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Short History of Ancient Greece
A short history of Ancient Greece, from the arrival of the first Greeks in the Bronze Age all the way to the Roman conquests in the first century BCE.
If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae
Sources:
Herodotus, “Histories”
Thucydides, "History of the Peloponnesian War"
Hesiod, "Theogony"
Sarah B. Pomeroy, "A Brief History of Ancient Greece"
Thomas R. Martin, “Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times”
Anthony Everitt, "The Rise of Athens"
Special thanks to:
tjcold, Ayen Logic
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Theogony
02:48 - Geography
04:31 - Bronze Age
08:33 - Bronze Age Collapse
10:24 - Greek Dark Ages
12:58 - Archaic age
16:30 - Rise of Sparta
17:52 - Rise of Athens
20:10 - Persian wars
23:10 - Athenian Hegemony
24:15 - Peloponnese War
29:53 - Spartan Hegemony
31:24 - Theban Hegemony
33:27 - Rise of Macedonia
37:29 - Alexander the Great
44:14 - Hellenistic Period
49:28 - Roman Conquest
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Відео

Siege of Saguntum - Start of the Second Punic War #22
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After a disagreement with the Romans, the Punic general Hannibal Barca sieges Saguntum and thus starts the Second Punic War. If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae Sources: Polybius, "The Histories" Livy, “From the Founding of the City, Book 21” Dexter Hoyos, "Hannibal's Dynasty" Adrian Goldsworthy, "The Fall of Carthage" Anthony Everitt, “The R...
Barcids in Spain - The Conquest of Iberia
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Following the disastrous Mercenary War, Hannibal Barca set off for Spain. There he carved out a new Carthaginian Empire. Silver and manpower acquired in these years would prepare Carthage for another clash with Rome. If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae Sources: Polybius, "The Histories" Dexter Hoyos, "Hannibal's Dynasty" Dexter Hoyos, "Cartha...
Interbellum - The Inevitable March Towards the Second Punic War #21
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Following the end of the First Punic War, both Carthage and Rome prepare for another showdown. If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae Sources: Polybius, "The Histories" Dio Cassius, "Roman History" Anthony Everitt, “The Rise of Rome” Adrian Goldsworthy, "The Fall of Carthage" Mike Duncan, "The History of Rome" Special thanks to: tjcold
Mercenary War - The Carthaginian Civil War
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After the end of the First Punic War, the Carthaginians found themselves in the midst of a Civil War. The mercenaries who served them loyally in Sicily rebelled and turned on their former employers. This war was so brutal that it's sometimes referred to as the "Truceless War". If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae Sources: Polybius, "The Histor...
First Punic War - Complete Story
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The complete story of the First Punic War. After an altercation over the city of Messana on Sicily, the Romans and the Carthaginians were embroiled in a conflict lasting twenty four years. The Romans had some success on land, but they were unable to take control of Sicily while the Carthaginians ruled the seas. The Romans, with no prior naval experience, had to take to the seas and battle it ou...
End of the First Punic War #20
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Following one of the greatest naval battles in history the Romans land in Africa and threaten Carthage directly. The invasion is ill-fated and the Carthaginians bounce back, following several Roman disasters. The most famous general of the war finally makes an appearance. If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae Sources: Polybius, "The Histories" ...
Battle of Cape Ecnomus - Largest Naval Battle in History #19
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During the First Punic War, one of the largest naval battle in history was fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians. Battle of Cape Ecnomus was fought off the coast of Sicily by the two largest fleets the powers had ever amassed. If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/magistravitae Sources: Polybius, "The Histories" Dio Cassius, "Roman History" Anthony...
Start of the First Punic War #18
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After an altercation over the city of Messana on Sicily, the Romans and the Carthaginians are embroiled in a conflict lasting twenty four years. The Romans have some success on land, but they are unable to take control of Sicily while the Carthaginians control the seas. The Romans have no other choice to build a fleet and challenge Carthaginian supremacy. If you enjoy our videos consider suppor...
Prelude to the First Punic War #17
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After the conquest of Magna Graecia the Romans came into contact with the greatest power in the Mediterranean, Carthage. Tense political situation in Sicily is made even worse with the death of Agathocles of Syracuse. Rogue mercenaries from Campania serve as a spark that would ignite a conflict for the supremacy of Mediterranean, lasting over a century. If you enjoy our videos consider supporti...
Pyrrhic War - First Greco-Roman War #16
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When Romans started encroaching on the territory of Greek colonies in Magna Grecia, a capable military commander was summoned to help them. This was Pyrrhus of Epirus, cousin of Alexander the Great. Although Pyrrhus would win several battles against the Roman, each of those victories would put him in a worse position. If you enjoy our videos consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ma...
Samnite Wars - How Rome Conquered Italy
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Samnite Wars are a series of three conflicts between the Romans and the Samnites starting in 343 BCE and lasting until 290 BCE. During these wars Rome rose from a regional power in Latium to the chief power in Italy conquering vast swathes of territory in the process. The Samnites were often joined by Etruscans and the Gauls, and Rome was on the brink of defeat several times. But Rome was nothi...
Third Samnite War - History of Rome #15
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Following the Second Samnite War, Rome held the upper hand. Samnites, Umbrians, Gauls and Etruscans joined together to try and stop the Roman legions. Ultimate fate of the peninsula will be decided by the largest battle fought in Italy at that time. Sources: Livy, “From the Founding of the City” Polybius, "The Histories" Dio Cassius, "Roman History" Anthony Everitt, “The Rise of Rome” Mary Bear...
End of the Second Samnite War - History of Rome #14
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End of the Second Samnite War - History of Rome #14
Second Samnite War - History of Rome #13
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Second Samnite War - History of Rome #13
Roman Military Reforms - Roman Maniple Explained #12
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Roman Military Reforms - Roman Maniple Explained #12
Latin War - History of Rome #11
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Latin War - History of Rome #11
First Samnite War - History of Rome #10
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First Samnite War - History of Rome #10
Second Founding of Rome - History of Rome #9
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Second Founding of Rome - History of Rome #9
Gallic Sack of Rome - History of Rome #8
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Gallic Sack of Rome - History of Rome #8
Fall of the Etruscans - History of Rome #7
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Fall of the Etruscans - History of Rome #7
Cincinnatus - History of Rome #6
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Cincinnatus - History of Rome #6
Twelve Tables of Roman Law - History of Rome #5
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Twelve Tables of Roman Law - History of Rome #5
Conflict of the Orders - History of Rome #4
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Conflict of the Orders - History of Rome #4
Rise of the Republic - History of Rome #3
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Rise of the Republic - History of Rome #3
Seven Kings of Rome - History of Rome #2
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Seven Kings of Rome - History of Rome #2
Founding of Rome - History of Rome #1
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Founding of Rome - History of Rome #1

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Sonderkagrfarzueg
    @Sonderkagrfarzueg Годину тому

    Thank you sooooooo much for making this video, i never really understood greek history that much and stuff like how Athens was the capital if Athens lost the Peloponisian wars, you really are a hero

  • @richtofu8665
    @richtofu8665 3 години тому

    You def deserve more subscribers bro. These are top notch

  • @Rene-Channel
    @Rene-Channel 6 годин тому

    i can aprove! it was trully short :D

  • @Vv-gk4cu
    @Vv-gk4cu 11 годин тому

    You should continue the story of Greeks with a short four hour long video describing Byzantium, Ottoman Era, Modern Greece, WWI, WWII, Junta period.

  • @Vv-gk4cu
    @Vv-gk4cu 12 годин тому

    It's sad that, even today, one of the most beloved activities among Greeks seems to be fighting with each other.

  • @tonysoldan
    @tonysoldan 13 годин тому

    Amazing job you did there. It was brief, but contained all the important details and events of ancient Greek history. Kudos, I’m impressed!! Keep it up brother!

  • @HzWn
    @HzWn 18 годин тому

    here before all the bulgarians claiming alexander was from fyrom

  • @KarlPHorse
    @KarlPHorse День тому

    I know that si-klo-pees is probably the correct, Greek, way of pronouncing cyclops, but it still catches me off guard every time you say it, lol.

    • @MagistraVitae
      @MagistraVitae 23 години тому

      Sy-kloh-peez (spelled Cyclopes) is the correct, English, way of pronouncing the plural of the singular cyclops (pronounced sy-klops). In Greek cyclops is pronounce as Kýklōps and cyclopes as Kýklōpes. Cyclopes sounds weird and foreign because it's a borrowing from French. Cyclopses version, which follows English plural convention, is much less used but would have sounded less weird.

  • @ValentinJoTDapoc
    @ValentinJoTDapoc День тому

    Thank you for this video!!!!! I like Greek History and this is a great video for learning about it

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 День тому

    0:29, all except Paris, he’s a cowardly little shit.

  • @giannisnikoloudakis5647
    @giannisnikoloudakis5647 День тому

    Great video!

  • @carstengrooten3686
    @carstengrooten3686 День тому

    At what point did the Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily get independence?

  • @alexbush2884
    @alexbush2884 День тому

    There are many renditions of these myths. Premethius had a brother Epimethius that both created man because Eros, Cupid, felt something was needed. It was not Zeus

  • @danimalplanet18
    @danimalplanet18 День тому

    The narration is an exact copy of Mike Duncan's "The History of Rome" - but I like the fact that it's paired with visuals

  • @KastoriaPaok
    @KastoriaPaok День тому

    Amazing video, as a Greek Macedonian I really appreciated it! I even learned a few new interesting things. Congrats!👏🎉

  • @RomanDummyOfficial
    @RomanDummyOfficial День тому

    7:30 Linear A was also a Greek language. By now, around 40-60% of the language has beem encripted and it all points to the fact that it was Greek

  • @jpandjlgaming5579
    @jpandjlgaming5579 2 дні тому

    Isn’t Eros a child of Aphrodite

  • @AngelTyr333
    @AngelTyr333 2 дні тому

    if you also told the details of my nation's history you would get more views and likes

  • @phobruh
    @phobruh 2 дні тому

    Great video!

  • @AlbanianLanguageofGods
    @AlbanianLanguageofGods 2 дні тому

    They all Illyrians same people. More lies in history to misguide people. Get the facts straight. Mount Tartarus is located in Albania still today. And the language was illyristi in greece macedonia romania bosnia croatia slovenia all the way to the gauls also anatolia all the way to iran. Let me tell you a fact about todays greek language, the greek language used to be the church language in medieval times. The tzar of russia Catherine the great had a major project in the 1770 for greece so that russia had a hand in the balkans. Her goal was to kick out all non orthodox people out of greece. And they achieved it.When greece won the independence in 1828 with the Albanians in the frontlines, all the people in the streets were speaking albanian. When the first president of greece came to power they put a vote in the parliament what language would they speak albanian or greek and they won by 1 vote by cheating like the greeks are known in the world for. It is mind boggling that illyrians are not even mentioned in these history videos, definitely there is a conspiracy for when the history starts according to these fake historians.

  • @Zombiepapr
    @Zombiepapr 2 дні тому

    Homer?

  • @CountryGamesBra
    @CountryGamesBra 2 дні тому

    How do you do your maps?

  • @andrewvanorden2336
    @andrewvanorden2336 2 дні тому

    The fire sound effect around 10 minutes in reminds me of the fire sound effect from this old game on super Nintendo called Populous. Whenever your knight would win a fight in a building he would burn it down afterwards. God, i miss that game

  • @Somejaun
    @Somejaun 2 дні тому

    Nice casual 4.5 thousand years of history in one hour

  • @lestergreen2828
    @lestergreen2828 2 дні тому

    Awesome video bro. From what I understand they’re still trying to piece together exactly where the Dorians came from but like the other Mycenaean groups, they seem to be mostly of indo European stock compared to the Minoans who were mostly Neolithic Anatolian farmer like modern Sardinians. Although I like Roman history better (especially the late republic early imperial period), I’m definitely starting to appreciate the Greeks more.

    • @MagistraVitae
      @MagistraVitae 2 дні тому

      Thank you! According to recent scientifiic research (Lazaridis, I., Mittnik, A., Patterson, N. et al. Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Nature 548, 214-218 (2017).), the ancient Mycenaeans and Minoans were most closely related to each other, and they both got aproximately three-quarters of their DNA from early farmers who lived in Greece and Anatolia. Both cultures additionally inherited genes from people from the eastern Caucasus. The Mycenaeans (as you correctly stated) did have an important difference: They had DNA from a second wave of people from the Eurasian steppe, who came to mainland Greece, but didn't reach Crete; these were the Indo-Europeans who brought the Greek language. About Rome and the Greeks I feel pretty much the same, however the Roman series is continuing full steam ahead.

    • @lestergreen2828
      @lestergreen2828 День тому

      @@MagistraVitae that makes sense. Thanks for explaining that! Looking forward to more videos. Your channel is awesome

  • @evanman1011
    @evanman1011 2 дні тому

    Excellent presentation!

  • @disputedname
    @disputedname 2 дні тому

    What were the censor boxes covering?

  • @militolionheart
    @militolionheart 2 дні тому

    bro do you now the history alexander is from Macedonia not Greece

  • @ehk5948
    @ehk5948 2 дні тому

    Your stuff is so good. I hope you're able to go into Alexander's conquests in more detail. His rivalry with Darius is very interesting.

  • @ilijafidanovski8644
    @ilijafidanovski8644 2 дні тому

    Macedonia have nothing with Greece

  • @_solitario_3720
    @_solitario_3720 2 дні тому

    little error at the 0.09 of the video. epeiros was not subdued by macedon, they were allied in a marriage.

  • @DiomedesDioscuro
    @DiomedesDioscuro 2 дні тому

    Romans were not proud of their democracy because they didn't have one and didn't pretend to have one, did they?

  • @grimmslytheghoul6950
    @grimmslytheghoul6950 2 дні тому

    I like how the Spartans choose to walk to Syracuse.

  • @MeanBeanComedy
    @MeanBeanComedy 3 дні тому

    This was incredible. Fabtastic job. Top-notch!

  • @Sebastian-oe3jn
    @Sebastian-oe3jn 3 дні тому

    let’s kiss (no homer)

  • @Nervii_Champion
    @Nervii_Champion 3 дні тому

    Eros is a male god 😂 "Eros, the god of love who makes men's bodies go limp" Sparta: "The Theban Sacred Band and Athenians must be very fond of him." Lol

  • @roscoehilton8091
    @roscoehilton8091 3 дні тому

    Volcanic Eruption at Thera (Santorini) as cause in part, to the "Bronze Age Collapse"?

    • @MagistraVitae
      @MagistraVitae 2 дні тому

      Thera erupted around 1600 BCE, long before the collapse. The one we are reffering to is the Hekla 3 eruption on Iceland.

  • @heitorfontenele2041
    @heitorfontenele2041 3 дні тому

    Mas afinal se você fala inglês quieta o vídeo não tem dublagem para português e outras línguas

  • @something4179
    @something4179 3 дні тому

    9:32 Failed? Troy fell my boy. Come on you do silly mistakes now. You made an essay video and you do such mistakes? So in the Iliad the Hellenes did not razed Troy, atleast let us know if you are going into your own headcannon.

  • @ducksongfans
    @ducksongfans 3 дні тому

    i remember lots of this from the books of Maccabees

  • @Ξέρειςαπόβέσπα

    MACEDONIA IS GREECE 🇬🇷

  • @ChargeCity
    @ChargeCity 3 дні тому

    Macedonia is Greek

    • @Emperorchoochoo
      @Emperorchoochoo 3 дні тому

      Does that mean the Macedonia language is a form of greek

  • @mirjanaivankovic2656
    @mirjanaivankovic2656 3 дні тому

    Amazing job dude, you have to be one of if not the most underrated history or even mapping channel on yt at the moment. I got a feeling that you will become one of the biggest ones in the near future if you keep up with this type of content so good luck man, and thanks for theese epic videos!!

  • @Balkenkreuz-m6l
    @Balkenkreuz-m6l 3 дні тому

    Thank you magistra vitae for giving me this full compiled history of greece. I always liked greek history as its history is repeating itself but on a very large scale. The war of ideologies and fame, honestly speaking I only knew about the bronze age collapse, alexander's conquest,ptolomic egypt's collapse under the romans and byzantines. Archaic history, peloponession wars,thermopylae were things I heard but never learnt about. I always stay obsessed with rome the greek power struggle is the peak of ideological warfare.

  • @iattacku2773
    @iattacku2773 3 дні тому

    Never thought I would see two globes have sexy time

  • @liftedmarco4976
    @liftedmarco4976 3 дні тому

    At 42:00 it’s cool you say Iranian not Persian.

  • @David_is_devil
    @David_is_devil 3 дні тому

    It is strange that noone ever mentions that most cities of Greece are built on goundation of non indoeuropean people pelasgians.

    • @egyptwasblack2
      @egyptwasblack2 День тому

      Yes, the black African Pelasgians

    • @David_is_devil
      @David_is_devil День тому

      @egyptwasblack2 if they were black, im chinese emperor then... If you have no real history stop stealing it.

    • @egyptwasblack2
      @egyptwasblack2 День тому

      @@David_is_devil Genetics has spoken. modern Greeks carry black African alleles and haplogroup EV13, cluster with blacks on HLA tests... The black Egyptian danaids understood the language of the Pelasgians... Scientist Antonio Arnaiz confirmed it. Stay mad

  • @sinaonur2658
    @sinaonur2658 3 дні тому

    And entered into Turco-Greco-Roman era

  • @febotto1899
    @febotto1899 3 дні тому

    I was missing magistra vitae the last couple weeks, but it was totally worth it!! Would you consider making a video about the bronze age collapse?👀

    • @MagistraVitae
      @MagistraVitae 2 дні тому

      Maybe one day we'll get around to the Bronze Age, but we already have too much on our plate 🤣

    • @febotto1899
      @febotto1899 2 дні тому

      @MagistraVitae 😅😅🤣🤣

  • @Mattilainen45
    @Mattilainen45 3 дні тому

    Great video so far. Subbed :)