Well now that Oversimplified just covered the First Punic War, we now have a bit more context going into this series.

@twenty-fifth420

Жыл бұрын

And we even have a sequel to that, which will basically be this original series retold in a new lens. I love it. 💕 I love history.

@frog_man_ree

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@barondavisiscool

Жыл бұрын

I just want to say, I was here too 😭

@abdihamidyussuf1286

Жыл бұрын

When is the 2nd punic war going to come out.

@alphagamer3869

Жыл бұрын

@@abdihamidyussuf1286 it’s coming out in 2023 100%

Wait, is this the first Extra History? This is a piece of history itself!

@IronpenWorldbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@theokras1632

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder where this dude went, I miss him,

@Ritu_Singh.1971

3 жыл бұрын

@@IronpenWorldbuilding you cursed diamond ingot.

@MkVainilla

3 жыл бұрын

the Punic wars mark history so much that they are the direct reason for the existence of extra history

@CPtMoni

3 жыл бұрын

wow

See guys? Rome II wasn't a complete failure. It led to the birth of this series, Extra History, which we all love.

@sprigganthebiggan4152

5 жыл бұрын

I mean yeah at launch Rome II sucked but right now it's one of the better Total War games, and at the very least a good one.

@lukeg8466

4 жыл бұрын

@@sprigganthebiggan4152 Yeah if only they improved Attila more over time like Rome. Attila at launch was mediocre and still is mediocre.

@Bsknten

4 жыл бұрын

LukeG8 when you have hundreds of hours on attila Yeah yeah i tottaly agree *blocks screen* 😅

@cowtaplayz8277

4 жыл бұрын

Right now the game is in incredible shape, one of the best total war games

@HeatherRider

4 жыл бұрын

Syed Fazlur Rahman I guess you do have a point. :-)

* Carthaginian ship lands on the coast * Roman engineers: Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!

@ddunfuh9239

3 жыл бұрын

* Carthaginian ship lands on the coast * Roman Engineers:Ctrl+C

And with this video, a KZread legend was born!

@mikhailvasiliev6275

7 жыл бұрын

Fuck yea.

@safari7602

5 жыл бұрын

*playsintro*

@1000eau

4 жыл бұрын

666th like

@petermacdonough9077

3 жыл бұрын

I’m your 700th like!!! :)

@ObjcetSohwRael

Жыл бұрын

@@safari7602 dun dun DO DO DOO DO DOOOOOO *BOOM* DO DO DO DOOO do do do dooooo...

how in the world could rome recover from such crushing defeats and even destroy carth... it was walpole

@ReactRa

9 жыл бұрын

martyn kalendar Walpole is love Walpole is life.

@blazer168

9 жыл бұрын

Reactor Ray please tell me who or what walpole is

@ReactRa

9 жыл бұрын

Brandon Ngo Check the south sea bubble extra history videos. It gave birth to this meme.

@TheMinanimatorGuy

8 жыл бұрын

Reactor Ray its a meme now?

@spewn2123

8 жыл бұрын

***** No, more a running joke.

To think that a game as disappointing and broken as Total War: Rome II would create one of the most informative and entertaining series on this site. Funny how life sometimes works out.

@TylerTR95

8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Bartek I totally forget this is how it started. awesome

@bleachdrinker632

8 жыл бұрын

2nd to Crash Course

@roan2288

7 жыл бұрын

Rome 2 is acually the best historical total war game when it is modded in my opinion.

@TylerTR95

7 жыл бұрын

when its modded, oh yah its awesome. but key word, mods made for free by people.

@roan2288

7 жыл бұрын

True

And so it happened that one of the worst games of that year created one of the best series in KZread history

@garagegoblin858

6 жыл бұрын

Hugh Jarsole this is where the 40% bigger budget went

@Simix2803

5 жыл бұрын

Rome Total War II is not a bad game

@JD-jl4yy

5 жыл бұрын

it was, but not anymore.

@Ronfost89

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed love it now but now doesn't help it back in 2013.

@klegendm2819

5 жыл бұрын

Crazy how the world works

I just learned something quite interesting, it turns out that the Punic Wars never officially ended until 1985, when the mayors of both cities signed a ceremonial treaty.

@exacrion3963

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was one of the longest case of wars that didn't ended due to irregularity

@kguy6635

3 жыл бұрын

Over 2,000 years...

@TheAutisticBrony

Жыл бұрын

That's impossible Carthage doesn't exist anymore

@Mr110074

Жыл бұрын

People use that thinking to say that the Korean War is still ongoing, but seriously if the fighting stopped a long time ago and veterans and leaders are commemorating it every anniversary, then I think it’s safe to say a damn treaty is not entirely needed to end a war.

@ObjcetSohwRael

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAutisticBrony but *Tunisia* does.

Hamilcar is a badass. "I`m just invading these lands to pay you guys the money my nation owes you". He says that with a huge army very close to Roman territory. And they bought it. BADASS!

@ulyssesdersin5095

8 жыл бұрын

#carthage2016

@artos607

8 жыл бұрын

+gabriel ferraz No one knew about it at the time, and Romans one because of a persistence and a couple of brilliant people, like Caesar, Augustus, and Scipio Africanus.

@leonardogabriel955

8 жыл бұрын

+Connor Brown I count that as Romas stupidity over badassery from Hamilcar

@nnelg8139

8 жыл бұрын

+ArtPlays Ceasar wasn't actually a genius, he just happened to write the history books. Almost all of his military success derives from the superiority of the Roman army compared to the forces he was up against. Now, if you want a REAL good emperor, look no further than Trajan. No, seriously; there were only four good emperors after him, and then the rest were shit up until Constantine.

@nnelg8139

8 жыл бұрын

+ArtPlays Ceasar wasn't actually a genius, he just happened to write the history books. Almost all of his military success derives from the superiority of the Roman army compared to the forces he was up against. Now, if you want a REAL good emperor, look no further than Trajan. No, seriously; there were only four good emperors after him, and then the rest were shit up until Constantine.

This is where it all began... The wonderful series of Extra History Began Here. Extra History is great.

2:44- but no matter how far Rome extended there would always be one village of indomitable Gauls holding out against the invaders

@georgedespoulis

7 жыл бұрын

a small village in armorica

@DavidChipman

7 жыл бұрын

Asterix FTW!

@TheSecondVersion

7 жыл бұрын

And then there's Germania...

@gargoyles9999

7 жыл бұрын

General noob Walpole?

@Elizabeththegreatest

6 жыл бұрын

Asterix always for the win!

The first extra history series is so cool especially the fact that it was started as a generous donation.

-He's in Spain. >WHAT?! -And he's making us lots of money. >All good then. XD I'm dying

I think the theory is that the Romans DID know how to build ships, it's just that Carthaginian ships were FAR more superior; large yet aerodynamic, and with more space for more rowers. If the Romans did anything well, it was to not only copy technology but make it BETTER. They added a rotating crane-like contraption to the ships that enabled them to latch onto enemies and board them, which gave them an edge against Carthage. The Romans also showed this kind of innovation and adaptability when they altered their battle formations in order to evade and tire out Carthage's elephants. Rome's ingenuity and ability to change is what defined the Punic Wars.

@Canessa1298

8 жыл бұрын

For someone pretending to know about ships, you should say "Hydrodynamic", because ships move...you know, on water

@TheBc99

8 жыл бұрын

Canessa1298 Oh shit! You got me :P I don't claim to know anything about ships, I just know a lot about the Romans. ... although ships are also powered by wind, so air is involved

@ashraftab6333

8 жыл бұрын

.d

@AngelCanseco1

7 жыл бұрын

Don't forget gigantic numbers and the ability to basically mobilize all able bodies men in their lands and those of their allies. How many armies and fleers did they lose in the wars only to come back with more men to fight

@TheBc99

7 жыл бұрын

Angel Canseco Very true. And also the fact that Roman soldiers were citizens loyal to Rome, while most Carthaginian soldiers were foreign mercenaries prone to mutiny.

the beginning of an era

"I am gathering the booty" Nice, Hamilcar. Very smooth.

@MrCubFan415

6 жыл бұрын

Swiggity swooty, he’s gathering the booty.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

5 жыл бұрын

Im a pirate. I like plentiful booty and full chests. Also rum and parrots.

@tommieeaddy1032

4 жыл бұрын

The booty is all in here for.

Who else is here after Oversimplified's legendary, yet incomplete, return?

The first episode of extra history

Here for the 10 years anniversary of this wonderful history channel. Cheers to those who have followed this channel from 2013 or before untill today.

@arandomguy1226

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I watched this when it first came out. I was in primary school ( elementary school for Americans)

A huge war was started because a bunch of guys got bored. A war which had massive affects throughout history. I'm not sure if that's incredibly funny or incredibly sad.

@ShadowFalcon

9 жыл бұрын

Suddenly, the bonkers backstory of Battlefield Heroes (that wacky F2P cartoon shooter by EA) doesn't sound so bonkers. Seeing how the Punic wars started, it seems plausible that a war could get started over an accusation of fraud in cycling, in the Olympics.

@liamjm9278

5 жыл бұрын

You should see how WW1 started.

@ThePunisher014

4 жыл бұрын

@@liamjm9278 The effects of the Punic Wars are much Much MUCH BIGGER than the ww1 or ww2, an entire scenario of humanity was created where the west controls the east, just imagine Carthage leaving triumphant, that's Tunisia/Africa and the southern Mediterranean ruling Europe, settling in the Americas (which they already discovered before Columbus' scam) and eventually the world for centuries unchallenged..

@stagosaurus3181

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePunisher014 Necroposting a bit here, but I think he was referring to how incredibly ridiculous the events leading up to WW1 were, arguably more unbelievable than what caused the Punic Wars.

@samyrandome425

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePunisher014 *cries in north african*

We want, nay, _demand_ more extra history!

@paint0772

6 жыл бұрын

yus

@dorkfish1275

5 жыл бұрын

Wish granted.

@ryangarcia985

Жыл бұрын

Wish compelled

Nearly a decade after this was released and I still come back to it almost yearly. This is such a great extra history that of course it would establish the series we all know and love today

Came back after Oversimplified's 2nd Punic War vid to pay homage to the first video where I learned about it over 10 years ago. ❤

Coming back here after Oversimplified release their Punic War video These 2 are my favourite history channel

It would make my year if Oversimplified and Extra Credits collaborated animating the third Punic War

@gledtrain

Жыл бұрын

Not knowing enough about history but either there is a third Punic war or you are gonna start the third one just for them to make a video about it XD

@ObjcetSohwRael

Жыл бұрын

@@gledtrain there is a third punic war.

Ahh, back to where it all began!

It's been 7 years... AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT EXTRA HISTORY ITS STILL GR8 SUB TO EXTRA CREDITS EVERYONE

I didn't expect to like this, but i loved it!

@douggieharrison6913

6 жыл бұрын

Freepdied filled with tiny trivia tidbits and great "what ifs" while condensing a ton of history into an otherwose very informative video. I loved it

Dang it, I came to youtube to kill time, and you made me LEARN STUFF.

And thus, my favorite KZread series was born.

A million soldiers? Damn that's like all the views...

@amazingtunisia6375

7 жыл бұрын

And the second Punic war had more soldiers 1.6 million! It's really a huge number back to then!!

@honeybadger4396

7 жыл бұрын

+Amazing Tunisia It's quite a fucking large number even nowadays.

@PeterGregoryKelly

5 жыл бұрын

Virtually a "world war" equivalent.

@hellenicboi14

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeterGregoryKelly World wars are tens of millions of men.

@irrelevant_noob

4 жыл бұрын

Nuorton what if you put those figures to scale by considering the world population at the time?

These episodes truly defined this channel.

This was very nice :) My channel is probably the opposite, I mainly do history, but also do some gaming. Anyhow, you did a very good job as the video was very entertaining to watch! Thank you from Sicily... ;)

@jimli3890

8 жыл бұрын

Metatron!!!!!!!!

@torneko6652

8 жыл бұрын

Woah, awesome seeing you here!

@metatronyt

8 жыл бұрын

Jim Li :)

@metatronyt

8 жыл бұрын

Torneko ;)

@thomasgomes1463

7 жыл бұрын

love your content man, good to see you here.

My son learns a lot from your channel. He is very keen about history and your channel helps him to keep his interest alive. Keep doing good work.

Everyone's revisiting because of Oversimplified. Ah, yes.

It feels nostalgic watching the first extra history video where Dan was still the narrator. Like an old man walking into a museum seeing artifacts of a time when he was just a young clean shaven man.

Ok, Im starting watching all episodes of the Extra History. Here we gooooo

@Skimaskkass

8 жыл бұрын

i am embarking on this as well

@Elizabeththegreatest

6 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@DMRoper1

5 жыл бұрын

Great, isn't it?

@Danquebec01

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, after watching Admiral Yi, Mali Empire and Zulu Empire, I thought I should start from the start. And there I find this video, which my friend had told me about years ago.

@eren7350

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, me too!

I remember watching this when it came out. Crazy.

I am glad the developers of that game sponsored you Extra Credits, leading to one of the greatest series in KZread in my opinion

Oh well. Wait till you hear about the sandwich that started WW1. XP

@cokeroot8987

9 жыл бұрын

Yes. Agreeed

@thebestjannanowhere7155

9 жыл бұрын

IntenseSandvich I love this as much as I loved Crash Course

@cokeroot8987

9 жыл бұрын

Same. New world history for crash course is okay but the old one was better in my opinion

@transporterIII

9 жыл бұрын

IntenseSandvich That makes as much sense as some "arch" duke getting clipped.

@mikaelantonkurki

9 жыл бұрын

IntenseSandvich Unless you are a mongol.

It's like Game of Thrones. So many characters. So many stories. Chaos, war, death, intrigue and you get the feeling most of protagonists are freaking mad !

@HaloFTW55

4 жыл бұрын

It's even better than Game of Thrones. Plus, I see that Ghost in the Shell pfp.

This is where the legend started .

Holy crap, I can't believe it's been 7 years

My teacher showed this to us in class she said "this is a video about people with no necks" 😅

@VRichardsn

8 жыл бұрын

Jack The Fire Elemental Because thats the lesson to be drawn from this :D

And with 51,000 likes, this was the FIRST EXTRA HISTORY VIDEO EVER!!! I’ve been following you guys for a long time and I am a history major and junkie!! I always love your animation and small jokes you slip in while telling history. It keeps history funny and fresh when you tell it. Keep going!!! ❤️❤️

Just watched the first punic war videos, and really wanted him to cover the second. Little did I know...

You did say you were glossing over alot, but you managed to get the majority of the important details into a video less than 10 mins long. I'd say you guys did an excellent job & created a vid that not only educates those who play the game you were sponsored by but anyone playing a wargame of that era (WAB,DBA,Etc) along with the general public. Fantastic job & because of what you're doing I subscribed. Keep up the great work

I just want it on record that this series has been integral for me becoming a total war player. I've picked up Rome 2 Atilla Shogun 2 and Empire since I started watching this series. So seriously other publishers. This kind of marketing SERIOUSLY works.

Ever since started playing Civ 5 i´ve wanted to know more about ancient history so thank you for these videos

@VRichardsn

8 жыл бұрын

Siron Dammeus Welcome. You are starting a wonderful journey. History is indeed awesome. It just needs to be presented in an attractive way.

@jeffreytoman5202

8 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how things like games can make you interested in history. My interest in history stared with the original civilization...

@xenotypos

8 жыл бұрын

+Siron Dammeus History is basically like irl fantasy, it's a world that seems so irreal today, we can only try to imagine how it was. I'm still wondering how does school amazingly manage to make it boring as fuck. Today I know a lot about history and about many civilisations (with a particular liking for europe and east-asia), but I didn't even like history when I was in middle and high school lol. Honestly, they deserve a prize to make it boring.

@MJFAN666

6 жыл бұрын

Richardsen watch some docus my dude

God damn I miss the OG cast so much, the writing was great, the visuals were great, and the topics and the way they presented them were always so so interesting

@klm9440

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man

@georgerianestillero5548

2 жыл бұрын

The original was so much better than the new extra history.

@mariustan9275

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgerianestillero5548 I think It's fine. At least they made a catchy song about the 3rd century crisis

@adoge1175

2 жыл бұрын

don't say the LORD'S name in vain

Sighhhh i miss extra credits when they were like this :c

Oversimplified reminded me of this video. Oversimplified is a different type of entertainment, it's kind of like "haha funny" humor.

And so, the sponsorship was invented.

Man, this forged my love of history because this is how you teach

Extra Credit games turned into Extra History

Left over media budget? Sweet Jesus I wish they used it for beta/game testers

@milesbeler3974

9 жыл бұрын

Lol, I was about to comment the same thing.

@oopus4

9 жыл бұрын

karbengo I can live without it...

@wegawind8747

9 жыл бұрын

Jere Aho Well, first of all, it's a different department (publicity, not development), so they're kinda independent. Second, it's still quite awesome. I mean, I doubt that many German students (except the ones studying history) would know about the background of the games but it's probably way worse in the U. S. (probably the main market) or elsewhere. In the end, i think it's extending the fun you have while playing this game since oyu actually know the different cultures and nations.

@nathanrobinson1099

9 жыл бұрын

Jere Aho Exactly.

@arthas640

9 жыл бұрын

Wega Wind your right. when i went through school 90% of our history lessons revolved around american history, and even then it was mostly just the "main stuff" like WW2 (but not WW1) the Civil War, the great depressions, and the Civil Right Movement. They only taught us the bare bones minum when it came to world history like Rome, Greece/Alexander the Great, and Egypt. They never went into Asian, Afircan, or Asian history except the silk road and maybe a week on Mesopotamia and Persia. They never even really got into WW1. So i love to find stuff like Extra Credit History like this

10 years later still cool

extra credits is the only thing that is keeping up my history grades

We got oversimplified

Ah. Nothing like watching an episode of extra history say "we mainly make game videos" post wipe. Like seeing nintendo say "We make MOSTLY playing cards"

Oversimplified just put out the Punic war in a two part series. They really don’t gloss over the first war and it’s Hella funny you should definitely go check it out!! Oversimplified!

And thus, a legend was born.

What it all started as sponsored one-off became the main staple content of the Extra Credits team. Extra History wouldn't exist without The Creative Assembly lol.

I love the way he animated it to explain what happen in a lot of details......that's talented man.....I cant even do that. But nice job keep doing you king :) and I subscribed :>

Well with that began one of the best history shows on KZread

This, my friends, was the birth of the best series on this channel

@DemarionLee-nc1pr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the greatest series of all sadly it came to a end 😔

8 years of this program and I still can't get enough

Oversimplified and Extra History covers the same topic, wooooooooo

@5A81L

Жыл бұрын

look at the time difference it's 9 years

For anyone wanting more information about the Punic War The History of Rome podcast goes more in-depth into this. Dan Carlin also did an amazing trilogy on it on his Hardcore History podcast, but it is one of the older episodes so you have to pay for it.

The birth of the modern sponsor.

Just finished a podcast on the First Punic War : flashpointhx.podomatic.com/entry/2016-03-23T13_38_18-07_00

Carthage could have won in the first or second punic wars if its noble and wealthy families had put more into the war effort.

@lunchingtangpua2415

3 жыл бұрын

Who know why dont the maceadonian do anything

@SirDrakeFrancis

3 жыл бұрын

or if they have burned rome

@lunchingtangpua2415

3 жыл бұрын

@@SirDrakeFrancis rome adapt to their army and tactic

@SirDrakeFrancis

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunchingtangpua2415 but if they burned rome ther will be ne adaptation lol

The fact that extra history started because of a selllout is amazing

@decentanimations4065

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

and thus, a saga begins

Since then the channel started to talk mainly on history......Good!

Creative assembly. Love them.

Is anyone else rewatching this after the Oversimplified video

EC was always EH to me. Because ‘Learning Matters’, I am on a perpetual quest to learn and pursue endless enlightenment in many topics, but I think ‘History’ has always been my favorite passions. I am a bell ringer and I have been keeping up with other, similar channels that have popped up since. And just yesterday, ‘Oversimplified’ did its own take on the First Punic War and I am reminded to make my respects here. Thank you, EH/EC Crew, from all unseen voices and writers behind this series. 💜 I love history. 💕 I love this particular content. 💕 Thank you so much for making me love history from back when I saw this in High School, to now being at a crossroads after College. Y’all the bomb. Even though I am personally ambitious to be a writer who loves Worldbuilding, I have to admit, you all make me speechless. Y’all make learning matter and I love you share this for free. Thank you and I hope for ‘Extra History’ to remain an integral piece of internet history. 💙

This guy's either gonna explode from this video now that oversimplified made a video too, or they are going to be a long forgotten KZread channel

God I wish Extra History was still this good.

Wait a second: How was Hamilcar able to afford to pay off an army of mercenaries to defeat his other army of mercenaries when Carthage had no money? why didn't he just use that money to pay off his original mercenaries, rather than hire up another army (which would have had to be bigger than the original in order to beat them in battle)???

@Hruljina

10 жыл бұрын

Carthage was broke but he wasnt. State and leaders were not separated that much before as today.

@SmugLookingBarrel

10 жыл бұрын

then why didn't he just pay his original soldiers?

@Hruljina

10 жыл бұрын

***** Because leaders are greedy and dont use their funds unless its extreme urgency?

@SmugLookingBarrel

10 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt that it was from Hamilcar's pocket that the mercs were paid. he was a general, after all, and not a higher-up in the government. And I think the government would have viewed their city being besieged as an extreme urgency

@Hruljina

10 жыл бұрын

***** Barca's were one of the great families of Carthage. Unless it suits them they wouldnt do it.

A futuristic version of extra history will do episodes on these episodes, for they are truly the birth of some of the best content on KZread

8 years later and it’s still great

That is how most wars start “ some idiots getting bored in Sicily”

Marathoning every Extra History! Who's with me?

Old but gold.Watched the entire stories and I can say all are worth spending time in.Thank you for these summaries of historical events!

Truly the start of something absolutley great.

Girls with time machine: I'm your grandaughter Boys with time machine: here Carthage try this

This series helped me get an A in my history class last semester. Thank you guys so much!

And here, one of the best series on KZread was born, thank you extra credits, and thank you creative assembly

It is amazing how easily your format can transition into teaching history. I was sucked right in, and now I have to leave for work :(

Interesting tidbit. Carthage is the English pronunciation of Cathago (Cartago), which is the latinization of what the Carthaginians called their city, which was something along the lines of "Qart'hadasht". They called themselves the "Qart'hadashtim".

@MJFAN666

6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Peterlin qarth hadast means new city, it was founded by the Phoenian traders and later carthaginians founded Nova carthago in Spain which means.. New new city.

@raafetzribi9899

6 жыл бұрын

and we was hoping to rebuild the empire , then the Arabs came

@samguy7654

6 жыл бұрын

Ráâfét Zrïbì No you weren't bro wach rak ta7ki ? 😂 هههه

@hohohohoh4043

5 жыл бұрын

raafet zribi no u weren't u were under byzantines reign lmao

Carthago delenda est

I recently started watching an anime called Drifters where important historical figures oppose each other in a parallel realm. Barca and Africanus are featured and thanks to this I was able to laugh big time when i saw them. I really love your work and the effort you put in this episodes. It's truly entertaining and didactic. Awesome work guys, keep it up!

Woah! 1st extra history... EXTRAS DIVISION BETWEEN CREDITS AND HISTORY: ASCENDANT ON: September 6, 2013

"Wealth was the key to social mobility in Carthage." I thought all Carthaginian ways had been wiped out? I guess not...

It’s pretty cool that this entire history side of this channel started cause of CA just giving the money that was left over

I've been playing RTW 2 for many years now and I will always come back to this video series and get hyped to play it again

I wish the Punic wars were more explored in video games. It's highly important to world history that is often overlooked.