The contributions of Phillip can not be overstated. The military, and it's infrastructure and training, that he inherited, was a huge part of his success.

Alexander truly deserved his title of "the Great"

Great job to the editor, I liked seeing the layout of the troops while you described the battle, makes it easier to visualize 👍

"Your ancestors came to Macedonia and THE REST OF HELLAS (Greece) and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed LEADER OF THE GREEKS, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you..." Alexander the Great Alexander's letter to Persian king Darius in response to a truce plea, as quoted in Anabasis Alexandri by Arrian; translated as Anabasis of Alexander by P. A. Brunt, for the "Loeb Edition" Book II 14, 4

Thank you for stepping up the game on graphical aids. A few maps and quick drawings goes a long way when explaining tactics!

You showcased the coolest part of Alexander - the fact that he fought at the front of his armies. He didn't just command from safety like generals today, he was an inspiring leader to his men

Cletus the Black, the man who saved Alexander's life in his first major engagement, suffered quite the ironic fate. A conservative Macedonian nobleman, he began to fear that his king's massive conquests would lead to the dilution of traditional Macedonian culture (not to mention cementing the power of the monarch above that of the nobles, who had dominated the kingdom for generations). The two men began to clash with increasing frequency, until a final break occurred, which saw Alexander slay Cletus in a duel.

Alexander the great seems like he was a man keen intuition more so than military prowess. Making split second second decisions to abandon conventional tactics and capitalizing on weak points in the enemy ranks. He was quite possibly the first man in history to say... "hold my beer"

As always great quality content....well done Simon and Co. This channel is quickly moving up the list of my favorite Whistlerverse channels!

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😎best Iron Maiden song

thanks - great job

This channel has so many great topics

Excellent video 📹

Great video. Can you cover the Charge of the Light Brigade in a later video?

Alexander the Great by Iron Maiden is just casually playing in my head as I watch this

Great timing, was just about to turn off the computer when I got the notification! Love your videos!

Posted 60 seconds ago with no views? idk if ive ever been this early to anything in my whole life

Excellent video. Needs more maps for those of us who aren’t historians tho.

Thank you . 🐺

Alexander the great is one of my favorite ancient leaders.

It is truly astonishing that a tiny country like Macedon could annihilate the largest empire in history up to that point

Paying with my view with a like and comment

Interesting video. Can I mention tho, the volume levels in most of your channels is either low or undulates lately, a tad irritating 😠

I also suggest the siege of Fort William Henry.

Happy Easter!

I wonder what would the ancient world would be like if Alexander the Great lived long enough to secure his vast empire? Imagine he sired enough sons he wouldn't lack any successors. Imagine, his dynasty would last for centuries and there's a single unified Greek empire that lasted for hundreds of years?

The best part of waking up is Warpgraphics in your cup.

I suggest: The battle of Stirling The battle of Falkirk The Spartacus rebellion The battle of Cowpens The battle of Rorkes Drift

Another excellent video. The pics of how the armies were set up helped me to get a better understanding. Great job Simon and team! 😊👏❤

Your beard will soon have its own zipcode

*King Darius* "I think ima head out"

Megaproject : siege of tyre. 🙏

This need a part 2 of Alexander’s conquest

Excellent Job!!!! 💯👏🔥👍 Honestly I would have loved to see Alexander The Great up against Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Titus Quinctius Flamininus!! Could you imagine such an Epic clash?? (I'm aware they weren't in the same time period of the BC era)#GloryToRome #GloryToGreece

True fact, Alexander and the Macedonians were the first and last Europeans to conquer all of Persia proper.

Darius is such a sweet name

Darius: I'll let him have the High Ground. Nothing to worry about.

Can we get one on the Egyptians and the wars of Ramses II? Please and thank you fact boii

Alexander takes Darius’s daughter, anyway. To the victor goes the spoils😁

Simon, I crave Warographics content. I truly love all the content you make and my only regret is that new videos don't drop hourly. Having said that, I have a request, if you'll consider it. To provide context to the request, I'd like to say that I'm Venezuelan, and not only that, but I'm also (according to the vast records my family - Berrizbeitia Aristeguieta - has kept over the years) somehow descendent from Simon Bolivar's bloodline, albeit not directly because Bolivar never had children. That being said, and although I'm happy to be Venezuelan and cannot help but have some degree of ridiculous nationalistic pride, I know my ancestor was a piece of shit. I'm living in Colombia now, and I've heard a lot about Simon Bolivar's "liberation" campaigns through Colombia against the Spanish crown. I've heard many stories, some praising Bolivar and some damning him, but none have been as fascinating to me as what my friend from the department (or state) of Pasto says whenever he has a chance. The Venezuelan army's violent campaign through Pasto culminated in a reactionary uprising of a peasant militia as a response to the Black Christmas massacre my countrymen were responsible for. What's more, the uprising was ultimately successful. Pasto shares a border with Ecuador, and Bolivar's plan was to liberate Ecuador and Colombia from Spanish rule. The people of Pasto, loyalists to the Spanish crown, were having none of it. Bolivar's criollo army's liberation march through Colombia and their gratuitously violent campaign in Pasto is the stuff of legends here in Colombia and I think the topic would make for a great Warographics episode. There are many battles, many beligerent fronts, many officers and generals, and many, many violent and gruesome battles to cover, perhaps chiefly the Black Christmas massacre. I believe that a significant portion of the xenophobia and ethnic slurs my wife and I are subjected to as Venezuelans here in Colombia may be due to the old wounds caused by a man that all Venezuelans have been conditioned to idolize as a hero. That, and my relation to Bolivar, is why this topic is very dear to me. I think it could make for an epic Warographics episode. Though I know you covered Bolivar in Biographics, please consider expanding on these conflicts on this channel. Thanks, man. P.S.: I accidentally erased this whoke post about 3/4 of the way through, and that was painful... but I started it again because I would love to know more about the topic and, of course, hear your take on the whole thing. Thanks, Simon, for all the amazing content.

How about one on the Invasion of Panama?

I fucking love this channel. I put it on while I do dishes.

Then the trail went cold when Darius changed his name to Hootie.

I note the account of alexanders hand to hand combat in this battle matches the action of his troops as a whole (i.e., spear in face=charge into Persian centre, sword on back of helmet=Persian counterattack from rear. No doubt a legend of a general, but who knows what is real and not in accounts of alexander.

I cant belive... One mode Chanel?

We all know the advantage of the high ground

Up next;Belleau Woods

It's incredible how one man conquered the largest country in history up to that point

One of the most disgraceful acts in history was the burning of Persepolis.

And then that daughter was murdered by Alexander's other wife, Roxanne, not long after his own death.

Sarissa's, not spears.

Love anyone spreading knowledge of ancient history but after listening to Dan Carlin I can't hear it pronounced anyway other than Makedonia

Darius The iii's Actions were So Appalled his Own Mother disown him And made Alexander Her New Son

Ah yes, the Biga River, right up the road from the Smalla River! 😁

Please visit Micahistory 2, it would mean a lot!

The estimates of troop losses two from these battles I would seriously take with a pinch of salt. We're not able to get accurate figures from the current Ukraine / Russia dispute so I'm hardly sure the numbers from 2300 years ago are gonna be right !

"... like a scared hamster, turned around and ran." Simon, I recent the insinuation that hamsters are cowardly. Shame! Nah, not really. Hamsters are great and all, but they're pussies.

Alexander is probably the only historical figure who deserves the epithet 'The Great.'

Please do the soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Declined the offer and then married the daughter anyway? What a Chad 😂

Why do I love ancient history? "Oh, and that daughter that Darius offered to him? Well, he married her anyway" after killing her father and untold thousand of countrymen.

Is there a warographics video on Israel yet?

Alexander III 🇬🇷

Scythed chariots

In this documentary you convienently forgot that it were Greeks who incited rebellion and violence consistently for many years, due to which persians attacked Greeks in first place to teach them a good lesson.

The sacred band of Thebes got wiped out by Macedonia. Apparently Phillip felt bad and honored them.

my son did well

Forgot to mention that Macedonia was a Persian province and during the Greco-Persian Wars Macedonia was on the Persian side lol 😆

Alexander was great

Never again would Persia 🇮🇷or Macedonia 🇲🇰be a known world super power to last for more than a century. Next would be Parthia, ruling from Iraq 🇮🇶 Enjoy this battle the Steam game - Rome Total war - Alexander

Cheating?

Darius III the Coward

☝️😄That was LITERALLY a picture of Darrius's face just after he was told of the first defeat of his forces. If it ISN'T, it should be! 😆👌

Greeks were vassal of Darius the Great and also Greeks destroyed one Iranian empire the Achaemenid Empire under one of the worst ruler in history of Iran but Iranians like Parthians and Scythians destroyed 3 Greek empires the Seleucid empire, Indo Greek and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and Seleucid and Greco Bactrian Empires were among the biggest and most powerful Empires of there time both got destroyed by Mithridates I the Great of Parthian Empire and also Mithridates the Great the poison king of the Pontic empire who spoke 22 languages and Rome deadliest enemy was Persian origin IRANIC ORIGIN NOT GREEK descendants of the the greatest ruler and military commander in history CYRUS THE GREAT

Alexander the Great is so overrrated -1) He was a drunk who murdered his best friend who saved him. "Pushed too far, Alexander killed Cleitus with a spear, a spontaneous act of violence that anguished him. Some historians believe Alexander killed his general in a fit of drunkenness-a persistent problem that plagued him through much of his life." -2) His empire was nowhere near the size of Mongols or even close to Rome. Look up their empire. -3) He would conqueror a lot but was not interested in Governing : "British historian Charles Freeman suggests that "In scope and extent his achievements [Cyrus] ranked far above that of the Macedonian king, Alexander, who was to demolish the [Achaemenid] empire in the 320s but fail to provide any stable alternative."[103] Cyrus has been a personal hero to many people, including Thomas Jefferson, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and David Ben-Gurion"

Alexander the Great is so overrrated -1) He was a drunk who murdered his best friend who saved him. "Pushed too far, Alexander killed Cleitus with a spear, a spontaneous act of violence that anguished him. Some historians believe Alexander killed his general in a fit of drunkenness-a persistent problem that plagued him through much of his life." -2) His empire was nowhere near the size of Mongols or even close to Rome. Look up their empire. -3) He would conqueror a lot but was not interested in Governing : "British historian Charles Freeman suggests that "In scope and extent his achievements [Cyrus] ranked far above that of the Macedonian king, Alexander, who was to demolish the [Achaemenid] empire in the 320s but fail to provide any stable alternative."[103] Cyrus has been a personal hero to many people, including Thomas Jefferson, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and David Ben-Gurion"