AC odyssey is so underrated and this video proves it. The amount of effort and historical accuracy put into the game is incredible and so is this video. Yippee
For anyone interested. There were originally 302 Spartiate Homoioi (full Spartan citizens) at the battle of Thermopylae including the 60 year old co King of Sparta Leonidas I of the Agiad Dynasty as well as his captain of the 300 Royal Bodyguard Dienekes. Accompanying the 302 Spartans were 900 Spartan state owned Helot serfs and up to 1,000 Lakonian Perioikoi. The overall Spartan commitment to the allied Greek force of around 7,000 at Thermopylae was some 2,202 men. Two Spartans were sent home during the fighting by order of the King due to severe eye infections. One being Aristodemes, who upon his return to Sparta would be shunned, dishonoured, and shamed as a coward to be the only Spartan to return home alive. Aristodemes remained in Sparta living under scorn and scrutiny until the following year, when he joined the Spartan and allied Greek Army at Plataea. Aristodemes regained his honour by committing battle suicide, charging the entire Persian army alone. For his actions, though deemed reckless, Aristodemes received a battlefield salute from the Spartan army and was redeemed for his bravery, being afforded an honourary burial with his comrades in a marked grave. The other Spartan to be dismissed with infection was Eurytus, who while ordered to depart the Hot Gates would later return to the battlefield lead by his Helot serf. Eurytus is said to have made a valiant account of himself, fighting while being rendered completely blind from infection before being killed in battle. There was also a third Spartan to be dismissed by the name of Pantites who was sent on orders by Leonidas to Thessaly to engage in diplomacy, but upon his return to Thermopylae would not arrive in time for the final battle. As a result of missing the fight and assumably being denied an honourable death with his King and comrades, Pantites chose to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree on the road to Thermopylae. With the dismissal of Aristodemes, Eurytus and Pantites it left 299 Spartans at Thermopylae. Eurytus however having returned to the field of battle to then die in combat contributed to the overall number of Spartan dead during the campaign culminating to 300. It is this where we get the term of "300 Spartans" as the figure despite common misconception is not derived from the amount of Spartans who participated in the battle or last stand as a whole, but is instead a reference to the overall number of Spartans who died during the 3 days of fighting. Upon being outflanked by the Persians on the 3rd day of battle due to Ephialtes of Trachis revealing to them the Anopaea goat path, Leonidas ordered the bulk of the Greek Army to retreat. The remainder of the Spartan contingent save for the Perioikoi alongside 900 Spartan Helot serfs as well as 700 Thespians under the leadership of Demophilus of Thespiae and 400 forcebly present Thebens under Leontiades of Thebes fought the last stand at Thermopylae. The only Greeks to survive were the majority of the 400 Thebens who during the fighting would capitulate to the Persians upon the death of Leonidas. Thebes having been previously sympathetic to Persia, Leonidas ordered that the Thebens present, stand to prove their loyalty. King Leonidas and his captain Dienekes with the remainder of the Spartans as well as their Helots and Demophilus the leader of the Thespians along with all his men, died fighting tooth and nail to the very last. From the intial sally out on the plain of the Thermoplyae pass where Leonidas is said to have been killed, back onto and off the Phokian Wall until finally ending their fight on Kolonos Hill. The remaining Greeks on Kolonos, supposedly blood drunk on "deaths ground" fought so ferociously that the Persians are said to have pulled back and finished them off with continous volleys of arrow shot until all were dead. 2,300 Greeks participated in the rear guard action with around 1,900 dying in combat. Their sacrifice ensured the safe unharassed retreat of some 3 to 4 thousand fellow Greeks from the battlefield, many of whom would be present for the decisive Greek victories at the battles of Plataea and Mycale the following year, ending the second Persian invasion of Greece. Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενο "Tell them in Lakedaimon stranger passsing by that here obedient to our word we lie." - Simonides of Ceos on the Epitaph of the Cenotaph of Thermopylae recorded by Herodotus.
You do know History! Great. The last word is πειθόμενοι- plural. The exact translation is: Stranger/passer (but not Spartan because xenos refers to non related Greeks- and not foreigners, as the misconception is) tell the Spartans (Lakedaimonioi is a synonym) that here we lie asleep (euphemism for death) to their own words (laws) being obedient.
@@oNikolaosHaha thank you History has always been fascinating to me. And that is Interesting. I have seen many different translations of the Epitaph and In many different forms with this one being the most common. I appreciate your input thank you and also for you taking the time out to watch and interact with the channel. 👍
@@LookHereMars You did a great job, by the way. It is my translation (exact Word by Word, that is, and not an official) as I am Cypriot, and up to 50 years ago our syntax was practically the ancient one. We, the older ones at least, don' t really use translations. My 80 years old mother, an elementary school graduate, reads and understands the Bible in... ancient Greek.
I love odyssey so much man, now I want a game or dlc during Alexander’s empire or in times that were before the Bronze Age collapse with miceneans, dorians, hellads and all those people who lived in the Greek mainland and islands
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I’ve been watching these videos since last night. These are super well made. Honestly I did not realize at first where the footage was from, and after I figured it out, I was even more impressed. These videos are super informative and engaging. Thank you very much!
The traitor that informed the Persians about the path leading behind Spartans and Thespians, was named Efialtes (Εφιάλτης). Eversince that name means nightmare in Hellenic language.
Hi! The name of the Spartan king mentioned on 3.20 is Archidamos not Archimados (Archidamus in Latin), meaning the one that rules the people (αρχω + δαμος/ Spartan for δήμος). The second greatest Spartan king was Archidamos the Second, by the way. Great work, overall. Ευχαριστούμε...
The female narrator sounds like she's been in a few video games...or at least her voice is very similar to some supporting characters in some big games of the last few years!
You mean to tell me that ALL of these mini-docs originate from a video game? A video game made in 2018?! That's a pleasant surprise! I thought education in games was phased out years ago...but apparently there's still hope!
To my knowledge the "Hot Gate" is not a reference to some kind of gorge but to the hot (sulfur) springs, that are indeed present at Thermopylae as I could observe myself. A gorge is not present there. So the narrow 'gate' in Thermopylae was between mountains and the sea. That former narrow has broadended since then up to a width of more than a kilometer.
You're right. Also Thermopyles (as it is the right pronounciation) in greek is meaning hot gates. By the way i want to clarify that Homoioi and Perioikoi are pronounced wrong by the non Greeks. In ancient and modern greek grammar the ''oi'' and ''ei'' are actually sound ''i'', like st-i-ng e.g. So, its O-mi-i, and Peri-i-ki. In the same way when you see ''ou'' in greek is pronounced like you say b-oo or b-u-lly. Its kind of funny as a Greek to hear mispronounciations. Not exactly an answer to you, but i dont want to write multiple answers!
I honestly wish they can one day create an online game set in ancient times like Greece or Rome, maybe even medieval but with the similar quality or better like they made rdr2 online and with a realistic combat system somewhat similar to the movie Troy. Maybe even implicate phalanx warfare with the team work of a bunch of players
A quite unknown story is that the same night Persians surrounded the Spartans, Leonidas sent some elite troops to invade Persian camp and murder Xerxes. The mission was half succeded as they managed to get into Xerxes tent, but unforunatelly he wasnt there at the time, or they were killed there, its not clear.
So glad I stumbled upon this video. Great job -- even though visually, you make ancient Sparta appear like the work of the best paid Hollywood designers! Anyway, where did you get all the great individual details of who were at Thermopylae, who left and were sent home, and came back? Herodotus? The other big Spartan hole in my head is when did they recover Leonidas' bones; and how did they identify it as the king's? Or did they just find some decapitated skeleton and declare that as Leonidas? And was this really like 40 years after Thermopylae? Anywho, thank you for sharing your knowledge and REALLY, great job!
''The founding of Sparta is dated around the 9th Century BCE...'' - That is incorrect. Sparta is pre-Hellenic, pre-Dorian and was founded in the Bronze age by Lelex, a Lelegian king. The Lelegians are associated with the Carians - originally an island people and known for their service in the navy of Minos of Krete. Helen of Sparta's uncle, and the father of Penelope was named Icarus, a name that reflects their tribal identity.
@@philburnell5148 Yes, the Dorians conquered Sparta under the pretext that they were the sons of Herakles and therefore entitled to the land. They essentially filled the power vacuum that existed after the Trojan war. But Sparta herself, along with Athens, Zakynthos, Korinth, Parnassos, Delphi and a whole host of other settlements are pre-Hellenic in foundation.
Not Hellenic - Lelegians were a sub-tribe of the Carians and the Carians derive their name from the moon-goddess 'Car' which is a non-Hellenic name. Probably Anatolian in origin, or from the Levant.
@@ajiusasikander1701 Are you speaking of a pre-mycenean population of continental Greece? Which are the sources to say so? Where these guys related to the Minoans?
I very much enjoyed this video - although I would have liked to learn more about women's roles in Sparta - they were supposedly far more well educated and powerful than women anywhere else in Greece at the time
Yes mate this footage is taken and edited from the history discovery tour of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The tours are accessible in the main menu of the game.👍
The second King to co rule Sparta at the time of prior to and after the battle of Thermopylae was Leotychides of the Eurypontid Dynasty. Leonidas I belonged to the Agiad Dynasty of Kings.
Nice. Well done. A few corrections and additions: No fighters in the ancient world ever wore wrist guards. That's all Hollywood b.s.; The Persians were defeated right after Thermopylae at the Battle of Marathon by a combined Greek force; However, the Persians came back a decade later and were finally routed at the Battle of Platea; Homosexuality was common and honored among men and women; Nothing here at all about the Spartan women who were leaders and fighters, in charge of the city very often while the men were away fighting; Tough, independent Spartan women were a huge scandal among the rest of the Greek world, especially the macho Athenians; Sparta was also scandalous on account of the fact that they alone enslaved other Greeks-the Messenians; Part of a boy's training was to climb over the mountains and murder innocent Messenians, just to keep them terrorized and subjugated.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment. 👍 From what I have researched, Spartans both buried and burned their dead depending on the circumstance. For instance, when a battle was fought far away from Sparta, the bodies of fallen soldiers were often burned on the battlefield for natural and logistical reasons and then honoured by having their remains buried in a marked grave. Where as if the bodies of fallen soldiers could be transported locally, they would receive an honorary burial at home. Spartan funerals are thought to have been much more ceremonially simplified than those of other Greek states, and were conducted within the city grounds as opposed to outside of the city limits, as was the case with most other Polis. It is said that aside from those of the Gerousia (Council of elders) the only people in Sparta afforded the honour of a marked grave or headstone were of Women who died in childbirth and of Men who died in battle as both did so for the defence and future of the State. The Gerousia were the only members of Spartan society at its height that were honoured for dying of old age. Battle dead Spartans who were to be buried with honours would be stripped naked and washed with water before being bathed in oil. The soldiers body would then be wrapped within their War cloaks, which would then be draped in olive branches and the bodies if locally buried would be covered in soil directly from and within the city grounds. In the case of a pyre or otherwise being buried outside of Sparta the ritual was the same, except that the bodies were covered in soil directly from the battlefield, which would be blessed beforehand by a Spartan Religous head before their bodies or ashes were covered.
Αυτό συνηθιζόταν στην Ομηρική Εποχή. Από τα αρχαϊκά χρόνια και μετά έχουμε τάφους, και μέχρι την κλασική περίοδο η απορτέφρωση είχε εγκαταληφθεί ως πρακτική.
It's Ubisoft's progressiveness. Rejection of Christianity (BCE favoured) and depicting them so dark skinned for example. Still a great job to be honest
The Ancient Spartan state forbade the use of minted coinage up until around the mid 2nd century BC, but currency/money did exist and was used prior within Sparta. The state instead of coinage at the time permitted the use of iron bars as currency in which was Sparta's tradable form of money both at home and abroad. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. 👍
very true but unfortunately we dont have today the Homoioi (Spartans) at least. we are property of the state and we pay all taxes to some corrupted , useless, golden boys politicians. the Kings were the first to fight on the battles back then, nowadays think of a politician/king or head of state that could do the same...they send the poor people to war and they sat behind their luxurous residences
House Historia: Yes, but whist there are those people we really admire from Greek history sadly most of the Greeks we find thatplayed a part in history were treacherous. And I find that Greeks are the ones that always destroys their heros. Most of their heros were accused of treason and were either killed or exiled. Fascinating as it is, Greek histroy is the one that has the most controversies besides the Hungarian. Find the level of treachery and ungratefulness that characterizes Greek History disturbing. You see, some heros were executed betrayed etc. in many other nations history too, but Greeks have dealt ungratefully and treacherously with ALL their heros! Now, Japanese were treacherous and switched sides in wars too, as their interest drove them, the famous bushido is not what samurai lived by, except a few, but generally they were a treacherous lot, and many of them were exceedingly proud, arrogant and unfeeling. The kind of humanity and deep feeling toward people even subordinats and their welfare with the gallantry and loyalty to their dying breath was oly true about some, and many times not the leaders mostly the lower ranking samurai, but even there, as far as I know it was not really so. Mind you, I might be wrong it is hard to get adequate information about long time back in history in any cultures and in some it is harder, because of the language barriers, like Japanese. But as for the Greeks it is well-known how they turned agaisnt all their heros who saved their nation. And it is disturbing.
Don't be daft! Modern Greek is not the correct pronunciation. Ancient Greek was pronounced entirely differently. You think they were adding the OI in PERIOIKOI for fun? This lady pronounces it correctly. Ενημερώσου, μας κάνεις ρόμπα με τις μπούρδες που λες
@@Lara__ The pronunciation you are taught outside Greece/Cyprus is the one suggested by Erasmus, which is valid for Homeric Greek. Since the classical era the pronunciation is exactly as the current one. Περιξ+ οικος = περίοικος - the one that lived in near by settlements. Definitely no N...
@@oNikolaos I didn't understand how you derived one from the other. You actually think classical Greeks pronounced "OI" as "I" and added the O for the lolz?
The pronunciation started degrading to what it is now around 2000 years ago, after Alexander the great. In 500BC it would have been exactly like the lady says it.
@@Lara__ OK. First thing First. The first Greek alphabet replaced linear b around 850 bc. At the time they were writing exactly as they spoke, so Perioikoi indeed was pronounced with "o" exactly as Erasmus suggested. Then the short "o" started decaying and was not pronounced. That was a fact in the classical era (5th century) , though do have in mind that several dialects were spokenat the time. In dorian Greek" α " was in place of " η", thus ταν instead of την. In Cyprus a syllabic alphabet that derives from linear b was used up to the late fourth century bc, so we know how words were pronounced. The Cypriot dialect is the Arcadian (central Peloponnese- Arcadic Cypriot is a more comkon name, Αρκαδοκυπριακή in greek ) dialect, by the way, thus Achean Greek. By the late hellinistic period no Greek was pronouncing ε or ο for double digit vowels, as we call them, ει and οι. Also there was never an N between περί and οίκος .
@@johnysilverhand7905 bwahahahahahahahaha. Spartans were White. North Africans were also White in classical times and even up to very recently. If you don't know this, you are ignorant of history or just a liar with an anti-White agenda.
@@johnysilverhand7905 Dude you're on drugs. Greeks are not black, even the vast majority of the Egyptians were not black nor white. Black skin people originated in central to western Africa and did not have the means to travel such large distances in large numbers, maybe as traders. Ancient Greek art depicts almost white and tan people, but as I said before traders from central Africa may of came to Greece. Many Greeks were tan because of working, living, training, or fighting outside all the time.
@fabz7647 the Greeks were nothing next to the Romans. Simple as that. The Romans had far greater influence and are much more envied as a Empire than the greeks ever were. Remember, the Alphabet you are using right now, originates from the Romans, hence the reason it's called the Roman Alphabet.
@@BruceKent00 I hope you realise that the romans adopted a lot from Greek culture in fact the Greeks contributed a lot more to the western world than the Romans ever did lol, also the Greeks held the Byzantine empire for another 1000 years after the Roman Empire fell, it’s not even a debate search it yourself the Greeks had far more influence on the western world than the romans that’s just the facts, the fact you’ve actually said the romans had more influence tells me straight away you have no clue
@fabz7647 the Byzantine Empire was the Roman Empire 😆 🤣 😂, in fact, the Byzantine never regarded themselves as the Byzantine Empire, they were officially the Eastern Roman Empire. Historians simply referred to them as the Byzantine Empire so to not confuse them with the Holy Roman Empire, which was in fact a German empire. Also how many countries speak Greek ? 😆, only Greece, how many countries speak a Latin derived language (Romance languages), many, including France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Mexico and all of South America and yet you claim that the Greece had greater influence, that's hilarious 😂 . Oh and don't forgot, modern law is derived from the Romans, this is why many western world courthouses have latin words inscribed on their court house buildings and so many legal terms are latin words. Modern Banking is also derived from the Romans
This video is complete rubbish historically. We know from the existing ruins and contemporary descriptions that ancient Sparta looked NOTHING like this. This whole thing is videogame fanboy fantasy. Even the topography is fake!
AC odyssey is so underrated and this video proves it. The amount of effort and historical accuracy put into the game is incredible and so is this video. Yippee
It’s good to see Brasidas again, I truly hated losing him during the battle in Amphipolis. He was a good friend and true Spartan.
Fr, all because of deimos. Even at the battle of Pylos deimos almost killed him.
@@Clovis432 he historically died in that battle though
@@bigdiccdaddyjones oh, cool
For anyone interested.
There were originally 302 Spartiate Homoioi (full Spartan citizens) at the battle of Thermopylae including the 60 year old co King of Sparta Leonidas I of the Agiad Dynasty as well as his captain of the 300 Royal Bodyguard Dienekes. Accompanying the 302 Spartans were 900 Spartan state owned Helot serfs and up to 1,000 Lakonian Perioikoi. The overall Spartan commitment to the allied Greek force of around 7,000 at Thermopylae was some 2,202 men.
Two Spartans were sent home during the fighting by order of the King due to severe eye infections. One being Aristodemes, who upon his return to Sparta would be shunned, dishonoured, and shamed as a coward to be the only Spartan to return home alive. Aristodemes remained in Sparta living under scorn and scrutiny until the following year, when he joined the Spartan and allied Greek Army at Plataea. Aristodemes regained his honour by committing battle suicide, charging the entire Persian army alone. For his actions, though deemed reckless, Aristodemes received a battlefield salute from the Spartan army and was redeemed for his bravery, being afforded an honourary burial with his comrades in a marked grave.
The other Spartan to be dismissed with infection was Eurytus, who while ordered to depart the Hot Gates would later return to the battlefield lead by his Helot serf. Eurytus is said to have made a valiant account of himself, fighting while being rendered completely blind from infection before being killed in battle.
There was also a third Spartan to be dismissed by the name of Pantites who was sent on orders by Leonidas to Thessaly to engage in diplomacy, but upon his return to Thermopylae would not arrive in time for the final battle. As a result of missing the fight and assumably being denied an honourable death with his King and comrades, Pantites chose to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree on the road to Thermopylae.
With the dismissal of Aristodemes, Eurytus and Pantites it left 299 Spartans at Thermopylae. Eurytus however having returned to the field of battle to then die in combat contributed to the overall number of Spartan dead during the campaign culminating to 300. It is this where we get the term of "300 Spartans" as the figure despite common misconception is not derived from the amount of Spartans who participated in the battle or last stand as a whole, but is instead a reference to the overall number of Spartans who died during the 3 days of fighting.
Upon being outflanked by the Persians on the 3rd day of battle due to Ephialtes of Trachis revealing to them the Anopaea goat path, Leonidas ordered the bulk of the Greek Army to retreat. The remainder of the Spartan contingent save for the Perioikoi alongside 900 Spartan Helot serfs as well as 700 Thespians under the leadership of Demophilus of Thespiae and 400 forcebly present Thebens under Leontiades of Thebes fought the last stand at Thermopylae. The only Greeks to survive were the majority of the 400 Thebens who during the fighting would capitulate to the Persians upon the death of Leonidas. Thebes having been previously sympathetic to Persia, Leonidas ordered that the Thebens present, stand to prove their loyalty.
King Leonidas and his captain Dienekes with the remainder of the Spartans as well as their Helots and Demophilus the leader of the Thespians along with all his men, died fighting tooth and nail to the very last. From the intial sally out on the plain of the Thermoplyae pass where Leonidas is said to have been killed, back onto and off the Phokian Wall until finally ending their fight on Kolonos Hill. The remaining Greeks on Kolonos, supposedly blood drunk on "deaths ground" fought so ferociously that the Persians are said to have pulled back and finished them off with continous volleys of arrow shot until all were dead. 2,300 Greeks participated in the rear guard action with around 1,900 dying in combat. Their sacrifice ensured the safe unharassed retreat of some 3 to 4 thousand fellow Greeks from the battlefield, many of whom would be present for the decisive Greek victories at the battles of Plataea and Mycale the following year, ending the second Persian invasion of Greece.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενο
"Tell them in Lakedaimon stranger passsing by that here obedient to our word we lie." - Simonides of Ceos on the Epitaph of the Cenotaph of Thermopylae recorded by Herodotus.
You do know History! Great. The last word is πειθόμενοι- plural. The exact translation is: Stranger/passer (but not Spartan because xenos refers to non related Greeks- and not foreigners, as the misconception is) tell the Spartans (Lakedaimonioi is a synonym) that here we lie asleep (euphemism for death) to their own words (laws) being obedient.
@@oNikolaosHaha thank you History has always been fascinating to me.
And that is Interesting. I have seen many different translations of the Epitaph and In many different forms with this one being the most common. I appreciate your input thank you and also for you taking the time out to watch and interact with the channel. 👍
@@LookHereMars You did a great job, by the way. It is my translation (exact Word by Word, that is, and not an official) as I am Cypriot, and up to 50 years ago our syntax was practically the ancient one. We, the older ones at least, don' t really use translations. My 80 years old mother, an elementary school graduate, reads and understands the Bible in... ancient Greek.
I feel like I can fly reading this. Oss!
You forgot to mentioned that Xerxes burned Athens. Hehe. JJAJAJA
I love odyssey so much man, now I want a game or dlc during Alexander’s empire or in times that were before the Bronze Age collapse with miceneans, dorians, hellads and all those people who lived in the Greek mainland and islands
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Always wondered what ancient Sparta looked like so very little of it is left.
I’ve been watching these videos since last night. These are super well made. Honestly I did not realize at first where the footage was from, and after I figured it out, I was even more impressed. These videos are super informative and engaging. Thank you very much!
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I love the story of how the Spartans started to grow their hair long!
This was so good. Thank you and Molon Lave!
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video glad you liked it.
"Come and take them".
MOLON LABE!!!
The traitor that informed the Persians about the path leading behind Spartans and Thespians, was named Efialtes (Εφιάλτης). Eversince that name means nightmare in Hellenic language.
A very informative segment. ✔️
Thanks for sharing.
Hi! The name of the Spartan king mentioned on 3.20 is Archidamos not Archimados (Archidamus in Latin), meaning the one that rules the people (αρχω + δαμος/ Spartan for δήμος). The second greatest Spartan king was Archidamos the Second, by the way. Great work, overall. Ευχαριστούμε...
Thank you it was as informative as interesting and the visuals added to it greatly.
Very glad you enjoyed it thank you for tuning in and for taking the time to comment. 👍
@@LookHereMars For some reason I have been interested in Greek History and Sparta's too. So, I check out content on these, all the time.
@@42kellys the visuals aren’t even his 😹
This is awesome information!
Glad you liked the video thank you for stopping by. The AC discovery tours are a good basic dive into History and a great visual presentation.
The female narrator sounds like she's been in a few video games...or at least her voice is very similar to some supporting characters in some big games of the last few years!
You mean to tell me that ALL of these mini-docs originate from a video game? A video game made in 2018?!
That's a pleasant surprise! I thought education in games was phased out years ago...but apparently there's still hope!
I put this on yesterday as my go to sleep program. My son asked me why I was watching Assassin's Creed Odyssey. 😂
These games are exception to the rule. Most games have nothing like this at all. This was a experiment that works well for these style games at least.
i love this channel
Very nice of you to say so. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment. 👍
@@LookHereMars thank you!!
thank - you .
We coming back SPARTANS!
5:25 that poor guy working hard.
Almost broke his back.
Does the music also come from Assasin's Creed Odyssey? I love the theme that starts at 04:24 but haven't been able to find it ...
very interesting :)
the king was given two meals so that he could give one away to someone to show respect and honor to that person.
To my knowledge the "Hot Gate" is not a reference to some kind of gorge but to the hot (sulfur) springs, that are indeed present at Thermopylae as I could observe myself. A gorge is not present there. So the narrow 'gate' in Thermopylae was between mountains and the sea. That former narrow has broadended since then up to a width of more than a kilometer.
You're right. Also Thermopyles (as it is the right pronounciation) in greek is meaning hot gates. By the way i want to clarify that Homoioi and Perioikoi are pronounced wrong by the non Greeks. In ancient and modern greek grammar the ''oi'' and ''ei'' are actually sound ''i'', like st-i-ng e.g. So, its O-mi-i, and Peri-i-ki. In the same way when you see ''ou'' in greek is pronounced like you say b-oo or b-u-lly. Its kind of funny as a Greek to hear mispronounciations. Not exactly an answer to you, but i dont want to write multiple answers!
Is there any video about Argos?
Αυτό το περιοΪκοΪ πια... στον λαιμό μου κάθεται!
Great game love odyssey
I honestly wish they can one day create an online game set in ancient times like Greece or Rome, maybe even medieval but with the similar quality or better like they made rdr2 online and with a realistic combat system somewhat similar to the movie Troy. Maybe even implicate phalanx warfare with the team work of a bunch of players
@Kyle Chassie I don't have a budget to hire an entire team
A game based on Greece is assassin's Creed Odyssey
@@doublerr2719 I said an online game
@@namesomega3694 Try Grepolis. Online game set on ancient Greece. Very addictive.
From another source, the relationship between the Spartans and the Helots we're not as rosy as this documentary portrays!
Is the background music related to ancient Greece?
A quite unknown story is that the same night Persians surrounded the Spartans, Leonidas sent some elite troops to invade Persian camp and murder Xerxes. The mission was half succeded as they managed to get into Xerxes tent, but unforunatelly he wasnt there at the time, or they were killed there, its not clear.
Whoever designed the video made us Greeks ugly..why????
Its a video game
So glad I stumbled upon this video. Great job -- even though visually, you make ancient Sparta appear like the work of the best paid Hollywood designers! Anyway, where did you get all the great individual details of who were at Thermopylae, who left and were sent home, and came back? Herodotus?
The other big Spartan hole in my head is when did they recover Leonidas' bones; and how did they identify it as the king's? Or did they just find some decapitated skeleton and declare that as Leonidas? And was this really like 40 years after Thermopylae?
Anywho, thank you for sharing your knowledge and REALLY, great job!
Video game
If you guys wanna learn about ancient greece, get the game "Assassins Creed Odyssey " trust me ive learnt alot. The map is huge.
The City Looks Like heaven
Asassin creed odesy ❤
''The founding of Sparta is dated around the 9th Century BCE...'' - That is incorrect. Sparta is pre-Hellenic, pre-Dorian and was founded in the Bronze age by Lelex, a Lelegian king. The Lelegians are associated with the Carians - originally an island people and known for their service in the navy of Minos of Krete. Helen of Sparta's uncle, and the father of Penelope was named Icarus, a name that reflects their tribal identity.
They weren’t always Lacedaemonians?Thucydides said the Spartan’s original homeland was Doris,wasn’t it?
@@philburnell5148 Yes, the Dorians conquered Sparta under the pretext that they were the sons of Herakles and therefore entitled to the land. They essentially filled the power vacuum that existed after the Trojan war. But Sparta herself, along with Athens, Zakynthos, Korinth, Parnassos, Delphi and a whole host of other settlements are pre-Hellenic in foundation.
@@ajiusasikander1701 why pre-hellenic? Even if existing during Bronze Age I would say they were mycenean-Greek
Not Hellenic - Lelegians were a sub-tribe of the Carians and the Carians derive their name from the moon-goddess 'Car' which is a non-Hellenic name. Probably Anatolian in origin, or from the Levant.
@@ajiusasikander1701 Are you speaking of a pre-mycenean population of continental Greece? Which are the sources to say so? Where these guys related to the Minoans?
Please make a video of Ancient North and South India as well.
Just to let you know ancient Greeks were not black as shown in the video.
I very much enjoyed this video - although I would have liked to learn more about women's roles in Sparta - they were supposedly far more well educated and powerful than women anywhere else in Greece at the time
Ancient Sparta was never found so no idea of their architecture and city planning is known today. Is that right?
I did play 300 which is based on this country.
This is not Sparta, THIS.IS.UA-cam!!
Wait a minute, did Ubisoft make this content?!?! If so, that's incredible - I had no idea despite having the game
Yes mate this footage is taken and edited from the history discovery tour of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The tours are accessible in the main menu of the game.👍
@@LookHereMars Magnificent, thank you for uploading this, it's a service to humanity
@@JosephusAurelius I am glad you enjoyed it. 👍
What video game is this?
This footage is taken and edited into a single documentary style format from the discovery tour of the game Assassin's Creed Odyssey. 👍
If Leonidas was a Spartan king, but Sparta had 2 kings at a time, who was the other king and to which dynasty did Leonidas belonged to?
The second King to co rule Sparta at the time of prior to and after the battle of Thermopylae was Leotychides of the Eurypontid Dynasty. Leonidas I belonged to the Agiad Dynasty of Kings.
Nice. Well done. A few corrections and additions: No fighters in the ancient world ever wore wrist guards. That's all Hollywood b.s.; The Persians were defeated right after Thermopylae at the Battle of Marathon by a combined Greek force; However, the Persians came back a decade later and were finally routed at the Battle of Platea; Homosexuality was common and honored among men and women; Nothing here at all about the Spartan women who were leaders and fighters, in charge of the city very often while the men were away fighting; Tough, independent Spartan women were a huge scandal among the rest of the Greek world, especially the macho Athenians; Sparta was also scandalous on account of the fact that they alone enslaved other Greeks-the Messenians; Part of a boy's training was to climb over the mountains and murder innocent Messenians, just to keep them terrorized and subjugated.
You butchered the pronunciation of most Greek terms, but creds for the video
Is this from assassin's creed.
Edit: Never mind it definitely is
THIS IS SPARTA
in Greek, letters "oi", is pronounced all together as e.
The only part I didn't like was the quality of the video, but awesome information
Thank you for taking the time out to watch and comment glad you enjoyed the video. Higher resolution versions will be coming in the near future. 👍
Assassin creed footage?
This is spartaaaaa
Is this assassins creed odyssey
Agoge ah -go - hee
I came here after reading Herodot.
The best part of the Spartans is getting rid of the weak from the get go so they never had a chance to be a waste or drag anyone else down.
Spartans were not black.
They aren’t in the video
You ever been to ancient Greece?
They’re, not?🤨 They’re just really tan white people, that’s it.
@@chippy2986 no one as. But we do have a thing called dna testing
@@connorwalker2297am greek in DNA , and south italian . No black , but i have black hair .
Glory Be To Our Lord God Jesus Christ.🕯🕯🕯🙏
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
It’s kinda weird to watch that video because I live in Sparta.
lol i more weird because i thought that city was not exist anymore at this current age, but now i realize that city still existing
Just finished playing odyssey again. Dang missed brasidas. Deimos I hate you on the game lol.
Sparta buried their dead? Ahh not from what I know. Old religion states the body must be burned along with 2 coins on the eyes for the ferryman.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment. 👍
From what I have researched, Spartans both buried and burned their dead depending on the circumstance. For instance, when a battle was fought far away from Sparta, the bodies of fallen soldiers were often burned on the battlefield for natural and logistical reasons and then honoured by having their remains buried in a marked grave. Where as if the bodies of fallen soldiers could be transported locally, they would receive an honorary burial at home. Spartan funerals are thought to have been much more ceremonially simplified than those of other Greek states, and were conducted within the city grounds as opposed to outside of the city limits, as was the case with most other Polis. It is said that aside from those of the Gerousia (Council of elders) the only people in Sparta afforded the honour of a marked grave or headstone were of Women who died in childbirth and of Men who died in battle as both did so for the defence and future of the State. The Gerousia were the only members of Spartan society at its height that were honoured for dying of old age.
Battle dead Spartans who were to be buried with honours would be stripped naked and washed with water before being bathed in oil. The soldiers body would then be wrapped within their War cloaks, which would then be draped in olive branches and the bodies if locally buried would be covered in soil directly from and within the city grounds. In the case of a pyre or otherwise being buried outside of Sparta the ritual was the same, except that the bodies were covered in soil directly from the battlefield, which would be blessed beforehand by a Spartan Religous head before their bodies or ashes were covered.
@@LookHereMars Ahh very interesting, I never knew that and have visited Sparta many times as my family comes from the Peloponese. (messini)
Αυτό συνηθιζόταν στην Ομηρική Εποχή. Από τα αρχαϊκά χρόνια και μετά έχουμε τάφους, και μέχρι την κλασική περίοδο η απορτέφρωση είχε εγκαταληφθεί ως πρακτική.
Νice work. I don't understand why you used all the time BCE. Τhe reality is BC.
It's Ubisoft's progressiveness.
Rejection of Christianity (BCE favoured) and depicting them so dark skinned for example.
Still a great job to be honest
@@bretteuselaurent1923 Yes, but we can still interpret it ''Before Christ Era'' and ''Christ Era''... :)
Anyone sees what he wants...
They must of done something right. They lasted 800 years after their swan song with Thebes.
It’s pronounced “HELL-ots,” not “HEEL-ots.” The letter epsilon is always spoken with a short “e.”
Not agoge bit pronounced agogee (Αγωγή)
Σαν τη Ελλάδα πουθενά
At least this concept doesn’t try to sell us a white washed aesthetic. I respect challengers of the status quo, who respect historical accuracy.
Kratos
Money ? What money? There were no usable money in ancient Sparta .The Helots were freed by the Spartans if they had good behavior.
The Ancient Spartan state forbade the use of minted coinage up until around the mid 2nd century BC, but currency/money did exist and was used prior within Sparta. The state instead of coinage at the time permitted the use of iron bars as currency in which was Sparta's tradable form of money both at home and abroad.
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They preferred gold. Persian gold especially!
@@dinos9607 Nai aderfe etsi...
NO COINS???
@@AtticTapes14 nope...
Helotes sound a lot like us today, property of the State, where the fruits of our labor goes to taxes.
very true but unfortunately we dont have today the Homoioi (Spartans) at least. we are property of the state and we pay all taxes to some corrupted , useless, golden boys politicians. the Kings were the first to fight on the battles back then, nowadays think of a politician/king or head of state that could do the same...they send the poor people to war and they sat behind their luxurous residences
They ate gyros
House Historia: Yes, but whist there are those people we really admire from Greek history sadly most of the Greeks we find thatplayed a part in history were treacherous. And I find that Greeks are the ones that always destroys their heros. Most of their heros were accused of treason and were either killed or exiled. Fascinating as it is, Greek histroy is the one that has the most controversies besides the Hungarian. Find the level of treachery and ungratefulness that characterizes Greek History disturbing. You see, some heros were executed betrayed etc. in many other nations history too, but Greeks have dealt ungratefully and treacherously with ALL their heros!
Now, Japanese were treacherous and switched sides in wars too, as their interest drove them, the famous bushido is not what samurai lived by, except a few, but generally they were a treacherous lot, and many of them were exceedingly proud, arrogant and unfeeling. The kind of humanity and deep feeling toward people even subordinats and their welfare with the gallantry and loyalty to their dying breath was oly true about some, and many times not the leaders mostly the lower ranking samurai, but even there, as far as I know it was not really so.
Mind you, I might be wrong it is hard to get adequate information about long time back in history in any cultures and in some it is harder, because of the language barriers, like Japanese.
But as for the Greeks it is well-known how they turned agaisnt all their heros who saved their nation. And it is disturbing.
It not pronounced Perinoikoi but periiki....because oi = i in greek
Don't be daft! Modern Greek is not the correct pronunciation. Ancient Greek was pronounced entirely differently. You think they were adding the OI in PERIOIKOI for fun? This lady pronounces it correctly. Ενημερώσου, μας κάνεις ρόμπα με τις μπούρδες που λες
@@Lara__ The pronunciation you are taught outside Greece/Cyprus is the one suggested by Erasmus, which is valid for Homeric Greek. Since the classical era the pronunciation is exactly as the current one. Περιξ+ οικος = περίοικος - the one that lived in near by settlements. Definitely no N...
@@oNikolaos I didn't understand how you derived one from the other. You actually think classical Greeks pronounced "OI" as "I" and added the O for the lolz?
The pronunciation started degrading to what it is now around 2000 years ago, after Alexander the great. In 500BC it would have been exactly like the lady says it.
@@Lara__ OK. First thing First. The first Greek alphabet replaced linear b around 850 bc. At the time they were writing exactly as they spoke, so Perioikoi indeed was pronounced with "o" exactly as Erasmus suggested. Then the short "o" started decaying and was not pronounced. That was a fact in the classical era (5th century) , though do have in mind that several dialects were spokenat the time. In dorian Greek" α " was in place of " η", thus ταν instead of την. In Cyprus a syllabic alphabet that derives from linear b was used up to the late fourth century bc, so we know how words were pronounced. The Cypriot dialect is the Arcadian (central Peloponnese- Arcadic Cypriot is a more comkon name, Αρκαδοκυπριακή in greek ) dialect, by the way, thus Achean Greek. By the late hellinistic period no Greek was pronouncing ε or ο for double digit vowels, as we call them, ει and οι. Also there was never an N between περί and οίκος .
"Sparda" 😆
Assassins creed odessy
Spartans are the Germans of Ancient World
Brown
Weird wokefest showing Spartans as african...
The game depicts them as mediterranian, which is correct. Nothing to do with Africa.
@@marsultor6131 I am Mediterranean and they look darker than me.
Πόσο κρίμα που δεν είναι στα ελληνικά
With my wife we found out our child had spartan heritage, when it's first word was malaka!
Are you proud of your stupidity?
@@crimsonglory4504 matter of fact I am, why not have a joke, since I have a freedom of speech. Are you proud of the attention seeker as you are?
@@ivelinivanov1310 bravo malaka
@@crimsonglory4504 Thank you Kurwa. Bet you must feel really good about yourself from the urge to state the obvious didn't you little narcissist?
@@ivelinivanov1310 I hope your child not look like his malaka dad.
Ελληνικά πουθενά!!!!
Τα πρόσωπα τους ήταν βαρβαρικά αντί για ελληνικά. Λέγανε όλη την ώρα BCE. Aντί να λένε την πραγματικότητα ΒC.
Be better if a man did the narration, really off putting listening to some chic who sounds like she's straight out of a Hallmark movie.
Spartans were not this dark-skinned.
yes they were because their ancestors are from Ethiopia
@@johnysilverhand7905 bwahahahahahahahaha. Spartans were White. North Africans were also White in classical times and even up to very recently. If you don't know this, you are ignorant of history or just a liar with an anti-White agenda.
@@t.l.ciottoli4319 greecs are african ethiopians they are not white .
@@johnysilverhand7905 Dude you're on drugs. Greeks are not black, even the vast majority of the Egyptians were not black nor white. Black skin people originated in central to western Africa and did not have the means to travel such large distances in large numbers, maybe as traders. Ancient Greek art depicts almost white and tan people, but as I said before traders from central Africa may of came to Greece. Many Greeks were tan because of working, living, training, or fighting outside all the time.
@@ghostsniperable353 are u greek?
Fake
Spartans did not look like Africans.
Thats assasins creed😂😂😂
Their face is white but the skin.... smh
Thats how they looked and still look now. Not, like the way Americans make them out to look english in movies.
Uh the sun is pretty strong in the Mediterranean.
NEWSFLASH. Sun gives people a tan. :O :O :O
I know right!
It's true.
somebody's gotta teach these folk how autonarration works, ie. phonetic pronunciation..."Ago-Gay"smh
And look at Greece now.😂
Who cares, the Greeks and Spartan were absolutely insignificant next to the Ancient Romans
Insignificant enough that eventually the official language of the Roman Empire was Greek.
The Greeks heavily influenced the modern world now the Greeks pretty much invented mathematics l, sculptures, science and even medicine too
@fabz7647 the Greeks were nothing next to the Romans. Simple as that. The Romans had far greater influence and are much more envied as a Empire than the greeks ever were. Remember, the Alphabet you are using right now, originates from the Romans, hence the reason it's called the Roman Alphabet.
@@BruceKent00 I hope you realise that the romans adopted a lot from Greek culture in fact the Greeks contributed a lot more to the western world than the Romans ever did lol, also the Greeks held the Byzantine empire for another 1000 years after the Roman Empire fell, it’s not even a debate search it yourself the Greeks had far more influence on the western world than the romans that’s just the facts, the fact you’ve actually said the romans had more influence tells me straight away you have no clue
@fabz7647 the Byzantine Empire was the Roman Empire 😆 🤣 😂, in fact, the Byzantine never regarded themselves as the Byzantine Empire, they were officially the Eastern Roman Empire. Historians simply referred to them as the Byzantine Empire so to not confuse them with the Holy Roman Empire, which was in fact a German empire. Also how many countries speak Greek ? 😆, only Greece, how many countries speak a Latin derived language (Romance languages), many, including France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Mexico and all of South America and yet you claim that the Greece had greater influence, that's hilarious 😂 . Oh and don't forgot, modern law is derived from the Romans, this is why many western world courthouses have latin words inscribed on their court house buildings and so many legal terms are latin words. Modern Banking is also derived from the Romans
This video is complete rubbish historically. We know from the existing ruins and contemporary descriptions that ancient Sparta looked NOTHING like this. This whole thing is videogame fanboy fantasy. Even the topography is fake!