Battle of Nedao, 454 - Collapse of the Hunnic Empire - The Scourge of God is no more

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🚩 Battle of Nedao was a day when Rome breathed a sigh of relief. Attila's defeat against Aetius in 451 and the limited success of the invasion of Italy in 452, as well as Emperor Marcian's raids into Hunnic lands, had bruised Attila's reputation as an invincible warlord. He may have already faced a political crisis after killing his brother Bleda and refusing to pick a new co-ruler, a crisis that culminated with his death in 453 AD with a widespread revolt against Hunnic rule by various Germanic leaders.
Attila's son Ellac inherited his father's realm and was poised to preserve the Hunnic Empire. To do this he would have to defeat his father's lieutenants, Ardaric and Valamir...
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📚 Sources:
Collapse of the Hunnic Empire: Jordanes Ardaric and the Battle of Nedao - Bernardo Mingarelli (2018)
The Rome that Did Not Fall: The Survival of the East in the Fifth Century - Gerard Friell & Stephen Williams (2005)
The Foreign Policies of Theodosius II and Marcian - E.A. Thompson (1950)
The Hun: Scourge of God AD 375-565 - Nic Fields (2006)
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[@HistoryMarche]

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[@yaqubleis6311]

White Huns or Hephthalites Empire was completely destroyed by Sassanian Empire under Khosrow I the Immortal soul

[@yaqubleis6311]

Kidarites or red Huns were destroyed by Sassanian Empire under Bahram Gor Bahram passed through the mountain chain on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, eventually reaching Merv. There his forces routed the Kidarites, killing their king in the process and capturing his wife

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[@Kalah_]

As a history teacher, I love knowing more about what happens after a huge empire collapses. Smaller tribes, smaller kingdoms that rise from the ashes of the old great empires... the world always moves on. :)

[@JOGA_Wills]

I wish people would call the Byzantines the Rump Romans

[@jimbobhootenanny4440]

Covering Rome would be a great learning experience because our government is based on there system and were on the precipice of experiencing the same slow death. Our only hope is those kids you teach to come up with an idea on how to save this system or alow it all to fade into history.

[@ProvidenceNL]

Theres a podcast called Fall of Civilizations which is absolutely amazing if you dont know it yet. As youre a history teacher you might know a lot of what they talk about already, but its several hours per episode and its just pure bliss.

[@PajamaPantsMan]

​@@ProvidenceNL they're more interested in telling a story than actual history.

[@LucasDimoveo]

@@jimbobhootenanny4440there is so much more to history than Rome

[@homesteadlegion4419]

The fact Ardaric was able to hold his formation honestly speaks volumes about the amount of trust and respect his men must have had for him, even kings and great generals had problems with that in similar situations, leading to their defeat despite their skills

[@marcquestenberg8385]

This also shows that all the prejudices and narratives of historians about the wild Germanic tribes are wrong. Savages do not found kingdoms that last for centuries. Franks founded a kingdom that lasted until 1789 or 1806.

[@marcquestenberg8385]

This is where the Germanic name Herzog - army leader - comes from. It is a derivation of Heerführer or army commander for noblemen who commanded troops.

[@homesteadlegion4419]

@@marcquestenberg8385 i mean kind of, that very much depends on the use of that term, for the greeks and romans the word simply meant outsiders. It only later picked up the image of the brutish tribesman with it. but it is also very clear that they used a brute force aproach here and only succeded because the enemy lost their cool. So there is certainly a bit of thruth in their perception. There is also the fact that many germanic tribes already had kingdoms long before, something the romans simply never really took seriously because they tended to be rather small and less developed in comparison to the south. We just tend to not think of that time as a time of kingdoms because we know only very little about those kings and the ones we do know are the ones that lost to the romans and got killed.

[@EusisLandale]

​@@marcquestenberg8385they literally copied the Roman formation, they saw it stuck and sticker with it

[@alb3598]

@@EusisLandaleShieldwall is not exclusive to the Romans. All over the world you can see shieldwall formations being used, shieldwall was also one of the most common Germanic formations in history. Germanic tribes are also described to have been able to form large disciplined ranks almost as disciplined as the Roman one’s and later-on even more disciplined.

[@Dfathurr]

Real life Gepids : *survived Attila and overthrow Hunnic yoke* Total war Gepids : *not even survived before first stage ended*

[@akuleet6029]

They also tried to recreate Hanibal's campaigns and went in to invade Rome but all they managed to do was to trap themselves and be taken as slaves by the Romans without a single drop of blood being shed. They captured so many that time that they were auctioning 3 for the price of 1 and shiz. But this is a lesser known bit of history.

[@Baso-sama]

well real life Gepids were subjects and close allies of the Huns, that's how they "survived". and it's not like the Huns went around completely wiping nations off of the face of the planet. their wars were more about subjugation, tribute payment, sending a diplomatic message or just straight up looting, not about genocide.

[@akuleet6029]

@@Baso-sama Speaking about subjugation xD The only author that met Attila was Priscus and he recorded that Attila had a 'swarthy complexion' as in he was darker skinned and since Attila was born at the North of Danube his mother might've been Flaccian unless all Huns were darker skinned.

[@TonyFontaine1988]

​@@Baso-samagenocide hardly happens. Usually if it did happen, it was due to fighting back against the enemy and causing lots of problems

[@billdehappy1]

@@akuleet6029 everybody called that until/before africans came to europe and 1900 raceview changed to current times...im romani and light skinned still black as we known by name and appearnce to europeans comperd...since being of saka nomads and same relation as hepthalites for example white huns former kushana rajputs and jaats indo-ariyan nomads black irish as englishmen saw them even the irish themself called vikings depend if norse or dane dark and fair

[@legendarian4690]

Ardaric had better discipline over his shieldwall than Harold Godwinson

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Very true haha. Maybe due to his proximity to Roman influence he had acquired made him had more knowledge

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Because he wasn't an anglo.

[@rikdryden7388]

Which two Earls? Edwin and Morcar weren't at Hastings and they led the 'stupid charge' at Fulford before Godwinson marched up and slaughtered Hardrada. I think you'll find that Godwinson was not what you put at all but a seasoned general who crushed the Welsh and fought on the continent with distinction, including with the Conqueror himself.

[@18Hongo]

It certainly had. The barbarian tribes had long been far more disciplined and sophisticated in their tactics by the 5th century specifically because of their interactions with the Roman empire. By 251 AD that "new breed" of barbarian had shown just how dangerous they could be when they defeated the Romans at Abritus, and in the ensuing two centuries that contact with the Romans had only gotten stronger; many barbarian leaders had fought in the legions, and and many former legionaries had joined up with their ancestral tribes as the empire frayed and the Roman government's control of the army became ever looser. There were almost certainly former legionaries in the Gepid army, either because they had deserted, or because by that point the local nobility were already forming new relationships with their local legions, and the new power structure was (predictably) unwilling to let a struggle between two major neighbouring powers take place without its involvement. ​@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

[@Rynewulf]

@@rikdryden7388 you know what, youre jogging my memory and Im going to look it all up again because I think youre right and I got wires crossed

[@Rome.s_Greatest_Enemy]

Damn that inteo....Battle in the rain, the sky going dark and only thunder and lightning revealing the troops? that might be quite a cinematic view

[@EstbXCIII]

Daaammmm. Just imagine barely being able to make out the silhouette of a wave of soldiers approaching 🌑 🌧️🌩️ The lightning revealing the enemy wall for only a split second⚡.. moments later they're lightened up again but closer and then disapearing again. With each strike they appear closer 🌩️⚡, and closer🌩️, and closer🌩️⚡, as if teleporting... F*** all that, dude!

[@Rome.s_Greatest_Enemy]

@@EstbXCIII what a sight! to be feared or admired I don't know but both sides knew the battlefield will soon become a muddy and bloody mess

[@nofruit1]

The quote by Jordanes about this battle is probably the best way to describe both the battle and the end of the hunnic empire

[@EstbXCIII]

What's the quote?

[@nofruit1]

@@EstbXCIII the full quote is “And so the bravest nations tore themselves to pieces. For then, I think, must have occurred a most remarkable spectacle, where one might see the Goths fighting with pikes, the Gepidae raging with the sword, the Rugii breaking off the spears in their own wounds, the Suavi fighting on foot, the Huns with bows, the Alani drawing up a battle-line of heavy-armed and the Heruli of light-armed warriors... ...after many grave clashes, victory surprisingly favours the Gepids for the sword and plotting of Ardaric killed nearly thirty thousand men, Huns as well as other tribes who brought them aid. In this battle, the eldest son of Attila, named Ellac, whom his father was said to have loved so much more than the rest that he favoured him above all his various sons in his empire, was killed”

[@BradleyQuerruel]

it's in this very video.

[@mauriciolira4359]

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[@nenenindonu]

Huns didn't disappear but dissolved as a unified entity Oghur fractions like Akatziri, Onogurs, Utigurs, Sabirs, Bulgars, Baranjars, Saragurs, Kutrigurs, Barsils, were all successor tribes to the Huns

[@raritica8409]

Bulgar😀🖐🏻

[@Avinashm7]

In the modern world they are called Hungarians

[@nenenindonu]

@@Avinashm7 Nah the exonym Hungary doesn't even derive from the Huns but the Onogurs (mentioned above) who took part in the Arpad led Magyar conquest of the Pannonian Basin. (H)onagury > Hungary, the H stems from French phonetics and also passed into English. The greatest contemporary descendants of the Huns are the Chuvash people

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

The chuvash are not descendants of the huns, some historians thought they were but are descendants of more recent (middle ages) asiatic hordes

[@nenenindonu]

​@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014They are an Oghur Turkic ethnic group (the only remaining) which makes them ethno-linguistically the closest people to Huns. Volga Tatars and likely Karachay Balkars were also originally Oghuric but became Kipchakized due to the influence of the Golden Horde

[@Mickmickster]

I had never heard of this battle. Great job once again History Marche!

[@invictus2336]

After Attila died, our education system taught us that the Huns magically faded away just because their leader died. Nice to get more context on what happened.

[@christopherevans2445]

Alright, finally a good video about the Hunnic empire after Attila

[@christopherevans2445]

@FUNATtiCGamer what do you want? A prehistory of the black Huns, white Huns and the years of aftermath and speculation? Go write the Wikipedia page if you have info that we need

[@brokenbridge6316]

I heard the Huns didn't last long past Attila's death. Now I have a better idea on how. Nicely done video.

[@Terter1551]

They lasted for quite long after that, but not as a unified state.

[@LexMadafaka]

We were and are here. HUNgarians.

[@Bynk333]

@@LexMadafaka Really? what have Huns with Magyars? Nothing! :D

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[@HistoryMarche]

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[@iseeyou5061]

Thank you for making this video. Hun after Atilla and it's downfal always seems mysterious and "lost to time" It's gladdening to see that there is record of Hun after Attila

[@РимскийОрел]

Many historians in the world, like me, believe that the Romans won the battle on the “Catalan Fields”, and their victory is indicated by such obvious facts as: 1) The failed siege of the city of Orleans by the Huns, which is why they were unable to plunder it and attack another city, Toulouse. 2) The losses of the Huns in the battle were greater, which is why they retreated from Gaul, thanks to which Aetius got the spoils from the battlefield. Which became a symbol of his victory over Attila. 3) The Roman vassal Merovey became the king of the Franks, and not his older brother, who was a vassal of the Huns!

[@deanjones5545]

It’s not the Catalan Fields, it’s Catalaunian.

[@РимскийОрел]

@@deanjones5545 Translated using Google translator.

[@user-fl5mq9kp7g]

​@@РимскийОрелAttila: Then how did the Goths escape to Spain and France and kill this general while I defeated the Eastern Romans?

[@РимскийОрел]

@@user-fl5mq9kp7g Thy Attila fled from Flavius Aetius after he lost to the Romans in Gaul in 451, thanks to which Aetius's adopted son Meroveus became king of the Franks. Already in 452, the Byzantines attacked the Hunnic settlements on the “Hungarian Plain”, on the orders of Emperor Marcian. In honor of this victory over the Huns, the “Triumphal Column of Marcian” was built in Constantinople. In 453, Attila died, and in 454, at the Battle of Nedo, the Germans finally defeated the Huns, expelling them from Europe!

[@РимскийОрел]

@@user-fl5mq9kp7g Understand that Attila fled from Flavius Aetius after he lost to the Romans in Gaul in 451, thanks to which Aetius's adopted son Meroveus became king of the Franks. Already in 452, the Byzantines, on the orders of Emperor Marcian, attacked Hunnic settlements on the “Hungarian Plain”. In honor of this victory over the Huns, the “Triumphal Column of Marcian” was built in Constantinople. In 453, Attila was no longer around, and in 454, at the Battle of Nedo, the Germans finally defeated the Huns, expelling them from Europe!

[@eternalspring1034]

Rain makes bows have trouble with durability and accuracy.

[@kwezicanca3698]

Thank you HistoryMarche, all the way from South Africa for another excellent video

[@starfox300]

People could have learned from these Germanic tribes 500 years later when the Mongols showed up. That strategy against the arrows was impressive

[@thatonedude6247]

Huns mounted archers were the elite and minority of the empire Genghis khan brought a very united steppe culture bigger and stronger than huns

[@AJ-et3vf]

Great video! Thank you! The first ever video to cover the battle of Nedao. Most channels only cover the Battle of the Catalaunian plains.

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you very much! I covered Catalaunian Plains as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX7cmJydq7itZtk

[@neildaly2635]

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[@brunolima7402]

The beginning of the end for the Huns was with the Battle of Catalaunian Plains.

[@razorsharpview9090]

Not really, that battle didn't completely destroyed the Huns, it was a tactical victory for the romans and goths. This battle is truly the battle that ended the Hunnic Empire.

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

the same can go with the romans, they lost too much on Attila's campaign

[@thesnoopmeistersnoops5167]

Tactical victory? Otherwise known as total.

[@darrendaley4265]

Lol...He said beginning of the end. It was. Aetius and the rest of his alliance at great cost finally stopped Atilla.

[@imperatorgub6681]

I had no idea Marcian made punitive raids against Attila. Often the narrative is that the Romans just sat and took it, but yet again the late Roman army surprises with its heroics and effectiveness.

[@sonnyb7612]

Great vid. Had no idea of this battle and its a much forgotten about period of history.

[@Sanj1n]

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[@enriib4820]

Imperator Marcian, Hero of Rome!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@theawesomeman9821]

This Gepid guy, Ardaric deserves his own movie for beating Attila.

[@ramtin5152]

He defeated Attila's son not Attila himself He was already dead during this battle Flavius Aetius was the one who defeated Attila

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[@tomatoman1055]

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[@lolimunII]

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[@HistoryMarche]

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[@ohauss]

Hm, not sure whether the weather described at the beginning matches the description of the battle. Heavy rainfall is neither helpful for the use of composite bows nor for the use of cavalry.

[@JELazarus]

You mean the power HUNGARY sons of Attila😂! I'll be here all week.

[@KHK001]

Amazing video as always! Been a while since u dropped video about the Huns.

[@mabeSc]

Wow, I did not expect that you guys would make a video about such a little known battle (relative to the Catalaunian Plains) - truly well done :)

[@AltaicGigachad]

The Oghuric Huns didn’t disappear but were succeeded by Oghuric Hunnic tribes, such as; Bolgars, Kabars ( which founded Arpad dynasty) etc..

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

The Arpad dynasty comes from one if the 7 Magyar tribes

[@LexMadafaka]

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 But the continuity is real. Scythian-Hunnic-Avar-Magyar.

[@Bynk333]

@@LexMadafaka Yes it continuity every 300 years incoming nomadic tribe into Europe from Asia: Kimmerians 600 BC, Scythians 300 BC, Sarmatians 1 AD, Huns 300 AD, Avars 600 AD, Magyars 900 AD, Tatars 1200 AD, Turks 1500 AD, but saying that all Magyars are also Kimmerians, Mongols and Turks its simple bullshit. Or not? :D Then i can say othervise that all who living on Slovakia are all Slovacks too, so the Moravians are Slovaks, the Markomans are Slovaks too, cause you logic, Kotins and Suabes are Slovacs, cause they living there too and we are all they sucesors, so even the Quades are Slovacks, why not? If Huns can be Magyars, we can have our ancient ancestors as well. :D Ukrainians even build Great Pyramide in Egypt! :D

[@BritRajColonybharat]

@@Bynk333 both destoru romans in war.

[@usptact]

If UN existed back then, they would request Ardaric to stop sieging and encircling the wagons of Ellac, and let him go.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Because the world of the 21st century is different to that of the 5th century........Do you see how that would work?

[@rogerodle8750]

Superior work. The narrator and visuals are top notch.

[@fenris1168]

The battle of the Catalunian plain was a stalemate as a battle per se, but certainly a strategic victory for the Romans in that campaign (as Attila withdrew). If it were a defeat, then how can you explain the very successful campaign of the next year (until the plague hit of course). They even managed to capture Aquileia, a fortress considered impregnable until then and reached the gates of Rome. If not for the plague they would have raised Rome for sure.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

The Romans were defeated by Hannibal time and again yet they won the Second Punic War. He lost; he simply recovered in a year.

[@neutralfellow9736]

If you attack, and retreat, you lost. The fact the Huns were able to attack again does not denote the reality that they lost the previous campaign.

[@wankawanka3053]

If you are forced to retreat and leave the battlefield for good it means you lost buddy

[@jakemartens5311]

Just listened to David's Bank of Scotland commercial ad and I'm like can't be same person narrating. It is! Truly versatile good stuff

[@JayzsMr]

It’s interesting how Attila is connected to German tribes and legends. What would it have been like ? Steppe people together with German tribes fighting alongside and against each other.

[@nenenindonu]

The Gepids & Lombards were respectively destroyed and driven out by the Avars who were partially Huns and established the next great Western-Oghur kingdom preceding the Bulgar & Khazar Khanates

[@jayantkumar2314]

Then in turn defeated by charlmagne, am I right ?

[@nenenindonu]

@@jayantkumar2314 Western portions of the Avar realm fell to the Charlemagne led Franks and the Eastern parts to the Bulgars led by Khan Krum

[@AltaicGigachad]

@@jayantkumar2314Germanic Franks sought alliance with Turkic Bolgars who conquered The avars but Charlemagne played a role.

[@rkitchen1967]

The Lombards ended up controlling much of Italy

[@dittmannrudolfrohr2149]

What is Your take, why the Eastern Jews spoke/speak a Gothic language?

[@user-vo1uc3bh7t]

"Thank you, HistoryMarche team, for your dedication! Your channel continually unveils new battles, enriching our understanding of history. We appreciate your efforts immensely!"

[@theheroickhan]

Dengiz(Tengiz,Deniz,etc) mean sea in Turkic languages, Dengizich is maybe the Hunnic version of Denizcik(little sea) in Turkish.

[@DamericRes]

The fact that almost all that we know about this battle comes from Jordanes Getica (Which strives from the propagandized Cassiodorus's Getica) means that it should be taken with a grain of salt.

[@SolidAvenger1290]

Agreed. Like any historical channels, the audience must look at the recounts/sources after watching any content on KZbin also. It's easy for Western/English historical propaganda to sway the historical narrative sometimes of battles. I know HM for the Battle of Manzikert a few months ago followed very flawed source material and missed a lot of potential facts leading & after the battle.

[@onur6145]

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[@FreeFallingAir]

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[@marcquestenberg8385]

The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields is always referred to as the birth of the Germanic empires and the end of the Roman Empire, but this is where the Huns were really crushed. A historically very unknown battle. At least 30,000 Hun warriors were killed in the Battle of Nedao by the Gepids, Suebi and other Germanic tribes. Sarmatians (Iranian horsemen) are also said to have taken part in the battle on the side of the Germanic tribes. A year later, Rome was sacked by the Vandals under Geiserich.

[@ACertainRoman]

I am allways curious about the events that transpire after an empires fall and the resulting consequences. Thank you for satiating my curiosity!

[@mattluke5546]

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[@siechamontillado]

Little known fact: Attila the Hun liked board games like Monopoly and Parcheesi, and became known as 'Attila the Fun.'

[@ThomasBarth-gr1sz]

Wow great topic to cover! Instant like.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode and a thrilled introduction. About Huns defeats in (Nedao ) battle by some Germanic correlation tribes under Gepic tribe's leading in 454AD ,Thank you 🙏 ( history Marche) channel for sharing.

[@vitorpereira9515]

Pope Leo also contributed to Atilla's withdrawal.

[@thecrusaderhistorian9820]

Excellent video and great imagery!

[@HistoryMarche]

Many thanks!

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[@ramtin5152]

6:08 I doubt that was really his first defeat Years before that, when Bleda and Attila negotiated an advantageous peace with Rome and stopped their raids in Roman lands, the huns invaded the Caucasus sometime between 435 to 440 AD and were defeated in Armenia by the Sassanids The defeat was heavy enough for them to abandon their invasion and return to their own territories back in Europe

[@Jon-ox7hk]

The huns were very decentralized, so it was probably a raid by one of the tribal allies like the Alans. Atilla was raiding the Balkans during that time.

[@ramtin5152]

@@Jon-ox7hk Attila along with his brother raided Balkans in 441 AD It's clearly stated that it was an invasion not just a small raid by a small tribe Attila and Bleda were negotiating with the EASTERN Roman emperor (Balkan was under his control at the time) in 434 AD The treaty I mentioned in my comment was signed in 435 It's mentioned that the Huns stayed out of Romans sight for the next few years after the treaty was signed and that no raids or battle happened between Huns and Romans until 440 The invasion of the Sassanid Caucasus happened sometime between 435 to 440 and it's clearly stated that the "HUNS" were the ones that invaded and were defeated in the Caucasus not Alans who weren't Huns nor were related to them Why would Attila ruin his advantageous "peace" treaty that gave the Huns a high ground in trade and most importantly provided them with heavy tribute from Romans, which was easy money without a fight, which kept his men and tribes satisfied for a few years ? Not to mention that the tribute the eastern Romans were paying Attila and Bleda was doubled in that treaty

[@Coldwar377]

Man I wished that there is a game where you can make custom battles using those box units

[@markdexter9215]

These videos are untouchable. Peak.

[@LucasDimoveo]

I’ve always wondered about the collapse of the Hunnic Empire. Where did you find the sources for this? Who wrote about this battle? There are thousands of such kingdoms that have risen and fallen in the dark of pre-literate history.

[@Baylonfrisbee]

but none who gave the romans such a run at that time

[@faenethlorhalien]

Ah, yes, the Huns, AKA the early access version of the Mongols. As brutal and warlike as their later comrades.

[@tiboruhrin4080]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Nope! This is still lied to by deviant Roman and Germanic propaganda in the West, hating the Huns! This brainwashing worked on you too! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arthur-yq4ic]

super video an almost forgotten period in human history

[@Aetius-ju1tc]

Very cool video like always! I have a recommendations on your videos title name. I think if you name it in a way to hide who has won, it would be more interesting to watch.

[@Markjr778]

The perfect way to start my weekend!

[@LewisPulsipher]

My recollection is that very little is actually known about this battle. I recognize that the KZbin battle describers tend to go beyond what is actually known, sometimes, because viewers want certainty.

[@steveatwater4364]

This is how history movies should be explained. Imagine this context mixed with the action shots we're used to.

[@Jesusandbible]

I think thos was worth a mention....... According to Jordanes, in 453 CE, Attila had just married his latest wife, a young woman named Ildico, and celebrated with great feasting. In the morning, the guards broke into his room and found him dead in his bed, his bride weeping over him. There was no wound, and it seemed as though Attila had hemorrhaged through his nose, and he choked on his own blood. At the time of his death and since, various scenarios for how Attila's death occurred have been put forward. It is possible that Attila was assassinated by his new wife in a conspiracy with Marcian, rival Emperor of the East, and then that murder was covered up by the guards.

[@KyrylloDonchenko]

Full story of attila’s rise to power and campaigns would be nice

[@erlendnr]

Ardaric was a great leader in how he ensured discipline among his troops, which lead to victory. He would have been a strong successor to Attila.

[@YeeeeGreg]

Congrats on 1 mill subs! Very well deserved

[@Nicholas-p6m]

I always find the videos about nomadic empires to be interesting

[@t.j.payeur5331]

A million subs! Keep up the good work.

[@dandare9376]

Love this channel

[@kkquikB1]

Anyone else see this battle as a Hastings alternative ending?

[@MattieK09]

Been waiting for this one!

[@andrewkasma9457]

One of the best channels on KZbin

[@wedgeantillies66]

Basically the son is not the father in either military ability or leadership and the collapse of the hunnic empire, provided the west with its last grasp opportunity to save itself under Majorian. A chance that they unfortunately failed to take and doomed themselves to destruction in 476.

[@marceloseixas895]

amazing as always boys

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much 😀

[@CaptainSeato]

"Huns didn't disappear but dissolved as a unified entity" @nenenindonu over here summarizing the video... :P

[@NontonSejarah-drg.naufal]

When charging straight forward to enemy works

[@YouTubeisadystopianlandfill]

Thank you for this!!

[@jupp9999]

Man this channel is awesome!!

[@micke9356]

yes finally. i have waited for this battle. it it so rarely mentioned on yt

[@AbhyudayaSinh]

Very informative and entertaining ❤❤

[@romant7204]

Its about time yall reach one million, been a long time coming

[@juansanchez5001]

I'm grateful to your videos thank you🎉🎉❤

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

It is crazy to see how far away those tribes would move and settle.

[@CaptainHelion]

HistoryMarche I think you have misspelled one of the city names (or my eyes are bad). To my knowledge, there was no city named "Luvavum" but a city named Iuvavum spelled with an "i" or alternativly Juvavum. Its the precursor to my home city.

[@navi8141]

Thanks for the video. 👍

[@IndigoPath]

I now see a checker floor and imagine I’m a giant squishing armies

[@HistoryMarche]

ROFL

[@heirwolf6929]

Another sacrifice to the honorable Algorithmus.

[@blacklight4720]

I have a question. If Battle of Nedao took place next to the forest, it make much more sense that the Gepids fought cavalry & archers made force inside a forest rather than outside of a forest. Unless there was no forest nearby as shown in the video art.

[@chrisperry4143]

another great video. Thanks!

[@Oshidashi]

Fantastic topic. Love this channel

[@MarkAnthony-sc9li]

Great video as always!

[@CA-aloiz1]

Do you use AI to generate the battle moves and turns, with depicted victor? 5 years ago I really thought there were some historic narratives about the actual fights. now, since I see it's 'hard' to know how many people died in current Ukraine war, I realized it's impossible to know exact dynamics of battle from +1500 years ago :)

[@yaqubleis6311]

Kidarites or red Huns were destroyed by Sassanian Empire under Bahram Gor Bahram passed through the mountain chain on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, eventually reaching Merv. There his forces routed the Kidarites, killing their king in the process and capturing his wife

[@jsoth2675]

Great content. For the algorithm!

[@dalesen]

Very enjoyable video

[@mikewilburn5884]

Thank you once again.

[@christoskoutsos1679]

For one more time an amazing video but please allow me to tell my complaint...were is the continue of hannibal???

[@HistoryMarche]

Yessir, I won't abandon Hannibal.

[@christoskoutsos1679]

@@HistoryMarche Then neither Hannibal will abandon you....because if you do he will cross the alps he will find you and you live the real battle of Cannae

[@graucanal]

Thanks from Brazil.

[@CaptainbaII]

attila was such an amazing leader that single handedly kept this empire alive , no surprise after his end the empire fell

[@ridanzswerd215]

not really. it's easy to destroy much harder to build. the fact that his empire fell apart so quickly shows that he/the huns were not capable of actually running an empire. it was occupied land that didn't want to follow the huns.

[@JW-jd6sn]

​@ridanzswerd215 Yea, so you kind of proved his point. Atilla kept all the tribes in line. Only he could do it.

[@ridanzswerd215]

@@JW-jd6sn everyone with a strong enough force could have done the same. he failed to really build up an "empire" because just like the mongols the huns invaded in a very short period of time multiple different cultures without having anything to do with them before. as a result their "empire" was a loose construct held together by fear and bribery of the elites. this was the case up to Attilas death. and once he was dead the sons of Attila first had to settle their internal disputes before being able to continue this procedure of threatening their subjects or raid other lands to get money to bribe their subjects.

[@JW-jd6sn]

@@ridanzswerd215 but again, the original point was that Atilla kept his empire intact from his strong leadership which you have proved now with two comments, we aren't arguing the empire building skills of the huns, but Atilla's leadership skills and keeping the tribes in line.

[@ridanzswerd215]

@@JW-jd6sn no. what I literally just said that any leader with a strong enough force behind them could have done the same. his sons failed not because they lacked leadership qualities, but because they had to interrupt all the things that kept everything together for a moment. and this was already enough. if your definition of amazing leader is the ability to muster large enough armies and lead them successfully through raids then that's how it is. problem is that even if one of Attilas sons was exactly like Attila he would have failed to keep things running with 2 other guys who wanted to split everything.

[@matss5864]

Why was the first part of the battle repeated 🤔