You'll continue to 1453?! HELL YEAH!!!!!!

Just bought the red legion shirt. I'm hyped for it.

Kings and Generals do one About Napoleons old guard and guard structure!

9:24 i heard age of empire 2 sound effect is this an easter egg?

Plz do the battle of brody 1941 the largest tank battle in human history

Haha

no,no,no.. these lists work this way... How to live long as a Roman Emperor: Step 1: Make sure the Praetorian Guard is on your side Step 2: Give "gifts" to the Praetorian Guard regularly. You can never be too generous Step 3: ???? Step 4: Profit see you lure m in with the profit part and a failsafe way to please the Praetorians and *dont* tell them about the assasination part!

"Be united with each other, enrich the soldiers, and spurn the rest." -Emperor Septimius to his sons

LOL

Or better yet be born during the republic and install the praetorian gaurd after reducing the republic to a figure head and then die before the praetorians figure out how to kill an emperor.

Well, Jaime was trying stop a mad man from destroying a city with wildfire. Praetorians are just because someone promised them money or someone forgot to pay them off.

French Imperial Guard is one of the best guard

Well they were initially

They still selected well performed soldiers from regular legion, but power corrupt them absolutely.

@@DOSFS indeed . So that why you shouldn't gave guards more power and money than normal soldier or they will try to spread their corruption further and beyond .

@Khanet Preeteepveruriya The Praetorians were like Julius Caesar. Badass at the beginning, but eventually got corrupted in their lust for power.

Sulla was an ultra Chad whom no pleb would dare touch.

lol

Be fair, though, between Sulla and the later rulers, Caesar was once famously heard to say "Eh, this'll just be a quick stop at the Senate before I get back to planning the Parthian war. I won't need my bodyguards or...AHHH! MY GROIN!"

Many knows Cornelius Sulla is a Mad Men and cruel, but in fact he is a nobleman who try hard to save Republic, sadly forced to do so with Tyrannical mode

@@Cleeon When a republic gets so bad that it produces a Sulla, that republic is incidentally so far gone that it cannot be saved. Sad, maybe, but Sulla is necessary so the republic can die.

@Will224000 that just sounds like an excuse for you having either a shit memory or bad spelling. It's Caesar

Hmmm some of the dumbest people I know are also the most confident. Good quote though ;)

@@Khorane They have confident because they attack in big group. A humble man does not need to be back up by whole army, just him and some of his friends because for him he has nothing to lose. If he is wrong he will admit it, if he is right he will prove it.

I have the confidence... THAT THE FUCKING TURKS ISLAMIES WON'T REACH TO THE PROMISED LAND BEFORE US CHRISTIANS DO! SET SAIL TO THE PORTAL MY BROTHERS!!! I SMELL FRESH UNCLAIMED LAND!!! >:D

Nice

Ya hay stand in my room with a sword so no one kills me.... what if i kill u. Idk don't fucking do that that be bogus I paid for all your elite assassin training wait I mean protection training

Italians...

The politicians/guards entrusted with the power to protect a country, who are the ones most guilty for its destruction. Sounds vaguely familiar...

*pReAtOrIaMs*

Well Praetorians and the Senate. Bunch of rich old men who think they're in charge. Domitian got the right idea to just screw them over.

Liquidsback yup

I c wut u did there :)

@Badr eddin Constantine was the first roman emperor 2 convert 2 christianity, openly, in a big way. Plus, he claimed he won that battle bcuz he had help from the christian god.

@Ancient Skeptic On what are u basing this? I didn't say he put any cross on any arch of triumph.

Constantine was a great emperor and the type of Christianity that he embraced had nothing to do with the Pope or Catholics.

Lol

German are money 💴 pits ! !

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Or instill a culture that's bushido esk that has a well enforced law stating if the emperor dies it is dishonorable for you to remain alive and if you so choose the military will be ordered to enact protocol 66 and kill you.

@@theempiredidnothingwrong3227 pretty hard to do when you have people who don't even care about their own gods

@@theempiredidnothingwrong3227 just go full on Spartan and train them from birth

@@australianword3812 It's not that hard if sub religion for Roman Stoicism and the Janissaries were basically raised from birth as suggested and still betrayed their emperor when it became convenient.

@Vae Victis You forgot one important point, The Praetorians were veteran legionnaires who were handpicked to serve the guard, sure they expent most of the time looking good in their over-polished armor in the safety of the palace, but when they went on campaign, their experience and superior training would come into play. The fact that they were palace guards doesn’t mean they weren’t capable fighters.

Ealry Preatorians were picked from hard soldier. Later Preatorians fought in every defense of Rome. During the times of a split empire they were often used by the ruler of Italy as a Leigon.

*NOBODY GETS TO KILL THE EMPEROR BUT US*

And the senators

@@Mars-ow4rf Nah the senators are powerless and useless in the Roman empire. Only Caesar I think that they killed but it was on the era of Roman Republic.

Yes ... wanna know ROME story, play RYSE THE SON OF ROME game

Fact:His douther was still a virgin and it was against a law to execute a virgin.So they decided that she should be rape first and then exsecuted.Chilling!

@@vman1694 they can kill virgins just fine. It's against the law to kill the VESTAL virgins. Nor is it legal to rape them. So they just starve them

@@RexOedipus. I thought they buried them alive.

It's often a matter of debate if Sejanus was a major cause of Caligula's rise due to assassinating the other possible heirs of Tiberius.

Didn't know that. Thanks

I am Drunk

I prefer my liver intact thank you very much

Did that last night, really bad idea holy fuck

My liver just finished processing all that alcohol.

You trying to kill me faster than the Praetorians kill a Ceasar?

And more than occasionally on the Emperor.

Thanks for watching!

At their height, they were legitimately the best field units of the Roman Empire.

@LKVideos The Praetorians were, undoubtedly, elite soldiers. But soldiers whose loyalties are questionable aren’t reliable, even elite soldiers.

@@luisarruda3061 That *highly* depends on the period and who led them. They haven't been like that all the time and also not consistently bad in later periods.

Jurgen Hoffeinschnitz Elite King slayers heck the roman emperor should have send them to assassinate other kings and emperors cuz they are the best at it l

@@karandullet380 They were indeed deployed as envoys and assassins.

Daniel Vasquez Yes, I was waiting for this reference

this

+1

@@mrxmry7763 Exactly. I wonder where the name Alin Toma comes from... Probably somewhere between Ukraine and Bulgaria.

@@mrxmry7763 so let's just ignore an important conflict of the 2nd century than? Maybe we shouldn't do any alexander the great videos either cus it will trigger macedonians?

@@alexisvannuffel5516 please see my comment below. In that case let's not talk about alexander the great because it will trigger north macedonians.

A miscellaneous Human “Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.” -Frank Herbert

@Brechum Oh forgot the late emperors of the Western Roman Empire, who used primarily Germanic bodyguards.

Varangians did the same stuff as the praetorians later though. Augustus wasn't a great general (why he never wanted to have a battle with Antonius on land) but a great politician and charismatic leader (+heir to Julius) Several popes still got abducted or/and forced into submission by Europeans royalties despite the swiss guards You have to find the balance between pleasing your guards and keeping their influence to a minimum while leaving them powerful enough to protect you. But more importantly to establish your and your heirs rule in stone, Rome never was a true monarchy thus why anyone could become Emperor.

The Kheshig would like to have a word with you.

The U.S. President has the United States Secret Service The Queen of England has the Royal Protection Group plus the guards The PM of India has the SPG

Auxilia palatina always fought till the bitter end whilst the native Romans routed…

Where?

@@BaHaEzZz 9:24 you hear Aoe 2 recruiting sound or rather training a unit from barracks :D God I love their stuff because of those small details :)

It did not happen with the Old Guard of Napoleon. Loyal even in death.

​@@francissemyon7971 Yeah, because they didn't get to win the war. 😂

@@LuizAlexPhoenixDid the Praetorians, Janissaries or Kesig ever won awar by themselves you moron ?

this is so sad and unfortunately true

To soon

These guys do seem to be huge Game of Thrones fans. Maybe they will do a video about the Kingsguard next.

Hei du! Kan du vær så snill og spørre Kings & Generals kanalen om å lage en video om "Didgori slaget" Slaget er virkelig spennende og har en interessant historie. Setter stor pris på hvis du gjør! Jeg har allerede spurt og nå prøver jeg og rekruttere flere til å spørre/be om det samme :) Takk og mvh Gio!

Kek, a mgtow loser in the wild.

I believe they are going chronologically.

@@suyashbhagwat5615 I know but I can't wait.

No,it does not.It served well to most Emperors and when some Emperor was murdered by Praetorians it was rarely action of entire guard.In most cases just of some segments of it.

@@paprskomet indeed if they where not good they would not have used them, but that does not change the fact that most emperors where also killed by them or at least a lot of them

@@akaneonee-chan2241 They killed a small handful of emperors. Usually, they killed the really terrible emperors, like Caligula.

Good :-)

There will be more!

hurr durr me barbarian me no tact/nuance/subtlety me want you explain joke hurrrr me no understand

sovietroulette the fuck are you on about?

@@johndavenport2847 It's also a joke.

SilverRain k

@@silverrain530 wrong, legit didn't get joke. want explanation pls...

Thanks for watching!

@@mortezamohammadi505 yesss!!!!!!

Absolutely ! Amazing how time time I’ve spent reading Greek, Roman, and Byzantine history yet know little about the Parthians, and Persian Empire. Make Persia Great Again !!! عرفان قدسی

Auxilia palatina>praetorian.

Not just name. The Custodes are always plus minus 10.000 men just like the Praetorians, and also have specialized elite units within their already super elite ranks.

@@lkvideos7181 I've always though they were based on Emperor Palpatine's Royal Guards who in Legends were far more fleshed out with inter agency hierarchies and positions and being drawn from the best stormtroopers in the Empire.

​@@barbiqueareaNo the way Custodes are created is very different. You are basicaly picked at late infancy, a child of Terran nobility and from that pool exclusively. Otherwise you disqualify. Under the custody of a Custodes you grow up and are constantly subjected to very painful genetic augmentations and enhancements using the Emperor's very gene matrix. If you survive that ordeal, which only like maybe 1% do, you are then send on endless brutaly difficult trials by your Custodes patron, who will also train and test your abilities non-stop until you've proven yourself worthy enough, after maybe several decades, to bear the right to stand among their ranks. What is also different is that the creation of Custodes is not entirely uniform. The process also builds on individual strenghts. Like, every single Custodes is crafted to be an incredibly formidable warrior by default, even for transhuman standarts. But they have all unique levels of skill, perception etc. One can be their greatest tactician, or blade master, marksman, diplomat, envoy, assassin etc. However that only makes them stand out within their *own* ranks. Like if you compare the avarage Custodes with some of the greatest Space Marines, he will still be superior to the Space Marine, in every perceivable way. Smarter, faster, stronger, more durable. On top of that, every single Custodes is a walking vessel of vast knowedge. He doesn't just undergo brutal training but has every existing and perceivable principle of warfare, politics / diplomacy, languages history and cultures imprinted in him. That might also be due to the Emperor's gene-seed somehow translating a fraction of their gene father's memory but that's just a personal speculation. The reasons are sadly not elaborated in the lore so far.

@@alexanderchristopher6237 If they are a pious army, they do good. Even if they are religious, if they aren't good worshippers they don't have God's blessing. They can sometimes win without it, but they eventually lose. Instances of pious armies winning: Romans painting cross on shields, Iran beating Saddam Hussein who had support of America Europe and USSR in the Iran-Iraq War, many battles in the early history of Islam. Only exception is the Battle of Karbala because that was meant to be an example for us. If Imam Hussein (AS) survived we would learn nothing and be lazy and complacent.

@@موسى_7 Not necessarily. The Iran-Iraq War was more of a draw in the end.

I think an interesting subject would be a series on the entire expansion of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire from Christ to Constantine. And perhaps beyond to the Christian persecution of the Pagans in the 5th century. This would be a very exciting series.

Well, confidence is very important for victory, and religious fervor can help to be sure, as well as good generalship, experience, and a host of other things. Now, what a video do you make about this ?

From what I remember, Emperor Heraclitus used Christianity as a way to motivate his soldier to fight against the Sassanid Persians.

Well, the ottomans did try to emulate the romans.

@Adib Kaiser i rum...

@Adib idk it's just the title that sultans wear... they think they are succesors of Romans emperors

@Adib Ok i talk with my teacher who is an Historian and he say: Ottoman considered themselves as succesors of Roman Empire. That explain "Kaiser-i-Rum"

@Adib No it's a French Historian in one of the most famous University of History in Europe

:-)

Thanks! We'll see!

Ok :-)

There is no evidence for this preserved and its most unlikely since it would be very problematical because of more things.

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Thank you!