Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition

[@lycwydthoughts4640]

What an amazing narration! I love all 3 segments, thank you!

[@davidmareska315]

Great Story. I really enjoyed it

[@joebombero1]

One interesting parallel one of my professors mentioned was Armenius, the Germanic chief who took down the Roman legions, and Alexander the Great. Both were gifted warriors, great generals and innovators in military tactics, but both were doomed to failure in the long term. This was because the Greeks, like the Germanic tribes, were a decentralized people, priding themselves on local autonomy. Armenius and Alexander tried to force these ancient cultures into a centralized totalitarian empire. It was like forcing a round peg into a square hole. Greeks always remained decentralized, enabling Rome to slowly swallow them one by one. The Germans remained divided until the 19th century.

[@simban00]

When did Alexander fight Germans?

[@mildridnesheim601]

​@@simban00ig you read closely it becomes an anecdote about a professors comparison between alexander and arminius that I can't agree with

[@tarhunta2111]

Correct.

[@tarhunta2111]

​@simbanHe didnt fight them.Alexander never lost a battle.

[@samright4661]

Dude you’re like an encyclopedia of knowledge! I personally haven’t studied the Greeks very much, I have been stuck on the Romans for years!! This is fascinating history!

[@costofglory]

The Greeks are the gold

[@jsoth2675]

Great channel without a doubt. Does anyone know a channel that narrates Plutarch's lives in a similar or somewhat similar way, but covering more of the material. If that makes sense.

[@costofglory]

The Plutarch Podcast by Tom Cox is good. He's getting through these a lot faster than me!

[@jsoth2675]

@@costofglory thank you for your reply and your time. These are great. Can't wait to see the channel grow.

[@earn635daily]

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life---think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ---Swami Vivekananda

[@carlosnevarez4003]

Damn you're good at what you do! Do you have a Patreon?

[@HOWBAZARY]

These videos are better than any movie or tv show. Thank you, sir.

[@HOWBAZARY]

These men are no different from the men of today. The struggle for power and dominance is ingrained in our DNA.

[@costofglory]

Thanks!!

[@valentinbrescan288]

Briliantly narrated and very interesting

[@andreascattolin6439]

I was waiting fior ot.Was he tge greatest Spartan king?.. possibly.But Pausania tgat fight at Platea was no joke as well. Thx for all Alex.

[@costofglory]

Pausanias was a great man - but actually he was Regent, not king, a fact I've forgotten more than once

[@ThoughtMachine1]

How on Earth doesn't this have hundreds of thousands of views already?

[@costofglory]

Thanks!!

[@anthonygielty7242]

unreal content

[@costofglory]

Thanks!

[@abukharan5774]

Nice

[@alexanderryan1176]

It is interesting to see the trepidation with which Greeks approached foreign expansion. A lot of wise people knew it would only lead to trouble. Of course it would turn out later the massive expansion of the Greek world east set up their eventual fall to the Romans.

[@tarhunta2111]

That's ridiculous.

[@alexanderryan1176]

@@tarhunta2111 wym?

[@davidsabillon5182]

❤

[@andreascattolin6439]

How many episodes would be for Agesilaus?.thx and again alll my compliments......i started so i onow..3 oarts...FANTASIC ALEXANDER...GREAT i would say as he was. Nite from Verona italy..is half past midnight..and i listen to another of your Operas.Thx

[@drvautrot]

Do you also have the 2 for 1 Gold channel?

[@costofglory]

Not that I'm aware of...

[@jolanta0024]

1:19:30 isn't that the greatest description of the raid 🤣 but I feel sorry for the donkeys 🫣🤣.

[@andywomack3414]

Agesilaus the Lame may have been an exception to a rule that did not exist. (?)

[@EricDMMiller]

I love Phillip of Mastodon.

[@EvMund]

Oh jeez tissaphernes is in here, wonder what he will lie about this time

[@EvMund]

Oh nevermind he's already done a betrayal before i could finish writing that first comment

[@costofglory]

@@EvMund He gets what's coming though...

[@EvMund]

Not before time! Did plutarch ever do a bio on him? I'd love it if he had recounted the times tissaphernes was honest in his life. It wouldn't be a long chapter

[@costofglory]

@@EvMund For Plutarch on incompetent and deceitful Persians, see his Life of Artaxerxes. Great stuff.

[@chrisschaeffer9661]

I imagine this Great Man was a regular Micheal Jordan or Babe Ruth too Phillip and Alexander.

[@allanbenson2960]

Driving the Algorithm. Love the intellectual bro-content. Check out Putin's episode, no reason, just a good episode.

[@yyzsupra8338]

Narrator. Zero.