My boy loyd is literally in the middle of doing his laundry and decides to speak for over an hour on the battle of cannae complete with names and dates. Bless you mr beige

@raskolnikov7049

4 жыл бұрын

Standing, might i add

@Quicksilver_Cookie

4 жыл бұрын

We've all been there.

@bugzyhardrada3168

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah pretty much, laundry brings this out in proper men........especially the english.......or so i hear

@naguibzidan8991

3 жыл бұрын

Lol!!

@anthonymiozza526

3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahahahaha

50,000-70,000 Romans to 6,000 Carthaginians or what Total War would call a close victory

@theprezydent6250

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ambieofilms

4 жыл бұрын

This is such an underrated comment. You deserve all of the likes!

@tunnar79

4 жыл бұрын

@michael wittmann A real shame they've let go of that mechanic in the following titles.

@theprezydent6250

4 жыл бұрын

michael wittmann when you disband then your population rises

@blodiblodmann4267

4 жыл бұрын

@@tunnar79 Try Divide et Impera mod, they even got recruitable population divided by class. No peasants to elite troops.

Does he just walk through his house, stop at a random spot and say, “damn I need to deliver a full lecture, RIGHT NOW”

@Nathan-yk5km

4 жыл бұрын

Evan Klemmt the reason for this is actually because Lloyd is electric, and lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice.

@Warmaka

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. It's the curse of the Beige.

@js9785

4 жыл бұрын

This isn't even his house. It was filmed on a cctv camera in someone's garden shed in Norwich. They only checked because the neighbour heard talking next door while they were out and told them when they got home.

@sweettartz1985

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh I thought the same thing...I’m like was he just cleaning his attic or something?

@kmc7355

3 жыл бұрын

@@js9785 Brilliant, belated 🤣 for you

"Steady lads, steady lads" - Possibly Hannibal.

@timlasko4685

3 жыл бұрын

I just want a steady lads tshirt lmao

@jackspence6061

3 жыл бұрын

T shirt with Sharpe on perhaps?

@lhaviland8602

3 жыл бұрын

Don't think he would've been speaking modern English for starters lol.

@stopspammingmesrsly

3 жыл бұрын

Varo: "if only I'd said steady more times 🤦"

@nothankyouYouTube420

3 жыл бұрын

This is perhaps my favorite instance of someone leaving a quote comment

Thank you Lindybeige, for affirming that Cannae was a decisive British victory.

@Lolzonator

4 жыл бұрын

Really makes you think, huh

@RitsuCurisu

4 жыл бұрын

Many scholars agree that Rome's greatest mistake and the cause for their downfall was throwing all that tea into Boston's water. Which is such a rookie mistake. I keep having to tell my friends that you have to use _boiled water_ , not _sea water_ . Sheesh!

@wobblysauce

4 жыл бұрын

Can always use more salt.

@fulkthered

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but if the Americans hadn't entered the war the Germans may have won.

@lowlandnobleman6746

4 жыл бұрын

The Nazis didn’t stand a chance in the 1745 Jacobite Rising.

The question Hannibal had wasn't "Should I?", it was "Cannae?"

@MarioAtheonio

4 жыл бұрын

"No, you cannae."

@CraftQueenJr

4 жыл бұрын

WhatWhere this is better.

@Fives_2011

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha good one

@RoboBoddicker

4 жыл бұрын

: Hey, Hannibal, can you encircle a larger army with a smaller one? : CANNAE??

@tonyngc

4 жыл бұрын

And he loved it when a plan came together...

2:30 For crossing the alps, those large mammals really were irrelephant.

@dwightmagnuson4298

3 жыл бұрын

NICE...

@HELLO-iq5rb

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@evilestmonkeey

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure if I love you or hate you...well done

@jebberjeb

Жыл бұрын

Very good

@Clavers1369

2 ай бұрын

Ohh, tusk tusk!

A reminder that most KZreadrs can't speak for 5 seconds without doing a jump cut.

@beardedbjorn5520

4 жыл бұрын

I find jump cuts so freakin annoying!!

@adlay4181

4 жыл бұрын

@@beardedbjorn5520 I find talking for 1 hour 16 minutes and 57 seconds rather annoying

@beardedbjorn5520

4 жыл бұрын

@@adlay4181 each to their own. I normally do as well. But not when it's Lloyd

@brandonwestfall3241

4 жыл бұрын

I defense of those other youtubers, some of those jump cuts are probably because they went off on a tangent lol Lindy's just used to rolling with the tangents

@thossi09

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonwestfall3241 More importantly, his audience is used to and (often) appreciates these tangents. But I think, more often than not, these jump cuts are for stylistic effect.

You put this guy in front of a terrible camera with mediocre audio and he still manages to entertain you for 76 minutes straight.

@urduib

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed 🎶🍻🍸 😂

@ashliams8269

4 жыл бұрын

His video and audio quality are always 5 - 10 years behind even when he upgrades haha. Look at his original videos and how bad the quality was compared to other videos of that era of KZread. He truly is an amazing orator and story teller. I could watch Lindy through a 1960's black and white T.V.!

@CasualInventor

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm, it say's "1080p". Perhaps the P stands for potato. :)

@stevenm8970

4 жыл бұрын

We need to club together to buy him a rode mic or something, they are not even that expensive lol

@itcheebeard

4 жыл бұрын

76 unedited minutes! There's literally no other youtuber doing it like Lloyd!

"They had to make sure the sack didn't burst prematurely" 4 of every 5 ancient armies suffer from premature sack burstage

@sweettartz1985

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to say as a 35 year old adult I didn’t snicker when I heard this but if I did I would be lying and lying is bad unless you’re in politics or religion lol

@borismuller86

3 жыл бұрын

Well penetration will do that.

@Warmaka

2 жыл бұрын

Only you can prevent burst sacks.

Paulus: "Cut off his army, let it wither and die. Great plan!" Paulus, 2000+ years later: "Damn the irony!"

@prince-solomon

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but the Germans have lost "only" about 0.3125 % of their population at Stalingrad (over several months). With the loss percentage of Cannae they would´ve lost 1.700.000 troops in one day. Damn, Cannae was a disaster!

@xxfrosty609xx3

3 жыл бұрын

@@prince-solomon what about Stalingrad and Prokorovka?

@csquaredgaming

Жыл бұрын

Apauling!

I’m in my 60th year, rarely have I found such engaging and informative talks... wish I’d had teachers like this. Might have done something more interesting with my life. Lol

@ManiacallyQuiet

2 жыл бұрын

Finding such an interest in the various topics of an ancient history that majority of people would find boring or highly unentertainming is to me an achievement by itself. Following the news of some celebrity and where and what they ate for dinner, now that's a useless thing to waste time on.

"They've got a pair of trousers on, because they're barbarians" Come to think of it, we've never seen Lloyd below the belt on this style of video...

@Pfsif

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, you need to watch the "Lindyhop". You haven't lived my friend, stay thirsty.

@lifeschool

4 жыл бұрын

When I think of Barbarians I might think of Conan or He-man, neither of those wore trousers - which I think came from the East?? Perhaps they wore loin cloths, and seemed naked?

@vaclav_fejt

4 жыл бұрын

Lloyd is a barbarian too. He doesn't speak latin.

@Hugh_Morris

4 жыл бұрын

He’s a Saxon barbarian

@NorrisHistoryCorner

4 жыл бұрын

I like to think he wears a kilt that matches whichever jumper he's got on...

If only there was a graphic novel I could read about this.

@basicallyhell4150

4 жыл бұрын

10 years in the making like his armor

@knightshousegames

4 жыл бұрын

At this point it's "The Search for The Search for Hannibal"

@ChristianAuditore14

4 жыл бұрын

It actually takes a long time to draw things like that

@lastword8783

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about graphic novel, but I read this novel and it was good www.goodreads.com/book/show/741882.Pride_of_Carthage

@Sean-ne3gx

4 жыл бұрын

@@lastword8783 If the OP doesn't appreciate the book, I do, thanks, but the original comment was a joke, Lloyd, the guy in the video is currently making a graphic novel called "In search of Hannibal" he's the writer/history guy and he has an artist helping. They have a funded kickstarter project if you wanna check it out, it was anticipated in 2017, but they're still making updates for their backers.

I had to give a 7 minute talk in college 15 years ago on a subject of our choice. Some chose a sports hero, some fitness and I chose the battle of Cannae. I used a flip chart and different coloured shapes to illustrate the battle and went on for an embarrassing 14 minutes. When the assessor mentioned it she said I was so into it and really getting it across that she let me go on. Hannibal is my favourite historical figure. Thanks, Jennifer this.

"Even if this Hannibal guy does some clever ambushing and stuffs he won't be able to win the battle because we would just overwhelm him" Soviet Rome

@katatonikbliss

2 жыл бұрын

send wave after wave until they run out of ammo and retreat, never fails

@wyattbequette3596

2 жыл бұрын

@@katatonikbliss I know this is a meme but the idea that the Soviet’s were just a neat shield is rlly stupid Edit: meat

@katatonikbliss

2 жыл бұрын

​@@wyattbequette3596 dumb as in people who believe that are dumb, or dumb as in the sadistic soviet generals that led over 10 million russian soldiers to their deaths were dumb? have to disagree either way, i don't believe it was (entirely) a matter of incompetence, way more likely that it was intentional

@randomness8819

2 жыл бұрын

Soviet rome. You mean the US grandad maybe you havent been watching the news in the past few decades?

@myfaceismyshield5963

7 ай бұрын

Pretty much every large empire attacking a smaller state has done this... a mass of troops thrown at the enemy with barely any strategy, that should do it. But it rarely actually works out xD

If history teaches us anything, it's to never send a guy called Paullus into battle, they always get surrounded. Paullus at Cannae and Paulus at Stalingrad.

@JesusFriedChrist

4 жыл бұрын

Astute observation.

@richarddalton5857

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting observation.

@futfutfut

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jones I was looking for a comment like this! ;)

@evanator166

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise never hang around a man named Dyatlov. You have the Dyatlov Pass incident and then the man responsible for disregarding safety protocol and melting down one of the Chernobyl reactors was also named Dyatlov.

@yankilla2707

4 жыл бұрын

@@evanator166 But I thought he was in the toilet both times?

Ah yes, the peek-a-boo of Cannae. Where's the Hannibal? THERE HE IS!

@Larsanator

4 жыл бұрын

The genius of Hannibal was in the way he played the two Consuls. Hannibal knew how the Roman Army operated when two Consuls were in the field. Each took a turn commanding the army on a daily basis. One Consul was brash, the other cautious. Hannibal simply led the Romans to his battlefield then sieged their camps, harassing the Romans, never engaging outright, until Hannibal chose to. When he did he simply waited for a day when the brash Consul was in charge and goaded the Romans into battle. They died.

@UnreasonableOpinions

4 жыл бұрын

It goes far beyond any one 'simply'. Hannibal was too smart to rest on any one trick. Hannibal carefully chose every aspect of the battle, so that his men fought on a full night of sleep and plenty of food for a few days before, where his enemy were attacked in their lowest energy state. He attacked in a place that was slightly downhill, so his men were fresh and the enemy was always working harder to keep fighting. He attacked with the sun more or less behind him, so that his soldiers had clear vision and for a period of the battle the sun was in the Roman's eyes. There's almost a dozen small but relevant ways Hannibal stacked the deck so that Cannae gave his own soldiers every possible advantage and his enemy every available detriment. Attacking on a day Paullus was in command was not why he won; he would likely have won eventually. But luring out Paullus instead meant that Hannibal had a much greater ability to choose the time and place and manner of the fight, and he exploited the absolute hell out of that ability. Understanding Cannae really helps you to understand why being able to choose the time and place of a battle is so useful for the great general, but relatively unhelpful for the mediocre.

@benikenbenniken760

4 жыл бұрын

@@UnreasonableOpinions I find this opinion too unreasonable. :)

@eddgrs9193

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, man, it would be great if HBO would make a TV series about this. If they only had some source material, like a graphic novel, or something...

2.1%... Imagine America losing 6-ish million people in a day. For context, that’s around 5 times the number of people actually in the armed forces.

@cquiroz7874

3 жыл бұрын

Probably they'd be less willing to invade yet another poor country.

@thegrayyernaut

3 жыл бұрын

@No More Wars For Israel If the U.S. suddenly explodes one day, Canada and Mexico will have to deal with massive waves of refugees. It's not their fault that they have nowhere left to go. Desperation brings out the worst in people.

@merptin200

3 жыл бұрын

@No More Wars For Israel No, but its socioeconomic status is quite bleak. It’s not unfeasible for people to want to seek a better life. In regards to your previous comment, you should understand in some cases of refugee crises, the United States has had a direct hand in influencing the events that have led to a refugee crisis in the first place. Everything requires context.

@MrBottlecapBill

3 жыл бұрын

In a time when women were virtually pregnant their entire healthy lives........it was probably quite handy to eliminate a lot of needy mouths from time to time. It frees up jobs, food supplies and if they survive they come back wealthy. Win win for the head of family if you want to look at it this way. Let's not forget there were always a lot of poor people looking for their slice of the pie much like today. In all but the most dire circumstances volunteers were probably abundant. Money, food, women, exotic places. Sure you might die but it's more likely you'd die young and poor than young and in the military.

@Jessie_Helms

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBottlecapBill I mean I guess that’s tangentially relevant... I’m just trying to contextualize the death toll. No, losing 2.1% of your entire population, entirely comprised of your able bodied, fighting aged men, would NOT benefit your nation at all, it would severely damage it.

Last night I've had dreams full of ancient Greeks and Romans and people battling in Cannae. When I woke up, I realized I fell asleep with the PC on and YT algorithms brought me to Lindybeige, going through his videos one after another. I now realized I've unlocked a superpower. I can dream about anything I want as long as Lindybeige is narrating them! Possibilities are literally limitless! :D

Why do I need "The Great Courses Plus" if I can have over an hour of unfiltered Lindyness.

@murmurrrr

4 жыл бұрын

As without The great courses plus you wouldn't have Lindyness

I've watched every top history channel on KZread cover this battle, but you know _Lindy Beige's_ version is gonna be so embellished with humorous dialogue, it's a must watch all over. 😁

@qaiser648

4 жыл бұрын

Oslo MGTOW Did you see Historia Civilis’s video on itv

@ogzombieblunt4626

4 жыл бұрын

Long live Lord Commander Chronic

@QlueDuPlessis

4 жыл бұрын

I don't even like History. But this is Lindybeige! Nikolas could make Accountancy exciting...

@threeletteragent

4 жыл бұрын

@erberen shamu You're missing the point if you complain about the farcical asides. People watch Lindybeige over other channels precisely for the history-themed comedy, if you want a matter-of-fact presentation of history, just watch another channel.

@wobblysauce

4 жыл бұрын

Lindy makes it so relatable.

Holy history, does he literally give entire lectures that are practically perfectly accurate, passionate and informative without any edits and cuts? I know amazing university professors exist but it’s lovely to see on KZread. The fact that a hilarious academic like Beige is out here making free content for us is truly remarkable. What a wonderfully creative dude.

"Varro! Give me back my legions!" -Fabius, probably

"We outnumber them 2 to 1, how can we possibly lose?" A direct quote from: The Persians at Marathon Darius III at Gaugamela. The Romans at Cannae. Vercingetorix at Alesia. Edward I at Stirling Bridge. Edward II at Bannockburn. Herman Goering in the Battle of Britain

@jaegergames7042

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot: Every Russian invading Finland.

@NorrisHistoryCorner

4 жыл бұрын

Zulus at Rorkes Drift?

@seanhall8686

4 жыл бұрын

And the Duke of Brunswick at Auerstadt

@gullybull5568

4 жыл бұрын

oh you think so ?

@gullybull5568

4 жыл бұрын

VIMY RIDGE Canada vs Germany (h) Brits French Algerian etc ALL FAILED to WIN but NOT Canada Under GENERAL Aurther Currie. 8 hours later and 3 months training under 1 COMMAND :: Canadian command alone. OUR FINEST hour -- is EVERY HOUR when you FIGHT alongside CANADIANS. Canada Leads the Way.

To my understanding the Carthaginian 'pikemen' mentioned in Polybius are probably the result of a mis-translation. The original Greek term used (λογχοφόρους) refers to wielders of the lónkhē, which could be translated to lance or (more likely) javelin. So essentially Hannibal sent a force of light-infantry (both these Javelin-men and also singers who are mentioned accompanying the "pikemen" throughout the text) across the river to screen the rest of his forces as they crossed the river.

@tulliusexmisc2191

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds very harmonious. Or perhaps you meant slingers.

@blaineedwards8078

3 жыл бұрын

"Singers?" Did they serenade the enemy with Dolly Parton hits?

@kristofevarsson6903

3 жыл бұрын

@@blaineedwards8078 Gloria Gaynor. They imagined they would survive, after all.

@robertbruce7686

2 жыл бұрын

Hehe send in the "singers"...

@razor1uk610

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertbruce7686 ..still better than clowns or [shudders] ...mimes.

I’m so fucking happy, I remember subscribing to Lindy maybe 3-4 years ago when he had maybe 10k subs and kinda lost him didn’t watch him for a while and now he’s got 1.2 Mil. I’m so fucking proud of you my man. Congrats!

Can't help; listen to Lindy's history-lesson, i'm instantly into the life of Brian.

I would love to see lindybeige play/critique the campaigns in all the historical Total War games!

@ToastersChannel

4 жыл бұрын

This!

@lordgortash

4 жыл бұрын

That, or HOI4. He'd be the best

@ilejovcevski79

4 жыл бұрын

Eh, even though i love them, the Total War games don't come close to portraying ancient or medieval warfare in any authentic way. I would rather work with Lindy or listen to his ideas on making a good PC/video war game. Something that would be as detailed and immersive as the war games of old, the ones played on boards.

@Bretonic

4 жыл бұрын

This? kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHea08ubl5PMkrw.html

@TheQuentinExperiment

4 жыл бұрын

@@ilejovcevski79 I agree with this, I just think we would hear fascinating strategy/wargaming rants as he discovered each historical error😂

In all their wisdom. The Romans never thought to ask the Scottish if they could win. "can we win this fight Scotland?" "No, you Cannae"

@joedwyer3297

4 жыл бұрын

*naw, yeh cannae. Top class comment but

@Meevious

4 жыл бұрын

Well, when it came to consulting the oracles, the augurs, haruspices, knuckle bones, tea leaves and nations of the future, according to Polybius, Varro didn't think they were in enough of a rush, so he just asked Russia. This was around the middle of summer, so Russia was no longer White and the Roman messengers found not an empire, but a union of Soviet socialist republics, which gave them some ideas, but more on that later. The Soviets said "Cannae, da!" (because in Soviet Russia Hannibal lose to you!), so the messengers turned about face and sailed for Canada. When they heard "You can!... Eh!", they mistook it for a most favourable portent in the Canadian tongue... when in fact, they had been intercepted and ambushed en route by dour old Scotland. That's why they later built that wall... Hadrian knew that Rome couldn't withstand another Cannae. Edit: Oops, I forgot to tell you about how Varro originally came up with the idea of placing vālla on the westernmost līmitēs to control unfriendly barbarians! Something he gleaned from an envoy, perhaps.

@scockery

4 жыл бұрын

"You're Barca up the wrong tree, lads."

@twatmang1

4 жыл бұрын

There’s a pun about trying to play football in Scotland but you cannae because ya Hannibal... I’ll get my coat

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

3 жыл бұрын

Stop, you're _kilt-ing_ me! 😊😊😊

Romans: Our army is so huge, Hannibal simply can't defeat us! Hannibal: Cannae?

@almosteducational3729

Жыл бұрын

I hate you so much 😂😂😂

I like to imagine just one dude goes down and starts looting all the silver left on the ground "Hannibal should we spring the trap?" For just one guy? Nah, he looks so happy.

Have you ever considered putting these podcast style videos on iTunes/Spotify ? You’d rake it in mate, you deserve it

@theblancmange1265

4 жыл бұрын

And not see his modified shirt, sweater, beard...

@EvanKarmis

4 жыл бұрын

The Blancmange Blasphemous, the visual is necessary

@MrHendrix17

4 жыл бұрын

Can't watch for scholars cradles in audio form

@What2Have4Dinner

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Mike Duncan's "The history of Rome" podcast. cant recommend it enough.

It looks like name Paulus isn't very lucky for commanders throughout history.

@lhaviland8602

4 жыл бұрын

Oof.

@TheEvilbunny150

4 жыл бұрын

“No German Field Marshall has ever been taking prisoner alive”

@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai

4 жыл бұрын

Paulus is latin for "small, humble"... for some reason.

@freestylefighter13

4 жыл бұрын

poor paulus

@necroturky

4 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there......Nice one.

Here's a topic suggestion for your next video: Taxes in the Middle Ages. How were they paid, to whom, and what was it actually, and is it true that medieval people paid waaay less taxes than modern, "liberated" people.

@litkeys3497

3 жыл бұрын

Rent vs taxes tho

@Azaghal1988

3 жыл бұрын

They pays less taxes, but stuff like policing, firefighters road maintenance, schools etc. Would need to be paid for as well. So in the end modern people are better off, even with paying proportionally higher "taxes". And we don't need to do forced labour on our overlords castle. That's a bonus too.

@hangriat9376

3 жыл бұрын

You had to have your tally stick

@zach7482

3 жыл бұрын

When you unironically think higher taxes = less freedom. I happen to quite like the concept of schools, firefighters, and roads. And I like that I have the freedom to use them whenever I need to without having to pay for the permission(except for school after high school)

@tolvajkergetok

3 жыл бұрын

@@zach7482 I did not offer a debate, it was a topic suggestion.

I absolutely love these talks. It makes it so enjoyable hearing real passion for history. Actually telling the real story, not what's just been written down. Fantastic stuff. Thank you for this, especially in such raw form. Couldn't have been any better.

First thought when seeing the notification of this video: This is going to be a long one. When seeing the length of the video: Not as long as I thought. Would have loved to have had Lloyd as a History teacher back in school :-)

@Chris-rs6ic

4 жыл бұрын

I had a history teacher similar to him. Trouble is they don't play the game and get marginalised by all the teachers who don't necessarily know much but know how to socialise and work the system.

@widgren87

4 жыл бұрын

@@Chris-rs6ic Which is a damn shame... Rather a passionate teacher who cares for the subject than one merely reciting others, oh well.

I'm still amazed that Rome could sustain that attrition rate and still win the war. Especially considering these were citizen legions.

@infidelheretic923

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Forster Democratic nations fight harder.

@GrrrIamMad

4 жыл бұрын

It had nothing to do with democracy or citizen legions. I recall reading in a few different books that the estimated manpower available to the Romans at the end of the Second Punic War was around 700,000. Italy was an incredibly fertile land with lots of cities which meant they almost never had problems with manpower.

@kint87

4 жыл бұрын

@@GrrrIamMad yup totally I study this in my history degree and its about manpower avalaible, Rome is set in a pretty fertile region, especially lands that had been taken over the samnites and the south italy. This and their allied network, so they get plenty of food, and Rome and the surrounding area was a network of populated cities where you can levy legions after legions every year In the end that what save the day for Rome

@theonlylauri

4 жыл бұрын

@@GrrrIamMad Potentially available manpower and being able to effectively mobilize it are two different things, though. North Africa and Egypt would later be the breadbaskets of Empire, but all that incredible fertility didn't allow Carthaginians or Ptolemies to match the quantity of Roman legions. The Republic's ethos of citizen service and the exceptional stability of its ally network probably had a lot to do with them being able to exploit their manpower base in a way that most states couldn't. But it's not about democracy. The closest modern equivalent to Second Punic War is probably USSR in WW2, and they were as far from democratic as one can get.

@couchpotatoe91

4 жыл бұрын

@@infidelheretic923 The Republic of Rome was actually a mix of the three forms of government: Dictatorship (consuls and actual 'dictators' voted by the senate for 1 year), aristocracy (patricians held most of the important offices) and democracy (e.g. people's tribune). You can read about it in Cicero's "de res publica". In short he saw how all three government types could turn bad, namely into a tyranny, an oligarchy and popularism. This mixed form was supposed to be invulnerable to all these perversities because it kept itself in check, at least that's what the SPQR believed until its downfall.

I think that its just such a shame that Lindybeige is not comfortable speaking on camera. Really though I find it remarkable that the man can lecture for over an hour, without a cut in the process that was not caused by a drained battery. Simply amazing and oh so entertaining. Cannot believe that he held my attention for that long, and he did it completely out of his head, with no cuts, pauses or having to refer to his research notes. I only wish that I could have a teacher or prof. this talented when I was in school and university.

I love history and subjects like this but would struggle to listen to anyone but lindy for this long without animations and pictures, wish you were my teacher at school great story teller. Makes it come to life. Only just found you few days ago, havent stopped listening since.

i've literally just finished viewing your video on Zama because i felt the lack of my daily dose of Punic Wars and then this comes up, christmas is early.

@Strategiusz

4 жыл бұрын

Yesterday I watched Zama, Trebia, Trasimene.

@basicallyhell4150

4 жыл бұрын

YeeHaw

Lindybeige - makes over an hour long video with one cut due to camera battery dying. Enough said.

I love how you talk about battles in a realistic way. I’m so sick of Hollywood depicting suicidal people going to battle. People wanted to live and most casualties happened at the end of the battle during the rout.

24:15 Lindy refuses to digress... WHO IS THIS IMPOSTOR AND WHAT HAS HE DONE TO OUR LINDY!¨?

@nathangerardhernandez9576

2 жыл бұрын

@Ruski Civciv amogus

@brokenpotato438

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathangerardhernandez9576 amog

I'm convinced Lloyd owns the great courses plus

@therocketboost

3 жыл бұрын

Running every course with a different wig.

@hangriat9376

3 жыл бұрын

Rick Boost I wish. I miss the scholars cradle breakdowns

Is Silius Italius related to Silius Soddus? Are they friends with Biggus Dickus?

@Isildun9

4 жыл бұрын

Close friend of Naughtius Maximus?

@innocentbystander6620

4 жыл бұрын

He has a wife you know......

@natmorse-noland9133

4 жыл бұрын

Husband of Incontinentia Buttocks.

@CAP198462

4 жыл бұрын

Throw him to the floor, sir?

@mikedrop4421

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isildun9 it's Gluteious Maximus

Romans: We have the Gods on our side nothing can defeat us! Mars and Minerva: Imma head out

@xaph5575

4 жыл бұрын

Bellona?

@alphamega4503

4 жыл бұрын

If my memory is correct, Minerva the Roman version of Athena, but without the war part to distance themselves from/demean the Greek. So instead they had Bellona (as stated by @Leader of Anti-Bennism)

I've had a weird day, some valves blew up inside a bus I was walking 200 meters from and got a bloody headache. This video will be an amazing gift.

I love this style of video. No fancy cuts, no distracting graphics, just a guy talking apparently from memory about a battle for an hour.

@theblancmange1265

4 жыл бұрын

Without jumpcuts.

@Filipnalepa

4 жыл бұрын

*with the first jumpcut so far

@zacchambers2418

4 жыл бұрын

@@Filipnalepa wasn't that just a camera glitch? Or am I not thinking of the same thing?

@Filipnalepa

4 жыл бұрын

@@zacchambers2418 His camera run out of battery so he had to make a jumpcut.

@zacchambers2418

4 жыл бұрын

@@Filipnalepa ah ok. I just hadn't gotten to that point yet

*"They had to make sure that that sack didn't burst, certainly didn't burst prematurely"* Oh, Lindy!

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

3 жыл бұрын

MEN gonna MEN...😊

"Every household knew someone who'd died" Damn.. that's just hit me in whole another level 1:16:08

Considering what you were saying about Hannibal's strategy, his personal positioning at the center of the line, and his placement of troops, his secondary plan may simply have been to disengage and continue to harry the romans with his cavalry and skirmishers. Consider the battle, lines spread across almost 2 miles, and impossible to properly command your men except for limited simple trumpet signals relayed by trumpeters in the line. A 2 stage plan, first you engage the Roman line with the Gaelic-Spaniard convex formation, then perform your first signal. The Gauls and Spanish turn and run. Then you stand in the center with your second in command and your trumpeter and watch the Romans. The Romans surging forward to fill the gap is the trigger to signal the trap and have your flanks begin the encirclement. Otherwise, if the Romans simply advance slowly and cautiously, continuing their full engagement on the flanks without pouring into the gap, you signal that the trap has failed. All the sub unit commanders must now disengage and let the cavalry harass the Romans while the infantry pull away. As someone who once was a runner in a war re-enactment, I can confirm that a general could have control of an army 2km across, but he would need at least 20 runners to do it. I ran more on that day than any other day in my life, across a field and back constantly for over 2 hours. At the end of it, I literally collapsed. Anyway, the point is, that strategy works and works well. Encircling a pocket of infantry is an excellent way to panic them. Especially if they believed they had an advantage. I feel certain that Hannibal had a maximum of 2 backup plans. The first to simply run. The second would be to pull the Roman army apart like Napoleon, defeating portions of it time after time until the whole thing had been beaten. I believe this because a general was with each of his cavalry corps. A trusted man was with his cavalry to determine targets and strike at opportunities. A Numidian force running from a Roman Century may hear a trumpet signal and turn to engage the pursuing force as a cavalry charge hits them, then be free to attack similar forces. Lightly dressed infantry, without heavy Roman armor would be able to keep that up for significantly longer than the Romans, and move significantly faster, allowing the cavalry to move between targets and engage them. The Roman generals would be unable to regain effective command over their infantry and would be forced to attempt to signal a retreat. The 3 plans could be implemented with only 4 or 5 different trumpet signals. 1 for the initial retreat, 1 that the trap has worked and the anchor units should encircle the Roman core, 1 that the trap has failed and that the army should disengage, and a final signal that the romans are pursuing individual units and a defeat in detail would now be possible, with the potential for a final signal that the whole army must disengage completely.

@rhysnichols8608

11 ай бұрын

Insightful comment,

Lloyd, is that you? I almost could not recognize you without the usual fancy photography, souvenir shop tile discs from Turkey, and a giant pencil in the background.

I love your long -rambles- videos about military tactics, battles and such.

“All in one take” modestly describes these awesome lectures

At 17:40 "Drat it - rumbled!" and the 99.99 of the world scratch their heads. I enjoyed every second of your animated and "living" narrative.

*Romans:* We outnumber them! On a field with no obstructions we will win! *Hannibal:* _Are you sure about that?_

@blankname2026

4 жыл бұрын

Duchi lol they forget to get better and more cavalry. Doesn’t matter how many infantry you have on a flat field if your cavalry can’t hold the flanks(unless youre Caesar but that’s a completely different case).

@scockery

4 жыл бұрын

How did John Cena appear at so many famous battle?

@Standenanian

4 жыл бұрын

_Why contain it?_

First day I have been out early in 10 years. Wife is at work till 6. 4 hours to listen to Lindy videos and the timing on this video is perfect.

The role of Viriathus in this tale seems very similar to that of Rollo as a contemporary of Ragnar in the recent Vikings series. Fantastically well done, you seem born for this.

You sound like a student being in front of the class fighting to pass the history class. I give you a 10/10.

just got home at 10pm from a 12 hour shift, got myself a chinese and I open my computer to this 1 hour 16 minute and 57 second GEM. Ta.

Proconsuls: How can we POSSIBLY lose here? Centurion Baldrick: I have a cunning plan. Hannibal: Goody, here they come.

@The_Flamekeepers

4 жыл бұрын

*Consuls

@75RWM

4 жыл бұрын

@@The_Flamekeepers Picky, picky, picky, so my Latin spelling is a little rusty. Did you even get "The Black Adder" reference?

@The_Flamekeepers

4 жыл бұрын

Rick W haha ;)

@Longtack55

4 жыл бұрын

@@75RWM We ALL did so don't fret.

I LOVE YOUR WORK LLOYD!! - This is easily one of my favorite KZread channels. Sometimes I just plug in my headphones and listen to the lectures. I always find myself interested, informed and highly entertained. LOVE IT!!

I loved each and every minute of this. I can listen to Lindy talking about Rome and ancient warfare for hours. Thank so much for this.

Over an hour of Lindybeige talking about Roman history? Is this Christmas?!

@sincitycapital

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@dwightmagnuson4298

3 жыл бұрын

Switch channels and you'll find 2 hrs about panzer tanks..

"oh and btw did you know im writing a book in search for hannibal" was expecting you to say that

A real tour de force, speaking to camera non-stop for over an hour. And very well done. (I must say, I love it all being done from Lloyd's garden shed with a lash-up lighting rig -- and boxes, a hamper and a dolls cot all piled up in the background!)

Bulge Sack Burst prematurely You satisfy both my historical itch and my immature humour at the same time. Zeus bless you Lindybeige.

Any battle without elephants is irrelephant. I'm actually wondering, with such a varied army, on both sides, how did they communicate? Just pointing and shoving?

@anthony4048

4 жыл бұрын

I know battle drums, horns and other musical instruments have been used to relay orders in battle, but I don't know about this specific one

@benalias5766

4 жыл бұрын

For the elephant units they actually used inter-exchange telephony... . . . Trunk lines.

@MrEvanfriend

4 жыл бұрын

Usually with various musical instruments - trumpets and drums and whatnot. There are previously agreed upon tunes that mean previously agreed upon things.

@ottovonbismarck7646

4 жыл бұрын

@@benalias5766 get out.

@CharlesFreck

4 жыл бұрын

They were all in their own units, so they could communicate with themselves fine, and there's no good trying to talk to other units in the midst of a battle, even if they speak your language it's going to be a very ineffecient method. Musical instruments, drums, flags would mostly be used, and runners that spoke both languages would be able to be sent between commanders for more specific orders if it was needed.

1 hour and 16 minutes of lindybeige. This is a gift.

No pictures and I still wouldn't mind this as a bedtime story! Lol Edit: This definitely needs to be made into a tv series even greater than the scale of Band of Brothers, or a series of movies as grand as the LOTR and Hobbit trilogies, or it might warrant a number of movies more than the Marvel Universe... not exactly sure how this should be made, but this massive wartime loss of life must be remembered and recounted time and again!

So much chaotic energy, I love it!!! Never stop being who yourself, sir!

"You fool, you fell for one of the classic blunders!"

Thanks Lloyd, you can get back to clearing out the attic now.

I truly liked this video, your clear passion makes these long form videos more like a podcast I can listen to while working. I'm an IT tech and love it.

Man if you were my history teacher when I was younger, I would be an historian. You sir can tell a story!

Sir, we just lost 20% of our male population Publius Cornelius Scipio africanus: lol only 20%? Ha INVADES SPAIN AND CARTHAGE

@juvenalredivius1077

4 жыл бұрын

Sir we've lost over one hundred thousand men Scipio: yeah including my pappy invades spain and carthage.

@64standardtrickyness

4 жыл бұрын

Vae victis

@jackosborne6707

4 жыл бұрын

Inferuz And my axe!

@tommyscott8511

3 жыл бұрын

There can be no victory without sacrifice

Ah yes, my daily dose of Lindybeige

@Alaryk111

4 жыл бұрын

Over 1 hour is a daily dose O_o

@asmallphd9648

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alaryk111 yes

@benalias5766

4 жыл бұрын

A Lindybeige a day keeps boring social history away.

@drewinsur7321

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alaryk111 tis only half a beige time

@brodieknight772

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Your daily, bi-monthly dose.

This channel is a gold mine. I drive 12 hours a day for work and have been listening to you most of the week. fantastic work.

Just looked at the page and realized I've somehow managed to miss a good number of videos from Lindybeige. So it looks like I have something new to binge!

Romans: Hey we're advancing Hannibal: I am about to ruin this man's whole career

76 minutes of him talking. Ah shit, here we go again.

@owenevely5781

4 жыл бұрын

Mauricio Ahumada 77 minutes**

@ZechsMerquise73

4 жыл бұрын

Is this one take?

@AhumadaMauricio

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZechsMerquise73 yep... It's usually (always?) One take

@andrewmayo9400

4 жыл бұрын

just like the simulations

@laszlokertesz9360

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZechsMerquise73 Probably 2, he said the camera battery died...

I absolutely love these longer videos simply for the rants and tangets. The shorter videos are great dont get me wrong, but the rants and trailing off into these side stories is just absolutely wonderful! 👍

This is awesome. I've always respected your one-take videos. I've seen people that can't make a 3-minute video without a cut every 6 seconds.

"If you want to be metric about it..." Oh, I do.

@michaelsommers2356

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim lastname I've always been fond of the Kerr metric.

Last time I was this early Carthaginian nuts and legumes were always unsalted.

@ottovonbismarck7646

4 жыл бұрын

*laughs in Roman*

@edgarbanuelos6472

4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early Alexandria was still there.

@ottovonbismarck7646

4 жыл бұрын

@@edgarbanuelos6472 which one?

@edgarbanuelos6472

4 жыл бұрын

@@ottovonbismarck7646 pick one.

@ottovonbismarck7646

4 жыл бұрын

@@edgarbanuelos6472 how about the one still standing in Egypt?

Yay! I asked for this a while back. I'm so glad you uploaded

could you make a video about the usage of war dogs/hounds? Very interested to hear your thoughts on them!!

I just love how Lindybeige manages to teach me about stuff while openly stating that he does not actually know hardly anything, whie others that claim that they for certain know absolutely everything fails to teach me anything, or even keep my interest up. History teaching at its finest!

@telemnarnumenorean8557

4 жыл бұрын

That's the archaeology degree..... in archeology you know only that you know nothing for sure and you repeat it constantly

@Ukraineaissance2014

4 жыл бұрын

Thats why I keep coming back. Not many historians openly admit their bias and hes always happy to correct his mistakes, which are going to be made when you're covering thousands of years of history. Just thought i'd add some positivity amongst the sea of negativity which is youtube comments.

@mowhar

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ukraineaissance2014 In fields like history, archelogy, paleontology, geology... there seems to be a strong will to protect the already published "knowledge". Lindybeige is such a breath of fresh air, because it seems he first does his homework, and then try to figure things out, and comes up with ideas and explanations that makes such good sense! Go Lindybeige! Keep the educational entertainment coming!

@HAL-nt6vy

4 жыл бұрын

Lindy uses this technique extraordinarily well to teach trigger discipline.

@Greensiteofhell

4 жыл бұрын

Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise

A Lindybeige video over an hour long on Hannibal, Rome, and Cannae? The Gods have truly blessed us this day.

Absolutely the best youtube channel there is...and it's not even a close second. Keep it up I love it!!

This guy is an artist.. Extremely talented

My god Lindy, perfect timing on this video. I have been reading and watching videos about the Battle of Cannae for about 2 weeks now as part of one of my classes so this is just the topping on a wonderful history cake for me.

@TimL1980

4 жыл бұрын

Precis! Jag har också sett nagra filmer i mitt youtube feed! (Men jag far inte gar till skolan :-)

@eddiehoney7166

4 жыл бұрын

Svenska I do believe it’d be a red velvet cake in this instance

@hihu7200

4 жыл бұрын

Roman history is very interesting stuff.

@Ukraineaissance2014

4 жыл бұрын

any videos to recommend?

Hannibal was actually Scottish. In a speech to his men to boost morale, he famously said: "We Cannae lose!"

Thank you for another more than worthy effort! I am looking forward to an equally long piece covering all the tidbits and aspects that did not make the cut in this episode.

Thanks for putting things straight & realistic Lindybeige.

Lindybeige + punic wars = awesome

Hey Lindybeige, I am an American viewer, and would like to see your British perspective on the American Revolution, or some part you find interesting. Great videos!

@GaudiaCertaminisGaming

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Coleman I think that Lindy would say that, technically, you lost.

@robertcoleman349

4 жыл бұрын

@@GaudiaCertaminisGaming You're probably right.

@Warpath1337

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertcoleman349 lost? but Britain left so....

@robertcoleman349

4 жыл бұрын

@@Warpath1337 the implication is that we were worse off getting independence. A national difference of opinion.

@Warpath1337

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertcoleman349 Maybe. But look at Londonistan.

We would all have our degrees if lectures were like this. To anyone new here go check out Lindys lecture on napoleons greatest rival. That was a good one!

Bloody well done m8, keep coming out with in depth videos like this one 🤘🏼