You know what perplexes me? Sometimes I read 5 or 6 books on the topic and think to myself "well, that is complicated, no matter how many books I am going to read on that, I will never be able to confidently say that I know what and how happened". And then I see someone in the comment section firmly taking one side of the argument with no hesitation whatsoever. Perplexing. Speaking of the books, you can support us reading them and still knowing nothing via patreon: www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals :-)

@turan_kaya

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals I always get an email about early access videos.

@tyrannicfool2503

6 жыл бұрын

Well people take sides it is to be expected

@martinmlakar5093

6 жыл бұрын

Same. No matter how many books I read I am always thinking:”Well, maybe that’s just author’ bias. I should read more books to see another perspective.” And repeat.

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

4th

@HT-ye3py

6 жыл бұрын

Reading 5-6 books don't make you proof on that topic. You can only look at that area through author's mind.Of course history writers weren't neutral then you should read history from different sources,nations etc.

Belisarius is one of those superstar generals in history who did his job well and never seemed to get the recognition he deserved - poor guy.

@yamahaftwGAMING

6 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff. The Byzantine-Roman distinction has, it seems, removed most interest in the later Roman Empire for the common citizen.

@hamzaferoz6162

6 жыл бұрын

Like Admiral Yi and/or Georgy Zhukov

@nomooon

6 жыл бұрын

Flash and Hamza, I disagree, especially regarding yi, he is already known on the internet as top 5 admirals of all time, and everybody knows the turtle ships. Nusantara I think the wane of interest comes when Roman Legions lost their fancy style and began fighting more like eastern armies.

@hamzaferoz6162

6 жыл бұрын

nomooon Yes he is recognized now but their Superiors during their careers didn't. Korea was almost lost whenever Yi was imprisoned or demoted because of Jealous officers. Zhukov was dismissed thrice during Stalin's reign and permanently during khuruschev's yet he single handedly won the Eastern front

@hamzaferoz6162

6 жыл бұрын

They are recognized now but they were not during their careers

"Did you reclaim the West?" "Yes" "What did it Cost?" "Everything"

@Strrroke

4 жыл бұрын

Loktar o gar!

@feduntu

4 жыл бұрын

there should be a "Did you do it?" in there for extra dramatical reasons before your first written question

@austinford1530

4 жыл бұрын

@@dosran5786 But it was really expensive none the less.

@histguy101

4 жыл бұрын

It still brought in a 40% increase in revenue, even after a plague and 20 year war. I call that a profit!

@Nonamearisto

4 жыл бұрын

@@histguy101 It certainly led to massively increased costs far beyond that revenue, and it did so much damage to Italy that it weakened the country for centuries, and the ERE didn't have the manpower to fully stop the Lombard invasion. That said, the reconquest of North Africa, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, and the very temporary reconquest of parts of Spain from the Visigoths went well.

The moment when you stop making your own video to watch Kings and Generals :D

@rayanhey2411

6 жыл бұрын

Knowledgia heh

@FrazzP

6 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for it, you and Kings & Generals are among my top 5 favourite channels.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

I also do that with many creators. Glad to hear that. :-)

@umaransari9765

6 жыл бұрын

Fraz Kings and Generals is my favourite channel of all not only KZread

@PaxDeorum

6 жыл бұрын

This is one of the channels that inspired me to have my one channel! I spend hours watching this videos!!! I hope one day my videos get as good and epic as this!!!

Poor Belisarius, never understood, never appreciated, distrusted and all mostly based on bad advise! Glory to one of the greatest generals, who unfortunately thanks to Justinian, is all but forgotten!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, our viewers will remember him. :-)

@Korksbebig

6 жыл бұрын

I will always appreciate Belisarius, he will always be one of the greatest generals of Rome.

@HerculesMays

6 жыл бұрын

Sad that was constantly set up for failure with very few troops given to him and distrusted constantly when, even after the title of Roman Emperor was offered to him by the Ostragoths, he didn't take the title and instead returned to Constantinople

@juanfranciscocosta5387

5 жыл бұрын

He got an AoE II campaing, It's something, I guess.

@richardscanlan3419

5 жыл бұрын

@@Korksbebig I would go further - he was the greatest general of the ancient world,even,dare I say,of any period. The only other general with comparable ability was his great predecessor Stilicho.

“The empire flexed its muscles” my new favorite line I’ve heard on this equal only to “they broke the golden rule, don’t kill the emissaries”

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Need to use it more then. :-)

@umaransari9765

6 жыл бұрын

luis rebellon "war became inevitable" is still my favourite

@blinkyrem

6 жыл бұрын

@Kings and Generals We do anthropomorphise things quite a bit. I can say that I'm so far in that formations losing their coherency is just another stock phrase :)

@joea17gordon

5 жыл бұрын

Lol yes

Blame John for everything.

@ZeRo-bx7lp

5 жыл бұрын

John is depicted poorly, he was blamed a lot while Belisarius was praised. John was also concerned with securing Italy, but he was more worried of what would happen after he followed orders. Belisarius had conquered Africa, but poor management led to mutiny and the commaders were killed, he has more than enough reason to fear following Belisarius's orders to his death. Even if he went to Milan, there was no stopping a Frankish army much larger than his. The wiser decision would have been to evacuate Milan as it was too far north of Byzantine control, he must have been well respected enough to openly question Belisarius and get away with it.

@Jie_Da197

5 жыл бұрын

Napoleon I Bonaparte why me

@ZeRo-bx7lp

4 жыл бұрын

@@dariusgreysun If he was truly a coward then why wasn't he removed? Maybe what they tell in the books is only a biased account.

@TheChuckfuc

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZeRo-bx7lp john was an ally of narses and his family connections possibly put him in relation to the emperor prior to justin. he was a very well connected man and one that justinian had no intention of executing. not that he wasn't a talented commander, he probably thought he was above belisarius. but that's not how an affective army works.

@ZeRo-bx7lp

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheChuckfuc True, the army was also too extended and poorly supplied to firmly secure the land. Not to mention how Italy became a waste land due to the war and the plague.

I think it's important to note that Narses' success was due in large part to Justinian finally being able to send a large army and a full budgetary support for the final phase of the Ostrogothic War. Belisarius had almost non-existent support due to the economic strain dealt by the Plague (or due to the withholding of necessary support by a jealous Justinian, according to Procopius). That does not detract from Narses' victory of course, but does help explain why Belisarius failed in that final phase. Well done, guys! Great video. And yeah, I was unaware of this vid until you mentioned it in a comment.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know why you guys are not getting the notifications. Talking to the KZread support, hopefully they will fix it.

@vogel2077

6 жыл бұрын

this is some 6d chess right here lol

@JodenPaoloPeroy

6 жыл бұрын

Gone - > YT sponsor

@JodenPaoloPeroy

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals sweet! I hope they fix this problem soon.

@explosiongames11

6 жыл бұрын

Belisarius was defiantly a better general than narces, the first campagin in Italy may have succeed if not for narces and john

I love how the "characters" all have names like Belisarius, Vitiges, and Justinian, and then there's just some guy named John. Also, Belisarius was a savage. He might be the most underrated tactical genius ever.

@normalnormal2369

2 жыл бұрын

John the dumb and foolish.

@alexclement7221

Жыл бұрын

Well, in Latin, it would be "Ionnes", not John.....

@kaykek7174

Жыл бұрын

​@@alexclement7221 To be precise, the Latin form would be something like "Ioannes" or "Iohannes".

@austinford1530

Жыл бұрын

@Donag If anything he's overrated.

Totila clearly hasn't played total war... Charging into spearmen..

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

It is important to see the perspective. At that point, Gothic and Vandalic horsemen dominated the Romans for a few centuries.

@emperordemetrius3832

6 жыл бұрын

theodosis kantas καλα ρε συ αστους. πολυ παινεμα πεφτει

@tjallingappelhof2055

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals: Ah yes, I understand. But still, I don't think he played total war... :) All the other commenters: lol

@Lordofwarz

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals kinda remind me of the french knights who charged recklessly for glory

@MrBigCookieCrumble

5 жыл бұрын

Totila War you mean? Ill see myself out....

«Beware of an old man in a profession were men usually die young.» The goths didn't get the memo about Narses in 551.

I can only imagine the reaction of the Roman troops upon marching into Rome for the first time since the collapse of the West. It must have been strange fighting with such a relatively small army in such a colossal city.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I guess. It lost most of its population by that time and regions of the city were basically abandoned.

@stevenleslie8557

4 жыл бұрын

The Rome they would have witnessed was a shadow of its former self. The barbarian tribes that preceded them made darn sure of that.

@leendertvanderent5078

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenleslie8557this seems tot be based on a misconception of who these barbarians were. The goths for instance werd thoroughly romaized and let the Italiaans live their lives how they choSe. They werd in fact more of a contiNuation of the western roman Empire than the byzantines, who effectively destroyed italy. IT had been posed that the South of italy never really recovered from the damage inflicted in the sixth century.

@kingsofeuropa8594

2 жыл бұрын

@@leendertvanderent5078 Not true Palermo was one of the top 3 biggest cities in Europe between the Muslim Conquest up until the war of the war of the vespers along with cordoba and Constinople. Catania and Messina were two of the biggest cities in Europe between 1500-1700 Naples was a top 3 city in Europe between 1550 till being sacked by Northern Italians in the Italian Unification. Bari was a major hub of trade and one of the biggest cities in Italy for several hundred years under the Byzantine Empire Big misconception. South Italy was perfectly fine well after this. Northern Italy actually took the big blows. The entire population of the city of Milan was wiped out by these wars and wouldn't recover for Centuries.

The more i learn about the Eastern Roman Empire the sadder i get... They really fought on all front, facing many deadly ennemies throughout their existence (Persians, Goths, Bulgars, Arabs, Turks...) and often managed to won all against the odds. It's one of those Empires in History that has nothing more to prove. Through they're courage, tenacity, strategic capabilities and adaptability even in their darkest moments, those warriors that tried to keep alive the memory of the eternal city are worthy to be remembered ! By the way i would love to see a Realistic Open World RPG set in this Empire :D

@Anandaapologetics

3 жыл бұрын

Just play crusader kings III as the Byzantines or play the 395 ad mod fallen eagle

Ironic that Justinian's obsession and determination to take Italy caused so much destruction in the peninsula that the campaign became more than worthless as the peninsula was in ruins and the armies that took it had to be payed alot.

@LionKing-ew9rm

6 жыл бұрын

James Tang It was in fact, a prologue to the dark ages, for all of the infrastructure needed for a new and strong empire got destroyed!

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

That´s why Rome was known prior to it´s restoration in the rennesaince as an a rubbish heap inside the Dustbin of history.

@vellerephonte674

6 жыл бұрын

I only see a Gothic obsession on my end. Justinian only did a crusade against heathen barbarians.

@esa2236

6 жыл бұрын

Well, at least they won back their real homeland in Italy

@carlbates9110

6 жыл бұрын

“Justinian only did a crusade against the heathen barbarians.” The Ostrogoths were Christian, and unlike Justinian, didn’t devastate Italy when they conquered it.

Justian, standing in the smolderring ruins of Italy: "We did it, Belisarius! We saved the Roman Empire!"

@yosman-609

2 жыл бұрын

Some things you really love to hate

@stefanoitaly1201

2 жыл бұрын

Theodorich and the Ostrogoths would have probably been a very good option after the west Roman empire fall for italy, stability and cooperation between germanic and Romans. The war of Justinian was catastrophic for Italy

Truly epic. I'm now arranging a meeting with friends from my old reenactment group. We are planning to have a couple beers and watch a marathon of all your documentaries.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring, my friend, thank you!

@Bawlzmcgruff

6 жыл бұрын

Lol im in

@kamilszadkowski8864

6 жыл бұрын

I consider @Kings and Generals as my friends so you can kiss my lower-back area :P

@Bawlzmcgruff

6 жыл бұрын

Kamil Szadkowski the Royal posthumous posterior

@globalcombattv

6 жыл бұрын

Wish i had friends like yours to make a history club with beer :D

omg this John guy is getting me so salty hahaha DO AS YOUR TOLD DAMNIT!!

@saretgnasoh7351

5 жыл бұрын

lol

I will forever remember Magister militum Belisarius as the greatest Eastern Roman General in history.

I really hope you understand how important your work is to your subs. I can't get enough of this! Thanks!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

And you feedback is important to us, keep it coming. :-)

Always nice to come back and hear your narrator. It's much more soothing than some others and makes the content easier to process. Great video, thank you!

All history lovers owe you thanks gentlemen. To focus on times and battles that have been so little treated. Personally I have always admired General Narses, this Armenian ennuch who at almost 80 years old was still commanding gigantic armies and winning decisive battles. What a destiny!

@vespasianflaviustheemperor7901

4 жыл бұрын

He was a nutless wonder.

This channel and extra credits are two favorite history channels to date. I love both Justinian series’ so much

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for the awesome video! Been waiting for this one for a while. Belisarius is my all time favourite Roman.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

You know what? I'm sad because this series ended. Same kind of sadness when your favorite tv serie ends :/. Thanks so much for the documentaries.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

There are always new, exciting series in the works. :-)

A nice little tidbit is that not only was Narses a bureaucrat with no military experience, but also a eunuch. While It wasn't unusual for eunuchs to hold important positions in the empire during this time, it was unusual for a 75 year-old castrate to be put charge of the most important military campaign at that point. And what do you know, he won.

@tylerdurden3722

4 жыл бұрын

Somehow, beaurocrats tend to do well as commanders. There's Germanicus (he become a soldier). And Eumenes.

@jeto9625

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Eumenes of Cardia. That guy didn't fuckup the empire after Alexander's death.

@taumil3239

4 жыл бұрын

@@tylerdurden3722 Remember reading about how Socrates argued about something like that. Some experienced veteran soldier was unhappy that the director of local orchestra (or whatever they called it) was put in charge of Athenian army. Socrates argued that managing army is not so different from managing orchestra - gota keep people lined up, have the right people do the right job, have them train, have them perform successfully under pressure etc.

@Gimmegames4free6942

3 жыл бұрын

@Hooch Smeeth bro chill wtf is this toxicity, it's obviously somewhere from plato's work and it's not like he's trying to disprove something lmao why are you so salty

Replace "Khosrow" with "The AI" and that tends to be how my campaigns play out

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Well, Khosrow was better than your usual AI. :-)

@WQuantrill

4 жыл бұрын

RandomBalo Right? I started a New Prussian campaign in Empire and everyone surrounding me is attacking and sacking. I haven’t lost a battle, but I’m losing the war.

I was waiting for this video for so long thanks for uploading :)

glad to see so many videos coming out so regularly

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Working hard. :-)

Well, the matches today have finished, popcorn almost run out (I side with Italy, so now I just watch the matches for fun and entertainment as a neutral) but the popcorn is not totally out, just enough for more entertainment!!!! Yay. As always, a very big well done to all you guys, keep it up!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was a shock when Italy failed to qualify. We will, thank you! :-)

5 Goths disliked this video

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

There is always someone. :-)

@austiedlee9265

6 жыл бұрын

Now there're 17~

@Xfire209

6 жыл бұрын

And propably also some Italians/Romans. I mean come on. You are minding your own buisness and the eastern romans and the ostrogoths start a war on your farmland, burning everything down, plundering it and then have the nerves to say that you were freed.

@jabloko992

5 жыл бұрын

No, it's those 5 franks that got away from the 2nd battle.

@IamSome1

4 жыл бұрын

@Manny Belgrano STFU crying goth bitch , You Goths were pain in the ass , but u got all fucked

One of the only channels I've hit the bell for. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻keep it up

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that, will do! :-)

best channel on youtube, one ask. some way to easily watch whole series. watch everyday day!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The best way to watch the whole series are the playlists. In this case - this one: kzread.info/head/PLaBYW76inbX6F5PwEOmYUBCg5iX3OZTIj

Justinian was one of the most greatest imperors for me, with the little bit of luck, he could reestablish old roman empire :/ thanks for this awesome video guys

@GlenGaugh

2 жыл бұрын

@Robert Asaturyan It's spelled emperor.

i'm a simple man i see "justinian" i press like

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Also press share. :-)

@ottovrizo5693

6 жыл бұрын

I see justinian, i get angry at this stupid little shit pseudo-emperor who could just conquer farmland and concentrate on making his empire prosper by commerce.

@Crytica.

5 жыл бұрын

You missed your chance with "I'm a simple roMAN". Such a shame.

@doodmann5898

5 жыл бұрын

I see a bunch of butthurt haters eh?

I've been a subscriber and the series on Justinian was magnificent! Belisarius was a remarkable man and general. I've used your series on this, as well as others, to help educate my pupils about the often understudied periods between the fall of the Western Empire and the final capitulation of the Roman Empire at the Fall of Constantinople. While the Eastern Empire was remarkably a Greek State, it was still THE Roman Empire. Thanks for Constantinople, and ultimately its sacking, the pillaging of the manuscripts and artwork led directly to the Renaissance.

Brilliant work. Continue in this spirit, I am a sworn fan already.

"this is the Kings & Generals channel and we will catch you on the next one" - anyone else love this part?

All hail the Patreons. Thank you because I can't do what you do.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, all the glory to them. :-) You can still help by sharing the video. :-)

@Trias805

6 жыл бұрын

Never was so much owed by so many to so few

@TheMarcmrk

6 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@natansilva6180

6 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, huehue

Great video, thank you very much for all your hard work.

Love this channel. Keep up the great work

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We surely will, thank you!

Fun fact: Narses actually reached a ripe old age of 90 Also the ancient name of Calabria was Apulia

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, misplaced Calabria.

This is good enough to be on the History Channel! God DAMN I love this!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

you just made my Sunday....by the way 1st time ever before 10 mins from uploading..!

this was jam packed with so much awesome info

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

Justinian was a man of ungodly ambition!

@jamestang1227

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe even too much, his determination to retake Italy left it in ruins after the campaigns. He was lucky to die before the empire really started crumbling.

@EthanBlur

6 жыл бұрын

James Tang worth it

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Ethan Barkworth, semi worth it cause Africa and Sicily proved to be prosperous provinces.

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Manny Belgrano, yes after the war Sicily and Africa provided 40% of the empire's food after the war and were vital to byzantiums survival after losing Egypt.

@tylerdurden3722

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamestang1227 I think Italy was already something like a ghost town by then.

The Ostrogoths themselves sent a messenger to Khosrau to convince him to break the "Eternal Peace", which he was probably extremely tempted to do anyway. That is why Belisarius was forced to leave Italy before the Ostrogoths were fully subjugated (much to his chagrin), and hence why they were able to revive their kingdom under Totila. It was an incredibly clever move on the Ostrogoths' part.

this channel is flippin amazing

excellent vid....it seems I will have to look back into your earlier videos to see one's of this series :P

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, they are quite interesting. :-)

Last True Romans

@emperordemetrius3832

6 жыл бұрын

nah, the last true romans were the last roman emperors.

@jocaa666

6 жыл бұрын

Constantine XI

@vellerephonte674

6 жыл бұрын

And Pope Stephen is the last Roman Pope. Search Frankish Papacy.

@DarkKing009

6 жыл бұрын

Flavius Aëtius

@ottovrizo5693

6 жыл бұрын

Not Justinian you mean

Great video like your channel!!!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Another awesome documentary!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Wow, excellent video. Thank you

The Komnenian Restoration would be awesome.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Will consider!

@TheFakinGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Besides the Komnenian Restoration Manaikes is a really interesting topic. If you already did'nt I strongly recommend John Julius Norwich's trilogy about the Byzantine Empire. It is very informative while being a VERY fun read. Another good read i can recommend is Strategikon as it is one of the best books on Byzantine military. Love your channel as you can stay immensly entertaining while not losing accuracy.

@jeto9625

4 жыл бұрын

As much as I love Alexios, the man didn't achieve enough glory.

@prajeeths2131

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeto9625 He tried everything to get the empire back to its knees, after manzikert. He was a master of diplomacy. He ll always be a hero for me

I wish you would have some videos about what happend next. Anyway, great work!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Will think about it. Thank you!

Loved this! Well done as usual.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-)

@rafaelsocarras1128

6 жыл бұрын

I'm curious though--Do you guys redesign the Total War units in your videos yourselves, or do you use a mod? If so, I'd love to know which one! They look much better than the vanilla game.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

GEMFX with Aztec lighting and Last Roman HD graphic's mod :-)

@rafaelsocarras1128

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Cannot wait to watch the next video!!! ^_^

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

The next one is great. :-)

Finally a Great Sunday

imagine what it would do to your armies reputation if it was forced to retreat because it was literally shitting itself

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Beats dying, I guess. :-)

@thomascatty379

4 жыл бұрын

john smitty 😭😭 underrated comment right there

Your videos are wonderful, do not despond and do not stop, K&G. .They are of interest to both professionals and history lovers

Epic video as always

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

I highly recommend Extra History’s series on Justinian, Theodora and Belisarius.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Do you recommend this series over there, too? :-)

@brandonc7668

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals Of course! Always happy to recommend quality channels. I’m glad to see how far you guys have grown. Keep up the great work!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

@noahgibson8998

6 жыл бұрын

That's a great series I watched it a little while ago and it was really good. Kings and generals is my favorite channel at the moment love your content!

@michaelmoore4043

6 жыл бұрын

I watched it

The 134 dislikes are from the goths who managed to escape the onslaught by belisarius in battle

Many, many thanks for the history lesson!

Amazing ... as always!!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

Thanks for the great documentary. It always makes me feel excited and dive into deep thoughts to live in a city where conquerors like Constantine the Great, Justinianus and Sultan Mehmet II had once lived and ruled the world.

Great video.Would have loved to see the ''restoration'' of the emperor Maurice, and his wars against sassanids,avars,slavs and lombards.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it is all on the list. :-)

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Firefox Lani, agreed people never give Maurice the respect he deserved had he survived the Roman Persian wars could have came to an end.

@firefoxlani7475

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler Ellis, had he survived the Roman Persian wars wouldn't had started in the first place.Also the Balkan frontier could had been kept, which means more quality soldiers for the empire.He could also had subdued the lombards in Italy and muslims could only dream about conquering the Levant.

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Firefox Lani, exactly the guy honestly was a genius he just trusted his men too much and should have stoped at the empire's Danube border.

@firefoxlani7475

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler Ellis, his mistake was that he underestimated the reaction of the balkan army.He shouldn't had let the situation gone so far, which resulted in his coup. Also the Thracian army that mutinied was shortsighted, as it should had ended the war with the avars first and then go deal with the emperor.

Thank you kings and generals on this! I learn a lot and very fascinating the history! Watching fr 🇵🇭 3.17.20 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great series of videos. The result of this war is about as close to the definition of a Pyrrhic victory as one can find.

Amazing video guys ! Really love your documentaries about the Justinian restoration. Out of curiosity, do you know why Belisarius (and his generals) refused to support Theodora although he was extremely faithful to Justinian ?

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-) I asked the scriptwriter of this video. It seems that Belisarius and the generals surrounded him grouped up and planned to declare the next emperor, without consulting Theodora. So, it wasn't an outright rebellion, but Justinian didn't like that at all.

@DMystif

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, I see ! Thank you very much for taking the time to answer. :)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Always. :-)

...and then they rode off into the sunset. Happily ever after... *The End* yah!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

For the next few decades, I guess. :-)

I only recently got in contact with your channel, after seemingly have seen all worthwhile content on KZread, you make great videos, especially this series about late antiquity is especially interesting to me, but all videos are great! I would love to see a continuation of this, especially how the Lombards managed to just take the majority of Italy with little combat, which make it a great subject for a shorter video. While the migration and the destruction it brought are not particularly contributing to this channel, i would at least wish to see the skirmishes between the (Eastern-) Romans and the Lombards.

i get so hyped when i see a video about justinian

great documentary as always, could you make one of the evolution of the byzantine army ? and how the greeks- romanic traditions and the asiatic and nomadic tribes affect his way of fighting!!! I also don't get the notification i don't know why? nonetheless...thank you guys good job

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is planned! Have you pressed the bell button next to the subscribe button?

Rome’s population declined to about 40,000 as a result of this war. The greatest metropolis became mostly an abandoned place like Pripyat for more than a thousand years...

Loving the new graphics, looks sleek

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Thank you for your amazing video !! Please, continue your Ottoman series . Thank you !!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We will, thank you!

Can anyone help me figure out why battles of this era had much fewer troops than the Republic era or even the early Imperial age? When I think of the 80000 at Cannae or the 100000 of the Dacian campaign it is hard to imagine how the later empire under Justinian struggled to scrap up 10-20 thousand troops.

@positroll7870

3 жыл бұрын

Constant invasions from the north. Goths, Huns etc. Climate change reducing food production Nobles that didnt want to pay taxes for the common good anymore. Plagues helped by climate change.

@MSPaintDaily

3 жыл бұрын

Its important to consider this was during the transition of the Classical age to the Medival age where armys shrunk. As the comment above me said many natural causes as well as man caused. Also considering half the roman empire was gone they couldnt get as many men. With the plauge to and new enemys it became alot harder to assemble large armys.

@geordiejones5618

2 жыл бұрын

TLDR: Bad infastructure and decentralized authority. What you're wondering is why the available levy system was smaller. Populations have grown over time but Rome from 300 BCE to 300 CE had the best levy system the planet has ever seen under a central beauracracy. The infastructure started in central Italy and expanded to cover the Mediterranean. Once that started to decline around the time of Constantine and onward, there was no easy way to raise troops. Money wasnt worth what it was and most people had experienced civil war and invasion by 400 CE so one leader is the same as the next. I can't imagine anyone living on subsistence level noticed mmuch difference between 425-525 other than some increase in german language. Soldiers were paid really really well during the early/middle empire too so once the economy started failing thr incentive to fight wasn't there. Caesar and Pompey could afford to arm and supply thousands on their own dime. And that money was good for a few more centuries.

@ultra-papasmurf

Жыл бұрын

the later roman empire and its eastern based continuation for most of its early history were very manpower thin. reasons upon other reasons include - depopulated traditional recruitment areas (i.e illyria, moesia, armenia, asia minor) - diocletions proto-serfdom made movement between occupations extremely difficult - imperial expenditures only grew while imperial income ever dwindled - rampant noble corruption (i.e people would sell themselves into indentured servitude in exchange for benefactors bribing recruiters) - distrust of the military by the imperial family (the crisis of the third century onwards is a treasure trove of generals and governors with military command attempting usurpation) - the stakes werent at Cannae levels until it was far to late for the ERE limiting things (i.e italy =/= anatolia or greece in the minds of the byzantine nobility)

I think the Roman Reconquest could make a great TV drama series, with Justinian and Belisarius as the central characters.

Well done as usually :)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Darn! This series it's so good! 👍🏽

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Alas, it is not concluded. But we will have more on the Byzantine history. :-)

FINALLY THE LAST PART! I am writing this before watching, so... LET'S GET INTO IT! 😁

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Hope, you are going to enjoy it. :-)

@justinian-the-great

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals Well you done it....well. But there do exist some serious mistakes. The ones that I noticed were mostly about period between 540-552 in Italy. Firsty to say that there was two major battles in 542. First being the battle of Flaventia in which Totila with 5.000 men defeated Byzantine army of 12.000. Second one was battle of Mucellium in which Totila also defeated Byzantines this time led by John and other notably commanders. Second thing is that on the map all time in 540's it looks like 90% of the cities in Italy were under Byzantine control, while in reality since the second half 540's only the small number of cities were under byzantine rule. Actually by the time when Narses came into Italy in 552, only 4 cities on the peninsula were still in Roman/byzantine hands! The third thing that you missed to show, or to mention at least, was roman expedition in Visigoth Spain 552-555 which, at the end, manage to reconquer some 1/6 of Iberian peninsula, including capital of Visigoths, Kordoba. You could also show invasions on Balkan, though that is not related to reconquest of the West. Nevertheless, all in all, you did great work, even if you didn't mention Spain. May I also ask you when would second part of Napoleon go? Also I could recommend you some good books about Napoleon and his campaigns, if you need. 😉

This makes me want to start another Byzantium campaign in eu4

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

I eerily remember that it was very difficult. :-)

@bramvanhooijdonk1185

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals yes indeed it was, i remember starting over a few times

5 жыл бұрын

But well worth it. Byzantium is one of the most fun Nations in EU4.

These videos are so awesome. I am definitely gone help out in Patreon. These videos makes me want to go and fire up Rome Total War, and start kicking ass again..2005 style..

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for considering it!

I have to admit Narses was a very clever commander. Good on him. To whoever made this video a reality. Nice job.

Belesarius is best commander. İn medieval The Conquest of Justinian(527-565) is honorary history and this history is Golden Age in Bizantium. This video is very good. Thanks!!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :-)

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Rasul Hamidov, psh the rule of basil ii is the golden age of Byzantium.

@dyasion

6 жыл бұрын

Golden age of Byzantium was during the reign of the Macedonian dynasty in the 10-11st century.

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Kuno, exactly isn't called the byzantine renaissance for nothing.

Finally some Byzantine Battles Quality as always superb

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

After watching your videos I decided to subscribe your channel because your are doing very good buddy keep it up

lovely , excellent. I love this unknown but rich history

Please do the Battle of the Pelennor Fields

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

It is on the list. :-)

@tyranid13

6 жыл бұрын

But do you know any Orcish historian? If not it will be a very biased episode.

As a five star military expert I will be first to point out that having your army split into smaller pieces that refuse to work together, generally doesnt work out too well. Additionally, I would never put a John in charge of any of my forces. Johns are too stubborn.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Some of the Johns are better than the other Johns, I guess. :-)

@s199805723

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah unless it's like John I Tzimiskes

@juanthegreat3954

5 жыл бұрын

How about King John of Polish-Lithuania that led the winged hussars to rout the Ottoman force in the Siege of Vienna?

@markbeltra4927

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanthegreat3954 And then got screwed by russians and germans LOL

Great work keep it up!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We will, thank you!

Damn! I love those videos

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. :-)

GG good game 👏

Aw common john wtf man?

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Just doing the John things. :-)

@CarvaxIV

6 жыл бұрын

It seems like every ruler or commander named John sucks.

@D00Rb3LL

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Bartel Yeah like John Lackland

@D00Rb3LL

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Bartel also john tyler

@keiran5170

6 жыл бұрын

HiddenHistory it's annoying because John the Armenian on Total War Attila The Last Roman dlc was my second best General , so it's painful seeing him being a dick

Thank you Patreon supporters! Cool vid

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank to them, indeed. :-)

Maybe a very late reaction but maybe a special about Belisarius himself ? Love your videos keep them up and coming ^^!!

extra history!! :)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, their series is not bad. :-)

Personally, I think Justinian wanted to reclaim Roman territory without really understanding how Rome did it in the first place. Rome was very adept in diplomacy, more often then not fighting with allies in the area or playing them against one another, whereas Justinian tried forcing his way into Italy where he had little to no allies.

@uria3679

6 ай бұрын

Not all battles were won through force

You are doing a really awesome videos.

Cool I loved this documentary keep going, next time make one about Saladin and crusaders the battle of Hattin

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!