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"The Gauls! They would rather lie slain in battle than lose the freedom gained by their forefathers." ~ Caesar in Gaul, Rome 2

Young Zulu person from South Africa watching this very important history. Deepest and greatest love to Celtic peoples and also those of greater Europe. European history is very fascinating and filled with so much turmoil, conflict, but also glory and prestige. As a Nguni, I see the Celts and the way fight and the how they lived with land before conquest, and I think of how related and similar we truly are. I wish I had learned about this history in school. Thank you K&G! Always bringing good stuff 🌺

My unsophisticated, barbarian self after seeing a tribe named Boii: YEEEAAAHHH BOOOIIIII

I imagine the Celts wound up in Greece and were like "finally, a group of people as hopelessly divided as we are! I'm sick of those Romans and their unified system of government. If only there were two Romes, or maybe three?"

Plutarch once stated: "Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage"

You should really make a similar series to this about the Thracians and Dacians. Peoples who treaded the thin line between civilised and barbarian. It'd be very awesome to learn about them in such a fun and colourful way such as this.

always find it a bit crazy the sheer manpower available in classical battles. Then you read medieval sources and a big battle is like 10k dudes.

22:52 "And in one foggy corner of the known world, they even retained their fierce independence" *camera pans to Bretagne* I deadass expected an announcement of future videos covering Asterix and Obelix for a second.

One of the most amazing things about the Romans was their ability to just raise another army if the previous one was wiped out. I also want to say that this is one of my favourite channels. Your videos are so good, the animations & music create an atmosphere & your voice is soothing & full of interesting information. Cheers!

we need a video named "How Rome Conquered the Iberian Peninsula".

_"I sure hope these Latins learned their lesson, now let's go home and enjoy our loot!"_ -Brennus, unaware that he started a 500 year blood feud

"How Rome Conquered the Ancient Celts" Well, this is probably gonna be a better explanation than what I was told in school, which was oversimplified to "The Romans had discipline"

Probably the most important aspect of the Roman Republic is how they always managed to turn former enemies into steadfast allies. Hannible’s invasion of Italy assumed that as he won a few battles in Italy Romes allies would quickly defect in pursuit of returning to their freedom. This is no small event. Italy was as mountainous and fractured as Greece yet Rome managed to assimilate the conquered as it went. I think more details of how they did this would be very valuable but it appears to be in it’s DNA. Rome was originally a “joint” venture of 5 of the tribes that occupied 5 of Rome’s famous 7 hill tops. Their control of the ford of the Tiber river meant that they could tax the commerce flowing south from Etrusca to the wealthy Greek city states of the south (who in turn were tied into the vast trading network of Greek cities all over the Mediterranean basin). In essence, if you can control the ford of the Tiber, you can control the trade of the entire peninsula. The problem was none of those tribes, being barricaded in their hilltop fortified villages could gain hegemony over the others - or so it appears. So it appears that they finally hammered out an agreement to form a joint venture - these tribes were the founding fathers of Rome - in Latin Patricians (patre meaning father in latin) - but even with the 5 tribes, they lacked the resources to control the valley in between the hilltops, which meant they couldn’t quite control the ford. So, they opened up citizenship to anyone who wanted to come to Rome to augment their numbers and settle in the valley. What they got was a variety of men vagabonds, runaway slaves, criminals banished from other towns, and other ruffians. This helped with their numbers but left them short of women folk - which lead to the famous “rape of the Sabines.” They threw a party for some religious ceremony which they shared in common with the Sabines. Then got them drunk and then stole their women. The sabines were pissed off, of course, but ultimately their women said they preferred to stay with the Romans - this is probably more legend and myth instead of fact, but the point is, Rome was in the business of assimilation from the very beginning and so the idea of it was built into their DNA. The valley between the Roman hills was marshland and prone to flooding. For Rome to thrive this had to be dealt with. The Romans managed to lift the grade and drain the marshland to form the center of their city, the Forum of Rome as well as build a bridge across the river. Construction of infrastructure was in the Roman DNA. Another aspect of their DNA is their common sense regarding business and trade. Trade involves transactions. As the Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase taught, the more transactions you have the more productivity and production you have the more wealthy you have. So a key aspect of wealth building is reducing transaction costs. The bridge over the Tiber reduced the transaction cost of commerce moving up and down the peninsula. But the Romans first of their many famous roads, linked Rome with the most prosperous Greek Cities of the far South in Italy. Yes it lowers the transaction cost of moving armies but from an everyday stand point, it lowered the cost of trade and increased the amount of trade, thus increasing the wealth of Rome. The next point one is likely to make is: well waterborne trade is cheaper than land born trade, so the roads are redundant and couldn’t be worth building for trade alone. Perhaps, but water born trade is more vulnerable to piracy. Land born trade is also vulnerable to highway robbing and caravan raiding, but by conquering the land along the route disruption to trade could be minimized. However the Samnites living in the highlands overlooking the Appian way probably created a continuing problem for the Romans, so how the Romans dwelt with the Samnites - how they managed to assimilate them into their system - and make them allies - was key to understanding how Rome systematically grew as it conquered and how that conquest made Rome even more powerful as it grew. The Samnites wars and how they were resolved then is probably key to understanding the growth of the Roman Republic until the age of Sulla & Caesar. No doubt, Hannibal assumed the Samnites, Cisalpine Gauls and Etruscans would all abandon Rome in preference for liberty but they did no such thing. Hannibal killed hundreds of thousands of Roman legionaries but Rome’s Italian allies stayed with Rome. This mean that the post Punic war Roman state was essentially a tightly nit Italy after the Punic war, and so was able to divide and conquer the Iberians, Gauls, and Greeks as they went. So more important than any history of war and conquest is the history of how Rome assimilated the conquered and managed to grow their numbers. Some of that is understandable through the Roman constitution and Roman 12 tables of law but that doesn’t provide a comprehensive explanation of how their system of conquest and assimilation worked out over time. That is what I don’t know enough of yet and would like to learn more about.

I’m currently reading commentarii de bello gallico, you couldn’t have timed this better! :)

I find it ironic how much you’re sponsored by Magellan, yet your content is so much better than anything I’ve seen on Magellan. Seriously, I haven’t been able to find quality videos like this on the Celts anywhere else, looking forward to your next one.

everyone knows the reason celts lost is the lack of tier 4 and 5 settlements

"When Vercingetorix rode out of Alesia and threw his arms at the feet of [Ceasar]" With all the Asterix comments here, all I picture is that frame from the comics where Vercingetorix LITERALLY drops his weapons on Caesar's feet.

Caesar: “Double the Gauls, double the walls!”

6:34 Ah, yes! I see you're getting the *BOIIs* back together!

Exactly what i needed, always good to start the day with Kings and Generals

As always love your work. This one is special as it goes in different regions through the time just to track the Celts.

Bravo! One of the best videos Yet. So pleasing this voice of history and all the animations and dreamy soundscapes is utterly beautiful. Thank you! I save so many of these videos to watch again

Please make a video about Bengal Sultanate The Bengal Sultanate was described by contemporary European and Chinese visitors as a relatively prosperous kingdom. Due to the abundance of goods in Bengal, the region was described as the "richest country to trade with". The Bengal Sultanate left a strong architectural legacy. Buildings from the period show foreign influences merged into a distinct Bengali style.

33% Obélix and Astérix 33% Funny tribe names, and funny town names 33% RIP Celts ruled Europe :(

Excellent presentation! Everything you need to know about Celts.

I like how much more confident you have become in covering larger topics and themes.

Great content as always, looking forward to the Gallo-Roman life episode!

"40,000 Galatian mən, women and children were captured and sold into slavery" *Plays a very mellow and relax music

Great series, thanks.

Wonderful stuff. Thanks.

The conquest of my ancestors, good stuff kings 👍

Very cool episode. Detailed overview of how one culture replaced another systematically.

This was very enjoyable. Thank you again friends.

Loved the video, i was the whole day thinking about it while at work. The minute i was in my house ive rushed to watch it. thank you.

Fun fact: the Boii were subject to harsh punishment from the Romans. Either submitted, relegated to swamps and marshes of the Po River, or expelled from their lands in nowadays Emilia. Those who decided to migrate went back to their original homeland of modern-day Bohemia. I visited one of their oppida, in nowadays Trebon (Czech Rep.). Archaeology showed that the Boii who went back to live in Trebon - and descendants - were the same that had fought against the Romans. They also gave Bologna its name (Bononia, originally), as the Insubres named Milan and the Cenomani Brescia (Brixia).

The only Celts that escaped Roman conquest were those in Ireland.

We history enthusiast love the work you do!

Thank you , K&G .

Great Video Friend!!!!

Love these culture-specific series.

Incredible video! I've recently been looking into Celtic mythology and actually just finished up a vid of my own on how classical mythology influenced Celtic, particularly British legends!

I loved the editing on this video. Looks like you're experimenting with some new stuff. I like it!

Bruh, the celts can't catch a break. K & G already made a whole documentary on Ceaser's conquest of Gaul. And now we still ask how they conquered them. Bruh, leave them alone.

I'm honestly surprised you haven't made a video about Viriathus, the Lusitanian and Numantind Wars yet. Given the previous focus on subjects such as the Sertorian War, for example, which were a consequence of animosity and the past wars. The material is there.

Great stuff as usual. Keep it coming plz

Great vid as always

"hannibal, you can't cross the alps with elephants!" "Aut inveniam viam aut faciam"

I love it when you talk about Roman history keep making more videos about the Romans 😀

I wasn't aware of this channel. These videos are very well done

Im a visual person and history is much more interesting with pictures instead of boring lectures and non interative maps. Thank you for making history not boring!

As badass as these tribes are, you've got to give Rome credit for continuously bouncing back and forging an empire. No matter how many losses they suffered!!🔥🔥🔥

"Amazing and interesting topic! Great video" - Person who has yet to watch the guaranteed top quality content

Love this channel!

Amazing video, the quality of the animation only gets better everytime! 💗🤞✨

Most Irish people don't recognise the term 'British Isles' btw. We (in the Republic) are independent from Britian so we don't like being lumped in with them, even though it is technically the right term. Great video anyways!

The Roman conquest of Iberia (Spain, Portugal) took over 200 years. Which was a extremely long campaign even by Roman standards of protracted warfare. Reason being Iberia was jam packed with dozens of fiercely independent tribes, city states & petty kingdoms. Rome had to individually take out each one by one which drew out the process. Also Iberians were exceptionally fierce fighters who could go toe to toe with the celts so this ment bloody warfare. Even after the 200 year conquest a tribe called the Asturiis a group of fierce independent warriors survived in north western Spain high up in the mountains where it would take the Roman's yet another century to subjugate.

Great content, as usual!!

actually there were some resistance and revolt in Gaul during the time of Empire. Which is also an interesting topic to explore

“How did you manage to defeat the Celtic peoples?” Rome: to be fully honest we couldn’t have done it without them, they did quite a bit of the work for us before we even got there

Great Material as always!

I look forward to these :D

'Honey! There's a new kings and generals!' Thanks a bunch guys

Excellent video! But it would be proper also to tell about Balkanic Celts - Scordisci, who conquered the territory from Illyria to Macedonia and were a major force on the Balkans almost 300 years, but were also defeated by Romans. And one remark. Boii and Taurisci were not fully conquered in north Italy. After defeat, most of Boii migrated northwards to modern Czechia (that is why Czechia was called officialy as Bohemia almost till 20th cenrury, from Latin "Boiohemum" - "home of Boii"). Taurisci migrated to north-east to east Carpathian mountains basin in modern Hungary, Romania and Transcarpathian Ukraine (because west Carpathians in modern Slovakia were already conquered by Celtic tribe of Cotini much more earlier). Nevertheless, all those Celtic tribes were also assimilated later during Germanic migrations and Slavic expansion.

Brilliantly informed, lived it.

Great stuff ! Bravo 👏

What about that village in Brettony that resisted Romans with the help of some secret wepeon. There are two legendary Gauls with a dog that crossed path with Caesar on multiple ocations.

Conquered is too limited a word. The continental Celtic people of course survived, but their culture and languages were basically replaced with those of Rome.

This channel is awesome! Keep it up 👍

Salve! Fantastic! So much action!

Modern Celt with his middle finger up to Rome: "You missed some of Us boys!"

Kings and Generals please don't forget to posy videos about -Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great -Tengrism -Ancient Greece wisdom and teachings of philosophers Plato,Socrates,Aristotle

Amazing video thanks 😊

Very nice. Thank you.

But will Endel help me cope with the yoke of Roman oppression? Will I be able to hear on loop the blood curdling screams of my vanquished enemies as I sleep?

Hey! Just a small video idea: maybe you could cover the conquering of Israel and Jerusalem by rome, the subsequent jewish revolutions, and the eventual sack of Jerusalem. I find it a very interesting topic due to the consequences this conflict had for the modern world. Anyway love ur channel and how much effort u put into it.

Fantastic video!

keep up the good work.

As a Julii fanboy i will delight myself on this one!

11:30 One of these languages (basque) still survives, making it old as the hills and one of the few non indoeuropean languages in Europe. Also, the Aquitanii lands seem a bit big, considering the basque tribes (vascones, vardulii, caristii and autrigones) were in the area south west of the pyrenees.

Thanks y’all I love these videos. Keep it legit! Too legit to quit, even!

Good video, thanks.

Obelix: These Romans are crazy!

The Romans were never an entirely phalanx based army. The scutum/thureos/"celtic shield" originates in northern Italy, as did the pilum, and the Etruscans and Italic tribes are depicted using them centuries before Roman unification. The italic hoplites seemed to have a less rigid fighting style too, judging from the pila and battle axes.

I don't commit at all at any video but you have done an exceptional work on your videos haven't seen any bias opinions on your content.. well done brother

I love this stuff!

10:18 Atleast 45000 not 30000... don't underestimate Hannibal

Would you consider making a video on the daily life in Ottoman Balkans, especially for vassalized Christians? I live in the Balkans as a Turkish person and this is a very controversial topic and your videos are always as neutral as they can be, I would love to watch that.

Thank you

Too nice history's video from excellent historical channel about caltic trieb in Europe's contents

Long live the Celts love from Algeria❤️

22:55 Does that pocket happen to have any magic potion?

lovely video my lad

your channel is the best

Do one on Celtiberians or Iberians.

- Greek colonies everywhere - Phoenicians everywhere - Gauls everywhere - Roman Colonies plus empire - Arab conquest - Byzantine and Ottomans "wow, mediterranean people look very similar to each other how's that"

Awesome video.

This channel is great!! 💜👍👌

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