I 100% believe that this video was made because of the idea for "Alexander the Okay" -> " "Alexander the pretty good" -> "Alexander the notable"

@xbirdshorts5075

Ай бұрын

Considering I have never seen a suggestion for this topic and I don't remember a single ancient history video since the good ol' 10 minute format this is extremely plausible

@warbler1984

Ай бұрын

I Don think so

@guadalupe8589

Ай бұрын

And, Alexander the Great was implied after he fully conquered Persia?

@Mimi.1001

Ай бұрын

@@guadalupe8589 No, he obviously got the title by conquering the afterlife.

@davesy6969

Ай бұрын

Has he made one on Vlad the pincher or Richard the Hamsterheart yet?

The only man ever who’s never thought about the Roman Empire

@martintang2885

Ай бұрын

Cant think of the roman empire when it doesnt exist yet

@rebbrown7140

Ай бұрын

​@martintang2885 +1 obvious point for you my friend, and -1 for not getting the joke

@technobladeleakedclips1827

Ай бұрын

Liberal males dont ever think about Rome or greece. They only think about Africa and palestine

@MausOfTheHouse

Ай бұрын

This meme was never funny

@technobladeleakedclips1827

Ай бұрын

Liberal males never think of the Roman empire, only africa and p*lestine

Rome: I feel sorry for you. Alexander: I don't think of you at all.

@pizzalunch382

Ай бұрын

Bravo 👏👏😂

@NovikNikolovic

28 күн бұрын

Rome: You lost everything. It's a pity. Alexander: I don't even know who you are.

@Cleeon

7 күн бұрын

Latter, many Roman senators and writers, really admire Alexander, even some of their imperator, seeking some way of other to claim they're the inheritors of Alexander. Why that achievement not inherited to one of Greeks polis? I think, only Roman, who succeeded to combine Athens and Sparta, combined some elements and become the mighty of Roma

@wildfire9280

2 күн бұрын

“The worst thing he can say is no”

Alexander the Great: _Doesn't conquer Rome_ His second cousin: *Oh boy do I have an idea........*

@galanopouloc

Ай бұрын

Underrated comment right here 😆

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

@@BOSIE321Damn

@texenna

Ай бұрын

Underrated

@beetlebg3759

Ай бұрын

Don’t understand do explain

@texenna

Ай бұрын

@@beetlebg3759 phyrrus of Epirus attempted to take Rome 2nd cousin of alexander

"Conquer the afterlife." That's gold!

@epicepicmk

Ай бұрын

He finally got other worlds to conquer

@dustinprewitt

Ай бұрын

Twould be grand if he did, then returned here with an army of the dead to finish the job

@fullmetaltheorist

Ай бұрын

Maybe that's why Jesus hasn't come back yet.

@s.henrlllpoklookout5069

Ай бұрын

If he can't do it after 2300 years, then no one can

@GwainSagaFanChannel

Ай бұрын

​@@dustinprewitt so basically like Nagash from warhammer fantasy

his title getting continuously closer to great is really funny

@paulluka2029

Ай бұрын

The: ok The: pretty good The: the notable Then he conquered the afterlife and became The: great 😅

@Nagizak1

Ай бұрын

FR bro this guy humor should be arrested because its always killing me.

@hentehoo27

Ай бұрын

If Alexander had conquered Rome, would he have become _Alexander the Magnificent_ ?

@tomislavmirkovic1126

Ай бұрын

He would've become Alexander the Bisonette

@fildafernandes4366

Ай бұрын

​@@hentehoo27Or the Alexander of all Alexander's?

'Unfortunately for Phillip, before this could happen, it was time to get stabbed to death'. 😆 I never get tired of your trademark sarcastic way of telling history. 🙂

I like how Alexander’s name progressively levels up, he really came a long way, from uniting Greece to conquering the afterlife 🙏

Alexander the Third, Alexander the Okay, Alexander the Pretty Good, Alexander the Notable, Alexander the Great, Alexander the Dead.

@DacLMK

Ай бұрын

Later on in the late 20th-21st century "Alexander the Macedon"" Alexander the not Greek but Macedonian who are confused Bulgarians claiming to be descendants of Alexander" It's fun being a Mace- sorry, a "Serbianized Bulgarian who thinks is a Macedonian" Balkan moment.

@semideiaspranome

Ай бұрын

​@@DacLMKIn fact Alexander was macedonic, a barbaric people helenized. Alexander was greek, but ethnic he was macedonic. Its like being a gaulish, being assimilated to the roman culture and then forming your own empire that spread the roman culture

@Newramsin

Ай бұрын

Wasn't he also, Alexander the Butch?

@Dragblacker

Ай бұрын

"Alexander the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad"

@joachimschoder

Ай бұрын

@@Newramsin His boyfriend thought so. (And yes, he definitely had sexual relations with men. The modern concept of homosexuality wasn't really much of a concern back then.)

A nice, neat combination of "Italy and Rome weren't important in the eyes of any of Alexander's Greek inner circle" and "Boy was already busy, alright?"

@hypothalapotamus5293

Ай бұрын

Which would you better like to reenact, Xenophon's Anabasis or the Athenian invasion of Sicily? Pillaging your way across Persia sounds a lot better than dying of thirst in a quarry.

@channel_archistoriac

Ай бұрын

Alexander the G. on oriental sources was a cousin of himself Kirus - the shah of Persia. He didn't even step on the land of the other side of Bosphorus. Medieval sources about him are more interesting than what Vanilla wikipedists willed to mention about.​@@hypothalapotamus5293

@Booz2020

29 күн бұрын

ROME Wasn't Built In One Day 👀💯

@neutronalchemist3241

28 күн бұрын

Rome, yes, it wasn't that important by then. But the cities of Magna Grecia, in the south of Italy, were arguably the richest cities of the Greek world, and were technically considered Greece (their citizens participated to the Olympics, and many of the most famous winners, and of "Greek" philosophers, came from there). So Alexander conquered Persia, Egypt (that was part of Persia at the time), but only half of the Greek world.

@channel_archistoriac

28 күн бұрын

@@neutronalchemist3241 This is so ridiculous explanation of why Alexander did not go there :) He didn't go there because he never stepped on the European side of Bosphorus. He has always lived either in Asia Minor or Middle East.

Thanks to all the patreons! You make these quality videos possible and all of us can enjoy them.

Your videos are genius. The way you omit parts to frame a 3 minute video are stunning.

1. He died after going east instead of west so never had the chance to meet Rome in battle 2. Rome was hardly the military giant it would become when he left Greece, he had no reason to consider Italy for a second when Persia was right there. But if he had lived and returned to Babylon to centralise and unify his new empire? It’s entirely possible he would have turned his attention west.

@lightworker2956

Ай бұрын

Indeed. Also 3. I suspect that Persia was much richer than Italy at this point in history. So, better loot.

@user-vv4gz7lq1e

Ай бұрын

​@@lightworker2956 there is nothing to suspect, compared to Persia Italy was an irrelevant backwater

@trevorbeyer9720

Ай бұрын

​@@user-vv4gz7lq1e Achaemenid India alone was more valuable than italy at this point

@bb1111116

Ай бұрын

As the video mentions, going west at the time, would have meant fighting Carthage, which was the major power in the central Mediterranean. Alexander’s biggest obstacle in doing this was that he died young.

@bernitiel

Ай бұрын

When he went in Anatolia he could barely afford to take a small army across. I don't think he could have afforded to go west first, anyway

Didn’t Alexander want to reach the “encircling ocean” by conquering Asia? That was one of his dreams. Can’t do that if you go west and take over Rome.

@EEEEEEEE

Ай бұрын

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

@real_nosferatu

Ай бұрын

He could've reached the Pillars of Hercules

@ldubt4494

Ай бұрын

He would have still needed to reach the western encircling ocean as well for World Domination

@toastyanon8902

Ай бұрын

“Taking Rome” was step number 3 after the Oceand

@westsidermetalhead4997

Ай бұрын

When he and his men reached the Hindus Valley to the south east, they tried to find a path through or north east of the Great Hights (Himalayas). They couldn't find anything and the mountains to the north had no end so they gave up and after that he agreed with his men to go back home.

This makes me have some hype for that upcoming Alexander the Great series Can’t wait for more great content!!!

There's a single, yet important point, that's not mentioned here, and is that Alexander actually went to attack Rome, just not Alexander III but Alexander of Epirus, brother-in-law of Alexander III by marriage with his sister Cleopatra, his uncle as he was Olimpia younger brother, and a very close friend of Alexander III. The greek colonies asked for help against Italian barbarians and Roma, and the answer came from Alexander of Epirus, and previous of Alexander III expedition againts Persia both Alexander made a "pact" in wich one would be the "Eastern Alexander" and the other the "Western Alexander". Alexander of Epirus expedition went frankly pretty good (for the italians) and he died, wich would be one of the major "casus belli" that later Pirro of Epirus would use to invade Italy again. Alexander III after knowing about his uncle/brother-in-law/BFF planned to invade Italy too, but he was soon affected by a major case of death so his plans were permanently delayed.

@carlosvicedoalbors1200

Ай бұрын

I was searching this comment. Pretty cool piece of history.

@pp38pp

29 күн бұрын

Exactly!

@Fixundfertig1

8 күн бұрын

Pirro would make famous his type of close victory

@nugolderp4115

7 күн бұрын

Ohhh, ok is not THE Cleopatra, it's A Cleopatra

@alejandroparra362

7 күн бұрын

@@nugolderp4115 More precisely, she is the Cleopatra who served as the "inspiration" for the name Cleopatra VII of Egypt (and a lot more Cleopatras in Egypt), who was from the Ptolemaic dynasty (Alexander's general).

It was because James Bisonette controlled Rome

@TheOGDisco

Ай бұрын

Obviously

@Cyanduck485

Ай бұрын

Top 10 greatest generals of all time

@michaeljcalleja

Ай бұрын

these jokes are getting old now

@TransKidsMafia

Ай бұрын

I saved myself for marriage but found out I married a trans woman on our wedding night.

@thegeneralissimo470

Ай бұрын

Damn, beat me to it.

Fun fact: My name is Alexander Other fun fact: My dad's name is Philip less fun fact: I'm 31

@orcabeast8006

Ай бұрын

You’ve only got one year left man… R.I.P

@wilhelmbuzzkyll

Ай бұрын

You haven’t conquered the world yet so I think you’re safe from bodyguard assassination

@bork6506

Ай бұрын

Soon

@callnight1441

Ай бұрын

now complete the family and have two sons: one named Alexander and one named Herakles

@010101110100

Ай бұрын

Have you considered backpacking in Central Asia

I was curious to this question for some time. Thanks for making these videos, they are great.

One of the best videos you have ever made. Great work!

Love this channels humor.

@EEEEEEEE

Ай бұрын

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

The whelmed face on the chest plate is a phenomenal detail

@mightywurlitzer

Ай бұрын

Is that from another video? I don't remember seeing it

@anderskorsback4104

Ай бұрын

I suspect it's meant to be Medusa. Anyway, detail like that is peak History Matters.

I love the videos of ancient history, it’s very refreshing

I am glad for finally made a video about Classical history. You should make more videos on ancient history because most of your videos seem to be about Early Modern or Modern history.

Didn’t have the financial backing of James Bissonette, Kelly Moneymaker, and Spinning Three Plates of course.

@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508

Ай бұрын

If anyone can get the power of all 3 at once, they can become unstoppable,unmoored, uncaged, downright unreasonable

@ecurewitz

Ай бұрын

Don’t forget Words on Books Podcast

@balabanasireti

Ай бұрын

Boooring

@vrextar

2 күн бұрын

@@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508 The Triforce of History Matters.

Imagine if he would've conquered all of the Mediterranean after Persia. He'd be known as "Alexander the Slightly Greater" and that Oliver Stone movie would've been even painfully longer!

@silentecho92able

Ай бұрын

they gonna need a part 2 for it.

@analander9222

23 күн бұрын

There's really no reason to believe the rest of the Mediterranean would fold like Persia. I mean first he need to break through Carthaginian navy at least

"*Sparta was just there being difficult*" a great summary of Greek history right there

@neutronalchemist3241

28 күн бұрын

Sparta was considered a joke at this point. He didn't personally take it just out of respect for its past. That also explains his expansion eastward. He grew up in the myth of the Persian wars. Alexander's regent, taking care of Macedon, assembled a spare army and defeated Sparta while Alexander was away invading Persia....turning Sparta into a vassal state.

0:34 "Except for Sparta, which was just there being difficult." Love it. Could also sum up the plot of 300 in a single sentence. Edit to add: This video had so many gems. Thanks for this one!

@Intranetusa

Ай бұрын

Sparta was considered a joke at this point. Alexander's regent taking care of Macedon took a spare army and defeated Sparta while Alexander was away invading Persia....turning Sparta into a vassal state.

@neutronalchemist3241

28 күн бұрын

He didn't personally take Sparta just out of respect for its past. That also explains his expansion eastward. He grew up in the myth of the Persian wars.

Interesting piece of trivia about how Alexander became a Jewish name: "...Shimon HaTzaddik then took Alexander the Great on a tour of the Holy Temple. Alexander, impressed, wished to donate gold to have an image of himself placed in the Holy Temple so that he would be immortalized. Shimon demurred, saying that it was forbidden for the Jews to have graven images, and certainly not in the Temple. He suggested that he instead give the gold to the poor. And as for memorializing the occasion, Shimon suggested an even better way: all male kohanim born that year would be named “Alexander.” Alexander liked the idea, and the Jews, who were very thankful to Alexander for all that he did for them, including sparing the Holy Temple from destruction, gratefully named their children after him. Thus, the name Alexander forever became a Jewish name."

@lrw6447

Ай бұрын

That’s pretty cool actually

@EvilEgg331

Ай бұрын

Where is that quote from?

@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415

Ай бұрын

​@@EvilEgg331 Ward.

@Brasswatchman

Ай бұрын

So he didn't just spare Israel from a rampage, but respected the local culture, gave money to the poor, and -- best of all -- went west and never came back. No wonder they liked him so much.

@ferretyluv

Ай бұрын

I never thought of it as a Jewish name. I always associated it with Greeks and Scotland.

I am genuinely amused and thrilled to hear about "Alexander the notable" going on to "conquer the afterlife". Splendid work as always! :D

You made the video so comedic. It's Perfect!

Thx! I was not curious enough to do the research, but still was curious about it though

1:21 "...thereby becoming Alexander 'the okay.'" Lmao

@makarabaduk1754

Ай бұрын

If you name your child "Alexander the Adequate" they are bound to overcompensate.

@ecurewitz

Ай бұрын

So much better than Alexander the meh

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Indeed

@zimriel

5 күн бұрын

"Great King" was at the time regarded as a title of the Iranian shah, so Alexander could not call himself "great" and be taken seriously until he had secured the whole of Iran. That's the historical truth behind the joke (which is a good joke precisely because there's truth in it).

@zimriel

5 күн бұрын

*sidenote: I understand that Antiochus III reconquered a lot of Iran to the point of making the Parthians into vassals, so he styled himself "the Great" too. Which was not recognised in Rome; although Rome did allow that Alexander had been Magnus.

Absolutely love the (possibly unintentional) coordination between History Matters and Jack Rackam on posting Alexander the Great videos on the same day

2 history videos on alexander from 2 history channels in 24 hours? This is awesome!!

we enjoy all your episodes please dont stop love it

Summarized: He was too busy with Persia, lacked knowledge on Rome, and kicked the bucket very early.

@JacobPaul-ix7oc

Ай бұрын

Daniel 8 1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. 5 And as I was considering, behold, *an he goat came from the west* on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 *Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken;* and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down. 12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. 20 *The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.* 21 *And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.* (Alexander the Great) 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. (Lysimachus, Ptolemy I, Cassander, Seleucus I Nicator.) 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. (Antiochus Epiphanes) 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Antiochus Epiphanes dies of illness.) 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

Surprised, there isn't a Jack Rackham collab since you two posted the same topic on the same day.

@Dyknown

Ай бұрын

Something something James Bisonette something something. Still that is one strange coinkidink

@therwfer

Ай бұрын

I believe in coincidences, they happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences.

@MatthewTheWanderer

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I was watching Jack Rackam's (no h) video when this one came up in my notifications. Since neither of them mention the other one, I have to assume it was just a weird coincidence.

@Mystral42

Ай бұрын

@@therwfer Garak quote FTW

It was great as always, perfect👍

Another amazing video

I love how you're basically referring to alexander's nickname the same way blue from OSP does

If history matters did another video about Albania he would call it "the land where every bunker ever was" Edit Alexander the notable is very notable

@emmiannon1266

Ай бұрын

He did a video about albania in relation to its soviet and chinese relations where he mentioned the bunkers

@user-jm3qr5bv4m

Ай бұрын

I know but if he did ANOTHER

Love the video as always! Small nerdy correction: after the battle of Leuktra in 371 Sparta lost Messenia and was only half the shown size at 00:37

I see someone else is a fan of overlysarcastic productions. Incredible that you once again managed to find your niche on such a heavily covered topic,epic as ever!

I always love your videos man

I like how Alexander's titles steadily escalate.

been a while since i laughed out loud at these, good one sir good one

“It was time to get stabbed to death” had me absolutely rolling. Hilarious. 😂 Your videos are generally great, but this one was exceptionally funny and fun.

Cam you do a video about The an lushan rebellion

@luket.9113

Ай бұрын

That'd be cool. I'm for that.

@username.exenotfound2943

Ай бұрын

he used to do 10 mins videos so a 10 min video on the an lushan rebellion would have been great

Alexander, being the giga-chad he was, saw into the future where Rome conquered all. He respected the grindset and headed east.

Excellent video ❤

I love this channel because every time I see a new video title, my first thought is always, “That’s a great question.”

James Bissonette was too busy advising him

Could you do a short documentary on Sweden in the great northern war?

@wilhelmbuzzkyll

Ай бұрын

you stole my pfp

@quandangle9397

Ай бұрын

@@wilhelmbuzzkyll Nuh uh. YOU stole my pfp

You and jack rackam both doing alexander vids today.... epic

Please do a video about the forgotten overseas territories of Sweden!🙏(I'm subbed to you)

I've always wondered what the relationship between rome and Alexander was but never thought about it for more than a moment. Ty

@TheAdmirableAdmiral

Ай бұрын

Rome was an up and coming backwater and the Greek states were well established. Its why Pyrrhus of Epirus tried to conquer rome and despite winning many victories could never conquer all of southern italy. Also remember a failed expedition to italy is what bankrupted Athens in the Pelopenesian war. Italy was to the Greeks what Germany was to the Romans.

@ChronosHellas

28 күн бұрын

@@TheAdmirableAdmiralThe Athenian expedition has nothing to do with Italic tribes nor Rome. The Athenians attacked Syracuse which was Greek.

@TheAdmirableAdmiral

28 күн бұрын

@@ChronosHellas hmmm you maybe right. for some reason I assumed Pyrus was associated with the Sicilian expedition but I could be off by a few hundred years. thanks for the perspective.

Two Alexander videos in one day? What a conquest!

Very good vid!

Wonderful video :)) true character development seen from Alexander :))

If Alexander had gone west, and conguered italy, do you think we would had seen another succesor state in italy like the once in the east Antigonid Macedonia, Attalid Pergamum, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt and what would that have changed

@bobmcbob49

Ай бұрын

I don't think there would've ever been a Roman Empire if Alexander encountered the Republic.

@MaXiMoS54

Ай бұрын

You would see a successor Carthage, I doubt Alexander would have resources to take Rome after or the interest.

Could you do a second part where you explain his conquests in the afterlife?

Really good ❤

You've got the greatest intro on KZread.

Because Rome was practically nothing in Italy alone much less compared to the MASSIVE Prize that is the Persian Empire

I died laughing when you said Alexander the okay😂😂

This sets up a good background of what was going on in this part of the world at this time, giving interesting context to Oversimplified's ongoing Punic War series.

Very good, thanks

James Bissonette was living there at the time.

Pyrrhus of Epirus kinda tried and was successful,until he wasn't for winning but losing too much,coining the term pyrrhic victory

Fascinating!

When i need a laugh, I watch one of your shorts, because they are comedic gold.

Short answer. West of greece were only unworthy barbarisns, while east of greece were half-worthy barbarians 😅

James bizonette told him not to

Finally this is the video we needed

My god I love this KZreadr.

What happened to the the Orthodox Church during the Soviet Union?

@010101110100

Ай бұрын

Good question but the answer is kind of boring. They weren’t destroyed but kept p quiet. The CCCP didn’t dare to have anti-Christian pogroms

@richardstephens5570

Ай бұрын

@@010101110100 Not as boring as you say. In 1995 a Russian commission(Headed by Alexander Yakovlev) stated that 200,000 Russian Orthodox priests, monks and nuns had been killed under Soviet rule. Thousands of churches had been destroyed.

@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621

5 күн бұрын

Nothing changed. Russian patriarch Kiril is a Kgb agent approved by Putin.

But what if Alexander had lived longer? He was only 32. He might have gotten around to Rome at some point.

More videos about antiquity please 🤩

Great channel

So after all that time history matters finally reveled us that there were five Alexanders and not one Alexander III Alexander The Okey Alexander The Pretty Good Alexander The Notable Alexander The Great

Greek guy here. We say "Philip" the English way, not the French way. Technically, we say "Philippos", stressed on the first sylabble. It means "friend of horses" or, more acurrately, "he who loves horses".

The subtle references to death make an interesting change from the normal *thud* =drops to the ground animation= in previous videos.

Yess some pre-Roman History Matters content!

Seems like a question for people without even a basic, rough understanding of the timeline of Classical Greece and the Roman Republic.

New video idea: When the British won the 7 years war, why were there more French descended people in Canada than in the regions west of the Appalachian mountains?

@ianpatterson6552

Ай бұрын

Cos the latter was but sparsely populated then, the Alleghany Proclamation prevented the 13 colonies from expanding west into ‘Indian’ Country. One of the causes of the War of Independence.

@scockery

Ай бұрын

One does not simply walk into Appalachia. Its Black Peaks are guarded by more than just Indians. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.

@jakarnilson

Ай бұрын

It was mainly due to the policies of New France. The French government, for more than a century, was focused on transplanting the rural feudal system along the shores of the Saint Lawrence up to the split with the Ottawa river. The lands to the West were left mainly to the fur trade, and thus were not developed further than trading and defensive outposts. The fact that the St. Lawrence was frozen half the year did also hinder the back and forth with the metropole, which slowed down the growth compared to the British colonies further South on the coastline.

Brilliant Explanation 👏. I've binge watched all your videos in. I would love to collaborate with you. Do you need any help with scriptwriting and research?

James Bisonette ❤

Brazil

@jesucristobostero3287

Ай бұрын

is being destroyed by lula

@generalbenjaminarrola340

Ай бұрын

👍

Wow, for the first time since I follow this channel I had thought about it too, quite recently actually.

Thanks!

@EmptyShark

Ай бұрын

Dude donated and havent received a single like. This is prob my first time seeing something like this. Anyway, take my like and reply.

TLDR: Asia was the center of the civilized world, and it wasn’t worth anyone’s effort to go conquer the dingy backwaters of Europe.

Philip of Macedon: “You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city." The Spartans: “If.”

@zenzenulous2243

Ай бұрын

and then philip invaded and sparta was forced to cede territory, so sparta kinda just talked shit, got hit, and stayed irrelevant until the last gasp of Cleomenes III

@DominionSorcerer

Ай бұрын

Philip took that if as a personal dare and made the Spartans regret saying it. They just had a better PR guy.

@thorskjelver8564

Ай бұрын

wonder how that went for them

@charliefarmer4365

Ай бұрын

@@zenzenulous2243 I thought he just… didn’t attack them?

@ianpatterson6552

Ай бұрын

Hence the word Laconic as Sparta was/is in Laconia.

Ya know, it's silly how good these videos actually are.

Its incredible to think that it was a mere 50 years later that Rome began to expand more and start to take shape. Crazy to think what might have been

@TheAdmirableAdmiral

Ай бұрын

It took Rome around 250 years to go from free from Etruscans to quelling Samnites, to unifying the peninsula. it was a very long process

Boy, Alexander the James Bissonette sure had a lot of titles, didn't he?

TLDW: Rome wasn't very important

@aleger620

6 күн бұрын

And main reason, nor very rich too 😂

You know this channel has been going for a long time when Charles I is a supporter.

there is one reason not mentioned here: the greek way of doing war, with a phalanx formation supported by cavalry, was very suitable for fighting in large open plains, where maneuvering such a large, continuous and rigid formation is fairly straightforward. which is an issue when you're trying to conquer the Apennine peninsula, which is mostly a land of highlands, hills and valleys. another reason is that, while none of the tribes on the Apennine peninsula would have been able to stand against alexanders forces, the prospect of them unifying against him would have been a real threat to him.

Rome was nothing at this point