Died at aged 31 and still remember 2,000 years later on a UA-cam video as one of the greatest leaders this world have ever seen. Maybe this what it's like to be immortal in our reality.
Fun fact: in reality Alexander's speech was so good their men actually ask him for forgivenes before chanting his name and resume the march...i mean when your nickname is quite literally "the great" it's because you've earned it
Right, and wrong. The army rebelled twice. Once after The first battle with the elephant army, and the second when they were in Persia. Not sure how the movie portrayed it, but that’s What I learned.
@@kokobean5921 i think it was bfore Gaudgamella and then they started to fall apart (bcause Alexander should have retreated but he was to arrogant) thanks 4 the correction tho
@@jl9062 They'll have been the bachelor-warriors and conquistador-type troops, I think they'll have been more in number than the film portrays but still, many of the old-guard were fed-up and weary from the marathon campaigning.
@@demaistre2458 No, it blinded him and caused him to spiral out of control until he was likely assassinated. Augustus Caesar died a broken man in his 80's but he accomplished much more than Alexander. The Pax Romana is the longest period of peace ever recorded in western history. People flock to Genghis and Alexander because conquering is sexier. Ensuring it's prosperity is a whole other animal. Alexander's Empire died with him since he had no heir. The lands were divided amongst his generals to fight over themselves until they were eventually swallowed up by other cultures; ei Romans
@@nikolambert314 he didnt mean they were gonna mentioned he meant that their nation greece and county neighbors will remember that they are not brave and worthy and greece's glory would downgrade because their men are afraid to go to war
He was an inspiration for all the Caesar emperors. All wanting to emulate him, some sailing to his burial chamber to make sacrifices to him as a god. Only one came so close to his level, and that was Trajan ( considered by most to be the best emperor).
Celts/Gauls used to inhabite, beside Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwoll, and french Bretania/Bretagne, also: rest of France/Gallia, Belgium/Belgica, Spain, Switzerland, northern Italy (Gallia Transalpina), parts of Germany, Czech (Bohemia), Balkan/Southeastern Europe (north of Macedonia and Greece), and central Turkey/Asia Minor (Galatia).
@@aleksandarvil5718 Celts don't inhabit anywhere anymore. They've intermixed with other populations and the only people who claim to be Celts are nationalistic politicians and keyboard warriors.
@@iche9373 No, this is true, Alexander was stopped by Elephants. There were empires before him that had them in 10s of thousands. He had no chance to push forward. Elephants were like Tanks of ancient world. Even Romans used them a lot. Its kind of ironic considering that Romans first got beaten by Elephants when they first invaded Greece (by Phyrrus) and then afterwards, Carthage got Elephants when they saw how Romans got beaten by them. But Carthage couldn't use them properly and then after Romans beat them, they took their Elephants from Carthage and attack Greece with them, conquering the Greece.
@TheNothing5155 of course some people enjoyed it I dont know it looked rushed Farrell wasnt Alexander to me he looked frightened it's all opions I'm glad you enjoyed it though👍👍👍
Funny, I remember my social studies teacher in middle school talking about Alexander and how his men refused to go any further....yup, "It will always be remembered that you left your king in Asia".
That's why it's so much more likely that he took his men home through the desert as punishment rather than a mistake on his part. People have their issues with this movie but what I like the most is that it doesn't glorify Alexander as a person.
@@thegreekdeal4747 this speech didn't happen at that river. It happened two years later in Opis (near Babylon), after they crossed the desert. But this happened many times before...his men complaining about Alexander's "Asians" an him dressing like them, and using them as advisors and soldiers, etc..on top of wanting to go home...but Alexander always got his way in the end. Except at the river Hyphasis, things went differently. Alexander first spoke to them...this usually worked, but not this time. Then he went into his tent for 3 days, not eating etc, not wanting to see anyone. This always worked if the first didn't work. Still his men didn't budge this time. So, then he decided he would guilt trip them by crossing the river on his own, knowing that his army would follow him. But just before he could do this, Ptolemy convinced him to decide things with an omen via a sacrifice. Alexander was extremely religious and superstitious. Ptolemy knew this about Alexander. The priest performed the ritual and the omen "he read" said it's bad to cross that river. Alexander heavy heartedly respected the omen since he was so intensely religious. His men were overwhelmed with relief. They thanked him profusely for days, bringing gifts to his tent, etc. His later patronized him by thanking him for allowing them (his men) to be the only ones to have ever won against Alexander. Alexander also only agreed on the condition that they not go back the same way they came. They fought more battles. Alexander ended up conquering 50% more territory on his way back. Then on their way to Babylon, and advisor told he can't cross a desert because not even Cyrus the Great could do it. Alexander then meticulously and intentionally split the army in two, send the first half back comfortably on boats. Who were mostly the core and elite units of his army (Macedonians) And he made the other half go on foot, with him, through the desert. Who were mostly the baggage train (asian wives and children of those on the boat included) and the various asians who became part of his army. By this timez his army had swelled from 40 000 to 100 000 as various asians joined his army (he even had elephants). Where many in the baggage train died crossing that desert. When he got back, he made this speech in this video, just before the veteran Macedonians were about to go home. Which was aimed at those who travelled there comfortably on the boats...he guilt tripped them by pointing out that Alexander and his Asians walked through the uncrossable desert that not even Cyrus the Great could cross. And that they can go back home and tell everyone, they abandoned their king in Asia...and Alexander will continue onward, with his "Asians".
if i was one of alexanders troops id be mutinous too. being gone for 12 yrs on campaigns where every day could be your last would be brutal, but there are specific moments in history id like to witness. alexander's speeches during both mutinies, Caesar's speech to the 10th legion when they revolted, and when napoleon convinced army after army to rally to his side after the exile.
It was a different world back then, you wrte only expected to live untill your early 30s. Men were brave and would rather life a short life of conquest and glory instead of a long monotonous one. Besides, your family would probably be better looked after if you died than if you lived.
This is a striking contrast to hannibal's. 17 years in italy with mercenaries who are only bound to their pay, with no records of mutiny. That is the power of charisma.
@@sacredband7089 Yep, although the mercenaries had no chance of quarter with the Romans, they were all marked for death unless they got the heck off of Italia back to Carthage or were victorious.
Has to be remembered that soldiering then was far grimmer. Very basic medical facilities, so even a small wound could become infected and fatal. Savage discipline. Pretty much had to carry your gear and rations with you over hundreds of miles. Your best opportunity to win the lottery was taking an enemy city and looting it and enslaving the populace. Generals had to motivate to the type of men who served in those types of armies. We don't know what Alexander actually said, but I think it might have been a lot cruder than what the poets and writers recorded decades or centuries later. Probably focused more on him being a proven general who had sacked hundreds of cities, India being easy pickings for looting, rather than grand dreams of reaching the world ocean or vague promises of glory. If you're one of his veterans that's what you're interested in - victory and loot.
@@Eric1-373 Depends on how long humanity is around. If we are around as a civilization for a 1 million years he will be drowned out in all the other names just like me, what a beta male
@@brandonden795 Any Aliens studying human history will know who Alexander the Great was. They will not care about ethnic groups who produced no great people. The Arabs talk about Alexander, so his deeds go beyond not just his life time, but even transcend his greek tribe. That is why he is give the title the great. He was famous and renowned before Christ or Islam. A man, just a man who lived all but 32 years and 11 months. Men who live 3 times as long have not done a fraction of what he did with less time. Matter of fact Alexander is respected more by man who strive then Christ or Mohamed because he did what he did with out being a god or helped by god. All will power, skill, and intelligence. He is what we can aspire to be....great....because like us...he was a man and mortal. He showed us we can do great things and it does not have to military in nature. We could be great inventors like Tesla, who is another name who will be remembered long after entire civilizations crumble to dust. No worries I will be forgotten in 3 generation unless do something worthy of greatness. Most of us will never make it, but it is worthy of the effort. We were not put here to wallow in hedonism or self indulgence, that is what animals do. Are you an animal or a Man? Choose wisely.
@@Eric1-373 Cringe, Alexander left his empire in tatters that continued to fight itself. It literally collapsed immediately. I'm pretty sure more people know about Walt Disney LOL. In the context of 1 million years of recorded human history when the population expands to space or where ever and here are over 1 trillion humans, no one will care. And he died at 31 LOL
"When the years decline, the memories stale, and all your great victories fade it will always be remembered you left your king in Asia" Those words are chilling and correct be careful of what legacy you want to leave.
4149TOBI Not really, because to be good leader the people have to agree, the people like soldiers, politics, citizens all have to agree with that the leader wants to do, if most do not then it is time to do what they want. It's natural and normal, u can fight when u dont need to, or else ur dying uncessarily. U should only fight for defence/self-defence, in this situation the Macedonians/Greeks knew they did not need to be here, and achieve nothing other then what they already have. Going on with Alexander would be suicide and remembered for someone who tried to conquer world but failed, whereas if they turn back now at least the are allow and can tell tales of what they went though, and hve dignity of knowing when time is up and how its unecessary to go on, knowing world is larger then first though!
Excalibar Eclipse it was different then. What king do you know about that actually fought side to side with his men, there were times he would give his food and drink to his own men, rather them himself if it was all they had left. They were all close knit, and tight like brothers. They all had the same dream of glory and yo conquer. He was right tho, Money, Lust, and all the other thing that destroy a mans pride is what did happen.. If you ask me, there's a reason he was the "Great". A lot of secrets still not revealed.
Alexander Medina Many leaders did what Alexander did i.e. food, money, conquer etc Ghenges Khan, Sallahdin, Saxon kings, Roman Emperrors etc but fact is this was the time to go home, the longer they went the more would be killed and no army left, to even defend Macedonian/Greece. Also do not be naive many Greeks and Macedonians never liked Alexander, how many Kings get poisioned or attempted assinations by their own people? the Indians were too powerful and intelligent, because they are more united. Lastly there was no point going on, nothing to gain other then death. I am Greek and half Mecedonian but I am also fair and realistic. Many people today in the world hate Alexander, from Turkey to Pakistan, even many Egyptians. History is written by winners or conquerers, rapists, killers etc rememebr that. Cheerio!
Excalibar Eclipse but no one did it as he did.. There's a reason we don't know the full truth of him, the true recipe of world peace, is what he had. Forgotten and hidden it has to be. Why? The world runs on bad..
Alexander Medina Hello! You will find several generals and kinds and leaders who did better then Alexander. Did Alexander really spread peace? or did he spread Hellenic civilization? I do not think it was his business to go to other countries, because like many have said other nations did not like him except local leaders who will get more money, protection and gold from Greeks, in order to protect themselves against other local Kings. If he really was liked then why fight so many wars and tribes in all nations? he nearely died in Pakistan, there must have been a reason why the Malli tribe went after him even when he was going back to Babylon. I do not believe he is the main dictator but he is also not the main warrior or conquerer, there were many before him and after him who went further and spread Peace too, this is what we Europeans want to call it-peace, but other people may call it oppression and enforcing Greek culture on others. It is a reason why he did not last long. Reason why he has big legacy is because it was long time ago in a culture that was only known within Persians and few Europeans, also he was young and lots of myths came out of Greece during the time of Alexander, but the more realistic people are getting the more they are realizing it was over hyped and not big as first though,, he was like many other Kings in history. Alexander went a long way, that is the different, the Mongolians also went nearly to England, the empires of Iran, Hungary, English people all also went a long way and spread their way. So let us be objective and open minded here. We have not much information on Alexander other then what is written by his closest people, who are biased, this is true. those days there was not much information on other warriors and kings, this is why Alexander stood out, but after that and discoveries, scientists, archaeologists etc all discovered lots of warriors, kings, legends, myths etc, and better then Alexander. Do not forget he murdered many people too, that is not right, people have a right to defend their homeland, so why murder people of other countries?. The Greeks at the end knew Alexander was a bit crazy so mutineed. If your own army does not trust you and believes they are not doing anything great then it is the right thing to do to listen to your own people, that is democracy. I do agree many of his own generals tried to kill him, yet other leaders not 1 general or citizen disliked their leaders, so really Alexander could not been that all popular. Reason why he was talked about was because at the time like I said there were tales of myths, Gods, Zeus, supersitions etc and Alexander was born into that kind of society, so whatever he did like conquer 1 small weak country it was made out to be he was a God, that is all. Same thing could be said about Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Julias Ceasar, Isiah, Mongol people, Arab leaders, etc all were great in their own way. Just because Alexander crossed lot of terroritatry does not mean he was the big 1, many people could have conquered other nations but choose to only conquer those who were threat to them, that is how it should be, you do not invade other people, let them sort it out between themselves if there is a problem. The Persian people were more advanced before Greeks, they had civilizations, scientists, medicine, education etc way before Greeks, this is why many Greeks and also Macedonians migrated and fought with Persians, so again let us be on the level here and not dream to much.
Alexander and his troops were basically always outnumbered and deep inside enemy territory but still won. Alexander’s ability to think fast in the middle Of battle was his strength
Not true at all, many of these people never went too far from home, there were no planes, no road trips, if you were traveling you were either wealthy or a conscript getting marched to your death.
@@thebigenchilada678 You truly think that with planes you actually see the places you travel at??? IMO even cars strip you from a lot of contact with nature and the environment!!!
I love how, when Alexander says, "Yes. You're right, Cratterus, I have been negligent.", Hephaestion and Ptolemy both turn and look at him, just like, "The fuck he just say?"
Have to say , no wonder Caesar wept when he saw his statue. You know sometimes , great men are born. An individual , charismatic . He fought on the front lines, with his men. Stood watch for his men while thye slept. His generals put the foundations of great empires. But neither had his gravitas.
4:35 because you've fallen in love with all the things that destroy men !!! What an extraordinary part Colin farrel nails it!! Hopefully we can recognize what a great actor he is way before he is gone rather than long after!!
Then you are a simpleton who gets chills whenever someones eyebrows go up in even the slightest display of cheesy cringe worthy emotion followed by a raised voice.
Alexanders speech always get to me “it will always be remembered. YOU LEFT YOUR KING, IN ASIA!”. Alexander dit what most people hope to do, he followed his dream and conquered the entire known world! I always get so inspired and think to myself, what would have happened if this lion among men hadn’t died in babylon. Maybe he would have conquered the romen rpublic? Maybe carthage? Maybe we would all speak greek inspired languages instead of latin. Who knows... but one thing is sure... this mighty conquerer, king of all of asia, macadon, greece and india, died way too young.
@@saikrisnan2121 He conquered the world as it was known to the Greeks at the beginning of his campaign. He was one of the few men in history whom maps followed, not he the maps.
He did not conquer India at all. He could not cross the River Jhelum , beyond which is actual India. He stayed on the banks of River Jhelum for 19 months, and do you think he would have not tried to cross it even for once in 19 months. His army was scared of the mighty Nanda Empire about which his spies had informed him well.
@@magicblanket2414 If the Greeks had a flawed map, then what can we do about it. He was brutally poisoned by Porus's arrow which killed him in near future.
The music playing while Alexander makes his final speech.....its half the reason my hair stands. And as a Greek it reminded me of something so close to heart. Something very dear to me. And then I figured it out. The music is by Vangelis! The same man who wrote Chariots of Fire. The same man who wrote the theme of Football World Cup 2000 for Japan. The same man who left his mark in world music. If you don't know who Vangelis is, I say u are a lucky man or woman. Cause now u have the wonderful opportunity to search it on UA-cam and witness the glory of Vangelis. One of the greatest composers the face of the Earth has ever seen. U are lucky because now u will experience the awakening of senses like never before. The unlocking of your mind to wonders u never thought it could perceive. Be thankful!
After crossing the Indus River, Alexander's advance scouts crossed the Hyphastes and encountered the western flanks of the Nanda Empire. Alexander's forces had already dealt with some of the smaller Indian tribes west of Hyphastes and had even encountered the most feared warrior of ancient battle -- the war elephant. When the advance scouts went back across the Hyphastes and reported to Alexander that the Nanda Empire had over 10,000 battle hardened war elephants waiting for them, Alexander's soldiers refused to march on and thus Alexander returned to Babylon, gazing across the largest empire the world had known up until the Romans. Alexander conquered territory that was nearly as large as the later Roman Empire, and he did in 13 years what took the Romans nearly 150 years to accomplish.
@@jaynishnakar3115 Well that deppends on when you consider empire start and collapse. But probably Alexander empire until his death, so about 10 years, Roman Empire until fragmentation of the eastern part so about 1400 years
This man would literately have marched all the way to the end of the world if his men would have followed him. No wonder we still remember him 2000 years later. I have known multiple people named Alex or Alexander throughout my life. His memory will echo in eternity.
@@obitouchiha-fl7od That's what they said about Persia too. That's why Alexander is remembered to this day - he defeated impossible odds many times. He was a military genius.
@@johanneswestman935 Its different from persia,Bharat kings had discipline soldiers very ancient war arts passed through out generations and of course the culture and the land of gods very similar to greeks it would have been like 2 yamas fighting each other.
Best part of the speech. Most gangster part He was ahead of the time. He didn't see differences like Conquering army and conquered He was for unification. An admirable trait.
This speech is laden with irony. Alexander chastises his troops for "falling in love with all the things that destroy men", yet is blind to his vainglory. He has conquered all of Persia - the known world is effectively his, and for all that, he still wants more. In a way, it shows how far he's drifted away from reality. I find it suiting how Ptolemy summarizes it so succinctly at the end: "The dreamers exhaust us. They must die before they kill us with their blasted dreams" All that being said, Craterus' speech is that much more moving and heart-wrenching...
On the flip side, Craterus and the men brought up their families as a reason to go back home. But Alexander called them out when he mentioned their greed and infidelity.
It is SUPPOSED to be an ironical speech, Alexander was an arrogant power hungry commander who never tired from battle, and wanted to conquer further into India before most of his generals and veterans refused to go further.
Lieblingsfachful You're taking this movie as 100% historically accurate? Omg... You should find facts elsewhere than from Hollywood movie if you want to start analyzing Alexander the Great's life. While it is true his ambitions eventually took hold of him and he lost grasp on reality, without people like Alexander the Great the world would be still just a planet of apes. He united people of many different tribes under same banner and conquered most of the known world and beyond in his lifetime - no one else has been ever able to do that - let alone in such short time. If there were no dreamers and visionaries in this world, we would still live in mudhuts if it was up to the "original people". Alexander the Great has every right to be called Great. Even strategists of today acknowledge his military genius. He also took risks in every battle and was there with his men in the fight, unlike most cowardly kings like Persian king Darius.
The big noble speech, the build up of inspiring music making the hairs on your arms and neck stand up expecting to say something heroic and inspiring for the troops "you left your king in Asia" and the video abruptly ends. LMAO!
Many people will think that Alexander dreamed of wealth and land when he wanted to go further. He was more than what simple man understood from his actions. He dreamed of the unknown, the things which are beyond. He seek knowledge, differences of the world. He seek things he was told by others, his mentors, and judge them by himself. His desire was never gold or family which made great man die in vain. He wanted to lift a veil that separated men from each other, and unify east and west. And seek the knowledge of east, by going to the east beyond east. To prove his predecessors wrong. He was great, because his ideal was great. Simple men will not get it.
Exactly. Some people tend to think man of the past were aliens, with no passions like most of us. It’s known that Alexander since a kid wanted glory, his dream was to be bigger than Achilles, and Achilles was known to be a very proud, vain hero. Alexander wanted that, and didn’t want to stop. The problem is that besides the army being exhausted, they were never going to have share of that glory, they could die and would never see the share of their gold or glory Alexander would have. There is nothing more dangerous than a man with no price, and that was Alexander. Gold was not his juice.
as opposed to the immaterial? Pride, lust, being idolized. Just as sure as you can't spend gold from the grave, nor can you revel in adoration of legacy.
says a guy entirely absorbed with his own pride and a psychopathic addiction to legacy. What's funny is he got stomped in the next fight. He should have listened.
@@maxdecphoenix Alexander the Great actually won that next battle. The battle of the Hydaspes river against King Porus Was won by Alexander the Great. It was his bloodiest and Most costly battle but He was still Victorious.
Russian Russian, this film is very high quality, so much the actor Colin Farrell surprised me that this is the best excerpt, in Russian translation sounds amazing, America knows how to shoot masterpieces Bravo, I apologize for my translation I had in English 3 ka (
I've been reading "King Warrior Magician Lover" and that last quote is making me tear up. Holy mess. If you've read the book, you'll know how I'm correlating the two together. Absolutely heart wrenching.
I love this movie. I mean, i like watching historical period movies, epics, as one calls it. People say it is not a good movie. I really don't see where the problem is,maybe a little with casting, but man this man, collin has done a 10/10 job in my eyes. He captured the grandeur of Alexander's personality. Then Anthony Hopkins's narration, above that Vangelis ost. One of the best music i've ever heard in my life. I always say this, this movie is criminally underrated.
It's cuz they made him into a sodomite. Nobody wants to see that shit. All based on one single sentence that has been blow out of proportion. With the amount of homosexual porn out there our descendants will think that we were all sodomites too.
@@jt7638 Based on what? One single statement that can be interpreted as anything one wishes. No, he wasn't a sodomite. The problem here is that homosexuals like Michel Focault, who himself was a sodomite and died of aids, read his own homosexual fantasies into the ancient Indo-European concept of a Männerbund and thus defiled the entire Ancient Greek culture with his perverted fantasies. The whole idea of pederasty being something common in Ancient Greece is entirely built on hand-wavy examples and then just by assuming that it was true any close relationship between males is assumed to be of a perverted homosexual nature. For an example Achilles - nowhere in the Iliad are any homosexual tendencies what-so-ever referenced, yet because of Achilles' strong friendship with Patroclus he is somehow pictured as a sodomite by modern degenerates based on their own homoerotic fantasies. You people want to claim that homosexuality is something that you are born with and that a person cannot change and become straight while at the same time you want to claim that Ancient Greek culture was homosexual and thus made all men into sodomites. Pick one, you can't have both.
Long live Hellas. For I (Alexander I) myself am by ancient descent a Greek, and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery." (Herod. IX, 45, 2 [Loeb])
The speech really sums up Alexander's character: A dangerously brave and immature glory seeker that will chase fame until death. Death found him at 32 years of age.
True, though we can't dent that did attain much glory along the way. It's like Ptolemy's line later in this same film, "Alexander's failures tower over other men's successes."
I used to think living a long life was the best option. But as time goes on I realise living a short life of great achievements and dying youngish is far better than fading away, rotting from the inside out as a mere shell of what you once were.
Alexander was arguably the greatest warlord of all time. He followed his father’s plans for Asia and his father’s Army to horizons thought impossible. Could be argued that his Faustian spirit was in command of him through much of his life. He was a true warrior, being moral but at the same time could be brutal in war.
I am a celtic-greco-roman and watching these period war epics, it reawakens in you for a time, a shadow of you once were, as men and women. We've advanced in so many fields but where it matters, we have lost our way. It was a Oscar winning performance for me. Well casted, great score, production, you can go on but without his inclusion, the film could not of captured the ancient essence of the legendary character.
No, I don't mean any disrespect but in realistic terms I don't think you can be celtic græco roman. Maybe your very, very, very distant genetic ancestors were, but you (and nobody, really) aren't nearly similar to them in anything but maybe haplotypes. The language you speak, the food you eat, the lifestyle you live, the spiritual beliefs you hold, the labor you do, the technology you use, the knowledge you have, the way you understand the world, all of this is just too different and disconnected from those of the Celts, the ancient Greeks or the Romans to realistically call yourself one of them. Those civilisations/ethnicities are long gone, they left legacies for sure but no modern people can realistically be considered to currently be any of them. Too much history of migrations, ethnic evolution and change has gone by. We can learn from the history of those very ancient peoples, admire their feats and criticize their failings, maybe even establish some very abstract and general continuities between them and us, but not assume ourselves to be of the same ethnicity as they were.
And the thing is, he kept his word even after death, the Silver Shileds returned as some of the richest men in the classical world; many fought well into their 60s.
One of the best unnoticed speeches in movie history from what was a good but ultimately flawed film, sadly the last sentence is missing from this clip. "for I will go on with my Asians" (I worked on this film, all the helmet plumes were made by me, most money I ever made, one of the best times I spent on a film)
@@Retro-Future-Land Thank you so much, that means a lot, if you search for The Plumery, you will all the work I do the British army and the film industry.
@@LouisPlume Hey, the costumes are fantastic!! We used plumes like those in USA school Marching Bands. Soooo, we had this one kid named Kent that would bounce as he walked, they cut hi plume off 1/2 so you couldn't see it bobbibg up and down. ;) Did you get to go on set for filming also?
The speech that Alexander gave at Opis after his army threatened to withdrawl back home was not to implore his men to continue but to make them recognize what they had accomplished. After conquering the Persian Empire he lamented that his men would not continue as soldiers of Greece and after the great victories they had won. He spoke to them as fellow soldiers, that it was "they" as a collective won those battles not just Alexander. He was willing to let them go where they wished, but reminded them of who it was who led them and gave them the opportunity to gain the honor, glory and wealth that had been achieved in Eurasia.
10/10 Leader right there. No wonder those men worshipped and later deified him as a God. And back in the day without Computers or Internet. Man truly was divine and ahead of the curve.
Irish conquest of the Persian empire
@IRONMAN you can't speak properly!
IRONMAN ... BUT THEY’VE GOT IRISH ACCENTS, YOU THICKHEAD!
The greeks have English accents in this movie not the Alexanders Macedonians.
@IRONMAN Wooosh
@IRONMAN lnao you really humiliated yourself on this one bro
Died at aged 31 and still remember 2,000 years later on a UA-cam video as one of the greatest leaders this world have ever seen. Maybe this what it's like to be immortal in our reality.
Wow
He died when he was 20 lol
@@potatowaffle6648 no he died when he was 32 u uneducated fool
Well there's an even greater teacher which is mentioned everyday continuesly for over thousand year by billions.
The prophet Muhammed pbuh
@@TheFunFactoryChannel Ewww
When your coked-up friend tries to convince you to walk across town to one more dive at 4am.
😂😂😂👍
Holy shit im that coked up friend.
And this is the greatest comment I’ve ever read.
Tommy Two-shoes ah shit yes I love it I love it!!
Fucking killed it 😂
At least twice a year I come back here to listen to his words. Absolutely love it.
Same, the moment vangelis music kicks in is so powerful ( do you want to live forever by vangelis)
Epic speech
Same. And how he screams "because you've fallen in love with all the things in life that destroy men" gives me goosebumps
"one more big score and we go to Macedon, have faith!"
- Alexander van der Linde
"I got a plan"
“There’s always another goddamn land!”
😁😁
Shut up. No one cares.
"We need more money!"
The Hound went all the way from Persia to Westeros. What a hero.
That's because Meryl fucking Trant survived Arya stabbing his eyes (1:24) !
to fight alongside maryn trent :)
@@Poloveneand Morbius
@@Thekidloquendero9745 excellent, now let’s see Paul Allen’s speech
Fuck the phalanx, fuck Persepolis, fuck the king
Fun fact: in reality Alexander's speech was so good their men actually ask him for forgivenes before chanting his name and resume the march...i mean when your nickname is quite literally "the great" it's because you've earned it
Right, and wrong. The army rebelled twice. Once after The first battle with the elephant army, and the second when they were in Persia. Not sure how the movie portrayed it, but that’s What I learned.
@@kokobean5921 i think it was bfore Gaudgamella and then they started to fall apart (bcause Alexander should have retreated but he was to arrogant) thanks 4 the correction tho
@Redwan Rahman You mean the sceene or what i said?
@Redwan Rahman got it, thanks :)
@@FormerGovernmentHuman Yeah i hearded recolections due to the speech being passed from word of mouth of course
"As the year declines and the memory stale, and all your victories fades" Superb
Eternal MVP status for the handful of dudes screaming "we're with you Alexander!" lol
Ikr? Someone once mentioned it before... there were a few "hardliners" that would follow Alexander to death
@@jl9062 They'll have been the bachelor-warriors and conquistador-type troops, I think they'll have been more in number than the film portrays but still, many of the old-guard were fed-up and weary from the marathon campaigning.
follow the standard striaght up plutos ass
@@jl9062 TRULY,TRULY ALL ABSOLUTELY BEYOND UNIMAGINABLY UNIMAGINABLE TRANSCENDENT TRANSCENDENTAL BOUNDLESSNESS LEVELS OF AMAZINGLY AMAZING AMAZINGNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NICE,VERY NICE.
@@Retro-Future-Land TRULY,TRULY ALL ABSOLUTELY BEYOND UNIMAGINABLY UNIMAGINABLE TRANSCENDENT TRANSCENDENTAL BOUNDLESSNESS LEVELS OF AMAZINGLY AMAZING AMAZINGNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NICE,VERY NICE.
"Because you have fallen in love with all the things in life that destroy men"
My body shakes....
I am not sure...
Christ before Christ.
It was a beautifull speech
No your majesty. We have fallen in love with the tings in life that make life worth living.
@@alexanderlaine7639 women and wealth? Not what I want, I rather have glory and a legacy
"you have fallen in love with all the things in life that destroys men". this phrase pricked my heart.
Alexander fell in love with his own glory so that phrase is pretty ironic
@@ignacio4159but despite the abundance of riches and treasure he had acquired he still sought a life of toil and hardship.
@ignacio4159 That's providence my friend....something we should all aspire towards
@@demaistre2458 No, it blinded him and caused him to spiral out of control until he was likely assassinated. Augustus Caesar died a broken man in his 80's but he accomplished much more than Alexander. The Pax Romana is the longest period of peace ever recorded in western history. People flock to Genghis and Alexander because conquering is sexier. Ensuring it's prosperity is a whole other animal. Alexander's Empire died with him since he had no heir. The lands were divided amongst his generals to fight over themselves until they were eventually swallowed up by other cultures; ei Romans
@@matthewsteele8448 the people of your kind were the ones who assassinated their own king, Alexander The Great, the greatest king the world ever seen
“IT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED, YOU LEFT YOUR KING IN ASIA!”
My favourite line of the whole movie
Nobofy remembers names of regular soldiers.
@@nikolambert314 he didnt mean they were gonna mentioned he meant that their nation greece and county neighbors will remember that they are not brave and worthy and greece's glory would downgrade because their men are afraid to go to war
no its not. you just have no original comments so you just say whatever the video says.
Best line of the whole damn movie!
PLOTTWIST moment
the speech and man who inspired Julius ceaser and Augustus himself
hell yea!!
He was an inspiration for all the Caesar emperors. All wanting to emulate him, some sailing to his burial chamber to make sacrifices to him as a god. Only one came so close to his level, and that was Trajan ( considered by most to be the best emperor).
THERAINOFFEAR Augustus actually chipped at Alexander's reputation saying "it is not the winning of an empire, it is the ordering of it"...!
Caesar would have kicked Alexander's ass anyday
Caesar wept at the front of Alexander's tomb, lamenting how small his achievements were compared to Alexander.
Meryn Trant and Sandor Clegane high as fuck,fighting for Alexander the Great
If only they had that man from Gin Alley ......they would of conquered the whole fookin world !!!!!!!
+Gil Galad what they are doing in this movie
I made a note of that on another video with this speech.
*Not so Great
Its Joffrey not Alexander... well if Joffrey wasn’t an asshole
i knew the Greeks had Irish accents !
its a fucking english speaking movie, who the fuck cares about the accent
@@Tsotsis1 lol yeah none of them would have been speaking English so the accent wouldn't matter at all
Celts/Gauls used to inhabite, beside Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwoll, and french Bretania/Bretagne, also: rest of France/Gallia, Belgium/Belgica, Spain, Switzerland, northern Italy (Gallia Transalpina), parts of Germany, Czech (Bohemia), Balkan/Southeastern Europe (north of Macedonia and Greece), and central Turkey/Asia Minor (Galatia).
haha, alexander has irish accent, and that general has scottish one, they could play MacBETH
@@aleksandarvil5718 Celts don't inhabit anywhere anymore. They've intermixed with other populations and the only people who claim to be Celts are nationalistic politicians and keyboard warriors.
So crazy someone found this footage 1000s of years later and in such good quality aswell.
...... tumbleweeds roll.....
Cricket sounds 🦗
HA!...GAAAAYYY
He got the whole squad laughing
😆😆😆
10 people left their king in Asia
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"These crazy elephant monsters"
Damn right
You seriously don't want to go to war with elephant cavalry my man
Just shoot them [Problem Solved]
@@iche9373 No, this is true, Alexander was stopped by Elephants. There were empires before him that had them in 10s of thousands. He had no chance to push forward.
Elephants were like Tanks of ancient world. Even Romans used them a lot. Its kind of ironic considering that Romans first got beaten by Elephants when they first invaded Greece (by Phyrrus) and then afterwards, Carthage got Elephants when they saw how Romans got beaten by them. But Carthage couldn't use them properly and then after Romans beat them, they took their Elephants from Carthage and attack Greece with them, conquering the Greece.
@@peterh2828 And what's the problem? Alexander's Army is undefeated...
@@peterh2828 I think its pretty resonable to assume that 10s of thousands of elephants was an exageration
@@peterh2828 What's the problem, you Fucking idiot ?
I don't care what anyone says - I love this film.
Me too, me too...
same.
Its a movie that actually tried to stay true to the tales and I will always appreciate it for that!
@@hitrapperandartistdababy by being Irish?
DairangerSentai7 clarify?
2,000 years later and his name still lives on. This is immortality!!
❤❤
imagine being butthurt about irish accents
because obviously the whole Macedonian army spoke proper english
Worse movie of all time
@TheNothing5155 did you enjoy the movie
@@liamo7759 imo easily one of the best history movies ever made
@@smigoltime I respect your views we agree to disagree 👍👍
@TheNothing5155 of course some people enjoyed it I dont know it looked rushed Farrell wasnt Alexander to me he looked frightened it's all opions I'm glad you enjoyed it though👍👍👍
"it will always be remembered you left your king in asia" a movie, thousands of years later
Funny, I remember my social studies teacher in middle school talking about Alexander and how his men refused to go any further....yup, "It will always be remembered that you left your king in Asia".
Thats what he actually said in real life its more than a movie line.
@James Watson no, he defeated the great porrus.
Well people still know his men left him in asia
That's why it's so much more likely that he took his men home through the desert as punishment rather than a mistake on his part. People have their issues with this movie but what I like the most is that it doesn't glorify Alexander as a person.
@@thegreekdeal4747 this speech didn't happen at that river.
It happened two years later in Opis (near Babylon), after they crossed the desert.
But this happened many times before...his men complaining about Alexander's "Asians" an him dressing like them, and using them as advisors and soldiers, etc..on top of wanting to go home...but Alexander always got his way in the end.
Except at the river Hyphasis, things went differently. Alexander first spoke to them...this usually worked, but not this time. Then he went into his tent for 3 days, not eating etc, not wanting to see anyone. This always worked if the first didn't work.
Still his men didn't budge this time.
So, then he decided he would guilt trip them by crossing the river on his own, knowing that his army would follow him.
But just before he could do this, Ptolemy convinced him to decide things with an omen via a sacrifice. Alexander was extremely religious and superstitious. Ptolemy knew this about Alexander. The priest performed the ritual and the omen "he read" said it's bad to cross that river.
Alexander heavy heartedly respected the omen since he was so intensely religious.
His men were overwhelmed with relief. They thanked him profusely for days, bringing gifts to his tent, etc. His later patronized him by thanking him for allowing them (his men) to be the only ones to have ever won against Alexander.
Alexander also only agreed on the condition that they not go back the same way they came. They fought more battles. Alexander ended up conquering 50% more territory on his way back.
Then on their way to Babylon, and advisor told he can't cross a desert because not even Cyrus the Great could do it.
Alexander then meticulously and intentionally split the army in two, send the first half back comfortably on boats. Who were mostly the core and elite units of his army (Macedonians)
And he made the other half go on foot, with him, through the desert. Who were mostly the baggage train (asian wives and children of those on the boat included) and the various asians who became part of his army. By this timez his army had swelled from 40 000 to 100 000 as various asians joined his army (he even had elephants). Where many in the baggage train died crossing that desert.
When he got back, he made this speech in this video, just before the veteran Macedonians were about to go home. Which was aimed at those who travelled there comfortably on the boats...he guilt tripped them by pointing out that Alexander and his Asians walked through the uncrossable desert that not even Cyrus the Great could cross.
And that they can go back home and tell everyone, they abandoned their king in Asia...and Alexander will continue onward, with his "Asians".
if i was one of alexanders troops id be mutinous too. being gone for 12 yrs on campaigns where every day could be your last would be brutal, but there are specific moments in history id like to witness. alexander's speeches during both mutinies, Caesar's speech to the 10th legion when they revolted, and when napoleon convinced army after army to rally to his side after the exile.
It was a different world back then, you wrte only expected to live untill your early 30s. Men were brave and would rather life a short life of conquest and glory instead of a long monotonous one.
Besides, your family would probably be better looked after if you died than if you lived.
This is a striking contrast to hannibal's. 17 years in italy with mercenaries who are only bound to their pay, with no records of mutiny. That is the power of charisma.
@@sacredband7089 Yep, although the mercenaries had no chance of quarter with the Romans, they were all marked for death unless they got the heck off of Italia back to Carthage or were victorious.
Has to be remembered that soldiering then was far grimmer. Very basic medical facilities, so even a small wound could become infected and fatal. Savage discipline. Pretty much had to carry your gear and rations with you over hundreds of miles. Your best opportunity to win the lottery was taking an enemy city and looting it and enslaving the populace.
Generals had to motivate to the type of men who served in those types of armies. We don't know what Alexander actually said, but I think it might have been a lot cruder than what the poets and writers recorded decades or centuries later. Probably focused more on him being a proven general who had sacked hundreds of cities, India being easy pickings for looting, rather than grand dreams of reaching the world ocean or vague promises of glory. If you're one of his veterans that's what you're interested in - victory and loot.
You'd be considered weak and probably abandoned in the middle of the night. Wimp.
The thing here is, Alexander's men wanted to live a lifetime. While Alexander , Alexander wanted to live for a millennium.
*dies at 31
@@brandonden795
Alexander the Great will be remember long after your bones turn to dust and even the memory of your very ethnic group is forgotten.
@@Eric1-373 Depends on how long humanity is around. If we are around as a civilization for a 1 million years he will be drowned out in all the other names just like me, what a beta male
@@brandonden795
Any Aliens studying human history will know who Alexander the Great was.
They will not care about ethnic groups who produced no great people.
The Arabs talk about Alexander, so his deeds go beyond not just his life time, but even transcend his greek tribe.
That is why he is give the title the great.
He was famous and renowned before Christ or Islam.
A man, just a man who lived all but 32 years and 11 months.
Men who live 3 times as long have not done a fraction of what he did with less time.
Matter of fact Alexander is respected more by man who strive then Christ or Mohamed because he did what he did with out being a god or helped by god.
All will power, skill, and intelligence.
He is what we can aspire to be....great....because like us...he was a man and mortal.
He showed us we can do great things and it does not have to military in nature.
We could be great inventors like Tesla, who is another name who will be remembered long after entire civilizations crumble to dust.
No worries I will be forgotten in 3 generation unless do something worthy of greatness. Most of us will never make it, but it is worthy of the effort.
We were not put here to wallow in hedonism or self indulgence, that is what animals do.
Are you an animal or a Man?
Choose wisely.
@@Eric1-373 Cringe, Alexander left his empire in tatters that continued to fight itself. It literally collapsed immediately. I'm pretty sure more people know about Walt Disney LOL. In the context of 1 million years of recorded human history when the population expands to space or where ever and here are over 1 trillion humans, no one will care. And he died at 31 LOL
"To whom do you leave your kingdom?"
"The strongest."
I forsee many conflicts at my funeral games
based AF
"When the years decline, the memories stale, and all your great victories fade it will always be remembered you left your king in Asia"
Those words are chilling and correct be careful of what legacy you want to leave.
4149TOBI Not really, because to be good leader the people have to agree, the people like soldiers, politics, citizens all have to agree with that the leader wants to do, if most do not then it is time to do what they want. It's natural and normal, u can fight when u dont need to, or else ur dying uncessarily. U should only fight for defence/self-defence, in this situation the Macedonians/Greeks knew they did not need to be here, and achieve nothing other then what they already have. Going on with Alexander would be suicide and remembered for someone who tried to conquer world but failed, whereas if they turn back now at least the are allow and can tell tales of what they went though, and hve dignity of knowing when time is up and how its unecessary to go on, knowing world is larger then first though!
Excalibar Eclipse it was different then. What king do you know about that actually fought side to side with his men, there were times he would give his food and drink to his own men, rather them himself if it was all they had left. They were all close knit, and tight like brothers. They all had the same dream of glory and yo conquer. He was right tho, Money, Lust, and all the other thing that destroy a mans pride is what did happen.. If you ask me, there's a reason he was the "Great". A lot of secrets still not revealed.
Alexander Medina
Many leaders did what Alexander did i.e. food, money, conquer etc Ghenges Khan, Sallahdin, Saxon kings, Roman Emperrors etc but fact is this was the time to go home, the longer they went the more would be killed and no army left, to even defend Macedonian/Greece. Also do not be naive many Greeks and Macedonians never liked Alexander, how many Kings get poisioned or attempted assinations by their own people? the Indians were too powerful and intelligent, because they are more united. Lastly there was no point going on, nothing to gain other then death. I am Greek and half Mecedonian but I am also fair and realistic. Many people today in the world hate Alexander, from Turkey to Pakistan, even many Egyptians. History is written by winners or conquerers, rapists, killers etc rememebr that. Cheerio!
Excalibar Eclipse but no one did it as he did.. There's a reason we don't know the full truth of him, the true recipe of world peace, is what he had. Forgotten and hidden it has to be. Why? The world runs on bad..
Alexander Medina Hello! You will find several generals and kinds and leaders who did better then Alexander. Did Alexander really spread peace? or did he spread Hellenic civilization? I do not think it was his business to go to other countries, because like many have said other nations did not like him except local leaders who will get more money, protection and gold from Greeks, in order to protect themselves against other local Kings. If he really was liked then why fight so many wars and tribes in all nations? he nearely died in Pakistan, there must have been a reason why the Malli tribe went after him even when he was going back to Babylon. I do not believe he is the main dictator but he is also not the main warrior or conquerer, there were many before him and after him who went further and spread Peace too, this is what we Europeans want to call it-peace, but other people may call it oppression and enforcing Greek culture on others. It is a reason why he did not last long. Reason why he has big legacy is because it was long time ago in a culture that was only known within Persians and few Europeans, also he was young and lots of myths came out of Greece during the time of Alexander, but the more realistic people are getting the more they are realizing it was over hyped and not big as first though,, he was like many other Kings in history. Alexander went a long way, that is the different, the Mongolians also went nearly to England, the empires of Iran, Hungary, English people all also went a long way and spread their way. So let us be objective and open minded here. We have not much information on Alexander other then what is written by his closest people, who are biased, this is true. those days there was not much information on other warriors and kings, this is why Alexander stood out, but after that and discoveries, scientists, archaeologists etc all discovered lots of warriors, kings, legends, myths etc, and better then Alexander. Do not forget he murdered many people too, that is not right, people have a right to defend their homeland, so why murder people of other countries?. The Greeks at the end knew Alexander was a bit crazy so mutineed. If your own army does not trust you and believes they are not doing anything great then it is the right thing to do to listen to your own people, that is democracy. I do agree many of his own generals tried to kill him, yet other leaders not 1 general or citizen disliked their leaders, so really Alexander could not been that all popular. Reason why he was talked about was because at the time like I said there were tales of myths, Gods, Zeus, supersitions etc and Alexander was born into that kind of society, so whatever he did like conquer 1 small weak country it was made out to be he was a God, that is all. Same thing could be said about Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Julias Ceasar, Isiah, Mongol people, Arab leaders, etc all were great in their own way. Just because Alexander crossed lot of terroritatry does not mean he was the big 1, many people could have conquered other nations but choose to only conquer those who were threat to them, that is how it should be, you do not invade other people, let them sort it out between themselves if there is a problem. The Persian people were more advanced before Greeks, they had civilizations, scientists, medicine, education etc way before Greeks, this is why many Greeks and also Macedonians migrated and fought with Persians, so again let us be on the level here and not dream to much.
Alexander and his troops were basically always outnumbered and deep inside enemy territory but still won. Alexander’s ability to think fast in the middle
Of battle was his strength
01:50 "My king. Let me return to the North where I may ransom off Arya Stark"
@Perseus Wong
1:50 "My king. Let me return to the North to reunite with Little Bird (Lady Sansa Stark)!"
Lol well played
Do you want to be like me? A man who left his King in Asia?
oh shit, i didn't realize that
My king. Bring me one of them chickensss
When you're a type A personality and your friends don't share your level of ambition.
@Emp Nda Bruh...
@Emp Nda Good for them you sound like a narcissistic imbecile
@Emp Nda why would I cry over some random moron on the internet like I said youre a narcissistic imbecile
I relate to it, I'm the type A guy
@@MarvoloSalazar your a simp and identify as a beta and a type b, that's your issue bitch boy lol
These ancient men experienced more in life and saw more things than many of us in the modern age will ever see
you're right, they definitely have the income and time thanks to Hollywood.
Not true at all, many of these people never went too far from home, there were no planes, no road trips, if you were traveling you were either wealthy or a conscript getting marched to your death.
@Isnsn Cjdjw idk. Try to Live in the midwest for 10 years, every time you leave I swear it’s better than the best sex you’ve ever had.
@@thebigenchilada678 You truly think that with planes you actually see the places you travel at??? IMO even cars strip you from a lot of contact with nature and the environment!!!
@@jimakisspd what?
What a great movie. Alexander was such an interesting character, almost crazy to imagine he was a living, breathing man.
"Sleep and sex only remind me that I'm human", he used to say.
I love how, when Alexander says, "Yes. You're right, Cratterus, I have been negligent.", Hephaestion and Ptolemy both turn and look at him, just like, "The fuck he just say?"
Have to say , no wonder Caesar wept when he saw his statue. You know sometimes , great men are born. An individual , charismatic . He fought on the front lines, with his men. Stood watch for his men while thye slept. His generals put the foundations of great empires. But neither had his gravitas.
"Because you've fallen in love with all the things in life that destroy men." That's the majority of people living today.
Let me guess, you're one of the special ones?
@@Big_Wamu from alexandria we shall be home within weeks
4:35 because you've fallen in love with all the things that destroy men !!! What an extraordinary part Colin farrel nails it!! Hopefully we can recognize what a great actor he is way before he is gone rather than long after!!
0:06 ser meryn and 1:40 sandor clegane of game of thrones.
I was wondering why the one eyed guy looked so familiar.
Marq Hill now he has no eyes eh?:D
hahaha!!!
Too old...
Meryn fucking Trant
this movie has great costumes, very realistic
5 years later, please tell me you are joking.
Indian soldiers look like dancers.
@@planetkc it's very realistic
@@ankitsinghchandra5428 Good.
@@planetkc He is not.
I will admit that last speach got the hairs on my arms standing up
Same here.
Eternally Gazing wat about ur ass hairs lol
Then you are a simpleton who gets chills whenever someones eyebrows go up in even the slightest display of cheesy cringe worthy emotion followed by a raised voice.
Hawkeye 47 did you know he was defeated in that battle
@@TheAnkurp09 NO,NO HE WASN'T.
The music at the end was amazing. Very powerful
jesus Alexander, just give your general some chicken and he's got your back
Alexander's a talker, listening to talker's makes him hungry.
Joseph Mort *thirsty
But he left his king in Asia.
The fuck was this ! It cracked me up at 3am ! Hahahahaha
He will need 2 chickens..
Alexanders speech always get to me “it will always be remembered. YOU LEFT YOUR KING, IN ASIA!”. Alexander dit what most people hope to do, he followed his dream and conquered the entire known world! I always get so inspired and think to myself, what would have happened if this lion among men hadn’t died in babylon.
Maybe he would have conquered the romen rpublic? Maybe carthage? Maybe we would all speak greek inspired languages instead of latin. Who knows... but one thing is sure... this mighty conquerer, king of all of asia, macadon, greece and india, died way too young.
@@saikrisnan2121 He conquered the world as it was known to the Greeks at the beginning of his campaign. He was one of the few men in history whom maps followed, not he the maps.
Interestingly enough he's buried under a Catholic church.
@@saikrisnan2121
Kingdom
He did not conquer India at all. He could not cross the River Jhelum , beyond which is actual India. He stayed on the banks of River Jhelum for 19 months, and do you think he would have not tried to cross it even for once in 19 months. His army was scared of the mighty Nanda Empire about which his spies had informed him well.
@@magicblanket2414 If the Greeks had a flawed map, then what can we do about it. He was brutally poisoned by Porus's arrow which killed him in near future.
The music playing while Alexander makes his final speech.....its half the reason my hair stands.
And as a Greek it reminded me of something so close to heart. Something very dear to me. And then I figured it out.
The music is by Vangelis!
The same man who wrote Chariots of Fire. The same man who wrote the theme of Football World Cup 2000 for Japan. The same man who left his mark in world music.
If you don't know who Vangelis is, I say u are a lucky man or woman.
Cause now u have the wonderful opportunity to search it on UA-cam and witness the glory of Vangelis.
One of the greatest composers the face of the Earth has ever seen.
U are lucky because now u will experience the awakening of senses like never before. The unlocking of your mind to wonders u never thought it could perceive.
Be thankful!
And Bladerunner.
1492 : Conquest of Paradise !
"Titans" es la más sublime pieza de Vangelis... No podía ser menos, hecha para honrar al más... Alexander.
After crossing the Indus River, Alexander's advance scouts crossed the Hyphastes and encountered the western flanks of the Nanda Empire. Alexander's forces had already dealt with some of the smaller Indian tribes west of Hyphastes and had even encountered the most feared warrior of ancient battle -- the war elephant. When the advance scouts went back across the Hyphastes and reported to Alexander that the Nanda Empire had over 10,000 battle hardened war elephants waiting for them, Alexander's soldiers refused to march on and thus Alexander returned to Babylon, gazing across the largest empire the world had known up until the Romans. Alexander conquered territory that was nearly as large as the later Roman Empire, and he did in 13 years what took the Romans nearly 150 years to accomplish.
How long did each empire last?
@@jaynishnakar3115 Well that deppends on when you consider empire start and collapse. But probably Alexander empire until his death, so about 10 years, Roman Empire until fragmentation of the eastern part so about 1400 years
His Empire was Bigger than the Romans!!!! Let that sink in!!!!!:/
Sorry but Mongols had much bigger empire and only Britain overtook them.
@@artimuos903ongol territory looks big on map but imo it was mostly empty steppes so i dont think you should compare those 2
I love that speech,watched it a thousand times!
We got this far because of my armor. And a big fucken sword.
This man would literately have marched all the way to the end of the world if his men would have followed him. No wonder we still remember him 2000 years later. I have known multiple people named Alex or Alexander throughout my life. His memory will echo in eternity.
Can you imagine if he had begun a march down the Ganges, and conquered the whole subcontinent?
It would have been impossible Nanda empire was their at that time in wait, which was more powerful than anyone at the time.
@@obitouchiha-fl7od That's what they said about Persia too. That's why Alexander is remembered to this day - he defeated impossible odds many times. He was a military genius.
@@johanneswestman935 Its different from persia,Bharat kings had discipline soldiers very ancient war arts passed through out generations and of course the culture and the land of gods very similar to greeks it would have been like 2 yamas fighting each other.
Well we don’t know he probably would’ve been destroyed in India or some place else
Movie was amazing. Better every time I watch it.
..."For I will go on, with my Asians!"
+Jazmin Tully **Random bus with Chinese tourists stops by him...**
I'm glad they cut that part of because that ruined the speech for me
Best part of the speech. Most gangster part
He was ahead of the time. He didn't see differences like Conquering army and conquered
He was for unification. An admirable trait.
I thought you were joking when you said that. But oh how you were not.
I've always had a thing for asians.
"...because you have fallen in love with all the things in life that destroy men. Do you not see." - Alexander The Great
He should have been given oscar for this role , Alexander.
Died at 31 and what he achieved was so memorable in that short time we remember it 2000 years later. That is great
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This speech is laden with irony. Alexander chastises his troops for "falling in love with all the things that destroy men", yet is blind to his vainglory. He has conquered all of Persia - the known world is effectively his, and for all that, he still wants more. In a way, it shows how far he's drifted away from reality. I find it suiting how Ptolemy summarizes it so succinctly at the end: "The dreamers exhaust us. They must die before they kill us with their blasted dreams"
All that being said, Craterus' speech is that much more moving and heart-wrenching...
On the flip side, Craterus and the men brought up their families as a reason to go back home. But Alexander called them out when he mentioned their greed and infidelity.
plutarch78 True, true - though no man is perfect - not even Alexander; and this speech highlights both his and his men's weaknesses very well.
Titus Amalek Such an immature response.
It is SUPPOSED to be an ironical speech, Alexander was an arrogant power hungry commander who never tired from battle, and wanted to conquer further into India before most of his generals and veterans refused to go further.
Lieblingsfachful You're taking this movie as 100% historically accurate? Omg... You should find facts elsewhere than from Hollywood movie if you want to start analyzing Alexander the Great's life.
While it is true his ambitions eventually took hold of him and he lost grasp on reality, without people like Alexander the Great the world would be still just a planet of apes. He united people of many different tribes under same banner and conquered most of the known world and beyond in his lifetime - no one else has been ever able to do that - let alone in such short time. If there were no dreamers and visionaries in this world, we would still live in mudhuts if it was up to the "original people".
Alexander the Great has every right to be called Great. Even strategists of today acknowledge his military genius. He also took risks in every battle and was there with his men in the fight, unlike most cowardly kings like Persian king Darius.
A true colossus of a human, an inspiration of triumph of the human spirit and will. Long live the memory of Megas Alexandros!
The big noble speech, the build up of inspiring music making the hairs on your arms and neck stand up expecting to say something heroic and inspiring for the troops "you left your king in Asia" and the video abruptly ends. LMAO!
They even throw dead animals at him! 😂
Seriously. The full line is, "...you left your king in Asia, with his Asians!". And then we all chuckle at the phrasing.
One of the best moments ever in the history of films. That's for sure.
Many people will think that Alexander dreamed of wealth and land when he wanted to go further.
He was more than what simple man understood from his actions. He dreamed of the unknown, the things which are beyond. He seek knowledge, differences of the world. He seek things he was told by others, his mentors, and judge them by himself. His desire was never gold or family which made great man die in vain.
He wanted to lift a veil that separated men from each other, and unify east and west. And seek the knowledge of east, by going to the east beyond east. To prove his predecessors wrong. He was great, because his ideal was great. Simple men will not get it.
He didn't want any of that,
He wanted glory to be remember like Hercules and Achilles. He was upset with Greek Methodology and heroes of the past.
Alexander's dream was a global government believin in Greek Gods
Alexander was a glory hound. He wanted to be remembered as the best.
@Issa Latar Well they did kill his emissaries and resist, so there's that.
Exactly. Some people tend to think man of the past were aliens, with no passions like most of us.
It’s known that Alexander since a kid wanted glory, his dream was to be bigger than Achilles, and Achilles was known to be a very proud, vain hero. Alexander wanted that, and didn’t want to stop. The problem is that besides the army being exhausted, they were never going to have share of that glory, they could die and would never see the share of their gold or glory Alexander would have. There is nothing more dangerous than a man with no price, and that was Alexander. Gold was not his juice.
"Alexander must weep, if the dead weep. I will weep in his place, but I will also hope." --Rome: Total War The Greek Cities quote
That speech always gives me the goosebumps because you've fallen in love with the material world brilliant speech Oliver
as opposed to the immaterial? Pride, lust, being idolized. Just as sure as you can't spend gold from the grave, nor can you revel in adoration of legacy.
Oliver? You mean Alexander?
@@menelik2323 Stone
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But you will be immortalized, as long as your name lives, so too do you.
i can't get enough of this .... i wish if i had a time machin so i can see these legends and these batlles !!!!!
you could join the battles as a peltast
Because you falling inlove with all the things in life that destroys men
Yeah, but they were deployed for over 8 years. I was in the military, thats a loooonggg fucking time.
Nate Z maybe that’s why so much chaos and aggression have fallen to its victims.what an incredible drive they possess
says a guy entirely absorbed with his own pride and a psychopathic addiction to legacy. What's funny is he got stomped in the next fight. He should have listened.
Nate Z Is there liberal democracy in Durka-Durkastan yet? Really wanna know bro.
@@maxdecphoenix Alexander the Great actually won that next battle. The battle of the Hydaspes river against King Porus Was won by Alexander the Great. It was his bloodiest and Most costly battle but He was still Victorious.
holy shit is that the hound? lol
shinobu no it was craterous
NothingTooSpiffy lol
shinobu how does he d o it lol
its awesome
shinobu seriously why does the hound have such a high irish voice ha
+christian domenech he is Scottish not Irish lol
"Because you've fallen in love with all the things in life that destroys men" Gets me.
Russian Russian, this film is very high quality, so much the actor Colin Farrell surprised me that this is the best excerpt, in Russian translation sounds amazing, America knows how to shoot masterpieces Bravo, I apologize for my translation I had in English 3 ka (
2:53 even bishop Heahmund/Henry Tudor followed Alexendar to India
And brightwulf/ ser teryn mant
I've been reading "King Warrior Magician Lover" and that last quote is making me tear up. Holy mess. If you've read the book, you'll know how I'm correlating the two together. Absolutely heart wrenching.
WE WILL GO ALL THE WAY WITH YOU ALEXANDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this movie. I mean, i like watching historical period movies, epics, as one calls it.
People say it is not a good movie. I really don't see where the problem is,maybe a little with casting, but man this man, collin has done a 10/10 job in my eyes. He captured the grandeur of Alexander's personality. Then Anthony Hopkins's narration, above that Vangelis ost. One of the best music i've ever heard in my life.
I always say this, this movie is criminally underrated.
Amen
Sie haben sorecht, ist auch meine Meinung !
The 2004 film Alexander, was a very highly underated film. In my opinion one of Oliver Stone best films.
It's cuz they made him into a sodomite. Nobody wants to see that shit. All based on one single sentence that has been blow out of proportion. With the amount of homosexual porn out there our descendants will think that we were all sodomites too.
@@johnvictorengland7703 get help. He was bisexual and had 1 child from 2 wives. The great love of his life was Hephastion.
@@jt7638 Based on what? One single statement that can be interpreted as anything one wishes. No, he wasn't a sodomite. The problem here is that homosexuals like Michel Focault, who himself was a sodomite and died of aids, read his own homosexual fantasies into the ancient Indo-European concept of a Männerbund and thus defiled the entire Ancient Greek culture with his perverted fantasies. The whole idea of pederasty being something common in Ancient Greece is entirely built on hand-wavy examples and then just by assuming that it was true any close relationship between males is assumed to be of a perverted homosexual nature. For an example Achilles - nowhere in the Iliad are any homosexual tendencies what-so-ever referenced, yet because of Achilles' strong friendship with Patroclus he is somehow pictured as a sodomite by modern degenerates based on their own homoerotic fantasies.
You people want to claim that homosexuality is something that you are born with and that a person cannot change and become straight while at the same time you want to claim that Ancient Greek culture was homosexual and thus made all men into sodomites. Pick one, you can't have both.
@@jt7638 He had two children. Both sons, one born out of wedlock. Check your facts.
Directors cut was the one we were meant to see.
Such an AMAZING scene, this one! The whole movie! But this scene makes me CRY! :)
Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees, Alexander knew this, that's why he is the great.
Ironic considering the amount of people he massacred
I just saw this film for the first time yesterday and I keep watching this bit over and over. Love the speech and the music!
1:24 Ser Meryn Trant keeps losing eyes
great scene!!! there was only one alexander, alexander the great!
After this moment, Craterus left Alexander and ran into Arya Stark and decided to return her to her family for a huge reward
The Hound, meryn trant from westeros and bishop heahmund from vikings are ex soldiers of alexander the great. Cool 😆
Cuz they lived more than 1000yrs old . They died until late medieval .
They were soldiers for Ray Velcoro the bully dad beater. That sounds better 👌
I come back here from time to time year to year just to hear this great speech!!!
18 people took persian wives and thicken their holdings and jewels
23Revan84 😂
When The Hound tells you we all enough battles, you better consider it.
Long live Hellas.
For I (Alexander I) myself am by ancient descent a Greek, and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery."
(Herod. IX, 45, 2 [Loeb])
@Oompa Loompa Do not mock the Greeks after all they have been through.
@Oompa Loompatell us where are you from you son of a bitch, and then i will tell you what is your problem
Oompa Loompa common clown taking a common L
4:32 to 4:36 holy shit those lines
Great as that line is, I can't help but want to slap the fuck out of that whiny face he makes saying that line.
@@chad8519 hahahahhahaha, i just look away during that moment, it so ruins the scene
@@chad8519 lmao yes, I’m glad he became better at acting
@@kj2532 For i will go on with my ASIANS!
I don't care what anyone says colin farrell should have got an oscar
likewise
the movie sucked hence why he didn't get an Oscar.
hes soo fucken good i don't understand some people...
u serious? He looks like the biggest pansy here.
lexbogie1 I think Val Kilmer was perfect as Philip
The speech really sums up Alexander's character: A dangerously brave and immature glory seeker that will chase fame until death. Death found him at 32 years of age.
True, though we can't dent that did attain much glory along the way. It's like Ptolemy's line later in this same film, "Alexander's failures tower over other men's successes."
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Oh Susa oh tyre
I used to think living a long life was the best option. But as time goes on I realise living a short life of great achievements and dying youngish is far better than fading away, rotting from the inside out as a mere shell of what you once were.
Alexander was arguably the greatest warlord of all time. He followed his father’s plans for Asia and his father’s Army to horizons thought impossible. Could be argued that his Faustian spirit was in command of him through much of his life. He was a true warrior, being moral but at the same time could be brutal in war.
I love that The Hound actor is better clickbait than Collin Farrell
I am a celtic-greco-roman and watching these period war epics, it reawakens in you for a time, a shadow of you once were, as men and women. We've advanced in so many fields but where it matters, we have lost our way.
It was a Oscar winning performance for me. Well casted, great score, production, you can go on but without his inclusion, the film could not of captured the ancient essence of the legendary character.
So your dad was a celt, ur mom was a roman and ur other dad was greek?
So basically a bastard?
No, I don't mean any disrespect but in realistic terms I don't think you can be celtic græco roman. Maybe your very, very, very distant genetic ancestors were, but you (and nobody, really) aren't nearly similar to them in anything but maybe haplotypes. The language you speak, the food you eat, the lifestyle you live, the spiritual beliefs you hold, the labor you do, the technology you use, the knowledge you have, the way you understand the world, all of this is just too different and disconnected from those of the Celts, the ancient Greeks or the Romans to realistically call yourself one of them. Those civilisations/ethnicities are long gone, they left legacies for sure but no modern people can realistically be considered to currently be any of them. Too much history of migrations, ethnic evolution and change has gone by. We can learn from the history of those very ancient peoples, admire their feats and criticize their failings, maybe even establish some very abstract and general continuities between them and us, but not assume ourselves to be of the same ethnicity as they were.
I was so inspired if I was there I’d hug him right off that cliff and go home ♥️
(Deep sigh) its late 2022, I’ve watched this movie more than half a dozen times and yet this scene still gets me.
4:41 Crateros' expression to acknowleadge defeat before a greater man
Can't nobody play this part better
I agree, Colin Farrell WAS Alexander!
Exactly , he made you believe everything he said
Kev Urbie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
chaunsy white no .
Omfg you obviously never read a book abkut him
I always kinda saw Matthew McConaughey in his 20s and 30s as Alexander based on what we’ve seen of him
BUT YOU DREAM KRATERUS
craterous.. I think
+Brandon Hernandez
Kraterus (Κρατερός)
And the thing is, he kept his word even after death, the Silver Shileds returned as some of the richest men in the classical world; many fought well into their 60s.
One of the best unnoticed speeches in movie history from what was a good but ultimately flawed film, sadly the last sentence is missing from this clip.
"for I will go on with my Asians"
(I worked on this film, all the helmet plumes were made by me, most money I ever made, one of the best times I spent on a film)
You did sterling work on the plumes my friend.
@@Retro-Future-Land Thank you so much, that means a lot, if you search for The Plumery, you will all the work I do the British army and the film industry.
Oh! It was really you??
@@different_channel Yes : )
@@LouisPlume Hey, the costumes are fantastic!!
We used plumes like those in USA school Marching Bands. Soooo, we had this one kid named Kent that would bounce as he walked, they cut hi plume off 1/2 so you couldn't see it bobbibg up and down. ;)
Did you get to go on set for filming also?
Still one of the best historical epics of all time.
That last part will always get me “it will always be remembered that you left you King in Asia!”
The speech that Alexander gave at Opis after his army threatened to withdrawl back home was not to implore his men to continue but to make them recognize what they had accomplished. After conquering the Persian Empire he lamented that his men would not continue as soldiers of Greece and after the great victories they had won. He spoke to them as fellow soldiers, that it was "they" as a collective won those battles not just Alexander. He was willing to let them go where they wished, but reminded them of who it was who led them and gave them the opportunity to gain the honor, glory and wealth that had been achieved in Eurasia.
10/10 Leader right there. No wonder those men worshipped and later deified him as a God. And back in the day without Computers or Internet. Man truly was divine and ahead of the curve.
Everyone else: "His accent..."
Me: "Hey, The Hound!"
I still wondering why Farrel was never considered for awards 'cause of this interpretation...he did it pretty well!
Dragon Ruso no
Because back then people were not comfortable with Alexander's sexuality as portrayed. Many still are not even to this day.
@@ElBandito good.
He was amazing here.
The film was not well received when it was released.
Soon... the Hound will defeat the Mountain.
CJLAKE you dream craterus!?!
True
hahahaha you waited 3 years for a shit ass resolution to that amigo
After he left his fucking King in Asia the son of a bitch. He was no Macedonian.
Johnny Hash I mean how else could it have gone down
You did an amazing performance and when he was in India and he's keeping his speech to his troops Alexander the Great
i see so many faces who are great actors now