Well NO WONDER he charged enemy lines like a MANIAC. Alexander must have thought he was un-killable in battle, combine that with being told he is descended from Hercules' bloodline he must have been cocky as hell
Monguku He was an arrogant boy with the bloodlust of a serial killer. EDIT: Three years later, my views while largely the same regarding his ego, have differed on the violence. Such was the norm of the time.
@@RC15O5 he was also deeply religious and was told he was invincible by an oracle, it was wildly known amongst his men and enemies that he was/ thought he was unkillable
After he made them all rich as #%@k first. Persia was an immensely rich kingdom and still a huge empire in its own right, Egypt was immensely rich and perhaps controlled satellite states to a lesser extent. Alexander's rule became so vast, he made kings of his generals to keep it all under management. He should have kicked back, relaxed, soaked up the good life and let his frontiers tell him what neighboring state was off, and what neighboring state was on. I think the romans approached this problem with the East and West Holy Roman empires but all the paperwork and documentation, due process and red tape was just impossible to stay on top of.
i bet the soldier who gave alexandar water in the helmet was like hell yeah im gonna be remebered in history for saving the king 5 seconds later oh shit
SprayedToTheBone2 that would mean Macedonia is an island. It's not an island, so its not surrounded by water. There was water in the south, thats about it.
just don't be under his command when his army wants to go home after a lifetime of campaigning so he leads you through one of the worst deserts in the world as punishment killing many of your comrades in arms before he drinks himself to death in babylon, early alexander was great but the years and intensity of his conquests took their toll and he became a cruel, self-absorbed man.
Ein Walroß He was poisoned by his own men. Theybdidnt like the fact he, was mixing the cultures, and making peace with his enemies. The men didn't agree with it. Messed up
Alexander the Great fell because he reached India. The Indians suddenly mistook him as a Hindu God because his army got such awesome armor. So even before he reached the first Indian city, mesmerized Indians twice the size of Alexander's army was following him around. Alexander took India without a fight because of this Indians who worshiped him but then the problem dawn on him since everybody wants to make him a God and the local leader wants to marry his daughter to Alexander...HOW THE FUCK IS HE GOING TO FEED THIS PEOPLE. That is how the Indians stop Alexander cold in the borders of India. Ever wonder how Alexander solve the problem of feeding the Indians that are 5 times more than his army. In our final topic Tao: All Under Heaven.
And that the ones we know of. History is always romanticized to a certain extent, just in what you choose to record. Maybe Alexander almost died from dhiarrea at one point.
A bit of criticism if you don't mind ? The narration seemed a bit fast especially with the fast paced music running in the background. Usually you pour more emotion and life into the words. Thanks for all the videos :)
This video has such great quality! The narrating is on point: Calming when it needs to, exciting when close to death. It's up to my favorite videos I've ever seen... On youtube
His victory over Porus' elephants makes a lot more sense when you consider the fact that Darius too had elephants at Gaugamela. Why this is often overlooked I don't know.
Advisor: General! we have 2 options now ...march through deadly desert that didnt see rain for 2 months and probably will kill us all... Alexander: and the 2nd? Advisor: Cozy ships. Alexander *remembers that he cant swim* : Desert it is.
Alexander's success was entirely because of Alexander's ambition which he did for all Greek people not just him. He wore a helmet so everyone can see him and all the enemies would go after him, he positioned himself in dangerous situations just so his troops can use it to flank or out maneuver the enemy, he was the bait and valued his life no more than one of his fellow soldiers even though he was the king, and he was always first into the breach or in a cavalry charge which gave his troops incredible morale. No one can compare to Alexander, not the various Roman generals, Chinese generals, Arab generals, Mongol generals, no one because no one was willing to sacrifice so much even after they obtained so much success and power. He was as close to a perfect strategist as you can get as he fought so many different types of enemies and armies and his sacrifices were leagues and bounds ahead compared to other leaders because he was always at the front in battle and not in a tent watching it unfold.
There were alot of guys who did that like literally exactly that. Hannibal, Phyrrus, Henry V of England and various Chinese general during the 3 kingdoms era.
All I can think of saying is WHERE THE HELL IS MY ALEXANDER THE GREAT SERIES that, you know, does justice to his story and with good production quality, like game of thrones' first couple seasons
Syrus the GREAT has once said that:being great is not gained by conquering the lands.but it is gained by ruling them with justice and kindness,as he and the other kings of iran did that for long.but when we look at Alexander's action(for example just about ehat he did to the commander of gaza,it is hard to name him great.
nah mate. He shares that distinction with Ptolemy, Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, several Roman Emperors, Scipio Africanus, Chandragupta Maurya and his grandson Asoka, Seti and his son Ramses, and quite possibly many others. None of them however, fought quite so many battles in which they were so severely outnumbered. At Gaugamela he was outnumbered 15-1: the same odds that Leonidas had decided were too great at Thermopylae.
We have no reason to think Sun Tzu wasn't real. While we don't know much about him, that's like saying that because we don't know much about Shakespeare he wasn't real. Bullcrap. Are you perhaps thinking of Lao-Tzu? who, yes, is likely just a character made up for the sake of philosophy: like Socrates.
The main hypotesis is that Sun Zi ( The person who talked about Sun Tzu writing art of war ) never existed and the real writer of the art of war was Sun Bi. The reason we think that is yes,first, we don't know a lot about Sun Tzu. A theory is that Sun Zi would only be a character of the time of the kingdom of the fighers ( Im not sure if its written like that in english ). As a proof, it has been found in two Han tombstone a book called '' The art of war by Sun Bin '' with the same things in it than the art of wer. Another reason would have been that it was a fake named used by Sun Bi ( like other writer of this period ). This technic was used a lot for exemple, adding a bit of prestige by taking characters of folklore. Like I said it may not existed and may existed,but before saying this is '' bullshit '' do a little of research
You need to tone down on the gaming vids and make more history ones. Some more Late Roman and Eastern Roman vids would be greatly appreciated. Eg, Uldin the Hun, the Longobard invasion of Italy, the collapse of the Danubian frontier, the Avar siege of Constantinople, the Bulgar-Byzantine Wars, etc. Plenty of topics to choose from.
Great video...I just finished that book myself this week. I guess the averted death where Roxanne kept him from throwing himself into the water doesn't count for much.
great narration, i love the art, but little motion re-enactments with the same art would make this a more prominent channel; sucking in the people just in it for the punchline, and really delivering a better demographically-rounded product
This is very well made. The animations also brings everything to life. For me, learning with pictures are most interesting and effective. Also you've mispronounced Darius. It is pronounced as (Dari-yus) not (Dara-yus). Just a correction :)
Wow my compliments! Great video.. which background music did you use in the video? Would love to fall asleep to that music bet some epic dreaming would be going on!
Good video but great book by Philip Freeman. I am not a native english speaker but I find his books very easy to read and captivating. His book on Julius Ceasar is also excellent. While reading the death of Ceasar, I was like 'wtf that is Jon Snow death scene'...
If you enjoyed, check out our video on the 9 Lives of Julius Caesar: ua-cam.com/video/BZA-EUvYHrk/v-deo.html
What are you saying i live in greece we learn this i dont remember are y sure ? yr surses are question able
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Well NO WONDER he charged enemy lines like a MANIAC. Alexander must have thought he was un-killable in battle, combine that with being told he is descended from Hercules' bloodline he must have been cocky as hell
Monguku He was an arrogant boy with the bloodlust of a serial killer.
EDIT: Three years later, my views while largely the same regarding his ego, have differed on the violence. Such was the norm of the time.
pretty normal for over 2300 years ago i hope you know
+RC15O5 he managed to conquer the whole known world of his time ....
He *was* descended from him.
@@RC15O5 he was also deeply religious and was told he was invincible by an oracle, it was wildly known amongst his men and enemies that he was/ thought he was unkillable
Didn't realize he was such a "follow me" type leader. No wonder his men loved him.
After he made them all rich as #%@k first. Persia was an immensely rich kingdom and still a huge empire in its own right, Egypt was immensely rich and perhaps controlled satellite states to a lesser extent. Alexander's rule became so vast, he made kings of his generals to keep it all under management. He should have kicked back, relaxed, soaked up the good life and let his frontiers tell him what neighboring state was off, and what neighboring state was on. I think the romans approached this problem with the East and West Holy Roman empires but all the paperwork and documentation, due process and red tape was just impossible to stay on top of.
@@user_mac0153 *east and west Roman empire.HRE is something else
@@ziovanni77 i think the best description of the HRE i've seen it that it is "neither holy, nor Roman or an empire"
The man never took care of himself, he never rested, he never relaxed, he just burned out. He was incapable of resting and experiencing peace.
I don't think the mosquito that gave him malaria really cared if he was "at peace" or not.
Ian Smith perhaps he had ADHD
@@RC15O5 he surely had ADHD
Better to burn out, than fade away.
Miss C sounds like a bodyspray ad
i bet the soldier who gave alexandar water in the helmet was like hell yeah im gonna be remebered in history for saving the king
5 seconds later
oh shit
Could've at least give that water to me shithead
Ô
i will see him again
*the bro who did saved alexander, by having the persian noble behind him slain, was later killed by alexander himself*
Alexandar 😂😂😂
compare this to phyrus who got killed by a roof tile.
Before that he fought through the Spartan Royal Guard to avenge his son. Also a roof tile is much heavier than any iron age weapon.
And then he was dragged into a house and killed
dont try to use logic and facts here im making a point
Jerec 12 He got knocked out by a roof tile than decapitated by an Argos soldier
Braden Vande Plasse still it's like JFK being killed by a falling coconut
Greatest warrior and military leader in the history of mankind
can't swim.
Ikr and he was from a country surrounded by water.
SprayedToTheBone2 that would mean Macedonia is an island. It's not an island, so its not surrounded by water. There was water in the south, thats about it.
Survives incredible odds most normal men would have failed and died in.
Dies from a hangover.
Numoyunne Ghengis Khan could swim.
SprayedToTheBone2 The Kingdom of Macedonia had very little access to the sea.
The best leaders are the ones who lead by example. By this definition Alexander is a guy I would follow without question
Basically the personification of Virtus
Phosphorus got a lot of his soldiers killed, and killed some himself...
just don't be under his command when his army wants to go home after a lifetime of campaigning so he leads you through one of the worst deserts in the world as punishment killing many of your comrades in arms before he drinks himself to death in babylon, early alexander was great but the years and intensity of his conquests took their toll and he became a cruel, self-absorbed man.
Until you saw him take an arrow to the king right in front of you, and hit the ground wheezing with a shocked face while you go 😱
Absalutely, a leader by example
And a Great one , and not a Dictator from the back of the army
Which in my eyes is gutless
"to the strongest"
god damn it alexander
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
Iron Maiden
Dethmeister Alexander the great, he died of fever in Babylon.
Ein Walroß He was poisoned by his own men.
Theybdidnt like the fact he, was mixing the cultures, and making peace with his enemies. The men didn't agree with it. Messed up
@Hawkeye 47 , Is that in the extended live version of the song?
Dethmeister Lol no, I was just stating some facts I guess lol
Wow the art is amazing
Alexander the Great fell because he reached India. The Indians suddenly mistook him as a Hindu God because his army got such awesome armor. So even before he reached the first Indian city, mesmerized Indians twice the size of Alexander's army was following him around. Alexander took India without a fight because of this Indians who worshiped him but then the problem dawn on him since everybody wants to make him a God and the local leader wants to marry his daughter to Alexander...HOW THE FUCK IS HE GOING TO FEED THIS PEOPLE. That is how the Indians stop Alexander cold in the borders of India. Ever wonder how Alexander solve the problem of feeding the Indians that are 5 times more than his army. In our final topic Tao: All Under Heaven.
Gotta love the Rome Total War Greek intro music best music in Total war in my opinion
"Two ravens soon flew overhead."
Norse gods confirmed.
@George K. Congratulations! You're the first person to take my joke way too seriously!
ua-cam.com/video/G8iOmVd1W_g/v-deo.html
@@bigbadseed7665 what a shitty joke.
Odin is with us
sounds like someone playing ck2 remove_trait severely_wounded
CerberusSnow Amen
ikr Long live the God Emperor!!!
And then he got ill but he was playing in 5x speed and died before he could type another comand
Just imagine how far he might of got if the army didn't mutiny in India, hell I doubt he'd of stopped until reached the ocean
Fraser Budd-Brophy
He would eventually have run out of resources. That said it would still be a larger area than what he managed ITL
@@bkjeong4302 he would have responded
to your critasisem and had you executive for herasy
Jules Brags He hasn’t been here for over a thousand years........
I think he would of lost if he continued to India.
@@homelessdude8080 I don't get the whole India strong argument. Indian people are smaller in size and there were no Mongol style warriors back then
And that the ones we know of. History is always romanticized to a certain extent, just in what you choose to record.
Maybe Alexander almost died from dhiarrea at one point.
SpyMonkey3D no, that would mean he had more lives than a cat, and that's impossible
Also neither chipotle nor taco bell existed back then.
That would sense since dysentery is still a deadly disease nowadays
Did he got fatal diarrhea?
Or it is hidden from the history books?
Amazing job. That Greek theme though got me goosebumps. "the Greeks could rule the world... alexander did..."
Ancient Optimus Prime
Thank you invicta!!!! I love this series
A bit of criticism if you don't mind ? The narration seemed a bit fast especially with the fast paced music running in the background. Usually you pour more emotion and life into the words. Thanks for all the videos :)
Thanks for the feedback. I did have to rush this video along a bit since it was running way longer than I wanted to already
Imagine being one of the people dying of dehydration and then Alexander just pours out some water instead of offering it to the people
It seems to me that he was poisoned
What I love about the flourishing History scene of UA-cam is the passion and dedication to telling the story.
This video has such great quality! The narrating is on point: Calming when it needs to, exciting when close to death. It's up to my favorite videos I've ever seen... On youtube
9 lives?
*The boy was invincible.*
Edit: Also, did you just say “duh-rye-us “? Bruh, it’s Darius..
We don’t know how their names were pronounced:)
@@lekkerman743 yes we do.
Well I just learnt that this man was like a cat thanks for that😁
Great vid btw
What you don’t realize is that he had nine stunt doubles. They died 😭
His victory over Porus' elephants makes a lot more sense when you consider the fact that Darius too had elephants at Gaugamela. Why this is often overlooked I don't know.
"My son, ask for thyself another kingdom. For that which I leave is too small for thee"
Proud to be greek like him
not exactly Greek. his father may have conquered Greek, as their neighbor, and they may have emulated the Greeks, but they didn't have Greek blood.
@@stefthorman8548 "😉these descendants of perdikas as greek as they themselves claim "
Advisor: General! we have 2 options now ...march through deadly desert that didnt see rain for 2 months and probably will kill us all...
Alexander: and the 2nd?
Advisor: Cozy ships.
Alexander *remembers that he cant swim* : Desert it is.
Alexander's success was entirely because of Alexander's ambition which he did for all Greek people not just him. He wore a helmet so everyone can see him and all the enemies would go after him, he positioned himself in dangerous situations just so his troops can use it to flank or out maneuver the enemy, he was the bait and valued his life no more than one of his fellow soldiers even though he was the king, and he was always first into the breach or in a cavalry charge which gave his troops incredible morale.
No one can compare to Alexander, not the various Roman generals, Chinese generals, Arab generals, Mongol generals, no one because no one was willing to sacrifice so much even after they obtained so much success and power. He was as close to a perfect strategist as you can get as he fought so many different types of enemies and armies and his sacrifices were leagues and bounds ahead compared to other leaders because he was always at the front in battle and not in a tent watching it unfold.
There were alot of guys who did that like literally exactly that. Hannibal, Phyrrus, Henry V of England and various Chinese general during the 3 kingdoms era.
Cool stuff to watch late at night
Mali archer: *Shoots Alexander in the Chest*
Alexander: You...
Mali archer: 😄
Alexander: You should have aimed for... the knee.
Mali archer: 😱
I... Mali didn’t exist yet...
He was clearly poisoned, or something given to him. Dying of a fever in your early 30's after all he faced seems off.
poisoning is definitely one of the possible explanations
This was another great video Invicta, but wouldn't it have been less confusing to just call it "The 9 Times Alexander the Great Cheated Death"?
This guy wasn't immortal, but he had some fucking god like medics.
This was such a well produced and narrated piece, will definitely get the book! Hope there are a few more I can check out :)
This art style music and voice..beautiful..comfortable..impressive guys..10/10
Invicta, new to your channel but enjoying it very much.
Whoever did the art did a great job!
Robbie McSweeney, a true master of his craft
I love the Rome Total War music in the background XD great memories
Amazing videos i watch all your historic videos they are amazings . I wait for them such a shame you make them so rarely . Anyway great job
great job. History has always been fascinating to me.
All I can think of saying is WHERE THE HELL IS MY ALEXANDER THE GREAT SERIES that, you know, does justice to his story and with good production quality, like game of thrones' first couple seasons
really good video. I noticed you used the soundtrack from stronghold crusaded, old nostalgia trip in the middle of learning
Love these videos
Amazing artwork guys and great narration too!
thanks : )
tks very much, great show.
AWESOME channel!
Really good video :o
Syrus the GREAT has once said that:being great is not gained by conquering the lands.but it is gained by ruling them with justice and kindness,as he and the other kings of iran did that for long.but when we look at Alexander's action(for example just about ehat he did to the commander of gaza,it is hard to name him great.
The ONLY undefeated General!!!!
nah mate. He shares that distinction with Ptolemy, Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, several Roman Emperors, Scipio Africanus, Chandragupta Maurya and his grandson Asoka, Seti and his son Ramses, and quite possibly many others. None of them however, fought quite so many battles in which they were so severely outnumbered. At Gaugamela he was outnumbered 15-1: the same odds that Leonidas had decided were too great at Thermopylae.
Sophie Jones sun tzu prob dont even exist and is a fictional character...
We have no reason to think Sun Tzu wasn't real. While we don't know much about him, that's like saying that because we don't know much about Shakespeare he wasn't real. Bullcrap. Are you perhaps thinking of Lao-Tzu? who, yes, is likely just a character made up for the sake of philosophy: like Socrates.
Sophie Jones sadly no. therr is mulyiple reason going yo thrm teell when im at home
The main hypotesis is that Sun Zi ( The person who talked about Sun Tzu writing art of war ) never existed and the real writer of the art of war was Sun Bi.
The reason we think that is yes,first, we don't know a lot about Sun Tzu.
A theory is that Sun Zi would only be a character of the time of the kingdom of the fighers ( Im not sure if its written like that in english ). As a proof, it has been found in two Han tombstone a book called '' The art of war by Sun Bin '' with the same things in it than the art of wer.
Another reason would have been that it was a fake named used by Sun Bi ( like other writer of this period ). This technic was used a lot for exemple, adding a bit of prestige by taking characters of folklore.
Like I said it may not existed and may existed,but before saying this is '' bullshit '' do a little of research
Love it. Great job with animation.
Superpope69 What animation?
Ewan Flean You didnt notice? You must not have watched the video
This video was amazing!
Omg I love this man
I geniuely get upset whenever someone mentions his death, I almost cried on a history lesson lol
Stupid snow flake.
Brilliant stuff
Greatest Greek ever!
Liked just for the Rome 1 Greek background music.
Great job
Alexander the Great...Exited stage left early, and gave everyone the bird on the way out.. truly a great man...
such an awesome video
Thnks for the vid!
You need to tone down on the gaming vids and make more history ones. Some more Late Roman and Eastern Roman vids would be greatly appreciated. Eg, Uldin the Hun, the Longobard invasion of Italy, the collapse of the Danubian frontier, the Avar siege of Constantinople, the Bulgar-Byzantine Wars, etc. Plenty of topics to choose from.
I love these historic videos
Great video...I just finished that book myself this week. I guess the averted death where Roxanne kept him from throwing himself into the water doesn't count for much.
Didn't notice the total war music bc I was playing total war while watching this.
hello Invicta this movie is great
And here I am at 4am laidback on my chair with chips crumbs on my shirt
That beautiful Rome II soundtrack
great narration, i love the art, but little motion re-enactments with the same art would make this a more prominent channel; sucking in the people just in it for the punchline, and really delivering a better demographically-rounded product
"What do we say to the God of Death?"
Alexander III: Not today
Great video and book
I'm about to get by Irma on the west coast. Thank you for this
This is very well made. The animations also brings everything to life. For me, learning with pictures are most interesting and effective.
Also you've mispronounced Darius. It is pronounced as (Dari-yus) not (Dara-yus). Just a correction :)
Okay but what happened to BD bob who got shot in the face and said screw it I'm with you my king let's fight on
I love your history vids Oakley 😊
Great job!!!!
Wow my compliments! Great video.. which background music did you use in the video? Would love to fall asleep to that music bet some epic dreaming would be going on!
Best god damn history/gaming channel on youtube
Nice list
Hmm. There is some inspiration for some future writing material. You got sources I can view?
Finite Wehosh bibliography in the description
I've played way too much total war to not recognize that background music
You just gained another sub great job!
Imagine surviving all that and the getting killed by a mosquito
I’m confused, if he couldn’t swim why did he jump into the cold water and get paralyzed?
How do you survive an arrow and a punctured lung back in those times?
@Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus You again?
Good video but great book by Philip Freeman. I am not a native english speaker but I find his books very easy to read and captivating. His book on Julius Ceasar is also excellent. While reading the death of Ceasar, I was like 'wtf that is Jon Snow death scene'...
5:06 - "Will Siwa never know peace?"
I bet that if he had survived for a tenth time even death would be like: Nah, fuck this im out, this guy wont die damn it
Why isnt there an Alexander the Great vudeo game? Like a first person strategy game from his perspective would be awesome
This video is so cool, but the Battle of Gaugamela is even cooller, I think that he could've talked about it a bit more.
i fucken KNEW it was TOTAL WAR soundtrack!! love it
11th June is my born day date
I get chills just hearing this..my main man Alexander..this guy is fucking epic n inspiring. Beast mode no fear in this great legend a true metahuman
Doubt any of it is true.
Rome total war music lit
Jesus, how did he even LIVE to 32. This sounds like a Monty Python sketch.
"To the strongest" Was he the original sith lord?
AND HIS NAME IS.....ALEXAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNDERRR THE GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT!!!
*standing ovation applause*
So this is how plot armor looks written in a good way