Battle of Asculum (279 BC) Rome Vs Greece /Legions Vs Phalanx | Total War: Rome 2 epic cinematic

The Battle of Asculum took place in 279 BC between the Roman Republic under the command of the consuls Publius Decius Mus and Publius Sulpicius Saverrio, and the forces of King Pyrrhus of Epirus. The battle took place during the Pyrrhic War, after the Battle of Heraclea of 280 BC, which was the first battle of the war.
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[@petadragos6754]

romans soldiers ,,Consul, what are we gonna eat today ?" Consul ,,Elephant steak if you hold the line" roman soldier ,,oh shit !"

[@mylifeisfunny8911]

this is a chad's comment

[@vorasmountain7037]

Greek army of Macedonia of Alexander you can see it from the paintings on the shields similar to Sparta and the long spears are Sarises Greek construction of the Macedonian army. (Macedonia is Greece)

[@CC-8891]

It seems like going against a proper well trained Macedonian phalanx is terrifying. There's just something about a wall of Sheilds and spears. As I watched this I kept thinking I'd rather be in the Phalanx than the Legions.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

That's because the Roman formations were very ill suited in attacking a phalanx. The Phalanx itself is a defensive formation, relying on cavalry to win the day. The Roman Triplex Acies was a defense in depth formation that put the weakest soldiers on the frontline to draw in the opponent and tire them out before reaching the strongest of Roman soldiers in the rear. Because the phalanx is not terribly mobile, they don't get drawn in on the Roman formation, so all that happens is the weak Hastati get wiped out, almost pointlessly in the first wave. For Rome to succeed, they need to outflank the phalanx, which is really difficult to do when the Greek cavalry is superior. Later contests against Greece would have the Roman cavalry become the superior force against the economically weaker Greek Successor states.

[@linkterrain5485]

@@Edax_Royeaux actually the cav to win the day was only adopted after the Macedonians took over. Most phalanx battles before then were centered around pushing the enemy off balance and causing a route which was why many battles had low casualties or it would be a steam role with them cutting threw less organized armies like butter. A phalanx is also pretty useless in the Mountains of northers Italy thus why the romans switched from the phalanx to the maniple system and thus why Greeks had a very hard time with rome. In the end mobility ended the phalanx as they were highly dependent on extending there lines to stop a flanking attack but because they were slow they couldn’t easily react to a faster unit moving to their flanks.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@linkterrain5485 The thing is, Greeks are perfectly capable of dropping their pikes and fighting as heavy infantry, so mountains wouldn't be an issue. And equipment wise, a Roman Legionnaire and a Greek Hoplite have similar levels of equipment. The reason the Greeks had such problems with Rome was the Greeks were never united. Even Pyrrhus of Epirus, the man who famously defeated Rome twice, died feuding with the Spartans.

[@linkterrain5485]

@@Edax_Royeaux actually their shields are really bad for anything besides a phalanx because they block more of the right of your body than the left leaving you open. The only time they would break formation is when the enemy is already routed so they would chase after. And pikes weren’t used by many Greeks until the Macedonians started using them and showing the effectiveness of the pike. Romans actually we’re very well suited to fight a phalanx because of their mobility they could easily go under pikes or flank units. The phalanx is a slow moving formation so they can’t react fast to a flanking attack.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@linkterrain5485 The hoplite shield is deadly in one on one combat, easily capable of knocking down your opponent and decapitating him.

[@akumil8407]

Greek: Tons of pike men Rome unit charge in to them: Oh shit we are gonna die!

[@romelnegut2005]

"If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined". Well, he didn't have to worry about that anymore.

[@romelnegut2005]

@john doe 2: Heraclea and this one.

[@anhduchoang5880]

You forgot Beneventum, my friend

[@romelnegut2005]

@@anhduchoang5880 How the hell did I forgot about that? Thank you!

[@romelnegut2005]

@Andrew Smith More like between USA and Russia. Hopefully will not come to that.

[@anhduchoang5880]

@@romelnegut2005 Hey, I remember you. We met in the video "This epic moments of Total Wars !" about 2 weeks ago

[@grosesful]

The thing with king Pyrrhus is that he won so many battles against Rome but he didn't took advatage of them properly thus he lost i n the end

[@iceintheair]

no we're not gonna copy and paste hannibal on to pyrrhus

[@grosesful]

@@iceintheair It s not copy paste, its a historical fact that I actually read about him

[@iceintheair]

@@grosesful when you have 30000 men and you're worried about losing 4000, you can't win.

[@grosesful]

@@iceintheair most of his losses where his officers he won but every battle has its cost,with the analogy of the population at that time was for the greek side a great loss

[@iceintheair]

@@grosesful i know... rome had more people than epirus and allies

[@PriyanshGupta2906]

The Rome 1 music always steals hearts!

[@gabrielpereira3141]

What is the name of the song ?

[@jakehawkinsmusic]

that dude blockin the shit out of that elephant tusk with his shield like a boss at 5:03

[@miasma19]

Great job, showed the Macedonian phalanx in action very well and realistic

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Awesome work as always man. Love the phalanx, its so badass! And that music 4:33! So many great memories.

[@SandokanBattles]

the same mate, so many hours...

[@gabrielpereira3141]

what name of that song did you mention?

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

@@gabrielpereira3141 Its just a default music that plays when you move on the map and manage your empire in Rome: Total War.

[@gabrielpereira3141]

@@LocalHeretic-ck1kd yes i know, a soundtrack. I wanted to know the name, or some way to hear it, like a video on youtube, so I asked the name.

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

@@gabrielpereira3141 ah, I see. I found it. Here it is. The song is called Divinitus. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6O7gpyaadWYiZI

[@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854]

Phalanx in the center and cavalry in the sides, Rome would have no chance if they saw Alexander.

[@themindset-yj3hp]

Rome constantly fought that exact formation and would win most of the time the only person that could obliterate the Roman’s was Hannibal and he had a hard time aswell

[@barbarakasperczycha6255]

Great cinematic, one of the best i ever watched, greetings sandokan

[@Horus160181]

Great vid. Amazing how Pyrrhus can give a speech without moving his lips.

[@petadragos6754]

Matt that's because The Force is With Him... well, more or less

[@northernleigonare]

Wow. I am not only jealous of those who get to work with you on such battles as I LOVE the Roman military, but these videos are amazing in quality and I have always loved how you reuse audio from the previous historical Rome total war game. Shame that there isnt a lot more dialogue you can use.

[@SandokanBattles]

Shame there no more dialogues from first rome, they should be after battle as well not only in introduction

[@retardcorpsman]

Sandokan Battles Do the rtw I after-battle victory dialogue work or fit in these kinds of videos?

[@ramtinfazeli5106]

@@SandokanBattles Please make a video about battle of Edessa or Pteria and Thymbra.

[@krieger8825]

Rome is so underpowered in Rome, fucking thorax spearmen can wipe 5 cohorts

[@Slaveknight_gael]

Pyrrhus lost 7% of his man and called it a ruin, while in Napoleonics or Civil War armies lost 10 to 30% of their men in each of dozens of battles... And in Medieval times, up to 70% of men were slaughtered in a battle.

[@sronaimus3640]

what about world war 2

[@Slaveknight_gael]

@@sronaimus36408 million Soviet soldiers killed in action or died of wounds out of 35 million total mobilized in 4 years. Battles lasted for months with endless reinforcemnts so sometimes losses in a battle were several times larger than the whole army size (Stalingrad: Red army size 200-250 thousand, casualties 1.2 million)

[@zippyparakeet1074]

The 7% he lost were irreplaceable. He lost many veteran Macedonian hoplites and many capable officers. You can't just replace these losses. He was in the Italian peninsula, he could barely get any replacement hoplites let alone Macedonian ones and let alone veterans.

[@jeffs6081]

That’s because Pyrrhus wasn’t a psychopath, he was a businessman. This was his personal mercenary army that he had fed, clothed, armed, equipped, housed, trained and transported all on his time and his dime. He was in Italy for business, not just a victory by any means necessary. These were his best professional men, not some peasant rabble mustered together last minute. Losing just a handful of his professionals was probably expensive, and losing too many meant possibly losing profits, depending on the size of the reward. It probably also hurt his ego to lose 3500 men to what the Greeks considered to be a motley crew of Italian nobodies- at this time in history the Greeks still considered themselves to be the cultural and military superiors of the Romans.

[@dab0331]

You also have to to remember that what he loses in one war will mean he loses men he can use to fight on another front if another kingdom was to invade him. You can't be careless

[@steveedwards1524]

Once the Roman legions get in close contact with the Greeks it must have been terrifying

[@yuxomgaming9824]

Indeed, but Romans are fast learners

[@manfredschultz9619]

I guess Rome is either bigger and churns out more soldiers more efficiently or both; all while Greece had stronger yet fewer and indispensable soldiers.

[@seanweston2907]

I wouldn’t say that

[@stephensinclair3771]

"On more triumph like this and I am ruined" Pyruss of Epirus.

[@blockie9706]

Yes btw his Empire stretched in Albania today, he was literally a Illyrian and have nothing to do with helens and least with "greeks"!!!

[@caparst6442]

@@blockie9706 i am greek and i agree with you that he was illyrian but alexander was greek

[@blockie9706]

@@caparst6442 Mother of Alexander was Illyrian, but him(Alexander) I believe was Hellen. Btw nice for you that be cool and accept the truth not like mostly of greeks which be dūmb nationalists, and resemble with slavs who steal history, we shouldn't be like them.

[@caparst6442]

@@blockie9706 yea his father was philipos greek and his mother was olympia that was born in greece but i dont know her origins

[@wankawanka3053]

@@blockie9706 if Pyrrhus was illyrian why did he go to help the greeks in italy ?

[@James_008]

It goes to show, when you deploy the Phalanx properly with cavalry support on both wings (A tactic Alexander would often use) you could defeat Roman Legionaries.

[@karlangeloarcenas7626]

Only if Alexander the great is alive at that time Romans will be crushed plus if Greece were united thier could conquer Rome

[@James_008]

@@karlangeloarcenas7626 If Alexander had lived the world today would be speaking Greek.

[@CKlasseDTM]

@40seen s17gil11 In any case, no phalanx was ever defeated by à frontal assault of another formation. Every phalanx defeated was because of an encirclement or a flanking. This had 2 causes, hellenistic armies often lacked of support (cavalry, light infantry, bowmen etc...) and the fact that hellenistic armies often fight each other so they made their sarissas longer to have the advantage (~5m during Alexander's reign and ~7m at Cynoscephalos), making the phalanx heavyier, slower and unable to make advanced tactical movements. But with a proper support on the wings, the phalanx was still unbeatable. The proof that the concept was good is that the concept was readopted by scots, swiss and tercios centuries after, with a lot of success.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@CKlasseDTM That's not true. The Roman Phalanx was defeated at the Battle of the Allia, leading to the first sack of Rome. This battle lead to the ending of Roman adoption of the Greek style of warfare, however this could be traced to the fact that the Roman's lacked the proper hardwood to make pikes, as the Gauls were able to simply cut the spearheads off the pikes with their swords during a frontal assault on the phalanx.

[@CKlasseDTM]

@@Edax_Royeaux I was referring to hellenistic phalanx (those that where introduced by Philipp II), not classical phalanx (that were used by early Rome), but you still have a point since that wasn't as clear as I imagined.

[@MambaKing]

Sandokan this was great, camera work is excellent and you captured the mood so well. I’m still so new to your content but this has to be the best one I’ve seen so far. Keep up the great work.

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks man, you should become professional narrator, every time you sounds better, greetings Mamba

[@spaced1851]

Amazing what a longer stick can do for your plans of domination.

[@babur2887]

279 BC a time when all men were chads.

[@wilmerbesitan1200]

When greeks using sarissa phalanx fight roman manipular Legion using testudo

[@praetorianstride5948]

Even the gay men were.

[@OCinneide]

Your best video by far, the graphics look amazing, the colours look vibrant and the cinematography is unreal. Well done on another great video.

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@megasayajinsongoku99]

@@SandokanBattles How did you do the animation ? Its amazing ! Well done! I am from Greece , I love greek and roman history and it's fascinating that you bring greek and roman history to live.

[@vimalsoma4112]

3:44 lose head after his enemy dead

[@jonathancummings6400]

The problem the Greeks had vs the Romans in my opinion, was multifaceted, 1. they were a closely related Indo European group, of a similar culture and language, so they were "people" in even their opinion, unlike their feelings for Persians, it was harder for them to dehumanize them, also, later on, they feared being conquered by them less given the similarities of the culture. I suspect, that to the common Greek soldier, the Romans were probably regarded as some exotic tribe of Greek tribe that got lost during the Mycenean late Bronze age collapse. I'm not so sure they weren't. Ancient Latin and Greek were so similar that neither literate Greeks or Romans had any difficulty learning the other language, people like Caesar and Cicero were fluent in both. Mycenean was different from Classical Greek enough that it could have evolved into Classical Latin and Greek. Also, the Romans were very "Greekified", they had fought in Phalanx Greek style warfare and then changed to the Hastati/Principes/Triarii style army, but fought in the same tough true soldier mindset the Greeks fought in. So, when the Greeks fought Romans, it was more like fighting between Thebes and Athens or Thebes and Sparta, instead of Greeks vs light Persian levies, a brutal, fight between armies full of very tough, deadly men.

[@robleyusuf2566]

Both Romans and Greeks copied Phoenicians. Don't forget Persians are Indoeuropeans. Roman language is Italic(Latin) and Greeks speak Elenic language. Persian speak Iranic related to Scythian, Alans and Sarmatians.

[@jonathancummings6400]

@@robleyusuf2566 Yes, but Phoenicians aren't Persians. They were derived from populations who lived in Syria since the beginning of Civilization. Ugarit was a dominant city of pre Phoenicia "Phoenicia". The combination of the Sea Peoples invasion and the terrible war between the Hittites and the Assyrians who had figured out how to outfight them decisively are what destroyed the people of the region down into the four great cities of the Iron Age Phoenicians. Their Iron Age rebound mirrors that of Greece, Assyria, moreso than the Hittites and Egyptians. Although. Before their final, humiliating conquest by the Persians, Egypt remained a major Middle East player. Yes, they were conquered by the Kingdom of Kush, yes, the Assyrians then defeated the Kushites and in the Native Elite's eyes, "liberated", the country, Egypt, afterwards successfully stood against the coalition that took down the Assyrians. Even afterward, Nebuchadnezzar couldn't conquer the land, and the Persians needed a giant army to accomplish the task. Actually, it's more the Phoenicians were influenced by Egyptian less well known cursive writing, the Greeks copied them, and the Romans copied the Greeks. Which was smart, because all these peoples, the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Greeks were amazing and greatly progressed human Civilization, in very profound ways. The Romans are criticized by their habit of copying things other peoples invented/developed rather than inventing their own thing. Well, perhaps that's why they were so powerful so quickly. Well, in 100 A.D. the Roman Empire was roughly equal if not slightly greater than the contemporary Han China realm. Yet China's Civilization was far older, well before 2000 B.C. The first state developed in China, they had to invent almost everything, not being part of that great Eastern Mediterranean to India trading network that existed over 5 thousand years ago, and really helped the rise of those 1st Civilizations. So China having to come up with everything in their Civilization took a much longer time to develop to a similar power level to a state that still wasn't anything really special until around 200 B.C. after they proved they could outfight Hannibal and the Greeks in important history changing battles and wars, and yet still wasn't the equal of Han China at the time. In fact, at that time, with the collapse of Mauryan India, and the diminishing of the Seleucid Empire's power, Han China was the most powerful state on Earth. Luckily for the Romans and the rest, it was too far away to know about or had it known about them, seriously contemplate conquering them. Their super weapon, that new crossbow, would have made pin cushions out of those soldiers of those other states.

[@robleyusuf2566]

@@jonathancummings6400 I didn't say Pheonician are Persians. Phoenician were Semitic people related to Arabs, Hebrews, and the Assyrians.

[@jonathancummings6400]

@@robleyusuf2566 Yes. The remarkable "Semitic" peoples. Without them, I wonder where humanity would be? At one end, you have the Akkadians/Assyrians, contemporaries of the Sumerians and Babylonians of Hammurabi, then the powerful Arabs of the Middle Ages to the present at the other end, plus a large number of other remarkable peoples in between, such as the Phoenicians. That would be an interesting documentary, a multi episode one, on the story of the many tribes of Semitic peoples throughout history.

[@amirmili7407]

Definently wanting more to see of these battles

[@genericlegionaryrecruit7235]

that classic rome total war narrator tho

[@chitaumoua2396]

So he won a """""""""""victory"""""""""""

[@diegokaqui60]

A dovanhatty fan?

[@ostaruempire]

A Pyrrhic Victory

[@assassinosproductions3201]

cope harder romaboos

[@briandinh9169]

@@assassinosproductions3201 ok gre*koid

[@handleofswod]

Yes

[@morepower1415]

In conquest of Greece, the Legions did fair against Phalanx using maneuverability and flexibility, something that the Phalanx couldn't do, also it was said that when in contact with the Phalanx, the Legionnaires would put their wide shields into 360° sliding those pikes upward then the Legionnaires are in a killing spree, other is the freedom to take an initiative decision of the Roman officers, this is also an opposite to their Macedonian counterparts as the Phalanx needed to be in a tight formation, such as the Battle of Cynoscephalae when the Macedonian Phalanx utterly annihilated after a Roman officer across from the other battlefield saw the exposed back of the Phalanx and attacked the vulnerable Macedonians

[@BoringFlightVids]

This kinda shows how fucked war really was back then. Legit just a mosh pit. They had swords and shields but something tells me the drawn out wars had more hand to hand in it. Like...the shit ppl had to go thru compared to today was brutal af...compared to them we're ALL snowflakes....wym u need to eat 3 times a day? Bah! Mere child we spartans eat 3 times a WEEK and look at us!

[@brickboy1177]

People complain how hard they live it today, and even modern warfare today is pitied in comparison to how it was in the hellenistic period.

[@jimmymcjimmy2691]

To be fair modern soldiers get blown around by artillery for days on end. A battle today might last a week, whereas in these times even a single full day was a long time. At least in these days, fighting season was once a year, and then people went home. Now you have neat stuff like winter warefare.

[@BoringFlightVids]

@@jimmymcjimmy2691 yea artillery is pretty brutal, im moreso talking about having to be face to face with another human, killing eachother with crude weapons, having their blood and entrails spilled before you. Listening to the screams and cries of 1000 men friend and foe, you stop and look around. Not a machine in sight. Just your fellow humans filled with hatred and rage because of another mans order. And you stop to ask yourself... why.....sorry about that....anyway its all pretty mental shit. Its just easier (on your soul) when ur enemy is a grid coordinate...stabbing a guy in the face...well ur gonna see that every night when u sleep...and shoot. I know guys now that cant sleep. Its all fucked man

[@jimmymcjimmy2691]

@@BoringFlightVids I agree with you completely, but I’m letting you know sometimes modern war is just as bad and even sometimes worse today. Hand to hand combat still happens today. Sometimes in the rubble of what used to be the largest city of a country, over the blown to bits bodies of people that used to live there, among all the dead that were the reason both combatants ran out of ammo. Don’t kid yourself war is still hell, it’s asymmetric warefare that’s been sanitized.

[@BoringFlightVids]

@@jimmymcjimmy2691 well i guess we shall agree to agree then lol

[@weilandiv8310]

The Roman officer sounds like a Cockney villain from a great Krays film or Get Carter (the original w Alfie)

[@napoleonbonaparte7172]

This was what I imagined back then at school so I was at the class 3B and our enemy was 3A and I was at the Roman team they formed that formation so I commanded "Testudo!"

[@darikasmamaw3345]

Well done 👍 I love history

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks Darik, whats your favorite era?

[@darikasmamaw3345]

The era of spartan hegemony

[@nani2471]

Sandokan Battles | Caesar Era.

[@jhondaviddiazandrade852]

felicitaciones excelente trabajo haciendo la adaptación , utilizando la cinematografía que otorga este gran juego.

[@RahulRaj-ul1op]

Hi bro... I've been watching every video that you uploaded... And it's freaking amazing.. I started to like history because of you.. so much so that I took history major early this year... Keep up with the good work ..God bless you and your family and STAY SAFE...

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you like them!

[@RahulRaj-ul1op]

And one more thing ... Can you please do such videos often... And could you do something related to Indian units.. trust me it would be great fun... Lot's of love from India

[@SandokanBattles]

I was thinking about this many Times but problem is that ther no total war games in india, only Empire total war and Alexander Total War but they pretty old games, anyway i will try to do something

[@RahulRaj-ul1op]

@@SandokanBattles thank you so much bro...

[@giannisgiannis870]

Greeks had lost from Italians on 270 B.C but they won them on 1940.

[@montee2603]

That is what I call vengeance

[@karlangeloarcenas7626]

Yes because Greeks were united during the 1940s if only Greeks were united at the time of phyrrus they could beat the Romans ( IF)

[@giannisgiannis870]

@@karlangeloarcenas7626 it is the really..

[@giannisgiannis870]

@Victor Mace there are not really greeks...before 2500 years greeks were friendly...now greeks have racism.

[@Slaveknight_gael]

A dish best served cold. PS also, Italians are not Romans. Also, Greece doesn't have much to brag about in WW2, all their war effort was worth like a couple of days fighting of Soviets, Germans, Chinese or Americans.

[@petadragos6754]

one roman soldier : ,,another day, another battle, another fistfull of sesterces I wonder how long it's gonna last...." one roman general ,,about 1.500 years" great job Sandokan and Mamba ! cheers from France ! thumbs up !

[@HamilcarBarca-jm3ey]

This is where Pyrrhic Victory comes from.

[@arcticguardian2046]

Me: Well back in my day my great grandson we had no guns My great grandson: Grandfather, how are you still alive Me:Don't mind that sonny boy

[@mavrosge]

Proud to be Thessalian proud to be Greek !!!

[@t.gracchus1786]

Everybody gangsta until Greeks pull up with a sarisa.

[@user-kq2hr3kj3k]

Аmazingly well done, except that it is too short - phalanx and legions clashed 12 times until elephants were brought into action

[@anhduchoang5880]

Fighting against Romans with those tiny little kopis swords? In close combat? Wow, Pyrros must be very confident. Good job, Your Majesty

[@kadeberrier3799]

Those "little" Kopis swords were like being hit with a hammer. The forward curve gave it more power in the swings. Roman soldiers often noted how the curved blades of the Greek Kopis and Iberian Falcata would reek havoc on their shields

[@xjuliussx]

proud to say: "i've been there, and won it all!"

[@achilleasfloudas1972]

Hence the phrase Pyrian Victory. Ps. I am from Eipiros

[@billy-the-butcher]

Pyrrhic actually.

[@thedrinkinggamemaker9749]

2:38-2:42 the way the Romans just get mowed down

[@dontmindme333]

I don’t think they just ran into each other like that 😂

[@ToreDL87]

Well the battle lasted a whole lot longer and there were probably attempts to flank etc, but at one point or another you have to make contact with the enemy.

[@talbutt707]

Enjoyed king pyruus’ speech at the outset

[@cookie-dq6zj]

I dont know if the phrase Pyrrhus victory is in use in the world,but we have it here in Greece till today.It means victory,but with great own loses.

[@J.fromMI1277]

Been playing Rome Total war since it came out on disc. Still play it all the time on steam. Love your graphics.

[@deniskmeto3121]

Yes ! Sandokan. 😄😄. Will you give videos more often please ? Because yours wars are amazing !

[@SandokanBattles]

Man if i have time i will add every week new movie but i need to work, no stay home quaratine for me :P

[@alexwu358]

elephants and donkeys in the US 2021 be like:

[@ButchersNailsEnjoyer]

Not even. They’re both too much of pussies to actually do something. They’d rather let the corrupt system fix itself

[@Uvatha.]

Great video, I've been waiting for it for a long time haha! I felt something new in this cinematic, is it the plans that have changed or the graphics and textures? I thought it was great! Do you think that one day you will come to make a historical documentary with total war? Thanks again to Mamba King for lending his voice put us in the historical context of the battle ^^ Cordially :p

[@SandokanBattles]

That's the plan! Thanks Nazgul

[@MambaKing]

Uvatha le nazgûl - Happy to lend my voice. I found the sad song nearing the end was a nice touch.

[@S0nyToprano]

I love some of the commentary the soldiers make: “Fetch a good price for your sister” Imagine being able to sack an enemy city… and be able to take what or who you want with absolutely no consequences. And an entire army to back you up if someone says otherwise. I love the sheer brutality of that.

[@futuresimple519]

If you like cruelty, then you support the war in Ukraine?

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

It wasn't like that. Usually officers who knew about excessive brutality ended up punishing their troops, usually by beating them in public.

[@S0nyToprano]

@@futuresimple519 not that specifically but I love the idea of bringing total and complete warfare. One of the things that made the Mongols so successful was the way they instilled fear in the people they conquered. Resist or rebel? Burn the city down, mount the heads of all the males on pikes, enslave the women and children.

[@Bearcityman]

Naprawdę świetne nagranie. Oglądałem już wiele Twoich filmów, ale ten jest jednym z najlepszych, a nawet pokusiłbym się o stwierdzenie, że najlepszym. Ten klimat przed i w trakcie bitwy, te ujęcia, wychwycone detale, naprawdę można się niesamowicie wczuć. Dziękuję, że robisz to co robisz z taką pasją i zaangażowaniem, bo to się widzi i czuje oglądając Twoje filmy. Oby tak dalej. :) P.S. Skąd wziąłeś te dźwięki trąb sygnalizacyjnych? Niesamowicie buduje to klimat bitwy.

[@SandokanBattles]

Dzieki ;) wszystkie dzwięki są w grze, po wydaniu rozkazu jest sygnał

[@Bearcityman]

@@SandokanBattles w takim razie czas dla mnie przesiąść się na Rome II :) Uwielbiam serię TW i grałem w nią od pierwszego Shoguna do MTW II, później już sprzęt nie dźwigał (laptop). Przez blisko 12 lat (wiem, gra powstała w 2004, ale nie zawsze znajdzie się czas na granie) męczyłem jedynkę RTW, oczywiście na najróżniejszych modach, głównie EB i Roma Surrectum, bo po prostu kocham Starożytność. Sprzęt już dawno wymieniony, a ja mocno się przywiązałem do pierwszego Romka...ale chyba już czas na zmianę :) Pozdro!

[@decebalusscorilo3357]

Nice dude

[@garychristinabalder4677]

Romans: what are long pointy sticks gonna do against spears?

[@teeheeteeheeish]

The Rome 1 music is what did it for me

[@SandokanBattles]

I love it as well, so many memories

[@blake2624]

Loved it mate. Keep up the good work!

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you enjoyed

[@thomlaidler7867]

Hey Sandokan Love the videos, do you reckon you could cover the battle of Gaugamela one day cos it's a rly fascinating battle. Hope your good and keep these awesome videos coming

[@SandokanBattles]

I know man, one of the most important battle in world history, in Alexander movie they show this battle if you wanna see, I wanna do as well but not sure when, i have few ideas before, greetings Tom

[@joelbritt2794]

wow that was some of the best combat dramatization i've ever seen the space at the end of the phalanx's spears they couldn't get through - talk about no-man's-land the riderless horses emerging from the cavalry clash wowee wow

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks man ;)

[@jackblackbeard5699]

I was there. Some of my best colleague were down. Great victory, but painfully.

[@sobhanas4375]

Funtastic vidio I will watch your all vidioes I like it beautiful😍😍

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jw2758]

AMAZING video dude. great quality

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you enjoyed

[@matimus100]

2 cultures and MANY SUPERNATURAL GODS CREATING POLITICS

[@squid6976]

Love your content do 4 army of cav v2 Amy's of pike men and the cab charge strait into the falencs

[@SandokanBattles]

Sounds like suicide :)) I love it

[@squid6976]

@@SandokanBattles I didn't think u'd respond I have another idea so there's basically open field and it's 2 army's of horse archers v 4 normal army's And heres another 4 army's of the most crap troops v 1 army of the best troops And if you do at the beginning can u say inspired by jake humphreys

[@patricklenigan4309]

I did some testing in custom battles and found something interesting, but not unexpected. I pitted post-marian roman legionaries versus spartan pike phalanx units. I somehow won with few casualties. Though, still uncertain if it was better armor or skill of the men compared to what rome fielded at asculum... probably a combination of both

[@dannyreddington8175]

Now this was EPIC

[@legioxequestris7671]

Funny thing, he used music from the first rome total war.

[@SandokanBattles]

best soundtrack ever ;)

[@legioxequestris7671]

Yes, it is a good soundtrack 🙂

[@dimitrialex6223]

I don't give a shit what anyone says.... Rome 2s fighting animations were top notch! So much better than what they are now

[@SandokanBattles]

you right I don't like were total war is going

[@ChocoMilk.o_o]

@@SandokanBattles yes also,they are makeing total war too complicated with dragons and stuff, rome total war and rome total awr 2 is way better than recent total war games.

[@ChocoMilk.o_o]

but anyway I love ur vids They ARE THE BEST ANIMATIONS!!" "Rome: today we eat greek elephants and eat soldiers ass!" Greeks: Today we will eat ROME its self >:)"

[@SandokanBattles]

@@ChocoMilk.o_o thanks Choco milk ;)

[@ChocoMilk.o_o]

@@SandokanBattles Plesure ;)

[@DonRoyalX]

Idk about that speech by the Greek general, I mean if I heard that then sheesh I’d feel bad for even fighting them 😪

[@danieferreira9094]

Brilliantly illustrated!

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you ;)

[@aldosigmann419]

Excellent - loved the graphics!

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ignacioatienzafrances5475]

great video!!!!!!superlike from Spain.........can you make the batlle of Beneventum?

[@SandokanBattles]

I'll check it out

[@ConflictedBacon]

More of these! This unique style of total war videos is just beautiful

[@alcerscruro6107]

The phalanx was the greatest fight tactice of all war history of swords and spears

[@andoniarmentia1024]

Just because you saw a Rome 2 total war video where a greek phalanx wins a battle doesn't mean it was the greatest formation ever. It was hard to maneuver, very dependable on secured flanks and almost useless on uneven terrain.

[@sneakone1009]

@@andoniarmentia1024 Yeah, but if it's used properly like Alexander the Great did, it's almost unstoppable.

[@andoniarmentia1024]

@@sneakone1009 just like Ariobarzanes did with his Persian soldiers to rout Alexander and his Macedons in the first part of the Battle of the Persian Gate. Any army, if used properly, can be unstoppable. I'm not saying it was completely useless, but that doesn't mean that the phalanx was the ultimate formation like this other guy said.

[@user-zm8nb8pk4n]

@@andoniarmentia1024 the only formation that was superior to the Macedonian Phallanx was the Roman Legion formation. But the Phallanx was for the Romans still a terrifying sight as Aemilius Paulus will report: „καί ταῖς σαρίσαις ἀφ ̓ ἑνὸς συνθήματος κλιθείσαις ὑποστάντων τοὺς θυρεοφόρους εἶδε τήν τε ῥώμην τοῦ συνασπισμοῦ καὶ τὴν τραχύτητα τῆς προβολῆς, ἔκπληξις αὐτὸν ἔσχε καὶ δέος, ὡς οὐδὲν ἰδόντα πώποτε θέαμα φοβερώτερον“ Πλούταρχος, Η ζωή του Αιμίλιου Παύλου „And with long spears set at one level were withstanding his shield-bearing troops, and saw too the strength of their interlocked shields and the fierceness of their onset, amazement and fear took possession of him, and he felt that he had never seen a sight more fearful“ Plutarch, Life of Aemilius Paulus

[@andoniarmentia1024]

@@user-zm8nb8pk4n again, I'm not saying it was a bad formation, but it wasn't either the best one ever. It worked well in Greece and against the Persians in multiple occasions, however they suffered losses against not only romans, but Thracians and Carthaginians also. The thing is that most of their wars were fought in Greece, that's why the phalanx it was so good in its own context.

[@countberanz4353]

Damn pikes on numbers are really intimidating

[@GreenTiger56]

Those pike men did so good

[@user-wt4qf5gl8l]

вся школа на перемене

[@brojack3571]

Average bronze fans vs iron fans

[@kamilkasperek6402]

Great as always

[@joelbascon5652]

He did not learn sasanid nor xionu tactics but the huns did.

[@23Revan84]

Another great battle.

[@edilbertorivera3467]

This is even greater than it's Hollywood counterparts.

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks!!!

[@user-roninwolf1981]

The one thing I feel that the devs for this game missed the ball on would be the sounds for the war elephants. It would have been far more intimidating to see those elephants charging to the sound of bellowing/grumbling/growling instead of the trumpeting that elephants are stereotypically more known for.

[@alpineassault]

kill animations are so cool and brutal. I'm disappointed the newer Total War games don't have them.

[@SandokanBattles]

true, hope they will be back with this animations

[@HamilcarBarca-jm3ey]

the Phalanx was effective until it met a foe with more flexibility and could easily flank the Greek positions.

[@herewegoagain1140]

Another epic video!

[@hayatokisaragi989]

nice editting of sounds from Total War 1

[@BellaetHistoria]

By far your best video (and my favorite!). I can't match you my videos have a lower quality and it's always a pleasure to see your new creations. Do you plan to make more modern battles, Napoleonic ones for example?

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you like them! I watch few of yours movies, they realy good, just maybe try o invest in better pc, greetings

[@BellaetHistoria]

@@SandokanBattles thanks for your answer. The prices being very high (for a good pc) it won't be able to be done for a while ^^

[@Teaspoon9205]

When you realize the Romans dropped the Eagle.

[@Shagon89]

If an Aquila would fall or be captured... it was the biggest shame for a Legion and it probably would be disbanded, unless the Relic is recoverd somehow!

[@schulinkoulle]

Rly nice soundtrack from first Rome total war. :)

[@SandokanBattles]

My favorite ;)

[@darkshuttler6415]

i remember being beat up by greece in rome total war 1 i decleard war then i been crushed by phlanax

[@SandokanBattles]

The same, I just hate fighting agains phalanx

[@darikasmamaw3345]

You have inspired me to make a historical video

[@arinaina4262]

Elephants being at war again. They must have left by Hannibal

[@captainmcobvious1683]

I believe there were Anti-Elephant War Wagons present in this battle...but I don't see them depicted.

[@sigmarsson3180]

These camera positions and movements are not good. THEY ARE GODLIKE

[@jirkakotlar9780]

Perfekt😀😀😀

[@policeMarcus]

Sorry, but, no. The Romans would never be dumb enough to charge right into an Phalanx. They had some of the best Generals in the world and should know better than running into a wall of spears

[@policeMarcus]

@Xiuh It was controlled by a player infront of a screen, not a competent general. There is a difference.

[@kevinlyons7027]

Cost of war so many good men have to die💔💔💔❣️❣️❣️🩸🩸🩸🩸both sides

[@davidgodina2461]

Wuawww excelente video, deberías hacer la batalla de heraclea, estaría muy padre