Alexander fought side by side with his warriors, shared the same water, the same food, all the treasures, everything. He even helped his men in building fortifications for sieges. He was a true leader, inspiring his army and making them feel that he was a brother. That is why they where so united in battle and followed him that far. I know that the above seem crazy to the modern historians who cannot think of anything else than an arrogant, selfish, ungrateful tyrrant making everyone follow him by force, but this is not the case with Alexander.
He had to, in Greece at the time the leader is the first and best amongst others not the higher in position just the leader. When this had changed money made them looking after everyday's basic needs, no time for high gentle ideas
@@tarcher2160 all one has to do is read plutarch, Charles-Louis de Secondat Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, Flavius Arrianus, etc, that is all in greek Latin English German or french is needed sorry.
The Battle of the Hadapses was not the last big battle the Greeks fought in India. The Battle of the Malian Fortress was the last big battle that almost cost Alexander his life.
@@zeninimoni4205 I recommend watching a video made by Mr history. Type in Alexander the Great Greek or Macedonian? And his video will be there, his explanation of the truth is very very eye opening and I strongly suggest you watch it to educate yourself.
From Alexander's humble origins back in Greece to him being one of the influential men in history, this two-part series is faithful to the history behind the legend and respectful towards ancient Greek history. What would have made this even better however is if Alexander's ever-lasting impact was further touched upon; like how his conquests sparked the beginning of the hellenistic age, a golden age for Greece in regards to the scientific development and influx of trade that it brought with it, with many cities that Alexander founded becoming centers of prosperity and knowledge.
Oh so being a crown prince of a hegemon greek kingdom, with a ready made best army of the time is still considered a humble origin, i wonder what is noble origin is, a direct lineage from the gods?
Timenides of Argos are descend of Hercules and Olympias from Achilles ( Herodotus Thoucididis Arianus, Plutarch, Charles-Louis de SecondatBaron de La Brède et de Montesquieu) humble?
O Mutiny... Blame on them, the people who accompanied him to conquer the world, the Soldiers, who got tired enough to leave Indian Subcontinent unconquered, what a shame... Created a history, a hero to take pride on nation, to create patriotism among citizens, a self proclaimed greatness who conquered tribal nations and got exhausted to return with fatal battle scars to never fullfill the dream after fighting true power...
Anyone who wages war is not great, especially in vain, because the empire did not continue. Anybody can conquer, it is a great man who continues the empire.
Pharaoh Thotmes II and the Muslim General Khalid bin Walid, the Sword of Allah, are another two who conquered vast territories and never lose a battle.
@@adaninurs right, it had nothing to do with him conquering more territory than anyone in known history except Ghengis Khan. And it had nothing to do with Egypt, India and multiple other regions knowing and writing about him long before any Europeans ever wrote about him 🙄
In real life it is the opposite. Non speaking the Lang barbarens want to perform in middle Dorian to the Koini Lang without having a shred of Lang history or wits but just chat with their Bulgarian cousins using the same lang
King porus was the king of a small Indian Kingdom. Nandha Dynasty,which ruled almost the size of present India was the next kingdom to porus'..And Alexander knew he cannot face them after Battle of Hydaspes..West wont say this story, because they dont want to admit that Great alexander ran away from India.
Put it into perspective...he traveled from ancient Greece to India....did Porous went a population base several times larger and a civilization much older than Alexander didn't stray from the SouthEast Subcontinent
Alexander killed porus’ son, before encircling porus and killing his Indian army almost to the last man before porus surrendered, 1,000 Macedonian casualties compared to over 15,000 Indian dead. Indian nationalists will say porus won but never can provide evidence because there is none LOL
@@VntiHero that history was written in greek and western perspective and the whole world accept that, Alexander wanted to conquer the whole world , but if he really defeated the porus then why he take his step back in conquering the whole world?? Why he not move forward in his aim?
@@VntiHero that history was written in greek and western perspective and the whole world accept that, Alexander wanted to conquer the whole world , but if he really defeated the porus then why he take his step back in conquering the whole world?? Why he not move forward in his aim?
@@becauseamerica9679 why don't you ask yours? Or even write to him in cyrilic? Just to have a written memory of him the only one? I can't do cyrilic, sorry, (750AD just to start having written alphabet, Methodius right? origin of the word ? Just say, Alexandrovitch Olympianova ) yet I do in English French Latin even greek and there are profs to ask on it, as on a piece of paper with my name on, ( same alphabet just like on Phill's coins), signed by one of them, that states your mentioned by Pericles in his 'epitaph ( subparagraph 40), with just a word, greek, widely known internationally even nowadays, that begins by a Ma- ends in - as just ( like) the one you dream of, yet it is shorter and states your happy state of mind., Most probably just because you resembles to Alex's dear friend Voukephealas.He has built a city after him you should know, but you do not. As in all names has its great meaning .what is the meaning of the word? Tough ? Just look at a mirror Ma...a, could be a native Indian American name or french mal..as
@@mangopudding5979 you must be kidding, I even have Mongol friends who have better wisdom than you, you compared what one king achievement with Mongolian empire from Genghis Khan till his grandchildren???
@@nikolastefanov8645 There were NEVER macedonian words that using letters as D or J or names ending in ov or AR only bulgars using that .Macedonians was using Hellenic words and letters and names usually ending in os,like Alexandros,fillipos,Seleukos,ptolemeos.If you are true Macedonian you have to know the words,letters and names that ancient Macedonians used
if he wasn't successful you you spoke Farsi dance the belly dance and had to fall on knees and forehead on to the ground and wait to raise until you were spoken to
Mike, he wasn't Greek, but Macedonian. It was the Greeks that called them tyrant! After Alexander concored Greace he loved the Greek culture the philosophy so much he was the hero who drove the Persian out and liberated them.
@@milenavukovic3739 ,Do not use words that you can't understand the meaning at the time. Since you you got a diffent opinion of the time,just after a few days and a 1000 years of and on your arrival in the area you might tell us what's written on phil's coins. Why the name Alexander appears on a poem 66 times more than 1000 years before his time, 2000 years before your arrival, more than 3500 up to today's controversial disputed out of politics knowledge that denies you justification due to scripts by Hesiod Thoucididis Herodotus ploutarch Flavous Arrianus Ceneka Cicero, even Charles-Louis de Secondat Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. Sources in greek Latin German French English of the times up to nowadays along with historians or even tourkiish ledgers on taxation proves you either whong or lying Thus get back to grammar school and in an other 750 years (AD) you might find out why Philip Olympias Myrtali Neoptolemus (Aeacides Molossoi) Alketas Perdicas cassandros Thessaloniki Evridiki could understand Evripides what they wrote on his grave along all their graves found Why Aristotle ( not Atistotelovitch) wrote in Japanese instead of Cyrillic and the reason why you cannot understand what is the meaning of their names. The only easy to understand there meaning of is that is one of Alex's best friend called Voukephealas that had built a city on his friend' s name. Tough to understand the meaning of the word Voukephealas? Nop just look at a mirror
if you had tried and study a bit you would have seen that when the rest imposing his will on the rest crossed their mind they rebelled during the meeting
Long live 🇲🇰 Macedonia Alexsander The great off Macedonia, hiis in the Bible, hi is in the book off Daniel. 🇲🇰 Macedonia is in the Bible in the Sade off pole. Also in Mojsej.
If only Emperor Alexander practices more Wisdom & Forgiveness >>> He would be remembered as an even Greater Alexander from Macedonia! There is a fine line between being Courageous & Victorious or being Foolish & Mad!
Oddly enough the woke pseudo historians who try mightily to revise history conveniently forget that the greatest conquerors from The Mongols to Napoleon to any world war generals (Both allied or Axis) had the most difficult decisions to make-Alexander made them with honor and discretion. There was no "Fine line" when the Persians attacked Greece and burned the Parthenon and decimated Greece. There was no fine line when Anatolian Greek cities were put under the Persian yoke and sent tributes each year to the Persian Kings. When the time comes that you either become a slave or fight-is it Mad and Foolish? If so the whole western world would be speaking half Persian and Half German. Alexander was blessed with Greatness..
@@athanparis2507 Indeed. just, not half but a mixture of both and had the Turks succeed at Vienna ( a proof that eastern conquereres come through either ukrain or Dardanelles throughout time) so, if Turks were there, and further on, the Lang would have been a mixture of those three thus everybody would be experiencing a different kind of freedom in thinking speaking and acting.
MR Toma when Alexander put on Persian garments his mates changes their attitude. There was no emperor in greece, never. They should be all equal to each other. Rulers had to obey orders in a more strict fashion than the rest, while been always first and best on everything. Athenians characterized Spartans or Macedonians amongst others (those two are both Dorians according to Hesiod Herodotus etc) as pesants - vulgars no manners or gentle ideas bearers,for their political and ruling ideas along with everyday's life pursuits, were quite practical than theoretical. Athenians hated everyone opposed to their might in knowledge and culture even though that minor Asia colonies as well as isles, as Samos or Lymnos ( one of the first established comunity voting assembly), were better in theories, yet Athenians were snobs, let alone getting married to more than one wife. The difference is that Aiges was an agricultural capital up to the moment of finding gold, while Sparta had his might always displayed. Thus Pella only could show off by inviting Euripides or Aristotle to stay in, while Sparta thought that the Athenians were a bunch of sissies that they just spend there time talking and drinking wine. The idea was (.and still is widely spread ) that "our city", each and everyone in all cases, is the best compare to all the rest that they are not as Greeks as we are!!
I wouldn’t base that too much off this documentary. It takes a very negative perception of events, and the majority of other outlets have taken far more generous perceptions of his endeavors. Especially the death of Cletus was portrayed very very poorly in this documentary. There is much more than this documentary has to offer and much more accurate as well
@@trosclair434genus4 Etairoi family word as company were the Alex's military class at the military academy of Philip were apart of strategic studies they attended politics philosophy and rhetoric studies as in all of Greece all three were thought as a collective lesson. In Athens the principal ruler ( democracy) had the rank of a general ( politics military service and finance) in in a daily duty of a total of 20 of them. Priviously at the same areas the ruler was a high priest as well( philosophy the rank of Minoas in crete).
Alexander did not win over king Porus in India. History books in India tell us that Alexander was badly hurt in the war with King Porus. War with Porus’s army dampened the spirits of the greek soldiers, and if Alexander and his men were to continue, the mighty Nanda umpire was the next, which was 10 times the size of King Porus’s army.
Alexander would have destroyed the Armies of the Nanda empire. Alexander's victory did not depend on the size of his army, you should know that by now.
@@amandaa3713 Nah, Alexander crushed Porus & then decimated the Mallians & Oxydracians. All the Historical sources we have clearly state this, and the Archaeology also confirms this, specifically the dozens of Victory Medallions found all over India (Pakistan) showing him chasing Porus and his Elephants on one side, and the Goddess of Victory "NIKE" crowning him on the other side. Please stop the propaganda…it is quite Pathetic & Honor-less. 👍
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 Alexander soldiers also revolted against him after war on the outskirts of India.May be he was not defeated but their soldier were afraid about army,elephants and rumors spreaded by Chanakya
I am just wounded how they now these much details. I feel like some of them been there. I believe some true and they use there imagination for the rest. I can’t even remember what I have for dinner last night hahahaha He was great no doubt like any dictator hangry for power
@Janitor Queen she is right. You see there are drawings on pottery, can be found in museums, as well as grafts in tombs, let alone scripts that you have to know greek to understand. That is the reason why most of Bulgarians or albanian speakers lacking knowledge, out of ignorance illiteracy or failing to study in Greek Latin German English or French scholars historians or archeologists want to imitate grecs either macedonians Cretans rhodians samians Hipirotes etc without knowing what the latter had represented said or believed. Yet there is a disadvantage even to nowadays greeks that been after conquering wealth, forget those ideas and heritage as well, that some of them (ancient scolars, poets or philosophers, have taught us, that we are refering to, as they believed in spreading those ideas, throughout the globe (Isocrates, Homer Cimon, Phillip b, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates as well as Alex (not the one mentioned by Homer 66 times!!!! he was dead 1100 years earlier)
18 years of battles , conquered kingdoms , but didn't enjoy his kingdom . how stupid . Died at age 32 , killed his friends thay fought alongside him for disobeying him . he is a tyrant .
Porus was a small kingdom of India that time, emazing if he enter india to meet greatest emperor which is 100 time more powerful than porus. Porus- 200 elephant army That time gupta empire in the north india-60000+ elephant army.
Alexander the Great was faced properly against the porus, but not successed Porus was also the great worrier king. and Indians are patriotic blooded, also chengis khan also didn't attack inidia he also returned back
The country didn't exist like countries now, but the nation of Greeks yes. Macedonians, Spartans, Athenians, Thebians, Corinthians, etc, were all Greeks
Alexander was defeated in India and barely survived the war with Porus. He and his army basically ran away. His horse was killed in battle and he fell down from his horse. His horses were no match to fearsome war elephants in India. Please watch the movie Alexander. An American
Alexander killed porus’ son, before encircling porus and killing his Indian army almost to the last man before porus surrendered, 1,000 Macedonian casualties compared to over 15,000 Indian dead. Indian nationalists will say porus won but never can provide evidence because there is none LOL
A recited enemy does not put down an area to.be ruled by him if he is defeated. Why selefkides took that piece of land on their own, after Alex's death if he was defeate? Generous that maharaja was he?
@@nezperce2767 Alexander made satraps of his ensubjects after defeating them while on campaign, how do you not know this? Porus still paid tribute to Alexander just like all the others he defeated. Please learn history.
Read every country history book So Many greek emperor trying to attack india and loses by gupta empire and give there daughter to marry with gupta empire king.
Stop taking drugs. Illyria and Albania have NOTHING in common. Albane was a town in the Caucasus Mountain range of Asia. They migrated to modern Albania by the Turkish Sultans. Albanian language is codified as an "Asian Language". There is no known artifacts or writings from Illyria. The first writings of Albania were from the 14th century. The first account of Illyrian peoples dates back to the 6th century BC, in the works of the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of Miletus.
Етимологија на името АЛЕКСАНДАР(м.к.d)/ALEKSANDAR-ALEXANDER(latin. skript).Тоа е констатација од 3-збора чија 'референца' е Македонскиот/М.К.D-јазик, а со пристап по 'хомер/анаграм' начин и 'извод' се добива името 'АЛЕКСАНДАР'=ЛАВ САКАН ДАР(м.к.d.)/LION BELOVED GIFT (eng) АЛ ЕКСАН ДАР=> АЛ=ЛА(В) ЕКСАН=САКЕН-САКАН(м.к.d. дијалект/м.к.d.-литературно) ДАР-ДЕР(м.к.d.-литературно/м.к.d.-'охридски' дијалект)
Ask the French in Oradour-sur-Glane the Czechs in Lidice the Greeks in Mesovoun,i Kandano and Kodomari and so on opposite Egyptians and Hebrow in 330 BC. Not your subject history is it?
@@Seven-ld9zv if you fail to see the difference, jot down the vilages see what has happend, then if you fail to find data on sources at the time of Alex (greek Latin german english or french is needed), ask Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu he might reply to you.
@@nezperce2767 I still don´t get your point. Are you saying that German is the only found source on Alexander somehow and that therefor the documentary maker´s hands were tied and they were basically forced to recreate every shot from the Oliver Stone film ? Or are you saying there were films made about the villages you named and they were all .... pfff not even gonna speculate. What do you mean ?
Check out the story about Malhi Jaats probably of king Porus Army how did they defeat thehe Alexander and army I was this documentary only because of this fact was there or not to check it out correct your facts the one who was killing mercilessly his own friends and foes alike why would just turn away and why would the Army which won turned back. Just a fig of imagination abnd cooked to feed the minds of Greek subjects to fancy the valour of their army and king and also of the areas won so they don't revolt.
But what means in Greeks and Macedonian Alexander? Coz in Albanian means "A le x ander" -"was born from a dream" he's mother its Illyrian and all soldiers were Illyrian bravery men.
Have you seen, what was a world then?! What was a meaning of the world. That is Greece, Macedonia, Egypt, Persia, India. No more Europe, no more USA. He hadn't reached to the Bay of Bengal so stop telling that he won all over the world. And in ancient times, India could conquer the entire world for more than 10 times, but India didn't because the beautiful land they had, there was no question to invade a foreign land!
@@arvindthakur6921 no. It's was the great poras king of India who defeated Alexander. But I proud on him and myself. I am also belong to Indian subcontinent
He was either poisoned or died of Typhoid fever. Never defeated. He beat Porus but was so impressed was he that he gave him more territory and they became friends and allies. But Porus did not beat him
Alexander killed porus’ son, before encircling porus and killing his Indian army almost to the last man before porus surrendered, 1,000 Macedonian casualties compared to over 15,000 Indian dead. Indian nationalists will say porus won but never can provide evidence because there is none LOL
Thank you for the compliment. The Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia-and the two million Macedonians living in mother Greece, Thank you. You are third world Bulgarian or Albanian-Not Macedonian.
well trell us what it's written in his letter to his teacher. tell us what Aristotle talks of in any of his book.Ask your neighbors Bulgarians you do understand them. Alex name is in a poem written arround 1450 BC 66 times what the poem talks about ? it's title? Actually it's in Cyrillic written by a Japanese as easy as you to understand the lang
So much did sucess get into his head that he wanted to live forever & fell for Indian sorcery , stopped his invasion of India & went looking for the excilser of life & eventually died a miserable idiot not having found the excilser of life,, neither did his oracle save him.
but brought to a definite draw and thats why more land attained by porus ..never defeated greatest conquor lolz the narattion such propganda not saying he was goodnstrategist and took over a vast area
It was because of the fear of the great Nanda empire and it's huge Army..... that the Greek soldiers did not want to move ahead .... they were facing staunch resistance from petty tribes and small Kings in India..... the Indian king Porus who almost devastated Alexander's Army was but a small king or vessel of the great Nanda Empire of Magadha.
Alexander and his army crushed porus and it wasn’t even close, look up videos on here about the battle for detailed accounts of the battle of hydaspes. Alexander even went south after hydaspes, in the Malian campaign conquering the punjab.
@@VntiHero what Porus did is a history it doesnot need any certification by you ...the Biggest empire of that time was Magadha Empire ....why did Alexander not go eastward ??? Later when the legendary Chandragupta succeeded to the throne of Magadha by removing Nandas from power through conspiracy and defection, He defeated Seleucus Nicator the commander of Greek forces appointed by Alexander in Western India.
The Goat..HBO should create a tv series about his Greatness
@Arnold Mojados The makers of "Vikings" are currently working on a show on Alexander.
Hope so .. because that news is already 3 years old..no Progress
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- wow, really? That's a great news
Alexander fought side by side with his warriors, shared the same water, the same food, all the treasures, everything.
He even helped his men in building fortifications for sieges. He was a true leader, inspiring his army and making them feel that he was a brother.
That is why they where so united in battle and followed him that far.
I know that the above seem crazy to the modern historians who cannot think of anything else than an arrogant, selfish, ungrateful tyrrant making everyone follow him by force, but this is not the case with Alexander.
How do you know ? We only hear the stories. Historians and archeologists are the ones who do the research and actual fact checking.
@@Seven-ld9zv one thing we do know,is our leaders these days couldant fight for loo roll
He had to, in Greece at the time the leader is the first and best amongst others not the higher in position just the leader. When this had changed money made them looking after everyday's basic needs, no time for high gentle ideas
Guess you're the oldest person in history to have seen all that and still alive to relate it to us, what's your secret to living so long?
@@tarcher2160 all one has to do is read plutarch, Charles-Louis de Secondat Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, Flavius Arrianus, etc, that is all in greek Latin English German or french is needed sorry.
Beautifully depicted in a two~part drama of Alexander The Great! Thank You So Much for the efforts & for sharing! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💗🕊
Best series.
Get Factual . . . thank you for this.
The Battle of the Hadapses was not the last big battle the Greeks fought in India. The Battle of the Malian Fortress was the last big battle that almost cost Alexander his life.
He not fought india, that was a small kingdom of india
Excellent documentary Part1 & 2 ...it was informative & interested Episodes allot thanks I appreciated its hard work &sharing
Thank you
Great documentary!!😁
Thank you so much..
The best i have seen. Beautiful 👏
phenomenal series.
🇬🇷proud of my history
Alexander was Macedonian and not Greek , don't steel other people's history!!!
@@zeninimoni4205 I recommend watching a video made by Mr history. Type in Alexander the Great Greek or Macedonian? And his video will be there, his explanation of the truth is very very eye opening and I strongly suggest you watch it to educate yourself.
@@zeninimoni4205 😂
You wish in your dreams..🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣
Alexander was MACEDONIAN
PLEASE.
YOU GUYS INSISTED ON NOT BEING ONE OF US MERE BARBARIANS AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT.
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From Alexander's humble origins back in Greece to him being one of the influential men in history, this two-part series is faithful to the history behind the legend and respectful towards ancient Greek history. What would have made this even better however is if Alexander's ever-lasting impact was further touched upon; like how his conquests sparked the beginning of the hellenistic age, a golden age for Greece in regards to the scientific development and influx of trade that it brought with it, with many cities that Alexander founded becoming centers of prosperity and knowledge.
Alexander's origins is anything but humble his father was a Greek monarch a king his tutor was Aristotle
U just puking up someone else’s editorial
Oh so being a crown prince of a hegemon greek kingdom, with a ready made best army of the time is still considered a humble origin, i wonder what is noble origin is, a direct lineage from the gods?
Timenides of Argos are descend of Hercules and Olympias from Achilles ( Herodotus Thoucididis Arianus, Plutarch, Charles-Louis de SecondatBaron de La Brède et de Montesquieu) humble?
Very educative
I like the story telling... And the narrator's voice
Binning Greek is that my anstey gave the world so much and I am proud of that
O Mutiny... Blame on them, the people who accompanied him to conquer the world, the Soldiers, who got tired enough to leave Indian Subcontinent unconquered, what a shame... Created a history, a hero to take pride on nation, to create patriotism among citizens, a self proclaimed greatness who conquered tribal nations and got exhausted to return with fatal battle scars to never fullfill the dream after fighting true power...
Excellent documentary (Part 1 & 2).
However, the Malian battle after the battle of Hadapses was missing.
He was defeated in India..
that’s why he didn’t go further and turned back..
but historians wrote in his favor to save his glory..
Anyone who wages war is not great, especially in vain, because the empire did not continue. Anybody can conquer, it is a great man who continues the empire.
Im proud of you Alexander
Nothing to be proud of Alexander. He lost royally to Indian King Porus.
Fortune favours the Bold! Alexander the Great
wh r u to tel abt
Pharaoh Thotmes II and the Muslim General Khalid bin Walid, the Sword of Allah, are another two who conquered vast territories and never lose a battle.
And yet, neither of them would have stood a chance against Alexander 😊
Unfortunately the world history is very Eurocentric, thats why Alexander the Great is more known
@@adaninurs right, it had nothing to do with him conquering more territory than anyone in known history except Ghengis Khan. And it had nothing to do with Egypt, India and multiple other regions knowing and writing about him long before any Europeans ever wrote about him 🙄
@@adaninurs why are you so biased, as if I can't guess? 😁
Those are all a piss stains compared to Alexander’s triumphs
legend
A great leader
Can you upload documentary on battle thermopylae or leonidas, 300 spartans??
Please can you do a doc about Constantine ?
you mean the man that killed his son successor and co-emperor?
Is this the part 2?
Me too, proudly Alexander,, Philippines flags
heartbreak at his death
Always more most. I
Very proud🇬🇷🗿
Alexander the Great was only one, and will be only That one of all time of humanity….🏛
The old guard and his peers had some clash
The tru goat ALEXANDER THE GREAT
You should know better needs special skills to say so if unaware or lacking info
Of course wrath is only Gods and He is most for giving
???
You know that the actor that portrayed Alexander was the same one who plays Folkwin in Barbaren!
In real life it is the opposite. Non speaking the Lang barbarens want to perform in middle Dorian to the Koini Lang without having a shred of Lang history or wits but just chat with their Bulgarian cousins using the same lang
True...Folkwin the jealous Lover😅
Alexander knew according to the age type of war, smaller disciplined army was way more movable and easy to command
He lost royally to Indian King Porus.
@@mangopudding5979 maybe some wrong text
King porus was the king of a small Indian Kingdom. Nandha Dynasty,which ruled almost the size of present India was the next kingdom to porus'..And Alexander knew he cannot face them after Battle of Hydaspes..West wont say this story, because they dont want to admit that Great alexander ran away from India.
Put it into perspective...he traveled from ancient Greece to India....did Porous went a population base several times larger and a civilization much older than Alexander didn't stray from the SouthEast Subcontinent
Alexander killed porus’ son, before encircling porus and killing his Indian army almost to the last man before porus surrendered, 1,000 Macedonian casualties compared to over 15,000 Indian dead. Indian nationalists will say porus won but never can provide evidence because there is none LOL
Alexander slapped porus at the battle of hydaspes, please learn history….. LOL
@@VntiHero that history was written in greek and western perspective and the whole world accept that, Alexander wanted to conquer the whole world , but if he really defeated the porus then why he take his step back in conquering the whole world?? Why he not move forward in his aim?
@@VntiHero that history was written in greek and western perspective and the whole world accept that, Alexander wanted to conquer the whole world , but if he really defeated the porus then why he take his step back in conquering the whole world?? Why he not move forward in his aim?
Closest friend=lover
Out of experience or jealousy?
@@nezperce2767 ask your pappy
@@becauseamerica9679 why don't you ask yours? Or even write to him in cyrilic? Just to have a written memory of him the only one? I can't do cyrilic, sorry, (750AD just to start having written alphabet, Methodius right? origin of the word ? Just say, Alexandrovitch Olympianova ) yet I do in English French Latin even greek and there are profs to ask on it, as on a piece of paper with my name on, ( same alphabet just like on Phill's coins), signed by one of them, that states your mentioned by Pericles in his 'epitaph ( subparagraph 40), with just a word, greek, widely known internationally even nowadays, that begins by a Ma- ends in - as just ( like) the one you dream of, yet it is shorter and states your happy state of mind., Most probably just because you resembles to Alex's dear friend Voukephealas.He has built a city after him you should know, but you do not. As in all names has its great meaning .what is the meaning of the word? Tough ? Just look at a mirror Ma...a, could be a native Indian American name or french mal..as
Badass alexander
Not exactly humble origins being born into royalty... But in comparison to what he'd eventually achieve, yes.
He didn't achieve anything. He lost Royally to Indian King Porus. Alexander is nothing compared to Genghis Khan.
@@mangopudding5979 you must be kidding, I even have Mongol friends who have better wisdom than you, you compared what one king achievement with Mongolian empire from Genghis Khan till his grandchildren???
A tru hero of the illiad
He wanted to resemble to his great-grandfather - ancestor
one of the greatest men in the World
Tyrant who murdered thousands. He fixed history by writing it.
AS A MAKEDONIJAN GREEKS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ALEKSANDAR .
@@nikolastefanov8645 There were NEVER macedonian words that using letters as D or J or names ending in ov or AR only bulgars using that .Macedonians was using Hellenic words and letters and names usually ending in os,like Alexandros,fillipos,Seleukos,ptolemeos.If you are true Macedonian you have to know the words,letters and names that ancient Macedonians used
Why dramatization tho?
Ok
If he wasn't Greek he'd be called a tyrant .
if he was not white, next video let us praise Columbus
if he wasn't successful you you spoke Farsi dance the belly dance and had to fall on knees and forehead on to the ground and wait to raise until you were spoken to
Mike, he wasn't Greek, but Macedonian. It was the Greeks that called them tyrant! After Alexander concored Greace he loved the Greek culture the philosophy so much he was the hero who drove the Persian out and liberated them.
@@milenavukovic3739 ,Do not use words that you can't understand the meaning at the time. Since you you got a diffent opinion of the time,just after a few days and a 1000 years of and on your arrival in the area you might tell us what's written on phil's coins. Why the name Alexander appears on a poem 66 times more than 1000 years before his time, 2000 years before your arrival, more than 3500 up to today's controversial disputed out of politics knowledge that denies you justification due to scripts by Hesiod Thoucididis Herodotus ploutarch Flavous Arrianus Ceneka Cicero, even Charles-Louis de Secondat Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. Sources in greek Latin German French English of the times up to nowadays along with historians or even tourkiish ledgers on taxation proves you either whong or lying Thus get back to grammar school and in an other 750 years (AD) you might find out why Philip Olympias Myrtali Neoptolemus (Aeacides Molossoi) Alketas Perdicas cassandros Thessaloniki Evridiki could understand Evripides what they wrote on his grave along all their graves found Why Aristotle ( not Atistotelovitch) wrote in Japanese instead of Cyrillic and the reason why you cannot understand what is the meaning of their names. The only easy to understand there meaning of is that is one of Alex's best friend called Voukephealas that had built a city on his friend' s name. Tough to understand the meaning of the word Voukephealas? Nop just look at a mirror
if you had tried and study a bit you would have seen that when the rest imposing his will on the rest crossed their mind they rebelled during the meeting
The greatest warrior of all time was GREEK and MACEDONIAN. ALEXANER THE GREAT.
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ
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Long live 🇲🇰 Macedonia Alexsander
The great off Macedonia, hiis in the
Bible, hi is in the book off Daniel.
🇲🇰 Macedonia is in the Bible in the
Sade off pole. Also in Mojsej.
You missed the Great Genghis Khan
@@mamachhangte9144 No I am not Bulgrian with Gengis Kan, I did not mis eny off them.
@@danaanceski550Vradaska IA your country Gligorovov" we are not Macedonian but are Slav and come 7 centuries dfter in Balcan"
@@danaanceski550Send me the reference of book of Daniel to laugh together slav.
Alexander brought the Greek L & T paternal haplogroups to India.
Killing Machine
If only Emperor Alexander practices more Wisdom & Forgiveness >>> He would be remembered as an even Greater Alexander from Macedonia! There is a fine line between being Courageous & Victorious or being Foolish & Mad!
Oddly enough the woke pseudo historians who try mightily to revise history conveniently forget that the greatest conquerors from The Mongols to Napoleon to any world war generals (Both allied or Axis) had the most difficult decisions to make-Alexander made them with honor and discretion. There was no "Fine line" when the Persians attacked Greece and burned the Parthenon and decimated Greece. There was no fine line when Anatolian Greek cities were put under the Persian yoke and sent tributes each year to the Persian Kings. When the time comes that you either become a slave or fight-is it Mad and Foolish? If so the whole western world would be speaking half Persian and Half German. Alexander was blessed with Greatness..
@@athanparis2507 Indeed. just, not half but a mixture of both and had the Turks succeed at Vienna ( a proof that eastern conquereres come through either ukrain or Dardanelles throughout time) so, if Turks were there, and further on, the Lang would have been a mixture of those three thus everybody would be experiencing a different kind of freedom in thinking speaking and acting.
MR Toma when Alexander put on Persian garments his mates changes their attitude. There was no emperor in greece, never. They should be all equal to each other. Rulers had to obey orders in a more strict fashion than the rest, while been always first and best on everything. Athenians characterized Spartans or Macedonians amongst others (those two are both Dorians according to Hesiod Herodotus etc) as pesants - vulgars no manners or gentle ideas bearers,for their political and ruling ideas along with everyday's life pursuits, were quite practical than theoretical. Athenians hated everyone opposed to their might in knowledge and culture even though that minor Asia colonies as well as isles, as Samos or Lymnos ( one of the first established comunity voting assembly), were better in theories, yet Athenians were snobs, let alone getting married to more than one wife. The difference is that Aiges was an agricultural capital up to the moment of finding gold, while Sparta had his might always displayed. Thus Pella only could show off by inviting Euripides or Aristotle to stay in, while Sparta thought that the Athenians were a bunch of sissies that they just spend there time talking and drinking wine. The idea was (.and still is widely spread ) that "our city", each and everyone in all cases, is the best compare to all the rest that they are not as Greeks as we are!!
I wouldn’t base that too much off this documentary. It takes a very negative perception of events, and the majority of other outlets have taken far more generous perceptions of his endeavors. Especially the death of Cletus was portrayed very very poorly in this documentary. There is much more than this documentary has to offer and much more accurate as well
@@trosclair434genus4 Etairoi family word as company were the Alex's military class at the military academy of Philip were apart of strategic studies they attended politics philosophy and rhetoric studies as in all of Greece all three were thought as a collective lesson. In Athens the principal ruler ( democracy) had the rank of a general ( politics military service and finance) in in a daily duty of a total of 20 of them. Priviously at the same areas the ruler was a high priest as well( philosophy the rank of Minoas in crete).
Alexander did not win over king Porus in India. History books in India tell us that Alexander was badly hurt in the war with King Porus. War with Porus’s army dampened the spirits of the greek soldiers, and if Alexander and his men were to continue, the mighty Nanda umpire was the next, which was 10 times the size of King Porus’s army.
Porus actually de feated Alexander.
@@pollux194 you should write a science fiction book
@@pollux194 No he didn't 😂
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- yes he did🤣
Alexander would have destroyed the Armies of the Nanda empire. Alexander's victory did not depend on the size of his army, you should know that by now.
There was one way and only one way to beat Alexander: kill him. But they never did, so he always won
Robert
He was defeated in India. He did not always win.
@@amandaa3713 He was NOT !!! Stop with your Indian Propaganda please
@@SpartanLeonidas1821
It was not propaganda. You should watch the mini series "Chanakya" , the version with English caption.
@@amandaa3713 Nah, Alexander crushed Porus & then decimated the Mallians & Oxydracians. All the Historical sources we have clearly state this, and the Archaeology also confirms this, specifically the dozens of Victory Medallions found all over India (Pakistan) showing him chasing Porus and his Elephants on one side, and the Goddess of Victory "NIKE" crowning him on the other side.
Please stop the propaganda…it is quite Pathetic & Honor-less. 👍
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 Alexander soldiers also revolted against him after war on the outskirts of India.May be he was not defeated but their soldier were afraid about army,elephants and rumors spreaded by Chanakya
I am just wounded how they now these much details. I feel like some of them been there. I believe some true and they use there imagination for the rest. I can’t even remember what I have for dinner last night hahahaha
He was great no doubt like any dictator hangry for power
The producers MADE BIG MISTAKE: There were no STIRRUPS BACK THEN. They made at least A 1300 YEARS MISTAKE!!
@Janitor Queen she is right. You see there are drawings on pottery, can be found in museums, as well as grafts in tombs, let alone scripts that you have to know greek to understand. That is the reason why most of Bulgarians or albanian speakers lacking knowledge, out of ignorance illiteracy or failing to study in Greek Latin German English or French scholars historians or archeologists want to imitate grecs either macedonians Cretans rhodians samians Hipirotes etc without knowing what the latter had represented said or believed. Yet there is a disadvantage even to nowadays greeks that been after conquering wealth, forget those ideas and heritage as well, that some of them (ancient scolars, poets or philosophers, have taught us, that we are refering to, as they believed in spreading those ideas, throughout the globe (Isocrates, Homer Cimon, Phillip b, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates as well as Alex (not the one mentioned by Homer 66 times!!!! he was dead 1100 years earlier)
@Janitor Queen . They are depicted for the first time on the Bayeaux Tapestry, which commemorates the Battle of Hasting in 1066 AD.
18 years of battles , conquered kingdoms , but didn't enjoy his kingdom . how stupid .
Died at age 32 , killed his friends thay fought alongside him for disobeying him . he is a tyrant .
Oh its becausenalexanfers notes we learn india. Was full of dragons
Porus was a small kingdom of India that time, emazing if he enter india to meet greatest emperor which is 100 time more powerful than porus.
Porus- 200 elephant army
That time gupta empire in the north india-60000+ elephant army.
King Paurava the great 🕉🚩⚡⚡⚡
King Porus 👑
How they forgot to mention the wound given by the malhi jatts mallians an arrow
Alexander slapped porus and then went on to annihilate the Indian Malians and oxydracians, thus conquering the punjab.
Alexander had over 10 wounds…none seemed to be mentioned in this Documentary tho 🤷🏻♂️
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can you tell us then what is written on Phil's coins?
What Melissa means in your Slavic language and what means in Greek?
Alexander the Great was faced properly against the porus, but not successed Porus was also the great worrier king. and Indians are patriotic blooded, also chengis khan also didn't attack inidia he also returned back
If you go away back then if you know history you tell me if there was a country called Greece never
The country didn't exist like countries now, but the nation of Greeks yes.
Macedonians, Spartans, Athenians, Thebians, Corinthians, etc, were all Greeks
Greek states where everywhere.
The megalomania of a madman or the real politics of a great ruler?
Alexander was defeated in India and barely survived the war with Porus. He and his army basically ran away.
His horse was killed in battle and he fell down from his horse.
His horses were no match to fearsome war elephants in India.
Please watch the movie Alexander.
An American
Why d' you put him in Indian garments feasting amongst Indians then?
Alexander killed porus’ son, before encircling porus and killing his Indian army almost to the last man before porus surrendered, 1,000 Macedonian casualties compared to over 15,000 Indian dead. Indian nationalists will say porus won but never can provide evidence because there is none LOL
Alexander also slapped porus in the movie lmao! Please research history before talking out your ass.
A recited enemy does not put down an area to.be ruled by him if he is defeated. Why selefkides took that piece of land on their own, after Alex's death if he was defeate? Generous that maharaja was he?
@@nezperce2767 Alexander made satraps of his ensubjects after defeating them while on campaign, how do you not know this? Porus still paid tribute to Alexander just like all the others he defeated. Please learn history.
Alexander the Great king of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire. & Some part of Asia.
he wanted to establish a Navy from there....
Alexander's victory over Persia has been predicted in the Bible.
Daniel 7
How he was defeated in India ?
Read every country history book
So Many greek emperor trying to attack india and loses by gupta empire and give there daughter to marry with gupta empire king.
@Get.factual please where is part 3
He backed of to enter india
INDIANS OF INDIA NEARLY KILLED ALEXANDER WITH AN ARROW.
If you always fight infront of others risk is high, pure logic in one cares to think about it
Alexander slapped porus and then went on to annihilate the Indian Malians and oxydracians, thus conquering the punjab.
@@VntiHero yup
Aleksander origini iliria albania.
Stop taking drugs. Illyria and Albania have NOTHING in common. Albane was a town in the Caucasus Mountain range of Asia. They migrated to modern Albania by the Turkish Sultans. Albanian language is codified as an "Asian Language". There is no known artifacts or writings from Illyria. The first writings of Albania were from the 14th century. The first account of Illyrian peoples dates back to the 6th century BC, in the works of the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of Miletus.
@@athanparis2507 albania e autoktono
then you can read his letters to his mother and teachers. tell us what they are talking about
@@kujtimmema5474 your auto... bus origin of the word, copied as Aristotle's acousma know the meaning?
@@kujtimmema5474Autokton in Greek language means suicide. Autoktonia.You are a suicide people. Not a nation.
Here the narrator always tried to justify the brutal acts of the Alexander , the curse of the humanity , destroyer of the ancient civilisations.
This Greek would NEVER bow to another man. Darius was a pretender anyway.
He lost war against porus king india because ,fought with 2000 elephant's at rainy seasons climate was hard to understand opponents war strategy. .
Next warrior movie choose an actor who does not have to wear a muscle suit.
It wasn't Alexander's fault
bro is the epitome of misinformation
What makes him great? If he is the embodiment of what is being great... then we are doomed!
Alexander was the Greatest!!! COPE
Great warrior, great lover, great philosopher, great king, great..in everything
Етимологија на името АЛЕКСАНДАР(м.к.d)/ALEKSANDAR-ALEXANDER(latin. skript).Тоа е констатација од 3-збора чија 'референца' е Македонскиот/М.К.D-јазик, а со пристап по 'хомер/анаграм' начин и 'извод' се добива името 'АЛЕКСАНДАР'=ЛАВ САКАН ДАР(м.к.d.)/LION BELOVED GIFT (eng)
АЛ ЕКСАН ДАР=>
АЛ=ЛА(В)
ЕКСАН=САКЕН-САКАН(м.к.d. дијалект/м.к.d.-литературно)
ДАР-ДЕР(м.к.d.-литературно/м.к.d.-'охридски' дијалект)
Hey crazy guy.
Alexander
You are crazy. Go to a therapist.
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The Germans did try to simply re-create Oliver Stone's film of Alexander.
Ask the French in Oradour-sur-Glane the Czechs in Lidice the Greeks in Mesovoun,i Kandano and Kodomari and so on opposite Egyptians and Hebrow in 330 BC. Not your subject history is it?
@@nezperce2767 What ? Sorry I don't see the point you're trying to make.
@@Seven-ld9zv if you fail to see the difference, jot down the vilages see what has happend, then if you fail to find data on sources at the time of Alex (greek Latin german english or french is needed), ask Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu he might reply to you.
@@nezperce2767 I still don´t get your point. Are you saying that German is the only found source on Alexander somehow and that therefor the documentary maker´s hands were tied and they were basically forced to recreate every shot from the Oliver Stone film ? Or are you saying there were films made about the villages you named and they were all .... pfff not even gonna speculate. What do you mean ?
Cancel and block! Nice history but to mutch commercials! Can’t even follow the storry!
Check out the story about Malhi Jaats probably of king Porus Army how did they defeat thehe Alexander and army I was this documentary only because of this fact was there or not to check it out correct your facts the one who was killing mercilessly his own friends and foes alike why would just turn away and why would the Army which won turned back. Just a fig of imagination abnd cooked to feed the minds of Greek subjects to fancy the valour of their army and king and also of the areas won so they don't revolt.
I was defeated twice.
But what means in Greeks and Macedonian Alexander? Coz in Albanian means "A le x ander" -"was born from a dream" he's mother its Illyrian and all soldiers were Illyrian bravery men.
Alex and Andras brainwashed Albanian. Do you know Adroid?
Have you seen, what was a world then?! What was a meaning of the world. That is Greece, Macedonia, Egypt, Persia, India. No more Europe, no more USA. He hadn't reached to the Bay of Bengal so stop telling that he won all over the world.
And in ancient times, India could conquer the entire world for more than 10 times, but India didn't because the beautiful land they had, there was no question to invade a foreign land!
So he reached what was considered at that time the Indus Valley and then faced defeat.
Never defeated. His men wouldn't go on any more. They wanted to go back home to Greece. Only death defeated Alexander.
Proud to be part of that part which defeated Alexander
Muslims defeated Alexander?
@@arvindthakur6921 no. It's was the great poras king of India who defeated Alexander. But I proud on him and myself. I am also belong to Indian subcontinent
@@atifafridi3233 👌
He was either poisoned or died of Typhoid fever. Never defeated. He beat Porus but was so impressed was he that he gave him more territory and they became friends and allies. But Porus did not beat him
Alexander killed porus’ son, before encircling porus and killing his Indian army almost to the last man before porus surrendered, 1,000 Macedonian casualties compared to over 15,000 Indian dead. Indian nationalists will say porus won but never can provide evidence because there is none LOL
Long live the legend of Alexander the Great Macedon and He's Macedonian army👍☀️...
Never Greek or Bulgarian.
tell the video producers and not the audience
Do you know what Makedonia means little slav? Lol
Thank you for the compliment. The Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia-and the two million Macedonians living in mother Greece, Thank you. You are third world Bulgarian or Albanian-Not Macedonian.
never slav or albanian
well trell us what it's written in his letter to his teacher. tell us what Aristotle talks of in any of his book.Ask your neighbors Bulgarians you do understand them. Alex name is in a poem written arround 1450 BC 66 times what the poem talks about ? it's title? Actually it's in Cyrillic written by a Japanese as easy as you to understand the lang
So much did sucess get into his head that he wanted to live forever & fell for Indian sorcery , stopped his invasion of India & went looking for the excilser of life & eventually died a miserable idiot not having found the excilser of life,, neither did his oracle save him.
he was once defeated in albania. king glauk destroyed him so bad that he run to save his life.
Yes, ancient Albanians 😂😂
He was injured by King Porus. I see what they did here.
No, his injuries were against the mountain tribes in what is now Afghanistan
@@athanparis2507 what type of distorted history have you been reading.?
He was injured against the Malians, after slapping porus, please learn history.
He was injured against the MALIANS. not against Porus. In fact Alexander defeated Porus at Hydaspes.
Go and do some real research
but brought to a definite draw and thats why more land attained by porus ..never defeated greatest conquor lolz the narattion such propganda not saying he was goodnstrategist and took over a vast area
It was because of the fear of the great Nanda empire and it's huge Army..... that the Greek soldiers did not want to move ahead .... they were facing staunch resistance from petty tribes and small Kings in India..... the Indian king Porus who almost devastated Alexander's Army was but a small king or vessel of the great Nanda Empire of Magadha.
LOL 😂
Alexander and his army crushed porus and it wasn’t even close, look up videos on here about the battle for detailed accounts of the battle of hydaspes. Alexander even went south after hydaspes, in the Malian campaign conquering the punjab.
@@VntiHero what Porus did is a history it doesnot need any certification by you ...the Biggest empire of that time was Magadha Empire ....why did Alexander not go eastward ???
Later when the legendary Chandragupta succeeded to the throne of Magadha by removing Nandas from power through conspiracy and defection, He defeated
Seleucus Nicator the commander of Greek forces appointed by Alexander in Western India.
Alexander was defeated by the Great Porus (Puru)