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@luizpires3504

11 ай бұрын

Amazing

@Scorpion51123314512

11 ай бұрын

When your done with the Alexander The Great series are you going to make a entire video like this? Also think we should soon start the Punic wars or the wars of Ptolemaic Egypt and The Seleucid Empire.

@killer5896u

11 ай бұрын

We are amazighs not berbers!!

@pascalyung1406

11 ай бұрын

Someone please help me! Does anyone know the name of the background music at 26:10 of K&G's Alexander Balkan Campaign video? Link here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/haKYuc6SmpzggbA.html

@_gira_hua_insaan_8872

11 ай бұрын

Make video on mughal Empire

"Welcome to Italy, we have Greek Romans, German Romans, Muslims, and the Pope. Who would you like to fight?" "Yes."

@maddogbasil

11 ай бұрын

Gotta respect the romans for somehow managing to keep all this land under 1 empire for so long (Atleast while it wasn't destroying itself) But my biggest question was why didn't the rest of Italy fall to the muslims like iberia did ????

@steffanyschwartz7801

11 ай бұрын

@@maddogbasilBecause the Ummayads had an entire massive force chucked at iberia. The taking of Minorca, Ibiza, Menorca, Sardinia, Malta, and Sicily was done by smaller states. Like the Aghlabids, Cordoba, and others. Small groups of Muslims did take over Calabria, Gaeta, and a base on the mouth of the Rhone. However the Byzantine strongholds, Benevento, Lombard lords, the Kingdom of Italy, and a coalition with the Pope held them back. Tunisian Muslims did sack Rome and 1 of the holiest churches in Christianity.

@syphse920

11 ай бұрын

​@@maddogbasil They never really managed to breach the Byzantine strongpoints in Calabria, sometimes they took the defences/cites towards the tip, but the defensive Roman armies always pushed them back within a handful of years. Once Byzantium went on the offensive in the Balkans/Syria in the late 900's the HRE/Merchant Republis actually stepped in to defend the region from the encroaching Muslims, and after that they never really tried full-scale conquest again, instead being on the defensive from several Byzantine invasions and in decline until the norman conquests

@zippyparakeet1074

11 ай бұрын

​​@@syphse920If only Basil had left a competent successor, I'm sure they'd have finally managed to reconquer Sicily and bring the Papal States back under Caesaropapism like it was since the time of Constantine the Great up until it broke away in the mid 8th century, even bring Corsica back under the fold and have some sort of agreement with the Pisans.

@dillonblair6491

11 ай бұрын

​@@zippyparakeet1074 It's funny that the great byzantine emperors always appear to fix a crisis but not in time to prevent one

What an epic, adventurous and bloody history the normans gave us. Such an interesting odissey

@furretthefuzzynoodle3896

11 ай бұрын

Just letting you know you misspelled odyssey 😊

@michaelsmyth3935

11 ай бұрын

Bloody, ruthless, genocidal, Just your typical Knights.

@malikmurtaza2708

11 ай бұрын

Plz can you clear the genetic,social and cultural relation between Scythians,goths,Germanic tribes and normans?

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

​@malikmurtaza2708 no all people is the same

@cavemug4834

9 ай бұрын

​@@frankibianchi6188No we are not

As someone who just finished his 45 page Senior Project on Norman Sicily, this video is much appreciated!

@matthewsmith4710

11 ай бұрын

If only it had come out a little sooner!

@senseishu937

11 ай бұрын

Damn, 45 pages as for a senior project? That's sick. What was the occasion?

@Jonnybravo589

11 ай бұрын

What sources did you use? I have the three books and can’t find much and always look for more

@kinguitar3000

11 ай бұрын

@@Jonnybravo589 In terms of primary sources, look into Ibn Jubayr, Hugo Falcandus, and the Norman chroniclers Geoffrey of Malaterra and Amatus of Montecassino. When it comes to secondary sources, books like The Age of Robert Guiscard by Graham Loud and Conquerir Et Gouverner La Sicile Islamique by Anneliese Nef were some of my favorite sources!

@kinguitar3000

11 ай бұрын

@@senseishu937 Every Senior in my college was required to pick a topic and write a 45 page paper as a requirement to graduate

It's pretty sweet that these two brothers just cried and hugged it out, it's pretty rare to see that in history usually in such a situation brothers will kill each other so it's cool to see a more normal healthier sibling relationship

@seveng1152

11 ай бұрын

Normans placed kin above everything else -- usually. I agree, pretty cool.

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

I dont plan on killin my brother tho?

@polarbear6479

11 ай бұрын

That’s because you and your brother aren’t in a power struggle

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

@@polarbear6479 yes we is how come he got the prime time new spot

@tonybryk3312

10 ай бұрын

@@polarbear6479 power struggles for the remote can be brutal

The conquest of Sicily is so underrated. They had to win every battle or be crushed. Yet, somehow they succeeded. Against all odds.

@bruhmcchaddeus413

8 ай бұрын

he forgot half the battles details like misilmeri, palmero or when one of big muslim naval commander died in naval battle but i think he covered lot of things spot on in just 1 and half hour

@jozzieokes3422

19 күн бұрын

​@@bruhmcchaddeus413 yeah man. it's pretty hard to fit it all in!

To me Rollo is one of the most fascinating historical figures of the time. We don't know all that much about him, but the circumstances of him getting Normandy in return for stopping other vikings like he had been and the huge influence the Normans ended up having is such a cool story

@alexhammerbekk

8 ай бұрын

he was from giske, an island close to haram (ålesund) where i was born and lived half my life :-)

@matimus100

8 ай бұрын

He was a Christian

@bruhmcchaddeus413

8 ай бұрын

lol he was dane, his grandson was literally called robert the dane. saint olaf a norwegian who was baptised by him called him danish, eventho all vikes were called danes back then (even if norwegian) but he specifically was danish@@alexhammerbekk

@bruhmcchaddeus413

8 ай бұрын

and yes he was, he looked at jesus as one of norse head gods like odin but then in end he accepted jesus as one @@matimus100

@zoetropo1

2 ай бұрын

@@bruhmcchaddeus413 Calling all Vikings "Danish" is a mite naïve when many Vikings were Bretons or Moors.

I'm a bit surprised the video didn't mention it, but Guiscard's wife, Sichelgaita, was on the field at the Battle of Dyrrhachium in full armor (as was her habit - she often joined her husband on the battlefield), and was the one to rally the shattered Norman right as it fled towards the beach, stabilizing the line so it could counter-attack the Varangian Guard. Anna Comnena recorded that she was "another Pallas, if not a second Athena" from her actions in the battle.

@Caratacus1

11 ай бұрын

I remember JJ Norwich describing her in his books as 'The nearest thing history has ever given us to a real life Valkyrie.'

@Dell-ol6hb

11 ай бұрын

What a badass holy shit

@SetuwoKecik

11 ай бұрын

I remember using her as one of my generals in my CK2 😳

@bengoloitachi2565

11 ай бұрын

Judith d'evreux was badass too

@juanzulu1318

11 ай бұрын

​@@bengoloitachi2565 who was that? Any link to further info?

It’s a shame that documentaries of this caliber aren’t common on TV anymore.

@letsdothis9063

11 ай бұрын

TV has become the media of propaganda. I remember when the History Channel and Discovery were all about facts. Now, they are all about an agenda. It's sad. I'm not interested in hatred toward anyone. I understand that it's history in the making. But, I will stick to the history that's already happened. Lol

@bruhmcchaddeus413

8 ай бұрын

he did good but little small errors in normans vs muslims till 37:00 > after civitate, it was normans who asked pope to be ally. he made it sound like pope was just kidnapped hostage lol after 1053 Normans were popes main ally that helped him numerous times after it too like against holy romans when they attacked pope around 1084 > roger got in conflict with his brother because judith was direct descendant of first duke of normandy (rollo), marrying into high class required a man to own lot of land. roger asked for this and robert denied it, eventho it was robert who set rogers marriage up by letting judiths exiled family live in italy under him (exiled from england) > at battle of cerami, normans charged when muslims withdrew. they backed down after serlos flank but made camp and was starting to retreat, normans saw this and charged at muslims while cutting some of retreating force too > he forgot to mention details of misilmeri, after normans cut them down to man Roger had messagess written in saracen blood tied to feet of carrier pigeons which were then released to fly back to palermo to deliever news to other saracens, he forgot to cover few other bloody battles against saracens in sicily too > last emir of enna, ibn hammud converted to christianity (either because normans treated him good or for political reasons idk). He was trying to cover all the details in 1 and half hour so he missed like 20% of normans crusade on sicily against “saracens”

Robert Guiscard is the true Total War player while everyone else was playing CK2

Great video about one of the "criminally" least represented topics in the middle ages. From a band of adventurers to the dream of a multicultural Mediterranean Empire of King Roger II, truly, it was one of the most extraordinary adventures of that epoch. Would it be possible, when you combine previous works, to list the original videos, please? Well done, again.

@promecio8085

8 ай бұрын

"dream of a multicultural Mediterranean Empire of King Roger II", a multicultural utopia worked in Norman Kingdom on XI-XIII century and in the same time a anarcho capitalist utopia worked in iceland and the islamic gold age utopia in Fatimid Caliphate in egypt. A multicultural kingdom that make a crusades, sound likes a multircultural islamic country that make jihad.

@ed-te1fp

7 ай бұрын

@@promecio8085Sounds more like America

This is legitimately one of the best channels on youtube

@dand7763

11 ай бұрын

better than netflix

@egesahin2498

11 ай бұрын

well said mr. ambatukam

His palms are sweaty, spears weak, shield is heavy. Blood on his mail, looks like an Italian Mom's spagetti He is zealous but on the surface he looks calm and ready. To charge into battle. He's a Norman in Italy. Snap back to Christianity Oooh there goes Sicily Oooh he's taken Tripolii.

@adamjones4606

11 ай бұрын

Invaded Byzantium but it got real messy ..

@ethansmith8813

11 ай бұрын

Decided against having Greek spaghetti

@perhaps1094

11 ай бұрын

🤣

@adamjones4606

11 ай бұрын

@@ethansmith8813 Alexios Kommenos clapped back heavy

@ethansmith8813

11 ай бұрын

Normans ran out of troops to levy

Im visiting family in Sicily for the first time since I was 9 in August. (Im 21 now) Thank you for making this video about my family/people’s history 🤝

This is probably one of the weirdest Kingdoms in Medieval Europe. Scandinavians from France form an Italian Kingdom and conquer a Muslim Sicily before the crusades. You can't make this stuff up.

Personally i think that the history of southern Italy is more interesting to me than the history of northern Italy (with few exceptions like the rise of the Duchy of Milan under the Visconti), so it's really nice that I can watch a historical documentary focused on this for free, especially since in my home country there is pretty much nothing like the work you have done.

@454FatJack

11 ай бұрын

And Venice/ ,HRR -1806 , Kingdom Austria 1918

@gr0vestghost109

8 ай бұрын

Also the Sicilian Norman’s are far more interesting than William the conqueror in my opinion.

@dostawcagazu

8 ай бұрын

@@gr0vestghost109 well they did have a lasting impact on the region while William's impact is that he enabled the rise of the Plantagenets (for me, the actual creators of England)

@_LoremIpsum

5 ай бұрын

Southern history is often overlooked

Well done guys as usual, killing it fun fact, Roger, I was married to Adelaide Del Vasto, who was a cousin of the famous third crusader Conrad of Montserrat. They came from the same dynasty Aleramicci it was French in origin, however, was italicized

@kaloarepo288

11 ай бұрын

More correctly Frankish as were most noble houses in northern Italy except for the ones of Longobard origin.

@bruhmcchaddeus413

8 ай бұрын

rogers brothers son bohemond himself carried 60% of first crusade lol

This is awesome. The Normans were badass conquerors, from England to Sicily.

@neilog747

Ай бұрын

They were scumbags, nothing more.

@Dubz759

23 күн бұрын

⁠@@neilog747you sound like a Saxon

I discovered kings and Generals while i was deployed in 2019. Love the channel and the work you guys do. I used several of the videos to teach my marines examples of initiative and strategy. They loved it and we had some very good discussions

@jozzieokes3422

9 ай бұрын

That's really cool

I would love to see an Assassin's Creed in the Era of Roger II. Sicily being a melting pot of Christian , Muslim, and Orthodox ideologies with Norman, Italian, Greek, and Arab cultures would make for endless content in an AC game.

You guys haven't stoped getting better, been here since 200k subs. edit: The fact the normans were founded in 911 hilariously fitting

@TheChuckfuc

11 ай бұрын

Ikr when I 1st subscribed to these guys. Bazbattles had way more subscribers.

@michaelsurratt1864

11 ай бұрын

Oh yeah I was their first sub ever

@dinte215

11 ай бұрын

​@@Emanon... they were the terrorising medieval Europe.

I really have to appreciate documentaries like this. An hour and forty minutes of good content on the Normans - which is otherwise overlooked history is great to see. Thanks, team!

The narrator for K&G was born for this job. Well done!

Im very Lucky to have the possibility to see the norman's masterpieces every day

Awesome content guys y'all never fail! It's fascinating to me that the Normans we're expanding in the Mediterranean almost the same time as they made their push for the conquest of England.

@michaelvilliers266

11 ай бұрын

I didn't realise this either our ancestors were badass

Awesome bit of European/Mediterranean history that isn't as widely known. Well done K&G, as always!

What I've learned throughout watching videos about historical battles and events is: - Never trust anyone. - It is utterly important to have a well armed, trained, motivated and loyal army. - Never hire or include soldiers of any foreign descent into your army. (Except mercenaries which piss off once their job is done.) - The native population has always to suffer the most.

As a Sicilian, it's really nice to see you guys covering this!

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

U watched Gomorrah?

@FrancescoBosco12

11 ай бұрын

@@frankibianchi6188 I have not personally, though it's a pretty popular series overall. But that one is about the Neapolitan mafia, not the Sicilian one.

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

@@FrancescoBosco12 it good show tho, everyone should watch it Good family fun for all ages, two thumbs up Is my take

@michaelvilliers266

11 ай бұрын

I'm a British Norman watching this like damn my people were crazy

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

@@michaelvilliers266 that doesn't count, they aren't 'your people'. This fellow is actually from Sicily. God damn anglos

Will there be a video about Frederik II, Conradin and the Sicilian Vespers? That would be as cool as this video! Great work!

@Kaiyanwang82

11 ай бұрын

Only if you can pronounce "ciciri".

@manuelapollo7988

11 ай бұрын

@@Kaiyanwang82 🤣

Been looking for content related to Norman Sicily for a short while now. Reading documents regarding the matter was confusing, this has assisted me in better understanding a neglected area of history well deserved of some more light. Thank You

*after years of fighting in Sicily* Hauteville brothers: we got it *Tarantulas appear at the camp* 34:00 Hauteville brothers: I’m outta here

The fact that this content is free is absurd. Love this channel!

A fascinating topic! I'm going to visit Castel del Monte near Bari soon ❤

@skippityblippity8656

11 ай бұрын

It was made by stauferkönig friedrich II

The story of the Hauteville family is incredible and deserves more media about it. The number of legendary figures produced by that house is truly outstanding.

I have wanted a documentry from this period for so long. Normans were kind of badass.

This is one of the best series you've done. I love hearing about the Normans.

Love the longer documentaries. Keep it up, and thank you for your hard work on these!

This is incredibly well done. This period of history is so interesting, thanks for making this doc.

I know these are a lot of hard work, so thanks for putting these long format videos out there. Absolutely my favorites.

"The communication lines were cut." I know what y'all meant, but my brain conjured up an image of a knight in chainmail screaming into a banana "phone" and wondering why his message wasn't getting through. 😂

@guyman1570

2 ай бұрын

Oh hahaha that's so funny! 😂

one of the best part of southern Italy history, so glorious and strong, they were so feared and envied that everyone tried to destroy them... and at the end... they succeeded. the ending made me really cry... 😭the end of a beautiful golden age. 😭

And once again , am amazing piece of documentary crafted by Kings & Generals...incredible how much Information you guys have..just keep them coming😊😊

LETS GOOOOOO

@Kronr

11 ай бұрын

Letsseerrrrrrr guiooooooooo

@neptune3569

11 ай бұрын

LETS GOOOOOOO

@gimmlin1874

11 ай бұрын

LETS GOOOOO

@addyoradz6911

11 ай бұрын

LESSS GOOOIIIII

@theprogenitor951

11 ай бұрын

YEAH!!!! 🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

Roger I "Borso" Count Of Sicily is buried in a town next to where my grandparents are from. A small villiage in Calabria called Mileto

Every time I see these long ones it makes my day

The brothers getting mad, besieging their cities and capturing each other only to forgive each other was true siblings feuding at its best.

The Giscard clan makes me want to understand more and more about this amazing family and there political aspirations, the way they conducted business during shifting political alliances is a real masterpiece during a time when everyone fought everyone, seems to me the Eastern Romes were a leage above in deception, scheming and out right assassination, it makes me.proud how this Family stuck together no matter the enemy or the precived friendships

Southern Italy has an interesting history thankyou for posting.🙂

Thank you for producing such an informative and comprehensive documentary.

Thank you guys for another fantastic episode! I don't know a lot about the post-Roman history of Italy, so I quite appreciate this. Side note: a venomous tarantula infestation in camp just sounds horrific lol, but I enjoy learning about those sorts of everyday parts of history. God be with you out there everybody! ✝️ :)

@holdinmcgroin8639

5 ай бұрын

That species of tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) isn't even dangerous to humans, the entire panic was just a form of mass hysteria

Very nice! These videos spoil us history buffs! Keep up the amazing work.

Love your documentaries as always Kings and Generals and Thanks for this amazing video

The best historical doumentary i have ever seen!! Keep going ❤

This documentary.... Just magnificent.

This has quickly become my favorite go to history channel

Thanks for this video - it's fascinating and surprising bit of history that noone seems to know about. You are legends for bringing it to a bigger audience. 😀

Wonderful video. Loved every moment of it, even after watching the mini episodes before ❤

Fascinating story and journey, wish they would make a tv series on Norman conquest of south Italy and Sicily

This is next level work, thanks a lot for another great journey through history, fantastic content.

Absolutely amazing work, thank you

This was awesome!! Great work all around. Artwork, history and narration all excellent. Great topic as well

What a great epic history of the Normans. A Netflix series would be fantastic

@rexpeymon3455

11 ай бұрын

Oh god no it wouldn’t they would completely race swap the Normans and then say we are ignorant.

@Uthandol

11 ай бұрын

so they can make the Normans black?

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

Whine whine whine

@Uthandol

11 ай бұрын

@@frankibianchi6188 Its time to cast Conan O'brian's pasty ass as Shaka Zulu.

@frankibianchi6188

11 ай бұрын

@@Uthandol whine whine whine

Outstanding as always! Thank you for your work.

this Norman kingdom in Sicily was a very interesting and significate area of medieval europe that i didnt have much knowledge on, but now that i do it will be probably one of my next campaigns I play in the Medieval 3 TW or in a 1212AD campaign. Awesome stuff guys love learing new things about interesting parts of history and seeing how it ties in with other events like the Crusades and where Bohemond came from and his formattable father, uncle, and cousin that made this Kingdom into what it was etc.

This is just perfect actually. I installed the Historic Invasions mod for CK3 and an event popped up about a Norman Kingdom in Italy in my playthrough awhile ago and I was genuinely confused since I didn't know much about that.

Of these kings of Norman ancestry my favorite of all is Frederick II, son of Henry IV Hohenstaufen and Constance de Hauteville, perhaps one of the best kings in all history of the Italian peninsula. ❤

@spyridon3089

11 ай бұрын

frederick II is not norman

@kaloarepo288

10 ай бұрын

@@spyridon3089 His mother was the daughter of the Sicilian king who were descended from Normans like the great king Roger. Frederick made his capital in Palermo the Sicilian Norman capital and is buried in the cathedral there close to where the Norman kings are buried.

@spyridon3089

10 ай бұрын

@@kaloarepo288 yet he is not Norman, an interesting Figure

@kaloarepo288

10 ай бұрын

@@spyridon3089 He had Norman heritage - but you do realize that even the Normans themselves (People from Normandy) were only partly "Northmen" perhaps only a fraction - most people from that region would have been Gallo-Roman, Frankish, Breton and probably from other "ethnicities" as well!Frederick adopted his tolerant policies from his Norman ancestors -the Sicilian Norman kings had Greeks, Arabs, Moors etc working for him as well as "Latins".

@spyridon3089

10 ай бұрын

@@kaloarepo288 a Person such as Frederic cannot be defined in narrow Terms like norman, he was exceptionel in every Respekt

Once again I just want to say thanks for the great content that you are always putting out.

I use to do medieval recreation & our group focused on 1195 ad in the City of Acre in the Holy Lands. The Norman's were the premium military power for around 200yrs. Italy was described as "Meat b4 ravening Lions". I'm so happy to be watching this.

Love love love it! An excellent addition to the list of long documentaries you’ve already released. Thank you K&G!

@Zengids1turkmens

11 ай бұрын

Can you please tell me how you puted the kings and generals profile picture in your name

@YeeeeGreg

11 ай бұрын

@@Zengids1turkmens I have that cause I became a channel member. I pay a monthly fee to the channel to be a member as a way of showing my appreciation and support for the channel. They have links to become a channel member in the descriptions of most, if not, of their videos in the last several months, if you’re interested👍🏼

@Zengids1turkmens

11 ай бұрын

@@YeeeeGreg thank you so much although this comment is kinda late but I really appreciate it thank you again

Fantastic! This is one of the best I've seen.

Great series!

Such an amazing format! Please do more!!!

This answered soooo many questions! Thank you for the effort put into this video!

One more masterpiece) thanks, guys!

I really enjoy these long form videos. Not all the time, since its not always easy to have the 2+ hours to watch it. But on occasion its nice to just sit back and dream of conquest. Good stuff as always!

Your work is the best out there man. Thanks for making it

Keep up the great work!

One of the best so far! Keep up the good work!

This videos answered so many questions! Thx for all the effort put into making it!

oh man you guys do such a good job on these videos

Excellent works as always. I love those long documentaries

YESS!!! My favorite medieval kingdom, such an interesting beginning to a rich and diverse place. This is also my favorite start in Crusader Kings 3, starting as Robert Guiscard de Hauteville.

This is great !! Kings and generals doing a new big documentary !! Thanks a lot it's Christmas early !! Keep Going on you have my full support

You guys just do such incredible work I can't watch TV "documentarys" anymore. All fake drama and stupid interviews. K&G is the gold standard, I wish all documentarians were like this. Everybody watching should become a member (or equivalent) right now. It's totally worth it and they put your money to great use

This is absolutely brilliant!

Excellent as always! love these more in depth videos.

Excellent work! Thank you for providing quality historical content!

Of course, the Romans won at Cannae, you think they want to lose twice in the same spot? Who cares if it's been 1200 years.

@papapedro6980

Ай бұрын

Scipio Africanus was probably watching from his grave hoping he doesn’t have to climb out and avenge Cannae a 2nd time

Lovely video, history is a blast

Excelente documentário !!! É um dos melhores canais de história do KZread.

The shifting back and forth in the group dynamics with Kai in the mix is a lot of fun

I am always here with you guys every video since the beginning. Including the exclusives on patreon. Liked, Subscribed, and commented. Always appreciate these compilation videos. Make for a nice video to watch while painting.

thank you so much for this the hauteville family has always been a great interest of mine

My ancestors are from northern Sicily, love this documentary and i always rewatch it.

Incredible research and presentation. Thank you !

Glad to see a video on this period in history

Very well done. I learned so much from this video. I love History!

Great video as always !

Let's go 🙂😀. We always know there is a lot if time ,money and lot of hard work behind these long videos. We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos. We love your videos. A huge fan from Sri Lanka ❤️🇱🇰🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

This documentary is just so good