Battles of Chaeronea (86 BC) and Orchomenus (85 BC) Mithridatic Wars DOCUMENTARY

Mithridates VI of Pontus was one of the rulers deemed the Enemy of Rome by the historians, and rightly so. He and his allies waged three wars against the Roman Republic, killed thousands of the citizens and stemmed the Roman expansion for three decades. In this documentary, we are describing the events of the first Mithridatic war (89-85 BC) in which Pontic army fought against the future Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, with the central battles of Chaeronea (86 BC) and Orchomenus (85 BC). We are planning to cover the Second and the Third Mithridatic Wars, and the struggle between Lucullus an Pompey on one side and Mithridates and Tigranes on the other.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

I wonder what kind of religious war we can start here. Oh, I know, Venus is way better than your Ishtar!

[@joanmasdeu4600]

Kings and Generals cover some of the expansion of the crown of aragon in the mediterranean please

[@umaransari9765]

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[@Marshal_Rock]

Kings and Generals Nonono, Mars! Mars Exulti!!

[@VladTevez]

+Kings and Generals Idea for an ancient religious war: Maccabeans vs Seleucides...

[@tullussulla6167]

Mars is not pleased that he wasnt mentioned...

[@ddlithuania819]

Not releated, but my history teacher started using your videos to show us how interesting history, especially war history is. Our grades have already increased. Thanks

[@tgamerent5152]

dD Lithuania I wish this channel was doing this '10-'14 during my high school term. I love the way officiallydevin sounds when narrating!

[@martialkintu2035]

dD Lithuania I wish I had such teachers.

[@priscillapena3366]

@@tgamerent5152 hell yea class of 2014!!

[@CelticSaint]

@@martialkintu2035 Many of your teachers would love to do this, but their time is totally tied up by paperwork and their hands are tied by what they are ALLOWED to teach in the national curriculum.

[@jamesodom4980]

dD Lithuania, I hope he’s a patron then

[@ColasTeam]

The life of a Roman general sure was hard: Fighting on the field, in his own camp, fighting abroad, fighting on the sea and fighting even at home.

[@KingsandGenerals]

No rest for the wicked, eh?

[@Robert399]

Every one of them was a politician too. We shouldn't construct a myth of the military heroes vs. the ungrateful, backstabbing politicians; it was politicians vs. other politicians, some of whom were talented generals.

[@TheBayzent]

And if he was on "the wrong side" during the internal conflics, he got purged

[@MrJamesLongstreet]

@@TheBayzent Yep, they played for keeps

[@Diogolindir]

@@Robert399 yeah and Sulla even as a some sort of tyrant managed to pass some good-ish reforms to try to prevent another men to get the power he got. He was a decent politician in my opinion.

[@patplo2902]

Mithridates lived until his 70's. It's said that he drank micro-doses of all known poisons to be immune. He was considered one of the Romans greatest enemies.

[@strikefall2218]

His generals would make alexander's boner go away

[@AbdelEmperor]

Chris Dynamo they didnt read the art of war

[@WeAreCamels]

Chris Dynamo Don't forget that this is from the account of Romans and historians of that time tended to exaggerate.

[@MrRinoHunter]

Arm chair generals, calm yourself. You would of pissed your pants at the 1st sight of dust.

[@Zargabaath]

MrRinoHunter - Bro, I'd listen to him, he's completed every Rome II campaign on Legendary difficulty within 3 turns. I'd know, I'm his sensei.

[@kaloarepo288]

Mithradates' son Pharnaces unsuccessfully continued the struggle against Rome and was defeated by Julius Caesar at the battle of Zela -it was concerning this battle that Caesar uttered his memorable lines In his Memoirs) -"I came, I saw, I conquered" -not during his Gallic Wars as is commonly believed.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, basically, there were 4 Pontic wars.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Wow that's amazing!!

[@kaloarepo288]

Peach I did study ancient history at school and have maintained an interest ever since.Mithradates is an interesting king because of the way he tried to poisonproof himself by taking different poisons in small doses and the way in which he took on the greedy Roman Republic and nearly won.I have also read historical novels on the subject and watched dvds of operas set in the period likeMITRADATE RE DI PONTO by Mozart and IL FARNACE by Vivaldi.

[@seanhealy1578]

@@kaloarepo288 apparently when he was eventually captured by the Romans he tried to commit suicide via poison, but since he'd built up such an immunity he wasn't able to kill himself

[@julianratering8500]

@@danieleriksson5587 Yeah it's believed by some historians that he shared it with his two daughters (his wifes were dead at that point). It also seems more plausible.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Wow, some of these numbers are huge. It's really hard to imagine how they managed thier logistics.

[@Braila2000]

The numbers are exagerated

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

I had to during my studies. I can't imagine how historians are estimating real number from that. But to be honest, every battle that happened before the late middle ages is up to discussion. Especially the numbers.

[@Oikos1602]

It's true that the numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, especially when the enemies of rome heavily outnumbered them. Yet, you must take into account that during the pre-marian military structure, it was much harder for Rome to attain greater military numbers. So, it is very plausible that Rome had much lower numbers during battles yet they were heavily equipped and had much more discipline than their Eastern or Northern barbarian counterparts where either conscripts with low morale were taking part in battles or where population was heavily unregulated, creating a large population influx. Meaning they could field much larger numbers.

[@gerardvdelshout]

Kamil Szadkowski pontus had most of Anatolia before the Justinian Plague hit it... millions of people lived there, check Augustus Census.

[@JenksAnro]

They are relatively large, but there are plenty of well documented battles that are far larger in the ancient world

[@gavinsmith9871]

Sulla pulled a Caesar before it was cool

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, the Romans loved their field fortification.s

[@gavinsmith9871]

budibausto yes, but Caesar is a cooler name then Sulla. So ya...

[@gavinsmith9871]

budibausto nah, im just a Caesar fanboi is all

[@taylorcooper6361]

Gavin Smith I got ancho socialist; ) (-8 -8 )

[@tylerdurden3722]

Sulla was the reason the senate was scared of Ceasar and fled Rome. When Sulla pulled a Caesar he slaughtered the opposition. He probably got the idea when slaughtering the opposition in Athens worked so well there.

[@JeremyStittsandtheJourney]

Man, those were the days!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@dufferdude1205]

Mithridates those were not the days. Have you any idea who any non-combatants had to die during the process. Think modern war fair would do even worse

[@timothykimemia5681]

Right!

[@ethericboy]

@@dufferdude1205 "War Fair" Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahohohohoheeehhhehehehehe, Its spelled WARFARE you illiterate! :) :==() And "WHO the non-combatants were WE`LL NEVER KNOW lol. I think you meant "How Many" hehehe, R U Dyslectic Mr Bruce by Default?

[@reidmaxwell8874]

Mr Bluntforce T dude did you have a fucking stroke

[@Bravco509]

Chariots, especially scythe chariots, were a tool of fear. They were especially good at skirmishing and harassing the flanks of large, bulky forces such as the Roman infantry. However, in direct combat, they only really had an impact on light cavalry and infantry. However, the mistake was a geographical one. Greece's mountainous terrain greatly hindered Archelaus's chariots by taking their ability to skirmish properly out of the equation. In such a situation, Archelaus's chariots should have been kept in reserve as reinforcements, not as the vanguard. Scythe chariots are too unpredictable. Essentially, though one could argue that Pontus had the more versatile force, Roman pragmatism won the day. Sulla was a true Roman.

[@TheBayzent]

By the time of Rome, Chariots were kinda meh, not very effective against phalanxes and easily counterable, as seen in the video...Elephants tho...

[@BOSIE321]

Interesting comment.The success of Elephants in a lot of battles that I've read about comes when they are deployed as reserves (especially Pyrrhus who seemed to use this very efficiently) and I wonder if chariots might have been better used in this way. The danger in using them in the vanguard is that the enemy has probably already set in motion plans to counter them and when this happens they tend to retreat backwards and crush/disrupt your own line.

[@lightweight9815]

Thanks for the advice, I'm gonna take that into account, when planning my next rebellion.

[@jamesuk5784]

I wonder if any faction recognised that using elephants / chariots in a head on charge for the most part was inefficient as the enemy would counter them being prepared.

[@jamesuk5784]

Examples such as Battle of Zama and the Battle of Gaugamela where both chariots and elephants were easily defeated.

[@DarkKing009]

No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full

[@wfobeor]

"a lannister always pays his debts"

[@julianratering8500]

@@maligjokica Those works are soooooo interesting and quite easy to read actually! Even though Plutarch is sometimes mistaken.

[@mac2857]

except Sertorius

[@antoniocarbone2398]

That's why i love classic history, armies were huge, great and strong empires clashed each other, generals achieved victories around distant locations, traders and explorers went as far as India and further, cities were populated and looked astonishing with great monuments and so many different cultures that shared knowledge. Medieval era is pretty boring compared to old times.

[@JaLiberal]

That is so true! I never understood how come medival times are so popular while classical antiquity from 600 BC to 400AD always seemed to me more epic. I wonder why most of the fantasy books are set in medival fantasy and barely anyone touched the subject of putting them in ancient times.

[@strikefall2218]

because ancient times are too happy compared to the dark, fantasy world the medieval ages truly was, humanity didnt progress further, they progressed back.

[@strikefall2218]

the only thing i find interesting after 1500s are religious wars and HRE stuff

[@samwrihiro]

+Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix I alway liked the napoleonic wars but I never did like the medival era

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Someday you'll all learn that all eras are fascinating in their own way. I personally find medieval and pike&shot periods to be most interesting mostly because how much misunderstood they are. But I still like to learn new things about any other period. +Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix" reading about the 17th and 18th centuries is static to my eyes" --- Literally, whole empires were born or entirely wiped out form maps during that time. Many battles of XVII century could potentially be counted as the most insane when it comes to the difference in numbers and won by the outnumbered side. Moreover, XVII century saw probably one of the biggest cavalry charges in history but ok... +JaLiberal " I never understood how come medival times are so popular" -- For decades if not centuries Middle Ages were either overlooked or misrepresented and stigmatized. Now I think this time this period got attention it deserves.

[@wolfm33]

I know i said it before but excellent work on these videos. As a Greek i am always glad to see battles of the Hellenistic period.

[@jattfitness3136]

Make Greece Hellenistic religion again

[@wolfm33]

Pontus was a Hellenistic Kingdom , meaning it had substantial Hellenic influence , the ruling class certainly spoke Greek and proclaimed itself to be Greek but the common people were mostly locals meaning some Greek settlers from previous centuries and from the Alexandrian conquest but mostly locals who were less Helenized.

[@timurthelamest5630]

Pontus was a continuation of the Achaemenid Satrapy, it wasn't conquered by Alexander or properly controlled under the Hellenistic Empires. However, they were always surrounded by them so they gained more Hellenistic influence. The Royalty was descended from both Darius the Great and Alexander the Great's Generals, the Diadochi. Such rich lineage and history.

[@kostasmponis1386]

Pontus yes they where a satrapy kingdom under the persians but they forsaken theier persian origins and become a Hellenic kingdom so I think the people wanted to and they believed in greek gods and costums also fight in the same style of the Greeks

[@timurthelamest5630]

@@kostasmponis1386 Give me evidence of them forsaking their Persian origins. They fought and dressed in both Eastern and Western styles. We know that they had multiple religions but the royalty were pagans who mixed in Zoroastrianism with Greek polytheism.

[@jonharper8963]

Ah Sulla, the general who thought he was saving the republic but instead was a big cause of its downfall. It's said after being persuaded not to proscribe Caesar he said 'I see many a Marius in him'

[@legendofe3031]

Jon Harper I agree. Although Sulla walked away from absolute power and gave the power back to the senate, at a time when he could have become a king without any opposition. He later died peacefully in bed out of old age: unique amongst famous Roman generals who would all later die violent deaths.

[@lucascampana2993]

Legend of E30 Scipio also died peacefully in his bed, but he was banished from Rome for his growing power. So i guess these two cornelius are good examples of the progression of the republic's response to generals who accumulated power before what happened with cesar.

[@jonharper8963]

Legend of E30, Sulla was indeed quite unique but it's arguable that he could only retire because he'd put himself in a position to do so. He'd already proscribed most of his political enemies and he had the support of his veterans, no one in their right mind would make a move against him. It's telling that his legislation only began to be ratified after his death, not while he was still alive. The only other person to voluntarily retire was Diocletian, which I think is telling as to what absolute power (or the threat of action in the case of Sulla) can do.

[@viveleroi4214]

Sulla save the Republic. From Pontus, Socii, Popularis. Then when Popularis triumph the republic fall into empire.

[@RambleOn07]

Abelardo Ravanal Sulla was the first man to claim the position of dictator for life. He established nearly all of the mechanisms that were later used to end the Republic.

[@Argentarius11]

Well Done!!! Maybe some day Sulla's lost autobiography will be found. Then we can have a highly detailed account of these stunning battles. Sulla is one of the scariest of the great Romans. He was as brilliant on the battle field as he was heartless. He seems to not have had a conscious or not much of one. He could be both fox and lion. I don't recall that ever lost a battle although the his reported casualties figures, like Caesar's, were probably highly inflated. However, he kicked the holy shit out of every general ever sent against him.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@ratkingjr.9560]

Cornelius Sulla just wiped the paved roads with Pontus, even with lesser numbers. That's fantastic, his nose didn't deserve to disappear from his bust

[@forren9299]

to be fair it would have been interesting if Mithridates himself met with Sulla in battle. its a pity Sulla wasnt ood enough to be the end of Mithridates VI.

[@JenksAnro]

more to do with the political situation than him not being good enough, Sulla was an excellent general and Rome had excellent soldiers.

[@thegreatnoldini]

Sulla was a dickhead. Definitely deserved to lose his nose

[@zulfyby]

He was outnumbered 3 to 1 and still whooped their asses. Really that gives me great respect for the Roman Legionaire

[@sunjian5458]

Me: "Wow! This Sulla guy is a really good general! I wonder why I haven't heard more about him?" *Looks him up and realizes its Sulla from the Reign of Terror* Me: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@TheBayzent]

Well, they say that you either die a Hero or live long enough to become a villain...

[@i.k.320]

I'm proud Greek from Pontos 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@andizlack8666]

Great video! I'm reading Adrienne Mayor's recent book on Mithridates and it's fascinating. Couple quick tidbits I found extremely interesting that wasn't mentioned here: The mass killing of Romans across Anatolia also included people who sought refuge in temples, including one of the 7 "ancient wonders", The Temple of Artemis. That M got away with this and that the people supported him really shows how strongly the Romans in the area were hated. One other thing that really struck me was Sulla's total authoritarian control of his military and his willingness to do anything to beat his enemies. His battles with the Marius faction are well known but he also pillaged a bunch of sacred sites in Greece, including Delphi, and even cut wood from Pluto's Academy to build siege engines to take Athens. I don't remember there being a death count, but the way the razing of the city was described, it sounded a lot like how the Romans destroyed Carthage and Corinth 60ish years earlier. Mayor mentioned that historians also noted that it took some 200 years for Athens to recover.

[@ShadowGMA]

Bu-but I don't want to play as Pontus

[@adrianjezierski8093]

Whaaat, they had Phalanx and lost?? Can any Roman unit even beat bronze shield pikemen

[@Mrkabrat]

@@adrianjezierski8093 Velites will do a number on them. Also auxiliary baleric slingers and cretan archers. No need to engage a pike wall when you have ranged and cavalry troops

[@user-it2hc6bx5t]

@@Mrkabrat unless the pike user has the same skirmishing power and ranged units.... Then you are forced to fight him.

[@Mrkabrat]

@@user-it2hc6bx5t Then you execute Operation Hilly Terrain; Cant fight in phalanx formation in uneven ground

[@user-it2hc6bx5t]

@@Mrkabrat He doesn't need to fight you if he can force you to come to him.. That's the whole point of having equal or better missile units + you always should have swords in reserve for such occasions. I don't remember Alexander having issues during his Balkan Campaign... Fighting on uneven ground is more a matter of discipline. Alexander's phalangites were capable of chariging up hill. A good example would be the Swiss mercenaries... Don't tell me Switzerland isn't hilly.. Yet they were famed for their pike formations.

[@abelaryan7796]

What I like the most about this channel is that this channel is very active at uploading videos, the documentary is great and the animation is awesome. I got very excited when this channel just uploaded a video 😇

[@CagdasYetkin]

I highly recommend the book: Poison King, the life of Mithridates by Adrienn Mayor. And Greek Fire Poison Arrows from the same author. Truly amazing reads.

[@fanmatrkhan271]

That's why i love classic history, armies were huge, great and strong empires clashed each other, generals achieved victories around distant locations, traders and explorers went as far as India and further, cities were populated and looked astonishing with great monuments and so many different cultures that shared knowledge. Medieval era is pretty boring compared to old times.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Fanmatr Khan another good book that covers this war, Sulla, and the wider political situation leading up to it, is The Storm Before The Storm by Mike Duncan.

[@IanMcCannURL]

Mithridates depresses me, he fought so many wars, so many overwhelming odds in his favor and did his best to restore a Greek empire. He wanted to live up to what he was called, the second Alexander. So many battles and him and his bastard son were destroyed by some of best Roman commanders of the age.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, bad timing, I guess. :-) Running straight at Sulla, Pompey and Caesar, bad luck.

[@michaellewis1545]

It always amazes me how many men that could be raised to fight in these ancient battles.

[@llatani6295]

I think the same !! Poor women ran out of men..!

[@krystofcisar469]

@@llatani6295 then imagine going back alive from some war :D

[@krzysztofroskowski8971]

This was so good, again. Music, video quality, cinematic scenes, battle map, commentary, everything perfectly combined.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@tyrannicfool2503]

Honestly if Mithridates had not pushed his luck with Rome and tried for conquests outsides its sphere of influence he could have created a state that could rival Rome, especially seeing how Pontus managed to be a thorn on the side of the Republic for so long.

[@alphagamer9505]

He only choices for expansion was either Rome esphere of influence or persia

[@geordiejones5618]

He was stuck between Rome and Parthia who both could outspend and outrecruit him. His only shot was a series of shocking victories or better timing and advantage via successive Roman civil wars. Though I imagine Caesar would have undone whatever he gained.

[@tommyd8679]

Can’t get enough of these videos. Really well made!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! More on the way!

[@nicolasnod7359]

This videos are amazing, the level of production and profesionalism is grand, even the music score is amazing.

[@c41pt41n]

These docs are amazing. They are informative, and really show the interesting side of military conquest. They are also designed so much better than other documentaries.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir!

[@harryjackson3867]

Hope to see the other 2 wars soon

[@joshhearn1600]

You guys are amazing i love these videos!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@cosairfps]

Great video, can't wait for the next episode!

[@HavanneZ]

this was so interesting and I like that you do documents about wars that are not so well known!

[@DrunkenStorm118]

Great video as always, hope to see more of Sulla, especially his struggle with Marius.

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

[@svasilop]

Great job once again and very enjoyable to watch. It amazes me how such large armies could be amassed so quickly again and again even after disastrous battles on either side. Compare 1,000 years later where after the disaster of Manzikert the Eastern Romans could not gather a big army again and most battles thereafter involved only small armies.

[@elitheprophet1206]

Thank you for the new video I've been waiting for quite some time

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for being patient. :-)

[@stevenpersoon]

One of your best videos, I really like the subject!

[@ASillyHistoryBuff]

Aw man I love the Mithridatic Wars! One of the only guys to get bogeyman status after Hannibal-and an interesting enemy of Rome I also feel there aren’t enough documentaries on Sulla and Marius who had such a profound impact on the fate of the Republic Fantastic video as always, cannot wait for the next one!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! More Roman wars planned

[@concept5631]

@@KingsandGenerals Nice

[@umaransari9765]

I have said this after watching ur every videos Brilliant video with good animation and very good narrator

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@gokuha8676]

Your videos are perfection I would like to make a few more suggestions: -Cyrus's conquests -Attila's conquests like battles he fought against West Rome -Hannibal?

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

Fabulous and Fantastic,thank you for increasing my knowledge about Rome and Pontus today.I never knew where Pontus was!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@luisrebellon4504]

Glad you’re doing classical warfare again, great job as always.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, there will be more!

[@ThebanTraveller]

Love this Remake :) I was waiting for this. So much happened after Alexander's Death in those regions. Hope to see more of the Diadochi era

[@KingsandGenerals]

There will be a full series on the Diadochi wars. :-)

[@jozzieokes3422]

​@@KingsandGenerals yes there is! 🤝

[@julianratering8500]

Yes! Finnaly someone posting about Mithradates VI. I did a major project on him and it's hard to find any material online. The Mithridatic Wars are underrated sadly :(. Hope to see the other wars as well :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hopefully, we will cover them in future. :-)

[@talhagulhan6071]

I am an historian from the University of Copenhagen and I really like your videos! Please keep them coming!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@bakarandguladze]

Wooowww that's already something unexpected!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will!

[@ardahanozdenboyac4407]

With speed like a wind and quality like a gold... first presses like button then watches the video AWESOME!

[@observer4749]

Another great documentary 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you.

[@p03saucez]

My favorite K&G videos are the ones covering Roman conflicts. Amazing work guys.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks. More Roman stuff on the way. :-)

[@serskippa5058]

Man I love Sulla. One of my top 5 favorite Romans. Can't wait for more

[@g1a18]

thank you,King and Generals,

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@contasemperfil]

Love ❤️ this format

[@benjaminenos984]

Really well done video, lots of information and very enjoyable!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! More on the way. :-)

[@novzki]

Wow! I never thought being a warrior, general, and politician was possible all at the same time. If politics is tough now, politics was way tougher back then. Another great video K&G. I always appreciate the narration on the background history of these conflicts. Keep up the good work!

[@KingsandGenerals]

More videos on Sulla planned. :-)

[@florinsava9587]

@@KingsandGenerals That would be great, Sulla was a fascinating individual, perhaps unique in history, but largely forgotten today. He got a lot of bad publicity in his time and immediately after because of the proscriptions, but now we're farther removed from that time so we can appreciate his accomplishments at true value. PS: The proscriptions were totally justified in my opinion, while Sulla was fighting the Mithridatic wars, his enemies in Rome were killing his friends and family, burning his house down, and sending an army to fight him. What did his enemies expect after this treatment, that Sulla would thank them?

[@lolaussan1690]

Great work

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@imperatorpalpatine1351]

thank you for your services

[@pankajchouhan2930]

Dear Kings and General The Graphics and narration is so excellent that is a treat to eyes and ears. This makes Studying History more interesting and loving, God Bless You!!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@MalayArcher]

History channel's Decisive Battles 2.0 ;)

[@komlen95]

history channel is shit man

[@Puff_Freckleburger]

History Channel? Don't you mean Conspiracy Channel?

[@Fordo007]

I miss that show... but it got me into Total War

[@FaheemKhan-lz1yj]

great presentation

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@Kees247]

Wow a lot of new material these weeks. I am enjoying it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@user-gs5re1lr4c]

I love music in all your videos, it always hypes me up

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad to hear that - we spend hours adding the music and SFX. :-)

[@gokuha8676]

Amazing Video and Looking forward to your next video Mithridates IV was of Persian and Greek decent a total badass that combined the best of both worlds

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! More on the way!

[@gokuha8676]

No Thank you. You are awesome!

[@papafrancesco2937]

Mithridatic is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@theeagle5939]

Famous generals and best generals: In my opinion 1. Alexander the great : exceptional commander , great general, great leader -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Zhuge Liang: exceptional commander, superior general, good leader -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sun Tzu : 3. khalid bin al walid: great commander, superior general, good leader 3. Sima Yi: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Hannibal: great commander , good general , good leader 4. Salah Al-din : superior commander , superior general , superior leader ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Gaius Marius: 5. Scipio Africanus: 5. Lucius Sulla: superior commander , superior general, good leader 5. Caesar: 5. Genghis Khan: 5. Napoléon: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Erwin Rommel : superior commander, superior general, poor leader ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Mithridatic: good commander , good general, poor leader 7. Hitller : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Benito Mussolini: poor commander, good general, poor leader ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- key : 1-exceptional 2-great 3-superior 4-good 5-poor {#Commander: command in battle. general: strategy, tactics , logistics, leading armies, relationship with politics.. . leader: political, military, managements, trade , production, philosophy.... .}.

[@evilseedsgrownaturally1588]

The eagle you are weird as fuck my friend. Lets hang out!

[@cage94123567890]

You know, I was just doing my best yesterday to learn about Chaeronea, but really struggled to find decent info, so thanks a bunch for this. It's like you read my mind

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@Sinaimedve007]

High five, my King! Another amazing cover of a way underrated war. I must admit I wasn't aware that Sulla was such a badass. This was a real treat!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate it! :-) There will be more on the Roman history.

[@Sinaimedve007]

Kings and Generals My General, I mean I k ew about Sulla and his purges and civil war, but his eastern campaigns are new to me. Would you also cover the Roman Civil War, the pompeian-ceasar war, the fall of the republic?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, all on our list.

[@kalashnikov5038]

This was amazing, can't wait for the Mongols though! :D

[@KingsandGenerals]

Sunday. :-)

[@nifantg5441]

great

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Kings and Generals That will be the highlight of my week

[@heavenwatcher100]

Good battle to add to Roman's quest for Mare Nostrum. I didn't know Pontus and Armenia were quite powerful at this time. We Han Chinese at that time merely know the Roman Empire,the Parthian Empire, Yuezhi/Kushan Empire as well as old rivals like Xiongnu were powerful states like Han dynasty. Such an astounding fact that Parthia was actually attacked by Armenia and had to ask Romans for help despite their own rivalries.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, we all are connected one way or another.

[@heavenwatcher100]

Well, the Kushan Empire was 300 yrs into the future, but its precursor Yuezhi already had contact with Han China during this period. You can refer to Zhang Qian's envoy to this region between 139 BC and 126BC. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Qian) Throughout his trip, he had to escape from escorts of Xiongnu, which already had wars and truces with Han for a century. The Roman Empire was known by us later indeed, but not as late as you said. In the second half of Han dynasty(Eastern Han instead of Western Han), we learned the presence of Roman Empire and recorded Roman Empire as Daqin(大秦） or Fulin (拂箖 later used to describe Byzantine) This happened roughly around 1st century AD and 2nd century AD.

[@onemoreminute0543]

This docu series on the Mithridatic Wars is one of my favourites

[@kallum164]

Really enjoy the videos you guys make Keep it up 👍🏻

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, will do!

[@G0kia]

My name is Pontus so hearing my name over an over again is so wierd hahaha! Awesome video!

[@umaransari9765]

Gokia not funnt

[@jattfitness3136]

Edward Archer damn dude stay safe people will be hostile to 7 year olds here Watch pewdiepie and learn more.history

[@isiahmaliklevantezimmerman6570]

Gokia My name is Roman. I feel you.

[@igorzoric7723]

Man, this Sulla fella sure knew what he was doing.

[@neutralfellow9736]

Excellently summed up. Very good video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@gofurmia6997]

Makes me happy everytime a new video comes ❤️️

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on Sunday. :-)

[@adrianbrunner8]

9:23 , good themed music at this moment ;)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you. :-)

[@adrianbrunner8]

Kings and Generals Did you never get into time trouble to finish a documentary?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Always. :D

[@adrianbrunner8]

Kings and Generals :-)

[@Ioannis_Moraitis]

One correction, th city in western Greece is Thermon not Argos. Good video though!

[@KingsandGenerals]

True, the more important Argos is to the south. But not his one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphilochian_Argos

[@Ioannis_Moraitis]

Kings and Generals Oh ok then. I am from that region but I didnt know that there was another Argos. But still I believe that Thermon was the capital of the Aetolian League. Thanks for the correction though.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for being so attentive. :-)

[@nevermind2161]

Thank you for uploading

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@ShortHandedNow]

Fantastic video as always!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@tcc5750]

14:11 Man Sulla was really quite something, I always remembered him for his tyranny and homosexuality, but it seems he was a really good general.

[@forren9299]

he was fighting the second bests of the Pontus Generalship. It would have been interesting to see him tangle with the big boys.

[@barraganimperator4420]

Lewis Mackay true

[@forren9299]

including Caesar?

[@44Minutes100]

Well unlike Sulla, Caesar made one crucial mistake that cost him his life - trusting his associates too much.

[@godking]

@@forren9299 He did win a grass crown. Rome's highest military award.

[@garvvyas6664]

Hannibal: I'm rome's greatest enemy Attalia the Hun: No I'm rome's greatest enemy Mithridates: *Ameteurs*

[@Feelthepaintoo]

Another excellent documentary!! Great job

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on Sunday!

[@WhiteFalcon_EA]

Great one! Now I am even more curious about that period.

[@KingsandGenerals]

There will be more on the Roman history.

[@lolaussan1690]

I wish you in video next battle of zama

[@erniesbiscuits8691]

Where does the battlefield graphics come from? ROME 2?

[@RiftZM]

Yes.

[@domitiusseverus1]

Excellent. So good to see this history get a thorough and accurate treatment

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! More on the way!

[@mevlanisufi2100]

I always love videos about roman empire :) Your work is much appreciated.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! More on the way!

[@RexGalilae]

Come to think of it, what most likely kept Mithridates from claiming historic fame was a stubborn general who never learnt from mistakes

[@forren9299]

to be fair he did better than most other enemies of Rome,he conquered a sizeable kingdom in 10 years and made Rome tremble for years. its most likely because its an obscure war that happened not long before a massive series of civil wars that would have made people less inclined to write about it. in the medieval period so many nobles looked up to Mithridates as an example of how an aristocrat should be.

[@Fengris]

Sulla is so much underrated in history. In fact he is the General next to Ceasar.

[@dizzyguygunner]

I FREAKIN LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Freakin thank you! :-)

[@horatio50000]

Great Videos, more on Sulla please!

[@motorola1543]

Lit video. 2nd comment, only to you, Kings and Generals.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for your support. :-)

[@mikegr2840]

im Pontian we are the last Romans "Ρωμαιοι" and we speak Rwmeika ancient Greek dialect.

[@thesoundinyourhead1782]

@DRMZ Hax hahahaha turks were in Central Asia eating rice during the ancient hellenistic, Roman and byzantine era.

[@Nugeorge]

Excellent episode guys!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir!

[@jameskelman9856]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@princeofscythia8856]

And after Spartacus vengeance! Spartacus series must come :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Interesting, we will need to consider that. :-)

[@princeofscythia8856]

Thank you, this mean CRY OF FREEDOM has coming

[@christermi]

Prince of Scythia Spartacus....pls explain ... I need to know :)

[@princeofscythia8856]

Do you know Spartacus series :) Cladius Glaber and his legions asked to help thracians and Spartacus for Mitritades pontus king and story was begin :)

[@SomeCenturio93]

Ooh I hope there will be a video on the Servile Wars and Spartacus someday.

[@Cheeseman42046]

Can we please rename all towns in Asia back to Greek names

[@dylanmartin7604]

I watch your video's all the time, really enjoy them, I checked to see if i was subscribed and i for my surprise wasn't, so i instantly hit the red button because you deserve a lot more credit then 156K :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you and welcome aboard! :-)

[@richpontone1]

First, there is a two minute delay between the text and the narration in this video, but it is still very very good. Second, this is was the key to Mithidrates absolute defeat. He fancied himself and to all others, as the reincarnation of Alexander the Great. But the first Alexander always led from the front and always fought with his army. This Mithidrates fought hundreds of miles away from his palace. I presume he was more worried about someone else taking his throne, a very real threat and was always calculating in how to create his replacement army. Lastly, it is amazing how Sulla commanded his army the same way as Julius Caesar did later. Both knew exactly how to reinforce those parts of their armies that were facing defeat.

[@Suite_annamite]

@12:17: You mean "the Roman left" (ie. Pontic right) and "the Roman right" (Pontic left).

[@ekn_38]

5:26 Viserys Targaryen confirmed

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, GoT is pretty historical at times. :-)

[@BatkoMahnovets]

Haven't the Parthians kill Crasus that way too? Or I am remembering wrong?

[@domitiusseverus1]

BatkoMahnovets Yep. And for the same reason: to punish a treasure loving warmonger

[@szymonm2980]

Domitius Severus Also emperor Valerian I was killed in that way as well as one of the conquistadors don't remeber the name

[@Robi2009]

It was Pedro de Valdivia in 1553. I also read this fate happened to some Spanish governor of Equador in 1599.

[@emanuelebitetto3494]

Kings and Generals is the best channel of warfare. Give precise informations.Sometime video and subtitles are not syncronized but not matters.

[@tavogx]

This... right there! Is a masterpiece. History channel should be taking notes. Amazing job sir.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much. :-)