A History Teacher Reacts | "10 Greatest Warriors In History" by All Time 10's

[@vitbaldinus5268]

The ancient Spartans threw childer of a mountain. History teacher: "YEET!"

[@SonOfMuta]

Not just children, disabled children

[@collincaperton6718]

@@doge8726 care to elaborate on that thought?

[@joebobby1412]

Shallow Bay Nothing is ever, NeCeSsArIly WrOnG.

[@doge8726]

@@collincaperton6718 Genetics should always be upheld

[@j_e_b_b2951]

Shallow Bay 👀 👃 👄

[@Aldnon]

"Miyamoto Musashi" "China" Doesn't compute.

[@churchofthetea4273]

Yeah like wtf I don't think that guy even reads the script before the making of the video Jesus

[@Niten2019]

It also leaves out one of his greatest feats. When he fought the 70 yoshioka

[@kevinmorrice]

as a huge admirer of musashis writings, i literally cried when i heard him say china

[@oldgus01]

Greetings from Eastern China, the land with a different language, and four large land things surrounded by ocean and thousands more tiny land things! Musashi? Yeah, totally from here. Common misconception.

[@halcionkoenig243]

Chinese sponsored, as China thinks that Asia means China.

[@RaptorianxdReviews]

Miyamoto Musashi was Japanese, not Chinese. It's odd that they mess that up multiple times, and they never bring up his duel with Sasaki Kojiro, a duel that has passed into legend. It's also Xiahou(Jiaow-How) Dun, and although I am used to people saying his name wrong, but it would be nice if people making videos would make sure their pronunciations were correct. They also base their Xiahou story off of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Novel, which is exaggerated. Xiahou did indeed eat the eye, but he was shot from an archer on top of a wall of an outpost, not an archer on the field he could just run up to an stab. Glad you reacted to this one, it keeps popping up in my recommended, and now I know I can skip it.

[@JKingSniper]

The name doesn't even sound Chinese wt.

[@azura6804]

literally show katana and japanese clothes and art in all his pictures too

[@camrendavis6650]

Xiahou Dun (Shya-ho Doon). That's how you pronounce it

[@camrendavis6650]

I bet Xiahou could beat Musashi in a duel. Even with an eye missing be was a flawless warrior. Dun vs. Miyamoto

[@Alex_FRD]

All Time 10s always makes a mistake.

[@ValaltaFishbone]

Just to clarify one thing from the original video: Miyamoto Musashi was japanese, not chinese...

[@pifilixxiv3192]

yeah that bugged me

[@itssirwill5390]

ValaltaFishbone I knew that even though I just heard of him.

[@TamagoSenshi]

It's like naming a Spanish fictional character Gregg

[@willhowardlokoartyui]

@@TamagoSenshi My boy Gregg is the greatest Spanish warrior

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

Another correction: Monsopiad wasn't African, he lived in Borneo, modern day East Malaysia and Indonesia.

[@rinoaleonhart939]

included the great Chinese warrior of Miyamoto, but left out the great Japanese warrior of Lu Bu

[@branch191]

Isn't Lu bu Chinese?

[@rinoaleonhart939]

@@branch191 yep.

[@sonatuh]

Probably because there were nine more that they wanted to but on the list

[@rinoaleonhart939]

@@sonatuh While I balk at the idea that Lu Bu wouldn't be included in the top 10, that's just my opinion, and, you know, fair enough. This joke was more on the fact they called Miyamoto Chinese.

[@sonatuh]

@@rinoaleonhart939 lol

[@jtilton5]

Ah the great Chinese Hero, Musashi, sadly they left off the great Mongolian Admirial, Yi Sun Shin, and the The Australian hero, Geronimo.

[@DaidriveCJ]

Haha!

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

jtilton5 and the famous Khwarazmid general Genghis Khan

[@skizzik121]

My dude you currently have won my internet for the day, with only 2 hours 11 minutes till tomorrow, I'll just call it here. You win today cheers

[@itstriplem2069]

Yi was Korean bro.

[@jtilton5]

@@itstriplem2069 umm yeah, that's the joke, the video claimed Musashi Miyamoto was Chinese not Japanese, so I made up other nationalities for famous historical figures to poke fun at this video's incompentence. Other people seem to have gotten the joke, just not you, bro.

[@NetherTaker]

Video: "They threw disabled babies off a mountain-" Mr. Terry: "YEET!" Lol

[@bendadestroyer]

I would too.

[@mariusjenkins7294]

As soon as I heard that I scrolled to see if it was the top comment...

[@Runatyr9]

Calling Miyamoto Musashi chinese? I think you lose your history card if you can't even tell the difference from China and Japan

[@m.a.t.a.s]

I bet you couldn't tell the difference between Lithuania and Latvia so...

[@TheNotoriousDUDE]

@@m.a.t.a.s First of all, Lithuania and Latvia are *a lot* more similar than China and Japan, and secondly, why are you being so belligerent over someone pointing out a fact? Did someone piss in your coffee this morning?

[@Runatyr9]

@@m.a.t.a.s I mean, if I were doing a historical video, I would understand that someone from Lithuania is not the same as someone from Latvia

[@ms_scribbles]

He's a history teacher, not a geography teacher.

[@TheEnoEtile]

@@ms_scribbles they necessarily inform each other. It's not his fault he's just reacting to the video and doesn't know much about that specific person which is fine. But the people who made the video dropped the ball.

[@sunjian5458]

Famous Spartan One-Lines. When show a massive city's enormous walls: "Fine Quarters, for women." They were then asked where Sparta's walls were. He pointed to the spartan hoplites. "THESE are Sparta's walls" When asked how far Sparta's Borders stretched: Spartan: *Thrusts a spear* "About as far as this can reach."

[@benandrew21]

Phillip of Macedon: Would you rather my army comes to Sparta as friend or foe? Spartan King: Neither. Phillip of Macedon: If I come to Sparta I will raze the city to the ground. Spartan King: If. Phillip never invaded.

[@itssirwill5390]

Benjamin Dunne I thought Phillip didn’t invade because he was into the marrying princess stuff. Alexander liked Greece but didn’t like the way Phillip did.

[@cherrydragon3120]

that 2nd one is kinda pathetic to be fair LOL

[@funstuff2006]

@@cherrydragon3120 Pfff. The Laconic reply ('If. . .') is a wonderful thing. It deflects all the posturing, but instead of firing back some insecure, triggered-ego smack-talk, it distills, 'yeah? Let's see you do it' down to one, short, sound.

[@Moribax85]

@S F Sparta, along with all the rest of Greece, was way out of its glory days by the time the romans arrived... when we talk about the golden age of Greece we talk about the Persian wars and the Peloponnesian war, and the times of Hegemony, both spartan and athenian, but that period ended thanks to Philip II of Macedon in 338 B.C.. the romans came almost 2 centuries later, by that time Sparta was basically a village of shepherds

[@CadarnTheMad1810]

"Mad Jack" Churchill - stormed Normandy beach with his Claymore in hand and personal bagpiper playing, also got the last longbow kill in warfare

[@MrTangolizard]

CadarnTheMad he was a badass

[@CadarnTheMad1810]

@@MrTangolizard check out Adrian Carlton De Wiart as well......pretty badass

[@MrTangolizard]

CadarnTheMad will do

[@OMGKITTENMEWMEW1]

@@CadarnTheMad1810 Holy crap that dude should have been on this list. Eating your own eye is definitely a winning move, but ripping off two of your own fingers is pretty damn savage.

[@05Rudey]

Was just about to mention mad Jack Churchill myself.

[@joebobby1412]

4:43 I wasn’t ready for that YEET.

[@jmillz1999]

Brayden Rankin bro I’m fucking crying that came outta no where 😂

[@nolanfoutz3472]

My favorite mr. Terry quote:"yeeet"

[@riksnoek6068]

Number 10 is a frisian warrior known for his super tall sword. This was at the time Friesland and other provinces in the low countries were under Habsburg rule.

[@roterrainer]

* west Friesland

[@riksnoek6068]

@@roterrainer that's a confusing corrections. I live in West-Friesland. But it's not located in Friesland

[@roterrainer]

As far as I know, there are 3 historicly frisian "areas". Westfriesland in the modern day Netherlands, Eastfriesland in modern day Germany, at the coast of Lower Saxony and Northfriesland, also in Germany at the Danish border. Only the first was ever under Habsburg rule.

[@riksnoek6068]

@@roterrainer historicly true. But there is an area on the northern side of the province of north-holland called West-Friesland.

[@roterrainer]

A bit selfish to claim the netherlands Friesland as "Friesland", while😅 east and north Friesland still exist.

[@Solafar_VB]

how did they mess up myamotos heritage, even more with all the clearly japanese art, japanese weapon and japanese name

[@matthewwest1169]

Can you do Oversimplified US Civil War Part2 please

[@thorstrindberg4043]

Matthew West Would have hoped he‘d do both in one go:/

[@matthewwest1169]

Me too lol

[@forgottenfamily]

He seems to be spacing out series a bit more, releasing them weekly rather than consecutively. By that logic, I'm assuming we'll see Pt 2 this weekend.

[@TheNotoriousDUDE]

He already said he's gonna do it.

[@k1ngfalcongaming783]

My man said "Yeet" to Spartans throwing babies off of mountains. 😆😆

[@LukaBlight69]

Whiterun Guard: I used to be an adventurer like you... Until I took an arrow in the knee. Now I'm a gate guard. Xiahou Dun: I used to be an adventurer like you... Until I took an arrow in the eye. Now, I'm a general in my cousin's army.

[@jurtra9090]

Cow Cow approves

[@DDayZ]

@@jurtra9090 Cao Cao*

[@ssfbob456]

Spartans were masters of smartass comebacks, here's some of my favorites: When king Agelisaus was being shown another city's walls by its rulers, his response was "What splendid womens' quarters." Then when he was asked about Sparta's walls he pointed at his men and said "These are Sparta's walls." One unnamed Spartan Soldier, upon thinking he saw a ghost, gave chase and yelled "Why do you flee from me, soul who would die twice?" After the King Mr. Terry mentioned recieved the reply "If" he did not invade. His son would later send another letter asking if they would prefer his armies come as enemies or conquerors. The reply he recieved was "Neither." He also did not invade.

[@TonyGonzalez-nx8qj]

“Spartans never die, they’re just missing in action”

[@Plato86]

“16th century China.” 😂 god cant even keep China and Japan separate on a “history” themed KZbin channel?

[@robertlane7843]

That's the thing - those top 10 channels aren't history channels, they are just clickbait channels. Look at the video in question - 3+ million views. You and I hear Musashi and CHY-NAH and reel in horror, the people who churned out that video couldn't care less, and are laughing all the way to the bank.

[@brandonwilliams2188]

You're the best reaction channel I've seen.

[@chaost4544]

I feel that Alexander the Great should have been on this list somewhere. He lead from the front and won every single battle he was in.

[@AeneasGemini]

This is about Warriors not Generals, individual fighters not military commanders. Alexander the great wasn't that special as an individual soldier

[@chaost4544]

@@AeneasGemini he actually was. There are lots of accounts of him being an elite fighter in the Macedonian military.

[@muhammadhamadan9951]

He is a pretty controversial person though especially in his battle against Porus in India

[@supremercommonder]

Khalid inn waleed is better beat romans and Persians with more advanced tech and less numbers won ever dual lead from frount

[@animation1234111]

>Miyamoto Musashi >Ancient China what????

[@MegaMerlin2011]

Since I'm a fan of East Asia, here's my list: Benkei - Japanese warrior monk that was pumped full of arrows and died standing up holding a bridge for his master Yoshitsune. Guan Yu- the Chinese God of war who made his claim to fame in the 3 kingdoms period besting the top warriors of the age like it was just another Tuesday. He once took a poison arrow to the arm, and a doctor scraped the poison off the bone while Guan Yu sat playing Go with his lieutenant. He was so badass that nobody dared to fight him on the battlefield. He was captured when Sun Quan's officers cooperated with Cao Cao's officers to ensnare Guan Yu in a trap. Sun Quan sent a fake letter under Liu Bei's name ordering Guan Yu to attack Cao Cao's most fortified castle. When he left his castle with all his troops, Sun Quan ran into his base and locked the doors. When Guan Yu came back in defeat being chased by Cao Cao's troops, he discovered his base was under Sun Quan's leadership. He surrendered and instead of taking the offer to join Sun Quan he chose death. His head was sent to Cao Cao, which legend states as soon as he saw it he fainted. Cao Cao immediately ordered a carpenter to make a wooden body for the head and had it buried in Luoyang with full military honors. That night, supposedly, Cao Cao had a dream of Guan Yu's ghost entering his bed chamber. He died the next morning from a stroke. Legend also states Sun Quan's top officer that captured Guan Yu was possessed by Guan Yu's spirit and died. Even in death the man was a badass. Today he's hailed as the God of War and police stations across China have statues of him in their office because of Guan Yu's loyalty to his lord, Liu Bei; the Han dynasty; and the common people of China.

[@raccooncafe5689]

These thumbnails just keep getting better and better

[@xJ0LLYR0GERx]

There were roughly 300 Spartan Hoplites along with around ~7,000 other Greek forces including a large number of Spartan Helots.

[@shutout951]

20:00 The geological testing comes from doing ice-core samples in Antarctica and in the arctic. they can measure atmospheric CO2 based on the structure of the ice.

[@tonyisthinking7078]

6:02 the traitor is called ephialtis (not sure if I spelt it right) abd fun fact the modern greek word for nightmare is actualy his name (and was based on him)

[@SkittlesDeNocturne]

Never thought Id hear a history teacher say "yeet"

[@MrLaz0rz]

history teachers are the cool teachers.

[@horophim]

It wasn't Leonidas who said "we will fight in the shade but a spartan soldier (I think it was Dienece)

[@Ilikeavocados123]

horophim yeah

[@shell3129]

I was not expecting the "Yeet!" at spartan baby throwing and i almost dropped my drink sklmcsdk

[@bangscutter]

12:19 Monsopiad is from Borneo, in Southeast Asia, not Africa.

[@Lt.BunnyGirl]

Came here to say this... good thing Mr Terry is a history teacher and not a geography teacher ;)

[@noobsaibot8780]

Nah, the greatest warrior was Finnish sniper.

[@borderlinecomedy5031]

The white death

[@OGKillerBee99]

Courage shouldn't be compared, but you should look up Soldier Millions. Given the circumstance, not even a forklift would be strong enough to lift the pair of balls of this guy.

[@d.a.msheartbreakhotel3637]

No its Benedict Arnold smh of course it's the white death

[@craigbrewer433]

Simo Hayha

[@luismarquez198]

Nah mad jack 💀💀

[@DorneysHouseofGames]

I’m so in LOVE with your emotions in this video. Thank you!

[@camrendavis6650]

Xiahou Dun!!! The warrior who ate his own eye! This guy is such a badass

[@iris5304]

I saw him depicted in a drama and he laughed about and replied that their bodies are a gift from their parents and he didn't want to part from it.

[@camrendavis6650]

@@iris5304 Cao Cao's best general

[@markdouglas1601]

Dynasty warriors is a com video game

[@camrendavis6650]

@@markdouglas1601 com? What does that mean?

[@joebobby1412]

Mark Douglas Are you saying that the “drama” described by Iris is actually Dynasty Warriors, a computer game? Otherwise I don’t see why you brought it up.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Borneo is an Island Indonesia shares with Malysia in South East Asia.

[@sjoerd4855]

You're getting better and better hahaha, keep it up =)!

[@Dwayko]

Another great video Terry! Would love to see you do some other type of history-related videos. Bring some variety to your content. Perhaps playing some more history related games? Keep it up and don't stop your wave!

[@burningnapalm4436]

The thumbnail as gain you a new subscriber!

[@goryguy5106]

Seriously?! They forgot the best part of Xiahou Dun's eye eating! He said, "This was a gift from my mother, I cannot throw it away." Damn!

[@zerophantomyt433]

This guy is so fucking badass.

[@ryanhahn3651]

Mr.Terry! They talked about Borneo and you started talking about Africa! Borneo is in the SE Asia archipelago!

[@thebaxx8483]

Mr.Terry is the only teacher who actually sounds cool when saying words like ¨Yeet¨, you're super cool. Keep it up

[@Peckzy]

Sanada Yukimura, Guan Yu, Vlad III, Richard the lionheart, Knights templar, Vikings, The English and French during the 100 year war, China during the sixteen kingdom period and three kingdoms period. Korea has a blood history too with a hand full of famous warriors. Honda Tadakatsu battled for so long and his armour is still undamaged...during the warring state period of japan. I mean that alone shouts badass lol

[@iceybundles]

Love this guy I wish my history teachers were as cool and passionate as you I bet your student look forward to your classes 💪

[@ATAmdal]

Pier Gerlofs Donia died peacefully in his own bed in 1520, so retirement is noted in the best way possible. Keep up the good work Mr. Terry! :-)

[@zippityduda919]

These thumbnails are on point.

[@devilmaycry09dante]

In Xihou Dun's case, as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he said , "Cannot let family flesh be wasted" (or something like that) before swallowing his eyeball and kept on fighting.

[@universefight2193]

12:56 that is not right, Monsopiad was from Indonesia.

[@themalcontent100]

2:47 this is punisher levels of awesomeness.

[@YukoValis]

Did we miss Civil War part2?

[@juggernaut1011]

on part one, he explained it, why he was doing this first

[@juggernaut1011]

err. check the comment section of the live premiere

[@skizzik121]

@@juggernaut1011 grilled cheese is the 7th best sandwich, change my mind

[@juggernaut1011]

@@skizzik121 I dont think I can

[@StevenFox80]

I think they didn't only count in the breathing of those killed by the Mongols when calculating CO2. There was large-scale deforestation going on in Europe not only for firewood, but for building. With constant wars, you also had a large mining and metallurgy industry to account for, especially once cannons are introduced and increasingly larger ships are built.

[@sharkbully5146]

I lost it when he said yeet I haven't laughed that hard in a while

[@samuraijackoff5354]

Another fun fact about Musashi, he died in a sitting position in his armor on a hill. That's just cool.

[@Just0wnedEsport]

Wow, interesting. Because in Mongolia there's a saying that goes "A true warrior die standing (roughly translated)"

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Dude Aaron Burr wasn’t a top 10 warrior. He wasn’t a friend of Washington, he was an aide de camp to General Charles Lee who was 2nd in the Continental Army and spent the war basically trying to do anything to get Washington fired so he could become in as the “savior “. And Burr helped him. The Battle is Monmouth was originally planned and Lee scoffed at leading it. So Washington put my namesake (Gen Lafayette) in charge and Lee was offended and asked for control again, and was given. Lee thought Washington was a day behind and he basically sabotaged it. He gave different orders to different people then was calling a retreat when it made NO sense. Washington showed up in the middle and he was stumbling over his words (Burr at his side) and Washington rarely showed anger but he FLIPPED asking “Why did you take the command if you had no intention of attacking?!” Lee responded, quietly “Um I didn’t think it was in the interest of America at this time...” Washington screamed “You did not THINK?! You damned poltroon you didn’t even try them!!!” (Poltroon was slang for coward) So in front of everyone he was exposed for the rat 🐀 he was and was court-martialed and that was the end of his career. Burr left the army, quietly, going back to law. Burr was a snake who had no actual political views and just did what he needed to so he could attain power. He never even wrote any beliefs down, so he could stay flexible. So maybe a shrewd politician. But NOT a warrior. Not even close.

[@benholroyd5221]

20:20 CO2 Levels. I know that there's increased lead levels from the Roman empire detectable in ice cores, so Genghis's CO2 seems plausible too. BTW how are we pronouncing Genghis now? I always pronounced it with a hard G.

[@Deilwynna]

going by how mongols like the members of the group "the hu" pronounce (and write) it: chinggis haan (chinggis khaan). they did a song about him called "The Great Chinggis Khaan"

[@benholroyd5221]

@@Deilwynna The problem is that if I started calling him Chinggis, then most people wouldn't know what I was on about so I have to use an 'incorrect' but understandable word. It's like Vincent Van Gogh. The Dutch pronunciation is something like 'Fincent Fin Och'. Having said all that soft g does seem to be closer, so probably the best pick for evolving to the actual 'correct' name.

[@NetherTaker]

I think like every other language but English pronounced it "Jinghis" or "Chinghis", i.e. ジンギスカン (Jingisukan) in Japanese, or Dschinghis Khan in German.

[@tsaimathb.9214]

Not sure about ghengis, as a general, sure, but he doesn't quite fit with the rest. Maybe add the berserker guarding the bridge in the battle of hastings (I think) that only was defeated whe his enemies floated beneath the bridge and stabbed him from below Edit: Not Battle of Hastings, Battle of Stamford Bridge, missed it by three weeks :(

[@amethystgamer852]

That thumbnail tho, love it.

[@MalePietje]

Pier Gerlofs Donia is best known by his West Frisian nickname Grutte Pier (Big Pier), or by the Dutch translation Grote Pier which referred to his legendary size and strength. A great sword that is said to have belonged to Pier is on display at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden. It's 2.13 metres long and weighs about 6.6 kilograms. Pier was noted for the ability to wield this great sword so efficiently that he could behead multiple people with it in a single blow. Despite his successes in battle, Pier could not turn the Burgundian/Habsburg tide and so he retired in 1519. On 18 October 1520 he died peadcefully in his bed in the Frisian city of Sneek. His life is mostly shrouded in legend though.

[@brennanhearn6342]

Another fun fact about ancient Sparta, if someone was single and childless at age thirty, it was considered a shameful dereliction of their duty to make more Spartans. So strong was the stigma that it was common for couples who were having trouble with it to get...'help' from friends or neighbors.

[@FamilyGuyRoks6]

10:40 a real life- non-robotic terminator

[@chrisholland7367]

Freddie Spencer Chatman British soldier during ww2. He single handed kept at bay thousands of Japanese soldiers in occupied Mayla for 3 and half years and was only captured once. He was awarded the Victoria Cross .Sadly he died soon after the end of the war.

[@ARandomUser27]

Great vid

[@19Paul91]

William Marshall, the epitome of a medieval Knight. Served 5 English Kings, went on crusade to Jerusalem and fought in the Battle of Lincoln during the First Barons War at the age of 70 in 1217.

[@mariksebastianishtarthethi6998]

Greetings, a chilean here, not a big fan of history,, but your channel make interested on it. i was Surprised that Galvarino made on the list and more since was "number 1". But i have to say that Mapuches vs Spanish Conquitardors was a very long war over 200 years long if i recall from my history classes. Well i wanted to see more. Hopping you and your family its ok.

[@brettreiselt5968]

7:28 the video you're watching says Leonidas said "then we'll fight in the shade", it was actually Dienekes who was credited with this line, whereas Leonidas said "come and take them" in response to the order to lay down their weapons.

[@greenlightning2539]

Hugh glass was a mercenary and mountain man in the early 1800s. He fought a war with native americans united under the arikara, then trapped fur in the dakotas. In 1823, he was mauled by a mama grizzly bear. He was left for dead and came back. He forgave the men who wronged him. He was killed ten years later when he and three other men crossed the Yellowstone river and were ambushed by thirty arikara warriors.

[@Crazael]

Gladiators were rarely killed in the arena. And when it did happen, the organizer had to pay a substantial fee to the gladiator's owner. According to some evidence, the average gladiator was only in the arena once or twice a year, and would often have dozens of fights by the end of their career.

[@caesarplaysgames]

4:44 Yeet

[@BRoyce69]

Vagabond is a dope manga adaptation of a famous Japanese novel about Miyamoto Musashi. It has some of the best art in any graphic novel, it's about one of the world's greatest warrior and has a dope historic fuedal period/samurai setting. Would recommend!

[@kevinnorwood8782]

I agree with you that Herodotus really got the number wrong about Xerxes invasion force in 480 BC. I'd say at most, it was HALF a million, NOT two million.

[@Floody77]

There wasnt 300 spartans , there was 301 spartans....leonidas and his bodygaurd of 300 =301 plus another thousand Greek hoplites that stayed with the spartans oh and another 6000 that was sent away by leonidas so there was never just 300 spartans

[@Ilikeavocados123]

Paul Kiernan yeah

[@dc4457]

1: Miyamoto Musashi was Japanese, not Chinese. Not sure how they messed that up, his name doesn't even sound Chinese. When he retired to write philosophy, his product was "The Book of Five Rings", a manual of strategy that is still studied today, by businessmen as well as warriors. 2: The 300 Spartans knew they were on a suicide mission, the men selected for the task were already fathers of sons and therefore had already provided the state with their replacement. In modern photos the area looks surprisingly wide, but at the time there was only about 100 yards of flat ground between the steep, scrubby slopes and the sea, so it was possible for a small number of men to defend it. There were actually several thousand Greek defenders in the final stand including about 700 men from Thespia, 400 from Thebes and around 1000 Helots in addition to the 300 Spartans. The quip about fighting in the shade of the arrows was not a quote from Leonidas but from a man named Dienekes. The famous quote of Leonidas when the Persians demanded that the Greeks surrender their weapons was "Molon labe", meaning "come and take them". 3: Aaron Burr fled to South Carolina following the duel to avoid arrest. He may have gone back to finish his term as Vice President, but his political career was finished. After leaving office he engaged in a land-grab scheme that nearly resulted in a war with Spain and in 1807 Thomas Jefferson actually had him tried for treason. He was acquitted but spent years in exile in Europe.

[@anneymao3860]

Ned Kelly: basically Ironman. Jack Churchill: Basically Hawkeye Virginia Hall: basically Black Widow Latchman Gutung:

[@kahunab7400]

The Spartans weren't alone, there were a total of 7000 greek Hoplites there, and that is just the heavy troops. The spartans didn't count helots and metioks, similarly other greek cities didn't count their 2nd class citizens. In total, the greeks had probably about 20000 soldiers The estimates for the persians are, that they are closer to 40000-50000 people.

[@ahkillease4324]

Musashi was actually Japanese and I’m surprised you haven’t heard of him, considering one of his writings (The Book Of Five Rings) is extremely famous.

[@niggo.0300]

I remember burrs line in Hamilton was literally "My fellow soldiers will tell you I am a terrible shot" so what is more accurate here?

[@skizzik121]

Burr was still a bad ass, and I haven't even partook of this Hamilton Musical so my opinion isnt colored by it.

[@NT42-24TN]

There was one ancient gladiator who won multiple fights without throwing a single hit. He was a boxer who didn’t believe in violence due to his religion, so he dodged incoming strikes until his opponent surrendered or collapsed from exhaustion. The only time he threw a punch was when he got really angry at his opponent and hit him in the jaw, The punch ended up killing his opponent. He eventually became champion but refused freedom. (I can’t remember his name don’t ask)

[@demax5332]

Fairhair: creates a country so he could marry a princess I don't know man... sounds like he SIMPIN

[@jacobwells9207]

10:20 And that's when that archer knew...he fucked up

[@justinmckay6309]

Great video

[@Talaan2099]

I enjoy any mention of warriors from the 3 kingdoms era of China. I know most of what is in “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” books and the “Dynasty Warriors” game series is exaggerated, but I still love it.

[@GeneralSecura]

So they pick Xiahou Dun from the Three Kingdoms era instead of Lu Bu, Guan Yu or Zhang Liao? That's pretty bogus.

[@Gia1911Logous]

Spartan quotes have become embedded with Greek narionalism We use all those badass quotes like "Η ταν η επί τας" "Μολών λαβέ" Etc.

[@abraxaszee8953]

British Lieutenant Colonel “Mad Jack” Churchill. He went ashore on D-Day with a longbow and a claymore. “Any officer who goes into battle without his sword is underdressed!”

[@kodywatts6886]

The LEGO analogy had me dying I kinda know what he meant but wow that was a creative way to describe it 😂

[@saltymisfit6566]

Even if the Persians only had 200,000 that's still a ballsy move to have 300 go toe to toe with such an overwhelming force

[@asmusboysen5125]

There wasn't only 300, there was about 700 "slaves" who fought with the 300 Spartans. So all in all about 1000 holding a small chokepoint. It was later used as propaganda by sparta which is perhaps why it is ... A bit overhyped

[@TheEnoEtile]

@@asmusboysen5125 plus several thousand other Greeks. It's also a function of that sort of fighting. In a narrow pass or a castle a smaller fighting force can easily overcome a much larger one. Especially in their situation were slain Persians would have to march, or climb around or over their dead comrades who were choking the pass. And then have to engage a phalanx. It's hard to do much against a phalanx if you can't flank it and dont have any artillery like a catapult or something

[@OzzieTheHead]

Terry, if Miyamoto Musashi didn't sound familiar, he is the author of The Book of Five Rings

[@diekssus7194]

Big Pier, number 10. Did indeed retire, he lived on the farm that he helped run. he died peacefully in the company of his daughter, her decendands still live to this day.

[@zanebruce2546]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there like a 1000 other Greeks with the Spartans at Thermopylae? and half the reason the Persians were able to go through the pass was because and entire unit guarding said nope this and went home?

[@Protoman85]

My only question is this: why do this instead of oversimplified civil war part 2? and when will you do that

[@Vitringur]

In the section about Genghis Kahn, it's not about people literally exhaling. People keep fires burning and they burn a lot of wood. They also clear forests.

[@skibbydibby1365]

There's one I think he was a Viking Warrior, I'm not sure if he was a berserker or not but I think he may have been. He held off many enemy soldiers to cover a retreat.

[@robertguy9553]

You gotta watch some videos about what being a gladiator was really like. There’s solid evidence that only about 1 in 10 fights ended with a gladiator’s death. There was a whole class that would only fight as a replacement for someone who had already LOST 3 times that day!

[@RealmRabbit]

The Swiss had a funny response to Kaiser Wilhelm II threatening to invade them with twice the number of soldiers... Switzerland responded by saying something along the lines of how they'd "Shoot twice and go home."

[@Rem-753]

8:33 absolutely true for any great warriors from the times that war was glorified, but for the modern era it's often the opposite. look at 9/10 VC (victorian cross) winners

[@TheNylter]

Would have been nice to mention that at the Battle of Thermopylae with Leonidas, there was a small company of Atheneans who supported the Spartans and died with them.

[@James-714]

You should do the one he just did on the American civil war

[@afunnylookingplatypus7595]

A spartan response is called a laconic phrase

[@askevisholm1933]

I guess I was expecting more tacticians, but if you're looking for pure badass bloodshed, Eric the red would be a great addition to the list

[@judasdechariot9843]

Mr. Terry, I agree that the fighting 'in the shade' reply was awesome but my favorite Spartan response was to Phillip II of Macedon: 'If I invade Laconia, you will be destroyed, never to rise again.' 'If' So bold that the word 'Laconic' comes from this pithy exchange!

[@judasdechariot9843]

Just realized that you covered that example too. Oops. Haha.