There's a mistake in the summary cards. Sparta's total strength should be 11,000 of course. I'm deeply sorry.

Sun Tzu: Strike the enemy where they are weak and you will- Epaminodas: I'LL SHOW YOU A STRONG FLANK, LET'S GOOO BOYS!

I wonder how much popcorn the Persian king brought with him when he arrived on the peace table

Two videos with only one week apart? And with this level of quality? Absolutely incredible.

reported 75% of the spartan army for afk

Sparta: "Thebes is not allowed to represent it's entire confederacy! They should all sign separately!" Thebes: "Then it's only fair that Sparta should not be allowed to represent it's entire confederacy either. All of them should sign separately as well." Sparta: "How dare you use my own words against me! War!!!"

This battle is most important in human warfare history in terms of strategy. A lot of capable generals have used this strategy to their battle. As a soldier, I most respect Epaminondas.

Okay okay.., here's this new joke I heard... Diplomats of Thebes, Athens, and Macedon walks into a peace conference in Sparta. That's the joke.

You forgot the most important part: "The Laconians were taught to keep flutes in their army; who, advancing before them into battle, would always sound the charge. And I know that the oracle had promised victory to the Laconians, so long as they continued to use flutes in their army, and did not fight against those who kept flutes. The battle of Leuctra confirmed this prediction; for there the Laconians, without the music of flutes, fought against the Thebans, who always used flutes in battle; so that the god seemed to have foretold directly that the Thebans would defeat the Laconians." - Polyaenus, Strategems Lesson: behind every great generals there's a great woodwind section.

Some useful historical knownledge for you guys. During the Thebes/Sparta conflict,Phillip of Macedon - father of Alexander the Great - was exiled at the court of the Thebian king.During his stay he took everything useful that the Thebians had to offer in terms of warfare and this particular battle was crucial to the rise of the greek Macedonian kingdom which by then was a semi-independent/Persian satellite state.He adopted the deep multiple ranks ''box'' formation and coupled with the length of the sarissa,he was capable of dominating the rest of the greek kingdoms/city states,who mostly relied on heavily armored,shorter spear wielding hoplite warfare.

Can you make a series about belisarius and his accomplishments?

Epaminondas was all around badass! Invincible military leader, olympic champion wrestler, excellent hoplite soldier, civil leader, orator and pythagoran philsopher. Greatest of greeks any time like Cicero later said. Amazing character!

*A new video from BazBattles* ... My night just improved substantially!

Artaxerxes is sitting there like: "man, if only dad and grandpa had realized that dividing people made them a lot easier to conquer! Hey, divide and conquer, has a nice ring to it."

Though Epaminondas and Pelopidas beat him in the end, Cleombrotus was a pretty smart general too. He invaded from a direction that was undefended, and seized a port city, which meant he could receive reinforcements and supplies across the Gulf of Corinth if it became necessary.

A young Philip of Macedon, when was hostage in Thebes, learnead about Thebean tactics and used later for his "Pezhetairoi", members of the formidable Sarissa Phalanx. Alexander refined it for his great campaign in Asia. The demonstration that Ancient Greece was birthplace not only of politics and philosofy, but also of warfare.

If losing a single skirmish was enough to make people doubt the military might of Sparta then getting their King killed in battle must have been a death blow to Spartan reputation.

Speaking of which, you guys should try a video about the Spartan Last Stand so we can visualize with your production style how the real battle was.

One of the most significant battles in antiquity; its military innovations heavily influenced the decisions of a future king of Macedonia.....

Cleombotus: "Hey, how did you die?" Leonidas: "I refused to run from a Persian Army 3 times my own, in order to buy the Allied Greek City-States enough time to evacuate and prepare the secondary defenses. Why, how did you die?" Celomboutus:"......I was zerg rushed by some gay dudes I outnumbered two to one....."

The sacred band going fabulously through spartan ranks

As a Greek and a nationalst one I am one of the few left knowing my country's history so well. Alloud me to add some points for all history lovers outhere: 1) Its an irony that Epaminondas and Pelopidas years before, were saved in battle by a Spartan king. 2) Also its very interesting to follow the evolution of Greek warfare. From the homerical warrior > to the city of Argos which invented the phallanx tactic > The Spartans who master it > The great Athenian Iphicrates and his introduction of the peltasts in order to harass the cohesion of the phallanx > to the Oblique order of the Thebeans and > finally the Macedonian form of phallanx. Persians were unfortunate to face Greek military evolution of centuries. At its peak! Commanded by one of the greatest tactician mind of all time (if not THE greatest). 3) Also i must add that king Phillip was "hostage" of the Thebeans and he learned a lot from Epaminondas and Pelopidas. 4) 362 bc and when Epaminondas died, someone told him " U are dying childless Epaminondas". He replied "No. I have 2 daughters. Leuctra and Mantinea". 5) It was a form of Oblique order that Alexander used in his masterpiece battle. Gaugamela. They are many say that Epaminontas was happy seing from the sky Alexander using a form of his invention in such a large scale in such a historical battle. 6) We stil used the phrase "Tommorow the importants" in Greece. Its the phrase that Αrchias, the local pro-Spartan oligargh ruler replied to a messenger when the late tried to inform him that Epaminondas and Pelopidas have returned from Athens and they were ploting to assasinated him the next day. He was busy at a symposium that night. "But its important" the messenger told him. "Tommorow the importants" Archias replied. The next day he and the rest of the oligarchs were killed by the democrats. 7) Αccording to the laws of Lucourgos the Spartans were avoiding to give many battles with the same enemy from fear that the enemy will become better and they will find a way to beat them. "Today Thebeans payed you their fees for teaching them how to fight" Antalcidas said to king Agesilaus once the king with a lot of wounds in his body, returned in Sparta after a battle with the Thebeans.

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My mind is stimulated every time I see the upload notification for this channel. Side note would give anything to be at a peace conference with all those figures

Epaminondas probably rolled 6's throughout the whole battle

Fun fact the elite and best troops were heavily armour and not like in the movies. Along with their experience is why they would be so good. I heard royal spartans were covered everywhere in armor from head to toes.

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As much as we love ancient Sparta, we have to recognise the damage they have done to Greece during the period of the Peloponnese war and until the end of Alexander's the Great campaign in Asia. They were fearless against their opponents in the battlefield but they were very insecure against any kind of progress around them and they always choose the conservative way of thinking which finally became their Nemesis.

Oblique Order... a classic tactic

**uploads video at midnight** Gues i wont be sleeping for 10 more min 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks for this series about Theban Hegemony! a super interesting period to often overlooked. Epaminondas and Pelopidas were two of the best generals in the ancient world hands down! but yet again not recognized enough. Hope not many spartan fanboys are crying with this.....

I believe that Epaminondas was one of the most genius generals in history of warfare. He was such a personality and had such insightfulness. He also had such pioneer strategic ideas that only can compare him with generals such as Alexander the great. In 362 B.C. dies in the battle of Mantineia. In these 9 years Thebes became under his leadership first time and only time, first power in Greece. In these 9 years created new tactics that the ancient warfare hadnt seen so far. He was the first to use mix tactics of light infantry and cavalary. He also created for the first time navy for the Thebans. For all these he was a master tactician and he died undefeated. Thats why my opinion is that we only can compare him with the best, although i believe he was the BEST.

Its almost sad to see a legend like the spartans be defeated like that.

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I loved the old earrape intro. I hum that every time I'm about to fight a battle in a game. It's the most iconic part of this channel for me

I loved this episode. I had to make an oral presentation on the subject 1 month ago. My first reflex was to go to your channel to see if there was a video on the subject, but there was none yet. So this comes a little bit late for me but that's great! I had to really go and find the original sources of the time, it was fun and interesting. Thanks for the episode, it provides the visual supplement to my work and it's very well done :)

Unbelievable production quality, love these videos.

Its like christmas eve everytime i see a new upload from BazBattles

These are so well made its crazy, cant even think about how you make these animations

Who else came here to see moving rectangles?. I love it. This should be the way to teach history at schools. 🙂

Thank you! I always look forward to your video's. Your voice is very calm and plesant. (could you make one About William of Orange and the 80 years war between the Netherlands and Spain?) P.s I have watched all of your video's they are great and you really improved.

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Great video man, always enjoy the way you narrate it and the high quality edition of the video.

Further to these series it would be a compelling watch to see the campaign of Agesilaus the Great across Asia Minor and back. Hope you will consider this and thanks for your work!

Great video Baz! Can’t wait to see the battle of Chaeronea in 338 bc!

Please, do a video about the battle of vienna

I just want to say, these videos are incredibly informing. I absolutely love them. What is the next era you intend on covering?

Spartan commander: - Okay, guys lets sing that war-song...! Spartan scout: - Commander, the enemy is pushing hard on our right. Spartan commander: - Fancy a beer? Anyone?

Even though this was a devastating lost for the Spartans, they lost between 400 to 700 actual Spartans soldiers. That was still a vast amount since there were not a lot of Spartan knights to begin with. During the battle of Platea, there were 9 to 11 thousand of them, probably the highest number of them in their history. I have read during the time when they were at war with Thebes, about 4 thousand or less was what they had of the Spartan Knights. Even when the Thebans beat them in battle due to superior tactics, the Spartans were still feared and not thought of being inferior to the Thebans as soldiers. What really lead to the Spartan's downfall, is the lost of their territory of Messinia. When they ruled them, they provided for their economic needs in food and materials. With the loss of them, they became mercenaries to support their system but this was not enough for their needs. Eventually Sparta became poor and lead to a revolution. KIng Cleomenes reformed the army and tried to conquer Messenia and other territories that was lost. He was not successful, fled to Egypt and died there. Sparta never again attempted to recover her former glory and system.

Probably the only video I've ever watched that talks about the Sacred Band that didn't mention they were lovers. I wonder why

I love this channel. I love your videos. And the voice of the narrator is perfect.

now my sunday is better, what a great video, thank you and never leave us.

You are the nr1 history channel

You are spoiling us 😍

"Make a line and advance" The Spartan strategy

I will only watch Baz Battles with this narrator, no others. Like watching old NFL shows with John Facenda.

The Spartans were already in decline by the battle. The loss guaranteed that the Spartans would never be a power again. By the 4th Century, Sparta' s mighty military had less resources and fewer fighters. A society that depended on soldiers was dealing with a reality of a dwindling Spartiate class.

i have one question: What software do you make this video (Thank you)

This channel should have 1.4 million billion people watching!

Love your videos man, and the voice acting is also fantastic as always

The left wing of Sparta's army were reluctant allies, the moment they saw the king die many just booked it for home. Thebes wanted to rout the Spartans who were escaping but Athens of all people convinced them to stop

I never clicked so fast on a notification

Thank you BazBattles for adding this tactical masterpiece of ancient warfare. Leuctra should be considered right up there with Cannae, Pharsalus and Hydaspes. Not least of all for its influence on a certain young Prince Philip of Macedon as some of my colleagues have noted.

I waited years for a Spartan video and you give me only spartan defeats..... great glad i waited for this

BazBattles, Kings and Generals and HistoryMarche all upload a video on the same day? Is this real life?

Those summary cards at the end always disappear just a little too soon.

What quality of video, superb strategic and tactical explanations ... Another battle that I will replay in figures, too tempting! 👍👍

Thanks for the music... now the waves of nostalgia are forcing me to reinstall and play Rome Total War :p

*searches for a Persepolis Rising joke in the comments* *doesn't find one* *cough* "The surrender of the Transport Union and the Earth-Mars Coalition to High Admiral Anton Trejo of the Empire of Laconia, Battle of Point Leuctra, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, circa 2395. Colorized"

At the end, I think you was suposed to write 11.000 men total for Sparta (not 1100).

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That guy was tatics , were spot on. Used their weight to smash the leadership and a thin line to lag behind.

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Great video. Battle of Cartagena De indias is epic and hasn't been covered by any battle's channel. It'd be a great watch.

Boxers do not punch with both fists at the same time. This is how Thebes came up with the lopsided formation, added to the new 14 foot spear and Sparta was defeated.

Important to note that the idea of "pushing" is controversial. Some authors emphasize that rather than a push, armies would periodically clash, fall back, then fight again as they took breaks to recover their strength. The rear ranks of the Thebans, under that interpretation, would have provided vital moral support to the soldiers in the front, who would feel that they were supported, and this gives them an edge over the relatively less numerous Spartans.

Modern liberals: "Make love not war" Theban Sacred Band: "We do both"

Incredible history!

Persia king better have a big ass popcorn with him 🤣

the sacred band of thebes strikes again. No one stops the legion of male lovers. Undefeated till Phillip the 2nd (Alexander the greats dad) destroyed them

Sparta: We are unstoppable!!! Thebes: I'm about to end this state's whole life

These videos are better than any history class I had at school

Amazing videos as always! Thanks again

Sacred band is invincible! They will aim their spears forward while their lover have their backside!

Can you make korean war ?

Ah this is a total war tactic I learned a year ago. Reinforcing one flank like that leaving the rest of your line undermanned. But engage them late in the fight so they don’t break first. Brilliant move

Thank You again for a wonderful upload :D

Spartiates were known to be homosexual, so thebes created the sacred band to be even more gay and win the battle 😭

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I love your videos man. They entertain me. Thanks for making them.

Excellent. Thank you.

Those guys from the sacred band really know there way around a spear.

Ah, the birth of the oblique order !

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Merci pour votre travail. Thanks for your job.

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That... was fast man. GREAT JOB!

oblique order showing its might!