red Faldas Nope, I actually quite enjoy saying the word autumn. Some of us say fall, some of us say autumn.

@MalekiRe

5 жыл бұрын

ITS CALLED FALL CAUSE LEAF FALL DOWN.

"The collapse of Roman civilization is brought to you by audible" That is one impactful company.

@H20No

5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know they were around back then

@andicarusfell8387

5 жыл бұрын

H H I was to busy listening to my audio book to notice Rome collapsing outside my window

@christelheadington1136

5 жыл бұрын

@@H20No -Of course audible was big, hardly anyone could read then.

@yonatanbeer3475

5 жыл бұрын

Capitalism smh

@itayeldad3317

5 жыл бұрын

Aha U fools Die romans It was your all your fault Bye bye Losers Eeeeeeee

Blue: shows snow in Rome Me, a Roman: Impossible

@temporaneo617

4 жыл бұрын

*laughs in Firenze*

@Khookies-lp2lu

3 жыл бұрын

Laughs in Indonesia

@joaovictorhasse1630

2 жыл бұрын

omg I just realized people born in Rome can say Civis Romanus Sum that's cool

emperor diocletian pulled a Thanos and just wanted to watch the sun rise on a grateful empire......and then farm

@katstevens2740

5 жыл бұрын

Lolcow Chronicler George Washington

@HeroLanding

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Sulla.

@ericmalanowski5547

3 жыл бұрын

Aurelian: Yeah he totally did all the work... totally

@dibassarkar2898

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericmalanowski5547 Seriously!! , Aurelian did all the hard work, fought with the barbarians, brought all the lost territories back, but still doesn't get much recognition :( He doesn't even have his ceramic bust ...

@danielchequer5842

3 жыл бұрын

"If you could see the cabbages I was growing back in my farm, you too would give up the pursuit of worldly power" - Diocletian, cabbage farmer

Rome: *Help I've fallen and I cant get up* Everyone: **suprised pikachu face**

@RomanianJ96

5 жыл бұрын

Byzantines: Should've gotten life alert

@mysticflower7795

5 жыл бұрын

This is why I love life 😂

@Nathaniel_fenech

5 жыл бұрын

Too soon

@meatvortexgaming7134

5 жыл бұрын

Nate F not soon enough

@SonsOfLorgar

5 жыл бұрын

@@meatvortexgaming7134 that burn was worse than Neros ;)

"the fall of the Roman Empire is brought to you by audible! " god damn so all the theories were wrong it was audible all along

@yonatanbeer3475

5 жыл бұрын

Capitalism smh

@Mythteller

4 жыл бұрын

@@yonatanbeer3475 Nooo! it's those crazy Christians and conspiracy-driven Hebrews aka. the new guys , Jewish.

@du8sman3

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff bezos did it I was right all along

@terner1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mythteller מה

@ceasefire2825

3 жыл бұрын

@@terner1234 go speak your daedric somewhere else, Elf

Meanwhile, the ghost of Aurelian is like: "Oh sure Blue, give *all* the credit for Rome surviving the crisis of the third century to Diocletian! It's not like they called me the *Restorer of the World* or anything." I'm kidding, it was a great video. Obviously, some things get skipped over.

@Nobythulhu

4 жыл бұрын

The Restitutor Orbis is magnanimous, and appreciates a historian passionately and excitedly describing the history of his beloved empire. Purple may be the color of the emperor, but Blue is not far off at all.

@ericmalanowski5547

3 жыл бұрын

Horribly skipped

@aneesh2115

3 жыл бұрын

Galianus: bro you wouldn't have had an empire to save if I didn't ducttape it.

@szymonpinkowski256

3 жыл бұрын

And aurelians meritocratic policies let the people like diocletian,probus, constinus chrorus to high places

@zdinc7268

3 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: It is often proposed and debated by academics that this is what Diocletian wanted, people to forget Aurelian existed and claim his victories for himself

You know who they needed to unite the Eastern and Western Empires? The expert in uniting East and West. That's right. _David Hasselhoff._

@rjhaney2614

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly thought you were going to say Josep Broz Tito.

@erikaluna6691

4 жыл бұрын

Would've been a broz moment honestly

@ceoofjeanneism6777

3 жыл бұрын

Stop appearing everywhere

@d.n5287

3 жыл бұрын

"Ya done good Hasslehoff ya done goo-" **Empire splits again**

@noir6904

3 жыл бұрын

How are you everywhere!!!!!!!

I clicked so fast, the east and west empires were still together

@jonathangeorge3835

5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@supera2960

5 жыл бұрын

When we're they still together when you clicked? 1600 years ago please make it more clear this doesn't make sense now

@justafaniv1097

5 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Rome was still ruled by a king.

@notyou8285

5 жыл бұрын

Super A you’re the type of person no one wants to invite anywhere because you kill the fun

@thegreen3918

5 жыл бұрын

Nice bro

Winter, spring, summer, faaaaaa.... OMG I laughed WAY too hard at that.

@poweroffriendship2.0

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@halbirb7303

5 жыл бұрын

i gave the vid a like just for that XD

@sailiealquadacil1284

5 жыл бұрын

Now I got the song from Avatar stuck in my head...

@eduardojorge2083

5 жыл бұрын

Same dude same

@nickcoulton658

5 жыл бұрын

Between that and the tape advert haha

When Diocletian retired to the farm I can only imagine his parting words were: “I’ll finally rest, and watch the sun rise on a grateful empire.”

The history of Byzantium will of course be much easier to cover. It's not like their name is literally a synonym for "insidiously entangled beyond comprehension." ... oh, wait.

@Raximus3000

5 жыл бұрын

Empire, what did you expect?

@LordVader1094

3 жыл бұрын

Mostly due to Frankish viewpoints but eh

*Christians:* [breathes] *Nero:* _I'm about to end this man's whole career._

@pale_lad1252

5 жыл бұрын

[Angry Constantine noises]

@brigidtheirish

5 жыл бұрын

Christians after Nero dies: HA!

@jacket6213

5 жыл бұрын

*Rome:* Wait. Thats illegal.

@igotnothingtodoinlife9940

5 жыл бұрын

Hey it friendship

@Hecatonicosachoron

5 жыл бұрын

#Nerodidnothingwrong

A rather important emperor was left unmentioned: Aurelian. He brought the empire back together before the reign of Diocletian.

@Threeducksisperfect

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention he helped pave the way for monotheism with his worship of sol invictus

@Canadish

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, hard to sum everything up in short video I imagine, but really key person in history.

@pergys6991

3 жыл бұрын

Another important dude, Majorian. Guy was the last chance western Rome had

@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221

3 жыл бұрын

@@pergys6991 And as per usual, he got killed before he could properly fix the western part of the Empire.

@achillesrodriguezxx3958

3 жыл бұрын

@@pergys6991 Majorian had fewer resources than his predecessors yet he managed to reconquer much of hispania and gaul from the Visigoths, Franks and Burgundians. He was betrayed by his own countrymen for his unpopular policies which benefited the Western empire but reduced the power and wealth of the aristocrats so they decided to have him killed. The mistake he made was trusting his own countrymen so much that he disbanded his army while on the way back to ravenna. He was captured and executed by ricimer with the support of the senate.

I can't believe he skipped over the role Aurelian had in saving rome from the crises of the third century :( Praise the restitutor orbis!

@Blazo_Djurovic

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Sad no love for him and all other mostly Dalmatian generals who pretty much held Rome together through the entire crisis. They ended to be the competent ones amidst that entire shitshow of a century.

@couchpotato4928

2 жыл бұрын

He recently made a whole video on the topic

Rome: lETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS TO DEFEAT THE HUNS The Huns: Don't even think it. Rome: nEVER MIND-

@voltagedrop5899

5 жыл бұрын

+ Meggo My Eggo Rome: *actually beats the huns at chalons like a boss*

@Rekkenze

4 жыл бұрын

The Huns: was going to invade but the boss getting married! Rome: phew

@BeepBoop173

4 жыл бұрын

DID THEY SEND ME DAUGHTERS WHEN I ASKED FOR SONS

@Xander_P.G.K

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeepBoop173 You're the saddest bunch I've ever met, but bet before we're through, mister I'll make a man out of you

@prestonjones1653

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine a Roman-Chinese alliance to take down the Hunnic Empire.

Blue: The collapse of Rome and civilisation was brought to you by audible Me: wait What?

@falcon5178

5 жыл бұрын

_hmm_

@OverlySarcasticProductions

5 жыл бұрын

The collapse of *Roman* civilization. This is what I get for not enunciating -B

@aclassicguardsman946

5 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions I'm more concerned with Audible destroying an entire civilization

@0hn0haha

5 жыл бұрын

@@aclassicguardsman946 Yeah fuck them

@count487

5 жыл бұрын

That just changes them from being an ancient, world spanning conspiracy which has just brought about the apocalypse to an ancient, Pan-European conspiracy which previously basically brought about a localised apocalypse. It’s a Change in scale, yes, but it still looks rather poor for them doesn’t it.

Rome: *makes reforms to put itself back together* Also Rome: *disintegrates slowly*

@tyberostheredwake8098

5 жыл бұрын

It's kind of invariable. Any civilization that takes upwards of a year to communicate between its border extremities is going to contract until its area becomes more manageable, not matter how wise its leadership is.

@stevenjlovelace

5 жыл бұрын

@@tyberostheredwake8098 Reminds me of Bill Wurtz's amazing History of the World video where he's like, "China is whole again. Now it's broke again."

@Krahazik

4 жыл бұрын

LordRadical I would say thier leadership wasn't to wise as with a trend like theye were going through, a wise man would refuse the throne in favor of a longer life

@terner1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@tyberostheredwake8098 I disagree, I think the decline of a civilization is inevitable, but this isn't necessarily because the borders were too large. the roman empire was split to provinces to solve this issue.

“The collapse of Roman civilization brought to you by audible” Audible is now officially a gothic tribe

"Ostrogoths, visigoths, lots of goths..." Cue goth party meme in my head...

Just clicked the video. Don't expect Blue to get through it without breaking down. Got popcorn. EDIT: he bore through it with memes

@FanOfMostEverything

5 жыл бұрын

Flex Tape: So powerful, it can keep a historian's emotions together as he discusses the fall of Rome.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

@thebandofbastards4934

5 жыл бұрын

You know this better than anyone else my piece of the Emperor

@inquisitorialllama638

5 жыл бұрын

Of course my lord. Also can we smile while we purge?

@lamelane3344

4 жыл бұрын

Ey what you doing here emps don't you have Choas spawn to annoy?

@johnnygyro2295

4 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the empire or the sackings?

Rome: *Falls to savage barbarian tribes* Me: "They blew it up! Gods damn you! Damn you all to Tartarus!"

Rome has been sacked Those who were responsible for sacking Rome have now been sacked. The sackers who sacked the sackers who sacked Rome have now also been sacked.

@dwc1964

4 жыл бұрын

and bitten by a Møøse

@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967

3 жыл бұрын

This is obviously a reference to something, but I have no idea what

@TheNN

3 жыл бұрын

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 Monty Python

@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNN Ah okay

The most telling part about how weak the Western Roman Empire was is that it technically never fell. The last ruler was told to shove it when Odoacer rolled into Ravenna, and no one else could take it up again. Julianus tried, bless him, but the second Persia came knocking form the other side of the actual Roman Empire it immediately fell apart because they were comically overstretched by this point.

The fall of rome could have been prevented if they kept their shoelaces tied.

@kevincrady2831

5 жыл бұрын

Or if they'd paid attention to where they were going instead of listening to Audible.

How one of the most big, advanced and greatest empires in history pulled a Titanic

@Krahazik

4 жыл бұрын

I think its worse than that. At least Titanic only had a single commanding officer. Rome's leadership seamed to be a revolving door of leaders.

@sharilshahed6106

3 жыл бұрын

you know what they say, the bigger they are...

If you're covering the Byzantines, I hope you do a funny part on the Byzantine Silk Heist, a really funny but also super important moment of history when a few monks accidentally discovered how to make silk when overseas and smuggled silkworms back to the Empire, and revolutionized the economy for 6 centuries

I am a simple boy. I see a new Overly Sarcastic Productions video... I click.

@cimbrius5583

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god this is like the sixtieth time ive heard this terrible joke please stop.

@sisovarao2535

5 жыл бұрын

I am a simple girl. I see a overused joke I punch the person who said it

@PANG0LIN

5 жыл бұрын

This is a meme

@michealdavisprince

5 жыл бұрын

Im a simple boy. A see a meme. I agree with it. I press like.

Hannibal after the battle of cannae "THATS A LOT OF DAMAGE"

@gargoyles9999

5 жыл бұрын

Alphaghost27 HOW BOUT A LITTLE MORE

@budakbaongsiah

4 жыл бұрын

@@gargoyles9999 *EURGGHH*

I'm pissed blue didn't even MENTION Aurelian, considering he was literally the RESTORER of THE WORLD. I'll go pray to Sol now if you don't mind

Thank you, Blue. Because of this video, I am now hospitalized due to choking on my own laughter. I’ll send you the hospital bill later. ... also, keep up the good work, you make history worth listening too.

"the collapse of the Roman civilization is brought to you by Audible" AH HA! So it was Audible that caused the fall of Rome!

@yonatanbeer3475

5 жыл бұрын

Capitalism smh

When I was younger, I frequently had bloody noses. When I heard that Attila the Hun (allegedly) died of a bloody nose, I freaked out.

@Xalerdane

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it’d be more accurate to say he (allegedly) dies from massive internal bleeding caused by poison, one of the symptoms of which is intense bleeding from the nose.

"hopped the wall in gaul to accelerate rome's fall" is so good

I remember the History of Rome podcast came to a similar conclusion: the question everyone asks is "why did Rome fall," when instead the question should probably be "how the heck didn't it fall sooner?" The number of times the republic and empire were facing oblivion, only for a capable leader to come in and pull it back from the brink, is a crazy millennium-long streak of luck.

The Rome also got sacked because it had been mistreating its "barbarian" neighbors, and the Visigoths inparticular were kinda starving, so they figured "Screw it! We'll either plunder Rome or die trying!" And lo and behold, they actually succeeded, in part because the Roman army and become so decentralized and undisciplined by then.

@histknowledge4344

3 жыл бұрын

the first part is really, but not the second. The wisigoth never won against Rome since Adrinople. They constantly lost their battle against Stilicon. The roman army was certainly not what is was under Augustus or Trajan, but it was still an horrifying adversary for the barbarians who feared any clash against them. The battle of Polentia, Verona and many others tend to prove the exact contrary of what you are saying. And at the death of Stilicon Alaric, king of the wisigoths, burned Rome without facing any army.

@jessiemac9226

3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, the ghost of Aurelian is like: "Oh sure Blue, give all the credit for Rome surviving the crisis of the third century to Diocletian! It's not like they called me the Restorer of the World or anything." I'm kidding, it was a great video. Obviously, some things get skipped over.

*The Roman Empire fell* because they got tired of playing Chess with the world

@ariesdemiurge

5 жыл бұрын

Question is: Who flipped the table?

@Thumbsupurbum

5 жыл бұрын

@@ariesdemiurge The Vandals.

@leaveme3559

5 жыл бұрын

@@Thumbsupurbum I say the damn Romans themselves

@BygoneT

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I read some conspiracy theories saying that Rome let itself fall because if the world was culturally homogenous, there would not be technological advancement, so some "Powerful Roman figures" let Rome be conquered.

“And you’d hope for a Diocletian or Constantine like emperor to rule the west but NOPE” Majorian: *am I a joke to you*

@dentlos806

3 жыл бұрын

Aetius: *raging Markiplier*

@shaka7302

3 жыл бұрын

Stilicho: *intense eye twitching*

1:25 Rofl, that fits so perfectly. Now Angela Lansberry's singing voice is stuck in my head.

@VictoriaStarratt

10 ай бұрын

Rip to her

Also Audible destroyed Rome? Ok, Jeff Bezos is time traveller confirmed.

@Someonecalledeli

Жыл бұрын

Well he has the money,

Human history has so much conquests, So much betrayal, So much Intricacy, That it makes Game of Thrones look like a Dr Seuss publication. Credit goes to Oversimplified’s video the 3 kingdoms.

@artofthepossible7329

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong continent and wrong century.

@festethephule7553

5 жыл бұрын

@@artofthepossible7329 Entirely correct concept though, which is the point.

@vonfaustien3957

5 жыл бұрын

Got thrones was based off a real succession crisis.

@artofthepossible7329

5 жыл бұрын

@@vonfaustien3957 The general quote is from Oversimplified's 3 Kingdoms video. As Blue has mentioned the period I don't think I need to lecture you on it.

@alienz8641

5 жыл бұрын

@@festethephule7553 See? He gets it.

You speak at the perfect pace Blue. Just right to soak in that knowledge. While I love Reds videos, I often have to pause to read the text or give it my full attention. I prefer to relax and learn

“This is about the time that you would hope for a strong Diocletian or Constantine type emperor to show up and turn things around right?” Well... Majorian certainly tried his best. And then Ricimer killed him for doing too well.

The History of Rome in Seven Sackings book Blue mentioned at the end is really fun, I used to talk about it with the author's mother (who was the really lovely Judith Kerr, the author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea) before she passed away last month. She was a regular customer in the bookshop where I work, it was nice discussing Rome with her.

@OverlySarcasticProductions

5 жыл бұрын

That's so sweet :) I'm glad you were able to have that experience with her. Sorry to hear about her passing. -B

@thJune-ze7dn

5 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions omg thank you Blue I never expected you to see this (I was that random fan you met in London, it's great to talk to you again) - Don

The AC Brotherhood soundtrack is appreciated.

That was good. You made me think. Like the pace. Thanks.

great work! none of the usual simplifications... love it! thank's especially for the book tip, since i am working on a video about europas history and why it's so f***ed up and somehow have the feeling, that's exactly the type of source i've been looking for quite a while now.

The fall of Rome is brought to you by audible, even Hannibal approves!

Dude, you gotta talk about the Varangian Guard, it’s the most awesome thing ever!

@8man918

3 жыл бұрын

based

I wish I could like something multiple times, love how the memes are integrated into real learning and this video is brilliantly artful

I got to hand it to you Blue, that intro really got me.

Please do the myth of Persephone please! Also I really love your videos and keep the good work up!

@chaostia66t25

5 жыл бұрын

I believe they already, kinda covered it throughout multiple videos.

@maggiemcgonnell6754

5 жыл бұрын

@@chaostia66t25 Red's covered Pandora, but she's never really gone in-depth on Persephone. I'd like to see that too.

@MagnusThiHan

5 жыл бұрын

Red covered it in underworld myths, iirc. (spoiler: It's just the descent of ishtar remixed)

@spoiledbeandip2129

5 жыл бұрын

@@maggiemcgonnell6754 well I wanna see it fully like what they did with Io

@maggiemcgonnell6754

5 жыл бұрын

@@spoiledbeandip2129 I do too. I'm not disagreeing with you, just providing a little context for others.

You know, I'm oddly satisfied that I can say where the word "Vandalism" comes from.

@12:40 thought it was funny he mentioned this. Not because I think he speaks slow but because just the other day I had to slow Red down because she seems so excited I couldn't keep up. Blue your voice and speed are great. Love you guy's content

Great work. Srsly, great work!

Next episode, OSPlays Total War Attila! _(sounds of Blue screaming as the Western Empire collapses)_

@captainscience2732

5 жыл бұрын

There's even a handy guide to help them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIJk2Nusc93bYpc.html

@dylanchouinard6141

4 жыл бұрын

Another idea: OSPlays Rome Total War original! (*red and blue simultaneously screaming in the vague direction of Egypt*)

All roads lead to Rome....country roads take me Rome

honestly, with god knows how many other channels on youtube that talk almost incomprehensibly fast, your slow talking is a breath of fresh air

Keep it up blue, and i love your book.

When you’re so early you don’t know what to say.

@JoaoPedro-qp9cw

5 жыл бұрын

Relatable

@broseidon1658

5 жыл бұрын

Matarael, Angel of Rain Um.. good, I think...

what OSPodcast is evolving? It evolved into *full history video*

YES! Posted the night before we dock in Rome! Thanks for the history boost! I may need it

Never before has one of your thumbnails made me cry so hard

Everything must fall, even.... Glorious Rome. *sheads a tear*

I wanna see Red do the Fall of Numenor.

@RibonFox

5 жыл бұрын

In many ways it is a retelling of the fall of Rome. Just we know it was Sauron doing it :)

@samtemdo8

5 жыл бұрын

@@RibonFox Less Rome and more Atlantis.

@morgant.dulaman8733

4 жыл бұрын

@@samtemdo8 That and if you get into Numenor, well...You've got to get into the LOTR and the Silmarillion. And that, my good sirs would be one very long video or series.

@samtemdo8

4 жыл бұрын

@@morgant.dulaman8733 It could be a series like Journey to the West.

@ScholRLea

4 жыл бұрын

The Fall of Gondolin is a somewhat more interesting story IMO, though a lot more obscure even to LOTR fans being a First Age event.

History is so much fun. Amazing how sometimes things just utterly break in an instant and other things just slowly endure even as they break down.

Barbarians see fragmenting Roman Empire: Barbarians: "It's free real estate!"

You want history? YOU’RE GETTING MEMES

How to start the Fall of Rome (for dummies)

@PhyreI3ird

4 жыл бұрын

Step 1) Wait until Autumn.

To be perfectly honest emperor majorianus (457-461) was the last western emperor who hold real power. Not only successfully restored roman Authority in gallia and hispania but attempted also economic reform to revitalize the empire. He was planning to reconquer africa but was betrayed and assassinated. All of his successor were mere puppets and were not even recognized outside italy. Even romolus augustus was technically an usurper. The real emperor hold up in Dalmatia until 480 when was kinda absorbed kinda not but the east. And even under odoacer italy was still pretty much roman. Life for a commoner did not changed particularly. Things changed massively during and after the gothic wars and the later arrival of the longobards

Red: talks fast Blue: talks slow Balanced as all things should be. Imo you both speak fine, good content albeit not as sarcastic as the name implies :p

How I wish this was made during the time when I was studying Rome in school for social studies.

Last time I was this early the Library of Alexandria was still around

That intro was just perfect.

Man got that AC brotherhood soundtrack in the background. Amazing stuff.

Wait, wasn't Commodus strangling naked in the bath by his wrestling partner narcissus? Not stabbed in the Colosseum by Russel Crowe?

@OverlySarcasticProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Correct you are. That was lazy and misleading word choice on my part. -B

Phil Swift in the background [Many people liked that] 2:30, 8:30

Emperor Diocletian here for flex tape! Aurelian: Am I a joke to you?

Blue, one of your videos was used in my history class a few weeks ago when we learned about Rome.

Loved the video, you guys always make my day 😁

There are 6 dates 470: legitamate Western Empire falls 476: illegitimate Western Rome falls 1453: Eastern Rome falls 1470: fall of Theodoro splinter of Eastern Rome 1806: Holy Rome falls 1917: Third Rome falls

@cameronsaulnier6006

5 жыл бұрын

what happened to Constantinople in 1911?

@CS-hd4pu

5 жыл бұрын

1917*

@CS-hd4pu

5 жыл бұрын

and 470:Julius Nepotes possession fall 1470:Trapezunte fall with Theodoro

@paulwagner688

5 жыл бұрын

1945. Don't forget that year.

@noahjohnson935

5 жыл бұрын

@@cameronsaulnier6006 it was when Czar Nicholas II abdicated and was later murdered. The early Czars had multiple marriages to the Byzantine royals, and styled themselves as the "Third Rome", though few people took them seriously.

Finally i've been waiting for this

Very well made!

This channel is one of the best things I’ve ever stumbled upon, so thank you for making such great videos! Also, as a fellow ace and artist, Red, you are an inspiration! Thanks so much!

@SimuLord

5 жыл бұрын

I landed here thanks to a collab between Blue and Shadiversity. The whole of History KZread is connected.

"Next video will be about the city of Hong Kong." Me, having just passed immigration at HK International Airport and walking to the luggage carousel: "Heh, I'll say."

I laughed so Hardee this episode man. Great work

I love this Chanel!

Atilla: "NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME FROM CONQUERING ROME!" Leo: Hey, Atilla. Want money? Attila: Much obliged. I will leave your empire alone. Now if you'll excuse me, I got a wedding to attend!

@peterwindhorst5775

3 жыл бұрын

Then promptly dies of over drinking, over partying, nosebleed, and a heart attack while inside a teenaged girl.

I once visited Rome, the temple of Saturn was great to see. And the fountain was amazing!

Be careful Rome, because...fall is coming. That was a game of thrones reference by the way.

@nikhiliyengar1510

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, you're a pretentious smartass. That was an insult, by the way.

2:36 ...you just earned yourself a subscriber

ROME: An empire that went from "Bite the pillow, baby! I'm going in dry!" to "Oh, you too? (Sigh!) Fine, I'll get the lube." in a few hundred years.

@SonsOfLorgar

5 жыл бұрын

Ouch...

@jackielinde7568

5 жыл бұрын

@@SonsOfLorgar Do you mind going easy when doing the sacking? The last time left a burning sensation for quite some time around the capital region.

When the Barbs be like, this building. It's too big! We can't destroy it! AHHHHHH!!!

"No, stupid, it was Constantine with the christianity in 312!" *Cuts to an old man beating a legionnaire with a cross*

Is it fair to call the Byzantine Empire "Diet Rome"?

@Raximus3000

5 жыл бұрын

Why?

@stein1919

4 жыл бұрын

@@Raximus3000 Just for the taste of it.

@Raximus3000

4 жыл бұрын

@@stein1919 It did hurt far less that the roman one, lol.

@doctorx2105

4 жыл бұрын

Just one calorie...

@gabrielaubry1334

4 жыл бұрын

@@Raximus3000 Because it's Rome...but not as Roman. ;)

*grumble, grumble. Forcing me to defend the Tetrarchy. grumble, grumble* The Tetrarchy isn't perfect, but it was a system designed to solve a specific problem: all those coups and assassinations. The reason is simple. The more power you have the more enemies you have. If you share some of that power you also share the enemies and reduce the coup attempts and actually get some work done around here. The little Caesars (junior partners) have an incentive to keep you nice and safe and your senior partner can care the load/blame in running the state. It wasn't perfect, but it was trying to address a big problem in ruling an empire. That's all I got to say.

9:30 well whenever someone who could’ve pulled a Constantine or Diocletian got ricimered.

@deltafighter3986

3 жыл бұрын

**cough**cough** Majorian **cough**

@connorgolden4

3 жыл бұрын

@@deltafighter3986 Yeah, that one still gets me.

5:34 - Those barbarians take me by surprise with one great jump scare! No, seriously - I had to catch my breath because I was genuinely taken aback with their arrival. Well played, Blue. Well played!

This, as always, is a great video, but I can’t believe you didn’t mention Aurelian! My guy was literally Restitutor Orbis!