Ranking Every Roman Emperor Constantine From Worst to Best
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- From Constantine I to Constantine IX there are 12 Roman Emperors called Constantine (thanks, historians). In this video I am ranking them based on their success at ruling the Roman Empire.
0:27 Constantine III (Western usurper) (407-411)
1:43 Constantine X Doukas (1059-1067)
2:50 Constantine VIII (1025-1028)
3:41 Constantine VI (780-797)
4:18 Constantine III (641)
5:04 Constantine II (337-340)
5:33 Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055)
7:05 Constantine IV (668-685)
8:05 Constantine XI Dragases (1449-1453)
8:48 Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959)
9:58 Constantine V (714-775)
11:08 Constantine I The Great (306-337)
Imagine being such a bad emperor that, out of eleven emperors with the same name, you're in twelfth place.
Constantine X Doukas was such a bad emperor that it would be almost 400 years till another man named Constantine became the Basileus.
Damn......that’s tru
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed
We don't know if Constantine Laskaris was legit crowned for a day
I thought I was the only one who noticed....😂
0:10 wow Constantine III lived for more than 3000 years, now THAT's what I call a succesful reign!
don't forget to pray for the Emperor's health today
Some say he took over the british crown.
@@flazzorb he did. Search into the Cunedda dynasty of Britain
Lol
Maybe he will change the future to prevent himself from ending up as an almost dead god sitting on a golden throne.
Glad to see Constantine V got some much-needed recognition 👍 Loved the vid!
This was a really fun idea for a video. It might be interesting to see a similar list ranking all the Michaels too (although most of them kind of sucked lol). There are 9 in total if you count Michael IX, who was never senior emperor but is still usually numbered for some unexplainable reason.
If I had to guess, it was because both his father and son were senior emperors.
I thought that Leos would be fun too, since they all have a nickname, except the 2nd.
@@RomabooRamblings Ah yes, Leo the not-Isaurian Isaurian certainly deserves some spotlight of his own.
All of the Michaels were mediocre with the exception of Michael VIII Palaiologos
First!
I agree with your ranking, Constantine the Great won almost every battle he fought, much like those emperors from the five good emperors era. And the fact that it has been so long since any emperor has been able to perform this makes him definitely the first place on this list.
yeah, top ranking was never at question, the rest are less clear cut
There's more Constantines in the list. Emperor Constans II of the 7th century was actually supposed to be Constantine IV and in his time he was known as Constantine, not Constans. There was Constantine Lekapenos who was the co-emperor of his father Romanos I, and Constantine Laskaris who although may have never been crowned.
Good point. I remembered Constantine Lekapenos, but decided to skip him, since he was never a senior Emperor.
@@RomabooRamblings he was in a way for 2 weeks between the abdication of Romanos I and when Constantine VII took over, but I guess it doesn't count as he shared power with his brother.
@@nobudgetfilms4628 oh, yeah, he and Stephan tried to dispose of Porphyrogenitus
@@nobudgetfilms4628 in the end, the fact that no historian bothered to give him a regnal number tipped the scale for me :D
Excellent ranking. Personally, I would switch IV with VII.
Useful info: Originally the name of Constans II was Constantine too.
11:09 Even his coin looks like a Chad
W ranking. constantine V was damn near the perfect emperor, constantine vii is like the most underrated emperor in history and the eleventh was a hero
Constantine V's annexation of the fortress of Kamacha on the eastern border. This was probably one of the first gains from the Caliphate in almost a century which would be followed by the capture of Melitene almost 2 centuries later (I believe the last time land was retaken was Rhodes after the first siege of Constantinople during the reign of Constantine IV unless you count the failed invasion of Armenia by Justinian II)
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos should be #3 at WORST for his tremendous fortitude of heroism in the final moments of the Byzantine-Roman Empire and for doing everything he possibly could to inspire what was left of his people.
Basillius II was my favourite, he founded the Varangian Guard
Constantine v was based
So true
He is 😂😏 full removed icons
Yeahhhhhhh boiiii, Constantine Monomachos getting the respect he deserves, no Emperor had to deal with threats of his scale in the last 300 years. The Empire also saw substantial economic growth under him and the creation of a new middle class, with new upper class families like the Komnenoi rising to prevalence cause of him.
Pretty good list, I’d personally lower Constantine Palaiologos as he’s flatout the reason the Empire got destroyed, instigating the heck out of the Ottomans and people forget he died a Catholic. Yet he was militarily and economically competent for the territory he did control.
I’d put him under Monomachos and put Constantine VIII above Constantine VI, Kaldellis has convinced me VIII didn’t do anything that actually hurt the Empire in the long run and he only reigned 3 years, successfully enabling a peaceful succession.
And Constantine V was a Chad, deserves his spot, but his Zealous belief in Iconoclasm hurt the Empire and crucially alienated it’s western provinces, most importantly Ravenna and Rome.
Constantine V made various reforms, And was an excellent general.
His iconoclasm did not hurt the Empire at all.
Meanwhile, Constantine IX had arthritis and gout, Was in a severe condition
and completely unfit to rule. He also did little in the military field,
But when he did his success would vary between a horrendous
failure, and a decent "victory".
Without Constantine X, the Roman Empire might still exist.
the pictures you used for Irene of Athenes are actually St Irene of hungary or Piroska!
thanks for the correction. Surely, Irene of Athens was no Saint.
@@RomabooRamblings I could not imagine someone killing their own innocent child so coldly
@@KingRichardDeLeonheart many male rulers in history did this, but people are only bothered by Irene because she's a woman. Papal propaganda surely worked.
@@zelkovas I think that is just as disgusting and ammoral
Was the Eastern Roman succession part of the inception of the European tradition of numerical Christian monarchs? I find it interesting that we tend to avoid numerical assignment of the earlier Roman Emperors despite many of them sharing names, instead going for nicknames and the like. You'd almost think they got the word constant from how many bloody emperors were constantly Constantine...
Regnal numbers started to be used by the Popes. Electing an old dude each time the previous old dude died would do that to you. Case in point: John XXIII. You'd think the same about Constantines and ERE, but there's 1200 years between I and XI, so it's not that bad.
Just found your videos, great stuff. Thank you for treating Constantine IX Monomachos well, so many don't, but like you said he was just a flawed man doing his best. Respect.
Same always though he is ranked to harshly
Constantine V may well be my favourite Roman Emperor
Ik he removed all icon full rage mod 😏😂
3:37 got the dates a little mixed up there, other than that an entertaining video though. Enjoyed watching it :)
Κωνσταντίνος Δραγάτσης Παλαιολόγος
Ο μαρμαρωμένος βασιλιάς 🇬🇷
Ναι αλλά εδὠ υπηρετούντην ατζζεεννταα ότι το Βυζάντιο ήταν Ρωμαικό και καθόλου Ελληνικό!!!
More based content. Why don't you have 50,000 subscribers instead of 1,000? UA-cam's algorithm targets towards the same content you've seen over, not interesting new stuff you've never learned about. Plain unfair.
hope I'll get there soon enough :) Thanks for the encouragement
Please make one ranking all the Emperors (Byzantine, Western, United). I don't care if they are all together ot 3 separate videos, but I think it would be popular!
Congrats on 1K! I’m glad to be in the before one thousand club
(Also I think you should of put Flavius higher on the list)
S: Constantine I
A: Constantine V, Constans II
B: Constantine XI, Constantine IV, Constans I, Constantine VII
C: Constantine IX
D: Constantine III East, Constans II (Usurper), Constantine II
E: Constantine VI, Constantine VIII
F: Constantine III, Constantine X
Lila Rossi (Special tier): Constantine II
Wasn’t contans II also actually called constantine
My fave will always be Constantine V for all the reasons you just mentioned.
Great vid man! Just suscribed to your channel and I hope it keeps growing.
Could you perhaps do a video about how the title of Princeps worked? What powers the Princeps had? And how Rome still technically was a Republic during this time?
I know that the Eastern Roman History channel has a very detailed video on the constitutional settlements of Augustus. I might someday do one about the evolution of the imperial powers in diffefent periods
3:39 erratum ! Constantine VI's reign was 8 September 780 - 19 August 797 A.D. (your dates of 1025-1028 appear to be wrong). He did reign during the VII Ecumenical Council and stop Iconoclasm and signed its decrees of Nicaea II, but he had a marriage issue which was called the Moechian Controversy. This altered history because St. Leo III would crown Charlemagne as Roman Emperor due to a prolonged vacancy. He ought to have appealed to the First See of Elder Rome about an investigation into grounds for annulment. He was a victim of a conspiracy by the party in favor of Irene's reign.
very enjoyable video thank you
Idk Constantine III should be at the top cause without him the greatest kingdom of all time couldn't have been founded. Norþanhymbre of course. But then again he also allowed Miercnarice to be founded. Mixed bag I guess
There is another.
*Christloving Emperor and Autocrat of Serbia and Romania, Emperor of all Serb and Greek lands, the Maritime Region, Arbania and the Western Provinces, Despot of Arta and Count of Vlachia."
i love constantine xi so much
10:30 bro you didnt mention he lost the city of Rome :(
Yeah, that would fall in the "setbacks" category :D
You should have included constantius named emperors too.
Constantine II, the son of the great was the worst imo.
Constantine I the """"""""""great""""""""""" isn't as great as people say he is.
His "greatness" is extremely exaggerated, Mostly by Christians, and he himself was a fanatical and mediocre ruler at best. When compared to say, Diocletianus, Trajanus, and others,
He simply cannot compete.
He divided his Empire instead of uniting it, And in the end he had to unite it again anyway
by defeating all the tetrarchs in battle, So his tetrarchy went nowhere
and only made everything more confusing.
Plus, Under him, Christian Favoritism surged. He also hated anyone who believed anything
else other than his demonic Nicene creed. So much so that he had writings of people like Arius
burnt and destroyed.
But in the end, He was literally baptized by an Arian.
I love you Constantine XI ;_;
Christian's any regret losing Constantinople.... With what's happening in today's news.... It was a serious blunder for the Christians to lose Constantinople.🗡️💀🛡️
I've heard that Maxentius wasn't such a bad Emperor. He was portrayed as a tyrant by Constantine's supporters. Maxentius didn't persecute Christians in his realm and I find it funny that many Christians view the battle of the Milvian Bridge as the battle of Christianity and paganism.
11:09 Hi, I'm here to inform you that I'm just an emperor, even though I'm the best, I'm just a simple leader with Christianity as my religion
I believe since Western Constantine III was recognised by honorius as Augustus he should be real Constantine III, for the short-lived son of Hereclius, I believe we should use Hereclius II as his name was Hereclius Constantine.
western iii doesn't sound anywhere near as bad as x doukas, i suspect you put him unfairly low just to get him out of the way quicker
Costantine 9th meh he debased the coin he toke Armenia he should have left it as buffer state he neglected the military and relaying on mercenaries this main reason why 1071 happened 😠😒
Here before 100k subscribers
what would you rank Constantine Laskaris
RANK ALL THE CONSULS. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! DO IT!
I was expecting you to constantly be making crappy puns. I’m actually disappointed that you didn’t.
damn, shouldn't have missed such an opportunity
Sdaley that 1 mistake doomed us for 600 years,
10:51 rightfully deserved nickname, Constatine the Great would have executed the iconoclast.
Cool
I agree that Constantine IX tried to prevent any Schism between East and West.
Later... 1088-89 Emperor Alexios Komnemos would enquire to the Byzantine Patriarchate per Pope Urban's II request - why the papal name was left out of the sacred diptychs - suffice to say the reply was that the Pope of Rome would need to submit a synodal letter about his papal election and provide his profession of the Orthodox Faith and also send delegates to a synod about any canonical questions. But it was answered by Patriarch Nicholas III that no synod in Constantinople determined that the Pope's name ought to be blotted from the sacred diptychs.
Constantine VII deserved more but all the list are pretty good
Idk why II is so high while III actually secured throne for his sons which worked better than anything II ever did
sweet
Nice video
Excellent content
How do you only have 1k subscribers??
I got a feeling this channel is going to explode soon…
Do you plan on making alt hist scenarios?
Didn't plan in near future. Maybe at some point, but only if the idea for a scenario is original.
@@RomabooRamblings Nice.
fix the years of reign for... IV in the discreption
thanks for pointing out
Constantine was Illyrian. So were most of the best Roman emperors.
Congrats on 1k
I know you make roman videos but it would be cool to make every ptolemy video
I'm not well-versed in the period of Egyptian history between the Wars of Diadochi and the Roman takeover. When I learn more about it I will. Although, if I venture into Greek history, I'd first cover Philip II, hands down mu favorite character of antiquity outside of Rome.
@@RomabooRamblings maybe you could cover the diadochi wars
Thanks!
Constantine V was Syrian, probably arab
Knowing Syria at the time and now,he could’ve been Canaanite
In the Vatican cathedral there are Two big statues of Roman emperours. Constantine and Charlemagne.
Charlemagne "roman emperor ".
Unfortunately, this video as well seems to belong to a long chain of mostly luxury videos that are serving the atzzaeenttaaa that Greek-Byzantium was Roman and not at all Greek...It is a video serving an ageenntaaa rather than the historical truth!
Your the type of person that thinks that Africa is a country
@@davidantoniocamposbarros7528 and you are either naive or just serving the anti-Greek "Byzantium was Roman" attzzeenntttaaa....
And what about Constantine II?
he's at number 7, surprisingly high. But I still consider him kind of a doofus
@@RomabooRamblings Oh, sorry. I just saw the beginning and just commented before ending the video. I was convinced that he would be at the bottom with the usurper.
@@RomabooRamblings He reminded me Mark Antony
@@causantinthescot nah, Mark Antony was a very competent military commander and a great orator, he just didn't have patience for governing
@@RomabooRamblings At least Constantine II was capable at military affairs and possessed some political talent.
Bro your clearing stealing from spectrum
what do you mean?
Oh yeah, now I see the first related video, lol
Don’t worry about it. Your takes are interesting.
Spectrum is cool, but it isn’t stealing.
What show is that featuring Constantine XI's last stand?
Constantine V was a swine. I would personally put him lower.
he opposed monasticism and icons and destroyed icon supporting churches without remorse.
despite the fact he indeed brought stability, he doesnt deserve that high in the list, at least, in my opinion.