History Summarized: Rome After Empire

[@Dyneamaeus]

"Tens of thousands living in a city built for millions" No insult to the peoples of that era, but that sounds like a fantastic D&D setting.

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Free world building concept in need of a good home. Will any kindhearted writer/DM please find it in their hearts to adopt? -B

[@zenebean]

Works in sci fi, fantasy, you name it

[@Samm815]

Reminds me of Wrath of the Righteous. Urban Warfare in a Fantasy Setting is awesome, and I wish it was used more.

[@theintrovertedarcanist984]

In at least one of the D&D worlds I’ve made, elves are actually future humans from an Earth just like ours, but with all the D&D magic and a whole lot of sci-fi stuff in there too. They basically pulled a few of themselves into the main fantasy world. “Hovering in the sky, miles above a barren mountain, is an entire elven city called Paris. Its centerpiece, the Eiffel Tower, sticks out of the mountain’s peak. But nobody, human or elf, is taking pictures of the city with their magical runes. Wandering around it, it would take a long time for you to find anyone walking down the street, sitting on the benches, or even in a house. “There’s roughly nine thousand people living in this gigantic city. That might sound like a lot to you and me, but according to its citizens, that’s nowhere near how high the numbers used to be. And that’s including the visiting humans, dwarves, and planar beings (the number of rakshasas is problematic, to say the least). Many have moved out into the surrounding mountain range and plains, forming something like suburbs. “The citizens tell of a long-gone age when Paris was filled with people from all around the world. How the city was partially abandoned after a ‘nuclear holocaust’, whatever that means. How, when their people began to travel to the stars, the city and its beauty- and, after a while, the nations of their home world Earth- were forgotten. “Paris is a shell of its former self, something unimaginably bustling, important… and alive. Worst of all, nobody makes good baguettes anymore!” -Traveler, unidentified

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

It kinda reminds me of Esper the Bard's solo campaign they did recently, where habitation is in small conclaves built inside of a great and terrible maze structure.

[@freyaaustin1250]

OSP has slowly been taking over my life and I’m not mad.

[@simeonwashington9995]

Not mad at all 😌 Osp are the best!

[@n3n4b33]

Not even a bit :3

[@AegixDrakan]

Same here, honestly. XD

[@vidaliawhyte4620]

Same

[@saintlybubbles280]

It already took over my life like 2 years ago

[@gergenthequietmetalhead4226]

Idea for a movie: The Goths forcibly have Rome abandoned, but neglect to evict one person, a drunkard so inebriated he did not notice his neighbors leaving until one day he sobers up enough to notice he's all alone in the city that once controlled the Mediterranean. The entire movie is him remembering the stories of this place while trying to figure out what happened to make everyone leave. Working title: The Last Man in Rome

[@ajiththomas2465]

Honestly, I'd pay money to watch a movie like that. Some story conceits that would have to be made in order to have an actual story going on besides a dude walking around an empty and sacked city could be that the MC is a student of a historian of Rome, so they know enough history to remember it but not a complete encyclopedic history. There could be flashback scenes of the MC and his historian mentor talking about historical stories while walking f through pre-sacked Rome. I guess for a story like this, where most of the screen time would be dedicated to 1 main character for the majority of the time as they wander an empty city, it pays to have some narrative mechanisms in place so that it doesn't become boring, ya know?

[@ModernEphemera]

Ooh or like a small stakes conflict between a few Romans who have a vendetta with a small band of Goths (maybe resisting eviction or for vengeance) set amongst a sprawling, monumental, statue-strewn, but eerily empty post-eviction Rome. If done right the visuals could be amazing. Less literally about the decline of Rome but more evoking it and using it to set the atmosphere

[@gergenthequietmetalhead4226]

@@ajiththomas2465 that is true, most average Romans wouldn't have known the history behind the politics that shaped their lives, without prior research and study that the majority wouldn't have had access to, a person with that background would be fun to follow for a movie. However, I was thinking of going into this with the angle of story's and information that average Romans were given through word of mouth and propaganda rather then actual history. The guy would be using his limited knowledge to make sense of his situation basically.

[@gergenthequietmetalhead4226]

@@ModernEphemera that would be cool! A smaller conflict mirroring the much larger conflict

[@ajiththomas2465]

@@gergenthequietmetalhead4226 I could see the MC being an average Roman plebian who tries to use his limited knowledge to make sense of the ruins of Rome. But at the same time, it makes you wonder why this dude didn't leave Rome years ago and move to the country side like all the other average Romans? Why even focus on stories when getting food is more important? Without the MC having a tangible connection to Roman history and literature, it wouldn't make sense for the MC to have ever stayed in Rome long enough to be the only one left there or why he wouldn't immediately leave. Plus, the knowledge of the average Roman is not the same thing as the knowledge of the average audience member. We'd be just as lost if not even more lost because the average audience member wouldn't have the slightest clue about what life and culture was like in Rome. Having the MC be a learned student of a historian helps fixes that because it provides a foundation of certainty to what the MC remembers and talks about and why he would stay in the sieged Rome instead of leaving a long time ago.

[@gormauslander]

4:54 this image is so... _evocative_ . There's such a lonely, melancholy tranquility. Imagine living in a nature-claimed city, once the greatest in the world, a seat of untold power moments before. You tend your farm and look up at these random columns still standing that your great grandfather carved for a kingdom that...doesn't exist?

[@CoralCopperHead]

I'm imagining it, and mostly I'm just trying to figure out why I suddenly started thinking about a dead guy I've never met who has no bearing on my life. Now I've shrugged it off and I'm back to my crops.

[@gormauslander]

@@CoralCopperHead so why do you watch history videos?

[@goncalo33]

@@gormauslander He's talking as if he was that farmer, i.e. questioning that thought process about the fallen and getting back to work.

[@TetsuShima]

There's an amazing comic about the Fall of the Western Empire called "Amiculus", in which the byzantines, after re-conquering Rome during the reign of Justinian, try to find out the fate of Romulus Augustulus while the last days of the boy as emperor are shown through flashbacks. Loved the way Orestes was portrayed here as a maniac obsessed with maintaining the Empire no matter what

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

I only know a comic when Rome was at its peak, defeating all the tribes Gaul... well almost all of it: one village was left

[@theperson8539]

@@cerebrummaximus3762 It wasn't at its peak yet, that would technically be under Trajan.

[@muhammadeisa1459]

It sounds awesome. Where can I read it?

[@eruiluvatar7155]

Huh, sounds interesting

[@youknowjuno145541]

What is the comic?

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I believe that Odoacer sacked Rome by throwing the Emperor down a shaft and watching him explode into a brilliant ball of blue energy. That's the only proper way to depose an Emperor and I'm quite certain I saw a fresco depicting this historical event. Just kidding. Odoacer spared the Emperor because that is the true Jedi way. And it wasn't depicted in a fresco. It was depicted in a mosaic!

[@hailghidorah2536]

Thank you for this vital history

[@yobaugst3369]

Thank you Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@Amanda-C.]

Took me three read-throughs to get the joke. You get an, 'Ey, I see what you did there! 😏 👉👉

[@mr.mystery9338]

Except Odoacer is like the sith. Just like all g*rms.

[@stephenquinn3447]

“Somehow, Romulus Augustulus returned”

[@merrittanimation7721]

The Byzantines, after the Gothic Wars: Okay so that war may have destroyed most of everything on the peninsula, but it's okay because the Goths are defeated and no one else is going to show up- The Lombards: 'Sup.

[@CollinMcLean]

Rome may have been persistent but unfortunately for them so were the Germans...

[@Dreagostini]

@@CollinMcLean If there's one thing we're good at it's causing chaos.

[@CollinMcLean]

@@Dreagostini From the Germanians, to the Anglo-Saxons, to the Norse, and to the Holy Roman Empire. And yes I know the Norse are Scandinavian and not geographically German but I am counting them since they're Germanic descended and spoke a germanic lagnuage.

[@Dreagostini]

@@CollinMcLean Well, they are a germanic people so you're correct. Angles, Jutes and Saxons descendet from the Peninsula of Jutland, which is Danish today and was it for many many centuries. They had the same pantheon, until Christianity hit, similar rites, etc.

[@Joshua-fq9tm]

imagine if the franks were successful when they tried to interfere

[@spazzyshortgirl23]

So Rome adopted my Grandpa (grew up in the depression on a farm). I always was bummed when I saw historical sites neglected. His perspective was always “very pretty, can’t use it for much tho.” (No object sentimentality for that man, only a no nonsense understanding of what is needed to live another day.” In many ways, he helped me understand that sometimes old things must die to allow the living to thrive…but other times, we work to preserve the beautiful.

[@louisharkna9464]

If it makes you feel any better Blue, I'm sure when they melted bronze statues & broke apart marble statues that those in charge made sure to concentrate on the most damaged pieces, from previous sacking & lack of maintenance. Even the most practically minded fall to sentimentalism.

[@adambielen8996]

Also that would just be less work.

[@CoralCopperHead]

Use it all, f*ck half-measures.

[@winterroadspokenword4681]

No, my dad is extremely unsentimental. He would melt down any old thing. He doesn’t care! Men like him exist

[@Dark_Tale_2077]

Seeing people living in the ruins gave me some post apocalyptic vibes. Very much how I would imagine people living in some ruins of big places such as New York city after a major catastrophe happened and its has been a few decades so nature has reclaimed some of it.

[@simeonwashington9995]

I always find this bit of history to be interesting. How Rome became the various countries we see today (like Italy). See all the Goths and Germanic tribes sweep through the west and seeing the rise of the Frankish people.

[@theyneverdid8912]

It's so comforting to know that Rome never really died, only changed and grew into what was needed by its people throughout the century... :)

[@JanusKastin]

I try very hard to keep that thought in mind when I look at what our current civilization is going through.

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

Good riddance.

[@atwcat9370]

@@JanusKastin Is what our current civilization going through war, state repression, unchecked latestage capitalism, popular fascist movements and unchecked global warming? Just asking, because that's certainly not going to help us.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

@@atwcat9370 it's all been bound to happen anyway. The more humans fought their culling factors, the worse and more untenable our situation became. The better we got at surviving, the more we ironically doomed ourselves

[@JanusKastin]

@@atwcat9370 I think the idea that we can adapt and continue to exist help when you're trying to decide if we even deserve to exist.

[@pneumaticpterodactyl4015]

Realizing that all the fantasy stories about people living among the ruins of a once great ancient kingdom are actually kinda about the fall of rome

[@kargaroc386]

They don't call it Romance for nothing!

[@feli-the-sunfairy]

Although the Normans are so far removed from Gauls that calling them that makes close to no sense, the symetry is almost poetic. So I can't be mad, very nice.

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

It's definitely a geographically based joke. Ethnically, the Christian-scandinavian-french Normans could not be more different than the earlier pagan Gauls of Brennus' days. But... Y'know, the meme. -B

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

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[@zealousdoggo]

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[@bobaoriley1912]

There so good I’ll take my chances with my soul. I was thinking about waiting for them to return at about this time so I am happy.

[@ellonico]

honestly normally i don’t buy stuff from youtube channels but you guys have been a staple in my life for 10 years now, so i’ll bite. love ur guys work!!!

[@Lilithksheh7723]

Shinies!

[@silvermagpie1071]

Who would win: the pins I already have and my wallet, or the shiny shiny pins

[@abbysmommy1205]

Congrats on 10 years of educating us plebs

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

A comma would be funny here.

[@lgachaboyyt]

Congrats on 10 years of educating, us plebs

[@Code_Lune]

“Rome, cannot die.” I have never heard truer words.

[@CoralCopperHead]

Or more unfortunate ones.

[@CMitchell808]

@@CoralCopperHeadOnly unfortunate if you’re of a certain clade.

[@Ara-mz3nt]

Kind of exciting that I’ve been following these guys since freshman year of high school. Now I’m a college sophomore and just declared last night as a history major. I blame OSP :)

[@RamblinPhoenix]

Blue, you got so close to talking about the Cluster-Fire that was Cola Di Rienzo. He "brought back" the Republic...for like 7 months in the 1300s. The "Idea of Rome" is a magical torch...but it tends to burn most who try and grasp it.

[@TetsuShima]

For those interested in the re-conquest of Rome by the byzantines, there's a 1968 german-italian film called "The Last Roman", in which Emperor Justinian is played by the legendary Orson Wells. It's pretty enjoyable, actually!

[@fish_n_chipz]

An Ostrogothic italy that manages to avoid Byzantine invasion somehow is actually one of my favorite alternate history scenarios actually, and I think it's really underrated. Without all the chaos and destruction of the gothic wars and invasions I wonder how much more prosperous and united medieval italy would have been under the Ostrogoths.

[@Boretheory]

I tried it in ck2 and I became richer than the Tang Dynasty in just 200 yrs of gameplay. The reppublics and the Silk Road can be ultra exploited

[@kylepeters8690]

The more I learn about Rome and it's empire, the more I respect and admire, while also desiring to laugh at it. Rome is the living version of that room on fire and saying it's fine meme, but for hundred of years. Rome is the kind of nation that hears it's dead, than asks why no one told it and goes to it's own funeral for giggles. How is there no SCP or eldritch god style thing related to Rome as a living being?

[@ale-xsantos1078]

Well there's still time for that!

[@knightsshade3590]

Technically Mother Harlot, form the Bible(Book of Revelation), is likely an allegory for Rome, but not in a positive light.

[@KraNisOG]

Hundreds? More like thousands.

[@felinesmite5170]

There was a cult for Rome the Goddess as a divine personification of the city that started around the 4th century BC and died out about 700 years later when the Empire became Christian. She's depicted on several still existing monuments and coins, usually dressed up like an Amazonian warrior and without various symbols associated with victory and power. Goddess aside, as someone living in Rome I can confirm several areas have Big Eldritch Energy.

[@eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812]

Tenth anniversary! I honestly can’t believe it. Thanks for everything. :D

[@toboterxp8155]

Honestly, I'd love to see a summary of the way ancient society became medieval society.

[@annekeener4119]

I love this video. Rome from 476 to 1000 or so is usually just not talked about. It's a fascinating story and I can't believe everyone ignores it. It sets up so much of the Late Medieval period and Renaissance but just gets ignored.

[@kab6754]

Rome is that one DnD player whose character dies and they end up playing a relative of the original

[@SoniasWay]

Always good to see a notification from this channel

[@archusdraisen2786]

Just ordered one of each pin and an extra Hades Persephone bundle for my brother for Christmas. Great work as always guys!

[@AnaxErik4ever]

Thanks for the merch plug at the start. Those pins are so cute, and so stylish too! Thanks Blue for this brief and informative lesson on the "in-between" era between late Roman Empire and Holy Roman Empire.

[@PheOfTheFae]

"Nature is healing" made my little Celtic Polytheist heart smile. ;)

[@monicazhou5301]

At 4:21, I feel like an immortal can be placed in this setting. Seeing a home they lived in for so many centuries crumble in what would seem to them as simply a few seconds in their long lives. Imagine their absolute joy in finding Rome resurrected itself, and when they return (idk, maybe they went to China and lived there for a while) they find the city has so many new buildings. But they will still recall how Rome "fell" in all of the marble cladding has been removed, leaving only a husk.

[@furrymczplayer18]

Ever since I started my college life and had to dive into The Iliad and DESPERATELY needed a summary cause damn, so much unnecessary stuff went down that I STILL have issues remembering all of it, OSP has taken over my life with its many educational videos about greek mythology as well as mythology in general. I am now officially in love with mythology and am obsessed with the miscellaneous myths series. Man I'm in love with this channel.

[@Valandreaus]

I can’t believe you guys have done this for 10 years please keep it up OSP you’re just great

[@UFO_MAN]

The first march I have ever gotten for KZbin was you, keep it up!

[@Berathan-dnd]

Curse you Blue!!! I have been tempted each time by the fancy little pins, but now in gold? So shiny. So preciousss! Whelp thats my Christmas present for myself done.

[@rebeccakeele7541]

Since I left school weekends and Fridays have meant basically nothing (I work a job that runs 24/7 so weekends don't exist😭) OSP makes my Fridays special again

[@lisarogers9966]

I'm in Rome right now so this felt like a big thumbs up to me for travelling.

[@sketchyart8411]

I can’t believe I have been watching this sense I was 10 like I remember watching this channel when it was so small and the channel was only 4 years old. I love this content so much

[@ericajackson6662]

Never thought I would learn the reason French has so many accent marks from an OSP video, but I love it.

[@jmh8817]

I'd love to see more vids on transitionary periods like this one. Often I have a clear image in my head of what two specific periods are like, but the transition from one to the other is much fuzzier so this was super enlightening. Here's to many more years!

[@melimsah]

Blue, you know what would be amazing? The story of the Colosseum between when it was built and used as we think of it, and today. Cuz I was curious during this video wondering about it during those times Rome was largely abandoned, and Wikipedia alludes to it being used as a church, a castle, a bandit den, etc.

[@tinahawley320]

“Nature is healing” is my favorite line in this video.

[@Ryuko-T72]

Both one of the most interesting, and saddening videos

[@moonrose100]

"The Eternal City." One hell of a nickname

[@ayaanmohammad6645]

This video was great! If it's possible, I'd like to know where I could learn more on the Great Schism between the Catholic Papacy and Orthodoxy, since it feels like a really big event with a lot of info.

[@m-edesharnais5409]

A channel called Extra Credits talks about this, in a video series called Early Christian Schisms (they once did a crossover with OSP). It's quite interesting!

[@ayaanmohammad6645]

@@m-edesharnais5409 Ooh! I've watched a lot of Extra Credits, but never heard of this series! Thanks!

[@ciaotiziocaius4899]

There's a series of books about the medieval times of Rome made by Gregorovius a German author who is in no way an historian, but they're really interesting to read

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

The fact that Odoacer spared the kid makes him a a real one.

[@peachbeetles]

so early! Thank you for the video! love you guys!

[@christiankroemer4267]

This...might be my favorite OSP video. A combination of the history we know: the years, the heroes, the battles; and the history that is often forgotten: the culture changes, the slow evolution, and the lives of the people who are unnamed in the literature.

[@chenoaholdstock3507]

TENTH? you're kidding me. Good job! That's so impressive!

[@Pantherblack]

This is the shit I love, the details that connect this lesson in history class with that lesson in history class.

[@A_Random_W33b]

You know not to narc on blue, I love his presentation style of information, but I would just like to see him step outside of his comfort zone and do history videos not just on Rome/Greece. I know it's his area of expertise but I would love it if he explored other cultures around the world . He did it before, he can most certainly do it again.

[@ewok40k]

In a way were all Romans. Using Latin alphabet, roman Civil law as basis of much of today laws, and having Latin as source of much of modern English vocabulary.

[@gilgameschvonuruk4982]

There are other channels for this, and he did talk about other topics in the past

[@jessicajayes8326]

The new pins are so cute and ✨shiny!✨

[@ka-1atmyth353]

Osp is now one of the KZbin channel I keep trying to get others to watch I absolutely love the channel it’s a highlight for me to see a new video

[@doodoopoopoo2508]

OSP please make a babylon video I have been waiting for a babylon video for so long

[@acanadianknight7269]

You need a danm theme song. Like right after you say “let’s do some history” a jazzy little jingle plays with some cool visuals. That’d be sick. Also amazing vid, love all the content and you guys in general

[@metamaxis]

General summation of Rome and Death's relationship: "I exist just to spite you"

[@jeremy1860]

Congratulations on your ten-year milestone 😊

[@Brysonhundley]

I have nothing to add but that I sang with a choir inside the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica that he mentions at 7:58 and it is very pretty

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

Okay, since I don't care about Rome (SORRY, GREG!!!), I'ma just zero in on the TEN YERS you guys have been going! OH MY GODS, congrats! You people are amazing, you make me laugh, and you've actually made me smarter, which is more than I can say of 99% of other KZbin content. Well done!

[@Retiredtraveler1961]

That’s a very quick and dirty synopsis of the fall of Rome and it’s aftermath. Thank you for sharing.! 😊

[@guardianmega]

Great video, Blue, but this is the second time I've had to write this in your comments: it wasn't Bellasarius who kicked Totila and the Ostrogoths out of Rome for the final time; it was Narses.

[@samminden1058]

One fun interesting fact is that an early work of modern alternate history is about this period and is called Lest Darkness Fall, and it is essentially a re-imagining of A Connecticut Yankee in King's Arthur Court, except this time about a guy ending up in the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy and realizing they have a better chance of recreating the Roman Empire than Justinian and so he gives them technology and economic aids (though fails to get gunpowder just yet) to help them fight off the Byzantines and even convinces Belisarius to switch sides and bring his strategic and tactical skills to the Ostrogoths. Also one of my favourite books on the subject of this period, The Ruin of the Roman Empire by James O'Donnell compares Justinian to Hamlet...as an insult, seeing both as indecisive, mercurial, rash when they do take action, and above all not as clever as they thought they were. Historian Peter Heather in his own book on the period between the fall of Rome and Charlemagne has even less nice things to say of Justinian, though also jokes that Theodoric was lucky to have an effective propagandist in the form of the historian Cassiodorus. And final fun thing, Theodoric ended up becoming a Medieval folk hero on the level of King Arthur and Charlemagne, especially in Central/Centre-West Europe under the name Dietrich von Bern and often popped up to make cameos in stories such as the Nibelungenlied (in which he basically resolves all the conflict).

[@tiffanyofthebooks]

Yes! A new vid! Exciting. Hi Blue!

[@MCSnowCastShark]

Perfect timing, just yesterday I finished Mike Duncan's 189 ep long The History of Rome podcast and wanted to know what came next.

[@ocelatingocelots]

Blue, you are the only reason I know anything about history. I thank you for that... though my friends may not.

[@mudkip932]

NGL, I was sad I missed out on the Demeter and Hestia Pins in silver in Feb, so I'm glad I could at least pick up a version of them this time.

[@talleywa5772]

"800 years of silence randomly interrupted by Rome getting sacked"

[@Lionstar16]

Crikey, has it really been 10 years since OSP came into existence? Well, a big thank you to Red and Blue and the rest of the OSP team for making such a wonderful channel :)

[@ignaciorequena9182]

FINALLY. ITS HERE

[@Thebosnian1257]

You made my day thanks 😀

[@woodfur00]

4:00 Hurricane Katrina? More like hurricane Totila!

[@PragmaticAntithesis]

Please do the Pope Fights video you proposed on the Saeculum Obscurum, it sounds very fun!

[@PSanchito]

I have been waiting for this for ages.

[@FinrodFelagundTheFair]

Keep it going Blue! You're the best history teacher I've ever had. These videos get me through my work day

[@uria3679]

Who hopes that OSP gets a chance to play Monster Prom? I want to see Red relate to Liam, Blue, relate to Calculester, Indigo relate to Zoe, and Cyan relate to Vera

[@LuneWatcher]

The whole bundle was on sale for 50% off during halloween too! They could have bought it already and it'll be the next gaming stream.

[@uria3679]

@@LuneWatcher maybe but I’m not holding my breath if they didn’t

[@LeoFieTv]

That might have been your densest video yet. So much information...

[@sharkeyburke5925]

My brain has been taken by Warhammer 40k. Every time Blue say Belisarius I just think of the Admech Magos.

[@dorkatarmsetcetera9468]

MachiMachi knocks it outta the park yet again. You lov to see it

[@OmegaTaishu]

Congratz to OSP for the anniversary, and congratz to Rome for not dying.

[@drudenae]

This is my first time clicking on one of your videos, and immediately I have to say. Those pins are cute! Awesome merch, even if I haven't viewed enough of your content to purchase any quite yet.

[@blesr9022]

Just got the hades&persephone, Artemis and Apollo and the Hestia and Demeter pin packs! But I’ll get them actually on Christmas but I’m still so excited! Thanks for always making my day OSP, stay awesome and as sarcastic as always

[@6keypandemonium606]

This reminds me of one of my favorite personal challenges I did back in my Sophomore year of high school. I read in it's entirety "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". 1000+ pages, fun read. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, OSP!

[@shadowking1380]

Wow as a fan for a large part of that decade congrats my dudes

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

Rome had been sacked a third time 472 by its own Generalissimus Flavius Ricimer. When Flavius Odoacer took power and introduced retirement at age 16 for emperors in 476, it was recovering from this.

[@sekhmetsaes]

9:00 "I try not to think about it too hard or I'll cry about it..." Same, Blue, same.

[@0_Body]

*Rome gets sacked Rome: I didn't hear no bell

[@Violetstar22]

Little blue and red pins bought! There super cute! Don’t like the gold outline but it’s to celebrate the anniversary so it will work. 😁 Keep up the great work!

[@rodrigocampos1119]

yeah same, i've been waiting all year for the restock of november and now these ones will look diferent from the others i have, are the normals coming back for black friday? OCD IS REAL MAN

[@errol2605]

this is really great because I know very little about this time period and that book that goes year-by-year and describes what happened, excellent as it may be, wasn't enough

[@AudioDragon51]

Thank you for the wonderful video Blue.

[@chuchuchanson]

Awesome vid. I've been curious about this topic for a long time

[@TerLoki]

Love all the Roman and Byzantine videos Blue, but come on, you've GOTTA do a vid on at least my boy Belisarius some day if not the reign on Justinian and Theodora in general. I've already learned a lot about them from Extra History's (very) old series on them, but I'm hungry for more and am dying to know your perspective.

[@zoinomiko]

GOD YES NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT ROME

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Feels worth mentioning that a Muslim raid in 846 looted and damaged Old St. Peter's Basilica, sparking the construction of the Leonine Wall. As the Byzantine Navy proved increasingly unreliable, the Italian states increasingly had reason to break with Byzantium, which made their relationship...messy.

[@artbookgaming]

Yay! I love these recap videos! Can you make one on Finland? I promise there are some cool history gems here, just look at ww2, there's white death, the tiny Finnish army defeating USSR AND driving NAZIS out of the country, the president telling Hitler to go f himself by cunning help against the USSR out of his armies and then cutting the contract by stepping down. The preservation of the pagan faith through Kalevala and word of mouth, full of cool shamanic myths, making it through a good few invasions and multiple flavors of Christianity as national religions, somewhat intact even to be revived by Karhunkansa much later. Finland actually defending Ahvenanmaa or Åland and the people of Åland choosing to be governed over by Finland because Sweden wouldn't protect them. From a forest with villages with no established rule, to living under Swedish and Russian rule, to independence and finding national identity, this little country has stories and I would love to see you cover some of them.

[@zawrator4457]

> the tiny Finnish army defeating USSR AND driving NAZIS out of the country, the president telling Hitler to go f himself by cunning help against the USSR out of his armies and then cutting the contract by stepping down Think it may be in the interest of historical accuracy to call this by its name: "Nazi collaboration."

[@artbookgaming]

@@zawrator4457 Absolutely, Finland did collaborate with the nazis, the bills were paid for it, there was a whole ass famine because the food was going to Soviet-Russia and having to get them paid caused Finland's industrialization, but you have to also understand that if Finland had not gotten help from the nazis it would've been invaded by USSR and suffered the same faith as the Balkan countries. Look at Estonia, it got reconquered by the USSR and subjected to the Big Brother life style, incredibly insecure and tight, step even a little bit out of line accidentally and your neighbor or family member tells on you to the government to get tortured so that they don't get punished too if someone finds out. Trust me I weep for them, Estonia is like Finland's little brother and I hate to see them suffer that way.

[@basingsaying]

Excellent video. Engagement for the algorithm, because you deserve it.

[@hughesbenjamin3158]

10 years of youtubing... my God, and it all started with BRIAN BLESSED

[@valentinarunko67]

Heya, Blue! Great video, as always! I've been ranting to all my friends about this channel cuz you guys make history and mythology so much fun! (Btw, a video about the history of Croatia would be awesome.) xoxo!

[@adambielen8996]

One of my favorite history stories involving Croatia was during the Wars of Austria Succession Fredrick the Great created the Jaegers to counter the Croatian Grenzer. And he immediately complained that 10 Jaegers weren't worth a singer Grenzer.

[@michaellohmeier6427]

Blue after finishing this episode without crying: Please excuse me, I am going into the bath tub and cry myself clean.

[@TheMrBrosef]

Byztory is a great smaller channel that has covered Belisarius' campaigns in Italy and North Africa in more detail. Those deserve more views!

[@enzobarral5068]

10 years goddamn Congrats y'all!!