Attila invades the Western Roman Empire ⚔️ Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, 451 AD - Part 2/2

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We continue where we left off in Part 1 ( • Erosion of the Western... ). In early 451 AD Attila invades the Western Roman Empire with the intent of taking over Gaul...
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Catalaunian Fields 451 AD: Rome's Last Great Battle - by Simon MacDowall
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Roman General Flavius Aetius - by Mark S. Longo
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Attila The Hun: A Barbarian King and the Fall of Rome - John Man
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Aetius: Attila's Nemesis - by Ian Hughes
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The Fall of the West: The Slow death of the Roman Superpower - by Adrian Goldsworthy
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History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian (Volume 1) - by J.B.Bury
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[@giorgijioshvili9713]

Hey the first commant. and also Great work there! what will be next after this?

[@anderstopansson]

But I´m still not done with ¨Diablo 1¨.

[@nightrunner3701]

You left out the Pope...

[@hia5235]

Thank you for not calling the battle a "draw" as has become popular among some historians who tend to minimize European accomplishments at any cost.

[@mysticnovelbro]

where's the rest of the hunnic kingdom? It's like they had no control over the far east, according to this.

[@budwyzer77]

When Valentinian asked Priscus if the assassination of Aetius had been "done well" Priscus replied, “Whether well or not, I do not know. *But know that you have cut off your right hand with your left* .”

[@budwyzer77]

Great historical burn or *greatest* historical burn?

[@AmineEssahfi]

Roasted his ass

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

When Napoleon asked Russian General Balashev, who was on a diplomatic mission to prevent Napoleon's invasion of Russia, "which is the best road to Moscow?", he replied, "The roads to Moscow are many. Charles XII chose the road through Poltava."

[@DMurphyApple]

@@JohnDoe-id1es care to explain please?

[@mashek331]

@@DMurphyApple Probably whichever road Napoleon takes will lead to only one inevitability: defeat and death. If this was the point, Balashev was right.

[@MegaTechGuy]

>Saves the empire >Dies by betrayal Poor Flavius Aetius!

[@ivokantarski6220]

Its shitty af sometimes. As if people couldnt appreciate the actions and heroism of some1 and just support them. Maybe the emperor was scared that he as obviously cooler person in the empire may overtake his throne. Aetius clearly would have far more fame after so much action. Through Roman history is full of such dishonorable acts. Yeah people then werent exactly nationalists but c'mon as if they never understood when differences should be set aside before they fall. Yeah in this vid the general manages to gather old foes on his side which is unique and gives hope that people can strive for the common goal without being peaces of shite. I watched a series called Isabel of Castile. Dude it seriously exhausted my mental abilities. There is 1 rich guy who overthrew the former king and then put the kings son on throne and then overthrow him too to put the sista but imagine my shock the dipshit refuses to finish the deal and the king remains and war for nothing. U see there are people who never decide what to do and mess the whole thing

[@LightxHeaven]

A classic outcome for victorious Roman Emperors and generals.

[@derekscanlan4641]

nothing new here. see Aurelian, or Stilicho, or Belisarius (imprisoned, not killed)

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@derekscanlan4641 Definitely Aurelian.

[@nyisziati]

@@derekscanlan4641 or even Julius Caesar.

[@FlashPointHx]

The pope called Attila: The 'Scourge of god' as an insult - Attila took it as a compliment. Nice video my friend as always!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks. The story surrounding the main actors is just fascinating. I wish I wasn't a virtual one-man-team, so I could've done a much bigger project about Aetius and Attila

[@SousouCell]

Its the " scourge of god " muslims called tamerlan the same way

[@hugovanelsen8629]

Wasn’t it the scourge of god?

[@FlashPointHx]

@@hugovanelsen8629 hahaha - yes - silly autocorrect

[@FlashPointHx]

@@HistoryMarche I'm publishing that story this month ;) They were childhood friends - crazy how history treated them

[@jamiengo2343]

“Avengers Endgame is the most ambitious crossover ever!” Aetius: Hold my barbarians

[@zes3813]

wrg

[@birbolea8720]

It's still a crime that this channel is still heavily underrated, for the amount of effort put into each video and the quality and post time for each is very good, wich is hard to find these days on KZbin

[@ToadStool125]

Of course Aetius didn't destroy the hunnic army, there would just be 3 more death stacks spawning on the edge of the map anyway

[@resileaf9501]

But see, it was Attila's death stack, and destroying it would have removed one of his lives. Truly it was short-sighted.

[@psiera4332]

playing Attila total war on legendary difficulty, that would be 12 infinitely spawning death stacks until Attila was killed as the last surviving stack before end turn.

[@darkorodic638]

I see you are a man of culture.

[@marceldevynck7347]

that make sens now XD

[@inquisition_5753]

Attila and his death stacks are much more annoying to deal with than either rebels or germanic tribes.

[@goal8612]

"here's to my long reign" "spoiler it won't be that long" ok you guys are the king of making history fun to watch XD

[@ivokantarski6220]

Spoiler? Duh it be funny when they calculate the average life span of a Roman emperor while sitting on throne.

[@user-eq5we2iw7l]

Aetius’s ability to form a barbarian (former foes) alliance is stunning. Also, this channel is criminally underrated.

[@halebopp8439]

Huns were warriors not barbarians! Just check roman soldiers! They were barbarians!

[@denisdenak]

@@halebopp8439 he's not talking about Huns

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@halebopp8439They literally, by definition, were barbarians. The definition of “barbarian” is anyone who existed contemporarily with the Romans and Greeks, but were not themselves either Roman or Greek

[@CsStoker]

I'm pretty sure that Aetius didn't pursue the retreating Huns because after being raised with them he knew that it was as deadly as pursuing retreating Mongols.

[@HistoryMarche]

That could be the case.

[@xerxlugner2731]

How would it be deadly? If they planned properly and attacked, wouldn't they have succeeded?

[@CsStoker]

@@xerxlugner2731 It could have been the fake retreat or the fake routing strategy which is quite known and famous for being one of the most effective and lethal strategies of the nomad horsemen that have invaded Europe and specially known from the Mongol conquest

[@CsStoker]

@Gabriel Bido How can they possibly tell? how can you differentiate a fake retreat from a real rout? Aetius knew that their close victory could have turn into tragedy if they committed and pursued, I doubt that you can tell the difference and safely pursue or lost everything because your lack of foresight. We will never know what was really going on there

[@CsStoker]

@Gabriel Bido Yes and the Mongol empire conquered the known world just by making their infantry rout like that and then mowing down systematically the pursuers with their cavalry, after such a close victory I doubt that Aetius would have liked to take the risk seeing that what he had on the battlefield are all the resources that he had left

[@ZxZ239]

This video alone was the clearest depiction of what late Roman empire, Rome didn't fall in some epic battles like when Alexander defeated the Persian empire, Rome was already like swiss cheese with so many tribes settled deep inside the empire all with their own loyalty and motivation that was not necessarily in Romes best interest. All Rome can do is to play balance of power politics between the tribes with inevitably will end up in failures.

[@JayzsMr]

The key is why the empire was stable before because everyone kept the personal ambitions relatively in check and worked for a common cause . As this unity unraveled over the centuries so did the stability and the capacity for collective actions like defending against invaders , personal ambitions ran rampant . The empire didn't fall because of a single reason but was the logical result of social cohesion slowly eroding, the common social norms collapsing and personal ambitions running rampant at the cost of the collective. It's what happened and happens to all empires eventually. No single person or reason caused it and no single person or reason could have stopped it .

[@rashisti]

Life goals: Have History Marche narrator narrate my life.

[@AlphaSections]

Valentian: "I see your the great and competent savior of Rome Aetius." Aetius: "why thank y-" Valentian: "OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU!!!" Aetius: "NANI!!"

[@salmahussein5877]

That "I thought he was invincible WTF?" made my day 😂😂😂😂😂 cause I thought so.

[@HistoryMarche]

Hehe

[@bibekthapa7267]

this is what i want its night and history time....

[@Cowslippoetry]

"And so, Aetius retired from military life, hoping that the outcome of the Catalaunian Fields would leave the Huns and Goths in a stalemate, hoping that he had done enough to save the empire. He had not..."

[@gronndar]

Age of Empires Conquerors voice or Definite Edition voice?

[@Cowslippoetry]

@@gronndar Conquerors. No contest.

[@sirjoey3137]

Incredible series this, for how well known Attila is I'd never actually known anything about him. Also Aetius is the GOAT, shame Romans like to repay nation-saving acts by a stabbing in the back.

[@DMurphyApple]

aetius is a very complicated manner. while clearly one of the most talented commanders and statesmen of his time, his political intrigues and powerstruggles can very well be pointed at as final nail in the coffin for the roman empire

[@limmeh7881]

Aurelian is another one that got done dirty, wonder what would've happened if dudes like that stayed alive.

[@hereisyoursign6750]

@@DMurphyApple Most of his struggles were with the Emperor being a useless dick to everyone around him. If Valentinian had accepted the marriage and gave Aetius free reign to bring Imperial lands back under Roman authority the Empire might have been given enough time to reform itself and survive the mass migration period.

[@johnlewis3891]

Aetius wasn't innocent. During the regency of Empress Placida, he schemed against Count Boniface of North Africa, and his schemes cost the Romans control of that province. Aetius convinced Placida that Count Boniface was about to rebel and persuaded her to summon Boniface to court. Then he sent a message to Count Boniface that stated the Empress was plotting against him and encouraged him not to obey the imperial summons. The result was that Boniface was declared a rebel by the Empress and Boniface sought the aid of the Barbarians for help. Later on. Placida and Boniface realized that they were duped, but it was too late. The Vandals had taken North Africa. Boniface linked up with the Empress and defeated Aetius, but died in battle. Aetius went to into exile and had to go to the Huns to pressure Placida to restore him to power.

[@johnlewis3891]

Aetius wasn't innocent. During the regency of Empress Placida, he schemed against Count Boniface of North Africa, and his schemes cost the Romans control of that province. Aetius convinced Placida that Count Boniface was about to rebel and persuaded her to summon Boniface to court. Then he sent a message to Count Boniface that stated the Empress was plotting against him and encouraged him not to obey the imperial summons. The result was that Boniface was declared a rebel by the Empress and Boniface sought the aid of the Barbarians for help. Later on. Placida and Boniface realized that they were duped, but it was too late. The Vandals had taken North Africa. Boniface linked up with the Empress and defeated Aetius, but died in battle. Aetius went to into exile and had to go to the Huns to pressure Placida to restore him to power.

[@nonyabusniss7777]

this channel produces some of the best content in the world right now. this formula of storytelling, history, and actual tactical information and movement works so well. I could watch every single conflict in the world through this lens

[@scatalin09]

Aetius - the last of the Romans in the West. Thank you for this wonderful series. The Catalaunian Plains battle had fascinated me since my highschool years, yet i never had a visual support for it.

[@marvelfannumber1]

I think Majorian would like a word.

[@elguapodelmonte215]

You seem to have forgotten to mention some facts that happened on the battlefield, the Visigothic King Theodoric fell on the battlefield, fighting in the front-line of the cavalry unit he commanded, his son also was badly injured and managed to survive, the battle was engaged in a very bloody and costly "deadlock" for probably 4 or 5 hrs, and it was indeed the Visigothic cavalry that held the right-wing of the battlefield, that finally busted-up the Huns left-wing, that was held by the Visigoths long-lost brothers, the Ostrogoths (the Visi means Western & the Ostro means Eastern) as the Eastern branches fell back, the Visigothic cavalry charged directly at the famous Hun cavalry, which was completely surprised, the Huns were cut-down at will (you see, the Huns were very good at those 'circling' maneuvers, firing arrows & running away) Now you had the situation of in-your-face, hand-to-hand fighting, the Visigoths cut the Huns to shreds, inflicting upon them a catastrophic defeat, the Huns scrambling to get away, but they were massacred in their majority, with only remnants managing to escape back to their central plains, the Visigothic cavalry chased them well into the night, in some reports they chase them for over 50 kms, until the Roman cavalry had convinced them to stop, and go back to the base to start the victory celebrations. The famous Attila, who had terrorized the Roman territories for years, was left crying his eyes out, lamenting his decisive loss, and was suicidal, even attempting to jump into a massive bonfire they had built, to hide the pain & guilt he felt for the loss of over 10,000 mounted Hunnish cavalry he saw dissolved before his very eyes, it might have been more like 20,000, and of course, his allies would have taken even greater losses. The aura of invincibility of the Huns shattered, the spell of Attila broken, from then on the Huns never entered Western Europe again, they were pretty much contained in the central base they held, they entered Italy and tried to extort the Romans once or twice, but after Attila himself died from choking on his own vomit during his own wedding celebrations, the power of the Huns died together with Attila, one tied to the other.

[@johnnyboy3410]

lmao what ? Attila never cried because of this loss and Romans lost more since Attila devastated the land he passed through, this battle was more of Attila being kicked out than completely defeated and Attila had plans to invade Italy but died

[@daguroswaldson257]

Thanks for commenting on this! I will need that information for my historical fiction book. I even found out that Attila lost a close relative of his as well.

[@psiera4332]

I always hear people lamenting the death of the Roman empire but when you see how treacherous they were towards each other like what happened to Aetius maybe it was time for it to end after all, i think the political aspects of this period are very important for the context of these famous historical battles, they give form and purpose to their actions as inexplicable they maybe in the context of just war- This always seems to be a dimension that i find many people gloss over with the Roman empire, which was its political complexity and how that was very closely tied to command in the field. Thanks very much for this one History Marche- there is more to a campaign then just a battle as you've made so clear, Cheers.

[@mabeSc]

This was mostly towards the end of the Empire and well , the end came not without reasons. They had so many "emperors" before ending completely that it seems like they were playing a game of who can assassinate the emperor first. It wasn't the barbarians who ended their empire but them as they kept on killing their leaders one after another that they lost all kinds of centralised power. This ended up in powerful lords ruling over lands and not participating in anything else , no taxes and so on. These were probably the people that killed each other till the end for more power not realising that wealth is not going to defend their lands but a standing army. Seems like nobody cared about the empire and they forgot that there were people outside just looking to kill and loot them. Oh well , thank god their bubble burst so violently. Could this possibly be one of the reasons why Italy remained divided for the next 1400 years?

[@whynot-tomorrow_1945]

The late stages of the Roman Empire demonstrate more clearly than any philosopher the perils of hereditary autocracy. The Roman Republic was formed in an explicit attempt to create a government that did not have a king. By the time Caesar and Augustus used military force to enforce their unilateral control of the empire, they just...called their "king" by a different name. The imperial succession continued for hundreds of years, under numerous families, deteriorating into the exact sort of back-stabbing and incompetence to be expected of any monarchy. It would be categorically false to say that this transition ensured the fall of the empire, as any Roman regime would have inevitably faced similar challenges and some emperors were uniquely equipped to deal with them. But at this stage of the empire, the mailability, paranoia, ambition, and pettiness of the imperial court had become a profound impediment. Someone like Aetius would have been elected Consul, not killed by some boy cowering in his palace.

[@psiera4332]

The caveat seems to be that the hereditary autocracy that Rome ended up with turned out to be worse than an explicit monarchy where they had their King in name and not just in power so political legitimacy could not be questioned. In the following age, the backstabbiness of subsequent unilateral monarchically run kingdoms were somewhat toned down a bit and where not necessarily a permanent irremovable feature like it seemed in the late roman empire, the institution of inviolable hereditary right as a political evolution seemed to have greatly restrained the political legitimacy of any attempted ascendency of the oligarchies below that of the king, such that the nobility was kept firmly below the king and rich merchants etc were kept below them- The requirement for direct blood descent from the royal family for any right to rule and legitimacy for rule seems to have confined infighting mostly to within the royal family and the noble families they married into, then the entire ruling class from senators, generals to client state rulers and barbarian kings- I find it ironic that Rome is most admired and copied for its political institutions when they failed the most spectacularly. It was the Legionaries who made Rome, it was the idea of Rome that made her and at the end of it all, there were no Legionaries to be had and there was no idea of Rome within her. (of course the idea carried on in her subsequent successor states but not in herself most notably)

[@Xfire209]

I mean they kept up good old roman traditions of starting usurpations and civil wars. Buisness as usual in a sense. the problem was that their outside threats became only increasingly larger over the centuries with the much better organised and agressive Sassanids replacing the Parthians and the Germanic tribes forming larger confederations that profited from an influx of roman money, luxury goods and military expertise via auxillary service in the Roman army. Combine that with a slowly dwindling economy which means lesser tax revenue which in turn makes it harder to pay for a large army and bureaucracy which in turn weakens the state to foreign invasion and you have a recipe for disaster. And these usurpations in the later empire were far more costly because the roman field armies lost in those wars were far harder to replace than those in the early empire.

[@jeremywerner9489]

@@psiera4332 "It was the Legionaries who made Rome" Indeed, the composition of this battle demonstrates that the military backbone of the Roman Empire was essentially gone or at best a shadow of itself. The actual Roman troops were fewer in number (the size of Aetius' army was anywhere from 30-80k according to Wiki, with the Hunnic army presumably similar in size, and the Roman troops appear to form about 1/4 of the Roman side) and didn't have the tactical and strategic edge they had several centuries earlier, and when faced with a major invasion Aetius had to literally cobble together a sufficient force from a number of disparate groups that were normally enemies. . .whereas in better years the Romans would've responded by amassing sufficient legions from Gaul, Northern Spain, and Italy with a reserve of organized auxiliaries for support, and maybe pulling in a contingent from a client state or close ally if needed. Maybe the situation would've been better if a spineless cur like Valentinian III wasn't holding the throne and the Western Roman Empire could've actually marshaled all of its resources as one cohesive group, I don't know.

[@user-mr3xt1zs4c]

Oh and finally the second part of the Roman Hun war video, thank you very much to everyone who participated in the production of this historical video and thanks to all the supporters of this channel And I hope this wonderful channel will continue to produce videos about the Roman Empire With my best wishes to you for success, excellence and wide fame Your follower from Mesopotamia greetings to you all .

[@ab_bas1]

واخيراً لگيت عراقي يتابع هاي القناة 🐸

[@hengi1278]

I'm not sure how well known this legend is, but we learned it in Hungary. So it says that Attila was buried in the River Tisza at the place where the river diverged into two branches (or where it meets the Danube) and those who escorted him to his final resting place should not take the news of where he was buried (So they were killed I guess). And the story says that they bound his coffins, first with gold, the second with silver and the third with the strength of iron, showing by such means that these three things suited the mightiest of kings; iron because he subdued the nations, gold and silver because he received the honors of both empires. Maybe it's just part of the Hungarian mythology but still sounds cool :)

[@sikanderkhan4257]

What about battle of Zama ? That amazing Hanibal series of yours is incomplete without it :/

[@kristss8534]

I am a history buff and I thought that this would be an ok series, but I am left with my eyes wide open, this is the best short battle series I have ever seen on youtube!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks so much Krists! Much appreciated

[@skyknight1281]

I always think about how it was a shame the Roman Empire fell. When I actually look closer on why it happened I can’t help but change my thinking that these guys actually deserved it. They really seemed like they put their own neck in the noose at the end.

[@HistoryMarche]

Yep, basically everyone in political circles were selfish, self-serving, and corrupt to the bone. Just imagine how terrible it was for ordinary folk in those days. The wealthy were also bleeding the smaller landowners dry as well, running them out of business with various scams - to the point where some thought it better to sell themselves into slavery.

[@shadowlord1418]

Remember rome as it was in its prime not how it died

[@hereisyoursign6750]

@@HistoryMarche starting to sound a little familiar

[@HistoryMarche]

@@hereisyoursign6750 Some things never change :(

[@robertrosales3738]

I swear ppl be watching nothing but garbage on KZbin that’s the only reason u have a smaller following , this is some of the best content on KZbin hands down

[@dawarrior95]

One of the best history channels on the web. Forsure.

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

Last time I was early the empire was still united.

[@thebigone6071]

You’re the greatest historian in world history History Marche!!!!

[@waqarkhan8044]

with Respect @historyMarche I am still waiting for the Hannibal series.... its a long time since you have promised that your team is working on it and will be there soon

[@PSIRockOmega]

I'd love to see more videos around the fall of Rome, especially post-Catalaunian Plains stuff around Majorian and Ricimer.

[@alfonsosanchez8099]

Brilliant two videos. Not only for the battle, but also for all the explanations of the causes that led to the confrontation. Congratulations for the high quality of the work.

[@resileaf9501]

All my life, I thought the Catalaunian plains had been a victory for the Huns. Age of Empires 2 had me believe that Attila's victory was complete. And today, that world view was completely shattered. I somehow managed to be surprised by the result of a battle that took place 1500+ years ago. AoE 2 also told me that Attila was convinced to leave Rome alone by the Pope, so I suppose that was also a filthy lie.

[@GarkKahn]

Well... aoe 2 also said aetius retired to live in peace after the battle... that's a half-truth

[@johntitor1256]

Historian JB Bury suggested that the meeting between Pope Leo I and Atilla did happen. This is only my uneducated guess, but I think Atilla might have been more open to being persuaded because of the plague in his army, food shortages, and impending reinforcements from the Eastern Empire.

[@argeltal9090]

Me too, having played that campaign like 10 times, i always assumed Attila won the Catalaunian battle, yet it was more like a pyrrhic victory, and in the last mission, the huns tried to conquer Rome before the romans reorganize and rebuild their armies. The last mission is somewhat historically accurate though.

[@adamsogor7748]

It was a victory. 1 year later he marched to Rome and that thing happened. So 1 year later h managed to go against Rome with a full army again? So who won? In reality Attila grew up in Rome, hunnic soldiers were guarded roman emperors and so on. So, they were barbarians huh? It is sad that an empire that was this strong fell apart in a 'second'.

[@loecorristo555]

It was a draw in the most optimistic roman view. Did the romans really win? I doubt so. Yes, they stoped the Huns at this battle, but the losses were huge on both sides. Neverteless, the Huns invaded Italy the NEXT YEAR. So, if they were really BEATEN in Gaul, how is it possible for them to Invade and sack Italy the very next year then hmm? Where were the legions? they were mostly dead at the Catalaunian plains. The Western Roman empire never recovered from this ''victory''.

[@billhanna2148]

Thank you 🙏 AGAIN 🙏 for your excellent work 👍💪👏👏👏👏 I've watched MANY videos on this battle and by far this is the BEST depiction 👍💪👏 VERY thorough with all the various tribes and intrigues. You have out done yourself.

[@kingmaverick3140]

Definition of Productivity The last 5 minutes of the video are more informative than the first 20 minutes.

[@joshuaschoenenberger]

Probably the best depiction of this battle, that I have ever seen. Great Work. I think, there might be a mistake with footnote #2. It talks about the battle of Kulilovo from the previous video. Nonetheless great video.

[@HistoryMarche]

Yeah, wrong paste lol

[@Mikko088]

Very refreshing to see a video with two competent commanders with their armies instead of just the usual one.

[@holyarchangelmichael]

Very good video. The Battle of the Catalunian Fields was a major victory for Rome and certainly weakened the Hunnic Kingdom, which collapsed following Attila's death. While the Western Roman Empire only survived for roughly another 20 years, this battle is still quite significant even though it's not discussed as much as it should be. Aetius also deserves high praise for forming the loose coalition that defeated Attila's Huns. I really enjoyed this video and thank you for making another great video about a critical battle in Europe's history.

[@johnnyboy3410]

Hunnic Empire and not kingdom and it wasn’t major victory, neither gained anything but Attila destroyed the lands he passed through, he was forced out basically

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣❣

[@dannyknowlton]

Love this channel! Thank you for making these awesome videos.

[@andreascovano7742]

Amazing Video, as Always! You deserve far more subscribers! It's interesting to note that the Hun's success over other barbarian groups was oddly enough in their ability to take cities. Most barbarian groups had little to no experience even centuries afterwards, like the laughable gothic siege of rome under Belisarius (though then again, the goths are known to repeatedly fail when taking cities, like the multiple sieges of arelate). Aquilea is one example. Aquilea "The eagle" was for centuries the stronghold that guarded the italian peninsula from the east, famously being the ruin of the Giant emperor Maximinius Thrax. Attilla annhilated the city so completely that we barely have the roman ruins and none of the massive fortifications it had. (The modern day version, unlike other post roman-roman cities, was basicaly started from scratch nearby). That's why the inhabitants fleed to the laggons and marshes of venice. Also it is completely emberassing that an empire that had populations in the millions couldn't manage to field the armies it required. I think the main problem was the lack of understanding of civilian matters by a military rulership. The Roman army was still amazing, as that had been the focus of almost every regime up to this point. But the structure supporting it was completely neglected. Less due to inevitability of fate or barbarian invasions, the roman empire fell due to collective societal suicide. The poor hated the goverment whilst the rich ignored it. The military was just as likely to turn on itself and the administartion was terrible. Great Video as always!

[@trentondamm194]

sick videos guys! great work and plz make more.

[@sevoo1579]

YESSS part II ! thank you lads

[@AleexGod]

I love this battle so much. Thanks for this magnificent video.

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School can't compete with these quality videos!

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This was awesome!!!! I haven't been so riveted to a video for a long time. Great work...really well done!

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This video production quality is a masterpiece!!!

[@FlintenJones]

Loved it!! Always wanted videos on the Huns battles

[@FazlurTheGreat]

Another EPIC video🔥🔥

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This is one of the best videos that you have ever made imo

[@RobertMihalache]

Thanks for sharing with us this video. Kind regards.

[@misticvlad]

a good series sir, looking forward to see what's next, keep up the good work

[@thisisnotmyrealname5658]

Happy Saturday everyone! 👐 you know it is when historymarche upload! 🤩

[@somewhere6]

Excellent breakdown of the campaign.

[@rkurtz4]

Thank you! This is my favorite history channel

[@mono4on]

being the sly man he was, Aetius probably waited till King Theodoric died to have his cav charge, to increase his own power in gaul after the battle. well played sir. bigger the risk, greater the reward

[@RealAlexMoreton]

Amazing as always!

[@davidknight2104]

Brilliant video great graphics and great depth to the content 👍🏻 👏🏻

[@dawarrior95]

Every video you put out is a damn masterpiece.

[@PolarBearSeal]

FINALLY! I thought the wait would never end.

[@JawsOfHistory]

Another great video. The Hunnic invasions are such a fascinating era of history. Their empire spanned from the Volga in the east to the Rhine and Danube in the west and just as quickly as they seemed set to conquer the world, their empire disintegrated and they became incorporated into the states that they had just crushed.

[@ivokantarski6220]

Thst is the issue wih vast expansion. U think that u gain local allies but the deal is only while u win and when Ur power falls u quickly lose ground in many places but u no longer have the a ability to hold the huge gainz and u may even be in war of the throne so that makes more waste of man power and resources and so on but by time u rdy again most of enemies have catched up to ur way of fighting too and its over. The Huns probsdly didnt inhabit much of the empire. Same could be said for the Mongols. They conquered lands which had far more people than Mongolia ever had.

[@mahadlodhi]

Caught me by surprise, great video as always

[@Groggehcat]

I love history, you can learn so much about humanity just by observing the Romans. I think Rome has had a big impact on Europe. Veni Vidi Vici

[@mojewjewjew4420]

You are wrong, Rome didnt impact Europe, Rome made Europe.

[@trajanz9557]

FINALLY PT 2!

[@syedazam2568]

Wow, I love the improvment of graphics and animation. 👍👍👍

[@stonesinmyblood27]

Utterly fantastic, captivating, informative and exciting all at the same time. One of the best channels on KZbin ♥️👍🌹

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Cmdr_Sam]

I will support you guys with the first paycheck I get, thank you for such awesome content for free 🙏

[@HistoryMarche]

Awesome, thank you!

[@djAXCESSmusic]

This might be my new favorite video on the channel.

[@samuelmargueret9626]

A great video as always , from a very complex battle and périod you converted that into something simple and clear well done for that dude..... let me tell you you have my full.support and you deserve way more subscribers and likes ... you should work on doing a feat with other history Channel that could be great !!

[@nb1923]

The amount of detail you put in your videos is amazing I enjoy watching every single video

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much 😀

[@chrisrace744]

Incredible content!

[@davideaston6944]

Very well done, thanks!

[@shaynebiggs8831]

This channel is great.i love the narration graphics...everything is good

[@CB-qk2wv]

25:31The second footnote is about Dmitri Donskoy :D Still a great video!

[@HistoryMarche]

YEah, shit happens :)

[@endo_kun_da]

A footnote beyond all footnotes!

[@sayedhusson3876]

​ @HistoryMarche Thank you so much for another amazing video, so much detail it was fantastic. I just would like to ask what software do you use? PLEASE reply.

[@arrikmontijo3916]

You just keep getting better at these.

[@tobago3679]

Awesome work thank you

[@jg8711]

Love your channel! It would be great if you could continue this timeline to show haw the Franks and Merovingian came to be the power of the west.

[@ahmadtheIED]

Awesome! Keep it up

[@Dylanschannelodoom]

When the entirety of the preview gif is a Raid: Shadow Legends ad read... Really made me excited for the video lol.

[@sumitdalavi]

keeep it uppp buddy!!!

[@1.ramskabrigadahvo560]

I JUST WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@sekeriyasharif6593]

Been waiting for this video for 2 weeks

[@attilalukacs9602]

Excellent, highly detailed and very accurate.

[@josephcassin8675]

The patreons have chosen well

[@pezelbuda]

Just subscribed, what a great channel, hope u get more followers!!!

[@samdumaquis2033]

Fantastic !

[@LookHereMars]

Awesome as always HM. Not long now and that 400K subs will be breached. Stay safe guys and keep up the awesome work. 👍👍

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks 👍

[@ThePanizal]

Not again, I'm just went to sleep and now need to see this, hahaha. ¡Gran trabajo amigos!

[@tomkrzyt]

I am loving the lector's voice.

[@53yearsago56]

Thanks Historymarche, you are the best. More of Attila, please. And can you do the battle of Zama ?

[@HistoryMarche]

Will do

[@KiethSomataw99]

A few things about the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: 1. The battle started late in that day, close to the evening and continued even into the night. 2. Sangiban was placed in the middle by Aetius, believing that since he was negotiating the surrender of Orleans to Attila, that he and his followers would flee, splitting the Roman Alliance Battle Line and giving them the opportunity to envelop the Huns. Ultimately, as the Huns smashed the vulnerable center, they were hemmed in by the Roman and their allies but too numerous to completely encircle. 3. As night came onto the battle, the Visigoths manage to gain the upper hand against the Huns. Yet in the darkness, Theodric fell from his horse and was trampled to death by his own cavalrymen. Thorismund inspired their forces to minimize the morale impact of their king's death. Soon afterwards, the Huns fell back to their wagon fort. 4. After the bloodbath and the successful retreat, Attila showed his masculinity and acted as if he valued his life less than his reputation. Only on dawn the next day, did he see the carnage and decide to withdraw his entire force from the field. Aetius decided not to pursue the Huns, choosing instead to use the battle to strengthen his position and at the same time, ensure that Rome's allies were less likely to become enemies following the battle.

[@NoahWeaverRacing]

Outstanding video! kept my attention through the whole thing! Please consider doing an episode on Emperor Majorian and his role in the empires brief last gasp for breath

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you very much. Majorian is definitely planned. If you noticed, I left him out of the narrative in this mini series, even though he served under Aetius in Gaul and scored some impressive victories. This was done deliberately to avoid a repetitive narrative in two videos. I want to use all of the Majorian juice in a video about Majorian :) That said, I don't have an ETA on that one, but I will surely work on it.

[@NoahWeaverRacing]

@@HistoryMarche Ahhhh i see haha very smart of you to do that xD cant wait for that one to come out, i'll wait very patiently for it!! I didn't realize he served under Aetius, I was just waiting for a lowkey reference to him at the end since it was close to 457. I'll have to read more into both of them in the meantime

[@brunolima7402]

What a glorious battle. I'd love to go back in time and be a spectator.

[@TheHypnogog]

Impressive, as always.

[@condurachesorin]

Yes!! Been waiting the whole week for this!

[@HistoryMarche]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@heroe480]

Not only you :P

[@schutzstaffel8396]

@@HistoryMarche When are the Punic wars returning?

[@condurachesorin]

@@HistoryMarche Yeah. As I do with any of your videos.

[@lorenzogumier7646]

History channels and podcasts are thriving and I love to see how many of them are actually cooperating, reaching a larger and larger community across the globe! "Storia d'Italia Podcast" is a very succesful channel (mostly active in Spotify and whose founder also speaks English fluently) that often hosts guests from other history channels, it would be wonderful to see you interactioning one day with your Italian counterpart :)

[@denniscleary7580]

Oh yeah, now we’re getting to the real good stuff 👍

[@HistoryMarche]

Indeed. The smell of sweat, blood and death! Disclaimer: I may have gotten carried away there...

[@juansanchez5001]

Great series

[@vascogiesteira1566]

Petronius was stoned to death by an angry mob a little over two months after the start of his reign. Deserved!

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

"Boo Petronius! Get what's coming to ya!"

[@Sealdeam]

Very funny too given that his name comes from the same root as stone or rock in latin, at least luckly for him he was not named Flamma, Flaminius or Flamininus else he could had met a fiery death; it reminds me of another somewhat related anecdote, Tiberius was never a popular emperor and in one occasion the people were quite unhappy and a mob was heard shouting that they wished to "return" Tiberius to the Tiber river as that was the root origin of his name.