There actually was a tribe that lived in the Caucasus called the Iberi. Naturally, the land belonging to the Iberi would be called "Iberia". It's just one of those funny coincidences you get in languages.
Mare Nostrum was the Roman name for the Mediterranean sea. Mare Nostrum translates to "Our Sea", so called by the Romans because they had conquered everything around the Mediterranean Sea, and as such, it was their sea. Hence, Mare Nostrum.
@@communistdeer technically, yes, some part of southern France and East Spain (today) was under the newly formed Germanic kingdoms. But in reality no one could challenge them at Mediterranean Sea so de facto they could be considered full control of it. Credit to where credit is due, after them none could ever control the Mediterranean Sea that much, not even the Arabs nor the Ottoman. For other example, we say "the British empire ruled the wave" although technically they couldn't control the wave of water, and figuratively a lot of other nations had good navy as well so the British couldn't really "ruled" these nations, but still we say it that way because the British navy was the best of the world, far ahead of any nation after them. Also, the Byzantine empire were the continuation of Roman empire,thus a lot of things would be carried to the Eastern empire, so it's not suprised that they would call Mediterranean Sea "Our sea" even when not control full of it.
i destroyed your Faction a few turns ago as the Turks... and i must say it feels good not having to worry about a spam army of Genoese Crossbowmen MUWAHAHAHAHA!
I dont know how many times ive heard this, lining up my proud free men of Venice, Corrico standard defiant, looked upon by rank upon rank of citizen soldiers, marching to deal with whatever invader had dared challenge such a city. And it never. got. old. 1:52 especially.
How about when my brave 500 man garrison at Constantinople was challenged with a jihad army of 2000? Those brave 500 won and they had 20 people left. Or the time where I was fighting a multiplayer battle against the Papal States, where 1 Byzantine Guard Archer unit held back many Papal Guard? The song playing must have encouraged the soldiers to fight for THEIR SEA!
Jack Tanner Ah my friend, but I've heard this song many times, lining up my Papal Guard, Pavise Crossbows, and my knights, against the other Italian States, or the dreaded legions of Byzantium and even defending the holy lands from the ever atrocious Egyptians...
I did a workout while listening to this amazing soundtrack and i felt so confident and rdy for more ...this song is very powerful and i rly appreciate how the creators did their best to make it perfect for certain situations...
If it's a siege battle, and the AI gets confused, you hear the commander start screaming this about two hundred times a minute. MoveOutForwardForwardUnitsMoveOutMoveOutForwardForwardForwardUnitsAdvanceMoveOutForwardForward
@HiveFleetHydra The romans called the peninsula Iberia, because the first great river they found there was the river Iberus (Ebro). The greeks called the peninsula Hispania, because they were shakened because of the great number of rabbits XD. Hispania means "Land of rabbits", it isn't a joke haha
@@jeremyong4646 Theres a reason for that. Around 1050, a large group of Normans invaded Sicily for the Pope as it was being occupied by a particularly powerful Muslim Caliphate, and after driving the Muslims off of Sicily the Pope rewarded the Norman Campaign Leader the title of "King of Sicily", that King was "King Roger" your faction leader as Sicily in Medieval II at the start of the game. So technically at the start of Medieval 2, Sicily as actually a mix of Normans, Italians, and Muslims; which is represented by the normal Italian Roster, The Unique Muslim Archers, and the Special Norman Knights.
1:51 the best part. You can feel the build-up from the begginging of the soundtrack up to this point. Two armies lining up on a field to fight in a bloody battle against each other. Then 1:51 hits up and you can see another group, a group of cavalrymen, charging from sides with banners and spears. Crushing the two armies. A suprise attack.
its fun to hear the choir musics in siege.. Because its like.. I dont know how to explain ITS EPIC! This game is epic! Medieval 2 is the best war game i've ever played.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea/Ocean) was the term the Romans had for the Mediterranean Sea after they defeated Carthage and they were the sole naval power in the area
To end all semantic and grammatical discussions, "Mare Nostrum" comes from Latin, it means Our Sea and it was used by ancient Greeks and Romans to say the Mediterranean Sea.
Forward warriors of Byzantium! let's get our lost empire back! Death, great death to all who will go against us! Rome will be taken back. Glory to everyone who dies in this battle
@@erensametkaratas6593 Still alive and still appreciating this style of music :D Thanks for the throwback to another comment I left when I was 14 lol..
@@emrecanarduc4378 That's right. Usually I delete these old comments immediately when I see them - they sometimes come back to haunt me and work like a direct channel to a cringier version of myself... But here I was basically just stating the truth, so why not.. All hail Jeff! :D
I wonder why there isn't a seperate music style created for this sort of music.I've searched everything from folk techno to tribal beats,but nothing is even similar to this.
@kukumarro You are almost correct. Yet, it was the Phoenecians who named it Hispania. I looked it up because I am Greek and I couldn't break down Hispania to its components. The ancient greek word for rabbit is koniklos and land is of course, gaia.
you go into your /medieval directory then you go /data/sounds/music and then there is this 1 file called music.dat copy that to your desktop, change the filename from dat to mp3 and you got the whole soundtrack (not just songs) from the entire game. (its 1 big file)
@Clavsicus Go to Mare Nostrum on Wiki, you'll see the Caucus with the title Iberia on it, and only a small portion of the internet uses photo editing software so I think it's reliable.
You should know that the ppl who lives in those regions and "don't find themselfs spanish" are only a very low % ( less than 14% last time i saw it). And I am pretty sure 'cos I live there
This is a mobilize theme for all the Southern European factions.
Indeed, it fits best to all of them equally, even the Romans/Byzantines.
Meanwhile I am still trying to find a song for the HRE does anyone know one that plays specifically for them actually?
EDF Ranger
The music from the Teutonic campaigns from Kingdoms expansion, fits the Germans/HRE very well, I think.
Priyo866 True that considering the Teutonic was well a part of the HRE so yeah that makes sense
+The Kaiser is wiser I think that's "Solenka".A lot of the music in the Teutonic campaign is used for battle music for the Northern European factions.
Medieval 2 is one of those few games, who's music is MINDBLOWING.
Three words: Italian Spear Militia.
indeed
@Alexander Knight one word: the
@@kaisermoneybags4450 the correct way of saying it is "defeated by THE cavalry"?
@@erensametkaratas6593 no you fool, the correct way to say it is "close THE game"
Seven words: Cavalry die horribly to decent spear units.
There actually was a tribe that lived in the Caucasus called the Iberi. Naturally, the land belonging to the Iberi would be called "Iberia". It's just one of those funny coincidences you get in languages.
Mare Nostrum was the Roman name for the Mediterranean sea. Mare Nostrum translates to "Our Sea", so called by the Romans because they had conquered everything around the Mediterranean Sea, and as such, it was their sea. Hence, Mare Nostrum.
Byzantine Empire is the East Roman Empire
@@luigipadovano9199 Byzantium never controlled the entire Mediterranean Sea.
@@communistdeer they almost did (and for a short time the de facto owner of it) during Justinian's reconquest
@@vaninhhuu3215 That is close but still not controlling the entire sea.
@@communistdeer technically, yes, some part of southern France and East Spain (today) was under the newly formed Germanic kingdoms. But in reality no one could challenge them at Mediterranean Sea so de facto they could be considered full control of it. Credit to where credit is due, after them none could ever control the Mediterranean Sea that much, not even the Arabs nor the Ottoman. For other example, we say "the British empire ruled the wave" although technically they couldn't control the wave of water, and figuratively a lot of other nations had good navy as well so the British couldn't really "ruled" these nations, but still we say it that way because the British navy was the best of the world, far ahead of any nation after them. Also, the Byzantine empire were the continuation of Roman empire,thus a lot of things would be carried to the Eastern empire, so it's not suprised that they would call Mediterranean Sea "Our sea" even when not control full of it.
Mare Nostrum=Our Sea
The Black Cross
The heck you mean “our” sea?
This is *MY* sea!
OUR sea
Stalin approves
@@thletrelas3817 LOL
*sends warships of the kirov class*
Dosen't it mean , the mediterranean ?
@@mehdibelacel6963 Romans called Mediterranean mare rostrum so ye
Go forth, my Genoese! Sail forth and set up banks!
*_EVERYWHERE_*
i destroyed your Faction a few turns ago as the Turks... and i must say it feels good not having to worry about a spam army of Genoese Crossbowmen MUWAHAHAHAHA!
Turn two as Venice wipe out Milan and own north Italy, that is the true masterful opening on any difficulty
And they made it, yet the faction has different names.....
I dont know how many times ive heard this, lining up my proud free men of Venice, Corrico standard defiant, looked upon by rank upon rank of citizen soldiers, marching to deal with whatever invader had dared challenge such a city.
And it never. got. old. 1:52 especially.
How about when my brave 500 man garrison at Constantinople was challenged with a jihad army of 2000? Those brave 500 won and they had 20 people left. Or the time where I was fighting a multiplayer battle against the Papal States, where 1 Byzantine Guard Archer unit held back many Papal Guard? The song playing must have encouraged the soldiers to fight for THEIR SEA!
Jack Tanner Ah my friend, but I've heard this song many times, lining up my Papal Guard, Pavise Crossbows, and my knights, against the other Italian States, or the dreaded legions of Byzantium and even defending the holy lands from the ever atrocious Egyptians...
+Jerome Holt Do you heard of how my Venice soldiers does conquest Rome?
+Jack Tanner GG
I did a workout while listening to this amazing soundtrack and i felt so confident and rdy for more ...this song is very powerful and i rly appreciate how the creators did their best to make it perfect for certain situations...
When Milan attacks one of your cities one turn after concluding an alliance with them
Favorite Rome: Total War song -Journey to Rome part 2.
Favorite Medieval II: Total War song - Mare Nostrum.
Я мелкий, обхожу противника с флангов своей кавалерией под этот шедевр, как же это было охренительно))
The beginning is too epic
Sons of Lusitania !!! ASSEMBLE THE ARMADA !!
*UNITS! MOVE OUT!*
If it's a siege battle, and the AI gets confused, you hear the commander start screaming this about two hundred times a minute.
MoveOutForwardForwardUnitsMoveOutMoveOutForwardForwardForwardUnitsAdvanceMoveOutForwardForward
*heavy* *infantry*
*AYE*
Venice,Genoa,Sicily,Milan And Even The Pope:
Did I Hear The Call Of ITALIAN SPEAR MILITIA SPAM?
Romans of the Eastern Empire it is time to take back Europe from the barbarian pretenders! Long live the Basilius, and glory to the Byzantine Empire!
Only men of the cloth would care for such minor mistakes! Now if you will excuse
me, I have an Empire to restore!
+SirCastel PROJECTION
Smart move. So the peasants will attack jews and live us alone. ;)
Glory to Constantinople !
@@Peristerygr χαχα καλο
This theme was already in the original Medieval I. It's simply magnificent!
A 12 years old comment
@@esclavodelsistema9783 13
14
so damn groovy
@HiveFleetHydra
The romans called the peninsula Iberia, because the first great river they found there was the river Iberus (Ebro). The greeks called the peninsula Hispania, because they were shakened because of the great number of rabbits XD. Hispania means "Land of rabbits", it isn't a joke haha
kukumarro i think they are saying spanish and spain an rabbit.
> when one knight remains and duels another last soldier
The march music for Spain. Awesome as it should be.
„My pope! The Byzantine army approaches Rome to end the Great Schism!“
1:52 just epic
Reminds me of my campaigns as Sicily... love their Norman Knights.
Funny because the word "Norman" means North-men but the Norman knights belonged to one of the southernmost faction in Europe
@@jeremyong4646 Theres a reason for that. Around 1050, a large group of Normans invaded Sicily for the Pope as it was being occupied by a particularly powerful Muslim Caliphate, and after driving the Muslims off of Sicily the Pope rewarded the Norman Campaign Leader the title of "King of Sicily", that King was "King Roger" your faction leader as Sicily in Medieval II at the start of the game.
So technically at the start of Medieval 2, Sicily as actually a mix of Normans, Italians, and Muslims; which is represented by the normal Italian Roster, The Unique Muslim Archers, and the Special Norman Knights.
@@KGWyzel Yea I know. I just found it ironic that the name "norman" means North man and they went all the way to the southernmost tip of Europe.
*Sieging Milan on turn 2 type beat*
1:51 the best part. You can feel the build-up from the begginging of the soundtrack up to this point. Two armies lining up on a field to fight in a bloody battle against each other. Then 1:51 hits up and you can see another group, a group of cavalrymen, charging from sides with banners and spears. Crushing the two armies. A suprise attack.
nice description
I love the brass section in this song, makes me feel like a conquistador.
My childhood :"")
0:00 ~ 3:33 *epic*
My favorite part 0:00 - 3:33
This song used to be the reason I invaded Iberia & Italy
Soldiers of Venice you shall destroy the enemy!
a a p
its fun to hear the choir musics in siege..
Because its like..
I dont know how to explain
ITS EPIC!
This game is epic!
Medieval 2 is the best war game i've ever played.
The song of 10th century Constantinople
2:07 the best
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea/Ocean) was the term the Romans had for the Mediterranean Sea after they defeated Carthage and they were the sole naval power in the area
Also, the Greeks called Spain Iberia, the Romans called the peninsula Hispania.
And has several nations on it also theres Portugal!
"Charge.....Sound the Charge....Chaaaaarge!"
Janissary Heavy Infantry!
this is one of the best marching songs in medieval =]
when you here this you loose your fear, and accapt the fact that you could die...
This song doesn't make me accept the possibility of death. Rather, it encourages me to fight on while disregarding the possibility of death.
PRAISEA TO GOD, OUR ENEMIA HASA LOSTA DA WILL TO FIGHT
To end all semantic and grammatical discussions, "Mare Nostrum" comes from Latin, it means Our Sea and it was used by ancient Greeks and Romans to say the Mediterranean Sea.
Nuestro Mar!
Yes, Mare Nostrum means "Our Sea". That's what the Romans called the Mediterranean Sea.
Venetian Heavy Infantry and Venetian Archers,very useful.
INFANTRY! SPEARMEN! ATTACK!
Nice ! :O
Best game ever!
Great song of the Spanish Tercios
Forward warriors of Byzantium! let's get our lost empire back! Death, great death to all who will go against us! Rome will be taken back. Glory to everyone who dies in this battle
Venice will be triumph. And establish trade posts everywhere !
Inebolu Balikcisi *triumphant
i like it
MARE NOSTRUM =Our sea
epic
Mare Nostrum, il nostro mare. Era un modo di dire per affermare il dominio Romano sul Mediterraneo dopo le tre vittorie su Cartagine.
All hail Jeff!
Best musician out there:)
wow 12 years ago. Are you still alive my dude
@@erensametkaratas6593 Still alive and still appreciating this style of music :D Thanks for the throwback to another comment I left when I was 14 lol..
@@Goblexter so you are 26 now ? wow
@@emrecanarduc4378 That's right. Usually I delete these old comments immediately when I see them - they sometimes come back to haunt me and work like a direct channel to a cringier version of myself... But here I was basically just stating the truth, so why not.. All hail Jeff! :D
@@Goblexter do not delete cringe thing . İ mean whole 00's were cringey lol
its like dico
Units! Advance! :)
@GuiAlphaProductions And they gave the theme it's tied to to the Italians. It is 'their sea'.
I myself am Greek and I'd like to thank you 0_0 hehe
I wonder why there isn't a seperate music style created for this sort of music.I've searched everything from folk techno to tribal beats,but nothing is even similar to this.
Time to do some crossbow spam
@kukumarro You are almost correct. Yet, it was the Phoenecians who named it Hispania. I looked it up because I am Greek and I couldn't break down Hispania to its components. The ancient greek word for rabbit is koniklos and land is of course, gaia.
jeez jeff van dyk is a fuking legend :D
1:52 Units! Move out!!!
@ChikoEduardo Certainly seemed like the theme of the Milanese or the Venetians!
you go into your /medieval directory then you go /data/sounds/music and then there is this 1 file called music.dat
copy that to your desktop, change the filename from dat to mp3 and you got the whole soundtrack (not just songs) from the entire game. (its 1 big file)
i think i need to take Jerusalén
Good thing that there is a book out, that you can by, called "How to plan a Crusade" by Christopher Tyerman. Maybe it will help you.
Its Mare and its nostrum
I see. Well thank you for replying.
@Clavsicus Go to Mare Nostrum on Wiki, you'll see the Caucus with the title Iberia on it, and only a small portion of the internet uses photo editing software so I think it's reliable.
👌❤🇯🇪❤🇪🇦❤👍...
when you paid extra florins for a spanish army band to play some tunes
2:07
@segador26 that sayd Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini when he captured whole Adriatic Sea :D
medival 2 müzikleri çok süper selamlar
I am forever in your debt!
Is there a way to view the play list?
I need to listen to it one by one.
Mare nostrum???? nostrum??? IT'S MY SEA, MY KINGDOM, MY PLANET
UNITS MARCH!
NOBODY MOVE!! Ive dropped me brain...
It wasn't back then. Spain was a collection of kingdoms for a long time.
@monroekissedme it is mediterranean, but "mare nostrum" means "our sea"
@Clavsicus Iberia was also used to refer to the Caucus by the Romans, does it play there?
It means 'fought over'.
There were separate kingdoms for a time. They got brought together through a marriage alliance.
And then you realise that it's a game and that sometimes going back to school to study grammar is your best option.
10 years later and still nobody gives a fuck
@@kevinmerlos409 You took the time to reply to a 10 year old comment. You sad fuck.
LSD the world is filled with sad fucks in the year of our lord 2020
What the hell are you two fighting about?
It's Latin indeed.
The song sounds spanish, a lot. Mainly because of some instruments. I like it.
Flamish
Spain is on the Iberian pinensula, my friend.
Per la Gloria de Venezia!
Mare Nostrum means 'Our Sea', I thought?
It does. But it is another name for the Mediterrean Sea since the Romans called it "Our Sea" since their empire spread across it and dominated it.
The definition is disputed.
@kukumarro I myself am Greek and I had no clue 0_0
dunno about you guys, but this song was the most "spanish" to me :O
You should know that the ppl who lives in those regions and "don't find themselfs spanish" are only a very low % ( less than 14% last time i saw it). And I am pretty sure 'cos I live there
it is southern european music northern european/ southern european/ and middle eastern(islamic) thats what land/building/music details are based on
@Sterben10 vanilla is the original game without mods
but its good
Ah, I think "Death Lullaby" is more Spanish. This one does have a Spanish feel too though.