Battle of Salamis 480 BC (Persian Invasion of Greece) DOCUMENTARY

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Two of the very first civilizations - Greek and Persian - fought for millennia, so it is not a surprise that some of the most memorable battles of the ancient era were between them. The battle of Salamis of 480 BC was central in defence of free Greece against the Persian invasion and can be considered a focal point the history of mankind. Enjoy the video and then join us in the comments section!
This video was narrated by good friend Officially Devin. Check out his channel for some kick-ass Let's Plays. / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives
The Machinimas for this video are created by one more friend - Malay Archer. Check out his channel, he has some of the best Total War machinimas ever created: / mathemedicupdates
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Primary sources used:
Hanson, Victor Davis (2001). Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power. New York: DoubleDay, 2001
Green, Peter (1998). The Greco-Persian Wars. Berkeley
Сергеев В. С. Глава IX. Греко-персидские войны // История Древней Греции. - М.: АСТ, 2008
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[@JeremyStittsandtheJourney]

...Then Sparta allied with the Persians against Athens a generation later lol.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, Peloponnesian wars were all kinda messed up and in a way made Punic Wars possible.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I mean that Greco-Persian wars caused Peloponnesian wars and they eventually led to the rise of Macedon and as Greeks started losing their positions across the Eastern Mediterranean, Carthage filled the vacuum and that, in a way, led to the war over Sicily. It is all a bit of a stretch, of course. :-)

[@JeremyStittsandtheJourney]

Yep agreed, the Peloponnesian and also Diadochi wars weakened Greek hegemony in the Mediterranean which paved the way for the Carthaginians and Romans.

[@christermi]

Mithridates Persia with Sparta not Sparta with Persia...Persia wanted the Greek states weakend. but that didn't work with the Spartan just yet

[@christermi]

I agree with the video maker btw :)

[@georgiosgeroglis4967]

"It's not about the size of the boat, it's about the motion in the ocean" Themistokles, 480BC

[@yoshijb9428]

Hahaha😂😂 I mean it worked so....☠

[@gamermh9964]

I am an Iranian and I am proud of my country's history and I also love Greece It is true that at that time Iran and Greece were also enemies, but now there is no enmity between us at all

[@ar4imond]

No shit. Imagine hating one another over something that happened 2500 years ago.

[@loghanditheimperialdiehard8876]

Pretty sure Greece and Turkey still hate eachother tho

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Stay in games kid let wars for real mens

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iran should pay for sack of ATHEN

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@@user-fi2fk2ei7o ok make us pay you Zionist NATO dogs lol ....

[@Billieftw]

Amazing!! I live in Salamis. Every day I pass by the sight of the battle.. every day i get chills.

[@georgekokkos5347]

I’m a Greek historian. I specialize in the Persian Wars. I approve this video! Εύγε!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@NoVisionGuy]

Kings and Generals I thought the Spartans were only 300 in the battle of Thermopylae? Please enlighten me

[@KingsandGenerals]

There were at least a few hundred light missile infantry from the helots, plus a number of allied hoplites.

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Kings and Generals that tells it.. Thank you..

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[@moji-mojo]

As a Persian who is interested in history I usually find some videos with the same topic biased but this was a really nice and unbiased video with good info. Thanks my friend.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching! You will find out that we have a great respect for all history in general and for the Iranian history in particular.

[@farnamazar1704]

Loup DeFer it’s doesn’t make sense , Many countries has been under rules of anothers in past . Official name of Iran until 1935 was Persia and Persians calling himselfs Pârsi/Fârsi Zabân .

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@@saeedvazirian Iranians always called it Iran but other countries called it Persia because thats the name the Greeks used

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Loup DeFer so greeks must be Turks too, yeah?🤔🤔

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The more ur anchestor were invaded the more diverse genetics u will have , is it that hard to comprehend ?

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[@nikolaostouloumis1573]

Greetings and respect from a Greek to pre Islamic Iran -Persia

[@thenewcaliph766]

@@nikolaostouloumis1573 Pre-Islamic Iran was still called Iran back then, half-Turk.

[@aliamer3031]

@@nikolaostouloumis1573 great respect to the Islamic empire and it's commander Khalid Bin Walid for defeating the Byzantines and for subduing the persian empire at the same time

[@A_Shanto]

Cyrus per-islamic great king of iran Shah Abbas great king of Islamic era of iran

[@KingExituS]

Greco-Persian wars are my favorite era in history, a timeline full of challenges, changes, two brutal enemies who in a way also respected each other. God bless Hellas and Persia!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, the starting point for any fan of history. :-) Appreciate your respectful comment. :-)

[@timurthelamest5630]

Sepehr Voshmgir Despite the burning of Persepolis, he showed immediate regret, just as Xerxes had when he burned down Athens. Alexander evidently had a deep respect for Persian civilisation or at least felt compelled to portray such respect. He recruited many Persians in his Army, giving many of them critical positions and can be seen even as early as the Battle of Hydaspes. Alexander was also an admirer of Cyrus, mainly through Xenephon’s Cyropaedia.

[@saeedvazirian1620]

@@timurthelamest5630 nope, no evidence for that bullshit. Deep respect by committing brutal invasions? Nope. 'at least'? Fucking at least? Lmao do you pay this type of respect to Arabs and Turks then or are you just a hypocrite? Persians never fought Indians at the Battle of Hydaspes, why the fuck would they kill their Indian allies. alexander wasn't an admirer o Cyrus you dumbfuck. How does an admirer murder his descendants, lol! Cyropaedia, that nti-Persian propaganda? You can't even make your case. Yeah, deep respect. 'he showed immediate regret', really, you were there? you absolve someone if they show regret after burning your home. fuck off. No pushovers in Iran.

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The Greeks didn’t respect the Persians

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@@syphernynx4186 Well the Persians respected Hellenes even less.

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@ایران گرایی says a person whose forefathers was conquered by desert people and has to abandon their own religion and adopt a desert cult to survive 😂😂

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@ایران گرایی at least it was a great cult to kill people and establish an empire and force convert the population of land they conquered just like your cowards forefathers did.

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Love to Greece from Persia! I hope Iran and Greece become superpowers again but this time we will be friends.

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Well our region is different than your region! :)) I mean it is easy to be a superpower in middle east but not in Europe!

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Go back to ur Zoroastrian roots than following that desert cult of islam

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Supreme Leader, I agree with you from a Persian.

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[@TheUIArchitect]

The city of Athens was left to be taken since all the troops went to Salamis because of the Delphi Oracle prophecy. "'Though all else shall be taken, Zeus, the all seeing, grants that the wooden wall only shall not fail." Argument raged as to what this 'wooden wall' could mean, with many believing it to be the thorn bushes surrounding the Acropolis. Themistocles had an answer of his own: the wooden wall, he argued, was nothing less than the fleet they had spent these last few years hurriedly constructing. He won the day and then gave the order for Athens itself to be abandoned…

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Awesome video Fun fact Themistocles who defeated Xerxes was later forced to Flee Greece. Ironically, he was forced to flee to Persia the same civilization which he had defeated. Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, Grants him amnesty "I, Themistocles, am come to you, who did your house more harm than any of the Hellenes, when I was compelled to defend myself against your father's invasion-harm, however, far surpassed by the good that I did him during his retreat, which brought no danger for me but much for him." (Thucydides)

[@bagiee1]

He didnt flee to Persia...he ended up in Macedonia which was ruled by the Persian Artaxerxes at that time. After his death, his body is said to be taken in Persia. He died because he took poison, after Artaxerxes, asked him to help him suppress the revolution that happened in Egypt. But Themistocles didnt do it, because he didnt like to go against the Greek interests.

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It's truly remarkable just how organised these peoples were all those years ago ,, and the scale of the battles are hard to imagine, incredible

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I heard about that one. :-)

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Thank you, my friend. We are working very hard to keep up with the weekly schedule with consistent quality.

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+Aleksandar Djordjevic thanks for getting it. Whenever we are going to feel that quality has decreased, we will take a break. :-)

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Iran during the Safavid dynasty was probably more sympathetic towards Greece since both shared a common enemy,the Ottoman empire.

[@eurosensazion]

I don't think Modern Greece hates Iran as well. This is just history. Even in ancient times, various Greeks aligned with Persia than Greece. Greece had 3 tribes, Dorian, Ionian, & Aeolians. Athens represented the Ionians mostly, and Sparta the Dorians but later Macedonia also Dorian took over as main power. Even Roman Greece or Eastern Roman Empire had more to do with Arab or Ottoman invasion than Persians. Modern Greece has zero hate towards Iran. I think they are considered friendly nations towards each other.

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[@wolfm33]

Excellent video. Also , good job mentioning the 700 Thespians who stayed with the Spartans till the end in Thermopylae since most people just forget about them. The Thebans however are a different story. Their city was pro Persian and their troops were forced to stay and didn't really fight.

[@Gyrosmeister]

8:30 heavy hoplites? The Greeks had specialized troops to fight on sea, they did not just put a bunch of hoplites on a boat and said "Yea we have a strong navy"

[@KingsandGenerals]

I know that. :-) In this case, "heavy" means "heavier than the soldiers on the Persian ships."

[@Gyrosmeister]

my point is the "Hoplites" which is wrong in this case

[@KingsandGenerals]

What would have been a better designation?

[@Gyrosmeister]

you could say "marines" for example

[@KingsandGenerals]

So, most of the retellings I read claim that after Peloponnesian forces retreated to the east to defend on the Isthmus, only Athenian hoplites were left on Salamis and most of these hoplites embarked on the ships. The problem is, we rarely hear about non-hoplite Greek warriors in this period. I understand how heavy armor of hoplites can be detrimental to the ships, but most of my sources, again, agree that although ship sizes were similar for 2 navies, Greeks had smaller contingents of foot soldiers on their vessels, but even in this case had an advantage, as their soldiers had heavier panoply.

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Thank you!

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Hope so! Thanks for your support. :-)

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[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for your support :-) Hopefully, we won't be as History Channel with all the alien nonsense. :-) We will work towards that goal!

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Aleksandar, I don't speak Serbian, unfortunately, but I know Russian. Do you mean that I spoilt the video with a clip from a video game or vice versa that I spoilt the game clip with my stupid video? :D

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Ok, read your comment in English, got it. :-)

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Thanks for your interest. :-)

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Just had a test involving this battle the day after. This vid really helped me!

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Really happy to hear that! :-) Hopefully, you shared the video with your class. :-)

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Greece and Persia both rival both indo European both strong civilizations both who wont to rule the word respect to them both Nice video 👍🏻

[@SantomPh]

@@user-jv3mm6vt6e Indo-European is a family of languages and cultures that stretches from India to Slovenia , with Iran in the middle and prominent. Watch the channel Bahador Alast, they compare Persian to a lot of languages on 3 continents and similarities exist.

[@gambigambigambi]

@@user-jv3mm6vt6e Have you not heard of the Indo-European family?

[@gambigambigambi]

@@user-jv3mm6vt6e I see you confuse Europeans (Peninsular Europeans) and Indo-Europeans (greater extent of the European family) And yes, you are Indo-European. Theres a reason why Iran is called Iran having the same cognate origin as the word Aryan. Google it.

[@historicallegends3702]

@@user-jv3mm6vt6e iran is indo European aling with india and Pakistan

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@@historicallegends3702 Not all of India is Indo-European

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Thanks, will do! :-)

[@galahad6189]

Alexander did the ultimate and best 'no u' moment in history. Change my mind.

[@saeedvazirian1620]

nope, that was the Persians after destroying him, legitimizing Darius III. Mind changed. The Persians always win. Iran is still here. Iran won.

[@galahad6189]

@@saeedvazirian1620 lmao Iran has the same GDP as Greece. Iran stay losing.

[@ninjaa6952]

@@saeedvazirian1620 you sound so hurt by this lose alexander conquered your asses and him and hist generals had fun with your woman you where under Greek rule for 250 years. You couldn't even defeat the small Greek city states stay mad.

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We need to keep that unchanged. :-)

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Do more Roman stuff that would amazing 💪🏻👍🏻

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We are thinking about it. Do you think we should do Roman battles despite the fact that Historia Civilis covered most of them?

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Ofcourse there's so many battles and story's and to be fair I don't think HC or was that Baz battles ?did a lot he focused on the war against the Gauls mostly .but Rome is power !! 😎👍🏻

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Got it, bombergun. :-)

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Another interesting topic that you can ellaborate and many are unaware of is the Celtic invasion of Greece in the 3rd century BC.

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It is on the docket - will probably cover it after the main Diadochi conflicts. :-)

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Thank you!

[@kunamutas8941]

There is a village called Kokkalia close to my city in Greece which means bones, it is said you can still find bones there from the Gul warriors! www.mixanitouxronou.gr/i-ematiri-isvoli-ton-galaton-stin-ellada-to-279-p-ch-ithelan-na-leilatisoun-to-mnimio-ton-delfon-alla-katatropothikan-apo-etolous-ke-evritanes/

[@MalayArcher]

Again, thanks for using my machinima :) !

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, my friend :) Your machinimas make this video much more appealing. Good job.

[@brooklyntguy9298]

Amazing Vid. Great job

[@NikosLiakos1]

Your channel is great , keep it up

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@VoxPopulasse]

Zoroastrian Iranians and Hellenic Greeks, two of the greatest Indo-European Civilizations.

[@spartan9540]

VoxPopuLiasse I agree

[@tommyshelby507]

Don't say Hellenic Greeks, it's the same thing. What you literally said is Greek Greeks! Hellenic and Hellas are the greek words for Greek and Greece. Greek as a word comes from latin!

[@painxsavior7723]

Brennos respect them both

[@toxicrhythmz3718]

both had nothing to do with Europe. As no such thing as a so called Europe existed back then lol

[@thanostnt]

@@toxicrhythmz3718 The only thing that makes sense in your comment is the "lol" part... Greek civilization was,is and will be the cradle of western civilization. If Greeks had nothing to do with Europe,then this continent would have no name.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

I think that is worth to mention now, that Leonidas knew that holding Persians at Thermopylae was impossible in the long run. We know that he refused taking larger spartan force with him. He appealed to the ephors to give him only small contingent of soldiers, arguing that he doesn't want to lead spartans to their doom

[@KingsandGenerals]

+Kamil Szadkowski exactly this. Spartans always had problems with numbers. Couple of defeats basically ended their dominance.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Yep, I'd say That that this one unlucky earthquake was enough to break them in the long run. Well this and the fact that their conservatism stopped needed reforms. Heh.. I know another nation which disappeared from the maps because such lack of reforms :/ Oh, and great work as usual. Hopefully this video will skyrocket just like the documentary about Battle of Kosovo.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! To be honest, I was hopeful for Kirchholm. :-) Is there a battle that may interest Polish viewers?

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Actually, this is what I find weird. Battle of Grunwald and Battle of Kircholm documentaries should've skyrocketed easily. When Reply History channel (pretty much dead right now) made a video about Battle of Warsaw 1920 it got half a million views in mere days. The same should have happened with other battles you presented. Hm... Battle of Vienna or Battle of Klushino should do the trick easily, or Battle of Bzura. Just remember that when it comes to Russian historians (I'm referring mostly to battle of klushino here) are far from being unbiased. If you need any help with sources, just let me know via priv :) P.S. Try to put word "Poland" in the title or at least in the description. That should make the algorithm to show your video to Poles. Unfortunately word "Polish" doesn't do the trick. P.S. 2 Did you saw "The Unconquered" video on youtube?

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will probably remake Grunwald, as graphics on that video are outdated. Love the Battle of Warsaw and eventually will do a video on it. :-) Yeah, Vienna and Klushino are planned. I will tell you when I start working on those. Thanks for the advice, I changed the titles and descriptions a little bit. OMG, THAT VIDEO GAVE ME CHILLS! I mean Sean Bean is great, but with a Polish history on top of that, it becomes majestic! I remember that I created like a little girl when I first read about the Warsaw uprising of 1944. One of the worst things USSR ever did. Maybe, I need to make a video on that. Is this movie in production right now?

[@0clock275]

Nice video man, keep going

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for being with us :-) Please, share the video if you have a chance. :-)

[@matthiasguenther6576]

Awesome. Great Work.

[@kostisapostolidis8441]

Amazing work keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you and please, share the video :-)

[@kimfr3050]

"If Crœsus attacks the persian empire, he will destroy a great empire" ~ the Oracle of Delphi

[@donttakeitpersonal8704]

At the end his own empire was conquered by Persia

[@kimfr3050]

@@donttakeitpersonal8704 this is exactly what the prophecy stated

[@nxtnotsaif8830]

This so good information from this channel

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Great video. Salamis is a great battle to read about. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

[@truegreekwarrior1831]

love live greece.!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

I am a big fanboy :-)

[@darktracker9627]

mashrure tanzim so will be for Islam

[@shottex9801]

Cyrus King They are greek - fanboys, you can't expect them to be educated. The Persians shat on the greek in most battles, the only reasons the greek stood a slight chance was because of internal trouble in the Persian Empire.

[@thelastmark2216]

TRUE GREEK WARRIOR 18 byzantines got buttfucked by the Sassanids.

[@yuhyuh5674]

roxana Irani they really didn't, look at the records, the Byzantines had superior forces and superior wealth, as they traded and produced huge amounts of resources, while the sassanids had to keep civil strife at bay

[@majidjamili2157]

As a Persian, I undestad we have had a long history ... but I have to confess the ancient Greek civilization is much more sohpisticated by all means. Respect and hope for re-union of these ancient powers .

[@freedomtosayno7880]

Great site! A reflective, contented mind is the best possession. - Zarathustra

[@TheChosen_ChannelEdition]

Luv dis vid i actually like it the animation was also Great and the map Were Realistic LIKE IT

[@kian6787]

I don’t hate Greece! From Persia 🇮🇷

[@armankamalzadeh8016]

I was reading comments and see people do compare that era with today's society. Come on people it was almost 2500 years ago. Of course, Greek democracy was not improved as it is today. Of course, Persian empire was not as religiously tolerant and human right advocate as some claim. However, they both make the grounds ready for today's developement.

[@KingsandGenerals]

+Arman Kamalzadeh ^

[@gleeart]

Just cut off the power supply & it'll start looking like 2500 years ago remarkably quickly.

[@00Trademark00]

Many people project the modern world onto the ancient one and the Hollywood is a big offender in this regard. Unfortunately, these projections obscure the motivations and reasoning of the ancient peoples (and rulers). Some things then appear nonsensical and are hard to understand. A feudal lord switching sides in a middle of a battle isn't a "traitor" (in the sense treason is understood nowadays...he's still a backstabbing bastard). That makes no sense prior to the emergence of the nation state and nationalism. Feudal lords do not care about the "motherland" or whatever, they care about their own fiefdoms. Their subjects care about their own smaller ones and the peasants care very little who the lord is as long as taxes are low and as long as they are protected from raids. Ancient empires were a bit different in that they did not run on a feudal basis (which is probably also why they often both gained lands and were conquered so quickly) but nobody was a Persian or Macedonian "patriot" and apart from some actual Romans from the city of Rome itself, nobody was a Roman patriot either.

[@bagiee1]

It seems that you got things the other way around. "Democracy" today is Not as Improved as it was in Ancient Athens. Today's so called "Democracy", (which is No Democracy at All), is just a shadow of what the real Democracy was in Ancient Athens.

[@00Trademark00]

Vagelis 4VP: You can't possibly have an assembly of all citizens decide everything if your population is in millions. Switzerland (with their high degree of decentralization and many referenda) is probably the closest you can get to that in the modern setting. Also, note that unlike today in the Greek city states all women and poor men did not have right to vote. And of course not all city states were democracies, some, like Sparta, were monarchies.

[@pcacces4762]

oh man the song at the end is sure inspired by in the house in a heartbeat

[@proconsul6840]

music at 2:00 is called "Pray for mercy" by Experia, for those wondering.

[@MakisthegreatG7]

Ver very good job but you did not mention the fact that in the battle of thermopylae the greek army was betrayed by a fellow greek called ephialtes. It was a crucial turning point since the persians did not know the terrain and ephialtes gave them this knowledge. You have done a wonderful video

[@ehsannayo7478]

We new frinds😅

[@richpontone1]

What is left out of this video is documenting the genius of Themistocles. It was he that insisted in Athens spending vast monies in creating a large fleet of triremes, which were fast sleek vessels that acted as high speed battling rams in sinking the wider, slower Persian ships. Each ship could destroy several vessels in a battle. It was he who planted disinformation by having double agents who gave the Persian commanders the wrong information before the battle of Salamis. The Persians were incorrectly informed that the Greeks were arguing with each other and would not provide a fight when confronted by the Persian fleet. They were in for a real surprise. It was he who provided the overall Greek naval strategy that forced Xerxes and most of his army to leave Greece as without ships, they could not be supplied with food, reinforcements and weapons. Only a small force was left behind and were easily defeated. For his brilliance and leadership, he was banished later from Athens.

[@johnhenrix3894]

Love the editing

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching. :-)

[@matthewperry5121]

Great video thank you

[@aleksk4151]

Respect to Greece from Bulgaria.

[@aleksk4151]

lol no i just sometimes like to troll them :D but i'm not serious i just playing around

[@herodotus1601]

reading about peloponnesian and corrinthian wars taught me a lot about greek history . such a rich culture .

[@brandonhernandez371]

Binging old videos in honor of 100k and I'm a new sub so I haven't seen any of the videos past like 4 months ago

[@KingsandGenerals]

Welcome aboard. So, previously we were a Let's Play channel, but as we aren't doing that anymore, these videos are hidden. But we were good, I promise. :-)

[@brandonhernandez371]

Kings and Generals oh i agree I've already seen dozens of video they're all good this is one of my favorite channel

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-) There will be a new one tomorrow!

[@literallyjuststairs6765]

I love how the Greeks and the Persians were having a massive and intense war that went back and forth over and over again and caused a lot of damage to both sides, but then Alexander the Great just goes and conquers all of Persia

[@Sonofanarchi]

Alexander was able to remain the king of Iran for only seven years ... If you look at history a little fairly, you would also consider the situation in Iran during the reign of Darius III in Alexander's historical victory ... Undoubtedly, the Iranians were the cause of most of Iran's defeats It happened inside the country.

[@saeedvazirian1620]

alexander was defeated by the Persians, making Darius III win. The Persians always win. Iran won.

[@literallyjuststairs6765]

@@saeedvazirian1620 i thought he died of sickness

[@ninjaa6952]

@@saeedvazirian1620 how did Iran win you became Greek slaves for 200 years under Greek Kings. Your army was shattered by Alexander then the Greeks had fun with ur woman and you never got ur revenge and set foot in the heart of Greece.

[@brightburnedits4278]

Then Iranian parthians removed greeks from the map greeks never ruled after seluicid for 2000 years lol

[@ubersoldier71]

As a Greek I have to say you did a pretty good job here. Very informative video. Keep up the good work, bravo. Εύγε! In Greek

[@yornanortez5490]

Well explain bravo.

[@samuelmargueret9626]

When a kingdoms win against invaders , they turn on each other only for the power !! Human are so great !! A incredible video Keep Going on

[@unseen23221]

They didnt have a clue how macedonia would retaliate

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

I mean, this battle was 150 years before Alexander’s conquests, so they really couldn’t have known.

[@SantomPh]

at the time Macedonia was actually a tributary state to Persia. Alexander I (not the famous one) even sent a herald on behalf of the Persians to Themistocles, before Xerxes sent actual Persians to Athens and Sparta.

[@gametester490]

alexander came from previous persian land, so soldier bron bastard of a sort

[@nikosx6905]

Alexander and makedonia is Greek (ancient makedonia land is still in Greece), you are vardaska and always have been

[@azraelbatosi]

Around 7:55 or 8:00 you say “east winds” should it be “west winds” or am I misunderstanding something about horizontal sail ships, which I very well could be. Nbd anyways, but I’m curious

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep. Our mistake

[@josie6497]

Very helpful TY

[@jengaaaaa]

When I hear the drums, I get hyped!

[@amirxj4077]

After xerexos, Ardeshir 1 known as long hand, and Darius ll, payed 30.000 gold coins to the spartan and peloponnese wars started (431-404 BC). Athens destroyed by spartan troops + Persian golds, and all lands which had separated from Persia, returned. Now after 2500 years Iran & Greece are good friends 💙💙💙

[@persianwithazin1290]

Artaxerex I and Darius II were doing well 😁 love them