No scouts... Remember kids, if you ever find yourself in control of an army, just send those damn scouts ahead. xD

Darius: *gathers new army* Alexander: *ah shit, here we go again*

Good job Arizobarzanes. You really did try and fight history, and I truly congratulate you for your temporary success!

Holy **** I need a 100 hour HBO series on Alexander's conquest

What are the people at history channel doing? BazBattles is more informative than Pawn people.

What I love about ancient history is that the sentence "Truth is stranger than fiction". Amazing how Alexander could make an Empire so massive in such a short time

This channel really deserves more attention.

Another very well made video. Thanks for your hard work BazBattles :)

WTF! Alexander strolled into a Teutoburg Forest style ambush and lived! If Darius had any sense he would have made Ariobazanes general at the beginning of the war with Macedon.

To those that says Alexander lost, well he did not. Quite the contrary actually, Alexander's army was sloppy in the pathways, and Alexander being a genius commander realized this, so he ordered a general retreat in order to rest his troops, he just paused the battle basically because he's smart. Few days later he discovered a way, fought the same enemy and won the battle in the end.

Some historians say that this engagement cost Alexander his greatest losses during his campaign to conquer Persia and that the Battle of the Persian Gate was the most serious challenge to Alexander's conquest of Persia. Youtab, the sister of Ariobarzanes, fought alongside her brother in the battle and became symbols of persian patriotism. The persians fought valiantly to the death without surrendering and Ariobarzanes held the pass for a month inflicting heaevy casualties, you sir is a hero, the equivalent of Leonidas to the iranians and your mighty statue the Ariobarzan statue stands tall to this day in Iran. Iran's greatest poet, Ferdowsi who wrote the Book of Kings (Shahnameh) described Ariobarzanes's last words to Alexander in beautiful poetry which I will struggle to translate below: 'Know this Alexander That after my death You may be able to conquer the Persian gates You may be able to put on the Persian crown and sit on the Persian throne But do not become arrogant for Iran will rear many more like me' Since the 1979 Islamic revolution however, the Islamic Republic has been hell bent on its anti-Iranian agenda. The regime fears all symbols of pre-Islamic Iran. Quitre recently, this anti-Iranian agenda has manifested itself in removing wall paintings that depicted the Epic stories of Shahnameh (Book of Kings) in Mashad, the removal of the statues of another Iranian legendary figure, Arash in Sari and now they want to remove the statue of Ariobarzanes in Yassuj. The Revolutionary Guards, Commander of the province, Avaz Shahabifar and the local general prosecutor, Hojatol-Islam Moussavipour have claimed the statue of Ariobarzanes in Yassuj is an insult to the Islamic values and our war martyrs.

I'm very happy you change your intro's scenes! They add an amazing touch few KZfaqrs really realize

Bazbattles deserves more subscribers!

Fantastic work, as always. I guess we are going to see Alexander's campaign in Bactria and India then! Hurray!

If Darius was king of kings Ariobarzanes was the Satrap of Satraps

So this is basically Thermopylae in reverse...

The narrator's voice is perfectly suited for these videos. Very well done, Bravo!

Finally something from the perspective of the Persians. Battles like this are never spoken of by Greeks and Romans.

I'm high asf rn, this shit is blowing my mind. I wish I could just go back in time for a while and meet these legendary men.

I've noticed a sharp jump in quality. Greatly animated and informative videos. Well done.

No one is describing these battles with such understandable detail. Thank you!

RIP Ariobarzanes , you are the mvp

It seems 3 things led the Macedonians to victory: Alexander's military wisdom Battle hardened troops who were better equipped And the treachery of men.

So good. Such a clean presentation.

Had no idea this battle even occurred. Liked the little bit about the Persian Noblewoman who fought like a warrior. Would've loved to have known more about her.

Aryo Barzan is our hero we pray good afterlife for his souls every Persian new year which we call newrooz (Persian holly day)we also built a statue for him in his region of birth in IRAN /PERSIA , thank for the great video

Best history channel I've ever seen on KZfaq keep up the good work! I also respect the fact that you refer to Alexanders army as Greek and are historically accurate always ! Great channel

dude thank you that u talked about the Persian gates and show the glory of mighty Persian empire vs Alexander the great because it is not that much popular and no one knows that much about it most of the people just think that there was no victory against the Alexander in the Persian empire but now u showed there are some victories.

Amazing as always

Such an elegant and professional presentation. Narrator's voice is superb.

It doesn't matter if it's Persians vs. Greeks or French king and his peasants vs. English, I'll watch everything that you guys post. Keep up the great work.

Did you know: Persia's admiral Artemisia I of Caria was the first female admiral in history?

"I'm drinking way too much" that part killed me

please do more of this! I love it

When you've binged watched all of the previous episodes, so now you have to wait patiently for a new one

wow, I never heard about this battle before. I somehow thought Alexander was never defeated. Thanks for uploading!

Battle of Thermopylae : Macedonian Edition

At Thermopylae the Greek army was about 10,000 and the Persian Empire had closer to 300,000 (though many were still arriving). The Persians suffered huge soldier and morale losses while most of the Greek force retreated (to later join their big army of 100.000 that would eventually crush the Persians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea) and morale was pretty high (after seeing how weak the Persian soldiers were comparatively). Alexander only had 14,000 troops (and another 2 armies (and navy) going another routes) and he faced an elite force of at least 5000 Persians and probably 20,000-40,000 more troops (less elite) from the Capital. He didn't lose half his army in sending stupid waves after wave like Persians did at Thermopylae. He was ambushed once, the Persians were not ambushed at Thermopylae. Alexander eventually enveloped the Persian army and crushed it. The Capital fell without a fight (one story says they didn't even let the Persian General retreat inside the City gates and left him outside to die, so as not to cause Alexander to siege and plunder their city). There are tons of differences. There was also a naval battle at the same days: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Artemisium The Persian navy was huge even after half of it was sunk in storms earlier. The total numbers of ships were around 300 Vs 1200 and the sailors numbered 50,000 Greeks Vs 250,000 Persians (including oarsmen, the heavier armed marines were about 10% Vs 20%).

I really enjoy your vids. There is no other site (that I know) that lays out the Tacticals so well. I get a good insight into the stratigies and failures. Thank you.

6:20 Local shepherds are the bane of defence armies.

He had conquered the Persians at last.

"You funny, I like you". I love the chat bubbles!

Fascinating. I had always thought that Alexander never lost a single engagement.

new vid! yeah!

What About Ariozobane's Sister? Youtab; she fought with Him as long as I know, and commanded the persians and died along with all of them... Same honor for her!

Youtab became such an inspiration for future generations that they even named a video sharing platform after her.

If videos like the ones on this channel were standard viewing in schools, history would be learned and not forgotten.

I'm a history nut (especially for Classical Antiquity), and I knew NOTHING about Alexander the Great until you guys started to cover him in your videos. Absolutely fascinating! Not only was his accomplishments unprecedented at the time, it's STILL unprecedented TODAY! The only other generals in history who COME CLOSE to what Alexander did are Hannibal Barca, Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte. Alexander definitely tops all of them in regards to his accomplishments, but if I'm being honest, Julius Caesar is the better general.

The other version is that ARIOBARZANES and his warrior sister Noblewoman YOUTAB, managed to fight their way out of the trap KING ALEXANDER the GREAT had sprung on them and successfully retreated to PERSEPOLIS. But they were betrayed again, this time by the Treasurer of PERSEPOLIS - TRIDATES, who feeling all was lost and hoping to save PERSEPOLIS from destruction, refused to open the gates to let ARIOBARZANES and YOUTAB into the city. ALEXANDER the GREAT caught up with them and both ARIOBARNZANES and YOUTAB heroically went down fighting to their last breath ! A few months later, KING ALEXANDER after plundering PERSEPOLIS of all it's vast wealth, put the city to the torch !

When I read the title "Persiangate" I thought this was going to be about some sort of scandal involving Persia. 🤔

Thank you Baz Battle for making these videos I greatly appreciate the knowledge of ancient history shared also if you could possibly make a video about strategical blunders thanks

you deserve more credit and I love how your videos are kinda like total war battles

KZfaq copied Youtab

I have said it before and I'm saying it again, do the battle of Narwa or the battle of Lützen. Although, I have to say that I do enjoy these Alexander the great battles, he was truly one of the best commanders of history.

@ 6:43 night had come! the change in graphics -- wonderful!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you uploaded in 1 week! I'm always impatient to see a new video! Cheers!

Somehow I have the feeling that Ariobarzanes was more dangerous for Alexander than Darius

i love this chanel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Children of Zagros The Kurds struggled. They expelled Alexander and Seleucids from Media. We are grateful to the Kurdish noble and hero ArioBazanes.

Always nice to see a new video!

I wonder why the Persian commander did not attempt to cut off the Macedonian path of retreat? It's probably harder than it sounds but could have led to a greater success. I assume there were good reasons why it couldn't be done.

Would love to see you do a video about Ottoman Empire's siege on Vienna in 1683

You should seriously honestly do way more videos than this. Your channel is literally among the best I've ever come across.

Ariobarzanes was accompanied by KZfaq. Persian warrior and noblewoman.

Why have I never heard of this battle before?

Great vid, would you consider making a video about battle of Carrhae?! Imo Parthian are oe of the most underrated civilization in history!

I look forward to these vids so much!! Thank you so much for our time into historical content creation!!

As legendary as Alexander is just the fact that he spent his whole adult life at war shows he had no regard for his troops other then to glorify his own name, he must have burnt through troops and money like a forest fire burns trees

After watching all of these videos on Alexander, it seems to me that the quality of his troops and the gulf of military technology between the Persians and Macedonians was the deciding factor in his campaigns, not necessarily his genius. Although I wouldn't call him a slacker in the tactics/strategy department, there are moments where it appears that Alexander is triumphing purely through brute force, especially at Issus. And here at the Persian Gates he walks right into an ambush. I think Phillip II deserves more of the credit for creating a military machine that was literally unprecedented and essentially unbeatable; the Persians just didn't seem to have an answer to Macedonian tactics. Just a thought.

Alexander the Great was nearly as great as this channel!

Thanks for making these videos, its amazingly high quality! If youre up for suggestions, Id really like to see one of Phyrros I.s battles, Heraclea perhaps.

i love the sequential Alexander story right now. i need more! you guys are the shit!

Alexander: I conquered the world! Genghis Khan: Hold my kumis.

He say ambush in greeks (ενέδρα)

It is said that Alexander offered ariobarzand a high position with him but ariobarzand told him that while he lives he will not let him destroy Persia. He died with his sister that day.

I really like how they are focusing more on the rise of Alexander's Empire

you gotta feel a bit sorry for the persians

Dunno why, just makes me so sad... The fall of Persians. Perhaps because of our current state today, when the modern-day is as horrendous as it is, all you can do is admire the past.

I never heard of this battle before. Reminds me of the saying "history is written by the victors"

Superb narration, visuals, and I presume research too. Bravo! Keep up the good work!

Would you make the Battle of Carrhae?

Ariu Barzaneh was a champion fought for his people, we should keep in mind that these Persians were not happy with the useless king, many of geografians and champions of persia itself helped Macedonians to break through persia, this job was't done by alexander all the way! As we know persia loses only 2 of battles against Greece's in almost 250 years during the Greece persian wars, its said there have been 30 battles between these two nations and persia was almost undefeateble for Greece! Alexander's skills + good timing + support from local Persians+ persian rebellions inside, all led to the conquest. If Alexander were alone in this it was more like a myth than a history.

Wonderful presentation as per usual baz, i learned a great deal about this battle, tyvm. Cant wait for the next one!

Just found your channel! I could sit for hours and watch your videos. Very good and informative presentation and production.

So technically.....doesn't this count as a defeat for Alexander?

This video makes it look short and worthless “The Persians were no match for the fierce Macedonians?” but in reality Ariobarzanes held Alexander’s 70 thousand soldiers for 30 days with only 700 men that is 10 times the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae who only held for 3 days against the same numbers

Thank you for all the work you put in your videos. They extremely interesting and are the best war videos on the internet!

I thought Alexander never lost a battle???

Proud to be Greek

Bazbattles great work again ,thank you for everything you have done so far, i have a favor to ask.PLZ continue through the whole campaing of alexander without any interruption. i love history and the battles which became turning points,but that battle of gates was one that i didnt know about.Keep sharing your knowledge and your research.AND AGAIN THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH i hope that you can find some mates who can help you with the channel in order to share more videos frequently!!!

love the history but more i love the strategy and tactics used , love to see this, these two elements are the best things about these videos

The middle east was so prestigious before Islam and Christianity.

If this occured then why is Alexander proclaimed as undefeated?

what a beautiful geographical location these persian cities had

Texts in bubbles is priceless humor :) 6:37 - "I'm drinking too much" lol

Darius has lost! again? Nice one.

im persian but i must admit that the alexander was a military genius

Can you imagine what it must have been like just trying to keep up with Alexander? No fighting, just trying to have your shit together always moving. Over coming the most difficult challenges EVERY DAY! If I can't take a quiet dump and have a couple of cups of coffee every morning my day is shot, much less hand to hand combat to the death around each corner. ... Gezzz

Have bening looking for this kind of channel, History battles. In a long time!, Nice channel and videos. Keep up the great work! :)

The Macedonians, Greeks, Illyrians and Thracians were better soldiers than the Persians. This battle along with several others, such as the battle of Issus proves this. Even when the enemy used the high ground or a river against them and utilized better tactics, the Macedonians won. When the Macedonians combined superior soldiers with superior tactics in a combined-arms approach they way they did at Gaugamela, it was a walk in the park.