The Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 B.C.E.)

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  • @hastalamuertesiempre4895
    @hastalamuertesiempre4895 9 років тому +793

    ""Hannibal was tapdancing across Italy, setting fire to everything."
    Subscribed.

  • @somewony
    @somewony 9 років тому +2703

    "The current consuls are idiots! Vote for me!"
    /gets elected/
    /proceeds to march an army single file along a narrow path without sending scouts/

    • @Jatischar
      @Jatischar 9 років тому +343

      +somewony politicians being politicians, that never changed I guess :D

    • @asserius9058
      @asserius9058 8 років тому +160

      +somewony Sounds pretty similar to modern politics...

  • @doid3r4s
    @doid3r4s 8 років тому +1473

    Hannibal was the Bogeyman of an entire Roman generation.

  • @alessandrorotta
    @alessandrorotta 9 років тому +694

    I live in a city in Tuscany, central Italy, called Arezzo. At that time the region was called Etruria and the city was called Arretium and it was the place where the four legions of Gaius Phlaminius were based just before the battle. Some day in June 217 b.C. these legions departed from here and marched on the road along the Chiana valley for a few dozens miles, they passed the etruscan city of Cortona and shortly after they turned left and moved towards Perusia along the northern shore of lake Trasimeno, where they were ambushed. I've travelled the same road many times...

  • @JohnSmith-dz2dc
    @JohnSmith-dz2dc 9 років тому +705

    By watching these videos, it makes me question how Rome became an empire in the first place

  • @TonboIV
    @TonboIV 8 років тому +1640

    "You see the Romans hated scouting. They thought it was kind of boring" ..... O_O ..... O_o .... I just... what the... seriously?

  • @MesserMorfeo
    @MesserMorfeo 9 років тому +163

    Every time I drive along that road, I remind this battle. Gosh, Hannibal was a genius.

  • @Skull_Gun
    @Skull_Gun 9 років тому +1138

    1 Roman survivor downvoted this

    • @lazios
      @lazios 8 років тому +48

      +J amie 1 Roman survivor downvoted this
      No.. Romans survivor continued to fight and delete Carthage from the face of Earth.

  • @PMMagro
    @PMMagro 9 років тому +409

    Given the victories of Hannibal it is amzing how strong Rome was.
    Coming back again and again despite terrbile losses.
    For sure Rome was loads stronger than Carthege to begin with....

    • @MetaltronNorwood
      @MetaltronNorwood 9 років тому +158

      +Peter Magro The thing with Rome was that it used a levy system, which meant that there was a massive amount of troops. It was a culture where combat was glorified, and most people had equipment. They basically managed to survive this defeat by basically having an enourmous recruitment pool. Meanwhile the Carthaginians were a naval trading power, who used mercenaries and allies to fight their battles for them. They didn't use this levy system, so hard a much smaller recruitment pool to draw from.

  • @hagukww
    @hagukww 9 років тому +46

    Would love to see more of these battle breakdown videos from other famous commanders like Napoleon, Belisarius or admiral Yi :)

  • @chugster3
    @chugster3 9 років тому +11

    Man i Wish i had found your channel earlier. As a larp commander, i absolutely love this. Please keep up your work, man, these videos are amazinhg. Cheers from brazil!

  • @ShowTheOreo
    @ShowTheOreo 9 років тому +15

    These battle videos are perfect, I would love to see more. Dropped a big fat like for you my man

  • @wrekone
    @wrekone 9 років тому +12

    Great videos. I've watched them all and thoroughly enjoyed every one.

  • @kaischneider5447
    @kaischneider5447 9 років тому +15

    God I love this channel. I could watch your videos all day, your mic could be made of plastic for all I care.

  • @kubikubikubikubi
    @kubikubikubikubi 9 років тому +159

    Hey you missed an opportunity to do the Battle of Waterloo on the 200 year anniversary. Maybe in the future?

    • @tytube3001
      @tytube3001 9 років тому +88

      Kubilay Ozdil we don't care about toilets

  • @DcIxvi
    @DcIxvi 9 років тому +6

    Please do more battles...these videos are so well done!

  • @FMxEagle
    @FMxEagle 9 років тому +14

    I was very happy to see this in my inbox, loving your calm explanation and graphical representation of these events. Way better than reading about it on Wikipedia! I'd love to see a video on the Battle of Carrhae. By the way, is it possible to make a one-time donation in stead of a monthly one?

  • @alexcala3428
    @alexcala3428 9 років тому +4

    cheers!lookin forward to see the next one

  • @Drew15000
    @Drew15000 9 років тому +1

    Thank you for making these

  • @lMyGenocide
    @lMyGenocide 9 років тому +39

    These videos are great. Could you include a size scale possible? Somewhere in the corner signifying 100m or something.

  • @MrMaximkozin
    @MrMaximkozin 8 років тому +17

    what was the scalp helmet council's name?

  • @SchlrFtrRkMystc
    @SchlrFtrRkMystc 9 років тому +449

    "Non-existent gods" but then "and God knows what they did with him" :/

  • @k9cheese
    @k9cheese 9 років тому +11

    Please keep making these

  • @lewishutcheson7363
    @lewishutcheson7363 9 років тому +1

    Another excellent video!

  • @shoukatsukai
    @shoukatsukai 9 років тому +10

    I love your description of "the main Carthaginian force started advancing silently down the hill." I can imagine the Carthaginians taking their time nonchalantly XD

    • @JK_2998
      @JK_2998 9 років тому +11

      A massive army moving around on their tiptoes xD

  • @1NaturalMystik1
    @1NaturalMystik1 9 років тому +4

    these are really good, make more plz.

  • @Zoootex
    @Zoootex 9 років тому

    man o' man I love your videos!

  • @dumbrain0knowIt
    @dumbrain0knowIt 9 років тому +1

    the piano inn the background is so fitting

  • @maximusmcpoyle8030
    @maximusmcpoyle8030 9 років тому +1

    great video i had never heard of this battle before

  • @colinmarx5025
    @colinmarx5025 8 років тому

    Love these videos! Keep it up!

  • @VasileIuga
    @VasileIuga 8 років тому +41

    I think Battle of Podu Înalt/Vaslui was a bigger ambush by far, at least in numbers but also in complexity.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vaslui

  • @buddyltd
    @buddyltd 8 років тому +9

    What program do you use to make the battle maps? Is it just an image editing program, or something else?

    • @Villimolli
      @Villimolli 8 років тому +4

      I think he uses paint.

  • @lucasmullen348
    @lucasmullen348 9 років тому +4

    ahhahaha omg I love you... please continue posting, it's so interesting :(

  • @PassesBG
    @PassesBG 9 років тому

    Love the videos!

  • @jonarsenault7679
    @jonarsenault7679 9 років тому +4

    i like how u called the gods noexistent

  • @alexandriariley5209
    @alexandriariley5209 8 років тому +10

    1:02 You didn't even mention the war elephants. -.-

  • @0hn0haha
    @0hn0haha 8 років тому +22

    The Battle of Kursk and Operation Bagration on the Soviet side (especially Bagration) were basically massive human wave ambushes. Stalingrad kinda too, but not the same; but Bagration saw tanks crossing the "impenatrable" Belorussian swamps through some ingenious stuff.

  • @DeLunny
    @DeLunny 8 років тому +3

    Loving this channel, what happened to the Roman prisoners?

  • @calvincoolidge9370
    @calvincoolidge9370 8 років тому +5

    🎶Trasimene, Trasimene, Ooh-la-laaa🎶

  • @moxhoxhoxho4581
    @moxhoxhoxho4581 9 років тому +8

    Canae probably is the most ingenious battle in the western world but i doubt that is the most famous. Anyways I appreciate and like your illustrated strategy videos and I thank you.

  • @kravenmoorehead3824
    @kravenmoorehead3824 9 років тому +3

    Check out the Tet offensive in the Vietnam War. That was pretty damn big.

    • @gamerdude1246
      @gamerdude1246 9 років тому +13

      +Kraven Moorehead It was a surprising offensive campaign, not quite an ambush.

  • @RoyalAnarchist
    @RoyalAnarchist 9 років тому +2

    Sounds like you had more fun making this one

  • @vkmicro2
    @vkmicro2 9 років тому +4

    may I ask what book you are reading for all of this? Sounds interesting

    • @whowantsabighug
      @whowantsabighug 9 років тому +1

      +vkmicro Ab Urbe Condita by Livy is a decent primary source for the Second Punic War.

  • @raylast3873
    @raylast3873 8 років тому +14

    Surprising how many bad habits the Romans seem to have had. Any other Empire whose army was too lazy for scouting probably wouldn't have existed for 50 years, let alone a millennium.

  • @MRrealmadridRaul
    @MRrealmadridRaul 9 років тому +5

    Can someone explain to me what would happen to prisoners in ancient times?

  • @buckyryan2804
    @buckyryan2804 9 років тому

    thanks for the video

  • @Kdunkham
    @Kdunkham 9 років тому

    Dude, your vids are interesting as fuck, keep doin your thang.

  • @StandardTrickyness
    @StandardTrickyness 8 років тому +7

    So some people say that the Romans rushed into this ambush because they had realized Hannibal had slipped past their defenses and was worried about the security of rome is that true?

  • @SirSanje
    @SirSanje 9 років тому +1

    Why yas I am like you! you answer all the good questions, you're videos rock

  • @zombatija
    @zombatija 9 років тому +2

    do you know what did they do with captured romans?

  • @imlostagainWTF
    @imlostagainWTF 9 років тому +2

    so in all battle, a portion of the Roman army dont know what they are doing and is with out command?

  • @1987MartinT
    @1987MartinT 8 років тому +10

    While the battle of Cannae is very famous(and deservedly so) I don't know if it's the most famous battle in human history. It is certainly one of the most famous, but I think people are more likely to have heard of the battle of Waterloo, the battle of Stalingrad, or the battle of Normandy.
    Perhaps my definition of most famous is different than yours. My definition of most famous is: the thing within the subject category that the largest number of people are familiar with. Please tell me if our definitions are different, and if that's why our opinions differ.

  • @Bwkjam
    @Bwkjam 9 років тому +83

    Is the non existent gods thing that contreversial? The Romans, Carthiginians, Iberians, and Celts of this period all followed religions that are pretty much extinct at this point. None of them were followers of any current major world religion.

    • @whowantsabighug
      @whowantsabighug 9 років тому +75

      +Bwkjam Yeah but it makes the narrator sound like one of those irritating militant Atheists who hold Dawkins as the new Messiah. And I'm an Atheist myself.

    • @NoctisAugustus
      @NoctisAugustus 9 років тому +15

      +Bwkjam
      They're not extinct, the roman, hellenic and germanic religions are being revived.

  • @MrMichaelbird88
    @MrMichaelbird88 9 років тому

    This is great!

  • @darthdj31
    @darthdj31 9 років тому +3

    after trasimene the gauls had his NUMBER

  • @Bomstep
    @Bomstep 9 років тому +4

    Isnt Stalingrad more famous than Cannae?

    • @Bomstep
      @Bomstep 9 років тому +7

      Andro Nom I disagree. Cannae was the most famous up to that point. Just because Stalingrad occurred in the 20th century doesn't make it less famous in history

    • @andronom557
      @andronom557 9 років тому +7

      ***** It's hard to say "most famous" without providing a definition of what that really means. If you define it as "most famous throughout all of history as an average" then Cannae would be it, possibly. If you define it as "most famous now" then yes, Stalingrad would be more famous than Cannae.

    • @monsieurlaguillotine3481
      @monsieurlaguillotine3481 9 років тому +2

      ***** It wasn't an ambush though. The Soviets knew the Germans were coming.

    • @andronom557
      @andronom557 9 років тому

      Lucius Albinus What does that have to do with it?

  • @the0glitter
    @the0glitter 8 років тому +4

    Battle Of Zama Please !!

  • @tatskamaster
    @tatskamaster 9 років тому +3

    I just wonder how accurate the info in these video is? What is his source? How can we know a thousand year old event in such detail?

    • @tatskamaster
      @tatskamaster 8 років тому +1

      ***** Anyhow, it's pretty damn cool! :P

  • @arvindalexander1884
    @arvindalexander1884 9 років тому +1

    The Roman historian Livy observed, " The place was perfect for an ambuscade, where Lake Trasimenus comes closest to the mountains of Cortona". Methinks the popularly elected Roman Consuls were often amateur generals, leading a superb professional army of disciplined legionaries. No match at all for arguably the greatest military genius in history.... HANNIBAL!

  • @Herpaderple
    @Herpaderple 9 років тому

    You know at first I was put off by your minimalist display but I am so damn intrigued by the information that, after watching everything you have made, it seems like a petty complaint! Can't wait for the next video!
    Also would you consider doing reviews of battles from Chinese conflicts or the American Civil War?

  • @Taltinus
    @Taltinus 9 років тому

    Love your videos! Total War here I come...

  • @Tyrkia123
    @Tyrkia123 9 років тому +268

    ''non existent gods''
    Im not religious, but you should keep on point and leave out personal feelings about those stuff to your self or on other videos. These educational videos should be informative, not bashing on other people.
    Just my 2 cents tho :P it's your channel.

    • @Tyrkia123
      @Tyrkia123 9 років тому +80

      Vercingetorix 39 For me it isn't about offending anyone, but being proffessional.

    • @InternetHandle123
      @InternetHandle123 9 років тому +81

      TheBoss he even goes to say 'and god knows what they did to him', therefore it's safe to assume it was more of a history joke than a religious riticule

    • @TheCaptainZodo
      @TheCaptainZodo 9 років тому +49

      +TheBoss Yeah, I was thinking to myself that sentence would flow better if he'd left out non existent and said "the gods must have been... blah blah blah etc etc".

    • @TheCaptainZodo
      @TheCaptainZodo 9 років тому +12

      Burhan the Somali
      Technically they could still be the ones that exist though, just no one worships them anymore!

    • @Tyrkia123
      @Tyrkia123 9 років тому +32

      Burhan the Somali Again, it's not only for being politically correct, but also because if he wants to be a professional, he shouldn't show biased views in these educational videos.

  • @abd-al-haqal-haqiqi6981
    @abd-al-haqal-haqiqi6981 9 років тому +2

    it's wrong to say romans hated scouting Rome wasen't burned by hannibal because of scouting and because of their spies network who were able to intercept the messages between Hannibal and his borther who took the last remaining forces in iberia to come help him siege Roma

  • @mkb6418
    @mkb6418 9 років тому +22

    What is an ambush? You didn't explain.

    • @davisa3542
      @davisa3542 9 років тому +48

      Birgilios Marmaroglou "A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position".

    • @mkb6418
      @mkb6418 9 років тому +2

      Davis A
      Ah, ok, thanx.

  • @aquila4460
    @aquila4460 9 років тому +3

    I think. An ambush is a unexpectet atack. planned by one side. With little to no warning to the enemy. The ambush is sucessfull when the enemy is hit quick enough to not be able to prepare. A failed ambush is discoverted or is to slow to it the enemy before they can set up a defence. the perfect ambush would crush the enemy with little to no resistance. But most Ambushes still gave the enemy the time to form up a defence. Mostly after the first engagement when everything was in chaos and someone rallied their troops to set up an effective defence.

  • @616lordofdarkness
    @616lordofdarkness 8 років тому +1

    that's somehow not unsimiliar to the battle at teutoburgerwald... water on one side and tree+hills on the other is somehow a romans nightmare

  • @notsoprogaming9789
    @notsoprogaming9789 8 років тому +62

    most famous battle in human history
    it was very famous and might have been one of but i mean most? ehh....

  • @Turgon92
    @Turgon92 9 років тому

    MOAR battles

  • @thibaud33ful
    @thibaud33ful 9 років тому

    Romans hated scouting and just went to fight like "fuck it". I sure would have been a roman

  • @spencerabril7951
    @spencerabril7951 8 років тому +8

    I lol'ed at 00:52

  • @crazybanana17
    @crazybanana17 9 років тому +1

    how can you simply say the battle of cannae was the most famous battle in human history?

  • @tytube3001
    @tytube3001 9 років тому +6

    you make good videos but can you dance

  • @shrekas2966
    @shrekas2966 8 років тому +59

    "non existing gods" "god knows what they did to him" nice hating

  • @0hn0haha
    @0hn0haha 8 років тому +4

    BEETHOVEN!!

  • @ianbuenaventura984
    @ianbuenaventura984 9 років тому +1

    it's sad that this account is dead. :(

  • @NoctisAugustus
    @NoctisAugustus 9 років тому +21

    The "non-existent gods" and "disgusting helmet" comments were completely unnecessary.

  • @LannisterFromDaRock
    @LannisterFromDaRock 9 років тому

    Dat fail...

  • @jozebutinar44
    @jozebutinar44 8 років тому

    it wasnt like that, hanibal have a camp romans thought that they have him so atack the cam not known that the camp was intentionly put there the whole army atack the camp at the midle of the battle the carthage turn around and flee romans thought that they won and give the chase not known that this flee was part of the plan

  • @ArodWingfoot
    @ArodWingfoot 9 років тому +3

    1 thing bugs me. The Invasion of Normandy could be counted as an ambush because the Germans thought that there wasn't going to be an invasion that day, or for the following weeks. They where very surprised when the Allies showed up to the point that, the commanding officer, Rommel, WASN'T EVEN THERE! (He was back in Germany, celebrating his wife's birthday) However, that is just nitpicking at wording, and you could certainly argue Normandy was not an ambush, but, in my opinion, I would say it was.

  • @johnalexander651
    @johnalexander651 9 років тому

    Battle of Red Cliffs was the biggest ambush in history...

  • @cjclippa98
    @cjclippa98 9 років тому

    Vietnam war

  • @ianbuenaventura984
    @ianbuenaventura984 9 років тому +3

    it's sad that this account is dead. :(