The Greatest General in History? Alexander invades the Persian Empire
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2017
- The incredible story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of the known world is brought to life with animated maps, images from Osprey Publishing and Total War game footage. In Part 1, we look at the background: Persia's invasion of Greece in 480 BC, the rise of Macedonia under King Philip II, and the formation of the Hellenic League. Following Philip's assassination, his 20 year old son Alexander inherited the kingdom and a formidable army. In 334 BC he used this army to launch a invasion of the Persian Empire, winning a crucial victory at the River Granicus.
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Super interesting, Alexander the Great is probably one of the world's most brilliant military tacticians.
Armchair History
Seen better
Armchair History
Tho still great, but I don't like greeks and thier fictional exaggerations
Like who? There are only a selected handful that can match Alexander as a tactician and those people are Hannibal, Caeser and Napoleon
Bullet-Tooth Tony: Alexander is head and shoulders the best commander in history here is why:
Hannibal, yet absolutely brilliant , eventually failed his objective to crush Rome, and got eventually decisively defeated .
Caesar, also one of the greatest, but most of his victories was on an arguably inferior fighting force, the Gauls.
the moment he faced first time a matching fighting force and cunning commander in Pompeii he had his ass handled severely, granted he eventually got the better of him.
and Napoleon in all his brilliance, people sometimes forget how his megalomania prevented him from even more glory, he lost the best fighting machine and well equipped army of 600.000 strong in Russia ENTIRELY! also eventually a crushing defeat.
Alexander never suffered defeats,but what makes him so exceptional is he often faced unlike the others a totally unknown enemy, forcing him to literally reinvent new tactics and yet he always prevailed, he was master in open battle,siege warfare, he even had counter insurgency campaigns(!) and faced elephants.Its more of a miracle this man was never defeated in the field
"and Napoleon in all his brilliance, people sometimes forget how his megalomania prevented him from even more glory, he lost the best fighting machine and well equipped army of 600.000 strong in Russia ENTIRELY! also eventually a crushing defeat."
Due to the winter, burning down the ressources and a big fire in Muscovy and not due to Russian soldiers beating him. He revolutionized war-fare. I can´t see how he is less of a great general than Alexander. Not to mention that Napleon had an ideological impact that changed the continent forever.
"Alexander never suffered defeats,but what makes him so exceptional is he often faced unlike the others a totally unknown enemy"
That´s nonsense and even mentioned in the video. They were rivals, not unkown enemies. The hellenic league was not formed against an unkown enemy, but a known one.
"forcing him to literally reinvent new tactics "
He used the same phallanx-strategy every other greek city-state used. The phlanx were superior to every other known unit at that time. Expect for maybe horse-archerers.
Great work. Total War machinimas improve the production quality. Keep it up. I hope one day we can do a collaboration video :)
nurrrik & phoenix I hope that too, both of your content are amazing.
Love ur work
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I'm an ancient history high school teacher, this is the best resource I've ever seen! Thank-you so much!
Just make sure you don't teach your students that Macedonia and Alexander was Slavic and not Hellenic .
They always claim in their books that the Macedonians were not Hellenes but rather Bulgarian slavs!!completed denying Macedonias undisputed Hellenic identity.
@Jim Londos learn before you speak idiot!!! The people called Alexander the Great "Slaven" which means famous, so the therm Slavic came from him
Alexander the Great! His name struck fear into the hearts of men!
Snake
And made panties of women wet
Dariush Ashkani someone is salty
Snake He died of fever in Babyloooon...
Hannibal Carthage would destroy that clown even the ZULUS' would kill him send his whole army running 😂
Finally. Hopefully they will do julius caesar soon.
Divay Pratap ceasar
There's a very cool history of Julius Caesar on the channel historia civilis if you didn't know it yet, at least I enjoy those videos very much
Tom Sistermans yeah i know that😆 idk why but i keep asking others to do it as well
I'm hoping that he will do Napoelon Bonaparte.
The Punic Wars!
Do you know what Winnie the Pooh and Alexander the Great share in common? They both have the same middle name.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ah XD
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
He owed his army and war chest to his father. But he owed his victories to himself.
Rizon1985 more his men because his tactics usually relied on luck and Persian incompetence
Joey Kevorkian Luck? How do you figure that...
Smartian Martian at gagamela it was luck that he was able to get to Darius in time and that his enemy would be so incompetent. His line was already breaking and if Darius was slightly better guarded he would have lose
Yeah he only won because of sheer luck, do you actually think that. If one thing he knew his men and knew how to use them
His father's war chest was far from full (around 70 talents when Alexander took the throne). In actual fact, Alexander had to take on Philip's prior debts and borrow an extra 800 talents for his invasion of Persia. This would last Alexander a mere few months unless he quickly found booty to pay off his troops; partially the reason why he disbanded his fleet since it cost him an arm and a leg!
14:35 Willhelm Scream. Good video
TIK How the hell.....did you hear that. Holy shit
At 13:02 as well
This is great! The greatest military mind of the era. I've been waiting for a video like this. Here we'll see what it takes to be remembered in history.
yeah but he lost to india.
Ved singh Well his military wanted to stop fighting.
+Ved singh Does this really look like he lost to you? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes
BerylusRed Okay, I’m going to stop you right there. First and foremost I don’t appreciate you implying I am on a certain path to hell for my enthusiasm over an historical figure.
Understand that though Alexander wouldn’t by any rational mind be considered a paragon of humanity by todays standards, I do not judge him on our modern, more progressed, sensibilities. Being objective and analyzing a person from a different time, it is apparent that Alexander was a memorable and great figure of his time. A more primitive time where glory in military prowess and influence in power, were the marks of a great person, honored and admired.
Such is the case in such biblical figures, most prominently king David, who was renowned in battle and conquest. Alexander for his time was quite a progressive individual, allowing other beliefs and cultures to prosper in his empire. Interesting figure of the ancient world.
As an agnostic I insist no human knows truly the nature of a God, or any like concept. If God was intervening in human affairs in the ancient word, it certainly isn’t in our age. There has been no prophet performing miracles in millennia. According to Judeo-Christian scripture we live in an age where the divine powers are just awaiting to intervene at an apocalyptic time.
There is a folly in Catholic, originally pagan, and Protestant dogma, about the nature of humanity in relation to God. You see clearly the ancients believed humanity is a mirror image of the divine, or God, and we are by that divine relationship gods our selves. We are gifted with the free will to create and destroy, as God wills. Adam and Eve failed to live up to that potential, it was not until Jesus that humanity finally was acquitted of departing from divine nature and capable of returning to it’s role in the divine. This is the understanding that prophets and Jesus preached in the ancient world, and my understanding of the concept of God. God is the universal consciousness, reality is it’s mind, thoughts shape reality. All that exists is God, God is all, God is us.
just another Jesus troll /ignore
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Thank you so much for taking the time to create a channel devoted to making history approachable to the masses! Being a history buff myself im always looking for new mediums to engage all the high schools I've subbed at. Videos like this are genius, and have allowed me to spread my love of history with dozens of students. Lots of them now collaborate amongst their growing "history club" friends.
This was amazing. Something about seeing the battle actually replicated gives you an appreciation of how hellish the fighting must have been. Brilliant content as always, Epic History TV!
Historia Civilis, now this? My man Alexander is getting one hell of a show! Can't wait to learn all the tidbits of his campaigns and how great a man he truly was
It truly is awesome to witness the rise of new media and a new generation of documentary makers who are reviving these types of videos!!!
Astro Doto His name is Alexander The Great :-)
He brought one of the greatest empires to heel before he was 30 years old maybe?
It was normal back in the day, the Romans also used to do this, it was called "agnomem".
what
I love the incredible production value that you put into these videos. Can't wait to see the rest.
Great work with the visual representation of the battle,whoever did it.
It was me. Thanks!
Such a great video, just astonishing! The whole video seems pretty professional made and was extremely enjoying to watch.
I can't wait for more. Thank you so much for this piece of art! :)
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Evil Guy its on the title
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
Absolutely amazing. I am going to teach our 6th grade a unit of Ancient Greece. I'm going to show them these videos when we get to that section!
Great to hear. Particularly interested in new video suggestions from all teachers.
Christian Johnston FYI...the Macedonian led Persian Revenge invasion was more about acquiring Persian talents/resources than it was revenge. King Philip was in debt and his economy ran on war and plunder. Persia was fractured at this time n point and King Philip had built/trained the perfect army to lay waste to Persian army/mercenaries and plunder treasuries upon treasuries.
@@EpichistoryTvgreece name and country from 1832 and macedonians were not hellenic people only liked their culture
That was fantastic. This video strikes a good balance between the level of detail and pace. It does a good job of focusing on the important points and why they are important (ex: preamble with Phillip). The graphics and animation are also good.
I await the future parts.
Even though I am a PERSIAN, I still fully respect this brilliant-genius military tactician, commander, and warrior. I respect him because bringing down our empire (Persian Empire) was NOT an easy task. He is truly "The Great", but will always remain accursed for us Persians lol. Persians will always respect tough, great, and notable adversaries; and I like this man because by the end he actually fell in love with our Persian Civilization, and the greatness we achieved. Alexander fell in love so much so that he told his commanders to marry Persian Women, and even moved his capital to our land. Anyways we did reconquer our lands back from the Greeks (Hellenic empire of Seleucid) shortly after Alexanders death and established the second Persian Empire. But then again we had another tough, respectable adversary to fight, the Romans. Sadly it was our fight with Eastern Roman Empire (Especially Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628) that gave us the rise of Arabs in that region and that they went on conquering both Persia, Byzantine and eventually a good percentage of Europe; and started enforcing their beliefs on other peoples. I just kinda wish that Alexander never burnt Persepolis. Respect and Greetings to our European friends and brothers from Persia (Iran) and a Persian, we love you guys.
OFF TOPIC, another Hellenic man I truly respect, is Phyrrus of Epirus; you guys should watch the video on him by Sargon of Akkad, truly a Great Channel.
Plz do Julius Caesar next.
Stannis TheKingWhoCared I was going to like your comment anyway simply because you had The One True King as your profile pic, but after reading this I wish I could like it twice. Respect to you man.
I do not expect Sargon of Akkad to get many things right, especially Phyrrus.
@Ehh? I study History, and I read a lot of books; EVERYTHING he said in that video is correct. Don't be a SJW hahaha
@Dylan Thank You.
Stannis TheKingWhoCared Nah, he never backs up what he says. Just kind of rambles on and pins the SJWs to distract you from his poor taste. But hey, you believe what you want.
This is very high quality content!
Mike Loades gave you guys a shout out, and I can see why. With a few extra stuff (like Mike showing off his knowledge of the weapons) this stuff is worthy of channels like the BBC... Subscribed!
Never clicked so fast on my youtube notifications
That is the purpose for a UA-cam notification.
You're back! Very happy to see this. I am a history teacher and use your videos all the time, keep up the good work.
It's 6:12 AM in the Midwest - I have probably watched your Alexander series 10 times over! Your work is of the highest caliber!
Alexander = Gold Standard for Military Commanders; Epic History TV = Gold Standard for Military History Mini-Documentaries!
Loving the Rome 2 animation. Great idea teaming up with invicta.
I was trying to figure out the song that you used at 6:03 and then the song at 8:20. So searching through Filmstro I found the one at 8:20. I then moved my attention to the 6:03 one. I was spinning my wheels when I finally realized the "Momentum", "Depth", and "Power" sliders on the right. Finally, I realized it was the same song (Parbat for anyone wondering) that you had adjusted to add more power and momentum to it.
With that being said, I love how you purposefully had the music transition in a way as to be a dynamic element of your video to make it as if we were marching to battle. Well done!
I am incredibly happy this channel is back. Love all your videos so far.
Excellent work! I always love these videos this channel uploads, from the narrator amazing voice and style, as well how everything is perfectly illustrated in the maps and artwork. Simply masterful. Keep at it.
This channel video takes forever but their video will not disappoint you. Worth the wait.
woah invicta and epichistorytv woah technology
Match made in heaven! I can't thank EpicHistoryTV enough for the opportunity and hope we get to make many more video together in the future
It's simply amazing to see the progress of the channel since Waterloo. Congratulations for the great work.
I REALLY LOVE YOUR VIDEO'S!! Truly an epic history. :D Keep them coming, absolutely brilliant!!
This is some epic history lesson.
If i was a history teacher, i would show this to my pupils.
These are incredible!
Everything from voice to background is brilliant. Thank you!!!
Incredible work mate. Top quality video, cant wait for part 2.
Well done everyone involved, this was cool and informative enough to show to my friends who maybe are not that into history
+MrAcrobot Thanks!
I've been waiting sooooo long for you to post again! Thank goodness you did!
Best history channel on youtube, cant wait until the next video. Keep up the good work!
Welcome back, greatest UA-cam History channel ever in the course of History on UA-cam about History but played through UA-cam that delves into great and fantastic moments in History.
Great presentation!!
Oh my gosh, the remastered mosaic is beautiful!
I was looking so much for your next video, and Alexander the Great! Thanks for great work!
I can't wait for next episode!
Brilliant, i followed invictus and your collaboration works perfectly, can't wait for part 2 !
best history channel ever
Great vid; I especially loved the part when Alexander slaughtered the Greek mercenaries who fought for Persia. Brilliant commander with and iron fist; love it.
I was like is this is an Invicta video? Then I saw the annotations and it was all good. Great video!! Awesome collab.
This was well worth the wait looking forward to the next part very much!
Time to reinstall Rome 2 Total War
thanks Invictas
Amazing video(s)! I see that you put a lot of effort in them!
They are well made and easy to understand! Keep up the good work!
The Total War Footage makes this video 10000x better, Keep up the amazing work
Using Rome 2 total war as an extra, very clever. Love the new episode!
Invicita did the total war stuff, not EHTV
Near to the east
In a part of ancient Greece
In an ancient land called Macedonia
Was born a son
To Philip of Macedon
The legend his name was Alexander
At the age of nineteen
He became the Macedon King
And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
By the Aegian Sea
In 334 B.C.
He utterly beat the armies of Persia
ffarkasm up the irons
Fyroms slavs are probably pissed
Reading this since it fully exposes yugoslavian commuunist lies and historical propaganda of fabrications.
the quality of these videos are incredible, feels like tv production quality.
Epic History indeed
WORLD WAR 2 VIDEOS PLEASE , FOCUS ON THE EASTERN FRONT / RUSSIAN - GERMAN WAR ... I LOVE THIS
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO EVER IN THE WHOLE WORD. GUYS DONT HATE ON THIS CHANNEL. THIS WAS WELL WELL WORTH THE WAIT. KEEP IT UP EPIC HISTORY. YOU ARE THE BEST!! CANT WAIT FOR ANOTHER VIDEO😀
Amazing production quality. Got to say I think the addition of footage from Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator added an extra layer of depth to the video. This was super interesting!
I showed this video to an 8 year old.
He’s still 8, but he likes the video.
AY LMAO , total war, that muh game
AMAZING one of the best documentaries for Alexander so far
Love the videos Epic, they are extremely well put together. Also props for the the Total War nods.
Good work! Ancient GREECE/HELLAS had Cities-States members such as Sparti(a), Athens, Korinth, Thebes, Makedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Kretes, Myceanes etx.
ALL had GREEK language, writting culture and GREEK religion of 12 gods.
Makedonia also had Greek language ? Are u sure ? :)
Also, you should use the Divide et Impera mod for ROme 2 if you want to make your battle segments look even better! The mod retools units to look not only more historically accurate, but more vivid and individualistic in their armor and clothing. A really cool mod, I highly recommend it!
Been waiting for your videos a long time. Great work as usual.
Finally! Waiting so long for this. Great video as always.
In Greece we have a common say.Dissension is the curse of our nation.Athenians,Spartans,Macedonians,Thessalians fight each other in every given opportunity.The result is the decline of Hellenism.
not even in the byzantine era.we have a lot of civil wars that time.maybe we are doomed to disagree until the end of time
THE men are wavering!!
very well done ! I could watch that all day ( which I have with your other videos ) awesome job, thank you
This is the most awesome thing I've ever seen please keep making more 🔥🔥🙏🏾
I still think the Sarissa Pike Phalanx is the greatest military formation of all time
Imperator Glaber what about THE Hiroshima formation
the what?
Imperator Glaber tHe NaGaSaKi fOrMaTiOn
there is allways a weak point. IF you study you will find it
We want Arabic translation because I love your channel and I am one of your followers
Respect to this channel. I showed this to my History class wow they where enthralled
Just brilliant well done! Keep em coming! Love you guys!
I personally cannot discredit, one of the greatest war commander in history. Because of his atrocities, in ancient times especially in B.C. war was for the most part, was a way of life for people depending on which land, country & culture your from. Ancient Greece was a divided country, during the mediterranean age. Every state in Greece, except Athens. Use their army to keep, what they thought was liberation. No different than what Macedonians believe. King Phillip of Macedonia understood this, so that why his plans to make Greece greater relied on unity. Phillip of Macedon had accomplish his deeds, and made most of Greece except Sparta United. Phillips would eventually be assassinated, and his son Alexander the third better know as (Alexander the Great) will claim the throne. Alexander will eventually rule for thirteen years in the process, he went on to spread western culture over the Mediterranean world. Rule as a conquer, destroying the powerful achaemenid empire. And becoming for the most part king over the world. I see no difference between King Phillip and Alexander, both untied people. But Phillip united Greece, Alexander the Great united the world.
Isocrates and Cimon believed in the same idea of Uniting the Greeks, trace others if you may. Then , Judge an era by the customs of the time. As for atrocities if you do not have the means to look in any AD period in time conserning Europe, Middle East, Rome, Byzantioum (a former city establish by Bysas a Megarian greek), try ww2.
Alexander the Great perfected combined arms tactic by implementing new elements to his father's army. In addition to the heavy infantry phalanx and hypaspists; the heavy Companion and Thessalian Cavalry; the light Prodromoi, Paeonian, Thracian and Greek Mercenary Cavalry, he increased the size of the army by implementing Agrianian, Triballian, Illyrian and Thracian peltasts; and Cretan, Paeonian, Illyrian Triballian and Thracian archers, in support of the cavalry and heavy infantry. Later he adopted horse-archers and elephants in his combine arms approach.
He understood how they worked in concert with each other and nullified weaknesses and denied the enemy free maneuver. The relative static heavy infantry was protected by ranged units against ranged cavalry and light soldiers, and in turn, the heavy infantry shielded the weaker missile units. His cavalry gave him local superiority with their rapid movement and elite Agrianian peltasts and elite hyaspists aided the cavalry in melee against enemy cavalry and broke the enemy's morale by exploiting a "schwerpunkt" every time. The phalanx steamrolled the enemy infantry with a steady pace and kept the pressure up by moving forward while the cavalry killed them in the rout. Pure art and science!
I am a huge fan of your videos. Thanks for coming back!
I've been waiting for your glorious return for a long time Epic History
Alexander wasn't so accursed according to the Persians (after the fact, of course.) According to Ferdowsi's Book of Kings, the epic of the old pre-Islamic Persian Empire, Alexander was secretly a half-Persian and the secret heir to Persia's throne! Of course it's a good way to save face for a historic defeat, but it'd be fun to note how Alexander was remembered by the people he affected the most--he did little to Greece itself, but changed the face of the Middle East and Central Asia forever.
So sad... look where greece is now
Oh well...looking back into history, Greece has faced far worse than today's economic depression...I am fairly confident that within time it will regain its position in the world
Lithuania was once the largest country in Europe. Then it was Poland. And so on and so on... Such is History.
True, but I am talking more about the Greek culture and science that influenced the world from Iberia to India in the ancient times. I do not really care about the territories of the state but for the contribution of my country to the world
If you think Greece fared back, look at the Middle East and North Africa. You know, "the cradle of civilization".
Commandant Teste greece have been worse then economic depressiom trust me they will regine back their economic
Great stuff guys. These are seriously the best vids on UA-cam
This is the best history channel ever,you got lots of work to attend to I will definitely support your channel.
Alexander the Great wasn't very great at naming cities.
Abyssinia Empire probably he named them after his name to boost hes ego.
What's wrong with "Alexandria"?
...
Which one?
It meant a sanctuary for all who were there
Bucephalia was meh
I mean he named them after his name to become more legendary.
Macedonia was a Greek kingdom to be exact! Alexander and the Macedonians by numerous of ancient historians very often stated how proud they were to be Greeks!!
From what i know , Alexander is a greek name , he spoke greek and he fought for and spread greek culture , and even from painting he had mediterranean looking
There is people who call him non-greek ? strange
I have Epicly missed you, great vid!
Amazing video, i was look for somthing informative on Alexander the great and this was so good !!
I'm nitpicking over here. The hoplites didn't get their name from their shield(I'm guessing vice versa), the shield was called an aspis. The term hoplite more likely comes from the greek word τά ὅπλα (ta hopla) meaning "arms" or "gear", making the hoplite "the equipped man" or "man in gear", i.e. heavy infantry. And it makes sense, a hoplites most distinguishing features are his armaments: spear, large aspis-shield, helmet, greaves, cuirass of some sort and often a sword etc. That's a lot of stuff for just one man.
As a greek I assure you you are right
Dear Chef Excellence, Kostas and Game james: Don't be misguided from the modern usage of the word ''όπλον'' which is weapon- in ancient Greek language ''όπλον'' was the large circular shield, so the video is correct regarding this point.
Ioannis G I have no idea what the word means in modern Greek. In ancient Greek- as I explained in the original post- it refers to armaments or equipment. The shield was called an aspis. Now this is where I start guessing: I'd guess somewhere later in antiquity people started calling the aspis as a hoplon, because it was the preferred shield of a hoplite, a way of combat long since obsolete and hasn't been relevant in a long time.
I know jack shit about Greek language but in RTW and the wikipedia article the shield is called "hoplos" and its explained that the hoplite derives its name from it. I mean, its only logical to assume that since the large, round shield was probably the most defining feature of the hoplite and it enabled the phalanx, like the spear.
Ασπίς/δαι were called all the equipment that warriors holded to protect themselves like pelti (Thracian/Cretan), sakos (Homer age), 8-shaped, thyreos, etc. One kind of them was adopted by the Argolic kind, during the age of the development of Hoplite phalanx and specifically called 'Οπλον. Greek friends can check this website (unfortunately is available only in Greek language)....
ellas2.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF/
Here we go boys!
Epic, this is the best of your works. Adding some cutscenes of Empire Total War was an original idea ❤
brilliant love it, great work, informative and entertaining at the same time!
14:35 Wilhelms scream?
Couldn't possibly comment.
A Creepy Lurker God damn it 19 hours late
Alexander helped to spread Greek culture, but yet Slavs still call themselves Macedonians...
Abyssinia Empire Those are the most stupid and brainwashed ever
Ah no only Macedonian Slavs call themself Macedonians and thats because Slavs of todays Macedonia are not 100% Slavs. They mixed with the ancient north Macedonians. And btw the northern Greeks have a lot of Slavic dna too because after the death of Attila Slavic tribes raided/raped and settled in Greece. This can be seen in the haplogroups of todays Greeks too (R1a).
+Alexios Sauromates True, but DNA is not the only source of nationality. Slavs simply have no relation with ancient Macedonia, and the ancient Balkans in general
Slavic peoples in balkans are slavic in culture but in DNA there are mix of Illyrians, Thracians, Proto Bulgars, Greeks, ..... and modern Greeks are Greeks in culture but in DNA are actually the same with peoples of Balkans.
They are NOT the same, how can you even say that, Balkan people are all unique in culture and genome; Serbians are not Croatians and Bulgarians are not Albanians. You insult everyone equally and logic most of all. There have been rapes in history, certainly, but every civilization that existed for more than a handful of generations has had VERY strict rules and rituals controlling childbirth and genetic pools. That's like anthropology 101. Don't fall for the propaganda of the corporate shills, immigration itself wasn't a thing historically. Now somehow diversity is our strength..
Hell yeah! Thanks for all the hard work guys
Bloody brilliant guys good job. My new fav channel
Alexander the Great, voted the greatest of all Greeks.