Alexander the Great: Mallian Campaign 326 BC
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2017
- Alexander's campaign in India after the Battle of the Hydaspes and his journey back to Babylonia.
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You know your army is loyal when rather than retreating they fight harder to avenge your "death"
And just sometimes backstabbing and some killing attempts , so loyal
Bhomick Sharma when the Greeks feel things are too easy: they tie one arm behind their backs and use the other to nail themselves in the balls a few times. Just to make it exciting.
ZeroGravity And then you reward them by crossing a desert for fun
Four Es The greatest? Have you seen Greece recently?? The entire country is broke!!
ZeroGravity and still he march them through Gedrosian sand shithole to prove he's greater than Cyrus
Imagine getting shot through the lung, having surgery performed, and surviving..... in 326 BC. Wow.
Then came jesus and all surgeries were replaced with PRAYER
The messianic movement was around the 60's AD and Rome was still flying high then. I don't know when surgery fell out of practice though. The Romans lasted in the west until the 5th century and in the east much much longer. I don't know if they still kept these methods alive.
they probably stopped in 4th century when christianity was official religion and it was forbbiden to open human body...and that lasted until age of enlighment
sorry for late response
Imagine being 3 and never having a vaccine
@@djozzy92 Wow, more than a 1000 years of superstitions and ignorance and yet religion especially islam is still going strong. People are just not thinking for themselves, too scared and easy to manipulate.
Poor Thracians. They were like, "Hey, we've marched for a year, Alex, but we're finally here!"
"Oh yeah, sorry bros, we're going back home, wanna come?"
"Aw come on!"
Thrachians were most loyal people in the army and greeks were most disloyal... Thrachains and Illirians were not greeks while macedonians were combination of thrachians and illyrians themselfs but not greeks
@@antondavidoff150 Are you having a stroke? The bs you're spitting is painful to read
@@y.r._ Truth is painful for many
@@antondavidoff150 I love how idiots always talk garbage, and then get onto their high horse to speak about how everyone else "doesn't understand the truth".
@@y.r._ So from what i ve said has been a lie ?
Most historians' say he marched his army through the desert as a punishment for wanting to go back home
key buckley both choices would make them died too, ofc the army would take chances to cross the desert rather facing another war.
exactly my thoughts..
Taking a chance crossing the desert to avoid a potential battle does sound like a plausible reason.
Vosloff But that's out of character of what Alexander always been doing on his conquest. It most likely not due to that reason.
Petra Marbun: We may never know the specific reason(s) why Alexander chose to take his detachment across the desert. Whatever the theories are, if there's one thing I believe a lot of us can agree on, is that crossing the Gedrosian is definitely not a good idea, considering how much he lost his men.
can you make series of hannibal like you did to the Alexander
Histora civla already did that
Ptolemys were 2000 years before fascism wtf are you on
"Hannibal, my son, promise to always be an enemy of Rome."
I would like to see the start of Carthege when the Phoenicians first arrived. And of course why they fled.
I would like to see the battle of Grunwald
after all those campaigns , all those men died in the desert because Alexander had to be petty
they've died because they forced him to go back, I wonder if he did that on purpose as an punishment for saying no to a god?
Well duh.. but he though himself as one
He thought it would be another fun adventure
Those men should have killed themselves as soon as they were adults. I should too and everyone should. This world is nothing but suffering.
Stop it, get some help.
Great video as always, and an unfortunate end to Alexander's campaign.
Griff
Shame they didn't mention any of Alaxander's non-conquest ambitions. His to do list also included, circumnavigate Africa, Establish contact with the Celts (probably for trade rather then conquest), colonize Italy, as well as several building projects (all in his honor naturally).
Oh look it's a fucking idiot who doesn't know anything about history, what a fucking surprise. First off, learn what "revisionist" even means, because speculation and theory crafting are not revisionism.
The reason he wouldn't conquer the Celts is one, the Celts are WAY to far out of the way. Two, there isn't anything to conqueror outside a few tiny villages, and the Greek colony of Marseille on the coast. Any annexation of the region would be more a colonization effort then a conquest. Three, there were other things in more close proximity he would want to focus on, such as Carthage (which was on his to do list), and Italy which was already in the process of being colonized.
The fact you just assume I'm a Celtic white shows how petty of an individual you are. I'm not Celtic, I didn't grow up in a Celtic community, and even if I was, it wouldn't change my opinion. Why do you think someone's ancestry would matter in the slightest? Are you that pathetic that you think people even care about something as insignificant as where their grandparents came from when looking at history?
The Celts though weren't any more primitive then the Greeks. Their metalworking rivaled Rome's when they were conquered, and they even had plate armor that medieval knights would envy. Cultures develop differently, yeah they didn't have sewer systems, or stone architecture, but they did have superior furnaces, and excellent craftsmanship compared to the people around them. The only "primitives" at this time in European history would arguably be the proto-slavs, but the only thing we know about them is from bias sources coming from the Amber Road, so even then it's likely they are just being demonized by the early Baltic peoples.
elm er We can't ever be sure if he was murdered, but is possible. Alexander's behavior was growing increasingly erratic at the time of his death. He didn't take advice anymore, he was incredibly arrogant and started demanding displays of subservience from old friends, and he'd had several close comrades executed on dubious charges of disloyalty. His companions and courtiers were probably very concerned for their own heads.
He was also forcing his men to do things they hated like marry Persian women and bring locals into his administration. This was anathema to the ancient Macedonians and Greeks, who had a superiority complex to rival fantasy elves.
Finally, ancient Macedonian court culture was extremely (and literally) cutthroat, even by ancient standards. Assassinations and scheming was commonplace. In fact, it's possible that Alexander's own dad, Phillip, was murdered by Alexander's mom so her son because she was afraid Phillip would name another son as his heir.
Of course, it's also easily possible that Alexander's body finally gave out after so many wounds and nights of heavy drinking (which was a big part of Macedonian court culture; a king who couldn't drink his courtiers under the table was looked at funny). Ultimately, we'll never know how he died.
Also, as a previous person said, yes, Alexander was a douche. Being a great conqueror has no connection whatsoever to being a great person.
My view is that in the beginning the sodiers would all like him. But, his behavior changing and killing Craterus or Parmenion, who were of great importance to him, to the troops, to his father, and also direspecting Greek customs and starting perhaps to act as a Persian king and as godlike, and change the administration of the army (in which he had killed trusted and very successful generals) putting in people from the Persian state, or asking his soldiers and generals to live forever in Persia, would be more than enough of course for an assassination to be organized. But for a person in acient times drinking even water in Central Asia and India while having grown up in South Eastern Europe it would be very plausible to get very seriously ill by so many biological factors. Even now people get sick by drinking just water in far away countries and they many times have gotten vaccined from before. Especially during periods of very heavy drinking and bad temper as would be the period of going back to Babylon and also the period of Hepheastion's death.
As for Phillip's assassination there are also a lot of theories.
Anyway, so many theories. Even JFK's assassination in the 20th century does not have specific facts at the moment!
+innosanto he killed Clietus...a man he knew from the time he wss an infant...who is said to have saved Alexander's life at Granicus
I just want to say that it's curious that in most of your videos, the battles end with a king being killed and their army fleing "because the king has fallen". While in this one, upon hearing that Alexander fell, the macedonians reaction was not to retreat but to advance viciously exterminating everyone.
Damn, no wonder they conquered half the world...
Half the world in terms of population you mean?
It was all of the world back then
@@EL-oj6uq You do know that Persia directly controlled half the world's population right? [all the world]
@@arjungoli6434 For them it was most of the world and I ment the known world.
@@EL-oj6uq But amazingly he did conquer a huge chunk of the world population [50%]
Oh man... with today's sense of geography I can't even imagine how it felt to be that far. So much conquest, so many battles, conqueror of the known world. It's like your horizons are blown away by simply thinking about it if you are a simple man/soldier, and that guy is a conqueror of all.. and considering religious landscape back then? No wonder he thought to be blessed by gods.
Anybody else cringed at the Gedrosia Desert crossing bit? Unnecessary casualties just to satisfy one man's ego.
That's bullshit though, from his conquest of Greece to the crossing of the Gedrosian, everything Alexander did was to satisfy his ego. Did you cringe when he defeated Darius? When he put down the Greek Hegemons?
LAHFaust Okay. I get what you mean. I'm merely talking about the part where the boxes deteriorate as they cross the Gedrosia. Kinda grind my gears a bit seeing his troops died crossing the desert when there's other (relatively safe) options.
losing 20 000 men for his ego is rather nasty, though
I also cringed at the 8 years on campaign. Turning back at that time, those with Alexander from the beginning would have spent 25% of their expected lifespan on a single campaign. And he still wanted to continue. Alexander never would have turned back from campaigning if he was able. I consider Alexander to have been a piece of crap bastard. He can't just be satisfied conquering their mortal enemy Persia, he had to try and then take over the rest of the world. It's like he's one of those cliche villains from stories who always want to rule the world. It's not like everyone was invading his empire from every side. He was the aggressor, most of them were simply defending themselves, their families, and homes from a bloodthirsty tyrant.
Michael Jensen so what?
Imagine if he didn't succumb to sickness? Arabia, North Africa (including carthage), the italian peninsula... and who knows what else could've been under macedonian control and "greek-ified" like Bactria, Perisa, and Anatolia.
That would've changed the world and history... probably beyond recognition.
Some historians say Alexander was actually planning to go west and punish with a fleet being assembled when he reached home but too bad he died in Babylon
Totally, but war does horrible thing's to ones psyche. Constant war especially.
Horny Aleks I dont think they could have won against Rome.
The key weapon of Macedon was the Sarissa (pike), and Rome knew how to deal with it, actually, any chance of the greeks to invade Italy failed, like Pirro of Epiro. And Rome invaded Greece after that so...
Depends sure the Macedonians might get beaten the first time, but by that point in time they coud play the number game with Rome. "Oh you beat our first ten thousand men with spears. Alright then here's another twenty thousand, but this time we threw in a couple of elephants, specialised mercenaries..... oh and we just reinforced our naval blockade of your most important ports. If that's still too easy no worries we're already planning a third wave." Kind of overexagerated by me, but the amount of manpower and resources at the Macedonians their disposal would overrun Rome sooner or later. Remember the Roman republic was literally just parts of modern day Italy and some holdings in the Balkan by this point in time. Some of those holdings probably also preferred Macedonian control over Roman control.
There is nothing in arabia at that time, only bunch of desert tribes and scattered trade posts, it is more civilized & worth to conquer sudan than arabian peninsula.
Much of Alexander's motivation to push eastward was actually through the urging of his famous teacher, Aristotle, who keen to replace fantasy with fact, wanted to know the true limits of the world. Throughout his campaigns Alexander would send messengers back to Greece with reports of the terrain and samples of the local flora and fauna. Aristotle was especially interested in the legendary Indian plant that made honey (sugar cane).
Having suffered a punctured lung, I wonder if Alexander eventually succumbed to it. In my case, I felt fine and had no trouble breathing. But after three days in hospital, doctors found that air was escaping the rupture in very small amounts and was being trapped in my chest cavity. Again, I felt no pain (apart from the broken ribs that caused the puncture) but as each day passed, the affected lung got more and more compressed as the trapped air escaped into my chest, forming a pocket. After a week, doctors made an incision in my chest and inserted a stent to let the air escape and my lung reinflated. I can’t stress enough that I felt completely fine the whole week.
I’m no doctor, but is it possible Alexander - renowned for his toughness - carried on for over a year as his lung(s) got more and more compressed by air in his chest cavity until he expired?
It certainly didn't help but there were reports that he was fighting small scale battles again against mountain tribes after Hephastion's death and that his drinking was still pretty outrageous in terms of the quantities he drank. All of it can't have been good for his health or that of his lung in particular, either that or he had one hell of a good recovery. Hope your lung has recovered by the way.
Hope your lung recovered broo
I wonder what those tribes felt or were thinking when they saw these mysterious foreign invaders with long spears and bronze armor marching in disciplined formations through their lands. Must have been one hell of a sight......jeez
We're not tribes.
We're not some barbarians or uncivilised tribes.
We had our own weapons, spears, bronze armors, spears etc.
Yes, our armies were far less disciplined than Macedonian Armies. But, we knew what war was and what weapon and strategies are.
The Indian subcontinent was divided into hundreds of small kingdoms.
But, the biggest one, The Nanda Empire had 200,000 infantry men. And war was pretty common on the Indian subcontinent just like Europe.
@@curiousbengali6607 Of course, it's not like India was not steeped in rich history in and of itself and wasn't a grand civilization. I was just wondering as to how it would feel when two different civilizations meet eachother especially at the level of the daily normal people.
@@Dikranovski true. That would have been a sight of the lifetime.
Swapnanil Baidya Or, the end of a lifetime lol
@@Nick-ve1kg lol😂
Alexander The man the myth the legend
Quite literally.
Unlucky_kat OH MY GOD!!! HE TAKE THE ARROW TO THE CHEST!
Studio C refrence?
Unlucky_kat but a mad man.
From a certain perspective.
He lost a shit ton of his troops just because he felt lucky.
Those are not traits of a legendary general but of a young cocky king.
Michael Scofield they may not be but like it or not he's gone down in history as the definitive legendary general
That effect you guys had for Alexanders army crossing the desert was phenomenal. Those bits dropping off, like so many thirsty
soldiers.
Just imagine the amount of experience his soldiers had got, during 8 years of war. If he lived and attacked Rome, he would probably defeat the Romans easily.
I once saw 2 generals wargame a battle between Alexander's army and Hannibal's. (Hannibal won)
Yeah because the Romans were quite small back then
@@kentamitchell well that game is nothing make sense
@@adambednarek7146 Yeah that's true, but I was just saying that the romans were basically a city in that time
Rome was not even great then. Even macedonians back home could beat them. Even if you watch grecomacedonian wars you will see that greeks could have won if half if them didnt always ally with romans against the other half of the greeks.
I thank you for making this video, this is arguably the most overlooked chapter of Alexanders campaigns.
"To the strongest"
I Saw A Bear i was waiting for this comment
Epic last words trolling xD
According to his successors, who would benefit from such a claim since they later became kings themselves. It now appears that Alexander DID have a succession plan in his will; giving the entire empire to his son Alexander IV. Read 'The Last Testament of Alexander the Great' by David Grant.
Seleucid out of nowhere got most of it that's a true troll sneak
I have little respect for most of the successors to be honest. Eumenes and Nearchus were the only highlights really. Ptolemy warped the history so much to fit his own legitimacy it's insulting. Cassander...well...he was the son of Antipater...need I say more? haha
Man those are some battles any have never heard about before...Great stuff.Keep it up!!
11:57
Out of all of Alexander's officers, Selecus alone kept his wife.
Best Diadochi of his Empire.
Well, that's why his Seleucus empire stood upon the Persian land!
Excellent effort BazBattles!
Alexander's legacy is still very strong in Greece and your videos help us visualize what we have read and studied!
Keep up the the great work!
If Alexandros lived there would have never been a Roman Empire.
First time knowing this, scaling a keep by yourself and a handful of bodyguards is so bad ass. Alexander is definitely the greatest warrior king of all time.
This guy won his first battle at the age of 16 as a Commander(!) of his father's cavalry. He was not ordinary, neither his father.
Now Please do Wars of the Diadochi (The wars between Alexander's Generals after his death), and Phyrrus of Epirus.
@Claystead
Dude that is literally why I said only between his generals, and not their successors and sons.
Stannis TheKingWhoCared Phyrric victory my dudes.
@Claystead Kings & Generals does a great job covering all of the Wars of the Diadochi.
Nice to see you back!
Hey I know you V. Athanasiou, your the guy who got into the flame war that is Alexander the greek's parentage.
Jacob Vanderhoeven Yes, that's me. Remember: Any historical debate, especially the heated ones, is not for the past, but for the present and for the future ;)
V. Athanasiou I also see you frequently on the Great War channel
+Mohamed Sawan 👍
Ο Μ. Αλέξανδρος και το ποτό ΔΕΝ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΦΊΛΟΙ
Great! What series is next? Caesar's conquest of Gaul? What about something more modern like Napoleon?
Historia Civills already covers large part of Rome and Caesar so I would be up for a Napoleon campaign.
There are literally whole movies about them. I'm a massive Caesar fanboi so I already know a fuck ton about the guy. Even Napoleon. There's even a total war about him. So I actually want something from Asia. The Qin wars of unification. Or romance of the three kingdoms. Or the Mongol conquests(It's going to be a long one). Maybe the Sengoku jidai or the Genpei war might be good subjects.
Nice gatekeeping dude.
Napoleon would be an excercise in constant repetition of commonly known facts. I kinda understand the appeal, given how people often like to hear about stuff they already know, which translates into views. Trident anyone?:)
Still, I kinda miss "Visby approach" - ie. highlighting less known, though not necessarily less important, conflicts.
I would hope for stuff like Italian Wars, along with conflicts of German reformation. Or perhaps early Karlings? Spanish & Austrian succession? Hell, how about hussites!
On 2nd thought I think the series actually can go on. Covering the wars of the Diadochi. The wars was like the Sengoku Jidai of the middle east.
I just found your videos today @BazBattles and I'm hooked! 😎👍 The pace, tones & graphics set your videos apart from the rest. A+ 🏆🥇
Love the style and everything about how you present the battles. I love to binge watch in order. Please keep it up!
Just keeps on getting better and better, awesome vid as always!
Finally!!!! You have no idea how I look forward to your videos.
BAZ BATTLES are perhaps one of the greatest reasons why I love UA-cam.
Well done once again and you'll never have to stop because we won't mutiny.
Onward.
I love the production value on these videos. They look so good. One of my favorite channels on youtube
this is the most interesting video I have watched in a while.
Excellent video keep up the great work .
It would be nice to continue this "Alexander The Great" series by talking about battles in the wars of the diadochi and purrus' campaigns in italy . I would love to see something like this
FANTASTIC! One of the best graphic summaries of Alexander's campaigns in India I've ever seen. Well done!
Great video as always! Really appreciate the effort and research put into these videos.
Thank you so much!
He lived a short life, but God damn it was a full and successful one!
if you consider murdering hundreds of thousands of innocent people successful... sure...
@@LouSaydus not to mention insane to have his men walked through the desert
LouSaydus yes it was successful 2 bad he died he could have killed hundreds of thousands more
@@LouSaydus do u actually know the story behind the whole thing ? Do you even know what the Persians had done in Greece? He was filled with rage you can't blame him you rly can't
@@nonamenoname7249 you can always blame monstrous people for acting monstrously,.
They could make a video about two peasents fighting and it would still be interesting!
Great work! I watched again and again. And this is not only for this video but all of your videos.
Where has this channel been all my life? Excellent work, guys!
It's so sad to see the veteran soldiers who've been campaigning withh Alexander for a decade DIE FROM THIRST in a bloody desert in no mans land... What a disrespectful act of Alexander the Psycho... Imagine dying in the sand... The soldiers had so many stories to tell their kids and families, but no... Not like this...
A noble and worthy sacrafice
He did it as a punishment since his army refused to invade India
@@ubisons6161 That is what I heard too, that it was his wounded hubris that they would not march to the end of the world with him... would he have been disappointed when he reached the end of India only to learn there is so much more out there, including the titanic China.
How was is a punishment to his troops when he was marching right beside them lmao.
@@thegreekdeal4747 I am sure the common soldier got just as much food and water as Alexander, oh and a horse too. /s
Great video, vote for the Parthian campaign of Publius Ventidius Bassus for another video.
It is also quite an overlooked Roman campaign in the East.
I just got done binge watching all of Historia Civilis' stuff, for once youtube's algorithm was actually half decent and sent me here. I am not disappointed.
Hey Baz thanks for the video i really enjoyed it keep it up. i always keep an eye out for youre vids! Cheers
As the narrator of the 2 hour epic documentary, "Alexander the Great", on CuriosityStream (sorry to name drop) I thumbs up this presentation. :) Nice work Baz!
yo honestly thx for the name drop bc this is what I've been looking for ever since History & Discovery Channel "died" around 15 years ago
Great generals and whatnot always have that painful flaw of overextending themselves.
ZarquonZ I think the generals who do not take risks also don't achieve incredible accomplishments and are therefore not too well known in history
Yes, this is true. The world is too big for any one conqueror.
Frey Jepson Jews have accepted your challenge
Spiffy Brit money is not everything.
Frey Jepson I assume brits would know that now.
I just discovered your channel. Amazingly well done. I’ll be watching all videos.
Great videos! So well done. I’m excited to watch more of what you got. 🤘🤘
Slight error: Punjab is the area, Punjabi is the language... Awesome videos as usual!
BazBattles is the best strategy vid maker on UA-cam by far! And I've seen em all! Keep em coming!!!
Wow fantastic videos, I love the animations, it would be amazing to see more battles, as well as more strategic castle sieges visualized.
Well done!
First Video I've seen, I've got a lot of catching up to do! great vid man!
I hope that you also cover the wars of the diadochi. They are so interesting but very few people actually talk about that time period because they are mostly interested in rome and their wars with carthage
5:56 that probably encouraged Alexander, who was itching for a challenge.
Great video and explanation. Your voice is perfect: calm and clear. Tnx for sharing.
Superb video and absolutely loved the narration!
Alexander, seen as son of Zeus, the conqueror of this vast empire obeyed the will of his soldiers.
What other example of this relation between army and general do we have?
You know you are a great leader if your men slaughter whole city after you got shot by bowman
MegaMapper exacly, what would happen If It was not Alexander would be a mass retreat, wich where what happened at that time when the leader died the army simply rout. But Alexander was different from other leaders, he was Great
That arrow later on killed him
I don't consider people great when they invade multiple countries unprovoked and murder/rape their way to the next slaughter. Somebody should have killed this human trash long before he got to india.
Man Alexander was also sexist and misogynist and probably homophobe and all other adjectives I learned from internet the past 5 years...
@@Billswiftgti You are probably joking, but some rumors said that Alexander was bisexual
yet again a brilliant video, thank you
Alexander now loading response.
I honestly love the tiny bits of humour you add in these videos!
"My son ask for thyself another
Kingdom, for that which I leave
is too small for thee"
(King Philip of Macedonia - 339 B.C.)
Near to the east
In a part of ancient Greece
In an ancient land called Macedonia
Was born a son
To Philip of Macedon
The legend his name was Alexander
At the age of nineteen
He became the Macedon King
And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
By the Aegian Sea
In 334 B.C.
He utterly beat the armies of Persia
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
King Darius the third
Defeated fled Persia
The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King as well
And he founded the city called Alexandria
By the Tigris river
He met King Darius again
And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
Entering Babylon
And Susa, treasures he found
Took Persepolis the capital of Persia
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a God amongst mortal men
A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
And legend said that who untied the knot
He would become the master of Asia
Hellenism he spread far and wide
The Macedonian learned mind
Their culture was a western way of life
He paved the way for Christianity
Marching on, marching on
The battle weary marching side by side
Alexander's army line by line
They wouldn't follow him to India
Tired of the combat, pain and the glory
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
He died of fever in Babylon
Next you should do a series about Napoleon!
thank you, it was magnificent!
You guys must of done a lot of research to do these videos, I love them, you're all doing a great job.
Alexander led the charge to the wall, then he took an arrow in the knee
"To the chest"
I think it's a Skyrim reference.
I know that.
I used to be a soldier like you, until I took an arrow to the knee.
I used to charge some walls like you
But den I took an arrow to the knee
Seleucus was the only one to keep his marriage after Alexander's death
Great video as always baz
Amazing video. You must have great dedication for your channel!
Nice
I wonder if anyone will ever read this, and then, if they know the answer, but;
Would Alexander's army receive new recruits all the way from home to replenish the losses he made along the way? That would be a crazy (fun) journey for a young soldier to make. Travelling for weeks/months with a small band of other replacements, visiting towns and garrisons along the way, surely hearing about and visiting a lot of the battlefields.
Maybe I'm romanticizing it too much.
He was hiring mercenaries from all over Persia. Well Persians liked him by the way cause he was ok with them
@@wingedhussar4219 also egyptians and babylonians. some were following him like his army because he was accepting other religions and beliefs so they found it good to have him as a leader instead
@@scientist368 yes. He indeed respected other cultures and thats something that made him unique
always a pleasure watching your vids
I can't help but imagine I'm playing the battles you portray.
The art really looks like it could be a video game.
That dude had no interest in ever going home.
He had no home. He was cavalry commander at the age of 17 and king by 19. All of his life is a campaign
You could have a look at the boer wars or the battle of the blood river, really like your video's, keep the good work up
Incredible video quality, keep up the good work
Hey.. Good to see you back...
Never clicked so fast.
now i really feel like a failure lol
tell me about it, so much impact, so much seen, a legend indeed, and in such a short life. An amazing story.
great video, this channel deserved more subs
I love this channel so much!!!!
DO THE BATTLE OF JAXARTES!
Greece will never experience such a golden-age like this again... :(
good
@@bestplanet8440 Bite me
Macedonia*
@@AlexRodriguez-oh2mk Macedonia is part of Greece.
TOP 5
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Amazing graphical explanations!
Hope you guys cover another great commander like Alexander. This was a lot of fun to watch
Wish i was a companion of Alexander the Great, how exciting it would be. Travelling to the far edge of the world, seeking an ocean :)
And dying of thirst.
And killing people
no lol
Dying in a desert
And then chilling on a ship slowly and safely sailing back home whilst i gambled with some of my extensive loot.
Luv it
Napoleon next
love this channel really, really do. maybe do a series on Caesars campaigns like you did with Alexander?
Thx for another great video! Pls, keep up the good work!
If this horse boy got to live to his 50's and according to his own plans, he would certainly conquer what was meant to be the roman empire (Rome, Carthage, Iberia, Gaul and all the neighboring rest)
I disagree. He was showing major signs of being over his prime as his arrogance and self importance inflated so much so that he clearly was making one terrible decision after another. Charging into battle alone and nearly dying, marching too far west with no gear, goal, or plan to return. Change course from the easy breezy coastline to the callous desert for literally no reason. Guy lost his edge completely.
Do the Hannibal Campaign
What a video! Subscribed!
This is a fantastic video. Subbed!
He used to be conquer until he took arrow to the chest
He used to be conqueror until his own army mutinied.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
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Pushottam (puru) the Great who defeated Alexander. Who ran away after defeat
Keep up these videos!! I love them!!
always a happy day when BazBattles posts a new vid
The greco-indian kingdoms survived hundred years after the invasion of Greece by Rome.
Seleucid Empire
Do battle of velbuzd 1330 .Serbs vs Bulgarians and Bizanties
This explained so much I did not know, thank you.
I love Baz Battle vidz~ Please do Caesar's conquest of Gaul/ Britannia, Roman conquest is so epic!