🚩 Download World of Warships today wo.ws/49tx5Ln and join the naval battle! Register now using code WISCONSIN and receive a huge starter pack including 500 Doubloons, 2,000,000 Credits, 10 days Premium Account time, and a free ship! 🚩 We're heading back to ancient times with the Battle of Raphia, 217 BC. Syria and Palestine were prime real-estate that ancient powers fought over. In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's death, his empire was carved up by his generals and family. By the late 3rd century BC, Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt fought for domination over this region, then known as Coele Syria.

While everybody was busy playing Total War, Theodotus was playing Assassin's Creed

I am so happy that now the Diadochi Wars get some atention, they get usually overshadowed by the Punic Wars

The problem with most of the Hellenic monarchs was that they were more concerned with conquering each other than with administering and consolidating themselves. This reminds me of an old and true Chinese proverb: "Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard."

3:10 Fun fact: the three Hellenistic powers that ruled the Eastern Mediterranean were of Upper-Macedonian origin. The Antigonids were from Elimiotis, the Seleucids from Orestis, and the Lagids or Ptolemies from Eordaea. Rather interesting considering they didn't come from the nobility of the Argead Dynasty in Lower Macedonia but from the Highland shepherd peasantry which was the bulk of Macedonian infantry of Philip II and Alexander the Great. This is also why the heavily decorated Macedonian shields with geometric designs of concentric designs were more popular in the sarissaphoroi infantrymen of the Hellenistic kingdoms as this was a similar shield used by the Illyrians which were the closest neighbours to the Upper-Macedonians

My Saturday is not complete without a weekly History Marche video.

Antiochus' hubris and overconfidence cost him the victory he could've had at raphia, but he'd be far from over, and some time later would face the ptolemies once again, this time achieving his well earned revenge.

Funny thing is Antiochus would go on to lose at Magnesia in the exact same way

Had a great time working on this battle, and as always, it was a pleasure working with HistoryMarche!

0:51 😂 _“Our phalanx stronk!”_ _“Our phalanx stronker!!”_

Interestingly, Pharoh Ptolemy IV Philpator's later reign started the significant decline of the Ptomtomeic dynasty until the Romans conquered Egypt under Cleopatra VII Thea Philpator. Something eerily similar to Emperor Commodus and slightly Caligula's reigns, highlighting the worst personal traits of a ruler over a vast & powerful empire.

I first heard about this battle be re-enacted on a old Television show called Time commanders all the way back in 2003. That show used an early version of a strategy game which became Rome total war. It was the tv program and the game which influenced my passion for history. Seeing this event being back memories of first learning about the event. Thank you HistoryMarche for covering it.

Comparing the magnitude and man power of the ancient battles with the medieval ones, become visible how much human kind was vunerable (and perhaps still is) to plague, hunger and self-destruction.

This wouldn't be the last time Antiochus lost in this fashion, learning nothing Roman would exploit his mistake again in Magnesia.

Ptolemy, upon seeing his left wing routed, disguised himself and escaped towards the center of the field. Antiochus believing Ptolemy fled with his routed troops pursued eagerly to catch him. This little ruse saved the day for the egyptians. Egyptians were known throughout antiquity to be a sophisticated, highly deceptive and ingenious people (Caesar in his book 'Comentarii de Bello Civili' - 'The Civil War'). Excellent video presentation as usual many thanks.

When it comes to these historical battles I'm always hooked right from the beginning. Thanks for putting this together and sharing it.

Absolutely loved this episode! The topic was fascinating, and I thoroughly enjoyed the style of the map and the narration. Keep up the great work, HistoryMarche!😃

I've been asking for this battle for years now!! Thank you!!!

Thanks for another great video - keep moving foreward

Excellent coverage as usual. Keep up with the good work.

You always make My day with yout videos historymarche! Your narration and imagery are second to none! Always love to learn from you❤❤❤❤

Thank you History Marche for helping us know about the greatest battles in history. Keep up the good work.

With each video you keep getting better and better! You're the Best 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

A Great video as always ! Thanks HistoryMarche!

Finally, the good quality video about battle of Raphia. I was waiting for that.

I hosted a wargame on this exact campaign, and it was absolutely awesome. Raphia is underrated and it was a pivotal turning point in History.

Brilliant video thanks Historymarche. I love history

Great video thanks for the upload

Excellent!! As expected from this fine channel.

Amazing video as always HM!

Great videos, I probably don't comment enough. I love your graphics, they really help to explain things. What keeps boggling my mind is the number of men available, the number of them who seem to have had some form of training and the logistics.

Thanks for more on the old world

Great Work, from my heart thanks.

Another amazing video! Looking forward to watching Antiochas III the Great come of age.

Thanks for uploading this video, i think hellenistic era should get more attention.

Good post, thank you.

Great video, as usual. Would it be possible to do a mini-series of all the Hellenic generals after the wars of the Diadochi, in which they battle their own geographical enemies for consolodation of power? I know the stories have been covered in a general sense, but each factions stabilisation efforts would be another worthy addition to the library

HistoryMarche uploaded. Heck yeah

Excellent work here ⭐

Awesome series please keep going

I love your videos on the lesser known great commanders of the Middle Ages. It’s a misunderstood period and you’ve done great highlighting a pretty diverse array of generals and campaigns so far.

Suggestion for reconquista videos: Jaime the conqueror of Aragon and Ferdinand the saint of castile! Love your content 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great as usual 👌

I love these videos on this part of history.

217 B.C. - during the second Punic war, one year before the battle of Cannae. A really bloody time of the old world.... 🤔

didnt expect you to cover the diadochi war nice surprise👍

This video is very enjoyable and informative.

Thank you.

Nicely done video

Another wonderful historical coverage episode about (217 BC )battle of (Rafia) between the Egyptian Tolimic Empire and the Seleucid empire both sides were from the Hellenic world. Thank you 🙏 (history Marche)channel for sharing.

It was a great video thanks

I got so excited when I saw that you guys posted. I thought it was another Hannibal episode.

"Settle the Syrian question once and for all". Hey that's what we're trying to do today too!

great documentary, very well made

Never heard of this before, I learned something new.

For the algorithm 🍻🍻🍻

Swag 😎! Keep up the great content!

The Hellenic period is such a fascinating, and under-explored period.

Just great!

Great episode. More great battles of history! Maybe in china and India where the numbers are immense

Def gonna use this in my next total war rome campaign

Awesome! The diadochi wars are underrated

( I watch all I can find. Great channel

Amazing! As excpected from this awesome channel! Hearth please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Would love to see you cover the battle of flodden!

HistoryMarche! can you please continue the Hannibal series??? PLZ!!!

War never changes, even at the same location from past to present...

HistoryMarche ❤

Please continue the videos on the selukids or infact any diadochi state theese videos are so great but few so please make more of them

When my mouse hovered over the video thumbnail, the preview clip was the ad for World of Warships and it was really funny seeing "Battle of Raphia, 217BC" under clips of obviously modern battleships firing at each other.

Intressant som vanligt.

PART TWO BATTLE OF RAPHIA STARTS TODAY BABY!!!!!!!!

YES

I remember reading polybius’s account of this battle seeing it on an actual map makes me so happy

I like the somber touch with the music near the end. fitting for Antiochus who was in my opinion, just the type of cavalry commander the Greeks needed at just the right time in the right position to repulse the Romans. Yet his flaws and insecurities were what held him back from being another alexander...

Fighting still going on there right now.

“Stronk.” The new word I learned from this video.

Love your work history marche also unlike kings and generals you pronounce diadochi right (fun fact) diadochi means successors in Greek

For the biggest battle in hellenistic history, ipsus in 301 BC was slightly bigger than raphia with 160k men for the former and 140k men for the latter. It's ironic that despite this battle outcome, Ptolemaios 3 was described as the one who started the decline of the ptolemaic egypt while anthiokos will be viewed as one of the greatest in the late hellenistic period but will ultimately fall in the macedonian wars which shifted the power from the greek/macedonian world to the roman world.

One year later, after this battle, my man Hannibal taught the entire world how to use cavalry on the flanks to one's advantage and win battles with a heavily outnumbered army against a superior opponent.

I love the great battles of old

Continue the Hannibal series

Interesting time to make a video on a battle in Rafah.

More Diadochi wars !! These are literally like the world wars of the ancient world.

20:19 ahhh the music

Great video as always! One small detail that is probably wrong in this video is the size of the elephants. I just randomly came across a video of wildlife biologist Forrest Galante breaking down some scenes from films (recommended) and he mentioned the difference between African and Indian elephants: African elephants are much bigger and heavier (plus other characteristics unrelated to the battle situation) but the Indian ones are much more trainable which I suppose was also the case 2 200 years ago. The smell, sight and sound (even predators like bears can be "scared away" by loud sounds) might have also been a factor, my personal guess of why African elephants run amok is that simply they didn't want to bash with other elephants possibly dying. They're not stupid and they're not naturally aggressive, only defensive, so they simply didn't want to engage in the fight as they see no reason to die for some weird tall apes sitting on their back (which I can imagine they didn't enjoy in the first place) leading them towards this noisy, metal clinging, feet stomping clouds of dust, and as being not as trainable, Ptolemy's soldiers were simply unable to control them. But what a twist this battle had for me personally! As soon as I've heard 10 000 (!!) Silver Shields I thought "Okay this is over, spoiler alerted the result of the battle" as I've seen several videos covering several battles with Silver Shields units being numbered usually around 3000 to 6000 and turning tides, literally winning every battle themselves in similar fashion as Alexander's Companion cavalry, until they betrayed someone in some complicated hostage scenario of their families and belongings being captured in the camp behind the battle they were fighting and then they got executed. Until now I didn't know they lost a battle. To lose one with 10 000 of them, more elephants and initially breaking down the enemie's wing first is achievement on it's own. What a roller coaster! Thank you for your documentaries! Entertaining, high quality content.

Epic

Will there be a video about the Battle of Zama?

And that is why as a commander of an army, you stay on the field of battle instead of chasing after a defeated foe. To ensure that your army wins the day and to exploit early success. A lesson that the defeated commander learns bloodily to his cost during this defeat.

On 22 June 217 BC, the armies of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt with capital Alexandria, and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire with capital Antioch, met at Raphia (Rafah, near Gaza) to battle for control of Syria. It was the only known battle where war elephants were present in both armies and fought against each other. The result was the Ptolemaic Egyptian victory.

how do you guys get/make these maps?

Please coverage Battle of Carrhae 53 BC

Do you make your maps or do you get them from the internet?

Nice

A Television show called Time commanders all the way back in 2003 did ancient battles. That show used an early version of a strategy game which became Rome total war using an amateur team playing a side it was interesting, I remember when a local Authority team were playing, the battle of Adrianople, Romans against the Goths. The Romans of course didn't foresee the return of Gothic cavalry as they attacked the wagon circle. The most amazing thing was that the leader of the Local Authority playing the Romans tried to surrender. The look on the face of the commentators was comical. Surrender was not really an option.

Seems a second battle of Raphia (now Rafah) is now going on.

Surprisingly, Rapha is now a center of a different war. But an uneven war.

Antiochus iii done caught too many L’s for people to be calling him the great!! 🙅‍♂️

The diadochi wars are very interesting

Well the flanking menuvour would have great if its Numadic cavalry and an efficient mind like Hannibal and his cavalry general Maharbal