Epic History TV omg christmas has come early this year 😄

OMFG FINALLY'

will visit patreon sir :)

Epic History TV YES MY G, MY G

Epic History TV I salute u sir for the amazing videos u have done on history. I been waiting for a new upload for so long. I will defo support u sir.

Armchair History Seen better

Armchair History Tho still great, but I don't like greeks and thier fictional exaggerations

Like who? There are only a selected handful that can match Alexander as a tactician and those people are Hannibal, Caeser and Napoleon

Bullet-Tooth Tony: Alexander is head and shoulders the best commander in history here is why: Hannibal, yet absolutely brilliant , eventually failed his objective to crush Rome, and got eventually decisively defeated . Caesar, also one of the greatest, but most of his victories was on an arguably inferior fighting force, the Gauls. the moment he faced first time a matching fighting force and cunning commander in Pompeii he had his ass handled severely, granted he eventually got the better of him. and Napoleon in all his brilliance, people sometimes forget how his megalomania prevented him from even more glory, he lost the best fighting machine and well equipped army of 600.000 strong in Russia ENTIRELY! also eventually a crushing defeat. Alexander never suffered defeats,but what makes him so exceptional is he often faced unlike the others a totally unknown enemy, forcing him to literally reinvent new tactics and yet he always prevailed, he was master in open battle,siege warfare, he even had counter insurgency campaigns(!) and faced elephants.Its more of a miracle this man was never defeated in the field

"and Napoleon in all his brilliance, people sometimes forget how his megalomania prevented him from even more glory, he lost the best fighting machine and well equipped army of 600.000 strong in Russia ENTIRELY! also eventually a crushing defeat." Due to the winter, burning down the ressources and a big fire in Muscovy and not due to Russian soldiers beating him. He revolutionized war-fare. I can´t see how he is less of a great general than Alexander. Not to mention that Napleon had an ideological impact that changed the continent forever. "Alexander never suffered defeats,but what makes him so exceptional is he often faced unlike the others a totally unknown enemy" That´s nonsense and even mentioned in the video. They were rivals, not unkown enemies. The hellenic league was not formed against an unkown enemy, but a known one. "forcing him to literally reinvent new tactics " He used the same phallanx-strategy every other greek city-state used. The phlanx were superior to every other known unit at that time. Expect for maybe horse-archerers.

nurrrik & phoenix I hope that too, both of your content are amazing.

Love ur work

Kings and Generals hi

Ey 😃😃😃 it's kings and generals 😍😍

superb sir

Just make sure you don't teach your students that Macedonia and Alexander was Slavic and not Hellenic . They always claim in their books that the Macedonians were not Hellenes but rather Bulgarian slavs!!completed denying Macedonias undisputed Hellenic identity.

@Jim Londos learn before you speak idiot!!! The people called Alexander the Great "Slaven" which means famous, so the therm Slavic came from him

Rizon1985 more his men because his tactics usually relied on luck and Persian incompetence

Joey Kevorkian Luck? How do you figure that...

Smartian Martian at gagamela it was luck that he was able to get to Darius in time and that his enemy would be so incompetent. His line was already breaking and if Darius was slightly better guarded he would have lose

Yeah he only won because of sheer luck, do you actually think that. If one thing he knew his men and knew how to use them

His father's war chest was far from full (around 70 talents when Alexander took the throne). In actual fact, Alexander had to take on Philip's prior debts and borrow an extra 800 talents for his invasion of Persia. This would last Alexander a mere few months unless he quickly found booty to pay off his troops; partially the reason why he disbanded his fleet since it cost him an arm and a leg!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ah XD

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....

Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!

Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)

Divay Pratap ceasar

There's a very cool history of Julius Caesar on the channel historia civilis if you didn't know it yet, at least I enjoy those videos very much

Tom Sistermans yeah i know that😆 idk why but i keep asking others to do it as well

I'm hoping that he will do Napoelon Bonaparte.

The Punic Wars!

Snake And made panties of women wet

Dariush Ashkani someone is salty

Snake He died of fever in Babyloooon...

Hannibal Carthage would destroy that clown even the ZULUS' would kill him send his whole army running 😂

yeah but he lost to india.

Ved singh Well his military wanted to stop fighting.

+Ved singh Does this really look like he lost to you? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes

BerylusRed Okay, I’m going to stop you right there. First and foremost I don’t appreciate you implying I am on a certain path to hell for my enthusiasm over an historical figure. Understand that though Alexander wouldn’t by any rational mind be considered a paragon of humanity by todays standards, I do not judge him on our modern, more progressed, sensibilities. Being objective and analyzing a person from a different time, it is apparent that Alexander was a memorable and great figure of his time. A more primitive time where glory in military prowess and influence in power, were the marks of a great person, honored and admired. Such is the case in such biblical figures, most prominently king David, who was renowned in battle and conquest. Alexander for his time was quite a progressive individual, allowing other beliefs and cultures to prosper in his empire. Interesting figure of the ancient world. As an agnostic I insist no human knows truly the nature of a God, or any like concept. If God was intervening in human affairs in the ancient word, it certainly isn’t in our age. There has been no prophet performing miracles in millennia. According to Judeo-Christian scripture we live in an age where the divine powers are just awaiting to intervene at an apocalyptic time. There is a folly in Catholic, originally pagan, and Protestant dogma, about the nature of humanity in relation to God. You see clearly the ancients believed humanity is a mirror image of the divine, or God, and we are by that divine relationship gods our selves. We are gifted with the free will to create and destroy, as God wills. Adam and Eve failed to live up to that potential, it was not until Jesus that humanity finally was acquitted of departing from divine nature and capable of returning to it’s role in the divine. This is the understanding that prophets and Jesus preached in the ancient world, and my understanding of the concept of God. God is the universal consciousness, reality is it’s mind, thoughts shape reality. All that exists is God, God is all, God is us.

just another Jesus troll /ignore

TIK How the hell.....did you hear that. Holy shit

At 13:02 as well

It truly is awesome to witness the rise of new media and a new generation of documentary makers who are reviving these types of videos!!!

Astro Doto His name is Alexander The Great :-)

He brought one of the greatest empires to heel before he was 30 years old maybe?

It was normal back in the day, the Romans also used to do this, it was called "agnomem".

what

Evil Guy its on the title

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....

Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!

Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)

Great to hear. Particularly interested in new video suggestions from all teachers.

Christian Johnston FYI...the Macedonian led Persian Revenge invasion was more about acquiring Persian talents/resources than it was revenge. King Philip was in debt and his economy ran on war and plunder. Persia was fractured at this time n point and King Philip had built/trained the perfect army to lay waste to Persian army/mercenaries and plunder treasuries upon treasuries.

​@@EpichistoryTvgreece name and country from 1832 and macedonians were not hellenic people only liked their culture

It was me. Thanks!

Match made in heaven! I can't thank EpicHistoryTV enough for the opportunity and hope we get to make many more video together in the future

That is the purpose for a UKposts notification.

Stannis TheKingWhoCared I was going to like your comment anyway simply because you had The One True King as your profile pic, but after reading this I wish I could like it twice. Respect to you man.

I do not expect Sargon of Akkad to get many things right, especially Phyrrus.

@Ehh? I study History, and I read a lot of books; EVERYTHING he said in that video is correct. Don't be a SJW hahaha

@Dylan Thank You.

Stannis TheKingWhoCared Nah, he never backs up what he says. Just kind of rambles on and pins the SJWs to distract you from his poor taste. But hey, you believe what you want.

+MrAcrobot Thanks!

ffarkasm up the irons

Fyroms slavs are probably pissed Reading this since it fully exposes yugoslavian commuunist lies and historical propaganda of fabrications.

Invicita did the total war stuff, not EHTV

not even in the byzantine era.we have a lot of civil wars that time.maybe we are doomed to disagree until the end of time

Imperator Glaber what about THE Hiroshima formation

the what?

Imperator Glaber tHe NaGaSaKi fOrMaTiOn

there is allways a weak point. IF you study you will find it

Isocrates and Cimon believed in the same idea of Uniting the Greeks, trace others if you may. Then , Judge an era by the customs of the time. As for atrocities if you do not have the means to look in any AD period in time conserning Europe, Middle East, Rome, Byzantioum (a former city establish by Bysas a Megarian greek), try ww2.

Makedonia also had Greek language ? Are u sure ? :)

As a greek I assure you you are right

Dear Chef Excellence, Kostas and Game james: Don't be misguided from the modern usage of the word ''όπλον'' which is weapon- in ancient Greek language ''όπλον'' was the large circular shield, so the video is correct regarding this point.

Ioannis G I have no idea what the word means in modern Greek. In ancient Greek- as I explained in the original post- it refers to armaments or equipment. The shield was called an aspis. Now this is where I start guessing: I'd guess somewhere later in antiquity people started calling the aspis as a hoplon, because it was the preferred shield of a hoplite, a way of combat long since obsolete and hasn't been relevant in a long time.

I know jack shit about Greek language but in RTW and the wikipedia article the shield is called "hoplos" and its explained that the hoplite derives its name from it. I mean, its only logical to assume that since the large, round shield was probably the most defining feature of the hoplite and it enabled the phalanx, like the spear.

Ασπίς/δαι were called all the equipment that warriors holded to protect themselves like pelti (Thracian/Cretan), sakos (Homer age), 8-shaped, thyreos, etc. One kind of them was adopted by the Argolic kind, during the age of the development of Hoplite phalanx and specifically called 'Οπλον. Greek friends can check this website (unfortunately is available only in Greek language).... ellas2.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF/

Abyssinia Empire probably he named them after his name to boost hes ego.

What's wrong with "Alexandria"? ... Which one?

It meant a sanctuary for all who were there

Bucephalia was meh

I mean he named them after his name to become more legendary.

Oh well...looking back into history, Greece has faced far worse than today's economic depression...I am fairly confident that within time it will regain its position in the world

Lithuania was once the largest country in Europe. Then it was Poland. And so on and so on... Such is History.

True, but I am talking more about the Greek culture and science that influenced the world from Iberia to India in the ancient times. I do not really care about the territories of the state but for the contribution of my country to the world

If you think Greece fared back, look at the Middle East and North Africa. You know, "the cradle of civilization".

Commandant Teste greece have been worse then economic depressiom trust me they will regine back their economic

Wait until you see Part 2 and what Antipater does to the Spartans...

Epic History TV Can't wait!

Epic History TV or we could just google it haha

From what i know , Alexander is a greek name , he spoke greek and he fought for and spread greek culture , and even from painting he had mediterranean looking There is people who call him non-greek ? strange