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@@saeedvazirian When? You mean like a few decades later? I meant after the fall of the Achamaenids, Persians never set foot in Greece again as conquerers
In a sense, the Persianized Seljuks and their Ottoman successors could be thought of as Persians that conquered Greece again. I know that they are not native Iranians (far form it), its just history that is rhyming again, as Mark Twain would put it.
At that point, considering Seljuks as Persians would be like considering Iranians as Arabs. The conquest of Alexander kinda scared the Persians from attacking the greeks for a long time.
well, then he should have tried this thing with 5 000 noble hearted weaklings. a great speech to boost morale (I guess, that was his purpose) but what a bullshit militarily
Once a Persian prisoner saw a Persian carafract in the army of Bellisarius, and said: why are fighting for the Romans? And the horseman replied: I am fighting for Bellisarius. He was a military genius and a truly noble and honorable man.
True, but they could never match the cavalry of the east, Persian/Parthian Cataphracts were notoriously hard to defeat, and extremely competent horse riders.
I am at the airport right now and I had to find a perfect place to sit just to watch this video! Great video as always ! thanks for using my machinima as always :)
You guys should maybe consider an option where supporters can give a $1 (or more) per new video. Don't think I saw that. New to your channel, so not sure how many you guys tend to do per month...
So, we are doing 4 per month, but are planning to go for 8 each month and then more, depending on the patreon support. The thing is we don't like per video system. Quality is more important than quantity. :-)
You guys do a great job. Can you do some videos of the pre-Islamic Persian Empires, the Sassanids fought a series of battles with the Hephthalite Empire in 484 and 557 that should be interesting.
9:50 I wonder, how could order Bessalarius his left cavalry to defend him, who was on the right? Wouldnt the distance be too big in order for an order to be carried over?
Unfortunately, the world doesn't know enough about The Magnificent Persian Empire, a big budget tv series with big names in it and behind it, would be awesome so the world would know how much The Persian Empire has contributed to the humanity in general through out history.
It would be good, yes, but today's successor to Persia is Iran, and... he is excommunicated from the Americans, so the east will not be praised. All hail democracy and the great America, the guardian and peacemaker of the world! Yes my friend...
@@hudojnik93 Iran is not the successor to Persia since Iran has always been called Iran by Iranians. It's a common misconception by people in the west.
@@hudojnik93 Don't lick usa's ass. What the fuck is America to judge and excommunicat the world where the hell were they when persia was ruling the world Without east u should use candles to light ur house and riding camel and horse instead of car😂😂😂 Guardian and peacemaker?!😂😂😂 Nice joke usa is only reason which destabilise the world and causes chaos especially in the middle east
From the time I subscribed which was a bunch of weeks ago, you had 28.000 subscribers. Now you reached 50.000, congratulations! And of course excellent video!
Major pitched battles? It's probably fewer than you may think. Dara, Ad Decimum, Tricameron (arguably beause John the Armenian could have been in charge) and his swansong battle. He lost Callinicum, Thannuris and the battle during the Siege of Rome. 4:3 isn't incredible but the reason we study Belisarius isn't for his tactical genius but his strategic genius - or his tragic character, if you're more into that!
So... Please don't make this video about the Balkans. Please. Caucasian Albanians had a completely different language and ethnical make-up. Look up Udin people, as they are considered one of the remaining Alban tribes.
Herodotus (if i remember correctly) called "Iberia" to ancient Kartli (Eastern Georgia) because he kinda found many similarities with original Iberians (which is bullshit i think). As for Albania, it was ancient kingdom located in southern Caucasus originally just like original Macedonia is located in modern Greece.
hello, albanians in caucasus arenot existed anymore that they had big problems from mongols and iran to they were white nation christians but in time other empires did genocide...... so in georgia is small village there are live albanians 30-40 person no more they re trying to keep traditions
Really? If I knew that you are hoping to see Dara, we would have made this video earlier. I mean, you have such a great character that you never even suggest anything. I guess, it is also because you have a respect for the process. :-)
Yeah, I know that a lot of people are already giving you thousands of suggestions. I've never made any video in my life but I've been writing articles and making presentations about battles (I'm currently preparing one for conference held at my university) and I know how much work it can take. I'd rather give you time and space. Especially that your work gets better with every episode. As for the Battle of Dara, Justinian or Eastern Roman Empire in general, it was/is kinda my weak point in my education. So naturally I'm always looking forward to learn something more about it. Keep the good work ;)
You must be in a very bad company.Belisarius is certainly not as famous as Caesar or Alexander but he is definitely very popular and extremely famous character to anyone interrested at least little bit more in Roman history or history of warfare.
@@paprskomet Not really, i mean unless you are a history buff than i doubt you ever heard about either Justinian or Belisarius, and if you did you dont know much about them!
@@mihailupu5107 but that you can apply on most historical characters.Example:most peoples(at least in western world)knows that there was some Julius Casesar(whom they tipically thinks being a 1st Roman Emperor),that he was a great commander and that he was murdered.But at most of these peoples from more general public they further knowledge about Caesar usually did not extend much behinf those 3 mentioned points.
Thank you so much for these videos, highly detailed and very satisfying, I love it when a new video is out and highly support you + encourage to be watched by my friends, thank you!
We always see the Sassanian empire from the point of view of the Romans. It would be cool to see some of their own wars of conquest, maybe in the east or against the steppe nomads or the Arabs.
Because a depressingly amount of original Sassanian records and books were destroyed via either the Arab, Turk, or Mongol invasions. This is why most of what we know about the Sassanids are from external sources. Same thing with the Achaemenids. Much of their history was burnt down by Alexander.
Your channel is very good. You deserve an huge applause for all the graphic and research work. And, please, keep this format and "officially Devin" as your narrator. He's very good. Thank you.
@@Farshad-Parvin Heraclius also managed to defeat the Sassanids and that current shah was overthrown and were forced to make peace with the Roman. Later, both infidels got fucked in the Ass so hard by the Arab. Persian region then become Islam forever.
Kings and Generals You are most welcome my friend, couldn't agree more, the era is just amazing, can't wait to see your next videos on this topic, keep up the great work :)
Thank you very much, Mixo! :-) We are thinking about it, but right now I am looking at more books. The problem is, the battle is well covered in the Georgian and Russian sources, while there is little to nothing in Seljuk and overall Muslim sources. So, that slows down the research. But, we will get there. :-)
I know about that video sjaas, but its still a great battle and watching a video where persians crush romans is simply worth it, especially so as the format would be very different.
I really like your videos, but as an Iranian I would like to see a video on our victories once in a while. I mean even this video contained a lot of wins for the Sassanids, but you only explained the one incident that the Romans won. I went through your videos, and there was tens of videos on Persians loses against Greeks and then Romans and then Arabs and then Mongols and zero video on them winning. I would appriciate a few wins at least, to balance it up! Thanks.
My friend you really expect them to make such videos ??? With their minds fully brainwashed by the western media !!! Now I'm not defending anyone here but as far as western propaganda is concerned, I have to point out that *kings & generals* is one of the least biased history channels in all of UA-cam. I'm not an Iranian but I do admire Iran's great civilization very much, when you self study and subsequently get freed from the western propaganda, you absolutely can't deny the greatness and influence of Iranian civilization and it's continuing civilization, culture and importance ; lol even today Iran is a relevant country in the world just like how it always was through the history of mankind. Love from an American (who has open eyes and mind) to all of you beautiful people of Iran.
You guys have created a new standard for documentaries. I've never seen such high quality productions as yours. Even better than Bazbattles! Still there are some things you can improve, I think: - The intro is epic but too long for such a short video. - It's hard to keep track of the generals when there are no names on display. A tiny label would be helpful. - The maps are beautiful, but sometimes fucked up. Perhaps you should cooperate with a map maker on UA-cam? This is a very interesting topic, one that I feel haven't been covered enough in the popular history media. I would love to see Belisarius reconquer the western parts!
Thank you very much for your praise and feedback. :-) We will try to improve these facets. The series on Belisarius and the Restoration of Justinian will continue.
In reality Belisarius was born in the border area of Thrace and Illyria-meaning he could be as much of possible Illyrian descent as of that Thracian. So mentioning both would be better.Otherwise great video, keep doing more and I would like to see the battle of callinicum next;)
You mentioned only one of his possible ethnical background.Since he was born in the borders of Thrace and Illyria, there is a 50% possibility that he wasn't Thracian, but Illyrian.About Sittas you are correct, he was most likely a Thracian.
Good job. I like to see videos about other great commanders, other than the usual Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar LOL Keep up with Belisarius and Napoleon.
Count Yorga dont know about them all but Chess and backgammon wasnt from The Sassanids but came from India and was then spread thanks to the Sassanids :)
Delegation. General stays behind the main line and has 3 generals leading left/right/center. He sends them the message on the overall movement, then these generals order their captains who lead the different units. The Romans were the first who implemented this system, as eventually the orders reached the centurions, who commanded 80-200 men. That gave the Roman armies the needed flexibility.
It is shame. 1000 years war between Persia and Roman left open against Arabs which brought end to both great civilizations. It seems history is repeating. Thanks for video.
Stallion Duck We know what he’s talking about it’s just that it’s stupid as fuck. The worst kind of people are the one’s who try to put their modern politics and fit them onto history.
The *muslims* invaded partially because Khosrow’s successor alianated his Arabic allies and quaralled with them. Before that they had been a buffer zone in the south. At the same time turkic tribes in the east was attacking from the east at an over extending army. It had little to do with the Roman and Iran rivalry and more to do with infighting in the Sasanid Empire.
@@KingsandGenerals In that war Persians for the first time in recorded battles in history, first allowed the opposition army progress in their land which Romans didnt know well, then they trapped them where they wanted. It is still being thought in the Army schools today.
“The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, but after their defeat they will soon be victorious. Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after, is with God.” (Quran 30:2-4)
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thanks but upload more often...(sorry 4 my English)
Kings and Generals 02:23 563? I think you made a mistake there
GUYS LIKE ME. HAHAHA
I like watching them winning & smashing the pork. No offence.
Do videos on the eastern romans trying to re conquer the west after the western empire fell
Kebab is tasty, but sometimes I need to have a salad or something. :p
"The Persians sent an army under Xerxes" There's a blast from the past!
Just a namesake. :-)
Yet they never managed to ever again set foot in the same land that old Xerxes set foot in (Greece)
@@saeedvazirian
When? You mean like a few decades later? I meant after the fall of the Achamaenids, Persians never set foot in Greece again as conquerers
In a sense, the Persianized Seljuks and their Ottoman successors could be thought of as Persians that conquered Greece again. I know that they are not native Iranians (far form it), its just history that is rhyming again, as Mark Twain would put it.
At that point, considering Seljuks as Persians would be like considering Iranians as Arabs.
The conquest of Alexander kinda scared the Persians from attacking the greeks for a long time.
"For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided"
-Belisarius
Great quote. :-) Unfortunately we weren't able to use it.
well, then he should have tried this thing with 5 000 noble hearted weaklings. a great speech to boost morale (I guess, that was his purpose) but what a bullshit militarily
Post Apocalypse Plebs Belisarius 👍🏻 101
Once a Persian prisoner saw a Persian carafract in the army of Bellisarius, and said: why are fighting for the Romans? And the horseman replied: I am fighting for Bellisarius. He was a military genius and a truly noble and honorable man.
"I came, i saw, i conqured"
And this is why cavalry matters. Took the Romans long enough to learn that
Oh yeah, it took centuries. Only after the successful Gothic and Hunnic invasions, the Romans fully embraced cavalry.
Romans: This land is mine!
Sassanids: No,mine!
Rashidun Caliphate: Surprise,Muthafucka!!!
True, but they could never match the cavalry of the east, Persian/Parthian Cataphracts were notoriously hard to defeat, and extremely competent horse riders.
Tasin Al-Hassan nobody cares about the rashidun
+Ciza Anita Which is why the Rashidun were so successful at conquering others. :)
Please continue this series!! Belisarius was such a badass. Plus the eastern Roman Empire is such a fascinating topic of study.
We are planning to. :-) You can help us by sharing the video, if you have a chance. :-)
Well the Easter side were the Persians and wast majority of wars the Romans got defeated so there is not much interests for them to study that lol
@@drpk6514 But I do study that a lot.From that reason I also know quite well that your claims are false.
I am at the airport right now and I had to find a perfect place to sit just to watch this video! Great video as always ! thanks for using my machinima as always :)
Thanks for creating them in a such a perfect fashion!
You're literally everywhere
Belisarios needs his own netflix series.
Justinian needs his own series
@@PersimmonHurmo this sped gets it, Netflix's reverse midas touch is horrible
Historical dramas go from being MEEEEEHH to "That's atrocious!"
Sassanid empire needs its own series too
Alpha Beta a beta using normie lul
Belisarius was the most underrated Roman general in history
You guys got a new Patreon supporter. keep up the great work.
Thank you, Captain! Every little bit will help us improve our channel!
You guys should maybe consider an option where supporters can give a $1 (or more) per new video. Don't think I saw that. New to your channel, so not sure how many you guys tend to do per month...
So, we are doing 4 per month, but are planning to go for 8 each month and then more, depending on the patreon support. The thing is we don't like per video system. Quality is more important than quantity. :-)
Good point, I like quality too. Since I do have Captain in my name, I'll become one for you guys.
+Capt ShieldWall yes, I noticed that you upped your pledge. Thank you very much! Every bit will go towards improving our content!
You guys read my mind or what ???????
I was just watching the Justinian playlist on Extra Credits and you post the video !!!
Rayan Hachem omg me too
Rayan Hachem oh I love them!!!
It was Walpole.
Nice coincidence. :-)
JonManProductions fuck this guy and I am sure that he caused the bronze age collapse
Great work, once again. I was truly impressed by how you showed Bellisarius' great generalship at Dara.
Thanks! The best thing about him was his patience. I mean, it seems that he is in control at all times and never panics.
You guys do a great job. Can you do some videos of the pre-Islamic Persian Empires, the Sassanids fought a series of battles with the Hephthalite Empire in 484 and 557 that should be interesting.
9:50 I wonder, how could order Bessalarius his left cavalry to defend him, who was on the right? Wouldnt the distance be too big in order for an order to be carried over?
We should have shown it better - the shift from the left to center started earlier.
Kings and Generals ah, that makes sense
Nah this is proof the earth is flat.
Best historical channel on UA-cam
Thank you very much! :-)
We need a movie or a series about Belisarius.
This man held so much power but stayed loyal to the empire and the emperor.
When Justinian calls Belisarius
You know,shit is about to get done
More on the way.
im amazing how great u re working guys really all enjoy that original videos respect from Georgia !!!! well done
It is always nice to hear from the sunny Caucasus. :-) I miss the Georgian cuisine and Georgian wine and the hospitality of Tbilisi.
Can't stop watching your videos, they are doing a great job of educating my blind spots in history!
Glad to hear that! :-)
I love this Byzantine stuff! I'd also love to see more sieges of Rome throughout history, thanks for all of them so far!
Thanks for watching, more on the way!
Unfortunately, the world doesn't know enough about The Magnificent Persian Empire, a big budget tv series with big names in it and behind it, would be awesome so the world would know how much The Persian Empire has contributed to the humanity in general through out history.
It would be good, yes, but today's successor to Persia is Iran, and...
he is excommunicated from the Americans, so the east will not be praised.
All hail democracy and the great America, the guardian and peacemaker of the world!
Yes my friend...
@@hudojnik93 make your own damn tv series then, why expect everything from America？
@@hudojnik93 Iran is not the successor to Persia since Iran has always been called Iran by Iranians. It's a common misconception by people in the west.
@@hudojnik93 Don't lick usa's ass.
What the fuck is America to judge and excommunicat the world where the hell were they when persia was ruling the world
Without east u should use candles to light ur house and riding camel and horse instead of car😂😂😂
Guardian and peacemaker?!😂😂😂
Nice joke usa is only reason which destabilise the world and causes chaos especially in the middle east
@@hudojnik93 easy fix. Make it about the Sassanids or Achamenids and put an emphasis on Zoroastrianism, to piss of the theocracy.
4:51 you really would think after the invasion of Greece, Persians would stop sending guys with the name Xerxes to invade enemy territory.
There are some successful Xerxes i think
Except xerxes actually won? Unless you're reading history from a comicbook
And I think I'm gona be a patreon. these series are extremely entertaining!
I don't want you guys to stop making these vids !
Thank you for considering it. :-) We are not planning to stop, but any help is appreciated.
From the time I subscribed which was a bunch of weeks ago, you had 28.000 subscribers. Now you reached 50.000, congratulations! And of course excellent video!
+marinosgr1994 thanks for being with us! :-)
another video...with high quality ;) thx kings and generals
Thank you, Razvan! :-)
Belisarius was a fucking badass
Unitater true
Alas, he had a limited number of major battles...
And he lost a fair few of them... Whoops :)
DismountedCentaur But won far more.
Major pitched battles? It's probably fewer than you may think. Dara, Ad Decimum, Tricameron (arguably beause John the Armenian could have been in charge) and his swansong battle. He lost Callinicum, Thannuris and the battle during the Siege of Rome. 4:3 isn't incredible but the reason we study Belisarius isn't for his tactical genius but his strategic genius - or his tragic character, if you're more into that!
Can someone explain me why the region is called iberia and why there is also a region called Albania on the caspian sea?
+Sebastiaan Hendriksen ancient names for modern Georgia and Azerbaijan.
So... Please don't make this video about the Balkans. Please.
Caucasian Albanians had a completely different language and ethnical make-up. Look up Udin people, as they are considered one of the remaining Alban tribes.
Herodotus (if i remember correctly) called "Iberia" to ancient Kartli (Eastern Georgia) because he kinda found many similarities with original Iberians (which is bullshit i think). As for Albania, it was ancient kingdom located in southern Caucasus originally just like original Macedonia is located in modern Greece.
Kings and Generals
Asking from balkan people to not argue about their nations is the same like asking a human to not drink water :/
hello, albanians in caucasus arenot existed anymore that they had big problems from mongols and iran to they were white nation christians but in time other empires did genocide...... so in georgia is small village there are live albanians 30-40 person no more they re trying to keep traditions
Xerxes is not a name of winners i see
Yeah, I was expecting this comment. :-)
Xerxes = Close but not enough
Xerxes burned Athen and destroyed Greece ; ) 300 movie fan 😂
@@mahdijafari1 "destroyed"
@@IPendragonI and then parthian beats the shit out of seleucian and Rome empire hahaha.
Oh yes! I've been waiting for this!
Really? If I knew that you are hoping to see Dara, we would have made this video earlier. I mean, you have such a great character that you never even suggest anything. I guess, it is also because you have a respect for the process. :-)
Yeah, I know that a lot of people are already giving you thousands of suggestions. I've never made any video in my life but I've been writing articles and making presentations about battles (I'm currently preparing one for conference held at my university) and I know how much work it can take. I'd rather give you time and space. Especially that your work gets better with every episode.
As for the Battle of Dara, Justinian or Eastern Roman Empire in general, it was/is kinda my weak point in my education. So naturally I'm always looking forward to learn something more about it.
Keep the good work ;)
Thanks! :-) and best of luck with your presentation!
Uuuuh Belisarius :)
Vandals and Goths still have no idea what is coming. :-)
Bribery and betreyal.
serbia stronk
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This made my day. All history lovers here, thumbs up from Mauritius
Thank you for watching! :-)
Belisarius is one of the best generals in history, yet no one ever talks about him
(except kings and generals and extra credits :P)
There is a conspiracy to not talk about Belisarius. :-) Well, he is a fascinating figure.
You must be in a very bad company.Belisarius is certainly not as famous as Caesar or Alexander but he is definitely very popular and extremely famous character to anyone interrested at least little bit more in Roman history or history of warfare.
@@paprskomet Not really, i mean unless you are a history buff than i doubt you ever heard about either Justinian or Belisarius, and if you did you dont know much about them!
@@mihailupu5107 but that you can apply on most historical characters.Example:most peoples(at least in western world)knows that there was some Julius Casesar(whom they tipically thinks being a 1st Roman Emperor),that he was a great commander and that he was murdered.But at most of these peoples from more general public they further knowledge about Caesar usually did not extend much behinf those 3 mentioned points.
@@paprskomet well you have a point, I'll give you that. But I still think Belisarius is not well known, even in the "history buff community" !
Thank you so much for these videos, highly detailed and very satisfying, I love it when a new video is out and highly support you + encourage to be watched by my friends, thank you!
Thank you very much, Beatorama! We strive to provide more and better content. :-)
We always see the Sassanian empire from the point of view of the Romans. It would be cool to see some of their own wars of conquest, maybe in the east or against the steppe nomads or the Arabs.
Because a depressingly amount of original Sassanian records and books were destroyed via either the Arab, Turk, or Mongol invasions.
This is why most of what we know about the Sassanids are from external sources.
Same thing with the Achaemenids. Much of their history was burnt down by Alexander.
I greatly enjoy these videos . A great deal of research seems to go into them. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Great video as usual, it proovs that you deserve way more subscribers, at least you earn my sub :D
+Rock Fan thank you. :-) youtube is a grind, but we will get there. :-)
Excellent stuff- you struck a great balance between context and detail!
Thank you very much! The second video of this series is up. :-)
Man, you are doing great job. Thumbs up for you .
Thank you for your support :-)
Im your new addicted.Always support.Your are welcome :)
+Adrian Piotr great to hear! :-)
You deserve it.Please keep it up.Pleasure to watch really.
Really nice work with the inclusion of total war game play and the maps. Awesome video as always!
+Frederick Barbarossa thank you, my emperor!
First major Roman victory in over a century... love how ppl here are so eager about a Persian defeat and the stupid 300 references
exactlu for some reason they wanna resonate ore with greeks and romans
Your channel is very good. You deserve an huge applause for all the graphic and research work. And, please, keep this format and "officially Devin" as your narrator. He's very good. Thank you.
best channel in youtube.!!!!
+TRUE GREEK WARRIOR 18 thank you! :-)
So your name is true Greek warrior and your picture is a Macedonian? lol
Belisarius is a badass and one of the most underrated generals in history. Nice job on this video
great video, guys!
Awesomeness!!! Justinian restoration is one of my favorite historical topics.
That is great. :-) Because this series will continue.
درود بیکران بر شما 💜لطفا ی ویدیو از شاهنشاه شاپور بزرگ ک سه امپراطور روم رو شکست داد بسازید بد نیست از دید ایران ب این جنگها نیز بپردازرید .سپاسگزارم
I love the videos you are awesome mate!
Surena vs Crassus for sure would be epic
Trajan's Parthian campaign
please upload video about achemenid wars specially Cyrus the great wars
I love your work and efforts you put in your videos so please don't stop your interesting and awesome videos mate. cheers !!
+Gurdeep Singh thank you very much! :-)
Wow, there were STILL Immortals.
That was the only battle they won in over a hundred years, Persians had the upper hand for several centuries after Sassanids replaced Partians.
It's in the name dude
Iran is immortal
@@Farshad-Parvin Heraclius also managed to defeat the Sassanids and that current shah was overthrown and were forced to make peace with the Roman. Later, both infidels got fucked in the Ass so hard by the Arab. Persian region then become Islam forever.
@@peterongan9655 Try to not call people of other religions infidels lol
this is the greatest channel for war I ever seen .
you are the best .
Thank you very much! :-)
Kings and Generals Do you use any program for that simulation or how you doing that ?
Adobe Photoshop/Premiere/After Effects. :-)
:D thanks
+Expert Chef anytime!
Honor, class, brilliance, loyalty. Flavius Belisarius truly is a man to be emulated.
Great video, a very detailed and informative analysis of battle of Dara, would love to see more videos about Byzantine-Sassanid wars :)
Thank you very much, my friend. More planned. Byzantines and Sassanids fought so much, there should be a separate channel dedicated to their wars. :-)
Kings and Generals You are most welcome my friend, couldn't agree more, the era is just amazing, can't wait to see your next videos on this topic, keep up the great work :)
+KingExituS thank you! :-)
Justinian the 1st, you mean....
JUSTINIAN THE AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOME
Fantastic video guys, well done!
Thanks! :-)
Once again... Amazing!
+Emperor Palpatine have we made you proud, Master? :-)
Kings and Generals Yeeeeees, you would be a great...asset...
Lovely work! Keep it up!
Thank you very much :)
Great video! Please do more videos about Belisarius!
Will do, if this video gets enough views, so, please share. :-)
Another job well done. Enjoyed this one.
Thank you for your support! :-)
More Belisarius battles!
Will happen, if we get enough views. So... Share the video? :-)
This Belisarius series has a so much potential.
+disturbedpigeon agreed. :-) please, share this video. :-)
6:16: He also had 300 Hyrulian horsemen.
Me: I didn't know Hyrule was fighting in this war.
Awesome work! I love this channel!!
Thank you very much! :-)
I will become a patrion if you make a video about the Battle of Didgori and Basiani. :)
Thank you very much, Mixo! :-) We are thinking about it, but right now I am looking at more books. The problem is, the battle is well covered in the Georgian and Russian sources, while there is little to nothing in Seljuk and overall Muslim sources. So, that slows down the research. But, we will get there. :-)
@@KingsandGenerals Still planning on doing that? :)
@@KingsandGenerals Please do it 😞
This is LONG overdue.Byzantium in general and Belisarius in particular do not get enough press. Superbly done.
Was super bored, thanks for the great timing.
Thanks for spending your time with us, guys :-)
Thanks for another great video!!!
Thank you for watching :-)
Do the battle of carrhae next, roman republic vs parthia. Its a very interesting battle.
For now, we are trying to avoid making videos other youtubers already released. But, eventually, we will circle back. :-)
Yep. :-)
I know about that video sjaas, but its still a great battle and watching a video where persians crush romans is simply worth it, especially so as the format would be very different.
And that is why, we will circle back. Circle back like a good Parthian horseman :-)
Good one
love watching the videos keep them up reminds me of the history channel but better :) would love more battle of dara videos :)
Thank you! :-) We don't have aliens, but we have great viewers. :-)
Great vid
Thank you very much!
I hope this series continues. I enjoy hearing the retelling of my struggles and my triumphs.
Guess the immortals...weren't immortal *badum tss*
You have to a dad, to make puns like that. :-)
We are immortals, even today.
Romans: This land is mine!
Sassanids: No,mine!
Rashidun Caliphate: Surprise,Muthafucka!!!
Belisarius put that name to the test.
Shahanshah of Persia Your mullahs are fighting above their weight. That's no way to be immortal.
please continue this.
It is awesome to watch.
Thanks! Will do!
I really like your videos, but as an Iranian I would like to see a video on our victories once in a while. I mean even this video contained a lot of wins for the Sassanids, but you only explained the one incident that the Romans won. I went through your videos, and there was tens of videos on Persians loses against Greeks and then Romans and then Arabs and then Mongols and zero video on them winning. I would appriciate a few wins at least, to balance it up! Thanks.
My friend you really expect them to make such videos ???
With their minds fully brainwashed by the western media !!!
Now I'm not defending anyone here but as far as western propaganda is concerned, I have to point out that *kings & generals* is one of the least biased history channels in all of UA-cam.
I'm not an Iranian but I do admire Iran's great civilization very much, when you self study and subsequently get freed from the western propaganda, you absolutely can't deny the greatness and influence of Iranian civilization and it's continuing civilization, culture and importance ; lol even today Iran is a relevant country in the world just like how it always was through the history of mankind.
Love from an American (who has open eyes and mind) to all of you beautiful people of Iran.
@@ryansmith8345 Thanks man, appreciate it.
Exactly. This war was won by the Persians so to focus on a Roman victory seems misplaced.
Great video definitely continue the series
+0Camron0 thank you!
4:50 The Persian had resurrected Xerxes to deal with the Greeks once again...
New subscriber here and I am liking your documentaries so far! Awesome use of maps, graphics and battlescenes from RTW2, I guess. Great stuff overall!
Welcome aboard! Hope you will enjoy our future content!
Ohhh shiiiiiit! Praise Mithras for this!
Thanks for your continuing support! You have been with us for so long!
I actually have a friend named "Mehrdaad" which in Persian means gifted by Mithras
First masterpiece of this genius.
Wow the Byzantine went a century without a major victory? Ouch. At least they were persistent.
I think the line was "Major victory against the Sassanids".
You guys have created a new standard for documentaries. I've never seen such high quality productions as yours. Even better than Bazbattles!
Still there are some things you can improve, I think:
- The intro is epic but too long for such a short video.
- It's hard to keep track of the generals when there are no names on display. A tiny label would be helpful.
- The maps are beautiful, but sometimes fucked up. Perhaps you should cooperate with a map maker on UA-cam?
This is a very interesting topic, one that I feel haven't been covered enough in the popular history media. I would love to see Belisarius reconquer the western parts!
Thank you very much for your praise and feedback. :-) We will try to improve these facets. The series on Belisarius and the Restoration of Justinian will continue.
In reality Belisarius was born in the border area of Thrace and Illyria-meaning he could be as much of possible Illyrian descent as of that Thracian. So mentioning both would be better.Otherwise great video, keep doing more and I would like to see the battle of callinicum next;)
We said that he was Thracian...
You mentioned only one of his possible ethnical background.Since he was born in the borders of Thrace and Illyria, there is a 50% possibility that he wasn't Thracian, but Illyrian.About Sittas you are correct, he was most likely a Thracian.
Yes.Most emperors from 3rd to 6th century were of Illyrian origin.
Belisarius was probaby a Proto-Vlah aka the people that will later become Modern Romanians, Aromanians, Dalmatians, ect.
Good job. I like to see videos about other great commanders, other than the usual Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar LOL Keep up with Belisarius and Napoleon.
Thank you! Will do!
Please continue. Belisareus was a God amongst men
If this video gets enough views, we will, so, please, share. :-)
I like the softer tone of the older vids.
The one thing we can thank the Persians for is the invention of polo
Should we? :-) I mean, not the most fun game out there. :-)
Kings and Generals maybe but who doesn’t enjoy horseback riding
I love it. :-)
Dont forget it was due to Khosrow that Chess and Bagammon was brought from India by the silk rode to Rome and then to the rest of Europe :-)
Count Yorga dont know about them all but Chess and backgammon wasnt from The Sassanids but came from India and was then spread thanks to the Sassanids :)
Love your channel. Awesome content.
Thank you very much! :-)
good video more great history vids
Thank you! We are trying to release weekly videos. :-)
your welcome history is the best!
Can't agree more :-)
yep 100% Facts
Always great stuff. Love the channel.
how could so huge armies have so good communication? I mean its hard to order 25000 men
Delegation. General stays behind the main line and has 3 generals leading left/right/center. He sends them the message on the overall movement, then these generals order their captains who lead the different units. The Romans were the first who implemented this system, as eventually the orders reached the centurions, who commanded 80-200 men. That gave the Roman armies the needed flexibility.
Kings and Generals and what if the soldiers didnt obey?
The Romans used "decimation". Every 10th soldier in the unit that disobeyed would be flogged and executed.
Kings and Generals during the battle?? this is crazy
Nope, after the battle, but, still, the fear and shame was so strong, the Romans rarely retreated.
great video, keep 'em coming
Thanks, will do!
It is shame. 1000 years war between Persia and Roman left open against Arabs which brought end to both great civilizations. It seems history is repeating. Thanks for video.
History is not repeating itself though...
and even History is not even exist without us though
Stallion Duck We know what he’s talking about it’s just that it’s stupid as fuck. The worst kind of people are the one’s who try to put their modern politics and fit them onto history.
The Lilywhite Glad to find some sensible people!
The *muslims* invaded partially because Khosrow’s successor alianated his Arabic allies and quaralled with them. Before that they had been a buffer zone in the south. At the same time turkic tribes in the east was attacking from the east at an over extending army. It had little to do with the Roman and Iran rivalry and more to do with infighting in the Sasanid Empire.
That song in the last 2 minutes - "How Justinian is Julius Caesar with a 40-inch vertical" (Mike Korzemba reference)
Make some videos about some of many Sassanian victories over Romans
The Sassanian Knights were nightmare for Roman Legions😂
The documentary was great. it's my personal opinion it would be great if you make a documentary regarding the crusade wars.
Thank you! We will think about it. :-)
Romans: This land is mine!
Sassanids: No,mine!
Rashidun Caliphate: Surprise,Muthafucka!!!
while you're on the subject how about "Battle of Edessa" ? i understand it was the first time (maybe only time) a roman empire was captured alive
Yes, it is planned. Don't know when, but it will happen.
@@KingsandGenerals In that war Persians for the first time in recorded battles in history, first allowed the opposition army progress in their land which Romans didnt know well, then they trapped them where they wanted.
It is still being thought in the Army schools today.
no man the Valerian got captured to.
A very good video like always
Thank you! :-)
“The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, but after their defeat they will soon be victorious. Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after, is with God.” (Quran 30:2-4)
Intresting!!! But what is the context of the verse tho ? Im curious to what battles they are reffering to!
When Belisarius' and Justinians' portraits pop up you know it's ass-kicking time!
Nice ❤️
Thanks! :-)
Great video! Please make more videos about the Byzantine Empire.
Thank you, will do! :-)
Romans: This land is mine!
Sassanids: No,mine!
Rashidun Caliphate: Surprise,Muthafucka!!!