We highlight the barbarian leaders who fought the Roman Empire until its bitter end. Join this channel to get access to special perks and support our mission: / @thinkingwest
Imagine what if the Western Roman Empire never collapsed, all the Medieval inventions would still be there but people would be richer and more educated, music would sounds more Middle Eastern. But non-Roman territories would still have to get through Medieval period as their starting point was barbarian.
Although this a " West" channel but I would like it if it could discuss historical events in a less West xenteic way about this topic. Roman Empire fell in 1453 not 476. One mayy say the city of Rome fell in 476 to the "barbarians" but the Empire did not disappear until 1453AD.
Anything East of Venice is not the West. There are plenty of other YT channels discussing the Byzantine empire, go seek them out. This channel needs to stay on point.
@1:10 "He continued repelling subsequent Roman attacks, enshrining his legacy ashi the defender of the Germanic peoples". Apparently, historical fact carries as much weight as hysterical myth with this channel. Arminius's only success was this ambush. Coalitions of Germanic tribes were systematically defeated in Germanicus's retaliatory campaigns and Arminius eventually killed in 21AD by Germanic nobles. Arminius's legacy is representative of historical extremism: one extreme sees him as a liberator from oppression; the other sees him as the seed which divided Europe into two camps, one on either side of the Rhine. Neither view is truthful; Marcus Aurelius wanted to revitalize the inclusion of territory in Magna Germania and was well poised to do so. His son, Commodus, retracted Marcus Aurelius's vision and abandoned his gains.
Above all, let us not forget that Rome did not fall because of the excesses of its Pagan emperors. It fell three hundred years after it had become Christian. The question we should be asking is not why it fell, but how it managed to last for so long.
Awesome video. Thanks
Wonderful channel.
Sally forth and carry on smartly, my brother.
Correction: Barbarians Who Overthrowed the Roman Empire
@0:39 Interesting to note that Arminius' wife was a young Boris Johnson.
Imagine what if the Western Roman Empire never collapsed, all the Medieval inventions would still be there but people would be richer and more educated, music would sounds more Middle Eastern. But non-Roman territories would still have to get through Medieval period as their starting point was barbarian.
It would've just fell at a later date and europe would've been technologicaly stagnant
Although this a " West" channel but I would like it if it could discuss historical events in a less West xenteic way about this topic. Roman Empire fell in 1453 not 476. One mayy say the city of Rome fell in 476 to the "barbarians" but the Empire did not disappear until 1453AD.
Anything East of Venice is not the West. There are plenty of other YT channels discussing the Byzantine empire, go seek them out. This channel needs to stay on point.
4:52 sorry but Attila the Hun was repelled by a coalition of Romans and Barbarians, including Wisigoths, led by the great Roman general Aetius.
(3:56) Did Aeric respect Christianity or did he not want to anger any gods?
Great vid. Really appreciated the sudden doomer drop at the end lmao
@1:10 "He continued repelling subsequent Roman attacks, enshrining his legacy ashi the defender of the Germanic peoples". Apparently, historical fact carries as much weight as hysterical myth with this channel. Arminius's only success was this ambush. Coalitions of Germanic tribes were systematically defeated in Germanicus's retaliatory campaigns and Arminius eventually killed in 21AD by Germanic nobles. Arminius's legacy is representative of historical extremism: one extreme sees him as a liberator from oppression; the other sees him as the seed which divided Europe into two camps, one on either side of the Rhine. Neither view is truthful; Marcus Aurelius wanted to revitalize the inclusion of territory in Magna Germania and was well poised to do so. His son, Commodus, retracted Marcus Aurelius's vision and abandoned his gains.
The Roman Empire was ended by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. The Huns and Goths merely conquered a few provinces.
But all of these were military defeats and diden't finish the roman empire.
Fritigern wanted to be Roman
based pagan barbarians
First!
SECOND
Third.
@@M_Thornton98 wow, the Holy Trinity made manifest...
Above all, let us not forget that Rome did not fall because of the excesses of its Pagan emperors. It fell three hundred years after it had become Christian.
The question we should be asking is not why it fell, but how it managed to last for so long.
The Roman Empire was Christian longer than it was pagan. It became "Christian" in the 4th century and ended in the 15th.
There is little evidence that Christianity had anything to do with the fall of Rome. Correlation doesn't equal causation.