I hope that you move to a more frequent schedule. Great start to my day!

@kalashnikov5038

6 жыл бұрын

Great to know you watch Epic History too! Another great start to my day as well as your videos!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

I love history and would probably watch any historical content. The fact that Epic's content is so good makes it so much better. :-)

@Braila2000

6 жыл бұрын

Epic History TV and Kings and Generals are the best. They surpassed Historia Civilis and BazzBattles( I hope they will do to in followers). The later 2 are to lazy

@kalashnikov5038

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, and thank you for your videos as well! Respects to you and Epic for amazing animations and frequent uploading at a scheduled base.

@okawisnaya8010

6 жыл бұрын

it is 11 pm for me,, great to end the day

Alexander....the only General to conquer a major faction with just one stack.

@peterlokin7776

6 жыл бұрын

patrick O'flannigan lol

@VainerCactus0

6 жыл бұрын

He put a veteran in the army and left it there for a few years to make sure it had 3 gold chevrons.

@ChevyChase301

6 жыл бұрын

patrick O'flannigan um you can conquer the SPQR faction with one stack

@GideonWallace

3 жыл бұрын

Not General... king.

@youvebeengreeked

2 жыл бұрын

*Heraclius: “Hold my wine…”*

Alexander himself would be proud of this video

@avinashkatiki1505

6 жыл бұрын

V. Athanasiou *proud of this video

@VladTevez

6 жыл бұрын

+avinash katiki Fixed!

@yuhyuh5674

6 жыл бұрын

Game james of course he was greek, the slavs barely had any people in Greece and Macedonia

@centralmarg8042

6 жыл бұрын

Ya. The cover up still maintained.

@AmeyaVaidyaExEcutESC2

6 жыл бұрын

Do the slavs consider him slavic? That makes no sense. By all accounts, he had Greek lineage.

The ending where it zooms out of the map of the world with the great soundtrack and commentary was spectacular! Well done !

@kapungwephiri8258

6 жыл бұрын

SaracenCount

@kapungwephiri8258

6 жыл бұрын

thought I was the only one who noticed what a way to sum it up great voice too. did you ever watch the series " origins" on discovery world I like the voice of the person speaking too making the show live just like this one

@kapungwephiri8258

6 жыл бұрын

the combination of the animation and his epic voice backed by an emphazing background sound track makes it easier to understand than what you would get in class

@VRichardsn

4 жыл бұрын

Gave the me chills. Masterfully done.

this channel truly stands to the "epic" word

I'll say it again, using Google maps to show topography really helps you visualize the experience. BTW.... great narration voice. And great animation. Just remember us when the History Channel tries to steal you away

The music during the Battle of Gaugamela was so awesome.

Gaugamela is seriously up there with the most decisive and titanic clashed in human history. Truly, an Epic battle of History.

At the end when you see how much territory he conquered you can't help get chills

One channel I don’t press the skip option when an advertisement pops.

@zainabe9503

6 жыл бұрын

Heck, the advertisement system is just a candy. If you enable the ads, it's actually KZread that benefits the most. What you receive is very very very miniscule compared to what KZread gets from parasiting your videos with its ads. Not to mention that KZread/Google can do anything it pleases to affect your revenue, saying this excuses and that excuses to make it seem legitimate.

Love this Series so Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the animations

@mariusx15

6 жыл бұрын

They're from Rome Total War 2

@33caprica33

6 жыл бұрын

It was made by Invicta. He has made several 'historical' videos on his own; very good quality stuff

@benbrown7708

6 жыл бұрын

was the ' historical' really nessacary? he makes some great stuff

@akindatallmidget6508

6 жыл бұрын

They're from Rome 2 Total War on extreme unit texture quality

@fullsendcirca9255

5 жыл бұрын

Jan Sanono animations are only thing this channel has going for it! Lack of actually history and content!

Thank you for great work

@pontan8084

6 жыл бұрын

How the hell was this posted 5 days ago?

@vesteel

6 жыл бұрын

patreon

@BlurryAznboy101

6 жыл бұрын

The Roasting Toaster Back to the future 4

@yourlocalt72

6 жыл бұрын

Mikeharuki time travel?

@Mikeharuki

6 жыл бұрын

Yea, Patreons can travel in time!

Alexander the Great is so epic that he gives the overused term and notion of "epic" a whole new level of meaning. Politicians and Leaders may learn a thing or two from this dude. Awesome.

"Ruler of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia" Glad more and more historians are starting to underline this. Macedonians being a branch of Greece just as Parisians are a branch of France is a no-brainer for most historians but many people are confused about the modern country calling itself "Macedonia", in an effort to establish a separate identity from their former Yugoslav oppressors. Thank you for giving us credit. -Sincerely, a real Macedonian (Greek), and apologies if this sparks a comment war.

@spartan9540

6 жыл бұрын

lazaros zissis ✌️🇬🇷

@user-ch7wn5fk8d

6 жыл бұрын

how the hell are the Persians a branch of France? Also the Macedonians of that time were not Greeks

@joe9629

6 жыл бұрын

john bowers Think he meant the French population who live in Paris (Parisians)

@smitsos1

6 жыл бұрын

Jab5460 This is the problem when you don't read things properly (and don't listen properly). Parisians are people from Paris who belong to the French nation as Macedonians were members of the Hellenic (or if you prefer the Hellenistic) world.

@VladTevez

6 жыл бұрын

+Jab5460 They were chinese

I love how most of these battles seem to have been won because Darius chose to run away. Christ that dude had no balls whatsoever :)

"-In the small Greek Kingdom of Macedonia" Thank you for sticking to the truth that historians and facts agree on!

WTF? Every battle is basically like "Alexander smashed the center with his Sarissa infantry and everyone ran away"

@tcc5750

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair he charged headfirst with his companion calvary several times. It's amazing he didn't die any of those times.

@papulrocks794

6 жыл бұрын

A small tweak like doubling lengths of pikes virtually made him undefeatable it seems. such innovation, much wow.

@roach7336

6 жыл бұрын

Well, that's literally what happened lmao.

@renvoltzfrenz9533

6 жыл бұрын

There are more intricate details to the battles that epic history glosses over, such as the army formation and exact battle tactics of Alexander's army(I'm not blaming them for glossing over it as this series is more of a overview of alexander) Also, it was actually the cavalry that did most of the smashing :)

@GrubHuncher

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander kept making the other generals (and king) rout from the battlefield, which would be insanely demoralizing to a force of conscripted peasants, especially when they were up against Alexander's elite forces of hardened war veterans.

Darius is a true friend of Alexander. Without his running skill, Alexander would be in much difficult situations

"Epic" is such a suitable name for this channel. A good idea for a single video could be the battle of the Teutoburg forest. Such a fantastic channel 👏

It still amazes me how ATG pulled that charge off. If the Persians outnumbered them so greatly, how was this achieved? The Cav force mirroring him, would have out numbered ATG. Even if he charged, the Persians would have been right behind him. In addition, ATG would have come under massive arrow/javelin fire upon approach. Like I said...Amazing!!

@razzjhonson6358

2 жыл бұрын

100 percent

@maxwellhayden5261

Жыл бұрын

They already charged and sent in chariots. All the needed to be done was to fall in after their volley. Cavalry was already occupied with the left wing. It’s not about numbers - they ran. It’s the choice to charge. Alexander had nothing to lose. Darius had everything to lose.

lol imagine generals, kings or heads of states now leading the battle head on just like before, and not stationed at the back

@Godzilla52

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah just think back to what happened when Lyndon Johnson tried to micromanage Vietnam or when Hitler and Stalin each tried to micromanage their own war efforts. They All ended up hurting their countries war efforts more than they helped. Plus in Hitler and LBJ's cases, their micromanagement helped ensure or accelerate their nations losing of the war.

@wowie4542

6 жыл бұрын

Well, even if they had knowledge about the operational level of war, strategy, logistics, and tactics, none of that would be useful if they were up on the front. If Alexander the Great was born today, I highly doubt he would choose to do so in our day and age if he were up to speed on everything. I'll elaborate below in more detail. Keep in mind, what I'll be saying barely scratches the surface of why this is just sheer foolishness. I will only really be delineating more on what the other two have said above me. From the mid-19th century and onward, leading from the front as a leader in front of a large unit like a division is not only foolish but actually selfish if you choose to do so in this day and age. You would be pretty much considered to be on the level of being like Lucius Aurelius Commodus in terms of brazen stupidity and ego. What benefit would the unit gain besides trying to prove how brave you are. You will die rather quickly since you will most likely be the primary target of enemy indirect fire via mortars, howitzers, airstrikes, or even drone strikes. If you do survive, you will fail to plan or coordinate, as you're far too busy trying to fend off the enemy instead of doing your job. The range of what a standard rifle can fire is pretty much similar to what a CANNON could back then. GG, man, GG. That's not even considering the noise factor. If they are that close to you, vocal communication is practically impossible. Coordination is going to be hellish for no good reason. In the end, you will die quite easily without much cost to the enemy, and the next leader up will also soon follow the same fate if he has to do the exact same thing as you. This will be an immense drain on the pool of experience and quality of leadership, much like what the Wehrmacht suffered to a severe extent during Operation Bagration, hell even beforehand. Being assigned leadership isn't an honor at that point. It's suicide! It's just like the reason why snipers aim for the fellows in the front: the psychological effect is immense. Leaders would drop like flies, and even if they didn't, they would fail to coordinate and communicate well considering the nature of warfare revolves not around singular, decisive battles but fronts and theaters. It's part of the reason why "operational warfare is largely war on a map". Knowing the big picture is crucial, and you won't get that at the front. All in all, it's a waste of resources for absolutely no gain.

@SamLemont

6 жыл бұрын

Washington was the only US president to lead troops into battle, during the Whiskey Rebellion, though the rebels ran away after seeing Washington's Army, so no actual fighting happened. I'll add on to what Godzilla52 said, some past presidents have been thoroughly involved in the war effort.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah imagine being at the helm of 40,000 men and getting ready to charge straight into another line of 120,000 in front of you. Ancient warfare was truly a whole different ball game that's for sure.

@GrubHuncher

6 жыл бұрын

Leading armies and dying in battle was actually preferable to ancient leaders I'm sure, since the alternative was assassination or dying of sickness since very few people made it to old age. Honestly though, wars are too complicated and gigantic now to be led by the president or another elected official, leave it to the guys who actually know what they're doing rather than pointlessly trying to win glory for yourself.

Alexander's influence was such that +2000 years later there are still clear remnants of the Greek culture he spread in Egypt and the Middle East. Even up to Western India.

I don't know how many times that I have watched this video in the past 6 years. Your excellent work will never get old. Thank you so much.

You really did this justice. Love the icons for the different military units each side had, and the bit about the Persian Gates.

Incredibly well done series! Would love to see a similar one on Pyrrhus of Epirus.

That last scene was like so cold oh my God how did I do that I spend on something testing okay nevermind that last scene was amazing I loved it like oh my gosh that is amazing it really gave perspective of just how small Alexander's world was compared to the world and he put how big it was for him because Grace feels like a small area and he was practically virtually marching across the world if I love this so much thank you for making this stuff I love it

Thank you BRO, I can't find words to convey my feelings so simply THANK YOU.

Absolutely awesome!!! Have watched this 4 times now. You guys have done an amazing job bringing the ancient world to life.

I always get this childish excitement when I see a new video was posted from you guys! Thanks for the great content!

The voice is too epic too handle

Wished it was frequent uploading, very educational! tysm

This videos are genuinely great and I simply love. I revel in them. They could be used in schools to teach the kids... to show them that history is not boring.

These videos are so superbly done! Make more of them. These about Alexander the great are very well done.

Right as Fields of Glory 2 is released ...this series has had me jacked to play. Love Epic History TV

Stunning video, actually The Battle of Gaugamela sometimes called The Battle of Arbella which is modern day of Erbil that i'm from, when i was going to the plains of Erbil in spring i was always thinking about Alexander and his army passing through and fighting in these plains, just incredible!

Splendid! Marvellous! Amazing! This is by far one of the best channels on KZread.

I studied ancient history and i love these videos very much. They would have helped me greatly during finals season. :-)

part 4 is coming right?this lesson was awesome

WOW. Cannot appreciate and thank your channel enough - what a wonderful way to learn History: engaging, well-researched, and captivatingly told. You have my deepest gratitude :)

Priceless work . Loves it.

This is the best channel on KZread keep up the amazing work thank you epichistorytv

Your contents are simply marvelous! Great, great work! Thank you for all the efforts!

I love this series keep it coming with part 4. I may have to dedicate my life to watching this channel

I really like this video thanks for making the part 3 I hope there more videos to come the epic history is one of the best studying and learning in history

Great use of music during the battle.

Alexander the greatest Greek of all time

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97

6 жыл бұрын

Not only the greatest Greek, but one of the greatest men of all time.

@Christos2255

6 жыл бұрын

Luke Yes he was Macedonian but they were ethnic Greeks given that Greek was their native tongue. Simply calling him Macedonian isn't helpful because these days the word has been usurped by Slavs.

@VladTevez

6 жыл бұрын

+Luke What Alexander the Great said about being Greek: -In his letter to the king of the Persians: Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did US great harm, though WE had done them no prior injury […] I have been appointed hegemon of the Greeks […] (Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander II,14,4) -Alexander talkikg about himself & Macedonians, being Greek & fighting for Greece: …There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service - but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay- and not much of it at that; WE on the contrary shall fight for GREECE, and our hearts will be in it. As for our FOREIGN troops -Thracians, Paeonians, Illyrians, Agrianes - they are the best and stoutest soldiers of Europe, and they will find as their opponents the slackest and softest of the tribes of Asia. Arrian (The Campaigns of Alexander) Alexander talking to the troops before the battle. Book 2-7 Penguin Classics. Page 112. Translation by Aubrey De Seliucourt. -Burning Persepolis He set the Persian palace on fire, even though parmenio urged him to save it, arguing that it was not right to destroy his own property, and that the Asians would not thus devote themselves to him, if he seemed determined not to rule Asia, but only to pass through as a conqueror. But Alexander replied that he intended to punish the persians for their invasion of Greece, the destruction of Athens, the burning of the temples, and all manner of terrible things done to the Greeks: because of these things, he was exacting revenge. but Alexander does not seem to me to have acted prudently, nor can it be regarded as any kind of punishment upon Persians of long ago. [Arrian Anab. 3. 18. 11-12]. -Speaking to Thessalians and other Greeks On this occasion, he [Alexander] made a very long speech to the Thessalians and the other Greeks, and when he saw that they encouraged him with shouts to lead them against the Barbarians, he shifted his lance into his left hand, and with his right appealed to the gods, as Callisthenes tells us, praying them, if he was really sprung from Zeus, to defend and strengthen the Greeks. [Plutarch. Alexander (ed. Bernadotte Perrin) XXXIII] -Speaking to his own Macedonian Commanders Alexander called a meeting of his generals the next day. He told them that no city was more hateful to the Greeks than Persepolis, the capital of the old kings of Persia, the city from which troops without number had poured forth, from which first Darius and then Xerxes had waged an unholy war on Europe. To appease the spirits of their forefathers they should wipe it out, he said. (Quintus Curtius Rufus 5.6.1) -Alexander and Ionians King Alexander had his siege engines and provisions conveyed by sea to Halicarnassus while he himself with all his army marched into Caria, winning over the cities that lay on his route by kind treatment. He was particularly generous to the Greek cities, granting them independence and exemption from taxation, adding the assurance that the freedom of the Greeks was the object for which he had taken upon himself the war against the Persians. [Diodorus of Sicily, 17.24.1] -Retribution against Persians As for Alexander, it is generally agreed that, when sleep had brought him back to his senses after his drunken bout, he regretted his actions and said that the Persians would have suffered a more grievous punishment at the hands of the Greeks had they been forced to see HIM on Xerxes’ throne and in his palace. (Quintus Curtius Rufus 5.8) -Speaking with Diogenes But he said, ‘If I were not Alexandros, I should be Diogenes’; that is to say: `If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things HELLENIC, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, TO PUSH THE BOUNDS OF MACEDONIA TO THE FARTHEST OCEAN, AND TO DISSEMINATE AND SHOWER THE BLESSINGS OF HELLENIC JUSTICE and peace over every nation, I should not be content to sit quietly in the luxury of idle power, but I should emulate the frugality of Diogenes. But as things are, forgive me Diogenes, that I imitate Herakles, and emulate Perseus, and follow in the footsteps of Dionysos, the divine author and progenitor of my family, and DESIRE THAT VICTORIOUS HELLENES SHOULD DANCE AGAIN in India […]” [Plutarch’s Moralia, On the Fortune of Alexander, 332A (Loeb, F.C Babbitt)] -Dedication of Alexander to Athena Alexander, son of Philip, and the Greeks, except the Lacedaemonians, from the barbarian inhabitans in Asia [Arrian, I, 16, 10] -Alexander points out the Pan-Hellenic character of his campaign Antipater and Parmenion advised him to produce an heir first and then to turn his hand to so ambitious an enterprise, but Alexander was eager for action and opposed to any postponement, and spoke against them. It would be a disgrace, he pointed out, for one who had been appointed by Greece to command the war, and who had inherited his father’s invincible forces, to sit at home celebrating a marriage and awaiting the birth of children. [Diodorus of Sicily, 17.16.2] -Alexander and Spitamenes’ wife The savagery of the deed carried more weight with him than gratitude for the favour, however, and he had her ordered from the camp. He did not want her tainting the character and civilized temperament of the Greeks with this example of Barbarian lawlessness. [Curtius Rufus 8.15]

@3dwaygreek

6 жыл бұрын

Luke Macedonians were greeks but still another kingdom from Athens Sparta Thebes etc

@kjsdpgijn

6 жыл бұрын

Too bad the moron couldn't stop and gather his Empire long enough to create a lasting nation... as soon as he died, it all went to shit :(

love the drums and horns in 2:25

Alexander was amazing as always

How the hell do you not have more subs? This was beautiful, I almost died when you did that zoom-in into The Persian gate's topography

Great video, great commentator. Great series of Alexander

EPIC. Thank You for this.

Brilliant as always. Keep up the great work.

Another great part looking forward to the next one.

Wow, these videos are amazing! Keep up the great work. Once you finish Alexander the Great, you should do Julius Caesar and/or Napoleon Bonaparte.

amazing video and series. truly epic!

Your work is just awesome. All your videos are extremely well-made with wow animations.

Thanks very much for this video

These videos are so fascinating to watch

This is the best channel on YT. Thank you for your videos!

Thanks for uploading so frequently!

A new standard for this kind off videos has been set!

More please, the only videos I like right away without watching the whole thing.

Wow, really quite fantastic. I have a passion for history and there are so many parts of it i'd love you to cover. I am genuinely excited for you next video. Keep it up! DEUS VULT!

Superb as always. Love this channel

Awesome! Thank you!!

Awesome story telling and great work, keep it up!!

Hype for part 4.

Keep the videos flowing mate! Love the Alexander series :)

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, the Greatest of all "Greats"!

Another fabulous video!

Great job I enjoyed the detail on the battle,

All your videos are epic! Thank you!

Thanks for your beautifull work!

Quality work !

Wonderful as always.

I really appreciate your work

The best video yet!

This channel is so awesome, top notch quality! You deserve more views.

Thank you for this!

Beautiful video

thank you!

OMG Really the best one Loved it !👍👍

I love this series I’m glad your uploading again

YOU... are... just... AWESOME!

great work

Very nice work , i cant wait for part 4 :D

jesus i could watch this all day

Truly Epic

This was amazing! Keep up this amazing content!

Im lovin’ the total war vids

Great video i like how you show the gameplay and the map version

love it guys I mean damn right what an inspirational story loved all the content....

I wish more youtube history vids cited their book sources or atleast good reads, thanks for the recommendation I'll definitely be checking those out! :)

@VladTevez

6 жыл бұрын

+Omnisciency The five main sources for Alexander the Great are Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus, Curtius and Justin

Oh boy, I've been waiting for this!

"To reach the far end of the world!" I'm hard

The videos from alexander total war are great

It's always a thrill to watch your videos :D Keep up the good work :3

As students of history, we shouldn’t say this to a teacher but: A+++ to you and your team. Just AMAZING!

Thank you.