The Battle of Beroia 1122 AD

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@BazBattles 4 жыл бұрын

These recent uploads are a bit rushed and sometimes things happen. The second end fact is doubled, which is strange, as the image on the third scrap is correct. I'm really really sorry. Here's the third fact: "Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger was a loyal general to both John Komnenos and his father, Alexios. For his refusal to enter the conspiracy against John, he was deemed by his wife Anna Komnene as a coward and a man of weak character."

@gianlucaborg195 4 жыл бұрын

BazBattles thanks for posting it here. Seems to be more loyal and dutiful to me though, Bryennios the young, rather than cowardly, he is more a man than another who would have join the conspiracy.

@its_drez 4 жыл бұрын

Bro it’s ok, all these uploads are amazing!! I thought you only uploaded like a video every 2 months but uve posted like 3 videos in 1 week!! I’m not complaining lmaoooooo love your channel!

@mitchellulrich930 4 жыл бұрын

BazBattles I figured you were going on a role with your videos. Also is this video plus the previous one gonna be a series on the Byzantine Empire?

@indianknight4809 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro btw you are the best. Should do more series of a particular character.

@keziahdelaney8174 4 жыл бұрын

It is pronounced Beria dear friends. In Greek o and i together gives us a diphthong. οι = i .Al though αει στο διάολο was completelly correct and hillarious. That bitch Anna almost cost us a great emperor. She wrote an excellent etymological lexicon though..

@HansWurst1569 4 жыл бұрын

2:27 one of the earliest documantations of Bro’s before Hoe’s

@carlos89784 3 жыл бұрын

Hahhahahaha

@TheSeanoops 3 жыл бұрын

An absolute chad.

@andersschmich8600 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a neglected period of history which generally gets overshadowed by the Crusades, glad you're doing it.

@nelsblair2667 4 жыл бұрын

Anders Schmich said neglected, generally, and crusades. Kings who neglect their generals don’t survive crusades. It’s as if you packed your comment with keywords.

@yaldabaoth2 4 жыл бұрын

Not western europe, check Not catholic, check Not still existing, check I guess unless you live in Greece, Byzantine history is obscure for these reasons.

@alexanderchristopher6237 4 жыл бұрын

@@yaldabaoth2 well, the Byzantines were in decline after Manzikert. That's the whole reason why they called for the Pope to launch a Crusade. The Crusades eclipsed the Byzantines as Western European politics were inserted to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Then there's the 4th Crusade.

@martinnolhaf3151 4 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderchristopher6237 damn you make me remember the cursed crusades... now i will cry .... May Enrico Dandolo burn in hell

@daniliescu3328 4 жыл бұрын

Close but not quite. The empire was way larger so people in many modern countries heir to the byzantine tradition care a lot. Than, there is the Eastern Orthodox Church and faith...

@anthonymigliaccio3492 4 жыл бұрын

3rd video this week, keep it up my man, keep it up, this has been enlightening

@gwanael34 4 жыл бұрын

"He fell ill again" okay the wife 100% poisonned him

@princefriedman3025 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously who falls ill and dies

@kajpiotrowicz5779 4 жыл бұрын

@@princefriedman3025 People who get corona

@mariosebastiani3214 4 жыл бұрын

@@kajpiotrowicz5779 so, kings? (sorry this translates poorly, but corona is crown in my language)

@kajpiotrowicz5779 4 жыл бұрын

@@mariosebastiani3214 I mean Covid-19

@whatamidoingwithmylife4108 2 жыл бұрын

@@kajpiotrowicz5779 *Laughs in 99% survival rate*

@haydningram8448 4 жыл бұрын

At 2:23, Anna says: "ΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΑΟΛΟ" which translates to "Go to hell".

@xaph5575 4 жыл бұрын

Am I dreaming?? 3 vids in a week :p

@wmjm9931 4 жыл бұрын

I hate your name and everything it stands for.

@Foralltosee1623 4 жыл бұрын

nah bro you're hallucinating

@pimfreeke5971 4 жыл бұрын

@@wmjm9931 he is just cult leader against our beloved ben the champion of our people

@pimfreeke5971 4 жыл бұрын

Purge the heretic

@darrenpatterson2579 4 жыл бұрын

Ya, wtf 3 in a week, I guess quality isn't a concern

@tancreddehauteville9983 4 жыл бұрын

More about the great Komnenoi family, Thank you for giving us more about the Komnenian Restoration! 👑🇬🇷

@keziahdelaney8174 4 жыл бұрын

@@godefroydebouillon1440 Thanks for your kind words latin friends :P. They were a great family indeed. And very good Christians. Especially Ioannis was such a good character that people called him kaloIoannis. GoodJohn.

@justinian-the-great 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Komnenian guys were great rulers. If only someone like them inherited me......BUT NO! It simply could not be someone good, but bunch of idiots who dismantled my work! I bet that Basil II knows the feeling too.

@MJayzStudio 4 жыл бұрын

Hi again my hero

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best Eastern Roman Emperors, they did a lot for the Empire, they could have done further if it wasn't for stupid 4th Crusade

@MJayzStudio 4 жыл бұрын

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 The angelos were horrible

@Spurr_ovo 4 жыл бұрын

Dude. Are you okay? I feel like I’m dreaming with all this notifications saying you’ve uploaded. Keep doing your wonderful work man.

@fruze8478 4 жыл бұрын

I know right!

@mk9650 3 жыл бұрын

And now it's been 4 months

@moriskurth628 4 жыл бұрын

Basically, once a Byzantine Emperor gets his Vikings out, you can kiss your ass goodbye. One of the reasons I love the Varangian Guard. They were one of the few "Praetorian/Royal Guard" units in history that could actually back up their titles with sheer skill, strength and bravery, rather than just being regular infantry in fancy hats.

@VRichardsn 4 жыл бұрын

So much amazing history in this period. The Eastern Roman Empire has enough flavour, battles and plot twists to make it into an amazing series of movies or TV episodes.

@Wrtvrxgvcf55 4 жыл бұрын

byzantines had a lot of money, and thus could select the best and most expensive warriors from around the globe

@a.hakan.yildiz 4 жыл бұрын

like janissaries

@valaudae1809 4 жыл бұрын

hakan yıldız They began as an elite corps of slaves made up of Christian boys kidnapped from their homes and forcibly converted to Islam. So not like the Viking and Anglo-Saxon Varangians.

@axeltenveils6816 4 жыл бұрын

@@Wrtvrxgvcf55 A bit late, but you actually had to pay to get into the Varangian guard. A fee, and then you had to pass inspection. If you didn't pass the inspection then you just lost the money. So, the Varangians were largely nobles and their retinues, well versed in battle and equipped with the best equipment. Of course the riches you could get from being a Varangian far surpassed the entrance fee.

@ktvindicare 4 жыл бұрын

I never knew that Anna Comnenus, your starting Princess in Medieval: Total War 2, was a scheming little traitor! All hail Emperor John!

@aLukepop 4 жыл бұрын

She is a bit more multifaceted than just that though, she's also the author of the Alexiad!

@apostolispouliakis7401 4 жыл бұрын

In Greek there is no C letter and the "us" is latin in Greek it is "os" so it is Anna Komnenos

@ktvindicare 4 жыл бұрын

@@apostolispouliakis7401 Just spelling it the way the game does.

@WoWFtw8 4 жыл бұрын

tbf the byzantines wanted to be romans, so they adopted most names too I would guess.

@tylerellis9097 4 жыл бұрын

Croma No that’s just the Latinized version of their names the West used.

@nikolaseleftheriou1835 4 жыл бұрын

Duuuuuude l am from Greece. I didn't expect you to write "Go to hell" but in Greek. An amazing touch! Very well done

@montreal-_canada1748 4 жыл бұрын

tanks for the translation i was wondering the meaning

@danielm3670 4 жыл бұрын

Greece was created by the Bavarians at about 1829, it never existed during the battle of above. Greece is a mixture of various nationalities such as turks, vlachs, arvanites and sub-Saharan people.

@user-rw8vz7qe9c 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielm3670 Another butthurt ignorant that doesnt know a thing about history.

@fabshooter4891 4 жыл бұрын

The Byzantines really suffered from a bad case of compulsive plotting disorder. John: How many Layers of schemes are you on Sis? Anna: Oh Idk, 4 or 5

@WoWFtw8 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, they wanted to be Romans very much? so why not adopt all the political plotting and backstabbing too

@marcelcostache2504 4 жыл бұрын

The plotting is what ultimately killed the western empire and later the eastern.

@The_Devil_Himself 4 жыл бұрын

They were also known for playing dirty in warfare like they did here.

@WoWFtw8 4 жыл бұрын

to my knowledge about the romans, their ideal battle was just head to head, with no surprises, no flanks or ambushes. so thats probably something they kept as greeks.

@MFenix206 4 жыл бұрын

@@The_Devil_Himself i mean, if you call giving gifts to relax the enemy playing dirty... full frontal assault with your heaviest infantry is about as straight forward and ancient as you can get.

@KosturKos 4 жыл бұрын

I live in the modern day city of Stara Zagora that was once Beroia!

@dand7763 4 жыл бұрын

it's a football team of the city named Beroe Stara Zagora

@KosturKos 4 жыл бұрын

@@godefroydebouillon1440 Glad to hear, my best (online) friend's French too, so that's an interesting twist

@entiznebrothers7275 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! How is it there now? Any historical sites? Love traveling btw. :]

@leontarkostas5768 4 жыл бұрын

I live in a city in Greece still called Beroia

@firstconsul7286 4 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool mate

@RAZ0RGAM1NG 4 жыл бұрын

The Varangian guard were sooo savaaaage, TO GLORY OR VALHALLA!

@stuka80 4 жыл бұрын

they embodied the western way of war! which in the end proved superior and adopted by all armies the world over!

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 жыл бұрын

Good Motto!

@AnoterosHershy 4 жыл бұрын

Wait were they of Norse decent or something?

@adamcal4257 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnoterosHershy They were norsemen. Here's a really cool video about them: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DPRr44d-3gsg&ved=2ahUKEwjNgpDJqeHjAhUvsKQKHYzeA-AQwqsBMAB6BAgFEAU&usg=AOvVaw3QEiX9OfTYUsZEV1x_yFi0

@HaggisOfDeath 4 жыл бұрын

At this point in history they were mostly Anglo-Saxon. Earlier on they were purely Scandinavian. It's also worth noting that by this point England was entirely Christian as was all but the most remote parts of Scandinavia, so I'm not sure they would have said Valhalla; but they certainly still brought the 'viking'-aesthetic with their huge Dane-axes, shield-walls and honour culture (they were renowned for their oath-keeping). Definitely very savage combatants.

@HBTNFTB666 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love that you did one in John II Komnenos reign, maybe the most underrated byzantine emperor ever.

@adamtyniec9154 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another part of forgotten history of Byzantium in such an important phase as Komnenos Restoration. You are a protospatharios of every emperor you mentioned. Keep it up!

@ofallmyintention9496 4 жыл бұрын

This week has been ridiculous [in a good way] with BazBattles. I love it. The subject matter is really good, too. The late mid-to-late Byzantine Empire is such a cool period which isn't usually covered by most.

@JJ-kl7eq 4 жыл бұрын

Dig through the ditches And burn through the witches And slam in the back of Beroia! ~ Rob Zombie

@crimzonempire4677 4 жыл бұрын

.......

@geechyguy3441 3 жыл бұрын

For real?

@thedeadcannotdie 4 жыл бұрын

"I used to be an emperor like u, until I took an arrow to the knee." ---John

@Schniedragon88 4 жыл бұрын

Oh John! Bold and brave! He's fighting off the Pechenegs and making safe the state!

@samevans847 4 жыл бұрын

*Sees heavy metal Norsemen charging toward them demanding blood for the old gods* "Ca-Ca-Captain I don't think we're fighting Greeks anymore."

@TheSunderingSea 4 жыл бұрын

Sam Evans They would have been Anglo-Saxons and Slavs in this period, and Christians. Hell even the Scandinavians in the guard would have been Christian by the time the unit was created

@samevans847 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSunderingSea That was just a joke but nice correction

@fedda9999 4 жыл бұрын

Podcast_Anon at that time yes, christianity reached scandinavia since 10 century

@danielm3670 4 жыл бұрын

Greece was created by the Bavarians at about 1829, it never existed during the battle of above. Greece is a mixture of various nationalities such as turks, vlachs, arvanites and sub-Saharan people.

@user-it2hc6bx5t 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielm3670 And other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself. Read a book and get your unbacked fantasy out of here!

@thechocolatedonut5595 4 жыл бұрын

I’m loving these fast uploads! So satisfying to see little boxes kill each other

@Mavo936 4 жыл бұрын

This superior tactic of full frontal assault twice would be repeated again in the Great War, and would inspire general Haig to his famous seventeen times full frontal assault (edit: typing error)

@mariano98ify 4 жыл бұрын

they just needed danish axes and big shields vs machineguns and war over

@justinian-the-great 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, the WW1 generals were stuck with medieval tactics in era of the machine guns, artillery and trenches.

@kazeshi2 4 жыл бұрын

@@mariano98ify Big shields in frontal assaults did help to end the war. They just needed to mount them on engines and some tracks and added some guns on there too. worked very very well against machine guns.

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 жыл бұрын

When Byzantine Legacy Echoes throught the Ages

@jessemacaspac443 4 жыл бұрын

@@kazeshi2 the sad part is that the first tanks weren't bulletproof... poor soldiers.

@evantaylor2938 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure why the sudden boost in posts but I love it please keep it up

@Balt21Raven 4 жыл бұрын

Love Byzantine history, so neglected in Western textbooks, great job.

@ryanthompson525 4 жыл бұрын

Bold tactics. Frontal assault. Fails. Second bold tactics frontal assault with better soldiers. Makes you wonder doesn't it

@antiochusiiithegreat7721 4 жыл бұрын

Well you can only imagine they had a reputation to hold up. The guard itself had been destroyed a few times but only because they were usually always the last to route.

@themanwithnoname3145 4 жыл бұрын

there was a boost of morale too so i dont really do wonder

@ryanthompson525 4 жыл бұрын

@@themanwithnoname3145 how about surrounding the camp rather than attacking with like less than half of your forces against a fortified enemy. Surrounding them would also prevent there horse archers from harrying your unsupported frontal assault. He still won but I feel like it could've been much cleaner

@nkl7345 4 жыл бұрын

I guessing John didn't trust the troops he left behind. Maybe they were mercenaries or weak conscripts

@Sneaky1ne 4 жыл бұрын

Surrounding the camp stretches thin your troops and gives the defense an advantage

@babispapoulidis957 4 жыл бұрын

Greek emperor's were so brave. Taking part in fights in the first line

@HenryRex7 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, ALL of them didnt do this, most truly didn't. Which is why the ones who do, as with all Kings and Generals throughout history, are often among the greats. Shout out to a great Swedish King Charles XII who died on the front lines with his men.

@Dourios_96 4 жыл бұрын

@@HenryRex7 and don't forget the guy was in his late teens (i think?)

@darthveatay 4 жыл бұрын

Basil II, Nikephoros I, Nikephoros Phokas, Leo III all of them Greek emperors all of them soldiers

@iihhtt 4 жыл бұрын

Roman Emperors, just like Augustus and Constantine.

@danielm3670 4 жыл бұрын

Greece was created by the Bavarians at about 1829, it never existed during the battle of above. Greece is a mixture of various nationalities such as turks, vlachs, arvanites and sub-Saharan people.

@moonuni 4 жыл бұрын

The easturn empire was indeed overlooked by history. Grand battles.

@subatomar9244 4 жыл бұрын

This is the perfect channel for me, unregular upload times, very nice narrator voice, well done research and animations!!

@mattreynolds3747 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the regular content!

@jamiekennedy1228 4 жыл бұрын

Actually excited for more of these videos. Hope it isn't too much stress to keep them at like once every week or two. Love these.

@jibster8849 4 жыл бұрын

Ive been waiting so long for your bids and now I know why it took so long great work man u dont find channels like this everyday

@armaholic5949 4 жыл бұрын

Imperial Throne: *Exists* John: Baby, here I come! His sister: *ΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΑΟΛΟ*

@pierresihite8854 4 жыл бұрын

This made me laugh more than it should

@SeanBronson1991 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Baz for all the battles this week!

@jjtay97able 4 жыл бұрын

3 videos so soon? Thank you so much ❤

@JoniukasVader 4 жыл бұрын

Baz is back!

@trygveplaustrum4634 4 жыл бұрын

I love how, over half a millennium after is supposed demise, the Roman armies still went out and conquered stuff, wiping out barbarians and eastern strongholds alike!

@WoWFtw8 4 жыл бұрын

the Roman empire lived on within france and england too, soon to be spread into germany aswell, and make the holy roman empire. to think what would've happened if the Roman Empire actually survived :D

@poldi2233 4 жыл бұрын

Not conquered, reconquered after losing it

@Thomas-ty5ol 3 жыл бұрын

This is not Roman Empire. It is Eastern Roman Empire with 90℅ of its people Greek with Greek culture ideology language and way of life. In almost 1200 and even before many emperors called themselves Hellenes. Also most of the emperors were Greeks.

@ralambosontiavina7372 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video as always !

@johannes3978 4 жыл бұрын

Bazbattles thank you for these wonderful videos. Its alway a pleasure to come home from work and find that you have released a new video!

@VladTevez 4 жыл бұрын

You've studied well greek accent and greek insults. Kudos!

@hitrapperandartistdababy 4 жыл бұрын

Loki: I have an Army. Ironman: We have a hulk John: I have a Varangian Guard *Loki and Ironman has left the chat*

@rinickwarsong8237 4 жыл бұрын

So happy to have u back BazBattles

@Kees247 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great video

@hiukas. 4 жыл бұрын

2:20 Translation: "go to hell" 2:28 Translation: "coward"

@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, She actually described her husband as a "coward" after he sided with John

@AkkaAlbatros 2 жыл бұрын

@@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag she actually said to him you are not a man but a fucking coward. i should have been a man

@samarkand1585 4 жыл бұрын

Most professional youtubers during summer : Not enough people watch during this period, might as well go on vacation too. Bazbattles : Hold my one video per day

@typhoeus1137 4 жыл бұрын

Love that you are getting more active recently

@keenancilliers2082 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! keep making more @BazBattles

@waywardstoner9416 4 жыл бұрын

Another one? What a beautiful time to be alive!

@francoisbouchard1099 4 жыл бұрын

Varangian guard was too strong! Just the most professional elite troops of this time.. best move for Byzantine Empire to hire them!

@RandomGuy-df1oy 4 жыл бұрын

It's already the Byzantine who created them.

@sineupp 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, it would have been stupid not to, as they only cost 175 florins per turn

@tylerdurden3722 4 жыл бұрын

@@sineupp maybe this happened just before payday🤔 John: send in the Varangians, if they get destroyed... it's a win win. Varangians: I ain't dying before payday... forward!!

@alexanderhanooman 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, simply wonderful. Narration that is.

@Lololumadbruh 4 жыл бұрын

What a great christmas in july finale! Love these videos.

@hfar_in_the_sky 4 жыл бұрын

Total War: Medieval II/Europa Universalis/Crusader Kings/pretty much any grand strategy game ever: "Alright! It's been tough, but I finally have my greatest rival on the ropes. One more strong push and I'll crush them!" *another major force declares war on you and attacks the part of your kingdom/empire directly opposite from where your current army is* "...FML."

@imperator7828 4 жыл бұрын

or when your enemies instead of defending their country fucking send their armies in massive circle to hit your lands when your armies arent there

@mykael7643 4 жыл бұрын

Byzantine soldier: THEIR DEFENCES ARE TOO STRONG! NOTHING CAN BREACH IT!!! Varangian guard: Pffft... Theres nothing a Danish Axe can't handle

@klausmascarenhas3873 4 жыл бұрын

Great work

@Blackwingk 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, man....have been waiting too long for a new video.

@NickStrife 4 жыл бұрын

John: "Look at me, I am the Emperor now" Anna: "Αι στο διάολο!" (Go to hell) That made me laugh more than it should..

@Blade57331 4 жыл бұрын

what did she said at 2:30 ? Wimp?

@spyrosvassilakis4212 4 жыл бұрын

@@Blade57331 Δειλός means coward.

@NickStrife 4 жыл бұрын

@@Blade57331 Not exactly.. She said "coward".. Although the correct form would be "Δειλέ".. But it is just a grammatical error.. At least he tried! xD

@pyrrhocorax 4 жыл бұрын

@@Blade57331 Δειλός means "coward", but if you want to call someone coward in Greek you will use the vocative "Δειλέ", which is read as "Thile"(the "th" in "Thile" is pronunced like the "th" in the word "this" or "that").

@Mellowcanuck33 4 жыл бұрын

"The box company delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of the warehouse."

@Fliegerabwehrkanone-re1ty 4 жыл бұрын

You are releasing much more frequent i love it

@chiad25 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos BazBattles. Thank you so much!

@magnus3716 4 жыл бұрын

I love your accent man! It reminds me of Stewie from the family guy. 👍😁

@napoleonibonaparte7198 4 жыл бұрын

When you have 6 Shock stats for your general.

@gianlucaborg195 4 жыл бұрын

Keep it up my friend. you are blowing me away with the quality and increased quantity of your video documentaries!!!

@SushiParty 4 жыл бұрын

I'm loving that I've gotten to watch 3 BB videos in the last few days. Used to be weeks or months. Great video and thoroughly enjoyed it. Best history and military battle channel on youtube.

@GreekAnthems 4 жыл бұрын

more videos about the Eastern Roman empire please. Deus Vult!

@franciscomm7675 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do the battle of the three kings (1578), where sebastian of portugal fought?

@nymalous3428 4 жыл бұрын

More of history that I had not heard of before. Thanks a bunch!

@ProWhitaker 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video

@glamp3212 4 жыл бұрын

Our troops cant win John: use the better troops Everyone: WOAAAH I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT

@nottoday3817 4 жыл бұрын

Well, better troops cost more money so they are fewer in numbers and usually have the ranks of personal escorts for the general/emperor. weaker troops were usually placed in the front ranks for 2 reasons: Gaining experience through survival of the fittest and 2 more experienced troops at the back would prevent them from breaking or routing

@indianknight4809 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry but you forget to put the 3rd fact at the end of the video!

@keithbartlett6708 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video thank you

@avireks 4 жыл бұрын

I am more than happy to see how your videos link up now that we see a comback of the varangian guard, since they had their debut in the video "Harald Hardrada: Battle of Nisa 1062 AD".

@MrTTuguldur 4 жыл бұрын

So varangians guards were the best heavy infantry.

@Blade57331 4 жыл бұрын

So Nikephoros decided to stay loyal to empire and kudos to him for that. But how did he react when he got to know that his wife no more (Anna) was send to monastery by the emperor he sided with?

@MM22966 4 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work, BazBattles! I really enjoyed this episode. You hear so much about Manzikert, and knowing the Byzantines eventually fell, it puts sort of a stopper on the whole history from Manzikert onward. But viewed from the empire's own timeline, it was merely a serious downward moment, not the "end", as proved by Alexios, John, and the events you showed us here. There was life in the old gal yet!

@odinsayson 4 жыл бұрын

3 videos in just a matter of days!! I'm so happy

@AwelitoTata 4 жыл бұрын

pliss men do the battle of oda nobunaga against the takeda cavalrry the battle of nagashino

@HugoEsteller 4 жыл бұрын

That would be great! Kurosawa did it already, in Kagemusha, if you'd like to see it :)

@alexanderbenkendorf688 4 жыл бұрын

As a Russian im a big fan of Byzantine empire - they somehow held against numerous enemies at once for a thousand years.

@jullsoll6459 4 жыл бұрын

russia is the 3rd rome and succesor of the byzantines lol

@alexanderbenkendorf688 4 жыл бұрын

@@jullsoll6459 they tried to be, yes. Since Vladimir the great chose Byzantium as the "model" in many aspects, and a lot of their culture can still be seen as a huge influence on early Russia.

@josephmak7473 3 жыл бұрын

@Arda yeah sure the ottomans were romans, they the killed the roman empire and took it's title, i am sure that is how it work

@josephmak7473 3 жыл бұрын

@Arda still that doesnt make them the third rome, hell these guys were muslim and the Byzantine empire were a nemsis to muslims, frist losing egypt and syria to arab muslims then manzikert so nope ottomans can never be the third rome

@josephmak7473 3 жыл бұрын

@Arda and on state traditions things i am not sure that romans legalised killing ur brothers if u have the throne so the only ppls worthy of third rome title is probably the russians atleast they were orthodox

@cvetomirgeorgiev9106 4 жыл бұрын

I'm loving the upload schedule

@Schmidty1 4 жыл бұрын

3 videos in one week! Count me in! Loving it.

@schoob4822 4 жыл бұрын

The chad Norse Varangian vs the virgin Pecheneg raider

@vadz9733 2 жыл бұрын

they were anglo saxons

@bcn1gh7h4wk 4 жыл бұрын

_click!_ "HEAVVE INFANTRE!" _click!_ "FOHVAHD!"

@keith5405 4 жыл бұрын

Love this channel, keep it up!

@nunodinis6355 4 жыл бұрын

Baz on fire! Keep it up! Excellent work 🤓

@SwordTune 4 жыл бұрын

If at first you don't succeed, just charge the problem head-on

@SHARKVADERS 4 жыл бұрын

BB!!!

@mowm88 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see these! Alexius, John and Manuel were great. John doesn't seem to get much press, so good on ya for doing this one.

@crusaderkhyx9645 4 жыл бұрын

Ur back im so happy man

@ninohergotic1 4 жыл бұрын

Do a video about Manuel I. Komnenos, battle of Sirmium against the Hungarians.

@northtexan95 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff but there's no #3 fact at the end. #2 is repeated.

@Gui101do 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@GOW397 4 жыл бұрын

Three videos in one week! You guys are awesome

@gunarsmiezis9321 4 жыл бұрын

The varangians where more swedes than the english. Fun facts varjag is the russian word for viking and vergs is the latviešu word for slave.

@aokiaoki4238 4 жыл бұрын

After Normans invaded England Varagians were mainly British

@gunarsmiezis9321 4 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 At that point Baltic see was mostly german control.

@aokiaoki4238 4 жыл бұрын

@@gunarsmiezis9321 They came from England not Baltic sea

@gunarsmiezis9321 4 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 Im telling you that that is why me people stpe interacting with them.

@cerealkiller7143 4 жыл бұрын

Just a correction, ΔΕΙΛΟΣ means coward, but if you want to call someone a coward the term becomes ΔΕΙΛΕ. Other than that, I loved the Greek, especially the ΑΪ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΑΟΛΟ. Also try pronouncing Beroia as Veria (the i is pronounced as in Ian).