Battle of Heraclea 280 BC - Pyrrhic Wars DOCUMENTARY

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Our animated historical documentary series about Pyrrhus of Epirus continues! In the previous video, our hero was involved in the wars of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great and this involvement only increased. However ambitious Pyrrhus preferred to achieve new conquests and win wars against new opponents, so when a Greek city of Tarentum invited him to Italy to defend it against the Roman Republic, Pyrrhus agreed. The war with Rome was now inevitable and its first engagement would be the battle of Heraclea.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@deliriumbee4678]

@@alexkirrmann8534 only you

[@NeoConNET7]

You should reach out to Pen and Sword Publications, they published a biography of Pyrrus, and see if they will sponsor one of your videos. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk

[@abdelt5169]

@kings Please could ye sharing the link of "the three Kings battle "or "the river of Kings battle" as you wished to called !! (Morocco Vs Portugal/Spain ) . Many Thanks

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

Kings and Generals how soon until the next battle? I must know, for the fate of lizards depends on it.

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

I would rather play Rome 2 with Del mod. This new paradox game doesn't add anything interesting, other than the map. If this had battles like in Rome 2, sure I would have considered it.

[@Apt00]

"Those don't look like Barbarians to me." 10/10

[@influenza3736]

“It’s a space station”

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

"What's barbarians " "Non-Roman" said the Roman

[@JohnnyElRed]

"What's that supossed to mean?" "Relax, Conan. We weren't talking about you."

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@nisibonum7634 These Barbarians hardly bathe! And they cover up the smell by covering themselves in Olive Oil. UGH!

[@Mattyhollis]

There are multiple plausible translations for that Plutarch quote but I chose the one which fit the drama best ;)

[@Mattyhollis]

The Romans are about to enter a cheat code which allows them to call on infinity reinforcements. It's just how it goes sometimes guys, Pyrrhus has yet to learn this.

[@attilakatona-bugner1140]

Nah they are just buying infinite "reinforcement" lootboxes, to achieve pride and accomplishment

[@Lord_Lambert]

"manpower 9999999"

[@JamesThomas-pj2lx]

truth.

[@gyanchor2495]

No..howdoyouturnthison....and then there will be fast cars with machine guns.

[@IkBenDigio]

It's unfair their region can build extra units each turn.

[@nikolak4225]

Phyrrus prottecc Phyrrus attacc But most importantly he don't ger his army bacc

[@harisnaufal890]

Phyrrus give me back my phalangites

[@demosthenessirony4774]

oofff

[@greco-romanfanboi7054]

Nikola how are you doing mate?

[@nydabeats]

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. " - Julius Caesar

[@m7ray]

Actually it was some Gaul chief

[@willkp50]

m7ray Actually it was Jesus

[@m7ray]

@@willkp50 No, this is Critognatos' quote. Read Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic war, "joker".

[@Alpha1200]

Phyrrus: "Alright, so I beat you and killed 7.000 of your finest men, here's an offer of peace." Rome: "No, we're fighting." Phyrrus: "But I won..." Rome: "Yeeeees..." Phyrrus: "I destroyed your army." Rome: "We'll make another one." Phyrrus: "I... but I won though. So that means you should surrender." Rome: "I don't follow."

[@Marcus280898]

Rome truly was the ancient Soviet Union in that respect, endowed with an endless supply of men

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Phyrrus: "Alright, so I beat you and killed 7.000 of your finest men, here's an offer of peace." Rome: "that was only the first army." Phyrrus: "You think you can beat me with your reserves?" Rome: "Nah, we'll rise an army double that size of men in their prime.". Phyrrus: "THEN I'LL BEAT IT TOO!" Rome: "Good. There will be room for the third one then."

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@martinaustin6230 Hannibal was an admirer of Pyrrhus, and realised the problem, infact he was careful to fight only annihilation battles vs. the Romans. He fought only when he was absolutely sure he could completely destroy the enemy's army, otherwise he preferred to accept a limited defeat instead to deplete his own men. The Romans then responded by not offering him a pitched battle.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

@@Marcus280898 Rome was comparable to a modern nation state in the ability to take casualties and not collapse as a society. None of their neighboring powers could lose so many people and not unravel at the seams

[@nikolak4225]

@@neutronalchemist3241 well Fabian responded by not giving Hannibal a pitched battle hence Fabian tactics,the rest of Rome wanted a pitched battle and well they got Cannea and they saw how well that turned out

[@barbiquearea]

12:24 "Imagine you're a provincial Roman farmer. The most you've seen of the world is maybe the length of Italy if you're really well-traveled. Now imagine that through the sleets and the mist you see a great grey lumbering bulk begin to emerge. Imagine you see this creature two-and-a-half times as tall as you, at least a chariot-length long, with glistening white tusks and a distended snout, its eerie trumpeting carrying across to you faintly on the wind. This is probably the closest that human beings ever got to legit fighting monsters - fighting something so alien and gargantuan that there was no frame of reference for them." - Extra Credits

[@Angelimir]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 Yeeeah, but it took a good couple of years to realize. Until then, the terror was very much legit.

[@Angelimir]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 well, yeah, but Rome was far from being an empire by 280 BC, even though they were slowly getting there :)

[@Angelimir]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 First off, it's the ancient times. People were quite superstitious and stories of monsters and ghosts were very much common "knowledge", especially if you were a not very well educated/travelled farmer in Italia, who never even heard about elephants let alone fought them. I think their terror was very well founded.

[@lmaozedong2259]

Now imagine 200 such beasts, that is what alexander faced in baluchistan..

[@Deathskull0001]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 The fuck are you smoking, it takes an enormous amount of efort to kill an elephant with pointy sticks. If I gave you a javelin, would you fight an elephant?

[@neutronalchemist3241]

It's interesting how the Hellenistic, glorious but risky, tradition of "command from the front" shown his weakness vs. the Roman "command from the rear", and almost costed Pyrrhus the entire campaign, in the first battle.

[@moviejose3249]

True quite amazing in all his battles fighting from the front Alexander the Great was never killed. He had more than nine lives on the battlefield.

[@jackdonith]

Hellenistic kings drew their power from their soldiers. If they just commanded from the rear they'd be considered weak and cowards. It's not the Greek way to command. Thus, even if you had ten of thousands better soldiers you had to go in the heat of battle yourself.Interestingly enough, that's how the last Roman emperor lost his life. Kings sometimes need to do that, or else some other guy, a valiant general may win the hearts of the army. In the Roman republic, this wasn't necessary.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@jackdonith It was simply a different habit. The commanders of the Hellenistic armies had to do that because Alexander did that and, had not they done the same, they would have been considered cowards. The legionaries instead recognised the necessity for the commander to have a clear view of the situation and not unnecessarily risk his life (so putting the entire chain of command at risk). Sometimes a Roman commander, viewing one of the sectors of the front faltering, resorted to fight there himself. The result usually was that the same men that were previously losing ground, doubled and tripled their efforts, because it was kind of a shame for them to have forced the commander to take sword and shield, and their due was to put him out of troubles.

[@pedroh2671]

This began the rule after Alexander the Great campaign. If the hellenic general commanded the battle from the rear, then he was not a descendant of hercules/heracles or Alexander.

[@parappasan]

There's no real difference to the romans. Both organized in files where the promachos is the champion and the others literally follow in his footsteps. Formations were led by the rightmost file leader. Roman generals were known to fight as promachoi just as the Greeks, or even duel as the armies stood by to witness. Pyrrhos often fought as a cavalry leader or a front ranker, but in these same battles he also directed his troops hither and yon.

[@svasilop]

“Those don’t look like barbarians to me”. This saying of Pyrrhus argues that he definitely considered himself and his soldiers Greek. It is a great argument against some modern Albanians and Skopjians who consider Epirotes and Macedonians non-Greeks just because of certain occasions where Southern Greeks called them barbarians. It appears that at times some Greeks abused the term barbarian and used it even for other Greeks who were less cultured or whose Greek dialect was unintelligible to them. It is interesting that even though Pyrrhus calls the Romans barbarians, another earlier Greek of the 5th century BC, Heraclides, a pupil of Plato, described Rome as a Greek city. The reason being that all ancient historians and chroniclers of Rome believed and wrote that Rome was founded by settlers from Greek Arcadia and Lacedaemon (Sparta)

[@TheChiconspiracy]

That regionalism isn't that unusual though. Your typical citizen living in the city of Rome would likely consider only people living in the immediate proximity of the city to be "true Romans" while looking down on their Italian neighbors who don't speak Latin with the correct accent.

[@rvrrvr6412]

Sot Vasil i heard romans were of Celtic origin they still got their language and culture from Greeks tho. At the beginning they were also using phalanxes

[@DielindAlla]

Hahaha

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Pyrrhus: "Here are my terms of surrender." Romans: "Awfully nice, but we can´t accept your surrender unless we beat you fair and square. Wouldn ´t be proper you know." Pyrrhus: "Wait, what?"

[@lennarthumpf8031]

that actually made me laugh

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

@Richard James Kemp *Dingdingding* And we have a winner. =)

[@deskouk1773]

he asked for the Romans to surrender (since they lost a massive battle) and make peace. He wasn't surrendering. Kings and Generals should have made that clear.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

@@deskouk1773 This was supposed to be joke, referencing movie "Bridge too far" where Germans ask surrounded, outnumbered, and outgunned Brits to surrender.

[@deskouk1773]

@@Taistelukalkkuna oh sorry my bad, I didn't get the reference. Thanks for the clarification.

[@kampfpiper3853]

“Those don’t look like Barbarians to me”

[@christos9539]

Pyrrhus another legendary Greek king that the vast majority doesn't even heard of...

[@ed2869]

When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object

[@ritikshaw5868]

Can't find a better summary.

[@komm6668]

Oh Pyrrhus all you did was awaken a sleeping giant.

[@barbiquearea]

Ptolemy Keraunos was a genius for encouraging Pyrrhus to attack the Romans and let him fall on them like an egg hitting a brick wall.

[@leonrambach1216]

Well the Romans weren't really sleeping at that point. But he did give them a reason to turn their attention eastwards.

[@kostasmponis1386]

Giant was not sleeping he was awake and Pyrhus tried to stop him

[@090giver090]

@@barbiquearea And then, hundred years later, the wall will come to see where the egg flew from... ))

[@komm6668]

@@kostasmponis1386 In that case they ticked off the giant.

[@user-ov4pf1tp6c]

No one: Pyrrhus: I'm about to start a series of pointless campaigns just so that in 2000 years time people will still be referring to my name

[@zeonmx]

@@innerparty1 Rome was not a superpower at that time. But, it was Pyrrhus who actually made Rome relevant in the region by fucking up series of diplomacy with Carthaginians and Samnites and the entire southern Italy, causing the rise of Rome.

[@jbcheema9883]

So its not pointless you see...

[@Skerdy]

I think it was after his second battle against the Romans that when his captains came to him to congratulate him for another victory, Pyrrhus snapped: "Another victory like this and we will lose the war!" ... which is in fact what happened.

[@Jabranalibabry]

The more i read about Rome, the more I revere the Roman spirit of sheer determination. The world can still learn from their tenacity.

[@stunseed8385]

Pyrrhus : 7000 kills vs 4000 losses not bad, surely the Romans would realize how great I am now. Random Italian Greek: That was only their first army Rome: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@justhere.5903]

Can we have a F in the chat for Alexander's empire.

[@fernandaseixas9602]

F

[@Dorya9]

F pepeHands

[@adrianbundy3249]

@platypus a Heir*

[@helldog7502]

F

[@TheNinjaWildcat]

f

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

It will end in a Pyrrhic victory... Shamefur Dispray...

[@justinian-the-great]

You mean, if you don't win the battle as greatly as Austerlitz, it was as good as the lost one, eh?

[@honde1u1]

Quite possibly my favorite battle on this channel so far. The fact that Pyrrhus was able to rally his troops at just the right moment is incredible. Not only was their training enough that they did not break right away but even without his grandiose armor his troops knew who he was by the way he commanded.

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way! :-)

[@Emperorofthemoon1]

Given the Greek penchant for friends donning their friends armor and riding into battle and dying, as soon as they said “his friend Megacles” I knew this wasn’t gonna end well

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, Achilles and Patroclus

[@SeleucusNicator]

Just watched this after listening to the latest episode of your podcast. Brilliant work all around and now Pyrrhus has felt the bite of the Hydra that is Rome. For every legionnaire that falls, two more shall take his place!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hope you enjoyed the podcast! :-)

[@greatunknown109]

Last time I was this early Rome was still a republic.

[@gavinsmith9871]

Rome is still a Republic in this video lol

[@zothanmawiapachuau]

Last time I was this early, Rome was still a kingdom.

[@amitabhakusari2304]

Last time I was this early, Romans were Greeks and Christians. I am not very early, am I?

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

I played this in total war Rome. I won, and it had nothing to do with my mounted t.rex riders, honest.

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Thats the Battle of Asculum. There is no Heraclea.

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

Alexander the Great Oh yeah, you are right. But more importantly, how did you, Alexander the Great, the guy really good at walloping Achaemenids get access to a device?

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Tyrannosaurus Rex Hephaestion saw I was getting bored with sex so he hammered me a device with a bit of help from Apollo.

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

Alexander the Great Seems legit. This Hephaestion guy sounds pretty cool.

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Tyrannosaurus Rex Yeah, he’s cool but he was humiliated in a ‘certain affair’.

[@andreaskolliopoulos1314]

One of the greatest Greek king and fighters of all the time

[@guillaumeroudiere5749]

Basically, when at Rock Paper Scissors the two players play rock.

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

But he still won tho

[@jackdonith]

@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 I guess, he had a better rock! Thessalian "diamond" formation maybe.

[@RobbyHouseIV]

Excellent coverage of this more important meeting of two cultures and ways of war. One thing I don't think you mentioned was the near worthlessness of the people of the people of Taras or Tarentum as the Romans called it. They hired Pyrrhus thinking he would take care of the Roman problem without interrupting their nightly symposiums and other high cultured Greek traditions these Spartan ancestors had grown to love a bit too much!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

When you just ended a war that drained your manpower pool... But another nation declared war all of a sudden...

[@blankname2026]

Napoleon I Bonaparte total war in a nutshell

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

@@blankname2026 No, it's in reference to EU4

[@Dimitrakoulas22]

pyrrhus unfortunately had no support from the greek city states from south italy...which could support him with much men and ships...on the other hand rome was not only a city she had her numerous allies....as a result pyrrhus was a good and tough general battleheardened who could win the romans but in every success he suffered losses with no backups....one more time greeks had the opportunity to remain free...

[@lukezuzga6460]

Can't beat Roman/Greek Battle! Good work Fellas, thx!

[@TheSaintArmando]

Epirus is actualy my choice of nation when I play imperator Rome, very interesting nations and location.

[@diarradunlap9337]

Pyrrhus: " We have beaten you in battle. Surrender." Rome: "Surrender? Hell, we're just getting started!"

[@jhuddeberame4507]

Studying for Finals but Kings and Generals uploaded another video again 🤷‍♂️

[@cruel_sun]

Same

[@cabroncito600]

Me too haha

[@linc7267]

But the finals are anceint history and now you have a big boy brain

[@pez4]

Why do you have finals at this time of the year?!

[@aaron2x4]

Ahhh The Rise of Rome The Formidable Tested and True Phalanx against the Rising Fierce and Organised Legions We have peaked in this era Truly fitting for the Hype of Imperator Rome!

[@DedicatedSpartan]

I still believe it was down to leadership in the 1st Macedonian war, the Phalanx defeated the legion 3 times, and at Zama the cavalry is what saved Rome.

[@davidrosner6267]

Seems like borders changed very rapidly in the Hellenistic world. Pyrrhus versus the Roman Republic in the third century B.C. was a pretty even fight. If Pyrrhus or one of the other Greek generals had united a larger portion of the western Greek speaking world during this period, they probably could have defeated Rome.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We actually only showed the crucial changes.

[@davidrosner6267]

@@KingsandGenerals, I'd like to know more about the less crucial border changes as well as the crucial ones.

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

This was probably the best battle you guys posted on this channel.Thanks!

[@harry7227]

A personal favourite of all the series given to us by this wonderful channel

[@robbiemcsweeney1318]

Great episode to watch guys! Had fun illustrating it!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We love working with you!

[@DarkFilmDirector]

4:48 The video went over these events too quickly but here's what actually happened. Seleucus stand poised to essentially reunite the Asian and Greek parts of Alexander's empire for the first time since the partition. Seleucus had been fighting and reuniting Persia, Syria, and Anatolia for many years and it seemed after his final victory over Lysimachus that a total reunification was within his grasp. Only Ptolemy in Egypt remained as a real threat. Seleucus was a popular leader and well respected as an able and benevolent ruler. The cities of Anatolia declared him their savior. Things were finally at long last looking good for Alexander's legacy and by this point 77 years old, Seleucus sought to settle down in a hard earned retirement in Macedonia and hand over most affairs to his son Antiochus. It looked like Greece proper was going to be finally for the most part at peace. Ptolemy I's son had joined Seleucus' court claiming to be a victim fleeing the intrigues of Lysimachus's family. After Seleucus crushed Lysimachus, it was Ptolemy that persuaded Seleucus to intervene in the dynastic disputes in Thrace and Macedon, assuring him they'd quickly recognize him as their new king. As soon as Seleucus crossed the Hellespont, it became clear to Ptolemy that he'd receive no real power or kingdom of his own. Self-entitled and bitterly jealous because his younger brother had been chosen as his father's heir in Egypt, Ptolemy turned on Seleucus and treacherously killed him at Lysimachia. He then used his influence in the Macedonian army and heritage as a descendant of Antipater to declare himself king in Macedonia. It was only a year later when the Galatian tribes subjugated the Thracians and then invaded Macedonia. The Gauls proved to be a final reckoning. Ptolemy Keranous suffered a humiliating defeat in battle with them and he was soon after decapitated. Karma for his dooming of the vision of the Seleucids to reinstate Alexander's empire of east and west.

[@ovidiubeleut3254]

Marvelous, guys! Simply incredible for every history junkie and great for even the experienced people, to help them understand the tactics used in various battles as well as the complex situations that lead to those battles. A big like!

[@jorge69696]

This was amazing. The music made everything so tense.

[@TheFoxxax]

I am a simple man. I see a Kings and Generals video, I click Like button.

[@barbiquearea]

Ditto

[@lmaozedong2259]

Love this series on Pyrrhys of Epirus. Thank you for going ancient again!

[@matheusreis1518]

First: amazing Second, I wish you guys continue to talk about the diadochi wars. I know this is related but man the greek world and stories are stunning

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! There will be more!

[@krisdeissinger8439]

I want more of Seleucids..

[@JumpRopeVeteran]

This is awesome. Thank you for publishing this content!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@altiris6874]

Pyrrhus managed to save an "oh no our king is dead" situation...

[@davidkubik537]

youre are getting better and better !keep up the good work Devin and your team

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@Dorya9]

I was wondering if I could get some sort of reminder to the podcasts. I suppose I can just watch every video you post and you'll just announce it here. By the way, I love the new way you show off the armies numerically and visually. Great addition.

[@victorstock86]

Your videos never dissapoint, not once ;-) Love the animations! Eagerly waiting for a series on Simon Bolivar... You guys have the best historical battle series on KZbinr, Keep up the awesome work.

[@torcaace]

4:43-4:49 HAHAHAHAH get rekt Lysimachus u scrublo- O WAIT O NOOOOOOO

[@greco-romanfanboi7054]

Shame you died mate

[@ihernandez4234]

Nothing personal.

[@ledonnek1974]

Thanks for sharing!!! Keep up the great work Kings and Generals!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will, thanks for watching!

[@mariovrcan6417]

Nice to see Paradox as sponzor! Love their games!!! Keep up

[@GreenOlive54]

Thank you for doing this series Pyrrus is my favorite antiquity person and he is so misunderstood or unknown.

[@samuelonate8885]

I love love waking up and having a notification for one of your videos

[@cuso4473]

Great video as usual! This is a very interesting series. In my opinion, Pyrrhus is the last great Greek tactic master in Hellenic era. After him, only Carthage can stand against rising Rome in Mediterranean world. And all Phalanx will eventually defeated by new legions( although romans admitted phalanx in open field is still a formidable force)......

[@enyalios316]

Shutong Liu Antiochus III. was relatively succesful. He may have lost at Raphia and Magnisia. But he consolidated the Seleucid Empire and subjugated the Armenians, Parthians and Bactrians.

[@cuso4473]

Thessalos I think Antiochus was a very capable ruler, as he was possibly the one to unify the whole Alexander’s legacy if without Rome. But he was not quite a match to Rome on tactical level. Especially considering Flamininus wasn’t even considered as top general in Rome history but beat him relatively easy. He was a great strategist but his lack of tactical mean to defeat Rome on battlefield lead to his downfall.

[@enyalios316]

Shutong Liu Antiochus made one decisive mistake at Magnisia. He did not aid his infantry. He already defeated the roman cavalry with his own. But instead of charging the roman infantry in the rear, he decided to loot the roman camp.

[@todrkdck9805]

My god kings and generals this is one of the most intersting and well made documentary so far. I truly love your channel. God bless your channel.

[@Vlad-wl3fw]

THESE ARE MY FAVORITE!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@loszhor]

10:57 A enemy what? AN ENEMY WHAT!? Also, Megacles is an awesome name. RIP.

[@ohitsjustmegod5276]

Love these videos on one of the most underrated and my favorite general of antiquity. Keep them coming and keep up the good work. 👍

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@leanderfoster8450]

These animations just brilliant and keep getting way better I love it

[@robbiemcsweeney1318]

Thanks! :)

[@northtexan95]

Great job! You made the battle thrilling to watch.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@mowm88]

That was great. Always wanted to see Pyrrhuss story done.

[@moonk7043]

Nice work! And nice illustration from Robbie McSweeney!

[@Monkey_SK]

I'm will check out the podcast, sounds like a great topic.

[@4sakenreaper42]

That was awesome! Your Pyrrhus videos are great!

[@KingsandGenerals]

There will be more!

[@4sakenreaper42]

Kings and Generals Huzzah!

[@vinodvarghese78]

Pyrrus is an interesting historical character. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@toymationstudios8613]

I always enjoy these kind of videos !!!! Keep up the good content

[@d.m.collins1501]

I think of all the history channels that animate ancient battles, you've got one of the greatest knacks for drama. I was literally on the edge of my seat for this one--I was rooting for Pyrrhus, so thank god elephants spook the hell out of horses! The Romans probably should have taken better notes... it would have helped them against the Carthaginians a century later.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Some drama never hurts. :-)

[@Joshua-yf5mh]

No one wants to point out that Pyrrhus effectively used war elephants without damaging his own forces with them? If i learned anything from this channel, it's that war elephants often do way more harm than good.

[@nomooon]

already mentioned in comments: use them IN RESERVE!

[@Snowboarding182]

There was a quote a Roman general said about Rome, something like: the Gauls were more numerous, the Spanish were stronger, the Germanics were taller, the Greeks more intelligent and the Africans more treacherous, but Rome overcame all these foes through perserverance. Beating a Roman army meant nothing to them, they would just recruit and try again

[@Snowboarding182]

In the early days an army camped outside a city in a seige, and the city emissaries came out and told the Roman army to just give up because the city has enough supplies to last for 10 years without outside help. So the Roman General said: Wll excellent, we'll have the city in the 11th year then. Supposedly the emissaries were so thrown by his response that they went back inside and the city surrended not long after.

[@mytidysoul8561]

This reminds me of the battle of hastings 1066 William the Conqueror I AM NOT DEAD

[@holmgeirgautreksson2451]

Yes you are.

[@donmeisner4438]

I just want Imperator Rome noooow!!! And yes gonna play as Rome as the first thing of course

[@endo4137]

I want to play as anyone but Rome, and burn it to the ground!

[@compassbrian]

Kostas Grapsas worth it

[@compassbrian]

Thinking Bactria or Sparta will be my first play

[@linc7267]

I want to play Athens and go all Otto von Bismarck on the Greek states

[@Fenniks-]

same i cant wait i want to play as the Seleucid empire as fast as possbile

[@christermi]

2:00 Aegea was the traditional capital of Macedon , until it was changed to Pella in the 4th century.

[@solaire2904]

the music in the end of the video is so good

[@jason4275]

*It's still One of the biggest question in Ancient World of Warfare, "How were war elephants transported across the ocean?"* *Carthaginians to Spain, Epirus to Greece, then to Italy.*

[@Ezio2713]

Uh.... Ships?

[@mith.8343]

great job. Thank you!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@jimmydaf525]

Awesome video as always!

[@imperiallegatus395]

great new music :D really adds to the tension!

[@InJusticeWon]

Thanks for makin me almost wake my house up by shouting "YES!" when I noticed your upload, Keep up the great work.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We surely will. :-)

[@Michael-kd1ho]

I like how in the middle of all this commotion Sparta shuts and bolts the door and hangs a "Do no disturb" sign.

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on them later. :-)

[@tengiz]

Awesome work

[@WhiteFalcon_EA]

One of the my favourite series

[@denniscleary7580]

A new video from Kings?! It is a good day today😁

[@adrianbrunner8]

6:14 love this artstyle ^^

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good :-)

[@divifilius2357]

This was great wow great series 👍🏽

[@marygebbie6611]

loving this background music!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@Mrkabrat]

I wonder if Pyrrus had a talk later on with those of Tarentum about what is a "barbarian"

[@ikhwanulmuslimin312]

Elephant ancient main battle tank

[@Zoey--]

Yes! More of this please I love it! :D

[@davidprice5678]

Pyrrhuss said of the Romans "We'll see what they can do soon" a century later, they conquered Greece and held it for a thousand years. Some epic foreshadowing there.

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

You could do a video on the Illyrians,you already mentioned them, but they are interesting. They went from controling Macedonia(king Bardylis conquered them) to a pirate queen named Teuta.

[@erickbehari6740]

Piracy is an fabrication made by Romans to attack Illyria so i think was Rome who killed Agron because they knew with king Agron leading Illyrian armies Rome had no chance defeating them .

[@bbb-pj7tu]

If an episode about Illyrians is to be made hospitals in serbia will get overcrowded with people suffering from severe butthurtness

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

@@RegretForNothing im Croatian and i know i have Illyrian blood, not all Illyrians are Albanian.

[@dritandrive]

@@RegretForNothing in real history, turd

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

Yung cash register A.K.A Lil Broomstick who says im slavic, im from dalmatia and i know many illyrians there got slavicized, but our genes is almost the same.

[@chtisponytail538]

👍 👍 love this chanel & love the battle strategies too thx guys !!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@pleeskin]

Interesting as ever! Thanks!

[@thelastneenja]

When you reference earlier videos can you please also provide a link for them? Thank you for the wonderful documentaries!

[@titusflaviusvespasianus1604]

Hi that was a really good video. Can you perhaps make a video about the Four Emperor Year?

[@davidshahebrahimi9149]

good and innovative animations bravo

[@kumisz2]

These illustrations are top notch

[@Edax_Royeaux]

I've said it before, a Greek phalanx formation is strongest at the front and the Roman triplex acies formation is weakest at their front. The classic Roman formation isn't suited to countering a Phalanx. If a Greek Army can guard their flanks, they can win the day against the Roman Legions.

[@aramhalamech4204]

indeed. The phalanx is superior in a lot of ways but it depended on support from cavalry and missile units to not get flanked or outmanouvered.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@Edax True but I don't understand why the Phalanx fell back at 12:03 if it's supposed to be impenetrable in the centre?

[@jackdonith]

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- There may be a "pararexis" in a phallanx, especially in the center if the units don't have the required cohesion. Actually the pararexis point were the cohesion breaks is exactly the place where the victor put his trophy, the monument of his victory. It's considered the critical point of a phallanx battle. Usually at the middle or where the wings unite with the central units. Sometimes though a wing may also collapse against an overwhelming force such as the 50 men deep Sacred Band at Leuctra. As to WHY there was a pararexis, I guess Pyrrhus had placed the least experienced soldier in the middle(trying to have stronger wings) and as soon as they thought their king was dead, they started fleeing. Just a few men leaving their post in a phallanx severely disrupts the cohession and its power.

[@aramhalamech4204]

@@jackdonith should the recruits have been in the centre than that would have also been to the romans favor since roman armies in early republican time usually attacked the centre of an enemy army with their well motivated roman legions whilst their weaker legions from their italian allies were put on the flanks.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

@@aramhalamech4204 A "weak" center of pikemen or even Theurophoroi (armed like Triarii) is still going to hold easily against the Romans if the pila barrage doesn't break them. The fact they were an invading army completely reliant on their king in hostile territory is plenty of reason for wavering when they thought he was dead.