Justinian's eye for talent and opportunities is absolutely mind-blowing. The mad lad almost brought Rome back to its youth. God knows what would've happened were it not for the plague.
No. Just because the map looked big under his rule doesnt mean rome was almost brought back. His campaigns to restore the west recklessly drained the imperial coffers and left the east vunerable, as well as destroying any goodwill left toward the empire in the west. The west was kind of trending towards reestablishing the empire, just with a new ruling germanic elite, kind of like how persia and china got invaded, then the invaders turned persian and chinese over time. Also remember, the east by no means had the resources avaible to secure the western conquests, even before the plague. It just was not protectable. Not to mention, if the east had the funds justianian threw away so recklessly, there is a good chance they could have defended Egypt and the levant against the muslim invasions
@@josephstalin4478 Its not like if Justinian hadn't invaded the west they could have stopped the arabs. Justin II breaking the peace with Persia was far worse of a factor. I agree Iberia was a waste. And he rushed too soon to take Italy. But bring North Africa back into the empire was a HUGE success. Also, those westerns provinces would be a source of tax renvue for centuries when the east had been devastated by war.
Underrated channel, just popped up as a suggestion the other day (have since subscribed)! Great quality videos my man! Also someone needs to make a movie/miniseries about this topic, but please God (and I can't stress this enough) LITERALLY ANYONE BUT NETFLIX!!!!!
Good question, I haven't looked into that - although I would suppose that it eventually led to quite a significant decrease in demand from the West (once the Byzantine silk production really got established, which could have taken many decades).
Maybe because they became 2 different ones? I admit I haven't seen it yet, but everything depends on context. It seems like you're trying to say they were not 2 separate entities.
@@cattymajiv That's my point.. "Byzantine" empire was a term created by a German historian over century after the Roman Empire fell (1453). It's the same political entity that existed that the first emperor Augustus established that evolved over the centuries. The people of the "byzantine" empire, referred to themselves as Roman, their enemies called them Roman, they followed Roman law, followed Roman institutions. The Capital of the "byzantine" empire, Constantinople, is literally named after the Roman emperor Constantine who made the city his new capital.
Justinian's eye for talent and opportunities is absolutely mind-blowing. The mad lad almost brought Rome back to its youth. God knows what would've happened were it not for the plague.
No. Just because the map looked big under his rule doesnt mean rome was almost brought back. His campaigns to restore the west recklessly drained the imperial coffers and left the east vunerable, as well as destroying any goodwill left toward the empire in the west. The west was kind of trending towards reestablishing the empire, just with a new ruling germanic elite, kind of like how persia and china got invaded, then the invaders turned persian and chinese over time. Also remember, the east by no means had the resources avaible to secure the western conquests, even before the plague. It just was not protectable. Not to mention, if the east had the funds justianian threw away so recklessly, there is a good chance they could have defended Egypt and the levant against the muslim invasions
@@josephstalin4478 Its not like if Justinian hadn't invaded the west they could have stopped the arabs. Justin II breaking the peace with Persia was far worse of a factor. I agree Iberia was a waste. And he rushed too soon to take Italy. But bring North Africa back into the empire was a HUGE success. Also, those westerns provinces would be a source of tax renvue for centuries when the east had been devastated by war.
Good production, moustaches and topic!
I’ve heard about this story many times but always wanted to look more into it
Great vid 👍🏿
Underrated channel, just popped up as a suggestion the other day (have since subscribed)! Great quality videos my man!
Also someone needs to make a movie/miniseries about this topic, but please God (and I can't stress this enough) LITERALLY ANYONE BUT NETFLIX!!!!!
The standards of Netflix forbid anything with even the faintest whiff of integrity, so don't worry about them.
The greatest heist of that century? Also you have great editing skills
I reckon! About time someone made a movie about it
The hardest part was finding a Tech Guy in that day and age 😛
Loved it! Thank you.
Very well done and informative video! Intrigued in seeing the channel grow
oh yeah I remember subbing to you, great underrated channel
unbelievable how you're still at this size, but wait patiently, it will happen o7
incredibly well made video, you deserve more recognition!
Just finished reading Ostrogorsky's History of the Byzantine State and i was wondering about this weird story, thanks for the awesome video.
Amazing video!
This is a great video!!!
Thank you so much!
Great job. Good production, informative, no filler, killer mustache. One thing, the way you pronounce byzantine is strange, maybe just say Roman
Maybe It's the part of the world where YOU live that has it wrong. Have you considered that?
Based Justinian
You can all thank me for stealing the silk
Based Justinian lol
What were the effects for the Chinese economy ?
Good question, I haven't looked into that - although I would suppose that it eventually led to quite a significant decrease in demand from the West (once the Byzantine silk production really got established, which could have taken many decades).
Never trust a monk!! 😂😂😂
Why do you imply the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire are two different empires in the beginning of the video?
Maybe because they became 2 different ones? I admit I haven't seen it yet, but everything depends on context. It seems like you're trying to say they were not 2 separate entities.
@@cattymajiv That's my point.. "Byzantine" empire was a term created by a German historian over century after the Roman Empire fell (1453). It's the same political entity that existed that the first emperor Augustus established that evolved over the centuries. The people of the "byzantine" empire, referred to themselves as Roman, their enemies called them Roman, they followed Roman law, followed Roman institutions. The Capital of the "byzantine" empire, Constantinople, is literally named after the Roman emperor Constantine who made the city his new capital.
Monks are always doing shady political work
Ultimately the greatest empire fell to the Turks in a few hundred years after.
More than a few hundred, almost 900.
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Prodvide your sources, for the love of god.
Thieving monk😂