So, this is a bit of lighter, opinion video and the main goal is to showcase the animation skills of our possible now employee. We would like to hire this animator to have a secondary weekly video and to improve our documentaries overall. You can support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals or Paypal: paypal.me/kingsandgenerals.

@nikhilmishra3585

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals please do a video on fall of mughal empire

@mugheessuhaib4644

6 жыл бұрын

Praise to ur animator great job on both ur parts u immediately had my like hope u continue this great channel!!!! Please do battle of adrianople(goths) sammarata(sassanids) and cataluanian plains(huns) thanks alot for this channel

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

I prefer documentary videos and evolution of armies but keep up the great job :)

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals sunday is the new documentary on the series, isn't it?

@temistogen

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing work... Both the presentation and the narration... GJ!!!

"No Emperor should outlive his Empire" - Constantine the XI to a subject begging him to flee the city, before tearing off his Imperial garments, so as to let nothing distinguish him from any other soldier, and leading a final charge against the Turks. We remember you, dude. RIP.

@McShag420

4 жыл бұрын

Christianity was the downfall of the Roman world.

@davidec.4021

4 жыл бұрын

He’s right, especially in the beginning, the new faith brought new moral values mextremely different from the past that interfered with the roman life. Like going to war etc. Many “holy men” and wise men met on these subjects but no one really knew and the empire came out weaker (among other reasons)

@illman8876

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidec.4021 WUT? Rome was fairly powerful under constantine. Christianity didn't seem to prevent that.

@theeccentrictripper3863

4 жыл бұрын

@@illman8876 To be fair under Constantine Rome was purely secular, his edicts only removed the persecution of Christianity, and all other religions for that matter. While he was sympathetic to Christianity with his mother being one its hard to actually nail down whether he was or not, as while he claimed conversion he waited until his deathbed to be baptized, and by an Arian no less. Some of his reforms of the legal system had Christian leanings but weren't the sort of wholesale Edict of Thessalonica or the Theodosian Decrees that where explicitly and unapologetically Christian. It seems as though it would be fair to say that while perhaps Christianity alone didn't cripple Rome, the wholesale abdication of their culture, virtues, and history in favor of a foreign god and foreign ideals later on in fact did.

@SULTAN007ist

4 жыл бұрын

we used to get wasted together,, he is awsome

Rome was founded by Romulus and is often thought to have fallen with Romulus Augustulus and a whimper. However, the East was founded by Constantine the Great and ended with Constantine XI and a sword in his hand!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

This! The irony is ironic. :-)

@blinkyrem

6 жыл бұрын

I'm full of pithy statements. If only I spent as much time script writing as I do trying to be witty... Hey, look there's the irony again!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

+DismountedCentaur same here. :-)

@marvelfannumber1

6 жыл бұрын

...But the West did not end with Romulus Augustus though. Why does everybody forget about Julius Nepos?

@AndDiracisHisProphet

6 жыл бұрын

But Romulus Augustulus is such a more awesome name!

I would add Majorian, the last true emperor of Western Roman Empire, he attempted to reconquer Italy, Gaul and Spain

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Worthy addition. We are thinking about a documentary on him.

@jeremyg4560

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals How goes this effort?

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyg4560 still in a planning phase

@stevenironside4648

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals a Documentary on Majorian would be a very welcoming Video, he is one of the true last Roman's and nearly succeeded in extending the life of the empire.

@cognitivedisability9864

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals please do this, Majorian is one of my favourite figures and there is almost NOTHING out there about the man that tried to reconquer and remove the corruption in the WRE. He is basicly the last real italian(WRE) roman to hold on to roman values, and trying to protect them.

Constantine XI Palaiologos for me, what a brave last stand he made:)

@johnconnor478

6 жыл бұрын

Leo Zanza foolish I would of fled to the west

@georgechristman6920

6 жыл бұрын

John Connor That would be so shameful.

@james-97209

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnconnor478 and because of this act of bravery/foolishness he got be remembered as fondly as leonidas , Alexander the great and ceasar by the people of the empire

@marcelcostache2504

5 жыл бұрын

This is how the Emperor of a State that has existed for 2200 years has to go down!, with a sword in his hand fighting, this is how an Emperor of the Romans Dies!.

Belisarius should be considered a last Roman. He was an awesome general.

@RIKARDO1172

4 жыл бұрын

panos katrin That’s not entirely true, The Constitutio Antoniniana “Constitution or Edict of Antoninus" also called the Edict of Caracalla or the Antonine Constitution was an edict issued in 212 CE, by the Roman Emperor Caracalla declaring that all free men in the Roman Empire were to be given full Roman Citizenship and that all free women in the Empire were to be given the same rights as Roman women. Belisarius was a Latin Speaking Roman from the Eastern half of the Roman Empire that didn’t fall and he didn’t identify as Greek or Hellen. Afterwards the Roman Empire shifted the official language to Greek as it was the most dominant and prevalent language while Latin died off and evolved into separate languages. But in short, the Greek speaking inhabitants that ruled the Roman Empire without a doubt considered its Nationality as Roman, there are even Greeks today that still call themselves Roman since “Greek” is still a relatively brand new nationality. Also the Ancient Greeks never referred to themselves as such but as to what City State the hailed from I.E. Athenian, Spartan, Korinthian and so on.

@gustavoargumanis1863

4 жыл бұрын

He got his own DLC campaign,so he was given some justice

@RIKARDO1172

4 жыл бұрын

Διγενής Νηλεΐδης Dude, the Ancient Greeks did not refer to themselves as Hellenes as a nationality. They referred to themselves to what ever City State they hailed from. At no point in History was there a long lasting unified Greek identity, Greece was always fragmented. The only time it was ever United was under the short reign of Macedonia and finally the Romans. It seems you have an issue with people referring to your nation as Greece and Yunan, you’re gonna have to accept the fact that in English Hellas is synonymous with Greece as they are both referring to the same region in the Balkan’s, the same is applied with yunan which was a Persian word that comes from Greek, Ioanes which is an Ioanian tribe that settled eastern Greece and Anatolia. Today the word Yunan is borrowed from Arabic and Turkish speakers who use it for all Greeks. Now I don’t know what you’re trying to get at with the Olympic Games, we already know its origins come from Ancient Greece, it was a regional activity associated in Greece, it’s not like its modern variant where the world participates in it now. This is where your completely wrong, the Ancient Greeks were not untied in most times of need, especially the ones you listed barring Greco-Persian War. For starters literally right after the Greco-Persian war The was a Cold War between Athens and Sparta for Hegemony in Greece, one wanted control over the other. Secondly, Alexander’s Campaign did not unite the Greeks in a time of need, in fact Alexanders father, Phillip II, conquered Greece followed by Alexander and united them by force, Phillip created what we know as the League of Corinth from the City States to use against Persia. It was the first time in history that most of the Greek states (with the notable exception of Sparta, which would join only later under Alexander’s terms) managed to become part of a single political entity. If Alexander’s Empire actually survived like the Romans then you would most likely be calling yourself Macedonian. Thirdly, in 1300 B.C. There was no Greek or Hellen identity, during that time they were Mycenaeans, this is where the Greek language first started. The interpretation of the Trojan war came from Ancient Greece when they were detailing their more Ancient past talking about the Mycenaeans war against Troy. Those are two vastly different time periods with two very different civilizations. I.E. the Mycenaean civilization evolved into the Greek City States and varying nationalities associated with them in the Greek region. Again, NONE of that referred to a united Greek identity that is associated today. They were Greek City States, you’re nationality was the City you hailed from in Ancient Greece, you’re saying Hellen is a nationality when it’s actually an ethnicity describing a people from a certain region, same with the Romans and other Italic/Latin Tribes. Romans never referred to themselves as Italics as a nationality the same way Etruscans didn’t do it. And back to my original point/post that I made that you CANNOT dispute no matter how much you disagree, the Roman Empire became Greek Speaking in its Medieval Period and the “Greeks” inhabiting the area during that time referred to themselves as Romans. They were Greek speaking Romans, referring themselves as “Hellens” was hated and disgusted because it referred to their Pagan past. The idea of a Hellenic Identity faded as they accepted the Roman Identity that survived all the way up to our modern era, only it’s now being replaced overwhelmingly with a Hellenic one. This is why there are still some Greek speakers today who refer themselves as Roman, especially in Turkey, they refer to their native Greek Speakers in Istanbul (Constantinople) as Rum “Roman” not Yunan. And during the Medieval era it was vehemently challenged by the West because the Pope wanted power that the Roman Emperor wielded.

@juliusoctavian69

3 жыл бұрын

rockstar450 are you high dude?

@charadradam9985

2 жыл бұрын

@@RIKARDO1172 no it happened earlier with Isokrates.. by the way, those times there was not the meaning of the nowdays nationality and similar terms. the was that each one belonged in an ethnich group was expressed in other ways. for example ancient greek city states had 3 common things that all together took part. the basic things wre the olympic games , the second was the amfiktionies and the third were the pan-hellenic councils. considering that noone else from the people that knew (persians, scythians, egyptians, romans, illyrians and others) could not take part, this was a kind of expression to belong somewhere and also know that belong somewhere. the same thing was also happening in other civs, for example the persian empire had some fests that only Medians and Persians could take part, and not any of the people that had conquered and belonged to their empire. so with such examples, there was an expression of the modern national term somehow. also Aristotle in the ''Politika'' mentions the catalogue of ''Ελλήνων Πολιτείαι'' (hellenic regimens) and there you can see what cities or block of cities were considered as hellenic cities.

Whoever did the animation, good job.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We would like to do more videos with him if we get enough support :)

@zuhaerhassan5884

6 жыл бұрын

I support

@crossedbones5512

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals very good video! Talented employee

@stephenquinn1732

6 жыл бұрын

Great video - what is the name of the animator who made the animations? I can't seem to find him credited in the description. Thanks!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Quinn thank you! He wants to work with us exclusively and is not interested in any credita/offers at the moment.

The last Romans were the ones that escaped Constantinople before the imminent siege. They spread the Roman ideas after they exiled themselves. They initiated the Renaissance

@JakubB2000

4 жыл бұрын

It could be argued that rome never fell

@hereisyoursign6750

4 жыл бұрын

@@JakubB2000 Rome never fell, it just turned into America.

@CoffeeSuccubus

4 жыл бұрын

@@hereisyoursign6750 All roads lead to New york City

@tise7709

4 жыл бұрын

@@hereisyoursign6750 As delusional as the Turks, Russians and Germans

@angelorap1974

4 жыл бұрын

These were the rich greeks

ON NIKA RIOTS. "NIKA" actually is the imperative form of the Greek verb ΝΙΚΩ (to win) and proves that the crowd at that time spoke Greek. "Win! Win!" is the shout we could hear today in a modern hippodrome full of English-speakers. "Vinci! Vinci!" it would be the cry of a Latin-speaking crowd. But at the 6th century AD, the Eastern Empire was totally hellenized and the crowd shouted "NIKA! NIKA!"; that is "win!" in Greek. This is also the case with the most illustrious buildings in the capital. HIPPODROME was the official name of Constantinople's race track (meaning "horse-track" in Greek) and not CIRCUS, its Latin counterpart. As we can further see in 2mins30secs of this video, all parts of the Hippodrome have also Greek names. SPHENDONE is called the far end and means "slinger" in Greek (because its form resembles a slinger pocket) and KATHISMA ("seat" in Greek) is the name of the Emperor's throne. Furthermore, the most iconic building of Constantinople - the Hagia Sophia cathedral - has its name in Greek (literally meaning "Holy Wisdom" and consequently God's Wisdom). Sophia and Sophy is a common female name today; it means exactly that: Wisdom. A variety of words also exists using the prefix "sopho-" (Greek for wisdom): Sophomore, sophist, Sophocles etc. If Hagia Sophia was built by Romans she would be named "Santa Sapienza" or something like that. It is not a chance that 25 years after the Nika riots, Emperor Mavrikios aknowledged exactly that fact: That the people of the Byzantine Empire werenot speaking Latin at all; so he decreed that all official documents were to be issued in Greek "because this is the language of the people". In the same direction, Emperor Heracleios decreed 20 years later, that all official documents should be issued exclusively in Greek and not in both Greek and Latin "because the people doesn't speak it (the Latin) any more". Indeed, there are no recorded official documents in Latin since 610 (10 years after his decree). This process however (the bilingual issue of the imperial decrees) had begun centuries earlier. For example the famous "Edict of maximum prices" of Emperor Diocletian was carved in Latin to the west and in Greek to the east. The year was 301 AD. (Both stones have been found today). The conquest of the then Greek world (modern Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt etc.) by the Romans was a gradual process that lasted about three centuries. It was a copmplex approach in order to succumb all the kingdoms of the Diadochoi (Alexander the Great's successors) by the famous Roman policy of "freedom of Greece". It was not a process that lasted a decisive battle or a single war. After that process was completed, around the begining of the first century AD, a new reality emmerged: A unified Roman world with two cultural components: The Latin-speaking in the Western Empire and the Greek-speaking in the Eastern part. Most Roman aristocrats at the time spoke Greek too. This fact was recognized (amongst others) by famous Roman poet and philosopher Horace in his Epistles, book II, epistle I, line 63: “Graecia capta ferum victorem capot et arts intuit agrestic Latino”. (Conquered Greece took captive her savage conqueror and brought her arts into rustic Latium). For that reason, when in 330 AD Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (a Romanised Illyrian-Greek) transferred the Imperial capital from Rome to a prosperous Greek settlement named Byzantion (founded by Greek king Byzas almost a millennium before) he knew he was entering a territory that everyone were speaking Greek and had virtually no one natural Latin-speaker. That's why historians (since 15th century AD) begun calling the Constantinople-centered Empire "Byzantine" and not "Roman": Because, especially after the fall of Rome to the Germanic tribes, nothing "Roman" or "Latin" was left to. The demise of Rome (that at the time of its conquest by the Goths was a shrinking city of 50 thousand) and the contemporaneous growth of the Greek east (note: in the same era Constantinople - formerly known as Byzantion - was a thriving Greek city heading towards its first million in population) led historians to this shift of name: Because all the imperial decisions were not anymore made in Latin Rome but in Greek Byzantion (Constantinople). For that reason, modern linguistics also adopt this thesis. The language of that era is classified as "Constantinopolitan Greek" and not as "Constantinopolitan Latin". The term "Byzantine-Greeks" is also coined to describe the dominant ethnicity of the Byzantine Empire. If, using a time machine, a modern person had travelled in the Byzantine Empire and had asked a Byzantine-Greek the question "What are you?" he would have received one of the two following answers: 1. If this was a citizen of the Capital, he would have gotten the answer "ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ/POLITES" short form in Greek of the word "Constantinopolitan" (CONSTANTINOPOLITES). 2. If the Byzantine was coming from anywhere else in the empire, he would have said: "Eemae Romios" ("I'm a Roman" in Greek). If that time traveler had gone to a medieval European citizen and pointing to a Byzantine-Greek had asked the former: "Who is he?" the European would have easily replied "This is a Greek". If the same time traveller comes to modern Greece and asks randomly a Greek "Eesae Romios?" (Are you Roman?) he will get the stunning answer "Yes!". If he asks a modern Greek from Instabul (modern Constantinople) "Eesae Politis?" he will also get a positive answer as 1500 years ago. So, are modern Greeks Romans? Of course not. At the early stages of the Byzantine Empire, when Christianity was spreading, the demonym HELLENES was reserved only to pagan Greeks in order to distinguish them from ROMIOI who were the "Christian Greeks". When gradualy all Greeks became Christiams and Rome was lost from the Empire, that distinction became meaningless and the term ROMIOI became a descriptive demonym for all Greeks that lasts untill today. For all that reasons and in order to lift the confusion of the true essence of the Byzantine-Greeks, modern historians still call them Byzantines or Byzantine-Greeks but never Romans.

@georgethanos7700

4 жыл бұрын

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty If the trend of calling Romans the Byzanting-Greeks had continued, they would have included Germans also as "the last Romans" and they would have said that the "last Roman" was indeed Kaiser Wilhelm II himself (Kaiser = Caesar in German) that surrendered in 1918 the second Reich to the Allies!!

@georgethanos7700

4 жыл бұрын

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty The westrn Roman Empire ended in 467 with the fall of its capital, Rome. The rest are fairytales.

@opperturk124

4 жыл бұрын

Some people have whay to much time at their hands

@princefriedman3025

4 жыл бұрын

Then why wasn't the Holy Roman Empire changed to German empire? Or Empire of [insert any random city/place that existed on the territory] Calling Eastern Roman Empire "Roman" may not be 100% correct but calling it "Byzantine" while still calling Holy Roman Empire roman is a clear example of western bias.

@georgethanos7700

4 жыл бұрын

@@princefriedman3025 IN FACT, LATER THEY CALLED THEMSELVES "GERMAN EMPIRE" (THE 2nd REICH). BETWEEN "ROMAN" AND "BYZANTINE" MAINSTREAM HISTORIANS HAVE DECIDED THAT THE LATTER SHOULD BE PREFERRED THAN THE FORMER.

Please do fall of Constantinople and how brave the last bysantine emperor was

@syed2873

6 жыл бұрын

Swe I agree. I wished for first failed seige of constantinople by Muawiya then fall under Ottomon turks.

@tomasmendes3480

6 жыл бұрын

Swe last roman emperor*

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

It will be part of our current Ottoman Series. Currently, we are researching the topic.

@swe9139

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals thanks just please point out his bravery in the battle and maybe his last words

@Omegaeon1

6 жыл бұрын

Syed there was the siege of muawiya 674 AD and the 2nd in 717 by maslama ibn abdulmalik

Honorable mention-Basil II

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. There will be a documentary on him in 2018.

@sturmgewer44

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Please make a video about basil II

@John-el.

3 жыл бұрын

he was great but not from the last ;)

Pretenders: *exist* Holy Roman Empire: *Hold up*

Very good job! This is my list: Emperors Julian, Majorian and Constantine XI Palaiologos; Generals Stilicho, Aetius and Belisarius; Intellectuals: Rutilius Namatianus.

I agree 100%. Brutus and Cassius were victims of Idealism vs Populism battle, they died fighting for "the Roman dream" if you will. I do think ERE should've done better. they had some major screw ups, as did Rome tbf. Poor Trebizond, Komnenos had no chance in Caucasus, Despite Georgian and Armenian support it was just a matter of time before another Barbarian horde swept through the area. It's a bitersweet story though, Colchis and Armenia were one of the first allies that Rome actually acknowledged as Independent Roman allies, and they Remained so until Rome's last days when rest of the world had abandoned them. Pompey would never have imagined that two small tribes he discovered on the far reaches of their world would end up being the last allies for his nation.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is a good way to put it. Idealism vs. Populism. And a great point on Pompey! Indeed, the ways of history are unpredictable.

@tylerellis9097

6 жыл бұрын

Toni coni, damn Armenians are the reason the empire went through so much political turmoil in the 900s and overstretched itself in Armenia, hell they tried to overthrow basil ii and move the capital to Antioch the center of Armenian elite power in those days, Georgians too, dang bagetori family.

The last Roman was the Roman emperor Constantine XI Palailogos.

Good job with this video. I like the topic and the style. Flavius Aetius called "The Last of the Romans" was born in the city where my grandfather and my mother are from and where I lived a part of my life. A city of history and every well educated person knows more than the average about history due to history being all around you. Excavations, ruins and historical landmarks are everywhere, not to mention that people often and randomly find Roman coins and other objects, while working the land. Cato, Brutus and Cassius were portrayed by historians living in time when the successors of Caesar ruled Rome. We cannot expect a very commendable description of their personalities, characters and actions. Although I am prone to believing part of it, I think it is exaggerated even continuously so today. I do not approve their method of preserving the republic, yet the motives were just. Just imagine what responsibility and weight did Brutus feel when he saw the shadow of a king looming over Rome. The republic was his family's doing after all.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

I still remember when this video first appeared. Now this channel has almost a million subscribers. Wasnt that hard to forsee that K&G would one day becomr the best history channel in YT

@ventu7907

4 жыл бұрын

G Bendicion ya he is pretty good but to me dovanhatty is better

Don't forget to share your opinion and vote at the end. There is a poll at 4:31

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals waiting for Peloponisian and Corinthian war in 2018...pls

@thomassugg3422

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals I always preferred the Imperial era and the Emperors to the Republic.

@thomassugg3422

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals Ambrosius Aurelianus was the last Romano-Briton. He stopped the Anglo Saxons from invading Cornwall and Wales. I mite have a bias opinion on him because I’m of Anglo Saxon ancestry.

@Nikechagias

6 жыл бұрын

The Last Roman - Ultimus Romanorum - Τελευταίος Ρωμαίος

@Hunnia000

6 жыл бұрын

The Gracchi brothers

Wow this video was so beautifully done! Also very instructive! Keep up the good work.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Thank for making this vid really appreciated ur guys hardwork

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

How come you didnt mention Emperor Aurelian? He restored the emire that was devided in 3! Not 2. 3.

@MsKulom

6 жыл бұрын

He was great, but wasn't the last.

@Aioradeleo27

4 жыл бұрын

Aurelian "Restitutor Orbis"

@todrkdck9805

4 жыл бұрын

His reign was short lived

@RexGalilae

4 жыл бұрын

@@todrkdck9805 Short lived but his 5 years of rule arguably extended the Empire's lifespan by over a millennium. It's way more than what most men achieved for Rome in their entire lifetimes.

@cognitivedisability9864

4 жыл бұрын

@@RexGalilae Majorian is the #1 last roman in my book, full italian, roman. upheld the roman values, tried to reconquer and remove corruption ending up getting betrayed, tortured and decapitated. at his death almost all the surviving provinces, spain/dalmatia/gaul etc.. declared independence from the roman state.

Being a history buff, I love your videos. I have a passion for Ancient Rome and I watch these videos at least twice.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

this channel is just getting better and better

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good sir! :-)

my god your videos are getting better by the day. amazing work

great improvement in graphics, great work!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

+Kirill Häuptli thank you!

Heraclius should be on the list. He reconquered Egypt, and whole Diocese of Orient (Syria, Lebanon, w. Iraq to Aqaba in the south) from Persians. Mere decade later it was all lost to the Arabs.

Good job all around. Been watching ur videos and now I'm a sub.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome aboard! :-)

The color correction is beautifully saturated! I am looking forward to this form of content. Great work!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

In my opinion, the Roman Empire did not die but evolved over the centuries. If you think of it, The Roman Empire still lives on in all of the cultural, Political, military, religious, architectural, linguistic and geographic influences it left behind and it critical role in the foundation of Western civilization and culture that has spread around the world. So if you think about it, we are Romans

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

Rome in ancient Greek means power and the word was created before the creation of Rome. Btw the only ones worthy of being called Romans are the Italians and the Greeks

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

they come from barbaric tribes that attacked Europe in the 4th and 5th century

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

in the same page

@matikhorasani3842

6 жыл бұрын

To the Islamic world you are still known as Romans. There is a saying of the prophet of Islam which mentions that towards the end of times a huge war will take place between the muslims and romans (i.e Western world) So yes you are right. The Roman empire never really died out it just evolved into other forms. The current successor to the western roman empire is the US and the successors of the Eastern Roman empire is probably Russia.

@MUJAHID56787

6 жыл бұрын

Tell him nope one more time lol

I don't think it's really fair to put the republicans on the list. Saying they are the last romans, is like saying a monarchy is unroman even though the empire started and ended that way. The roman empire is not defined by a form of government in my opinion, but by culture and mentality/ideals (hard work, efficiency, never giving up and doing everything you can for the benefit of the state). You would then also imply that Augustus is very unroman, even though you can arguably claim that he is (one of) the most roman men ever produced by the empire.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

I guess, there is a serious ideological divide regarding this matter. For me, the republicans always were more important. :-)

@benwerkhoven6209

6 жыл бұрын

There probably isn't a serious idealogical difference. I think the republicans are more interesting too, but that or importance isn't really the discussion here: it's about the last roman ;)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. :-)

What an awesome channel you have. Love it.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good sir!

Awesome documentary and nailed the pronounciation of "Palaiologos"

Awesome :D

Everyone here will agree that there is no much info nor video about cyrus the great. Perhaps you guys could be the ones that do it first? Sounds interesting to me if you guys can find enough info. And also why not start a series about vikings? They are so popular right now. Considering the tv show viking etc. Also the new total war game will be containing vikings too. It could be really a major outbreak! And I would like to see a vlog video! People here really like you guys. I would like to see you guys and where you guys work, prepare stuff. It could be sincere and fun!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Noted :-)

@ramlam1949

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6V5p9CdiZPZhJs.html

@benwerkhoven6209

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with "the white flame who dances upon the graves of his enemies"!

@Uncle_Fred

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, please. A detailed account of Cyrus the Great and his campaigns would be most welcome.

@welatxwese8074

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals damn I just got triggered. I hate Cyrus so much.

Visually stunning, great job to Kings and Generals and this new artist. Looking forward to see more

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

More on the way. He is working on a great video right now. :-)

Great animations and video

Honorable mention to Heraclius with his changing of Latin to Greek as the official language of the empire. Also, I feel Cato and Cicero were the last true Republicans. They were the stauch embodiments of the old order. With Cato's suicide at Utica and Cicero's assassination, the Republic truly died... at least in my view.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

I have my problems with Cicero, otherwise, agree with all your points. :-)

@marvelfannumber1

6 жыл бұрын

+Mithridates I don't understand where this myth comes from and how it's become so persistent. Heraclius didn't change the official language of the Empire, there's no evidence for this in the primary sources and the 7th Century didn't see a sudden drop in use of Latin. Heraclius changed his primary, primary title to Basileus. He never did anything so radical as to change the Empire's language.

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

Mithridates knows more than you do then

@marvelfannumber1

6 жыл бұрын

+Christermi Christos If anyone can find a source for this often repeated claim I'll feel less inclined to view it as a commonly repeated myth.

@christermi

6 жыл бұрын

no one said that the eastern Roman empire became Greek. Heraklius just saw that no soldier was able to understand Latin so he changed everything to Greek, namely the language of the state

Lovely animation very good and i would like to see the life and campaigns of Gaius Julius Caesar if are u planning to do him.!? Enjoy a nice week guys, rest a little.! :)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, my friend! :-) No rest for us, working on the next documentary. :-)

I can't find enough words to praise your work on this video, I think the Eastern Roman Empire as a direct continuation of the Roman Empire and I would love to see historians focusing into further studies of the thousans years of history they lived. Great video!

Great video I'd like to hear more

Majorian is my favorite Western Roman Emperor

Can we just document it that no serious historian or history buff (including me) considers the HRE roman ?! It is like I think voltaire said "it is neither holy nor roman nor an empire."

@daniellinanmolina1044

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely. fuck hre forever

I think Giovanni Giustiniani should be among the defenders, he was the overall leader of the Italians that were manning the walls, and played a big role in why the defenders managed to hold out as long as they did

Your videos are the best!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

First of the Romans!

@wicksinn

6 жыл бұрын

Aneas of Troy was one of the first Romans.

@YiannissB.

6 жыл бұрын

junius Brutus

@wicksinn

6 жыл бұрын

Numa was the second king of Rome after Romulus.

Of course, Gibbon, despite setting the methodology of using primary sources, his analysis about the Eastern Roman Empire is considered outdated

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, no argument here, Gibbon's work is outdated.

Great animations!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Your videos are Just great

Just one small thing: in the title either "The Last Romans - Ultimi Romanorum" or "The Last of the Romans - Ultimus Romanorum"

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We know, thank you!

@vtsirkinidis

4 жыл бұрын

Insert scene of John Cleese teaching roman spelling to Graham Chapman graffitiying the walls of Jerusalem :)

@bobbybfat

4 жыл бұрын

R/grssk would say the thumbnail reads "ultimus GOMAPOGNM"

Praeclarissimus!!! Optimus!!! Bene Factum (well made)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Cool animations . Like !

Good stuff, im glad i subbed

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We are happy to have you! :-)

You forgot Flavius Claudius Iulianus. He tried to bring back the old rome, with it's old ways.

Theodoro was a breakaway of Byzantium ~1400s that survived the longest of all.

Great video

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is a very well edited video.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

He make this for free??!! He should work on HBO or something

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, he will one day. :-)

Very well made!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

How this channel hasn't got more subscribers is beyond me

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Downright criminal! :-) Thank you!

The actual closest heir to the Eastern Roman Empire is Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, the current pretender to the throne of Austria. He is also a direct heir to the last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, which could be seen as a continuation of the Western Roman Empire.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I am actually constantly reading about the modern heirs of the great dynasties. Maybe, we should make a video about that. :-)

@bairdrew

6 жыл бұрын

I would say that the Cantacuzino (currently guests of the Swedish Crown) qualify to a greater extent, being an actual branch of the last Imperial Family, and having produced one emperor themselves.

@frederickthegreat1352

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I dont know much about them, but according to the rules of primogeniture, Karl Habsburg has the best claim, since his claim derives directly from the last ruling Emperor on the Byzantine throne - Constantine XI Palaiologos.

@bairdrew

6 жыл бұрын

If only the Roman Empire ever at any point did that primogeniture thing. :P They were so bad at it they invented a nickname to describe when it actually happened: Porphyrygennetos. :)

@frederickthegreat1352

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, In the Western Roman Empire nobody really cared about that, especially in the late stages of the Empire, pretty much whoever had power over the praetorian guard, was the emperor, hence there was a new emperor like every two years. However in the eastern part, they did keep the order of succesion, at least within the dynasties (until it was overthrown by other dynasty). So if we went with that (applying primogeniture from the last ruling emperor of the last ruling dynasty), when determining who should be the pretender, we would end up with Karl Habsburg. Here is the full line of succesion starting from Constantine XI Palaiologos: PALEOLOGUS Constantine XI Dragases.......................1448-1453 Demetrius.....................................1453-1470 Andrew I......................................1470-1502 Emanuel III...................................1502-1512 Andrew II.....................................1512-c. 1519 When the last of the Morean Paleologi died without issue, the nearest relatives proved to be the Muscovite Princes, a fact which they were very well aware of, and which they remembered and utilized extensively until the end of the Russian monarchy in 1917. RURIKOVICH Basil III (Prince of Muscovy)..............c. 1519-1533 John IX the Awesome (Tsar of all the Russias).1533-1584 Theodore (Tsar of all the Russias)............1584-1598 With the decease of Feodor Ivanovich, the main stemma of the Rurikovichi became entire extinct: genealogically, the next surviving Byzantine line can be found only by reaching back to a collateral branch established in Italy in the early 14th century. These Paleologi became Margraves of Montferrat, in the Piedmont - they became extinct in 1530, but through female heiresses their rights were inherited by the House of Gonzaga, Dukes of Mantua... GONZAGA Vincent I (Duke of Mantua 1587-1612)..........1598-1612 Francis I (Duke of Mantua 1612)....................1612 Ferdinand I (Duke of Mantua 1612-1626)........1612-1626 Vincent II (Duke of Mantua 1626-1627).........1626-1627 Margaret......................................1627-1632 Margaret married a Duke of Lorraine-Bar, and their daughter also married within the Lotharingian House of Vaudemont... VAUDEMONT Claudia.......................................1632-1648 Ferdinand Philip..............................1648-1659 Charles I (Duke of Lorraine)..................1659-1690 Leopold Joseph (D. Lorr. 1697-1702, 1714-29)..1690-1729 Francis Stephen (D. Lorr. 1729-37 HRE 1743-65)1729-1765 Francis married very well; to the sole heiress of all the Austrian Habsburgs, Maria Theresa von Habsburg. Their descendents retained the Habsburg monarchy until 1918, and remain a large and important family even today. HABSBURG-LORRAINE Joseph (HRE)..................................1765-1790 Leopold (HRE).................................1790-1792 Francis II (HRE 1792-1806, E. Aust. 1804-35)..1792-1835 Ferdinand II (Emp. Austria 1835-48)...........1835-1875 Francis Joseph (Emp. Austria 1848-1916).......1875-1916 Charles II (Emp. Austria 1916-1918)...........1916-1922 Otto..........................................1922-2011 Charles III...................................2011-

TBH, I think about Cato the Younger with mixed feelings. He did morally lead the last legitimate military action against Caesar, so I admire him for that. On the other hand, it’s debatable whether Caesar had already planned to introduce a hereditary monarchic system at the beginning of the civil war, or whether he planned to do so at all. So Cato‘s obstinacy in the events leading up to the war was a major cause of the downfall of the Republic.

As always, great and brilliant video from Kings and Generals..hope u will employ the animator who did the animation...Thumbs up guys!!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Very well made video!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir :)

It’s a Greek empire that was the last surviving land of romans

He is doing a great job and you are awesome my friend (we greeks are the last romans 😁)

@yacinedzkabyle5797

6 жыл бұрын

Plebeivs Romanvs The pic in your profile is the emperor caracalla ?

@turbovicente6938

6 жыл бұрын

Plebeivs Romanvs Last Byzantine emperor was of greek and serbian origin. Thats why he had the other name Dragases

@maaaku

6 жыл бұрын

Yacine DZ#Kabyle yes he is thanks to him all the citizens within the empire became roman citizens

@yacinedzkabyle5797

6 жыл бұрын

Plebeivs Romanvs thanks yeah I know that i think we have a monument in Algeria with his name

@maaaku

6 жыл бұрын

Yacine DZ#Kabyle yeah he was berber (not black) african and he is really cool

GREAT VIDEO

Your videos are so good that they should be aired on TV so that a lot can benefit from them

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You can help us by sharing the video. :-)

After the death of emperor heracleus of the byzantine empire, the empire became more like a greek empire rather than a Latin or Roman empire That's because heracletus (Ηράκλειος) just before his death lost a lot of land and the empire was left with today's Greece the Balkans and Anatolia (today turkey) At that historical period (7-8th century) the people living there were primarily greeks, the turks came some centuries later and the Slavs came to the Balkans too after a long time. So heracletus realized that the people he ruled were Greeks, and before his death he changed the official language from Latin to Greek and named himself βασιλεύς (King in Greek) Therfore the history of the Roman empire stops at the death of heracletus and from that point on we are talking about a greek empire.

@hiukas.

6 жыл бұрын

I don't have a problem if you want to consider it as a Roman empire and that the end of the Roman legacy was the fall of Constantinople But you have to accept that the byzantine empire was populated by Greeks thus it should be considered a greek empire primarily.

@tyskbulle

6 жыл бұрын

There is a cultural aspect to take into consideration, for how long did they emulate and think themselves roman? Ec. Chariot races continued until the forth crusade in the 12th century. It was a Greek empire, but a Greek empire seeing themselves Roman.

@marvelfannumber1

6 жыл бұрын

There is one problem with your reasoning here. Heraclius never "changed the official language to Greek". This is a commonly attested myth, but one which has no basis in primary sources. This myth probably has it's roots in the fact that Heraclius changed his *primary* title from IMPERATOR AVGVSTVS to βασιλεύς, although IMPERATOR and AVGVSTVS would still be used after Heraclius, just as secondary titles. Also while the Empire was now based in mostly Greek speaking territories, it never lost it's multi-ethnic character. Many of the greatest Emperors after the Arab Conquests were not of Greek but of Armenian descent.The Slavs which became a part of the Empire after Basil II were also treated with no less respect than the Greek citizens of the Empire.

@menanderprotektor6956

6 жыл бұрын

marvelfannumber1 I think that the best way to describe empire after mid 7 century is simply "east roman". Byzantine sounds nice but its a pejorative. Its stupid to call it greek because its a western name for Hellens. And Hellen meant pagan iz byzanatine times. As for empires administration, road system, laws, economics etc. Well some of it were roman, some were even hellenic or older meaning the "east" was more developed even during roman era.

@hiukas.

6 жыл бұрын

Menander Protektor It's a hellenic empire then?

The quality of animation of this video is phenomenal. Also, kind of surprised that Cicero didn’t make the list, since he did his best to restore the Republic by playing Octavian and Mark Antony against each other in a bid to restore more power to the Senate

Really love your channel ! Wish I had the money to support you haha

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Don't worry about it. But, if you have a chance, please, share our video.

Great animations, I like it.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir :)

Great video, though I was hoping to see Majorian in here. That said, some sort of short documentary on him by you guys would be awesome, as there aren't that many of them on KZread.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Planning to have one. :-)

@pawestachyra9618

6 жыл бұрын

Sound terrific, looking forward to it!

Great animation 👍

What is with Syagrius of Soissons (Noviodunum) he fought against Clovis King of the Franks, he was "The Last Roman Commander/King in Gaul."

This is very good!!!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is amazing!!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AlexIncarnate911

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals omg!! You actually answered me :D It's an honour to be a subscriber of your channel.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

+AlexIncarnate911 it is an honour to have such an informed and mature audience. :-) we always do our best to answer all of the comments. New documentary will be up tomorrow. :-)

What an Intro, Good Job

Interesting and short. That's how I would describe this video. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.

me gustan tus videos mucho y admiro su entusiasmo y dedicacion. te deseo lo mejor y esperan que tengan un gran exito. vitores de Turquia. (si te preguntas que por que yo escribo mis comentarios en Espanol y no en Turco, es porque yo aprendio Espanol y quiero mejorar mis habilidades de la lengua. decidio comentar bajo del videos en KZread en Espanol.)

I don't usually agree with Edward Gibbon on much, but he called Stilicho the Last Roman and I like the poetry there even if Aetius, Belisarius, Narses and plenty of others came after him.

danm the editing thou

Hi Kings and Generals. I have really enjoyed your content. A question is that I want to see contents on Chinese wars and generals and just want to know...roughly how much would I need to sponsor your video would you be able to do a video on that? I would not interfere with any of your content...just wish to see chinese army/war in the ancient times \

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! We are planning to expand our "geography," and you will see a video on the Chinese history early in 2018.

I think your videos should have subtitles. I can understand english very well, but I always have difficulties understand foreign names. I felt the same on the most recent video about Napoleon, when I couldn't understand the French names. I appreciate your hard work, but subtitles would help a ton :)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-) Yes, I need to work on the subtitles. Time is a huge problem right now, but I will think of something. :-)

i love this video

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

hey animator! thank you a lot my friend!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We wil do more videos like this if we get enough support :)

I'd also add Nikephoros II Phokas and his nephew John Tzimiskes to this list, and Basil II as some of the last emperors to burn brightly before the decline became permanent.

Grade A content!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good sir.

Facinating Animations

These new animations are definitely 10x better

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

We are really hopeful that we will be able to employ this animator full time.

The last of the Romans, in my opinion was the emperor Majorian420 A.D.-461 A.D. He was the western Roman emperor who campaigned in France and Spain to defeat the Vandals,Goths,Suebi, Burgundians and others and was well on the way to restoring the western Roman empire when he was killed by the general Ricimir(A Suebian) He was not only great in warfare but he issued a new set of Laws for Rome, tried to revive the senate and set out to restore all the great Roman monuments.His funeral elegy by the poet Sidonius Apollinaris has come down to us.This is what the great historian of Rome Edward Gibbon says of Majorian:"The welcome discovery of a great and heroic character, that sometimes arises in a degenerate age, to vindicate the honour of the human species." The great Majorian needs to be much better known by those people interested in the late Western Roman Empire.Despite protestations to the contrary, I think the Eastern Empire after Heraclius is actually a Greek and not a Roman Empire so I would call Majorian the last of the Romans.

I personally would include Manuel Komnenos and Basil the Bulgar Slayer in a similar category to the restorers as they both dreamed big but were a smaller empire with much less resources.

Another great video, and well appreciated for its historical and modern relevance. Also shout out to my boy Cato. We could use some morally-sound defenders of national integrity these days. #SayNoToGreekPansies

Interesting video. Btw how was the translation? Still don't see it on the vid, was it that bad translated? :/

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! No, it is ok, but I still need to change a few bits. Time constraint is killing me. It will be up soon. Sorry for being late.

@welatxwese8074

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals don't be sorry, haha. You are doing a great job man. Hope Invicta will work with you ;)

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, same here. :-)

Rome was found by romulus and ended with another Romulus. Also eastern roman empire was founded by Constantine the great and ended with Constantine palailogos. This video is brilliant 👏👏..

I guess the animator didn't continue working with you guys in later videos. This animation is so high-quality.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

He is working with us, on the modern warfare videos, check them out.

For everyone who does not know ''byzantine was a term used by a german historian of the holy roman empire to copyright the name ''holy'' roman empire and to specify the difference between the ancient and medieval empire, 200 years after the fall of Constantinople the ''byzantine'' empire was the same entity with a different capital city. the roman empire was like ancient and medieval America with people from most places of the known world, the traditions and military of the Roman empire changed over time but it was the same entity

The empire was already there for some time when the optimates were trying to save the republic, but actually were trying to save their fortunes as Caesar and the populares sided more plebeans. I think a lot would still be with Caesar as he took away from the mega-rich and dispersed it through more people, so for this and not only this, Caesar would be an ultimus romanorum, as the famous abbreviation is SPQR, not SQR. Roma Victrix !

In my opinion, Justinian is a horrible leader! Lead by ego and pride, he attempted to reclaim the Western Roman Empire for literal expression of, "I can do it". Despite this, Belisarius did outshine the entire campaign of Italy. I only wish he didnt have to go back to Constantinople when Italy was finally reclaimed. Great video by the way, and the animation is boss! So i am happy that who ever he is, he is doing good work!

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

I think Maurice should have been also included in this list.He was one of the rarest Eastern Roman emperors who did conduct an offensive strategy, instead of defensive one and a very rarely one who defeated the Persians and took their land, he also defeated the avaro-slavic hordes in Balkans and was about to fights against lombards and restore Italy.He was also one of the last emperors in which still had latin as his official language.After his death, the long Roman-Persian war began, then muslims invaded and took 2/3 of Roman lands meanwhile the avaro-slavs took Balkans and the Eastern Roman empire lost their status of superpower.

@KingsandGenerals

6 жыл бұрын

Nice addition!

I think that Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, who was roman consul, writer and orator, also deserves a mention. He tried to protect pagan memorials against christians wanting them removed, and he and his grandson Memmius Symmachus were also among the last people to legitimately use the tria nomina system of roman names