Battle of Adrianople 1205 - Fourth Crusade DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical animated documentary series on the Byzantine-Crusader-Bulgarian Wars, as well as the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople, fragmentation, and restoration of the Eastern Roman Empire and Frankokratia continues with an episode on the battle of Adrianople of 1205 during which the emperor of the Latin empire Baldwin I fought the tsar of Bulgaria Kaloyan. This video also describes the fragmentation of the Eastern Roman Empire in the aftermath of the Sack of Constantinople and what happened in the region after Adrianople.
Previous videos on the Crusades, Bulgaria, and the Byzantine Empire:
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Siege of Damascus 634 - Arab - Byzantine Wars - • Siege of Damascus 634 ...
Byzantine Empire Strikes Back - Battle of Nikiou 646 - • Byzantine Empire Strik...
Siege of Constantinople 717-718 - Arab-Byzantine Wars - • Siege of Constantinopl...
Pliska 811 - Byzantine - Bulgarian Wars - Pliska 811 - Byzantine - Bulgarian Wars
Versinikia 813 - Byzantine - Bulgarian Wars - • Versinikia 813 - Byzan...
Third Crusade 1189-1192: From Hattin to Jaffa - • Third Crusade 1189-119...
Basil II - Reformer, Restorer, Bulgarslayer - • Basil II - Reformer, R...
Creation of the Medieval Roman Army - • Creation of the Mediev...
Strategikon - Army Manual of the Eastern Roman Empire - • Strategikon - Army Man...
Elite and Levy Units of the Eastern Roman Army - • Elite and Levy Units o...
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The video was made by Martin Stamatov, while the script was researched and written by Georgi Kolev. This video was narrated by Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & kzfaq.info/love/79s.... The art was created by Nargiz Isaeva. Machinimas by MalayArcher on Total War: Attila engine.
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@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

What was lost in the Sack of Constantinople? Many things - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q52PmNp4u9WaZZ8.html

@PZ-VH 2 жыл бұрын

hello! im a big fan! please complete the early muslim expantion! c=

@denniscleary7580 2 жыл бұрын

The little bit of trust the Christian kingdoms had amongst one another. Great video Kings thank you

@apavietii6677 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great videos. I would ask you to make a video about the Battle of Posada from 1330. It would be a wonderful thing and very interesting video for viewers . We would thank you very much .

@westrim 2 жыл бұрын

I hate it when I can't find things in my sack. There must be a dozen receipts in there right now.

@petromil88 2 жыл бұрын

You are forgetting about the battle of Aheloy

@youvebeengreeked 2 жыл бұрын

“Who are you?” “I claimed to be the heir to the Roman Empire.” *“… Do you have the SLIGHTEST idea how little that narrows it down?!”*

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

"You are you?" "I fought at the battle of Adrianople"

@sitrakamatthieu 2 жыл бұрын

HO BOY !

@destubae3271 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 Instead of safe spaces, they would go into the danger zone over marginalizing their claims to the empire and assuming their social class.

@alphagamer9505 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 Dreams of Absolute Power corrupt people

@alphagamer9505 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 it helps when you have thousands of troops to enforce your claim

@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 2 жыл бұрын

"Have you heard about the Battle for Adrianople?" "Which one?"

@umaransari9765 2 жыл бұрын

"I have fought in a battle" "Which battle?" "Battle of adrianople" "Do you have slightest idea how little it narrows it down?"

@IdioticDunce 2 жыл бұрын

It’s kinda ironic how Adrianople spelled the end for the Western Roman Empire AND the Eastern (Or Byzantine, it’s your preference what you call it) Roman Empire.

@IdioticDunce 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 Probably

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 жыл бұрын

@@IdioticDunce why is adrianople the end of the eastern roman empire ?

@IdioticDunce 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ln8eh5nq3q Alright so I looked up and apparently the Bulgarians and the Latin Empire, my bad. But Adrianople still seems pretty haunted

@FlashPointHx 2 жыл бұрын

A battle at Adrianople? What could go wrong?

@TheChuckfuc 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny cause it's true

@pedromoreno717 2 жыл бұрын

I love you homie

@joshuapilling3641 2 жыл бұрын

Laughs in fritigern

@NoName-up9bg 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@tpry1 2 жыл бұрын

Everything

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 жыл бұрын

Who do you hate more: the Latins or the Greeks? Kaloyan: "Yes".

@georgekolev9832 2 жыл бұрын

Writing the script for this video was a daunting task, but the final product is not only an epic story, but also the first time the post-sack borders are shown accuratly as most prefer to skip a decade until things settle down a bit. If you have any questions relating to the video feel free to ask. Otherwise I hope you enjoy what me and the rest of the team worked really hard to make for you.

@Keyfromtheend 2 жыл бұрын

Hi George, I remember back in some of my history textbooks the doge was said to have died fleeing a battle with the Bulgarians, while in this video his death seems unrelated to the battles. What reading materials can you recommend on this?

@wladyslawderstreiter9078 2 жыл бұрын

you did a great job, this period is so interesting. Like i never heard of this period before. Most often, it is told that the crusaders too constantinopel, and thats the end of it.

@wladyslawderstreiter9078 2 жыл бұрын

how long did it took you to create the script in total?

@georgekolev9832 2 жыл бұрын

@@Keyfromtheend geoffrey of villehardouin was the Marshal of the Latins and wrote extensivly on thr events before ans after the Sack, his account makes it clear that the Doge was on the siege lines and didnt ride out with the majority of the knights.

@georgekolev9832 2 жыл бұрын

@@wladyslawderstreiter9078 Thank you I really appriciate it!

@cdcdrr 2 жыл бұрын

Baldwin: It appears these Cumans retreat when we give chase in order to soften us with arrows and draw us away from our armies. So clearly, we need to stick together in formation, and not be tempted to- Louis: ALRIGHT CHUMS, LET'S DO THIS!

@ramflight 2 жыл бұрын

The Leroy Jenkins of The Latins. :D

@Negativvv 2 жыл бұрын

Defeated by victory... Happens to many armies. Sure you need confidence to committ to battle but you also need perspective and sensibility despite victories.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

French tactics 101: LEEROY JENKINS

@AzureDragon100 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, he ran in!

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

@@AzureDragon100 God damn it, Louis

@Mrkabrat 2 жыл бұрын

God of War: So how many battles do you want? Adrianople: *Yes*

@ElBandito 2 жыл бұрын

Isonzo: YES.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

Gaza: Yes

@user-td2np1sb4n 2 жыл бұрын

Edirne finally in peace now

@Boykofan 2 жыл бұрын

You mean just god

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

Panipat: Yes

@monkeymoo87 2 жыл бұрын

This is like the beginning of a Medieval total war campaign when all factions are small and trying to grab as much land as possible.

@louislacroix5825 2 жыл бұрын

It really astonishes me that out of all the enemies of Rome through the centuries, Kaloyan was the only one who gets called "the Romanslayer"

@tylerellis9097 2 жыл бұрын

Especially given that he wasn’t even fighting the actual Byzantine Empire when he took the title.

@arandomgreekfrombactria6302 2 жыл бұрын

@@tylerellis9097 the Latin slayer would make more sense

@tylerellis9097 2 жыл бұрын

@@R3LAX94 The Successor States were sure, which Cough includes 2nd Bulgaria. But Really Krum deserves the title more. Kaloyan can be Latin Slayer.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

Hannibal: I will NEVER live it down Attila: OH COME ON Khosrow II: ....fuck it

@aleksk4151 2 жыл бұрын

Kaloyan destroyed some of the best Byzantine Greek armies in Varna and buried them alive, despite it was Easter. He fought both Byzantines and Latins. He massac Basil only got his nickname hundred of years after, but Kaloyan got it immediately and lived by it.

@mirohristov464 2 жыл бұрын

Siege after siege, battle after battle, Bulgars, Greeks and all the rest paved the way for the Ottomans to come and take what they wish.

@SKa-tt9nm 2 жыл бұрын

The Black Plague did a lot of the heavy lifting.

@glos7569 2 жыл бұрын

The crusaders sacking Constantinople in 1204 was the main thing paving the way for that

@midgetporn9735 2 жыл бұрын

@@glos7569 Byzantine - Sassanid rivalry weakening themselves paved way for the arabs and turks.

@glos7569 2 жыл бұрын

@@midgetporn9735 for the Arabs, yes. For the Turks, no, the Arab conquests were in the 600’s, the Turks didn’t show up for another 400 years around the year 1000, and by that time the Romans had recovered and were regaining lost territories from the Arabs and conquering the Bulgarians

@aleksk4151 2 жыл бұрын

Arabs and Bulgarians had alliance to conquer Constantinople in 924 . Simeon needed the Arabic navy. Funny because earlier they fought against each other.

@NazarovVv 2 жыл бұрын

* Latin empire gets ambushed by the Bulgarians * Byzantine empire: First time?

@bijornswordraise2916 2 жыл бұрын

Haha so true

@gennadiyleyfman6920 2 жыл бұрын

Of course it is!

@kostas3577 2 жыл бұрын

So true them Romans had a custom to get ambushed

@tgducsfdifxdt4533 2 жыл бұрын

@mamaprudnavchaq 2 what are you smoking

@imawormbeforeiamman6052 2 жыл бұрын

@mamaprudnavchaq 2 the weed that you smoked on must be good

@angusyang5917 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Henry of Flanders here was technically fighting against his future father-in-law, b/c in 1213, he married Kaloyan's daughter Maria, who was widely suspected of poisoning her husband three years later in 1216, apparently letting Kaloyan get the last laugh.

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Not only is this correct, but it's also a constant theme in this series. I lost count while researching, but I can point to at least 6 occasions when a widow will marry the arch-nemesis and killer of the person she was married to.

@fayaqun0 2 жыл бұрын

That's a tragedy 🤷🏻‍♂️

@AbhishekKumar-vo7wr Жыл бұрын

Can you point them out please?

@Raao1 Жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals look up the theory "War bride".

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

You know that scene in Pirates of the Caribbean where everyone's pointing guns at each other? That's this conflict.

@fidelklckap1821 2 жыл бұрын

Byzantine Battle Royale

@theawesomeman9821 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah-It's called a Mexican stand off

@jakerolfe7689 2 жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 Too early for Mexicans, it's a Mesoamerican stand-off

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 "Huh. So that's happening"

@destubae3271 2 жыл бұрын

@@jakerolfe7689 *multiple warlords wearing cheetah pelt hats and feathers comically pointing bows at each other*

@louislacroix5825 2 жыл бұрын

15:00 Tsar Kaloyan was hit with a mace in the head during a battle. Modern Bulgarian historians speculate that due to the trauma he developed a very severe form of epilepsy.

@theslavicdoomerandfighter2631 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Bulgarians and mountain passes, nothing could go wrong.

@theslavicdoomerandfighter2631 2 жыл бұрын

@Mehmed Islamof Bulgarian bulgars 420 English anglosaxons 6969 Tang chinese 2042

@bruhman3406 2 жыл бұрын

@@theslavicdoomerandfighter2631 100 Billion Dead Venezuela

@gt4969 2 жыл бұрын

@Mehmed Islamof first balkan war bomby

@gt4969 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-kn5qq1hn9d As Kaloqn aperred to the latines? Or as Krum drank from the skull of your emperor? 🤣

@gt4969 2 жыл бұрын

@@yisun-sin5780 at the end all it matters is who won

@darthfatcow5725 2 жыл бұрын

If I had a dollar for everytime a battle was fought at Adrianople I would be richer than Jeff Bezos.

@HistoryOfRevolutions 2 жыл бұрын

Maimonides once wrote: "Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it"

@thewarriorfrog 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have instagram or discord bro

@amjadkhan-jv6xj 2 жыл бұрын

Thats so true, facts on the ground don't change but remember history is written by the Victor.

@TheAlphatitan 2 жыл бұрын

@@amjadkhan-jv6xj thats why history should always be questioned, we didnt know these people nor what they were writing. They could’ve been writing a children’s novel for all we know and we mightve seen it as fact. The people we interpret as “heroes” couldve been heinous people who simply wrote their own history under an assumed name. The only reliable sources are Archaeological discoveries, not written accounts.

@Dumpstermuffin1 2 жыл бұрын

Baldwin sends a letter saying that Kaloyan shouldn't address him as equal but as a servant to their master Kaloyan the RomanSlayer - "and i took that personally" And Baldwin was probably killed after captivity and his skull made into a drinking cup

@DarkPriest-rx7tw 2 жыл бұрын

Probably not, this stopped after the Christianization of the First Bulgarian Empire

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 жыл бұрын

You know, Krum liked Nikiforos so much that he never sat on a table without him. I guess it sounds better in Bulgarian but you will probably understand what I want to say.

@hristoskof1 Жыл бұрын

@@DarkPriest-rx7tw Yet the legend has it that Kaloyan did indeed have such cup made! Not for relogious reasons, but to copy the great ruler of the 1st Bulgarian kingdom.

@nordkrom4270 Жыл бұрын

@@DarkPriest-rx7tw Nope, it did not :D There is a source from around 12 c . about noble Bulgarian family using skulls of their enemies as a cups for wine.

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 жыл бұрын

A few words for Kaloyan: He had been very tall (between 195-200 cm) something very unusual for this age. He is thought to have been hit with an axe or mace at the back of the head in his younger years. Some people think that this head injury is the reason for his very aggressive behaviour. I am not quite sure that this is actually true but it is still interesting....

@umaransari9765 2 жыл бұрын

200cm is unusual even for today

@davids3282 2 жыл бұрын

@@umaransari9765 not so much if you go north of greece into the dinaric alps & some parts of the balkans. The people there are on average higher then dutch people.

@umaransari9765 2 жыл бұрын

@@davids3282 200cm is like 6"7 feet, no ethnicity is that tall on average, i saw somewhere Mandinka from south sudan are tallest on average, well over 6 foot tall

@davids3282 2 жыл бұрын

@@umaransari9765 never said average, but i have familiy from that regions they are on average 185-190cm

@That1HotMF 2 жыл бұрын

How can he be 2m tall when he was a literal asian asians at that time were abt 150 160 cm

@okancanarslan3730 2 жыл бұрын

Two colossal mistakes in history: Killing Genghis Khan's emissaries and not opening your gates to Tsar Kaloyan When he saved you from your enemies!

@rgp8034 2 жыл бұрын

There was a ''debt'' to be paid -for Basil II crimes... Reap what you seeded

@AlexLeafy 2 жыл бұрын

There are some Bulgarian sources that claim Kaloyan had a head injury from when he was a young boy which caused him severe headaches and that's when people could really feel his wrath. According to them he was a really tall man, like 203 cm tall (about 6 foot 7') which is almost giant-like for that period and that'what made him look extremely intimidating and scary. Both these theories are based on a skeleton of, judging by the grave, a very rich person, found not so long ago which is presumed to be Kaloyan himself. Anyway, Kaloyan's definitely in my top 3 Bulgarian kings/tsars and I love his nickname.

@bryon5284 Жыл бұрын

Krum was interesting 🤔

@mynamejeb8743 2 жыл бұрын

Komnenos + Laskaris : "Not so easy managing a dying 1000+ year old empire right?"

@tylerellis9097 2 жыл бұрын

Andronikos Komnenos time

@napoleonibonaparte7198 2 жыл бұрын

This is much more resistance from the Romans than in the collapse of Western Rome.

@ludovicomichelangeli1908 2 жыл бұрын

The byzantines were not romans Napoleon

@lerneanlion 2 жыл бұрын

Loot Venice and avenge Constantinople, young rising general of France.

@pinkpenzu 2 жыл бұрын

@@ludovicomichelangeli1908 they were. The name 'byzantine' was given by modern historians. But the people back then see themselves as eastern roman

@paulos2089 2 жыл бұрын

@@ludovicomichelangeli1908 ofc they were. The western part fell ,the eastern endured. Greeks, as well as others, became Roman citizens at the 3rd century

@ludovicomichelangeli1908 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinkpenzu Even if they wanted be romans they were not, their culture was greek their language was greek, their population, religion and even names were greek, this has nothing to do with the real Rome.

@Ne0LiT 2 жыл бұрын

Greeks : " Help us Kaloyan and we will accept you as our Emperor " Kaloyan : * Proceeds to slap the life out of the crusaders * Greeks : " Thanks, but you're not our Emperor, so we're gonna go back on our word, even though our patriarch also signed on this. " Kaloyan : * Proceeds to slap the life out of all the independent greek states and more of the crusaders * Everyone : * Shocked *

@vasil.kamdzhalov 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much but he too had some problems with the head after a battle and was more aggressive than any other bulgarian ruler.

@dimk735 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Δρυος πεσουσις, πας ανηρ ξυλευεται.

@Ne0LiT 2 жыл бұрын

@@vasil.kamdzhalov That is also true, while he could have been the next Simeon The Great, or even better, something like the next Basil II?

@vasil.kamdzhalov 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ne0LiT He enjoyed battle and once prepared several years just to complete 1 seige. The next capable tzar Ivan Asen 2 was kinda oposite, in his rule he had only one battle. The rest was diplomacy ( mostly marriages, he made like 30 marriages of his relatives all over europe ) It came to a point when he died french jesters were saying "It is finally over."

@Boykofan 2 жыл бұрын

@@vasil.kamdzhalov he was mentally ill, he probably had some sort of emotional disability, he always had aggressive outburst and battles gave him thrills, he wasn't sane.

@pseudomonas03 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. The State of Nicea it's a later term to describe this state. The Laskarids's Dynasty (one of the greatest Byzantine dynasties, they started from a single city Nicea, and they took back a great part of the lost territory), actually they referred to the State of Nicea as "Ελληνικόν" (Hellenikon). It's basically the first modern greek state. Would love to see at this point, the epic Battle of Antioch on the Meander in 1211, between the forces of Nicea, and the Seljuks, which was decided by a duel between the two leaders the Basileus Theodoros Laskaris the First, and the Sultan Kaykhusraw I. It's one of the rare cases in History in which the battle was decided by a duel between two kings.

@Sendo664 2 жыл бұрын

Woow didnt knew that the name of nicea was hellenikon. Do you have sources for that my friend?

@pseudomonas03 2 жыл бұрын

@Sendo This comes from the letter XLIV, that Theodore Laskaris II, wrote and send to his teacher Nikephoros Vlemmydis, saying that the state of Ελληνικον (Hellenikon), cannon expect help from foreign forces like Bulgars and Italians: "Κινείται γαρ η έχθρα τω πλήθει και τα έθνη μάχεται καθ’ημών. Και τις ο βοηθήσων ημίν; Πέρσης πως βοηθήσει τω Έλληνι; Ιταλός και μάλιστα μαίνεται, Βούλγαρος προφανέστατα, Σέρβος τη βία βιαζόμενος και συστέλλεται, ο δ’ημέτερος τάχα, τάχα δη ου των ημετέρων κατά αλήθειαν, μόνον δε το Ελληνικόν (Hellenikon) αυτό βοηθεί εαυτώ οικόθεν λαμβάνον τας αφορμάς"

@ericjames8233 2 жыл бұрын

@@hellspawn6870 The fluidity of borders and problems with the establishment of stable dynasties during this era makes ascribing names to any of the (relatively) short-lived kingdoms/empires/'states' very difficult. Often it's a case of picking a name that is familiar to modern readers and using that. So it is rather arbitrary and liable to revision. Even long-lived and stable entities like The Holy Roman Empire can get named other things if the historian so chooses and wants to make a point, political or otherwise.

@pseudomonas03 2 жыл бұрын

@Inquisitor Thaddeus All the Emperors of the Laskarids' Dynasty considered themselves Greeks. The great John III Doukas Vatatzis (Theodore II Laskasris' father) in his famous letter-answer to the Pope Gregory the Ninth, made it clear that his dynasty and the Komnenoi family were Greeks: "...αυτίκα οι της βασιλείας μου γενάρχαι, οι από του γένους των Δουκών τε και Κομνηνών, ίνα μη τους ετέρους λέγω, τους από γενών Eλληνικών άρξαντας, ούτοι γουν οι εκ του εμού γένους, εις πολλάς ετών εκατοστύας την αρχήν κατέσχον της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ους δη και η της Ρώμης Εκκλησία και οι ταύτης ιεραρχικώς προϊστάμενοι Ρωμαίων αυτοκράτορας ανηγόρευον..."

@tylerellis9097 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t a Dual, Theodore found the Sultan in the midst of Battle and killed him. The Turks of Rum then routed. It’s also debated wether he or one of his Latin Knights killed the Sultan. But it was a Massively significant victory for the Nicaeans

@bijornswordraise2916 2 жыл бұрын

Europeans : we do everything for glory Sun Tzu: “The general who does not advance to seek glory, or does not withdraw to avoid punishment, but cares for only the people's security and promotes the people's interests, is the nation's treasure.”

@unstoppabletigertalukan6710 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was"the sovereign's treasure"

@StopFlaggingVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@unstoppabletigertalukan6710 i believe to sun tzu, being valuable to the nations people and the sovereign are essentially the same thing

@unstoppabletigertalukan6710 2 жыл бұрын

@@StopFlaggingVideos oh So it's a loyalty to the king is loyalty to the kingdom type of thing

@iapetusmccool 2 жыл бұрын

@@irasingh2498 no, I'm not going to search that. No matter how much you keep spamming.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

There is an old French saying: Leroy Jenkins

@X3MCTZN 2 жыл бұрын

Rex Kaloyan- Цар Калоян !!! Честит празник Българи 2021 !!!

@user-sc5iv2rp2t 2 жыл бұрын

Etymology of Didymoteicho: δίδυμο τείχος(greek)=twin wall.

@iordanvassilev8091 2 жыл бұрын

An interesting legend that lives on in Bulgaria about Baldwin's fate, is that Kaloyan's wife fell in love with the captive but he, being an honorable knight, refused the tsarina's advances. Then she turned towards her husband and told Kaloyan that Baldwin had tried to seduce her. Enraged Kaloyan plucked out the eyeballs of the ex-emperor and left him for death in " Baldwins tower" which is still preserved in Tyrnovo. That legend actually holds some merit as later, when Kaloyan was assassinated, his succesor Boril(the tsars cousin) married Kaloyan's wife, which might confirm her promiscuous reputation.

@ramflight 2 жыл бұрын

Unlikely. Marrying the wife of the former ruler is a move to consolidate power, not because his wife was promiscuous lol :D They even mention a similar situation in this video - Boniface marrying the wife of Isaac II, Margaret of Hungary, thereby ensuring the people's support, 05:55 min.

@iordanvassilev8091 2 жыл бұрын

@@ramflight true, but there were many theories that Anna(the wife in question) was having an affair with Boril and the two of them were plotting the assassination of Kaloyan. Now, whether Kaloyan was actually assassinated by the plotters is unclear, it could have been one of the besieged as shown in the video. Unfortunately we do not know a lot about medieval Balkan history as many sources have been lost or destroyed by the Ottomans. So this is all in the realm of speculation.

@ramflight 2 жыл бұрын

@@iordanvassilev8091 That may be, but I think it's far fetched to correlate promiscuity/affair with the Tsarina getting married to the next king.

@iordanvassilev8091 2 жыл бұрын

@@ramflight you might be right but, nevertheless, it makes for an interesting theory that could, although not necessarily might be true

@krasht8547 2 жыл бұрын

@@ramflight yeah, I've never seen a promiscuous woman. It was Kaloyan's fault, she probably was bored, or tired of his toxic masculinity and warlord brutality, and needed something more sophisticated, like a prisoner from the west with an artistic soul, responsive to her feelings.

@x3lander 2 жыл бұрын

Kaloyan is pronounced with the accent falling on the last syllable. KaloYAN. It's a slavicized form of the Greek Kalo Ioan, meaning Handsome Ioan. One of the leading theories for Kaloyan's murder was that it was done by a Cuman leader, by the name of Manaster, who was either participating in some Bulgarian courtly intrigue or was being bribed by the Greeks. Also, the portrait which was used in this video is based on a reconstruction of remains found near a church in Tarnovo, where later Asenevtsi royals were buried, however the remains have not been unequivocally confirmed to be that of the tsar Kaloyan. It is possible that they belong to a noble of the same name who was buried there more than a century later. There is a also a tower of the ruins of the Tarnovo citadel which is called the Baldwin tower, where the Latin Emperor died in imprisonment, as the story goes.

@amandawashington4239 2 жыл бұрын

Thinking about all of this, It makes me wonder what historical highlights will persist centuries from now. We are so unimportant to time unless we destroy the world, or survive a global catastrophic event.

@enixbluerain7213 2 жыл бұрын

Edward Gibbon writes his name as Calo John.

@user-rn8xm8zl6u 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-jf6yv8rj2s His original name is Ivanica (Ioanica) which is same as Ivan/John, he clame the name Kaloyan which mean beutiful Ivan(John) after he became a king.

@user-rn8xm8zl6u 2 жыл бұрын

The lastest research of local hystorians shows that he probably died from wet pleurisy or heart attack not by a murder.

@X3MCTZN 2 жыл бұрын

Refrain yerself, plz from the geo-political propaganda of SLAVIC :( ... By the BY as a Bulgarian ruler, he is accustomed to take the title of the animal from the BUlgarian calendar from the year of his ascension to the throne. The Year was of the Lamia (Zmei) DRAGON or Khala-(halla) a prefix is added to his original one, hence KALO-YAN!!!

@ivanneshkov9363 2 жыл бұрын

I was in Turnovo in the tower said to have been used to hold Baldwin captive. It’s was not a large space and was built on a cliff so the only way out was though the city gates. I can imagine how he must have felt in that small tower surrounded by steep cliffs and Bulgarians in the heart of the enemy kingdom. It felt very lonely.

@maxtomlinson8134 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like the Sky cells from game of thrones in the Vale

@zakkg5497 5 ай бұрын

This is one of the myths in Bulgarian history. This was pure military tower with no prison cells inside of it and it is ridiculous to claim that an emperor would be put there anyways. One more fact, it was reconstructed using the plans of THE ONLY TOWER that survived the ottoman rule - the tower of the Cherven fortress. It's a nice story but completely detached from reality

@Bga1412 2 жыл бұрын

We sure love our mountain passes. Back home I live near one, it's incredibly easy to see how you can ambush someone coming up the other side.

@koomshiqta 2 жыл бұрын

Based bulgar

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

Romania: Write that down, write that down!

@TheSodarr 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work as always! I'm waiting the next video featuring Boril an Ivan Asen II. Its an interesting fact that Kaloyan had a son, which was sent into Rome. After the assassination of Kaloyan (maybe by a secret plot between Boril and the cuman commander Manaster and the crusaders or the greeks) all historical mentions ceased.

@user-sc5iv2rp2t 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Magnesia is the toponym that gave magnet its name. Thanks to the Ionian philosophers.

@listenherejack 2 жыл бұрын

Hadrian: "This new city will bear my name" Time Traveler: "Oh so this is where those massive defeats for the Romans took place" Hadrian: *"Those?"*

@ludovicomichelangeli1908 2 жыл бұрын

Is funny what you wrote but the byzantines were not romans even if they wanted to, they were greeks with a greek population, greek culture, greek language, greek names and religion

@DarkKnight-fg3ee 2 жыл бұрын

It deserves his name, the most coward emperor of rome

@alexandrostheodorou8387 2 жыл бұрын

@@ludovicomichelangeli1908 So why did they refer to themselves as Romans? They were the continuation of the Roman Government in the Eastern Half. Man your ignorant.

@markuhler2664 2 жыл бұрын

@@ludovicomichelangeli1908 great, you're going to spam every conversation here & blindly ignore history.

@dimitarvasilev5787 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrostheodorou8387 judging by his name he probably means that they were not Italian.

@lerneanlion 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to know that the Venetians deserved being looted by the French army led by Napoleon centuries later after what they did to Constantinople in 1204? I can see the Greeks who lived in the Ottoman Empire at the time laughed at what happened to Venice if they know their history well.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair the French bent Venice over in the Italian wars. EG Angadello, of which Machiavelli famously said Venice "in una giorniata perderono quello che ottocento anni"

@frankzeppelin 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tareltonlives Never heard of that battle so I had to look it up. Fascinating. Thanks for sharing that!

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankzeppelin Kings and Generals has started a great series on the Italian Wars. I can't wait for the next episode

@christianweibrecht6555 2 жыл бұрын

Free relationship between Venice and the East Roman empire was not one sided, This very channel show that before the 4th crusade the Greek speaking inhabitants of Constantinople massacred the city's Italian inhabitants then sold the rest to the Turks as slaves

@lerneanlion 2 жыл бұрын

@@christianweibrecht6555 I know of that massacre. But comparing this conquest to the massacre, the massacre is nothing but a slap on someone's face while the Forth Crusade is a complete murder. And when Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, the majority of Euorpe did nothing but pointing fingers at one another for doing nothing to stop the Turks from taking the city.

@clovismerovech6537 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! This is much appreciated 💜 Looking forward to the Battle of Klokotnitsa 🔥

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

@lyonvensa 2 жыл бұрын

Crusaders: "Yes, we conquered an empire!" Also Crusaders: "Umm... how do you run an empire?"

@Nate-dv5dp 2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this one 😊. As soon as the video about Basil the Bulgar-slayer came out I was hoping to see a video with the Roman-slayer as well. Glad it's here now 😊

@blendix6413 2 жыл бұрын

11:27 "Wich a certain mongol warlord was preparing to unleash on the other side of the world" I definetly felt that...

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

It's that one meme with the Seljuks as AJ Styles and Mongols as the Undertaker

@DarkPriest-rx7tw 2 жыл бұрын

This is important for me as a Bulgarian! Bulgarian Empire against the Eastern Roman Empire: Battle after battle for hundreds of years. Siege after Siege hundreds of years. Hundreds of thousands of victims on both sides. This made these powerful empires weak when they needed their strength the most. As a result, the Eastern Roman Empire disappeared, and Bulgaria was ruled by the Ottomans for hundreds of years. I hope we've finally learned our lesson.

@maxtomlinson8134 11 ай бұрын

All of this could have been avoided if Baldwin just decided to ally with Bulgaria instead of attacking them, but I guess not because of a terrible ruler.

@CoolAdam247 2 жыл бұрын

Bulgarians were a formidable people in those days. Venetian ruling class were just a bunch of scheming merchants of war. And this whole series of events has more intrigues, surprises and blood shed than an entire season of Game of thrones.

@x3lander 2 жыл бұрын

You are not wrong about that. The first three Asenevtsi brothers were all murdered, then one of their nephews gets the throne (coincidence, amirite?) who then later gets deposed and blinded by his cousin, the son of the second brother, Ivan Asen. And that's only the Bulgarians. Now imagine what was going on in the splinter Byzantine factions...

@enricomanno8434 2 жыл бұрын

What a joke your comments about the Venetians Just merchants .. and very powerful fleet to stop the Othomans on the Mediterranean sea.. and they built Venice

@WFASPigeonGang 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanna appoint that a 98yr old and blind venetian managed to rape the biggest city of its time while in disadvantage and build one maritime empire. Bulgarians who?

@SKa-tt9nm 2 жыл бұрын

Bulgarians were a powerful empire for many centuries. Sadly this is one of the last great chapters in the history of Bulgaria. The second Bulgarian empire reached its zenith in the 40 years after this battle. Then it swiftly declined at the hands of the Golden Horde and later the ottomans.

@yoghurtmaster1688 2 жыл бұрын

@@WFASPigeonGang with the help of an army garthere from all of westerern europe,Soo relevant.....

@JohnHawkins-he7mg 2 жыл бұрын

Byzantium was never the same after the Fourth Crusade. Only a shadow of its former self.

@kristiawanindriyanto5765 2 жыл бұрын

It was not strong enough to resist Ottoman invasion in the following century

@hattorihaso2579 2 жыл бұрын

@Zeno the Filipino it was never greek to begin with but roman get over urself constantinople fel almost 600 years ago And all thanks to the crusaders

@hattorihaso2579 2 жыл бұрын

@John Hathorne byzantium never existed eastern roman empire and they did quite well considering al circumstances but the fourth crusase really fucked it up

@Omer1996E.C 2 жыл бұрын

@John Hathorne most of their territories were lost to the Germanic tribes rather than Muslims

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 жыл бұрын

@John Hathorne yeah this decrepit EMPIRE existed for more than 1000 years and was one of the strongest in eurpore and the middle east for the biggest part of the medieval period

@richeybaumann1755 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being the Bulgarian dude who came up with the raid and pit trap plan. You're sitting there like "okay, maybe we can kill some Crusaders" and then out of nowhere the *entire ******** *Crusader Army charges you and gets obliterated, killing several major Crusader leaders and capturing the king in the process.*

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 жыл бұрын

How do you beat those fully armored monsters? You can try with a shovel.

@richeybaumann1755 2 жыл бұрын

@@boyanbogdanov1854 the Crusader Knights? Yeah they were almost inhumanly tough and strong. Saladin's chroniclers wrote about their ferocity and toughness in battle. It was a brilliant strategy- it's just that the sheer asinine nature of the Crusaders made me actually have to pause the video and take a second like "**deep breath** LOUIS. NO. STOP RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE STUPID AND ABOUT TO DIE. DO NOT EVER CHASE CUMANS. THEY ARE VERY FAST AND UNMATCHED AT MOUNTED ARCHERY."

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 жыл бұрын

@@richeybaumann1755 The crusaders were exceptional warriors but they were not soldiers. This was their biggest problem I guess.

@richeybaumann1755 2 жыл бұрын

@@boyanbogdanov1854 very true. They were amazing warriors and fighters, but their discipline came pretty much solely from the command of their leaders. They were great at open battles where their numbers could win, but poor when confronted like this. No strategic ability at all. They were glory hungry and didn't stop to consider the concept of "the Byzantines could never defeat these people, and obviously they are dangerous, so we shouldn't underestimate them."

@yoghurtmaster1688 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact after this victory, europe was shoked that elite crussader knights were beaten by bulgarians starting to crumble their reputation as invincible force

@naidenromanov3050 2 жыл бұрын

"Kaloyan not only knew his title, but lived up to it..." Man gotta do his job!

@aliveyetundead 2 жыл бұрын

The Roman Slayer. That's a title to be proud of.

@maxtomlinson8134 11 ай бұрын

I know right, killing innocent people is so cool I wonder what you'd call that leader in Germany in the 1930s? With that kinda title.

@npocToBaT 2 жыл бұрын

Kaloyan is one of the few Bulgarian kings who have preserved remains and their grave is known. You can visit him in Veliko Tarnovo and worship him because he has made Europe better for all of us.

@BanJanuka 2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays researchers doubt if it is even him, some say it's some random bloke with the same name from the XIV century. Also another sad thing I read about the remains of our tsars is that when excavations began in the old parts of Tarnovo in the early XX century and later the 60's many bones exhumed from the graves were thrown in one ditch and now are forever mixed up with no way of knowing who they belonged to... Among those remains were likely the bodies of Ivan Alexander and Theodor Svetoslav, according to the testimonies of the archaeologists who were present.

@secureinactive4750 2 жыл бұрын

he was a murderous psychopath lmao he didn't improve anything for anyone

@npocToBaT 2 жыл бұрын

@@secureinactive4750 Empty head...

@mobiggcro 2 жыл бұрын

That moment when K&G upload yet another video with a new epic soundtrack that will take me forever to find 🥺

@robinledesma2683 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew the aftermath of the Sack of Constantinople. I always assumed the Crusaders just packed up their stuff and left with their riches. The story subsequently is as interesting as the sack of the city itself filled with intrigue and betrayals. This should be a miniseries on itself.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

TSAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

@qx0ni 2 жыл бұрын

So stoked for the continuation of this series!!

@SKa-tt9nm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@nicholasg.6175 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always! Can't wait for you to cover the battle of Shipka pass, the Bulgarian Thermopylae!

@petromil88 2 жыл бұрын

Bulgaria still standing no matter what, Glory to God

@admortem8901 2 жыл бұрын

humankind is so lucky to be able to sponsor you, i never watch ads, but this didn't at all feel like one to me, only ad i've watcheed in 3 years.

@Treassurehunter92 2 жыл бұрын

Great Episode! I was expecting it with anticipation.

@nikolalesov8359 2 жыл бұрын

I know that it is difficult to find reliable sources, but please, in the next episode at least mention the battle of Philipopolis 1208 AD. Let the people know, how an incompetent usurper somehow managed to ruin in a single year or so, all that his predecessor did for a decade. Great episode! Liked!

@ariyoiansky291 2 жыл бұрын

Freakin perfection, can't wait until the continuation. Heck I can't wait for another video even

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Your words matter and we appriciate your support!

@samirkumarraj6398 2 жыл бұрын

Usually I don't comment on anyone's video but your content is superb so I am commenting on your video. Wow this video is fantastic. Every line is a point. Your channel deserve more subscriber. I regularly watch your videos from 3 years. As a old subscriber I want a help from you that please make a video on skanderbeg because I realised that only you can describe it nicely. As I know you from the old days, I think you will definitely make a video on this topic

@nikosporgiotis7952 2 жыл бұрын

your channel is the best of its kind by far, and one of the most interesting channels here on youtube. i really wait to see what you have to say about the catalan company and its byzantine campaign. really great job guys, keep it up.

@IceniBrave 2 жыл бұрын

One of the saddest moments in a man's life is when he realises he will never be nicknamed "the Roman-Slayer" 😔

@crazycocainemercenary7498 2 жыл бұрын

The other guy named bulgar slayer i think has a better name

@IvanIvanov-ni4rs 2 жыл бұрын

@@crazycocainemercenary7498 Nah , Roman-Slayer is a better name.

@hegantank6495 2 жыл бұрын

@@IvanIvanov-ni4rs bulgar slayer is way cooler

@hegantank6495 10 ай бұрын

@@TheTeodorsoldierabvb sounds cringe

@nick3175 2 жыл бұрын

Kaloyan was not stabbed with spear. Although some contemporary Greek sources claim he was killed by his first general, probably he died from cardiac arrest, as there are not any proves for assassination plot. And the grave of Kaloyan is actually found. He has old injury on the skull. Probably that explains the sudden turn of his behavior. Also other contemporary Greek sources point that Kaloyan felt pain in the chest or head and then died. It is not mention here, but Kaloyan also defeated the Hungarian army and conquered Belgrade. The picture you see in the video is actually his recovered face according to his skull. He was a tall man - 1.88 m. So he was really huge in the Medieval times.

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

The grave you mention is unconfirmed. There were two distinct siege camps (Bulgarian and Cuman) before the city walls and his death occured right before the planned assault. Right after his death you see Bulgaria shifting towards the pro-Cuman faction, all pointing to the possible assasination.

@nick3175 2 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Kaloyan was a Cuman. Also the grave is confirmed. there were a golden ring with stamp: "The ring of Kaloyan". And Boril was not from some pro-Cuman faction. In fact his opponents fled to the Cumans. Boril tried to keep the momentum, but was not as capable as Kaloyan. Anyway he did not change the Bulgarian policy. After the losses his opponents - the sons of Asen came back with Cumans and Russians and Ivan Asen II took the throne. Boril had not any interest to ruin the military campaign and then to restart it, like actually happened. George Acropolit wrote that Kaloyan collapsed, gripped by pain at the side of his body. Also Kaloyan died three days later.

@pinopiyatsi8058 2 жыл бұрын

You got me interested in learning about history because it's entertaining and fun. Thank you.

@absurd9317 2 жыл бұрын

Finally! 2 years waiting... worth it! Local history community praises your work gentlemen, cheers!

@utkirkhusanov816 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video by Kings and Generals. Thank you!

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@kaloyanradkov8962 2 жыл бұрын

Finaly the glorious Bulgarian Empire gets the love it deserves

@Ivan-dd4tr 2 жыл бұрын

@@locomotivebearingdown5381 Ah yes let's forget who brought the Cyrillic script to millions of people.

@runegold321 2 жыл бұрын

@@locomotivebearingdown5381 The Cyrillic script was created by Clement of Ohrid, who identified as a Bulgarian and he made it for Bulgarians, in the Preslav Literally School (Bulgaria). Don't forget that Tervel assisted the Romans against the Arab invasion and also remember that the Romans brought the Ottomans and Aydin turks into Europe, so they're basically the creators of the mess that the Ottoman Empire was.

@SKa-tt9nm 2 жыл бұрын

@@locomotivebearingdown5381 and which great nation do you hail from, o keyboard coward? I’m sure your name will be remembered in history books.

@z1ll4jr53 2 жыл бұрын

@@locomotivebearingdown5381 Is that a Greek coping again?

@yoghurtmaster1688 2 жыл бұрын

@@locomotivebearingdown5381 look who slept in history class or tries to be a troll lmao

@seyshgoburdhone7841 2 жыл бұрын

Not only is Kings and Generals one of the best (if not THE best)channels on KZfaq, the dedication involved is incredible. The narration, videography, quality, EVERYTHING! I love this channel and have been subscribed for 3 years already! Also, the battle of Adrianople is literally so interesting!!!

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, we appriciate it!

@imlaughinq7445 2 жыл бұрын

This series might be my favorite so far!

@reimalbg8913 2 жыл бұрын

What happened with the episode of the battle of Achelous?

@mahadlodhi 2 жыл бұрын

So intricate, so detailed. Loved it

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@denysd7241 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for next episode!

@d.m.collins1501 2 жыл бұрын

This is perhaps the MOST-needed of all your series! This was a pivotal moment in the history of Europe, of Christendom, but also was a prelude to the Ottoman dominancy. And yet we never get to see what happened the day AFTER Constantinople fell in 1204. Sometimes you see a map of Europe in like 1215 and see "okay, so there was a "Latin" Kingdom for awhile," but it's unclear how successful the Latins were--until this video, I'd always thought they were quite powerful and could only be overthrown once the Byzantines took the better part of a century to regroup! But it seems now that they never fully conquered the Roman lands and had huge threats from all sides AND from within once they tried to turn sacking a city into running a country. Please, PLEASE keep making more of these! I want a play-by-play of everything that happens before Michael VIII takes back Constantinople! I've also love a "where are they now" segment about all the Latin lands that survived, apparently, all the way until after the Ottoman conquests.

@alsiyonealternate 2 жыл бұрын

4:05 Western Europeans to Byzantines: “you empire is not Roman, it is the Greek Empire and your ruler is emperor of the Greeks…” Also the Latin Crusaders after conquering Constantinople and some Byzantine lands: “We are now officially the ruler of one quarter and half of the Roman Empire”

@jetmirkastrati3363 2 жыл бұрын

Westerners say that because they know Rome is still alive in Constantinople, throughout the balkans and Anatolia. Their jealousy prevents them from admitting this fact. As we saw, once the latins had a sliver of Roman glory they went all in with these titles and playing pretend.

@TheMoorgoth 2 жыл бұрын

@@jetmirkastrati3363 I think they weren't recognized by the pope or HRE either so it was really funny :D

@samzfisher 2 жыл бұрын

@@jetmirkastrati3363 that's like saying Roman Spartan is still alive in Sparta city.

@jetmirkastrati3363 2 жыл бұрын

@@samzfisher you say this, but you should tell the crusaders and others what they thought of these “byzantines”. Were they Greeks? Were they romans? they were romans and addressed themselves as such. To use the term Greek/Hellene was that of paganism and was unchristian. The Greek language has always had a presence in the east even before the Roman conquests, Greek in its self was the secondary language of the empire at times even sharing the same status as Latin. Just because a fair share of the inhabitants of Rome of this time period were ethnic Greeks/Bulgarians/vllachs/albanians doesn’t make it less Roman. It evolved in its own way just as Rome in the west was before its territory was lost.

@riccardocirielli 2 жыл бұрын

there is no hypocrisy in that statement. The Byzantines were Greeks who had little in common with the Roman Empire. The Latins instead had the support of the Pope, who was the Pontifex Maximus and the last true Roman Authority after the fall of the Empire. Moreover the Westeners actually knew how to speak Latin contrary to the Greeks

@user-tn7qb8kg1i 2 жыл бұрын

Adrianoupole is near on my hometown Orestiada in Greece 🇬🇷

@jordanfenose8554 2 жыл бұрын

Love this. I find the Frankokratia period to be fascinating since it's not often discussed I think

@jamesforreal 2 жыл бұрын

Yes been waiting

@utubrGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Adrianople: Oh shit, here we go again.

@CoolAdam247 2 жыл бұрын

The 4th crusade should be renamed the autocrusade since only Christians and no Muslims were harmed in the making of this video. 🤣

@carlosbernard7614 2 жыл бұрын

Always good to hear from cool Adam. Because I'm gay.

@jadenpham8020 2 жыл бұрын

They was excomunicated by Pope before they reach the Constantinope walls, i dont know why this chanel still call them" the crusader" after they being the King of Byzantyne.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

"They're Orthodox, close enough" (Papal facepalm)

@Andragorans 2 жыл бұрын

haha, very true. It appears land and power is greater than religion.

@Tareltonlives 2 жыл бұрын

It's almost like the Crusades weren't just about showing faith and defending pilgrims and actually more about gaining power.

@denniscleary7580 2 жыл бұрын

Keep them coming guys 👍

@ChristianCampbellDiaz 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always

@borislavandreev196 2 жыл бұрын

It’s Bulgarians not Bulgars , please when you do videos like this be more accurate about old cultures like the Bulgarians. Great videos and thanks for showing the history of the eastern Roman Empire and the Bulgarian empire .

@barbiquearea 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact. It is believed that while Baldwin was initially treated as a high valued prisoner by Kaloyan, the Bulgarian Tsar would kill him in a fit of rage, some say it was because Baldwin tried to make moves on Kaloyan's wife, others suggest she tried to seduce him but rejected her advances, thus leading to her feeling scorned and in retaliation went to her husband and accused Baldwin of attempted rape. Whatever was the case, after his demise it was believed Kaloyan turned Baldwin's skull into a drinking cup.

@umaransari9765 2 жыл бұрын

Bulgarian Tsar and making skull of their enemy a drinking cup, amazing stores

@gt4969 2 жыл бұрын

@@umaransari9765 Krum did the same to the bizantine emperor too xd

@jameskons4561 2 жыл бұрын

Great video keep going!

@estebanariasmejia6969 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video as always. Question, when is the last video of the 100 years war is coming out? Been waiting it for weeks🙏

@Nabil-js5xu 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos from Bangladesh

@stephenbaluran3298 2 жыл бұрын

Latins: You lose! This is our place now! Byzantines: You guys have no idea what we've been putting up with.

@johnbotcher8752 9 ай бұрын

Awesome channel. Makes work flyby

@loupiscanis9449 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you K&G .

@deanquaife9182 2 жыл бұрын

Enrico Dandalo lived to 98 in 1205? That would be impressive even by today's standards, yet this was over 800 years ago.

@umaransari9765 2 жыл бұрын

Especially considering he was blinded in his adulthood

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 жыл бұрын

He was probaby the oldest man alive at that time...

@connor94 2 жыл бұрын

Could you bump up the brightness a bit for future videos? Great video as always but a little dark in places

@arasheslamkhah969 2 жыл бұрын

man i love this channel !!!!!

@markolekic2504 2 жыл бұрын

This is only a small price that crusaders payed for destroying Constantinople

@markolekic2504 2 жыл бұрын

@John Hathorne Wow man, you have serious problem with understanding history.

@seanyiscubsfan1 2 жыл бұрын

@@markolekic2504 What I believe this video highlights is that it wasn’t simply just the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 that became the beginning of the end for the Eastern Roman Empire it was all these battles and the devastation that came with it.

@QuiltzFiltz 2 жыл бұрын

Relax guys you don’t have to use that long name for the city anymore thanks to the Ottomans it’s shortened to Istanbul

@markolekic2504 2 жыл бұрын

@@QuiltzFiltz Only if you recognize that name, for Christians it’s still Constantinople and it will be as long its under occupation. :)

@QuiltzFiltz 2 жыл бұрын

@@kaizokujimbei143 😂1453

@popmonika 2 жыл бұрын

Crusaders before battle: Now just over 800 years ago, the roman's were ambushed here.... don't worry guys the enemy won't think about doing that plan twice!!