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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Місяць тому +67

    You can watch our next series Nazi Occultism Now! - bit.ly/TheThuleSociety OR brace for some comedy with RiffTrax here: nebula.tv/rifftrax?ref=extrahistory Thanks for Watching!

    • @naimatahiri6960
      @naimatahiri6960 Місяць тому +1

      Hey have you guys ever thought of making a series about the 2nd french empire and napoleon the third I think that would be a very interessting subject

    • @enieniz
      @enieniz 28 днів тому

      after this you have to do Scanderbeg man

    • @mjama2132
      @mjama2132 16 днів тому

      ​@@enienizwho

    • @maximolaras4473
      @maximolaras4473 2 дні тому

      Can you do Stephen the Great too

    • @mjama2132
      @mjama2132 2 дні тому

      @maximolaras4473 who

  • @RedWizrobe
    @RedWizrobe Місяць тому +792

    Now that it's been established that this will be a regular thing, I'm counting the days on my fingers until the Third Century Crisis and Thirty Years War series' get the Extra History Complete treatment.

    • @GrudgeyCable
      @GrudgeyCable Місяць тому +29

      For sure. Kinda hoping for the Jonathan wild series myself

    • @classeontop7403
      @classeontop7403 Місяць тому +2

      I read the "third" as "end"

    • @OssencsWasTaken
      @OssencsWasTaken Місяць тому +4

      Isn’t it just the 5 episodes stitched together why not use a playlist

    • @classeontop7403
      @classeontop7403 Місяць тому +2

      @@OssencsWasTaken So you only need to watch one which is easier.

    • @RedWizrobe
      @RedWizrobe Місяць тому +7

      @@classeontop7403 Plus these have additional context and corrections from the Lies episodes.

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 Місяць тому +382

    I dated a beautiful Romanian woman who had immigrated to the United States when she was a young teenager. She was incredibly intelligent and would tell me about her homeland’s history. She gave me a very detailed explanation about how Vlad was a defender of Romania and Christianity. She blamed a lot of the negative stories about him on his enemies who besmirched his reputation after his death.

    • @SantiagoGarza-bg9wp
      @SantiagoGarza-bg9wp Місяць тому +5

      She migrated as a teen, yes? You didn't date her as a teen?

    • @briangarrow448
      @briangarrow448 Місяць тому +42

      @@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp I didn’t meet her until both of us were past age 40. But she was a hottie back in her teenage years, I saw some photos of her. Sadly, if I had met her then, she wouldn’t have even noticed me. I was still in my shy, nerd, bookworm phase!

    • @DCMarvelMultiverse
      @DCMarvelMultiverse Місяць тому +29

      "As a teen" implies a past state of hers. Does anyone have conversational literacy anymore?

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Місяць тому +17

      Yeah, that's true that he defended his home, but he wasn't exactly a saint, not by a long shot!

    • @SantiagoGarza-bg9wp
      @SantiagoGarza-bg9wp Місяць тому +9

      @DCMarvelMultiverse I mean, firstly, he could've dated her in the past. Secondly, I just wanted to clear up a kinda confusing sentence. Thirdly, damn bro, I'd really like to see you speak a different language and not have any single doubt

  • @LucasCosma
    @LucasCosma Місяць тому +281

    As a Romanian I always love seeing Romania mentioned in videos. And I can confirm that Vlad The Impaler is seen as a hero (in a way) in Romania
    Edit: There is also a saying in Romanian tradition. When someone is being unfair or disrespectful, someone would say: "Unde ești tu, Țepeș?" ("Where are you, Țepeș?")

    • @lifeintheseven1603
      @lifeintheseven1603 Місяць тому +17

      Now I have my next new CK3 idea, make Romania

    • @SantiagoGarza-bg9wp
      @SantiagoGarza-bg9wp Місяць тому +15

      HAAARD saying. That's cool

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Місяць тому +13

      Oooh, that's nasty, you're basically calling on Vlad to impale the unfair or disrespectful person from beyond the grave!

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Місяць тому +7

      @@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp Well, that's Vlad for you!

    • @AndriPopUp
      @AndriPopUp Місяць тому +6

      ​@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2nTrue. Also when someone scams/fools you, we say that this person 'impaled you' ('Te-a tras în țeapă")

  • @quickquranrecitations3091
    @quickquranrecitations3091 Місяць тому +88

    It's cool that, no matter how many times I watch a different history video about the same thing, I always pick up new facts. Crazy how from a slightly different perspective you can understand things you never could before.

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 Місяць тому +64

    "One would like to be both the one and the other but because it is difficult to combine them it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both"- Machiavelli

    • @haemocyte2224
      @haemocyte2224 Місяць тому +5

      On a related note, I really want to see an Extra history/literature on The Prince.

    • @shiroamakusa8075
      @shiroamakusa8075 Місяць тому +13

      "...but see to it that you never inspire hatred". Most so-called machiavellians forget that part.

  • @GdGuitarist
    @GdGuitarist Місяць тому +414

    Just remember Vlad the Impaler didn't start impaling people until his mid-30s. It's never too late to become a legend!! 😂

  • @CapOb314
    @CapOb314 Місяць тому +25

    I always liked how detailed Vlad was in this series. Makes ot clear that he was...not just one among others.

  • @CartoonHero1986
    @CartoonHero1986 Місяць тому +33

    Something I always find funny about how horrified the Turkish Nobility were about Vlad's technique of impaling was; these were Nobles that had for the most part "normalised" fratricide as just something a person in a position of power has to do. So that just shows you how brutal witnessing something like that must have been and how terrifying it was that Vlad didn't just pick this as his punishment of choice... but found ways to make it even more painful and terrible.

  • @SatanBakes
    @SatanBakes Місяць тому +241

    I’m allergic to garlic and burn extremely easily. Not going to lie, i’ve been preparing for vampire jokes for like a month.

    • @thenexus8384
      @thenexus8384 Місяць тому +7

      Do you like bats?

    • @SatanBakes
      @SatanBakes Місяць тому +19

      @@thenexus8384 bats are so cool

    • @thenexus8384
      @thenexus8384 Місяць тому +3

      @@SatanBakes agreed

    • @SatanBakes
      @SatanBakes Місяць тому +4

      @@thenexus8384 l need to hold bats at all times

    • @thenexus8384
      @thenexus8384 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@SatanBakesjust pray they don't bite you

  • @nicolaebriciuc1846
    @nicolaebriciuc1846 Місяць тому +31

    Can you do a series about Stephen the great, Vlad's cousin, and the moldovian ruler?

  • @patrickb1303
    @patrickb1303 Місяць тому +45

    Vlads cartoon eyes really help to enforce the mental stability of the figure. 😂

  • @Fabio-Jose-DragonKing
    @Fabio-Jose-DragonKing Місяць тому +42

    You guys are the Best! Compilations rock🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @UnaOwens-g1q
    @UnaOwens-g1q Місяць тому +15

    Is it okay that I’m delighted to see this video, because I regularly watch the “Vlad the Impaler” playlist to calm down? Probably to do with being the stern, humorless older sibling to a Radu the Handsome or two. Probably 👀.

  • @dannyfenlon2476
    @dannyfenlon2476 Місяць тому +35

    Ah a lovely series to listen to on a walk
    A very enthusiastic walk.

    • @M4gpi3s_
      @M4gpi3s_ 15 днів тому +1

      I see what you did there

  • @Gamegod-st1hz
    @Gamegod-st1hz Місяць тому +7

    I kid you not, earlier today I was thinking "i want to re-watch the series extra history made about vlad the impalor to make a better Dracula character" and flew and behold, this compilation is made.
    Thank you, extra history, for fueling my creativity with these videos and giving me ideas for my books.

  • @johnka5407
    @johnka5407 Місяць тому +12

    The complete and corrected version is cool and all, but the best thing is intro music unique for each series

  • @time_warriors
    @time_warriors Місяць тому +13

    This is a really well-made video! It's fascinating to learn more about Vlad the Impaler and how he became such a legendary figure. I'm amazed by how much cruelty he inflicted on his enemies. It's also interesting to see the connection between Vlad and the fictional character of Dracula. Thanks for sharing this informative and entertaining video!

  • @louthegiantcookie
    @louthegiantcookie Місяць тому +15

    I loved this series! Vlad is such an interesting figure to me, both hero and villain.

  • @sapphirejade5029
    @sapphirejade5029 Місяць тому +9

    How interesting that I'm drawing Dracula for my Draculatober drawing series. Good to see the origins still remain strong.😉

  • @jareddehart9107
    @jareddehart9107 Місяць тому +8

    Love these Complete versions. You guys ever gonna sell DVDs of these things? I'd love to buy them.

  • @theuralictribes5689
    @theuralictribes5689 Місяць тому +48

    Just to make some facts clear,
    Vampires didn't originate from Romania, they originated from Slavic Pagan Mythology where Slavic tribes believed in the existence of undead creatures who lived in caves in forests (Not Castles) who fed on human blood at night to stay alive. In fact it makes more sense for Vampires to live in caves since Bats live in Caves mostly and so it's no wonder they are associated with one another.

    • @kokuinomusume
      @kokuinomusume Місяць тому +8

      Vampire bats live in Central and South America, so there's no way they can have influenced Slavic legends. But the vampire discourse of the 1700s began when Austrian troops took control for a while of the Balkans from the Ottoman empire, and sent home a few reports of having to let villagers stake some corpses because the locals were convinced the corpses were making other villagers ill (the Arnold Paole and Petar Blagojević cases, mainly).

    • @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t
      @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t Місяць тому +10

      And the tales themselves most likely originated when people observed exhumed corpses, and noticed the hair and nails had continued to grow. The gums would have receded, making the canine teeth look like fangs. The abdomen would become bloated, making it look like they had fed on something. Liquid blood would remain pooled in the heart, making it look like there was still some life in them. All of these are a normal part of decomposition, but the superstitious people of the time didn't know that.
      Also, if a body was poorly buried, sometimes dogs or wild animals would partially dig up a limb, making it look like the corpse was trying to claw its way out of the ground. Imagine seeing that and not having any other explanation for it.

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Місяць тому +10

      Actually, there are vampire-like monsters in every culture in the world!

    • @kokuinomusume
      @kokuinomusume Місяць тому +3

      @@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t In addition to that, during winter the soil or charnel houses would be at freezing temperatures, so corpses would "magically" appear to not have decomposed. Clearly revenants!

    • @LickyTee
      @LickyTee 13 днів тому

      @@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t also cannibalism exists

  • @jso6790
    @jso6790 Місяць тому +5

    This is great, and I am a member of Nebula, so I am happy to add to your algorithm here, too!

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for joining us on Nebula and still adding to our algorithm!

  • @SadPizza4591
    @SadPizza4591 10 днів тому +1

    This is so much better than watching a playlist thank you so much!

  • @purpleiguana208
    @purpleiguana208 Місяць тому +7

    Bram Stoker's failed story, "Vlad Dracula and his cousin Steve." LOL

  • @sourwinee
    @sourwinee Місяць тому +8

    LETS GOOOO EXTRA HISTORY COMPLETE DROPPED

  • @thatonrabsolutenutcasecomic
    @thatonrabsolutenutcasecomic Місяць тому +6

    1 minute ago, 30 views, fell upwards. Always love the smell of a complete history edition

  • @brannonhutchins
    @brannonhutchins Місяць тому +6

    38:00 I see your TTGL reference and appreciate it.

  • @matty-theperson
    @matty-theperson Місяць тому +5

    It feels so good watching people talk about historical people from my own country 😂, love your workk

  • @Sillycar303
    @Sillycar303 Місяць тому +12

    This is perfect for the spooky season. I love the Vlad Dracula series the series deserved the while series video I would watch this in my grave alive or dead

  • @bbluva21
    @bbluva21 Місяць тому +4

    Alright alright, credit where it's due:
    The Gurren Lagann reference at 37:58 is pretty good. 💪

  • @ArneBab
    @ArneBab Місяць тому +4

    This was awesome and fun to watch! And nicely informative! Thank you!

  • @cgt3704
    @cgt3704 Місяць тому +7

    I hope you guys will cover his cousin Stephen the Great in the future.
    He is also a historical figure of great importance in Romania and Moldova. He has the second longest reign in our history, went to 50 battles against all of his neighbours and won 48 of them.
    And he has been canonised as a saint in the Romanian Chirch

  • @danielatchley277
    @danielatchley277 Місяць тому +3

    The complete history intro is always special fr

  • @Chikinuggetyum
    @Chikinuggetyum Місяць тому +6

    I love all of your videos Matthew!! ❤

  • @decantabriaball938
    @decantabriaball938 Місяць тому +5

    Now I’m waiting for the Justinian Complete series

  • @MuirlySims
    @MuirlySims Місяць тому +1

    I'd love to see more super long form in depth videos like this from you in future!

  • @leocormier8829
    @leocormier8829 Місяць тому +2

    Nailing the intro sound as alwase, love it, keep it up!

  • @xjkfo
    @xjkfo 25 днів тому +1

    You guys should do a Stephen the Great video! Even if he isn't that famous around the world, he’s a very important symbol for Moldova.

  • @WayFinderXM
    @WayFinderXM Місяць тому +2

    More of these! If you guys aren't going to keep up with the playlists for your videos, at least make more of these after the lies episode comes out

  • @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t
    @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t Місяць тому +4

    I say if you're going to make Prince Vlad III of Wallachia into any kind of supernatural creature, why not a dragon? In my own stories that are populated by werewolves and vampires, Dracula was a dragon who walked around in human form. Although some of his reputation was deserved, he was a complicated figure who was widely misunderstood. I think this is more interesting than portraying him as a straight up villain.

    • @Saurophaganax1931
      @Saurophaganax1931 25 днів тому

      I mean... It's reeeeeally hard not to depict him as a straight up villain. Sympathetic or not, the man had a corpse forest. He's not exactly beating the villain accusations.

  • @LoneTiger
    @LoneTiger Місяць тому +4

    +As Dracula leaves his castle forever and addresses the peasants+
    Dracula: _"Have your fun. But remember this... without me Transylvania will be as exciting as Bucharest, on a Monday night."_
    Love at First Bite (1979)

  • @noodledaddy3234
    @noodledaddy3234 29 днів тому

    I honestly love Vlad the Impaler its weird how your school essays make you genuinely interested in something

  • @janoscsoma3104
    @janoscsoma3104 Місяць тому +1

    Fun fact about the siege: Before Hunyadi broke through the siege lock, he divided his army into two halves. He took the experienced soldiers with him to the castle of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade), leaving the inexperienced crusader recruits behind under the leadership of a priest, János Kapisztrán. He ordered him, under no circumstances, to attack the Turkish camp on the other side of the Sava River. On the last day of the siege, however, Capistran decided that the Crusaders would cross the river under his leadership and attack the Turkish camp. The Sultan reacted to this by using all his reserves against the Crusaders to force them back into the river. Seeing this, Hunyadi from the castle gave the order to break out and attack the Turkish positions. The siege cannons there were captured and then turned against their previous users. At least that's what they taught me.

  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... Місяць тому

    This is great. Was tired of the playlists that would shock you with loud commercials every 5 minutes or so.

  • @loganbrown3565
    @loganbrown3565 5 днів тому

    This channel kicks ass

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Місяць тому +14

    HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON ! Your compilations are the Best 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

  • @CollinWardlow
    @CollinWardlow Місяць тому +1

    Bro thank u extra history your history videos are amazing and I wish that I could work with you guys since I'm a history buff

  • @Plab1402
    @Plab1402 Місяць тому +3

    Cheese is amazing chat, petition to make a video on cheese history? 🧀

  • @TheAccursedWolfOfficial
    @TheAccursedWolfOfficial 19 днів тому +1

    The legend of Vlad the Impaler is borne from darkness!

  • @Valhain
    @Valhain Місяць тому +4

    Best thing for spooktober

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Місяць тому +3

    Best KBR practitioner imho.

  • @zoltansandor7751
    @zoltansandor7751 4 дні тому +1

    Dracul in romanian doesn't mean dragon, but devil!
    Impaling was a common practice at the Ottoman court at the time of Vlad's stay there.
    Vlad was the victim of a slander campaign by the rich traders of the city of Brasov, to whom he imposed taxes to match what the wallachian traders had to pay.
    Vlad did not institute a terror campaign, he instituted basically sharia law he learned at the Ottoman court. Thieves had a had cut, unfaithful wives were lashed and all societies were punishing "lazy peons".
    The beggars weren't any beggars, they were boyars. he burned a barn full of boyars at some point.
    Gipsy people were slaves bought from the Ottomans, you don't conscript slaves. They are property and can be used as seen fit. Haven't heard of any gipsy soup though. But he did impale some priests that were not respecting the cloth. You know, the standard debauchery and greed thing... using faith to take from the poor and give to himself.
    Outside Targoviste Vlad and his troops went in in disguise and took advantage of the rivalries between the different factions in the ottoman army to start infighting that lasted till morning. And use your brain, He did make a forest of spikes and impaled people on them, but there were only men, turk soldiers.
    Also, he did win some battles against the Ottoman armies and I'm quite sure he was executed by the Hungarians.

  • @xhagast
    @xhagast Місяць тому +12

    Easy to forget/overlook is that Vlad was also a defender of the common people. He stood for the rights of the peasants against the abuses of the nobility, and the oppression of the Turks.

    • @louthegiantcookie
      @louthegiantcookie Місяць тому +3

      I always liked how he elevated peasants to positions of power, ahead of the crooked and murderous Boyars. For all his cruelty, I do think he genuinely had his peoples betterment in mind, and to do that you must be strong - and sometimes ruthless.

    • @WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight
      @WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight Місяць тому

      ​@@louthegiantcookieHe was not lol.

  • @knightofarkronia9968
    @knightofarkronia9968 Місяць тому +15

    0:55 Is that a face reveal?

    • @Jsterman23
      @Jsterman23 Місяць тому +9

      He's done a lot of that for sponsorship deals in the past month at least

    • @knightofarkronia9968
      @knightofarkronia9968 Місяць тому +5

      @@Jsterman23 Oh.

  • @RichardBuzzy
    @RichardBuzzy 24 дні тому

    I love these new complete videos

  • @smallebige
    @smallebige 10 днів тому

    Hey guys when you do these in the future can you put the lies episode at the end too while you’re at it?

  • @nicolopanti1169
    @nicolopanti1169 Місяць тому +1

    Very cool video for a very controversial and intriguing character in history

  • @baliyae
    @baliyae Місяць тому +1

    Since it’s getting close to Halloween, this video is very fitting.

  • @rexjekic2070
    @rexjekic2070 Місяць тому +1

    Have you ever considered making a video about Dusan the Might. He had many acomplishments and is considered one of best rulers in Serbian history

  • @charlieboone1298
    @charlieboone1298 Місяць тому +2

    Vladislav! Baby dont hurt me! Dont hurt me, no more 🎶

  • @markadams7046
    @markadams7046 Місяць тому +4

    It's easy to judge the cruelty of the past by our own modern standard, but in a world where you don't have the technology to more easily keep order, I think for leaders to keep order in their day, they had to resort to less than savory means for the overall order. I'm sure like today, the leaders back then could be selfish for power while convincing themselves that they were doing it for the good of their people.

  • @legacyvaultchannel
    @legacyvaultchannel Місяць тому +2

    Wow, Vlad’s life was full of so much political intrigue and betrayal. It’s sad how he was constantly caught between larger powers, and while he’s often remembered for his cruelty, it’s clear his reign was way more complex than just impaling people.

  • @Olive-oilien
    @Olive-oilien 22 дні тому

    RiffTrax is amazing! I grew up on MST3K and was thrilled to find out they were still doing their thing.

  • @cryingcrown
    @cryingcrown 22 дні тому

    Loved the og vlad series cant wait fro thisss :3

  • @geoandrew8159
    @geoandrew8159 Місяць тому +1

    Hey I know you do Literature simplified but you should also so operas!! It’ll be so interesting and helpful!!

  • @antontvircun1432
    @antontvircun1432 20 днів тому

    Please please please do a history episode of Moldova, we have awesome stories in store!!!

  • @EMantraOfficial1
    @EMantraOfficial1 26 днів тому

    As much Vlad the impaler was famous was not even close to his cousin Stephen the Great who basically fought with enemies from 4 sides all his rulling life..you should do also a series about Him..good video regardless

  • @McAllisterVideos
    @McAllisterVideos Місяць тому

    Can yall create more playlists.... I love the episode labels. But having to hunt through a playlist with 225 videos for a specific series of 5 videos is a little insane

  • @westsidermetalhead4997
    @westsidermetalhead4997 Місяць тому

    43:22 Beautiful piece of art.
    This is from the Bulgarian painting "Fight for Shipka" by Dimitar Gyuzhenov. The fight was during of August 1877. 1878 is when we won our independence alongside other Balkan countries.

  • @vladsiminica2801
    @vladsiminica2801 Місяць тому +8

    Vlad The Impaler ( Romanian: Vlad Țepeș/ Vlad lll Basarab ) was ruler of Wallachia from 3 times ( 1448 ; 1456-1462 and 1475-1476 ) and one of the most notorious romanian ruler and a national hero of Romania . He was son of Vlad ll Dracul , the grandson of Mircea the Elder ( Mircea cel Bătrân / Mircea l Basarab ) which ruled between 1386-1418 and the cousin of Stephen the Great ( Romanian: Ștefan cel Mare, Ștefan lll Musat ) , who rulled 49 years as prince of Moldavia between 1455-1504 and was later canonized as saint by Romanian Orthodox Church ( Romanian : Biserica Ortodoxa Romana ) in 1992 . 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

  • @chrisnewhard5863
    @chrisnewhard5863 Місяць тому

    Cool video!

  • @razvandumitru7145
    @razvandumitru7145 4 дні тому

    There is also one story about him, that in his time of ruling, no one dared to steal anything because they feard him and his punishments. To test the people Vlad left a golden cup engraved with precious gems at a well so that anyone could drink water with it, even tho the cup was unguarded , it remained there until Vlad took it back.

  • @historyViewer1
    @historyViewer1 Місяць тому +1

    Man, Vlad was something else! 😂 A hero to his people but a total nightmare to his enemies. The way he impaled people just to scare others is insane 😵. History is both fascinating and terrifying! I’m not sure if I should admire him or be scared of him!

  • @caseyjones-esque
    @caseyjones-esque 26 днів тому

    The artists had SO much fun with this, didn’t they?

  • @LittleImpaler
    @LittleImpaler Місяць тому +16

    It's not sadism. Vlad put order in Wallchaia, because there was none.

    • @Saurophaganax1931
      @Saurophaganax1931 25 днів тому +3

      It's pretty hard to argue that he wasn't sadistic. Nailing the Ottoman envoys turbans to their heads as an ironic gesture to "help" then with their religious observance was just pure sadism. So was making a man watch his own grave be dug while a priest gives him his funerary rites. None of this is brought any order to Wallachia. It's just real sicko stuff. Then there's the corpse forest...

    • @Music-AsLife
      @Music-AsLife 15 днів тому

      You're conflating his means and his ends. His ends weren't sadistic, but his means certainly were.

    • @LittleImpaler
      @LittleImpaler 15 днів тому

      @@Saurophaganax1931 So the Ottoman Empire use to cut off their enemy heads and sent it to you. But Vlad impailing his enemies is evil.

    • @sleepyllama3673
      @sleepyllama3673 13 днів тому +1

      @@LittleImpaler Both were evil, just because one is evil doesnt mean the other is not evil. Every ruler in that period was stupidly evil.

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube Місяць тому +16

    Fun fact, Dracula is NOT based on Vlad the Impaler. The book was pretty much complete before Stoker knew about him. The character was originally called Count Wympir, which is basically a bad pun for Vampire. Stoker studied Vlad Dracula near the end of his time writing the book and changed the name, but the story and character were already pretty well set before then.

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Місяць тому +1

      Of course, Mr. Stoker didn't know that Dracula means "son of Dracul" in Romanian!

    • @crazyman8472
      @crazyman8472 Місяць тому +1

      I did not know that! 😳

    • @arashimiyazawa8165
      @arashimiyazawa8165 Місяць тому +1

      Uh....yeah...this is in the video. Watch before commenting ;)

    • @Sam_on_YouTube
      @Sam_on_YouTube Місяць тому

      @@arashimiyazawa8165 It's a very long video and I have ADHD. I can't watch before commenting. My brain doesn't work like that. But glad it's in there. I've only made it about 20 minutes in so far.

    • @arashimiyazawa8165
      @arashimiyazawa8165 Місяць тому

      @@Sam_on_UA-cam Perfectly understandable. Sorry if I came off as combative :D

  • @uria3679
    @uria3679 Місяць тому +13

    Vlad’s logic in making a strong country: 40K tier violence

    • @DXG2
      @DXG2 Місяць тому +9

      As a Romanian I can confirm this is true

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 Місяць тому

      To be fair he fough against the xenos (turk/muslim), the heretic (catholics/ germans) and the mutant (leeches of society from treacurous boyars,that is nobles, to the lowest beggar who didn't want to work the fields for his bread).

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc День тому

      Well, what would have you done in his place? 🤷‍♂️

  • @bvillafuerte179
    @bvillafuerte179 23 дні тому

    Good video.

  • @ThatKenBoi88
    @ThatKenBoi88 26 днів тому

    I love these covers of the E.H. Theme!

  • @Mateo_muyrandom
    @Mateo_muyrandom Місяць тому +12

    Fun fact: Vlad is not the diminutive of Vladimir, its the diminutive of Vladislav. The real diminutive of Vladimir would be Vova if Im not mistaken.
    Edit: This only applies on Russia as far as I know, in Romania Vlad is just Vlad.

    • @roscamarius8896
      @roscamarius8896 Місяць тому +6

      In Romania, Vlad is just Vlad. And Vlăduț is the diminutive of Vlad.

    • @Mateo_muyrandom
      @Mateo_muyrandom Місяць тому +1

      @@roscamarius8896 Interesting! I should've clarified that happens on Russia (maybe Ukraine too) Ill edit that, thanks bro! Greetings from Spain.

    • @crazyman8472
      @crazyman8472 Місяць тому +4

      So many Vlads, so little time… 😜

  • @bryansylvestrew5024
    @bryansylvestrew5024 Місяць тому +1

    Even though this is one of the extra history series I watch at least every other month, I will always give this channel of view 💚. Keep up the good work yall

  • @masterthnag105
    @masterthnag105 Місяць тому +1

    The thumbnail makes vlad look like an angry Canadian with that mustache looking like an open Canadian mouth

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 5 днів тому

    Zoe's " meow", woke my cat up!😅

  • @user-wi9se5ll3j
    @user-wi9se5ll3j 10 днів тому

    Will you guys ever redo the Punic wars?

  • @codrin002
    @codrin002 День тому +1

    romanian here: Vlad dracul actually means Vlad ''the devil''

    • @joshuafrimpong244
      @joshuafrimpong244 18 годин тому

      Why would they name a Christian crusader a "devil"? I don't mean to be rude, but it's a bit bizarre

  • @wayneigoe6722
    @wayneigoe6722 Місяць тому +1

    Fun fact: when he retreated, he had the shoes on his horses turned backwards to confuse the enemy

  • @LordToxicis
    @LordToxicis Місяць тому

    Hard to think, the 1400s saw many major events brushed over in schools today. The fall of Constantinople, the wars of Europe, the Renaissance, and today being Columbus day 1492 the early modern period and the end of the medieval

  • @LittleImpaler
    @LittleImpaler Місяць тому +1

    I want plushie of Extra History Vlad the Impaler.

  • @SeoulMan
    @SeoulMan Місяць тому +1

    "What is a man? A miserable little PILE of SECRETS!"

  • @Sirbattlecats-xu7pz
    @Sirbattlecats-xu7pz Місяць тому

    Guys the history dude just uploaded

  • @LittleImpaler
    @LittleImpaler Місяць тому

    You did Vlad the Impaler! ❤

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu Місяць тому +5

    Vlad the Impaler and the Basarab dynasty he belonged to was of Cuman Turkic origin descended from a Cuman named Thocomerius

  • @warmonster12345
    @warmonster12345 Місяць тому

    Oh my mom is going to love these

  • @BIGHSM
    @BIGHSM Місяць тому +1

    Nice

  • @666mrdoctor
    @666mrdoctor Місяць тому

    Can you do Skanderbeg next?❤

  • @theshenpartei
    @theshenpartei Місяць тому +2

    Weirdly enough a long time ago I met someone with a vlad the impaler tattoo at a Panera bread. It was the woodcut image of him. I recognize the image of him immediately and ask him about it. He told me about where he got it and told him neat.

  • @spongebobnick1
    @spongebobnick1 7 днів тому

    I was thinking historically until I heard that “and also his step-mother” part 💀

  • @katerandazzo8432
    @katerandazzo8432 20 днів тому

    “Robb didn’t know that people actually ship historical figures, but now he can’t unknow it.” You guys found the Elveo fanart didn’t you 😂

  • @dtglck4fkds
    @dtglck4fkds Місяць тому

    Is this a compilation or actual updates?