Attila the Hun: The Scourge of God

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  • @Biographics
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  • @HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE
    @HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE 3 роки тому +2777

    So there's a solid gold casket, inside a silver casket in an iron casket, with Atilla the Hun's body in it, somewhere in a riverbed in the old Hun Empire. I want to find it

    • @chiefnem
      @chiefnem 3 роки тому +73

      Same I'd definitely love to see that

    • @purpleldv966
      @purpleldv966 3 роки тому +107

      As specialy with the rise of the price of gold in the last few months ;) !

    • @gergogyenes5104
      @gergogyenes5104 3 роки тому +115

      It's in Pannonia somewhere. Between Tisza and Duna according to the legends

    • @bettyswollocks1670
      @bettyswollocks1670 3 роки тому +108

      You would not want to be a pallbearer

    • @Sovspot
      @Sovspot 3 роки тому +111

      @Syed Abdul Malik Behold, pedophilia apologia everyone. If she bleeds she breeds is your logic.

  • @nightterror007
    @nightterror007 3 роки тому +1021

    "The greatest of all Warriors should be mourned not with tears or the wailing of women, but the blood of men".... dude... thats so metal!

    • @dankmazzi2376
      @dankmazzi2376 2 роки тому +24

      Nothing like blood and guts🤘

    • @YaverMemolibaba
      @YaverMemolibaba 2 роки тому +16

      He was a great warrior and spirit, AND one of mine ancestors..by the way, er også fra Danmark:)

    • @YaverMemolibaba
      @YaverMemolibaba Рік тому +3

      @Olaf I am danish citizen of turkic origin and tengrist, didnt say anything of Attila was "dane"..but one thing i am sure of, our ancestors, the pagans and shamanic people of the past, had more in common, than some realize. Hope Asatro will rise in the north, and Tengrism in the east again.

    • @bort_hill
      @bort_hill Рік тому +1

      Double bass pedal intensifies

    • @LAshades
      @LAshades Рік тому +3

      ​@@dankmazzi2376 you are a square on your phone

  • @charger9912
    @charger9912 Рік тому +600

    Imagine having the nickname "The Scourge of God."
    That is one of the most terrifying things I've ever heard a person be called.

    • @xxora6568
      @xxora6568 Рік тому +21

      Might be the best nickname evee

    • @bignasty1876
      @bignasty1876 Рік тому +29

      I have it on good authority that "the Scourge of God" was later changed to the dreaded "MOTHER-IN-LAW!!!"
      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ryanelamo1588
      @ryanelamo1588 Рік тому

      ​@@bignasty1876my brother, shut up

    • @PeriodDrama
      @PeriodDrama Рік тому +9

      It’s gotta be one of the coolest names ever.

    • @user-zy9yg2eu5t
      @user-zy9yg2eu5t Рік тому +12

      ​@@bignasty1876 1985 called. They wanted their mother-in-law jokes back.

  • @infinitememegod
    @infinitememegod 3 роки тому +1672

    In the empire he ruled, they called him Attila the fun

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 3 роки тому +27

      @Robert McConnell I thought that was his personal baker

    • @jamesmcglew9806
      @jamesmcglew9806 3 роки тому +98

      In an alternate universe, he was a comedian, known as attila the pun

    • @lovelessissimo
      @lovelessissimo 3 роки тому +45

      If he were a 5K, he'd be Attila: the Run.

    • @evanmengar
      @evanmengar 3 роки тому +46

      He was so bright they called him Attila the sun

    • @upsidedownnugget9531
      @upsidedownnugget9531 3 роки тому +24

      When he put on a bit of extra weight they called him Attila the tons of fun behind his back.

  • @vijaynair2403
    @vijaynair2403 3 роки тому +793

    It never surprised me that The Goths died out.
    Sitting around, listening to Bauhaus all day while smoking cloves leaves you quite open for enemies to attack.

    • @olas16k
      @olas16k 2 роки тому +32

      hilarious and underrated comment

    • @chuckery5177
      @chuckery5177 2 роки тому +5

      HAHAHAHAHAHA LMAOOO

    • @tthompson749
      @tthompson749 2 роки тому +2

      Haha awesome comment!

    • @teovu5557
      @teovu5557 2 роки тому +20

      pretty sure the goths are still around(Germans,Dutchs,Swedes,Austrians etc etc) lol

    • @BlueBirdsProductions
      @BlueBirdsProductions 2 роки тому +2

      @@teovu5557 nah, they're Anglo saxons

  • @WatcherMovie008
    @WatcherMovie008 3 роки тому +238

    "I don't destroy lives.
    I turn civilizations to dust.
    Sword of Mars! Photon Ray!"

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 3 роки тому +896

    Pretty sure Genghis Khan was the reincarnation of this guy.

    • @BudMasta
      @BudMasta 3 роки тому +25

      @Compassionate Predator the beginning of the video literally states nothing is known for sure, also his depictions do not look Chinese at all.

    • @BudMasta
      @BudMasta 3 роки тому +17

      @Compassionate Predator you're blantly lying. It was closer to 10% at most, and where do you think the Mongols and their art style came from??? You can't even tell the truth in any of your statements. Why does attila get depicted looking like a turkic man and not Chinese at all??

    • @BudMasta
      @BudMasta 3 роки тому +9

      @Compassionate Predator the Alans controlled the pannonian basin at the time, that's what the Romans called Hungary, which are still not depicted looking like Attila at all. You're just making stuff up dude, stop it.

    • @BudMasta
      @BudMasta 3 роки тому +20

      @Compassionate Predator uhh, Genghis entered Europe in 1226, you are hundreds of years off...

    • @BudMasta
      @BudMasta 3 роки тому +2

      @Compassionate Predator lmao you get called out and change the subject, when did attila and Genghis die smart one???

  • @wafaamador4161
    @wafaamador4161 3 роки тому +755

    Attila gave up on his final attack on Rome because too many teenage girls were signing petitions

  • @yourstruly4817
    @yourstruly4817 3 роки тому +332

    You have recruited so many units, the treasury is buckling under the weight of their upkeep.
    Capturing new territory would spread the cost, as well as putting your troops to good use!

    • @lang-miticzkykende8409
      @lang-miticzkykende8409 3 роки тому +14

      Ahh the nostalgia

    • @yourstruly4817
      @yourstruly4817 3 роки тому +9

      @Marechal Zolotoy Attila: Total War

    • @keuwlcat1319
      @keuwlcat1319 2 роки тому +4

      @@yourstruly4817 you can capture as many settlements take all the wonders the gold and client states buy all the allies buildings and yet seems like total wars atilla fps is unsalable 😭😞

    • @nickblackstone5772
      @nickblackstone5772 Рік тому +2

      Your health is low do you have any potions...or food?

    • @kikaa1884
      @kikaa1884 Рік тому +2

      Hunnic empire size is 4 million sq km of land which is huge and big as Mughal empire which is incredible.
      Asians and Europeans created biggest empires in human history

  • @RejectedInch
    @RejectedInch 3 роки тому +26

    In modern Italy, even to this day, in order to descrive a massive destructions and disgrace we say " The Huns have come" or to point out a destructive person we also say " is like Attila". Such manner of speech was and still accompanied by another one that literally translates " Mother the Turkish are coming". The destructive power they brought upon the roman empire carved such wound that the memory of it survived till now. The nickname of " Flagellus dei" is apparently rooted in a record, when the pope went out the door to meet Attila and the barbarian literally slapped the pope in the face. Hard to tell if it was an actual event or an ancient urban legend.

    • @hungarostudio
      @hungarostudio 2 роки тому +1

      It was a legend.

    • @poocabraxi
      @poocabraxi 26 днів тому

      ​@NO IT HAPPENED THATS HOW THE HUNS LEFT BACK HOME WITH A SAFE PASSAGE 🙄DO YOUR RESEARCH BRO 🎉hungarienness

  • @Knifeys
    @Knifeys 3 роки тому +290

    Imagine if Simon and Lucy Worsley some how had a child.. the kid would narrate it’s own birth.

  • @Volvith
    @Volvith 3 роки тому +223

    "Flagellum Dei" actually translates to God's Whip.
    Less the scourge of god, more so a punishment sent by God, much like flagellation was a punishment from those you wronged.
    Attila wasn't a scourge. He was a force that could only be sent by God himself.
    _Because who else could create something so divinely destructive?_

    • @sol2544
      @sol2544 Рік тому +2

      I was so confused because "Flagellum" refers to Whip, doesn't it? Caught me off gaurd immediately

    • @Bethelaine1
      @Bethelaine1 Рік тому +16

      Scourge can be a verb and as noun. It could be seen as the whip of God, a punishment for perceived sins by the Christians and those who had not converted. It could also have referred to the Anti Christ. Christians were expecting the final battle at any time, they may have seen this as the end of the world. Again.

    • @thrashingputz5163
      @thrashingputz5163 Рік тому

      @@Bethelaine1 You're likely correct, coz the Huns were famously atheistic. It wouldn't surprise me that Attila announced himself as the anti-christ to spite the Romans.

    • @thecircusfreak5364
      @thecircusfreak5364 Рік тому +10

      I think you’ve misunderstood the word… ‘scourge’. He wasn’t ‘A’ scourge. He’s scourge of god, similar to ‘wrath of god’.

    • @ericeric3117
      @ericeric3117 Рік тому +13

      In addition, a scourge is a type of whip.

  • @parvuspeach
    @parvuspeach 3 роки тому +267

    Flavius Aetius spent his early military career as hostage/advisor of both the Visigoths and then the Huns, he was no fool, in fact his rank of military governor of Gaul was due to him using a Hunnic army to press his agenda. Again, he was no fool.

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 3 роки тому

      He was their bitch, but he was no fool.

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 3 роки тому +5

      @@letmethink8350 Spent his military career as a hostage of both Visigoths and THEN the HUNS. Much in the same way Josephus was Vespasians's bitch. Sorry, but some of the the most prominent figures in Roman history were in fact other people's bitch.🧐

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 3 роки тому +2

      @@letmethink8350 So cuss words are your sole determining factor in how high or low ones IQ is. I think your a prejudice person then.

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 3 роки тому +2

      @@letmethink8350 Would you prefer the term coward?

    • @kingti85
      @kingti85 3 роки тому +3

      @@ricky-sanchez lmao dude ran away
      wut a bitch

  • @mishawakapost2681
    @mishawakapost2681 3 роки тому +30

    A lot of similarities between the Mongols and the Huns. Both excelled at shooting arrows from horseback.

    • @jarlbalgruufthegreater1758
      @jarlbalgruufthegreater1758 2 роки тому +2

      As magyars we came, where Attila and the huns are originated (the Pannon-Basin). We were known for bowing backwards on horses. It can't be a coincidence 😜

    • @snszbyd
      @snszbyd 2 роки тому

      Yeah. They were horse nomads.

    • @hungarostudio
      @hungarostudio 2 роки тому

      A mongolok a hunoktól tanulták.

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 10 місяців тому +1

      there were alot of nomadic war people like

    • @hoidoei8705
      @hoidoei8705 3 місяці тому +3

      This ignorant people think Mongols are the only nation of the steppe 😂😂😂 more than 80% of the mongolian army was TURKİC

  • @Undercovergrandma396
    @Undercovergrandma396 3 роки тому +298

    This channel is *so* underrated.

    • @russellcavender352
      @russellcavender352 3 роки тому

      So underrated but you still watch it!

    • @saltymcginger2027
      @saltymcginger2027 3 роки тому +18

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      @ericroland4956 3 роки тому +11

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      @jaykrappenshitz4992 3 роки тому +6

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    • @Undercovergrandma396
      @Undercovergrandma396 3 роки тому +2

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  • @Rafattak
    @Rafattak 3 роки тому +317

    "Unknown language": yup, that describes hungarian allright

    • @emmitstewart1921
      @emmitstewart1921 3 роки тому +34

      Hungary has nothing to do with Attila or the Huns. Hungarians are descended from the Magyar tribes.

    • @Rafattak
      @Rafattak 3 роки тому +67

      @@emmitstewart1921 And the magyar tribes came from space

    • @Rafattak
      @Rafattak 3 роки тому +22

      @@emmitstewart1921 hülye americai

    • @gergogyenes5104
      @gergogyenes5104 3 роки тому +44

      @@emmitstewart1921 the Huns where closely related to the Xiongnu. Recent studies show Hungarians who participated in the conquest of Pannonia (895) where 46% Xiongnu. The theory is that Hungarians are Royal Scythians from the Hunnic Empire. As Árpád said to the Byzantine Emperor, we are not turkic, we are from an ancient land.

    • @Rafattak
      @Rafattak 3 роки тому +16

      @@blazingnomad Ém magyarul tanulok. Wasn't the posterior vowel portion of the magyar nyelv originally spoken mainly from horseback? Also, from what I have studied, little is known about the ancient history of our ancestors due to the catholic church and the austrian invasion. Szent István didn't want others to think we were still barbarians. Magyar nyelv nehéz, bocsass meg angol válaszomat.

  • @allninelivez7631
    @allninelivez7631 3 роки тому +54

    "I stopped Atilla the Hun from sacking Rome."
    ~ Some Pope at the time.

    • @jenrutherford6690
      @jenrutherford6690 3 роки тому

      Sounds like Donald slump

    • @allninelivez7631
      @allninelivez7631 3 роки тому +17

      @@jenrutherford6690 why with the politics? Is it something I said? If so, I don't give two shits.

    • @noone3272
      @noone3272 3 роки тому +6

      @@jenrutherford6690 and slow joe will take credit after cheating his way in

    • @elkingoh4543
      @elkingoh4543 2 місяці тому

      St Leo is such a Based

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +77

    1:55 - Chapter 1 - Origins
    4:30 - Chapter 2 - Rise to power
    7:55 - Mid roll ads
    9:15 - Chapter 3 - Attila vs the eastern roman empire
    14:55 - Chapter 4 - Attila vs the western roman empire
    18:20 - Chapter 5 - Defeat & death

    • @vadersgodchild1043
      @vadersgodchild1043 Рік тому

      You have OCD.. thanks for this😊

    • @LC-iv8lf
      @LC-iv8lf 9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! Teachers appreciate this!

  • @zerozilch
    @zerozilch 3 роки тому +169

    Seems like every fall of a nation is from the accounting department.

    • @zerozilch
      @zerozilch 3 роки тому +8

      @Welp Welp it just seems like greed in most cases over money or power.

  • @jeremiahwoods3714
    @jeremiahwoods3714 3 роки тому +60

    Dang thats a rough assignment to have the honor of being one of the people to bury him only to be killed to keep it secret.

    • @venicec3310
      @venicec3310 3 роки тому +13

      Fr thatd be the best day to call in sick lol

    • @JC-vg5gl
      @JC-vg5gl 2 місяці тому

      @@venicec3310*cough

  • @ssj4galactus
    @ssj4galactus 3 роки тому +54

    Gengis khan is probably the reincarnation of attila the hun. They both are so similar to eachother, banded rival clans together,rode on horse backs to battle, and killed there brothers at a young age.

    • @hungarostudio
      @hungarostudio 2 роки тому

      A mongolok a hunoktól tanulták.

    • @hungarostudio
      @hungarostudio 2 роки тому +10

      A Mongolok a Hunoktól tanulták és a Mongolok is ügyesek.

    • @istengrz3045
      @istengrz3045 Рік тому

      No, Attila was Hungarian.

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 10 місяців тому +7

      Attila and Genghis Khan are alike

    • @syc4654
      @syc4654 8 місяців тому +3

      also their burial being shrouded in death and mystery

  • @hellbender31
    @hellbender31 3 роки тому +98

    a biography of Flavius Aetius would be really interesting, because of his life among the huns.

  • @TheJaviferrol
    @TheJaviferrol 3 роки тому +109

    When you finally get rid of the annoying Goths but then you get a rude awakening of why theyve been crossing your border in droves

    • @b99b12
      @b99b12 3 роки тому +11

      @@ellameyer8151 You really going to do this?

    • @miguelpereira9859
      @miguelpereira9859 3 роки тому +1

      But they never really got rid of them

    • @geromelegnome5446
      @geromelegnome5446 3 роки тому +3

      @@ellameyer8151 you should change your name to Tipp-Ex. Or Wite-Out if you are American

    • @ThatElfTorunn
      @ThatElfTorunn 3 роки тому +1

      Love that profile picture @TheJaviferrol

    • @jameslove1162
      @jameslove1162 3 роки тому +3

      @@ellameyer8151 It's funny because you'll correct someone for something so pointless, something I can guarantee they knew anyway making your correction pointless, but you yourself don't know that the bible has numbered verses. You just look stupid.

  • @ZeRo-bx7lp
    @ZeRo-bx7lp 3 роки тому +277

    The Pope probably threatened Attila by revealing his DMs.

  • @christopherjustice6411
    @christopherjustice6411 3 роки тому +4

    Oh you in trouble Dum Dum. You better run run, from Attila the Hun Hun.

  • @victorbruant389
    @victorbruant389 3 роки тому +236

    “And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”
    - Revelation 6:2

    • @game_boyd1644
      @game_boyd1644 3 роки тому +22

      David Bowie's Ghost it's a Bible verse from the book of Revelations

    • @ronfroehlich4697
      @ronfroehlich4697 3 роки тому +12

      Sounds like Coronavirus to me.

    • @ronfroehlich4697
      @ronfroehlich4697 3 роки тому +7

      @@ellameyer8151 God help you

    • @herbthompson8937
      @herbthompson8937 3 роки тому +6

      @@ellameyer8151 hahahahahahaha

    • @samsum3738
      @samsum3738 3 роки тому +3

      @@ellameyer8151 chapter 6 verse 2 .

  • @scionixx9568
    @scionixx9568 3 роки тому +90

    I love history but always hated lectures all throughout school. But you make it so interesting and I frantically click all your uploads. Thanks again Lord Simon!

    • @lights8811
      @lights8811 3 роки тому +1

      You should have paid attention in school....Read the credits, the narrative is written by one guy who's not even a historian...Might as well be reading wikipedia. This one sided regurgitation is not the way history is presented or thought. It cherry picks interpretations to form a bias narrative.

    • @scionixx9568
      @scionixx9568 3 роки тому +2

      lights8811 yo can you read? When did I ever say I didn’t pay attention?? I said he makes what he talks about INTERESTING. And that the lectures that I attended in school were boring but I never said I didn’t pay attention. Quit trying to change something and turn it into something it’s not. And even if he isn’t 100% accurate on every single video he still is pretty factual.

    • @lights8811
      @lights8811 3 роки тому +1

      @@scionixx9568 How can you be factual but not 100% accurate? UGH....please don't reply anymore.

    • @scionixx9568
      @scionixx9568 3 роки тому +1

      lights8811 if you wanna nitpick it then go ahead

  • @BALLARDTWIN
    @BALLARDTWIN 3 роки тому +31

    Some people in the comment fighting over who the Huns were dont seem to understand that the hunnic horde was a confederation of tribes
    Even gothic soldiers were within it after being subjugated of course

    • @WarHammer1989
      @WarHammer1989 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah but obviously they mean the Huns who were the original invaders before they even crossed into the Hungarian planes. The Steppe is tricky with the ethnography as u probably know

    • @user-pd9ju5dk5s
      @user-pd9ju5dk5s Рік тому +5

      Yes, but it's obvious their origin is Asiam. I dont like revionist historians trying to "Euro-fy" it and make it seem like they were Caucasian

  • @MrPrussianjester
    @MrPrussianjester 2 роки тому +10

    Yeah, he was the glue of the empire. He was a rare leader, both loved AND feared, and irreplaceable. Lil Attila was none of those and probably could never escape his fathers shadow.

  • @Lisann3tjuh
    @Lisann3tjuh 3 роки тому +10

    YES SIMON!!! I've been wanting a video on Attila the Hun for ages! Thank you so much!

  • @deenagara9151
    @deenagara9151 3 роки тому +49

    FUN FACT: Attila is the inspiration to Shan Yu from Disney’s 1998 film, Mulan.

  • @jeffzang6047
    @jeffzang6047 3 роки тому +6

    This makes me remember a Far Side cartoon. There’s this guy at the base of a fortified wall surrounded by arrows in the ground. He yells back, “No, no! I’m Al Tilley the Bum!”

  • @rhesareeves5
    @rhesareeves5 3 роки тому +66

    Sing it with me...
    Let's get down to business!

    • @KingofAwesomness14
      @KingofAwesomness14 3 роки тому +13

      "To defeat, the huns!! Huh!"

    • @rhesareeves5
      @rhesareeves5 3 роки тому +8

      @@KingofAwesomness14 Did they send me daughters?!

    • @bladudemovies
      @bladudemovies 3 роки тому +9

      @@rhesareeves5 When I asked, for sons!

    • @rhesareeves5
      @rhesareeves5 3 роки тому +8

      @@bladudemovies You're the saddest bunch I've ever meet!

    • @eric__ralte
      @eric__ralte 3 роки тому +9

      @@rhesareeves5 but you can bet before we're through

  • @ILLMATICPROUDCTIONS
    @ILLMATICPROUDCTIONS 3 роки тому +168

    "Grow up and be Attilla, go nuts and be a killer" -Eminem

    • @MMAGamblingTips
      @MMAGamblingTips 3 роки тому +11

      Tyrone Moore
      “And I’m, something of a phenom, one puff of the chron, I’m unstoppable, I’m alive and on top again, there’s no obstacle that I can’t conquer, so come away with us.” -Dre

    • @forcedtohaveahandle
      @forcedtohaveahandle 3 роки тому +7

      🌽y

    • @MMAGamblingTips
      @MMAGamblingTips 3 роки тому +6

      ꧁꧂
      Calm down Spanky .. it’s a YT thread.

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 3 роки тому +1

      Eminem is a deep philsosopher.

    • @international-arms-dealer
      @international-arms-dealer 3 роки тому +6

      Bro, I never realized this is what he was saying..

  • @dickbuttbuttdick901
    @dickbuttbuttdick901 2 роки тому +28

    The Scourge of God is such a badass title. Who needs comic book heroes when real life heroes existed?

  • @kking6084
    @kking6084 3 роки тому +1

    I was just looking for this! Thanks for the upload!

  • @grayk02
    @grayk02 3 роки тому +23

    The retroactive division and labelling of Western Roman/Byzantine Empires was something I’d never even bothered to consider. Blew my mind for a second Simon, thanks for the vids buddy

    • @ronfroehlich4697
      @ronfroehlich4697 3 роки тому +1

      Had a similar experience when I learned the same

    • @Duncan23
      @Duncan23 3 роки тому +1

      The Greek speaking people inhabiting the area around constantinople (modern day Istanbul) considered themselves Roman's right up until the late 19th century. Byzantine is very much a recent western European idea.

  • @tyranitararmaldo
    @tyranitararmaldo 3 роки тому +15

    9:52 "You challenge my every decision Atilla! It is as if you wish to lead the Huns yourself."

    • @rustomkanishka
      @rustomkanishka 3 роки тому +1

      And what about you, noble warrior?

    • @sal191_
      @sal191_ 2 роки тому +3

      I salute you, man of culture.

  • @PhilipJFry-tm9ve
    @PhilipJFry-tm9ve 3 роки тому +357

    When you say goths i just imagine an army of emos...

    • @VolumedMusicMan
      @VolumedMusicMan 3 роки тому +18

      The Roman empire would still be here LOL!

    • @PsychoticGengar
      @PsychoticGengar 3 роки тому +7

      @Mary Knighingale pfft goths have a great taste in music

    • @cyclpiancitydweller9517
      @cyclpiancitydweller9517 3 роки тому +5

      Hey Fry How it going with that girlfriend of yours.

    • @gew2510
      @gew2510 3 роки тому +22

      Goths aren't emo, south park will teach you

    • @VolumedMusicMan
      @VolumedMusicMan 3 роки тому +1

      @@gew2510 lol

  • @uncledubpowermetal
    @uncledubpowermetal 3 роки тому +27

    Man, those pall bearers REALLY got the shot end of the stick lol

    • @wawerukamau6242
      @wawerukamau6242 3 роки тому +5

      haha..totally..
      i would assume it would be people that volunteered for the "honour" to do it or slaves..

    • @uncledubpowermetal
      @uncledubpowermetal 3 роки тому +1

      @@wawerukamau6242 right lol and as you say, that might be stretching the definition of volunteer

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 3 роки тому

      So the people who buried him and then were killed, were killed by someone who still knew the location right? Now im really convinced that the coffin is no longer there.

  • @DragynryderMW
    @DragynryderMW 3 роки тому +9

    I have read accounts from diplomats met him. They claimed he would present himself as a simple man, sitting upon pillows on the ground with furs and a simple table, while he would treat his guests like royalty.

  • @AshleyDaySosa
    @AshleyDaySosa 3 роки тому +8

    A bit unrelated, but I greatly appreciate that the majority of this channels videos have closed captioning that isnt auto generated. You speak faster than I would prefer, a lot of info in a short amount of time, but I realize that this brevity is probably for the majority who may choose not to watch it if it took twice as long. None the less, the captions are incredibly helpful. Most channels do not use them and the auto translate only works to get ideas crossed if no accents or odd names are used. They also lack punctuation so you almost have to build the previous sentence, using common sense to figure out when one sentence ends and the next begins, which makes you miss details.
    It's a minor piece of a channel on youtube but one that deaf and partially deaf people are eternally grateful for. I value it more than HD. Lol
    So just had to mention that. It is a little late, I'm sure I've watched 100 videos by now but I realized in the most recent one, the black dahlia video, how much of a difference it makes since that one does not have captions yet. I am only half deaf, it just makes it more difficult but not impossible to understand.

  • @Zerobasssoul
    @Zerobasssoul 3 роки тому +3

    I've been waiting for this since u started biographics

  • @rachidrifai3441
    @rachidrifai3441 3 роки тому +42

    I love this bald guy
    No religion critisism here
    Just interesting stories

    • @ubberJakerz
      @ubberJakerz 3 роки тому +4

      He's objective, and that's all that is required because religion criticises itself.

    • @international-arms-dealer
      @international-arms-dealer 3 роки тому

      Well, he might not directly, in this video.. but he manages to give Christianity it's due in sly ways 😂

    • @rachidrifai3441
      @rachidrifai3441 3 роки тому +1

      @Ruturaj Shiralkar ahhahaha

  • @sarmadshah62
    @sarmadshah62 3 роки тому +75

    Where Are The Age Of Empires 2 Boys?!

    • @gabbiehepworthh
      @gabbiehepworthh 2 роки тому

      and girls

    • @elkingoh4543
      @elkingoh4543 2 місяці тому

      As a Age of empires 2 and Total War Attila players, I see that absolute win

  • @Mitchincredible
    @Mitchincredible 3 роки тому +6

    Man, central Asia is so mysteriously cool in history, like, there's all that land and our entire understanding of it is the fringe touching Rome or China.
    Even archaeology can't give us the variety of stories of the people.

    • @kp-legacy-5477
      @kp-legacy-5477 2 роки тому +2

      The freakiest thing we can find in that area is that its such a harsh place any culture would be wiped away with enough time

  • @hecateswolf6007
    @hecateswolf6007 3 роки тому +1

    I so enjoy your videos. Wonderful distractions from the pressures of the day.

  • @kkjj6325
    @kkjj6325 3 роки тому +2

    Atila and huns win Roman Empire, saved nations of Europe.
    Atila Destroyer of Aquilonia and builder of Cremona.
    Atila knew 4 languages.
    Roman Empire was the dark, killer and barbarian empire.
    Atila and the huns were educated, gracious and just but very hard nation. A Roman prisoner was able to reach a strategist position. Lived as a servant with pleasure at the Huns, than as free one in Rome! This is a fact. It is possible to read it in Priskos writing.
    At the Huns the knowledge, the humanity, the justice and the expertise counted, not the natal right.

  • @hughduncan3645
    @hughduncan3645 3 роки тому +95

    Surely you do Ned Kelly next (if you haven’t already) quite an interesting Aussie story

    • @LR0311
      @LR0311 3 роки тому +10

      I recommend the extra credits series on him since biographics hasn’t done one yet

    • @Panda51915
      @Panda51915 3 роки тому +3

      @@LR0311 beat me to it. Extra credits has a great library of videos 10-10 would recommend.

    • @jamesblankenship2298
      @jamesblankenship2298 3 роки тому +2

      Holy crap I was going to comments to suggest this exact thing 😳

    • @thomasbarca9297
      @thomasbarca9297 3 роки тому +1

      It would be very interesting to see his biography

    • @stephanoconnor4823
      @stephanoconnor4823 3 роки тому +5

      We hear in lreland love Ned kelly

  • @vsGoliath96
    @vsGoliath96 3 роки тому +7

    Alexander, Atilla, Genghis Khan. What is it about singular great people uniting warring tribes and conquering everything in site for a little while before dying and their entire empire vanishing? It seems happen a bizarre amount of times.
    Edit: also worth mentioning that they all die in some weird and completely anticlimactic way.

  • @trj1442
    @trj1442 Рік тому

    Excellent episode. Thankyou Bio team.

  • @cammiecam5791
    @cammiecam5791 3 роки тому

    Bro I love just poppin you on in the background while I work learn new stuff all the time 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @booggoob385
    @booggoob385 3 роки тому +42

    What did Attila say to his wife after coming home from Rome?
    "Hun! I'm home!"

  • @matt78652
    @matt78652 3 роки тому +12

    Would love to see this guy do some figures from Norse and Greek mythology

    • @JC-vg5gl
      @JC-vg5gl 2 місяці тому

      they do it

  • @PhilHug1
    @PhilHug1 3 роки тому +1

    Great video Simon! Could you do Augustus next?

  • @Blagon
    @Blagon 3 роки тому +20

    Can we do a biographics on Admiral Yi Sun Shin. He is a legend in Korea and even was admired by Horatio Nelson.

    • @Duncan23
      @Duncan23 3 роки тому +7

      Extra History have a great series covering Admiral Yi if you haven't already seen it

    • @sarapiotrofsky9474
      @sarapiotrofsky9474 3 роки тому +2

      @@Duncan23 it's a great series too.

    • @argeltal9090
      @argeltal9090 3 роки тому +2

      Check the channel kings and generals, they did a video series on the imjin war. They are my favorite historical channel, iam sure you will love it.

    • @FormerGovernmentHuman
      @FormerGovernmentHuman 2 роки тому +2

      @@Duncan23 Extra credits is amazing.
      Love the animations.

  • @cliff8459
    @cliff8459 3 роки тому +23

    Love this guy,was waiting when Simon would make a biographics of him

  • @peoplesrepublicofunitedear2337
    @peoplesrepublicofunitedear2337 3 роки тому +3

    Liaten gentlefolk, the scythians are mentioned here. In India, they are called sakas, they were a predecessor of kushanas, a xiongnu tribe, therefore huns are the same as xiongnus.

  • @Sumcant
    @Sumcant 3 роки тому

    Well presented, thankyou I really enjoyed that

  • @Dr_Sweendog
    @Dr_Sweendog 3 роки тому +5

    Been waiting for this one a long time !

  • @gremlinking4048
    @gremlinking4048 3 роки тому +44

    Attila lead an absolutely amazing life as history and myth has been passed down. Starting from almost nothing to becoming the ruler of almost half the known world, he was a very crucial and impactful leader.

    • @Aramyx
      @Aramyx 3 роки тому +3

      @Lord Nuetral I think he's confusing Attila with Genhis Khan.

    • @kidShibuya
      @kidShibuya 3 роки тому +3

      He was just a psycho. There didnt seem to be any great strategy, just attack and kill everyone you can.

    • @sangun123
      @sangun123 Рік тому +3

      @@kidShibuya thousands of men have had those ideas, only 2 or 3 have had the intelligence and fortitude to pull it off, simply wishing it isn’t enough

    • @JC-vg5gl
      @JC-vg5gl 2 місяці тому

      he was never 'nothing"

    • @JC-vg5gl
      @JC-vg5gl 2 місяці тому

      @@kidShibuyapsycho > socio

  • @kalinchildress1260
    @kalinchildress1260 3 роки тому +1

    The transition to your sponsors are spot on.

  • @michaeltobias3110
    @michaeltobias3110 3 роки тому

    Flawless transition Simon 👏👏👏

  • @sarbajitghosh5244
    @sarbajitghosh5244 2 роки тому +3

    I was missing you channel. In my locality we have a' lunatic let loose ' who looks exactly like the sketch of Attilla the Hun portrayed in your video.

  • @teresadudman505
    @teresadudman505 3 роки тому +73

    Typically Roman to say that the enemy had no reason to invade. Rome invaded all the time. Guess what, with no particular reason ❤ X x

    • @kneecap9927
      @kneecap9927 3 роки тому +15

      They all did lmao. They still do. People don't change at all

  • @danielvillalba5375
    @danielvillalba5375 Рік тому +2

    I am hooked on these videos.

  • @seanmccann8368
    @seanmccann8368 3 роки тому

    Three Simon Whistler video uploads in a few minutes. Excellent.

  • @Blake_.Dryden
    @Blake_.Dryden 3 роки тому +9

    Play historical deduction games, and you'll come to the conclusion that either Alexander or Genghis Khan were the "greatest" warlords in history. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire who kept Attila at bay, who bent the Romans to his will, who defeated Hannibal. Genghis Khan was too late to fall into this stupid game I just played, but his nomadic chaos would've been petrifying. I forgot about the Mughals and Mehmet, dammit.

  • @dextersherman6659
    @dextersherman6659 3 роки тому +10

    Hey Simon, can you do a video on William Fairbairn? He was one of the most badass dudes ever, getting into over 600 street fights by the age of 55 while being a British beat cop in turn of the century Shanghai. He designed his own knife that you can still get today and was just a fascinating individual! Love all your channels, thank you!!

  • @owgower1
    @owgower1 3 роки тому

    Yes! Been waiting for this one

  • @csikose
    @csikose 11 місяців тому +4

    And Attila is still very popular Hungarian and Turkish name :)

  • @nicolascarafi1490
    @nicolascarafi1490 3 роки тому +22

    There's some interesting characters across Chilean history, I would recommend the naval battle of Iquique where a captain ( Arturo Pratt) jumped ships to battle the enemy when his ship (la esmeralda) was about to sink
    Pretty cool stuff

  • @noone.unknown
    @noone.unknown 3 роки тому +22

    Hey Simon, if you are looking for a somewhat forgotten genius, who could use a little Limelight, I have the Guy for you. Henri Lefebre, he was speaking out against people like Le Corbusier in the City Development strategies and led quite an Interesting Life. Hope you like the Idea. And thank you for making these videos

  • @fredraney
    @fredraney 3 роки тому

    I've been wanting this video for weeks now

  • @TheSec09
    @TheSec09 3 роки тому

    Very entertaining video. I am glad youtube recommended it.

  • @sicksadworld997
    @sicksadworld997 3 роки тому +7

    You should do a biography about the sea peoples. Even though not much is known about them they completely changed human history.

  • @jasonsantos3037
    @jasonsantos3037 3 роки тому +32

    I kind of find similar Attila the Hun to Genghis Khan tween the Huns and Mongols biosimilar looking culture but kind of different.

    • @Rafattak
      @Rafattak 3 роки тому +9

      They have a similar source in northern asia

    • @ZeRo-bx7lp
      @ZeRo-bx7lp 3 роки тому +5

      Attila was more mysterious and unknown

    • @MrWarrior531
      @MrWarrior531 3 роки тому +2

      Guys we found Hun capital city in modern Mongolia u can chech 2020 dragon city of hun

    • @PrinceOfAnatolia
      @PrinceOfAnatolia 3 роки тому +7

      Dudes, Genghis was mongolic while Atilla was turkic, not the same. Atilla is actually an widely used name on all turkic lands

    • @ZeRo-bx7lp
      @ZeRo-bx7lp 3 роки тому +6

      @@PrinceOfAnatolia True, but steppe peoples often influenced one another. Even his title of Khan is derived from a turkic term for steppe Kings and generals, not to mention that there are mongolic people who adopted turkic culture and language and some even converted to Islam which was a factor in dividing the the Mongol empire into Islamic and non-Islamic states.

  • @hardwaylearner
    @hardwaylearner 3 роки тому

    Been waiting for this one

  • @maxfeldhacker2714
    @maxfeldhacker2714 3 роки тому

    Simon always be smooth with those transitions

  • @theworkoutgeek
    @theworkoutgeek 3 роки тому +3

    Although it can /may never be proven, just based on the war they lived, the way they fought, and the way they thought, Attila was an ancestor, maybe even a great, great,, great, uncle-grandfather of Ghengis Khan. Either that or Ghengis Khan was the reincarnation of Attila the Hun. They both came from the Asian Steppes, in fact one of the reasons why the Chinese built the Great Wall was to keep the Huns from invading China. Fun Fact:if you're a boy and your given the name of Attila, in Hungary it is considered a great honor. Learned that from a friend from Hungary.

    • @mahakalabhairava9950
      @mahakalabhairava9950 3 роки тому

      Hungarians aren't more Hunnic in ancestry than other central Europeans.

    • @kp-legacy-5477
      @kp-legacy-5477 2 роки тому +1

      I mean they were definitely culturally related and likely shared dna of ancestors as many still do today.
      Go back far enough and none of it seems to matter

    • @attilamert6973
      @attilamert6973 2 роки тому

      Attila is shared among Turks and hungarians tho lol

  • @DerpypawsProductions
    @DerpypawsProductions 2 роки тому +8

    Something I like about these videos is that the actual truth of the history is always sought as much as possible, and if something isn't matter-of-fact, it's never portrayed that way.

  • @DutchDixon94
    @DutchDixon94 3 роки тому

    Good episode.
    Would love you to do one about Arminius.

  • @wolvves4293
    @wolvves4293 4 місяці тому +1

    14:17
    After this, Atilla had his eyes set...
    Very far apart.

  • @garrick3727
    @garrick3727 3 роки тому +2

    Flavius Aetius sounds like a friend of Biggus Diccus.

  • @le_monke986
    @le_monke986 3 роки тому +5

    A bio for Árpád or Álmos would be nice

  • @Badgersj
    @Badgersj 3 роки тому

    Fascinating, thank you.

  • @charlesottowilliamwade5328
    @charlesottowilliamwade5328 3 роки тому +2

    Anyone else love the way Simon says 'Empire'

    • @purpleldv966
      @purpleldv966 3 роки тому +1

      He's british... he's at the delightful end of the word empire :D

  • @grandthanatos
    @grandthanatos 3 роки тому +11

    Please do videos on the following people:
    1. Dennis Rader
    2. Jack London
    3. Upton Sinclair
    4. Jack Ketchum
    5. Jane Austen
    6. Anton LaVey
    7. Annalise Michel

    • @midlifeduck7040
      @midlifeduck7040 3 роки тому

      Dennis Radar is and American serial killer also know as BTK ( bind torture kill ) you can actually learn a lot from the show Very Scary People on HLN network. They did BTK in their second season. Not going to be indepth as biographics will most likely be. But while your waiting.

    • @scottydu81
      @scottydu81 3 роки тому +3

      8. Matt Damon [team america]

    • @DadOfCall
      @DadOfCall 3 роки тому +2

      @@scottydu81 Maaht Dayymun..

    • @brigadierblue221
      @brigadierblue221 3 роки тому

      He's already done Anton Lavey

    • @grandthanatos
      @grandthanatos 3 роки тому

      @@brigadierblue221 that was Aleister Crowley

  • @deetee9546
    @deetee9546 3 роки тому +83

    New found roman records indicate that Attila was very popular with the women and was known as...
    Attila the Hung.

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 3 роки тому

      _Before he went on Jenny Craig he was known as........."Pizza the Hut" 0.o_

    • @noone3272
      @noone3272 3 роки тому

      In what way ?

  • @sammballii2418
    @sammballii2418 3 роки тому +1

    That was the most epic plug for a sponsor I've ever seen.. Gaijin owes you one..

  • @richardwikert6503
    @richardwikert6503 3 роки тому +1

    Love watching this after i just played total war Atilla all day

  • @seanwoods3028
    @seanwoods3028 Рік тому +7

    I honestly never get tired of these videos 😅. I highly appreciate what you do ❤

  • @adisokolovic
    @adisokolovic 3 роки тому +29

    Fun fact, Attila was actually a girl who is a reincarnation of Roman god Mars and her sword shoot Photon Ray :)

    • @joebobby8371
      @joebobby8371 3 роки тому +3

      Fate / stay rome

    • @joandreintong5255
      @joandreintong5255 3 роки тому +1

      This is good civilization

    • @adisokolovic
      @adisokolovic 3 роки тому +2

      @Dmitri Fukov This is a reference to a mobile video game called "Fate/Grand Order" This is the running thing in the "Fate" franchise where a number of historically male personas were turned into females, with the most notable example being King Arthur being made into a girl.

    • @donttrustme6262
      @donttrustme6262 3 роки тому +4

      @Dmitri Fukov I'm pretty sure the third wave feminists would hate this game.

    • @MebiManga
      @MebiManga 3 роки тому +1

      One of my earlier SSRs, never knew another Fate works outside FSN, but quickly came to love her in the game. Good civilisation.

  • @Zacky703
    @Zacky703 3 роки тому

    Took you long enough! Been waiting for this for so long

    • @ALTAI38
      @ALTAI38 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah. To exclude attila from the most interesting or fearsome men is a bit confusing

  • @payne3249
    @payne3249 3 роки тому +2

    Simon my new YT dealer. This man ghosts folks then drops dime after dime outta nowhere and no matter how irritated i am i always indulge greedly. Well played simon.

  • @judochopmaster8233
    @judochopmaster8233 3 роки тому +17

    I will not stop asking.
    *Please do a video on the Civil War General William T. Sherman: Hero or War Criminal(Title Suggestion)*

    • @PAXperMortem
      @PAXperMortem 3 роки тому +6

      Definitely a hero

    • @kostikoskela375
      @kostikoskela375 3 роки тому +4

      Smells like something is burning.

    • @donsanders9675
      @donsanders9675 3 роки тому +1

      Big fan of the southern barbecue.

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 3 роки тому +3

      Both. Hero for what he did to the Confederacy (they deserved it); war criminal for what he did to Native Americans.

    • @shredmunds7660
      @shredmunds7660 3 роки тому +1

      @@pyromania1018 Why? Both were enemies of the Union

  • @chibuezeenyinnaya7769
    @chibuezeenyinnaya7769 3 роки тому +5

    Love your videos. I’d like to see biographies of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven

  • @kflint4751
    @kflint4751 3 роки тому

    Great video! Suggestion: Marquis de Sade?

  • @christophsencar2289
    @christophsencar2289 3 роки тому +2

    I would seriously enjoy a video on Andreas Hofer, the rebel of Tirol