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@HistoryfortheAges

2 жыл бұрын

I teach History at a college. I put my lectures on KZread, and I sometimes recommend channels for students to check out. I will go through some of your videos and if there are any that I can add as recommendations to my students in their learning modules I will

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryfortheAges That would be fantastic, thankyou!

@NobleKorhedron

2 жыл бұрын

​@@alexanderdoddy7590: Do you by any chance narrate Epic History TV, History Marche, or one of those channels? Your voice sounds really familiar... 🤔

it's the VOICE , the voice from the punic war series!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

It is indeed!

@hazzmati

2 жыл бұрын

Was sadly. Great narrator but for some reason HistoryMarche decided to part ways.

Don’t get too down with your views etc, quality always rises to the top mate. Early days still, it would be nice if the other guys gave you a shout every now and then though. Keep it up please 👍

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! We have had some great support from other channels and the views are starting to pick up.

Was hoping for few Roman videos, glad u started with the Marian reform

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Hopefully the first of many videos on Rome!

@andystewart3421

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 enjoying the channel mate. Be good to see some 3rd century crisis onwards covered if you guys are doing more Rome

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

@@andystewart3421 Good shout!

I remember when I was a kid I had a history book about this, I was reading it all the time. Little nostalgic now:)

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

Excellent video!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

I was feeling like watching a Roman video rn and you uploaded

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly on the same wavelength!

Excellent content and presentation.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Excellent video as always 👌...I hope you make a video about rome civil war between Sulla and the Marians.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

That would likely need to be several videos, or one super long one!

The butterfly effect from this is amazing, great video!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Considering the basic premise was "I want more soldiers" it had an incredible impact on History

Rome's history ever seems so legendary, superb video!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Looks like this was enjoyed so will definitely be covering more of it

Great topic! :)

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

It's an odd turn of events. Generalizing here but, landed citizens loyal to Rome, soldiers loyal to their general, emperors and Generals have to win the loyalty of the men. Great video good sir

Good recommendation to come over and visit your channel via history marche. Marius is the general who made the empire possible. Fascinating stuff.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for joining us! HistoryMarche has been a massive supporter of us and we are most appreciative

About time we get to see the voice of most of the videos on history Marche

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Holy crap you're the guy! First video I've seen from your channel and I just realized you're the guy that does some of the voice overs for Hoc Est Bellum. Love your narration and great video btw!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I am indeed. That was in co-ordination with HistoryMarche. Thankyou :)

Though Marius instituted these reforms and had the political will and moral courage to see them through they were hardly original ideas of Marius and probably would had occurred without Marius. However with the Cimbric invasion being an existential threat to Rome and the catastrophic loss of two Roman Armies at Aruosio, due primarily to the incompetence of Aristocratic Generals it was this devastating defeat that really precipitated these Reforms to professionalize the Legions. The main reason was that the Republic was designed to govern a City State and not a world wide empire. So though the actions of men like Marius and Sulla ultimately led to the collapse of the Republic the real underlying reason was Romes Republics inability to govern a large empire. It had become hopelessly corrupt by faction and interest of the powerful Aristocrats who placed their personal ambitions above serving Rome. So these reforms became necessary if Rome was to survive as the dominant power in the Mediterranean and what was needed was a strong central government that did not exist under the Republic as it grew larger and larger and thus the pressure to reform centuries of traditional finally became intolerable.

Great video overall. Yet I have to confess that, whenever I watch any documentary about Rome, a big pet peeve of mine is seeing the damn lorica segmentata and other lorica armours in prior periods.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the same. It's understandable in low-budget films cause you take what you can get and armor is expensive, but the big budget stuff should have a historical consultant.

Love these videos, keep them coming

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, thanks for watching!

Great narration, sound, video editing and most of all - content. Hope to see this channel grow in the near future, looking forward for new videos, good luck.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for joining us!

@sebastianbringas3520

2 жыл бұрын

I think it may be a bit to repetitive

Don't know if you mention it or not, but Marius was married to Caesar's father's sister, making him his uncle. I realize this is entirely a different subject, but when Marius lost to Sulla in the first Roman civil war, Sulla killed many of his enemies' families, ran them out of town, or allowed them to stay within the borders of Rome as private citizens on thin ice. Caesar's immediate family was stripped of their wealth, causing him to grow up relatively poor in contrast to his forefathers, but at least came from nobility. This really contributed to his character in being a man who stood with the common people, but born of nobility, which would later propel him to great power, winning the second civil war against Pompeii and the Senate. Sulla became a dictator (but not in the sense we understand it today) and passed legislation designed to make this impossible for anyone else to achieve, which ironically, would lead to Caesar later becoming a dictator himself. This paved the way for the transformation of Rome from a republic into an empire, under his distant nephew Octavian, whom he adopted as his son in death, and succeeded him to become the first Roman emperor. It is a VAST subject but infinitely interesting. Kings and Generals just did an amazing 5-6 hour long documentary on that very subject. Keep up the great work!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

All true and definitely worth it's own video! We didn't mention it, or much of Marius' background cause the video would have quickly escalated in length (and we wanted to focus on the reforms themselves). I've seen it, they did a spectacular job! Thanks!

Glad to have found you. Great videos to paint 18mm romans to! 😀 subscribed!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

What system?

@danharris8805

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 hey dude! Just bought one of the republican roman starter armies from forged in battles ancient range! Very lovely fellas indeed! Going to be using them for hail caesar but also like the look of a couple other games. Do you tabletop wargame? Great videos again, I be sharing with my gaming club so should garner you a few more subs! You definitely deserve them with how interesting & well made you vids are! Have a great Sunday! 👍 😃 😊

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

@@danharris8805 Sounds great! I do indeed, though not much time for hobbying these days, so mostly do fantasy and scifi stuff like Warhammer for a bit of escapism

@danharris8805

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 you can't beat a bit of old reliable warhammer fantasy/40k for a good game when time is restricted! Tabletop Carnage on a reasonable timescale! Have a goodun! Take care! 😃 😊

More outstanding stuff!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jen!

Another great history channel on KZread. History Channel eat your heart out.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us!

Really good info 😊

Finally i see the man who has that voice

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Love from Mexico ♥️

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for watching!

Just discovered your channel. From the quality I see, and the love from the comments, I feel like I'm seeing a channel that is about to grow exponentially. You have a nice voice, explain cool topics, and have a high quality of video in general. I'm liking and subscribed

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for joining us!

Always looking for info on communications and transportation networks, or logistics, in the Roman civilization. Also, technical or engineering perspective rather than political one. Roads, aquaducts, mining, rest station buildings, mills, common building construction, etc. are areas that are overlooked. Subscribed, and will continue to enjoy your videos. Thank you.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Definitely an overlooked aspect. We get so wrapped up in Emperors and battles that it is easy to forget their skills and developments elsewhere

Voice behind History Marche 😁

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

Excellent my friend. Looking forward to much more. Just disregard all the nonsensical comments.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us! I tend to, at the end of the day it's another comment into the algorithm, so the channel benefits regardless

MONUMENTAL doesn't even come close. Marius should be as well known as Julius! Forgotten, newly discovered or connected, unknown to me for sure. Whatever title you prefer, this is how all history should be taught • Thank you Mr. Doddy

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, without Marius there would have been no Caesar, probably no Roman empire at all.

Great video, I also like the hair cut illusion, looks like you are wearing a hat

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I grew it myself

This channel is going to grow. Very good video, thank you for sharing it.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for watching! HistoryMarche has been an amazing supporter of the channel

The video could be a little longer,touching of how the previous system of recruiting affected the normal man of the republic and how marian reforms were more an acknowledge of what took place in the army at the time then a complete reorganization of the system.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, but that is the catch of trying to condense a topic down, something will always get missed. Trying to avoid too many multipart videos for now. We only hinted at the repercussions from an expansion point of view, and arguably created the scenario of an ever expanding Rome.

I know that voice!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

If you are here from HistoryMarche, that is probably where you know it from :)

I can finly give a face to Baz battles

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

you can?

Good content. I love how there is a community of history youtube channels that support each other like HistoryMarche recommending your site. I have lectures om my channel that I made for my college classes, a bit different format. I recommend some of these sites to my students if they want some more information.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

HistoryMarche is an absolute gentleman and a great supporter of this channel and others. I'll check them out! Thanks for watching!

@HistoryfortheAges

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 yes, they put up a quick little video my 3 year daughter being crowned as Charlemagne and that got be about 50 new subscribers. Lol.

Im in my yearly Roman History phase. Also K&G's brought me here😃

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals?

@vikingdemonpr

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 Yes!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikingdemonpr Wow! Did it come up as recommended after or have they mentioned us somewhere?

@vikingdemonpr

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 it was one of those posts that pop up in the feed. Not sure if it was a community post 'cause it doesnt appear in their community posts.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikingdemonpr very odd. Wasn't Historymarche by chance?

Wait a second, I recognize this voice! Are you the narrator of HistoryMarche channel's videos?

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I did voice a lot of his videos, yes :)

@bbaydogdu

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 Woow. I'm so glad that I found your channel.

History marche sent me

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

HistoryMarche has been an amazing supporter and I hope you enjoyed the video!

Now where did i heard this voice before ? 🤔

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

If you have come from HistoryMarche's channel, that is probably where you have heard me before!

@bishop6218

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 that was more of a rhetorical question sir, you're hard to miss, and i indeed came here through a link on HistoryMarche, and i thank them for that 😉 That being said, it's always fun to finally put a face on a voice, and almost never what one expects ! 😁

Do you do voicework for historymarche?£

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I have done in the past :)

did the army mix earlier styles of uniform together....ie late republican with early imperial styles of armor /weapons

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

To a degree, particularly initially. Armour is expensive, but new recruits were fairly standardised

Real or fake hair?

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

A breed of rare mountain squirrel who has nested on my head

Sounds like a A list narrator, looks like a bearded Justin Bieber

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I had the hairdo first!

Poor people can join the military now!!

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! More meat for the grinder....

Arent you history marche narrator?

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

I was indeed!

N@ice v@@@ice dudd

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

You missed some of the reforms. They got rid of their light infantry and cavalry and hired mercenaries to fulfill these roles. They went from three classes of heavy infantry to one single type. You failed to mention that the cohort was a much larger unit than the maniple which it replaced. I do not believe that scholars are sure if all of these reforms happened at once or were a gradual development after the Punic wars.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

The videos are fairly short so often, not everything can get squeezed into the scripts. We really only scratched the surface of the consequences as well. Very true and from a practical point of view, even if all of the reforms did occur at the same time, it would have taken years before it was fully enforced. So really it would have been decades before they fully came to fruition

No offence but I always thought you'd be wearing a cardigan.

Is that hair real? You like a Lego man 🤷‍♂️

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

It is. I only wish it was as easy to swap out as lego. Could have a different style every day!

@joshpalmer3754

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 Lol if only mate. What other channels have you worked with? Your voice is very familiar.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshpalmer3754 If you came here from HistoryMarche, then thats probably where you have heard me before, I used to narrate a lot of his videos

I'd like to make a constructive criticism: Remove the channel name watermark. It's rather distasteful. Love your content otherwise

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

An unfortunate necessity. Too often content gets shared but not credited/linked back.

Is your hair real? Fake? Are you wearing a black hat? Distracted bald man asking.

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

It is indeed real, though in need of a haircut

@hair2050

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 impressive!!!

Your show is good..my only advice is show us less of your face and more stuff that deals with what your talking..even if it's just maps or armies from total war pc games etc etc like all the othe big guys use

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

We are trying to avoid using the TW games and bespoke graphics etc... are out of our budget, but as the channel gets bigger we hope to add more.

@rlbbe5369

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderdoddy7590 you dont neee to make your own video from scratch.just record snippets from different maps or cut scenes from Roman themed computer games, only show your face as little as possible and only if u must

Your hair doesnt match your voice. :)

@alexanderdoddy7590

2 жыл бұрын

So I've been told. May have to add some grey