Normans in Italy // Wars of the Lombards & Byzantines (1008-1053)

[@HistoryTime]

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No I have to thank you! Love the content you create.I sterted with the english vikings but your history in general ist great. Especially the early European history was quite unknown to me since it s not covered in school and a lot was proabably even unknown few years ago, at least to the broader public.

[@jamesjones3147]

I'm happy to see some content on early Medieval Italy. Most of the channels I follow seems to jump straight from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the rise of the Medici--as if to suggest that nothing of importance happened in the 900 years in between. Keep up the good work!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks James appreciate it. Much more on the way on this time period !

[@kaloarepo288]

@@HistoryTime One of the most important and fascinating figures in Italy pre-Renaissance is the countess Matilda of Tuscany -she ruled in extensive areas in the north and actually led armies into battle -she took the side of the papacy in its wars with the Holy Roman Empire (the German kings and their supporters in Italy)

[@budibausto]

Exactly. the problem is luck of proper translations, and interest of the period, because it's quite tricky and, well, the Vatican.

[@johnsnow145]

that is a very accurate statement

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

True, like if nothing happened! Thx to H-T to remember humanity that there was a 1000 years of rich history

[@ricciluigi2592]

The most common name in Sicily and also throughout Southern Italy, Russo, originally meant a Norman, French for Norseman long before it meant Russian. It entered the lexicon as Byzantine Greek Rus, from Scandinavian He Rows, or the Men Who Row. The Northern and Central Italians didn't have a Norman Conquest, whereas the Greek speaking Southern Italians did and so they sought to find a Latin root to a word that was brought in from Byzantine Greeks. One can find the name in exactly the regions that were conquered by the Normans.

[@dzanc]

I always assumed it meant 'red-haired'

[@ricciluigi2592]

@@dzanc Yes. And why wouldn't you? Right? The Normans (Norsemen) reintroduced Latin and replaced Greek in that region. AND to make it even more confusing the first person to take the name was Richard D'Hauteville who went by Russo Rosso...Sheesh..HAHA

[@arx3516]

No, it means red, red head, a characteristic rare enough to become a nickname and then a surname. In the rest of Italy is Rossi.

[@ricciluigi2592]

@@arx3516 It is not a Latin word. It is from Byzantine Greek, the language spoken in Sicily at that time. The first person to take the name Russo Rosso, or in Latin Russo Rubeo was Richard D'Hautville, the nephew of King Roger of Sicily in 932. He changed the chancellery of Sicily back to Latin from Greek. Would you like the info on this? It is very interesting. To this day Russo means a Russian in Italian. Not Red. From Rus,

[@Pettigrew88]

That's really cool. Love the D',Hautevilles!!!!

[@Crick1952]

Medieval Europe: *"This is getting out of hand. Now there's two of them!"*

[@Conorp77]

King of France : We should not have made this bargain!

[@ethanbrown9112]

I thought I clicked on a rio da yung og music video and was incredibly puzzled at this being the top comment for a moment

[@tomaszprzyby784]

Normans, the epic tale of competence and ambition.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Tomasz Przybył Added an edge when blended with the English that went on to a great empire!

[@HistoryTime]

And the story just gets more and more epic over time!

[@retvrntotradition4454]

May Allahs curse be upon the Normans.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

God love and protect the normans and their descendants

[@13minutestomidnight]

Eh, I'd say it's more an epic tale of "Bored now. Let's go find some morons who'll pay us to fight while we pillage their cities and raid their treasury."

[@AT-wj5sw]

This is the content that should be required learning for all Southern Europeans

[@virvisquevir3320]

There's an ancient Chinese saying that goes "Don't invite in the tiger to chase out the wolf". That's what Melus did. He invited in the Normans to chase out the Byzantines and ended up losing everything to the Normans. Go Normans! An ambitious and competent race.

[@bryansmith1691]

I'd probably say culture more than race.

[@judsonwall8615]

@@bryansmith1691 Or peoples. However you want to classify them, the normans are insane to learn about. The product of landed, well connected, sophisticated viking warriors. Vikings + germano romans = badasses, apparently.

[@bobcharlie2337]

So interesting, the history of Italy. A very helpful video. Thank you.

[@HistoryTime]

Cheers Bob. Much more on the way. It's such a complicated but fascinating time period.

[@ebreiss]

Each of these videos would make a great historical novel all by themselves.

[@HistoryTime]

If only I had the time to write them! Hopefully someone else will..

[@HondaAccordCoupe-vg4tw]

History Time there definitely needs to be a Netflix original on this at least

[@indyrock8148]

@@HondaAccordCoupe-vg4tw Jack Ludlow wrote a trilogy, quite good.

[@thomashazlewood4658]

Norman! You have a family that loves you. Come home!

[@kamalindsey]

The Norman brothers of the Normans in England.

[@derptrolling4740]

Normans created a state in southern Italy that lasted until the 1871 Italian unification.

[@slavdefendov1499]

Normans were a tough peoples. Respect to them from the mighty little Serbia! Love to Byzantine Empire our brothers!

[@HistoryTime]

Respect to mighty little Serbia from the English Danelaw

[@ocendo1]

Serbian were vassals to Ottoman turks during siege of Constantinople or Carigrad in 1453.Serbianci miners were digging trenches under the walls of city . Unfortunately before that in 1204 ,Venetians forced Crusaders of fourth Crusade to rob and destroy first Croatian town of Zadar and then Constantinople in exchange for sea voyage to Holy land. That is the fact.Rest is history.

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

Lombards: Exist Saxons: Exist Greek Romans: exist Sicilian Arabs: exist Normans: I’m about to end this man’s whole career

[@wictoriaolofsson2714]

Here is another Decent Norman// Greets from Sweden :D

[@GardEngebretsen]

Normans: "It's free real estate"

[@illerac84]

All these men's

[@lucianf6440]

Im Italic Roman Sicilian and not sicilian arab or sicilian greek or what ever.

[@kareemtheeb1478]

@Griffith Taka 😂😂😂😂 Aghlabids were arabs. Asad bin furat is Arab. Fatimids were Arabs Just stop the lies about history. And there is nothing called amazighs there is only berbers.

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This topic seems to get skimmed over more than it deserves. Another quality lesson from one of the top ten history teachers on YT.

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Rob- me and David (the voice of Votp) really appreciate this comment! What a lovely thing to read. We have so much more lined up for the coming years! Excited to have you on board for the journey.

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[@HistoryTime]

@@robmitchel5166 Thanks Rob that's great to know! We will endeavour to keep producing better and improved content ! Onwards and upwards

[@illerac84]

All this history of the Roman Empire that we just forget about, very impressive.

[@jeremyday9056]

I've always been interested in Italian history from the fall of Rome into the Middle Ages. I've read plenty about the various duchies and kingdoms but was always confused over who controlled what and why they came about. This video did an awesome job of clarifying and answering these questions for me. Thanks for your work!

[@erikeriksson3615]

The Langobards shall had come originally from the Island of Langbardaholm today's Bornholm. A big Island between Sweden and Denmark. Today belonging to Denmark. So both Norman's and the Lombardo had commen history' with root's in Scandinavia. Thanks for a fantastic video.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

No this is not true, or at least it's just another legend, Bornholm is often cited as the origin of the Burgundians too and nobody in the right mind would believe that such a small island could magically start so many tribal groupings. Only if you believe in magic and mythology as true.

[@erikeriksson3615]

@@g-rexsaurus794 Yes, and is more realistic it is Scania which is very near Bornholm. This area is also giving name to Scandinavia as some historian's say. The Lombard's self mentioned Scandinavia or Scania as their original homelands in the book about the history of the Langobards. The island was never mentioned their but as a base to transport over people to northern Germany maybe. I was thinking about the legend....

[@g-rexsaurus794]

@@erikeriksson3615 It's mythology man, do you believe the Franks come from Anatolia? That's what ealry medieval books say! Lombards were West Germanic, they ultimately formed within modern Germany and employed mostly West Germanic people, not Scandinavian.

[@erikeriksson3615]

@@g-rexsaurus794 How do you now that? The Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the Historia Langobardorum that the Lombards descended from a small tribe called the Winnili, who dwelt in southern Scandinavian (Scadanan) before migrating to seek new lands. In the 1st century AD,

[@g-rexsaurus794]

@@erikeriksson3615 Why do the words of a mid 8th century historian matter that much? Everything we know shows us that just about any medieval Germanic kingdom liked to imagine some sort of origin in Scandinavia desptie them being just the same as other West Germans linguistically and functionally.

[@peterhunt135]

An excellent and beautiful presentation -- a perfect mixture of well informed historical commentary, maps, illustrations, and paintings. History at its best. Thank you.

[@LabyrinthOfEyes]

Really love how much you cover the Normans. I had never really been into them before I started watching your channel and now they are currently my biggest interest. Great videos man I've really learned a lot. Keep up the good work!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks! Similar for me with making these videos. My interest has spiralled out of control :D

[@yarazooom]

have you heard of 1066? the 'Norman conquest' they are the starting point of euro-history. traveling back to romans or preceding toward modern times, a fulcrum point.

[@nuclearnadal9385]

I couldn't agree more ! The combination of strong norse warriors clad in iron atop mighty steeds is a match made in heaven. Stories of 50 Norman knights fighting off upwards of a thousand muslims and winning almost give me a semi..

[@KowboyUSA]

The attention to detail in these videos is superb.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks man appreciate it!

[@noahkidd3359]

Love these videos! An excellent way to learn about overlooked periods of history.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Noah appreciate the comment! Much more on the way

[@ML69898]

These videos are beyond amazing!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@kieran1987]

I once googled the Normans in Italy after having seen that they were apparently there and I got nothing so I was thrilled when I saw this video. I think I subscribed to your channel before I'd even watched a video. Looking forward to watching many of your videos and exploring my fledgling interest in European history. Keep up the good work.

[@Hikaeme-od3zq]

There's 2 entire wikipedia pages about it and even a Britannica page on it, weird.

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[@chris-qe4yc]

is funny that lombards that came from north Europe as invaders to south Italy saw eastern Romans (Greek speaking) as oppressors and foreigners in southern Italy that was full of Greek descent people since antiquity....Thank god that this doesn't happen today hahaha

[@HistoryTime]

As soon as a people live somewhere for a hundred years or so they see it as their own homeland and the original inhabitants as foreign oppressors. Happened with the Anglo-Saxons and the original inhabitants of Britain. It happened with the Lombards and Eastern Romans and it happened numerous other times

[@chris-qe4yc]

@@HistoryTime yes exactly is the same pattern we the history buffs see through out the ages and that pattern is often miss seen and miss interpreted by a variety of history usurpers :) :)

[@hellenicfighter8796]

@Gott Mit Uns Not to mention these areas were originally Slavic and the Germans invaded from Scandinavia. Not to mention your people destroyed a whole Empire (Western half of the Roman Empire) and brought chaos to Western Europe until the Renaissance. Same thing with the Crusaders, the world's first colonialists.

[@mmhthree]

@@hellenicfighter8796 I'd see Rome as the first colonial states.. invading England 2000 years ago, and tried to set up shop. Didn't work out and they left...

[@mmhthree]

Probably there's even more, but the incidents may not be recorded in history. Most of what white people did is known... who knows what all went on in Africa or South America during this time.

[@Fenniks-]

please do a full video on Basil II in the future you will be one of the first :)

[@ProvidenceNL]

I second this so much.

[@HistoryTime]

Absolutely in the works

[@tiami3886]

basil II aka justinian the great

[@NorceCodine]

When after the conquest the Normans of England learned that Palermo alone pays more tax than the whole of England, many of them packed their family and headed for Sicily. One of them was the Bishop Odo, the brother of William famously depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, regent of England while William was fighting in France. Odo made it to Palermo where he died, and is buried there in the Norman Chapel. William conquered England to use it as a cash cow to pay for his war in France, but it turned out to be a disappointment. Sicily was the goldmine, not England.

[@livrowland171]

I don't follow. Why was it an attraction to go to a place that paid a lot of tax? Do you mean because it suggests the area was prosperous?

[@vve2059]

@@livrowland171 these people were barbarians and lived off of loot r*pe and plunder.

[@ekesandras1481]

@@livrowland171 if you are the one that cashes in the taxes, than the more the merrier.

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark again . Well Well Normans in Italy Robert Gisguard . I like it . Well the normans actully had another ally in the pope . The catholic and the Greek orthodox Church was already in proces of splitting in two different Churches (the split happended in 1054) . So the catholic church had huge interests in getting byzantines kicked out and getting southern Italy under catholic control . So the pope alllied himself with the normans...He granted huge land areas in southern Italy to the normans(tecnically these lands belonged to the byzantine Emperor . But the pope ignorered that fact ). And so with Papal backing the normans started the conquest and rebillions against byzantine rule . And the byzantines were kicked out. And the normans did care about Lombard Independence . They were there to carve a lands for themself (and later set their own kingdom) ... So the normans defeated and kicked out byzantines . And later William the conquerer invaded and conquered England in 1066. And with these two events the conquest of southern Italy and the conquest of England . The Golden age of the normans truly begins . The were now power force in middevil politics ....

[@briansmith9439]

I thought the Pope allied with the Normans. That's why the town of Aversa, under Norman control, was called 'the eye of the Papacy' in Southern Italy. It was also the Pope who granted Roger Altavilla (d'Hauteville) the title Duke of Sicily, assuming he could take it from the Fatamids. Wrote about it in a book originally written for my family; it can be downloaded (no charge) at archive.org/details/2010IlRegnoPublic/page/n6 .

[@madsdahlc]

Brian Smith quite true

[@kaloarepo288]

@@briansmith9439 Originally the pope and the Normans were at war but when the Normans beat the papal armies in battle they actually captured the pope and then felt really guilty about itbecause he was their religious leader.later on they became his allies.Incidentally the pope was a German at this time(if I'm not mistaken)t ti

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

@@briansmith9439 π

[@arx3516]

In elementary school in Italy they taught us that the normans were called to protect the south from the saracens, and in return for their valiant efforts the normans were granted lands there.

[@micahistory]

You love everything Norman

[@HistoryTime]

I do indeed!

[@therealtoni]

loved it!!! SO hard to find the history of SOuthern Italy after the fall of Rome!

[@briansmith9439]

You are so right about the lack of books. I wrote one for my family 8 years ago as we have ancestors in Compania and my grt-grandfather was a "Longobardo". You can download the book (no charge) at archive.org/details/2010IlRegnoPublic/page/n6

[@lenase7396]

@@briansmith9439 The region it s called Campania. How did you know your greatgrandfather was a longobard? they come to the south thousands years ago :).

[@HistoryTime]

Much more on the way my friend. I've been reading a lot about it recently. Can recommend you a few books if you're interested.

[@mudgetheexpendable]

I've always cherished a vision of a Hauteville/Plantagenet Empire.

[@HistoryTime]

Interesting thought. Too many independent minded noblemen for that I think

[@jmp01a24]

Several Scandinavian vikings was hired as personal guards by the Byzantine rulers. They made good money working for hire.

[@roderickclerk5904]

Also alot of Anglo Saxons after Hastings.

[@apostolosmate3361]

@@roderickclerk5904 Well noted. There was also a large settlement, the medieval New England, probably near Constantinople, where Anglo-Saxon refuges settled after the battle of Hastings.

[@HistoryTime]

Great money! Especially with the 'Palace Plunder' that usually occurred after the death of an emperor - usually as a way of the new emperor getting the loyalty of the guard (Which happened a LOT during the 11th century)

[@roderickclerk5904]

@@HistoryTime damn is that true... damn😂😂💲💲

[@jmp01a24]

@@apostolosmate3361 The Norwegian name for Bysants (constantinople) was Miklagard.

[@Armorius2199]

You should do more videos on the Eastern Roman History!

[@HistoryTime]

Many, many more in the works. Most of the guys I name drop in my videos will have their own videos eventually. Just takes a lot of time to research and make the videos.

[@Armorius2199]

@@HistoryTime Thank God!

[@justarandomfrenchdude9091]

love the maps you've been using in this one (more "neat"/"clean" than the usual)

[@domapusic]

i just love your narration style. balanced, yet passionate!

[@thecrew1871]

Thankyou! I enjoyed this very much. Please keep up the good work & I will keep watching. 🤓

[@micahistory]

the Normans were extremely opportunistic

[@HistoryTime]

That they were!

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

And the pope is catholic

[@jozzieokes3422]

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography u would be correct good sir

[@Dorya9]

Interesting stuff. I'm from Lombardy, I often wonder how much the population of Roman Italy changed with the Ostrogoths, the Lombards and the Normans.

[@HistoryTime]

Have you ever done a DNA test? Could be a fascinating glimpse into the past. From what I gather much of the actual population of Italy has remained largely unchanged since ancient times, with the aristocracy and upper classes being the ones who changed over time, but much of the peasantry remaining largely the same. Would love to learn more about this.

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

@@HistoryTime the DNA of the southern italy has shown mostly greek DNA as they were there foe many centuries and large numbers due to migration They still speak in some areas Greek They refer to the greek cultural infuence in all aspects In my travels there that are very often i did not find anyone speaking norman ,not even in Hastings or anywhere in the uk History is not written by battles you have mentioned Which i agre you have searched,but by what is left as culture art civilization way of life values the society share etc And what i have found as the most pervasive is the concept of the MAGNIA GRECIA Even the Real in Palermo is made by the greek,"byzantines" Try in you searches to incorporate greek resources of that time there are many originals Not modern revision ists of history by copy and past I appreciate your efforts but try to be objective Read Thucidides peloponossian wars father of objective history as much as it was humanly possible

[@Dorya9]

@@dimitriosvlissides5781 Lombardy is in northern Italy so I'm not really sure where this is coming from. I would imagine a lot of people moved around during the Roman empire and the successor state. I've never met anyone in Italy that speaks Greek though, I've traveled Italy quite thoroughly but that's cool I suppose. It wouldn't surprise me cause Greek was the lingua franca at some point. Not everyone that spoke Greek was Greek, just like not everyone that speaks English is from England.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Very little kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpLVqJZ6Za6nnZY

[@esthershelton6672]

@@HistoryTimemy grandmother was a Tancredi born in potenza southern Italy my father was a red headed iam blonde blue eyed my husband family from southern Italy my son looks like a viking .everyone asks him if he is viking decent.

[@UKESRfertilizer]

Really great content and presentTion best!

[@erminization]

Would love to see a video on the illyrians, the medieval balkan kingdoms all the way up to the ottoman period. Also, would love to see a video on Arius and learn more about his exile in the Balkans.

[@judsonwall8615]

Love your focus on the lesser known. What a crazy complicated time in southern Italy. I’ve been trying to get my head around the 11th century situation there for a couple weeks now, and this video really helps. Crazy that a relatively minor Lombard uprising resulted in eastern Rome losing Italy to a bunch of Norman ruffians, losing their (probably winning) position in Sicily, and in the process inviting the Normans into their neighborhood in the Balkans.

[@chtisponytail538]

Great stuff !! Thank you sir !! 👍 👍

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks friend!

[@alexrossouw7702]

Pandulf! This name makes me happy

[@robin_5099]

As always, a quality video with an interesting subject. I look forward to your next one.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Robin appreciate the kind words.

[@jamiewright6758]

This guy is an awesome narrator! Totally wish he was my history teacher in high school

[@apostolosmate3361]

The legal system of Lombards (Leges Langobardorum) was a joke compared to the law provided by the East Romans (Corpus Juris Civilis or Justinian Codex). I sincerely doubt they would establish a long standing state. Although I'm sure the big trouble for the Romans at the time was in the East or the North of the empire, rather than the West.. Still the Normans were a war machine at the time!

[@GardEngebretsen]

Legal systems can be reformed, and wouldn't have been a hindrance to a long-standing state. Many places had few laws, while the entire rest of the system was dominated by Roman and canonical law. The creation of independent systems of law in Western Europe didn't really happen until the 13th century with codexes in Norway, Spain, Sicily (the Normans didn't create a codex until then either) - and the development of common law in England.

[@Fankas2000]

Since when do you need a legal system to maintain a country? Last time I checked the only requirement was having an army.

[@Fankas2000]

@Felipe CarvalhoPlease do enlighten me on the legal systems of tribal societies... Or are you going to state that those weren't countries?

[@robinsinpost]

@@Fankas2000 A country does not function without a legal system.

[@MrMugg]

Melus and Drattus of Bari and Rainulf Drengot. You just have to love those Medieval names.

[@historyrhymes1701]

Great video. The maps have greatly improoved!!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks man! Appreciate it! Sorry to not have covered much Bulgarian history yet. It is on the way for sure. Just takes a lot of time to research.

[@shanebattles6132]

Love the music and the pics so interesting

[@matteofumagalli3918]

nice video like always, btw the first person to use the mafia method in italy was rainulf drengot

[@HistoryTime]

Pretty much. He's an interesting figure. Should be more well known in my opinion . Much of the Hautevilles success was built on his back.

[@matteofumagalli3918]

@@HistoryTime His descendants fought against the Hauteville in the 1071 in the 1092 and in the 1135 it was pretty much obivious that Roger II and his successor make the possible to reduce the imprint of the Drengot on south italy history

[@jpkalishek4586]

My World History and Government teacher was Mr. Lombard.

[@randelldarky3920]

After watching European History, I don't see much wrong with what the Vikings committed.

[@HistoryTime]

They were settlers, explorers and traders as much as they were raiders and soldiers. More so in fact.

[@lucianf6440]

there is no viking origin because there was never a viking people, viking simply means to go on the prey, so just pirates, and you would not say that I am descended from the pirates, ridiculous this viking fantasy propaganda by a bombarded series.

[@13minutestomidnight]

@Lucian F That's not really true, now is it? "Viking" may essentially translate to "pirate", but "Vikings" was how Scandinavian pirates with certain customs and traditions first represented themselves to other people (er, more like the survivors I suppose), and then subsequently it was how these pirates were characterised by the nations of Europe (or rather the scholars and politicians of those nations). When the "Viking Age" started, those pirates (as well as the traders and associated people who accompanied them to the regions they plundered) may not have had a common identity but by the end of centuries of raiding they did - despite their different countries of origin (pirates from different countries came together in common raiding parties). Much like the horseman of the Steppes, you had people from different tribes and ethnicities but with common customs and ways of living coming together to contribute in vast piratical activities across a region (driven by common factors). How these people were viewed by the nations they plundered ended up shaping their identity as they moved into different regions and even settled.

[@judsonwall8615]

The Vikings were pivotal (if not ruthless and barbaric murderers, thieves, and rapists) to European history. They essentially broke the papal penny bank and kickstarted the European economy, eventually leading to a European resurgence culminating in the Renaissance and the age of discovery. Before the Vikings came along, so much money was tied up aka completely wasted in monasteries and churches. The Vikings, in their own way, “liquidated” those wasted assets and reinjected it into the European economy. They moved people and money around like crazy. They fostered change in population, economy, infrastructure that would impact Europe to this day. The Vikings were on of humanity’s most important phenomenon.

[@conquista2923]

I am a descendant of Lombard King Astuf and Alboin. Love History

[@francescocatalano5855]

The Normans united all the South of Italy with capital Palermo, Sicily

[@josd6387]

Great video. Thanks!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching friend !

[@artiomerikosian8306]

Great video

[@arng111]

Great video. You should do a video on the Arabs in Sicily and then a separate video about the Normans in Sicily

[@raduraducu2668]

0:31 Where do you have that great map ,showing even the duchies?

[@TheAnija1]

I'm mad on myself, that i didn't find Your channel sooner... :) Thank You! Great work! :)

[@austinhornbeck5060]

Norman's vs. everyone XD

[@HistoryTime]

Yep!

[@theakkusor]

It's kind of our thing

[@lokkotez]

And win

[@Alex-ux4du]

You're a great storyteller! Any chance of coming back to the Byzantine period of 9th-11th century? Would love to learn more about the Nikephoros II Phokas

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks Alex. Absolutely , and very soon!

[@kimmcroberts9765]

I would love to understand the light wells of knossos and who the sea peoples were. Many thanks

[@HistoryTime]

I will be delving back into the Bronze Age for sure!

[@jozz2248]

@@HistoryTime That would be great! Minoan Crete as well as the induring legend of the Oracle at Delphi's origin would be great too. Love these so much, job well done.

[@junglejack9954]

So the contenders were Viking Scandinavians but fighting bizantines, and there were also Germans but everything is set on southern Italy... this is the most confusing war of all time

[@judsonwall8615]

Agreed! Constantinople vs a bunch of small Lombard principalities who owe fealty to Germans (Holy Roman Empire). But there’s also Muslims from Africa and Yemen, the Pope pulling strings, several Italian city states involved, and let’s throw in some random slightly latinized Vikings. Oh, and let’s make the rando Vikings win.

[@vve2059]

It is made complex so that people cannot understand the truth

[@johnsnow145]

Thanks for this video! It’s hard to trace and understand the genetic make-up of my ancestors without knowing the full story. Most history books and videos only discuss the rise and fall…..then straight to the renaissance. That’s quite a gap in history missing there

[@8thLegio]

Great vid!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Great video i learned so much! For once i view Historica video/documentaries in the same day they are made

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you liked it thanks very much!

[@kaloarepo288]

I've read somewhere that during this era the name ITALY was often not used for the Italian peninsula but the word LONGOBARDIA was used instead because of the Lombard predominance -the Arabs actually used the latter word for the area for centuries -what happened to France (Originally called Gallia or Gaul) might have happened to Italy and we could have been talking about Longobardia these days not Italy!

[@briansmith9439]

Longobardo is still in common use - that's how my great-grandfather was described to me about a decade ago - he had red hair, blue eyes, and fair skin and was from Compania - he was a 'Longobardo'.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@briansmith9439 Yes as described in this video Langobards and Normans were very active both in the north and south of Italy in this era and their descendants are still around.Also the Celtic influence can be seen especially in northern Italy because, before the Roman Conquest most of northern Italy was Celtic.

[@NovaSoldier]

I doubt it, since the denomination italy was used since the romans took over

[@kaloarepo288]

@@NovaSoldier Wrong -during the early middle ages some chroniclers express dismay at the fact that in their day the peninsula was no longer called Italia but Langobardia and they wish that people went back to the old name -and as I stated before the Arab writers at the time refer to it as Langobardia.The Lombards occupied most of the peninsula then so why would this not be so?As I said before the name of Gallia changed to Francia because of the Frankish invasions and Britannia became Anglia because of Anglo-Saxon invasions -same thing was happening with Italia but then the process stopped when Lombard power declined and Franks took over in Italy too.

[@kaloarepo288]

@MISERICORDI A The Celtic presence was quite large before the Roman conquest -otherwise why did the Romans call the area north of the Rubicon (Rimini area) Gallia Cisalpina? Many Celtic tribes lived in the area -e.g. The Insubres.Many place names indicate Celtic settlements like Brianza ("Bri" means "hill" in Gallic.Galarate meaning place of Gauls and Senigallia meaning "harbour of the Gauls."in the Marche area.Rome fell to the Gauls in about 300 BC. and is was they who kicked the Etruscans out of the Po valley before the Romans came.

[@blakeluccason9971]

history evolves the more we learn... well figured out my moms maiden name is in fact norman ... still descended from Vikings as I already knew but it came into the English northumbrian land shortly after the norman invasion... hits me in the feels when I realize hey your family spread out and conquered alot of the western world

[@tonyhawk94]

Most Normans lords had little to no Vikings origin, William the Conqueror himself was less than 20% Scandinavian. :)

[@Pyrrhus399]

I am very much an unashamed norman fanboy. Especially these dynamic Norman adventurers in southern Italy (though often freebooting mercenaries) the dehauteville brothers are among my favorite historical figures, I mean how can you beat william iron arm, Robert guiscard and Roger of Sicily. Hopefully you guys get to the sicilian conquest with amazing battles like cerami where 4 or 500 normans (with only 136 knights) faced off with as many as 15000 (though the number is probably closer to 5 or 6000). Awesome stuff.

[@billpacitto]

There is an outstanding series of historical fiction books on the Dehautville clan written by Jack Ludlow. And as enjoyable as they are in written form....the audiobooks of the story performed by Jonathan Keeble were even more entertaining. Such a great period of time in that area that does not get the exposure as others. The Guiscar and his son Boeman (sp) were great leaders of men and conquest.

[@appleciderhorror12]

Out of all the weird ways people have been executed "Poena cullei" is probably the most confusing one

[@anthonyantinarella3360]

Just looked it up. Very interesting. Possibly symbolic in nature?

[@chtisponytail538]

@@anthonyantinarella3360 what were the four animals in the bag ?? Plz & thx !!

[@chtisponytail538]

@@anthonyantinarella3360 found it ! Thx !!

[@HistoryTime]

Absolutely. One of the weirder ones I've found for sure. Seems to be largely symbolic, with each animal representing certain attributes. I'd love to know more about it.

[@princekalender2154]

Great video! What's the heavy metal song of Maniakes rebellion?

[@HistoryTime]

It's one from Epidemic Sound. Not too sure what it's called. Call of the North maybe?

[@princekalender2154]

@@HistoryTime That was the song. Thanks a lot.

[@micahistory]

Very interetsing. I never heard of this

[@abdiyusuf8561]

I love history

[@HistoryTime]

It's the best

[@georgebaccett9951]

By the way modern Italians are a mixture of: Romans + Germanic Tribes (Lombards, Ostrogoths, Herulos and Normans).

[@unknownzzz5115]

Germanic tribes are a very small minority, what you call "Romans" are Ligurians/Gauls/Veneti in the north, Italic tribes/etruscans in the centre and Greeks/italics in the south.

[@georgebaccett9951]

@@unknownzzz5115 Your statement is not correct. You must bear in mind that the Roman Empire was just that (an empire). For example, in a Roman legion, 60% of the legionnaires were not Roman, they were from many parts of Europe. In addition, the Germanic tribes that come to Rome do not come to retire, these tribes come to stay and establish themselves, since they were in search of land, and it was not a single Germanic tribe, there were several, these are: Lombards, Ostrogians, Heruli and for last Normans. we are talking about something very considerable

[@skeletonrowdie1768]

wow yes!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks !

[@RexGalilae]

So painfully ironic that the Romans would drift away from their Roman ways and the Latin speaking Barbarians would start seeing *them* as foreigners.

[@trava4156]

your video is interesting. but I love seeing battle tactics behind how the battles were fought. visualized

[@altareggo]

9:46: anyone else notice the strange, naked dog-like people either suspended in mid air above one of the boats, or diving into the water? Very weird!!!

[@aquilarossa5191]

Have you heard of a battle at Taranto in 953? The books about my father's family say the emperor Otto awarded my ancestor Tebaldo (Theobald) 15 castles in Lombardy (Brescia) after he won a battle there in 953. He supposedly presented an eagle standard to Otto that was covered in blood, so a red eagle became the family emblem. They held the lands until mid 1800s and my great, great grandfather went into exile in England. I have never been able to verify if that battle happened, or is a myth. If true, I think he may have also been a Norman with a name like that.

[@formzino]

Basically, the Vikings beat everyone

[@andymoss2490]

The Normans brought death and destruction everywhere they went .Even the bastard William felt the need to confess it as a sin on his death bed .

[@HistoryTime]

They did- although interestingly William was unusual for the time in that he tended to imprison his enemies rather than murdering them outright. The Normans also outlawed slavery in England, though they did implement the near slavery of serfdom, so swings and roundabouts I suppose.

[@andymoss2490]

@@HistoryTime The English resistance and the Harrying of the North war crime would make for a very interesting article.Fascinating stuff never the less,many thanks for the reply, guess I,m to Anglo saxon to ever really like the Normans .Imagine if the french hadn't unleashed that psychopath on England the blood spattered history of both England and France might have been so different.

[@explorer1968]

What a mess! Although the Lombards tried hard to restore their prestige, the real winner was in fact, the Normans, descendants of the fiery Vikings!!

[@DedicatedSpartan]

I've been studying the sons of Tancred.

[@ivanstrydom8417]

Your image of ''Milus of Bari'' is in fact General Tatikios, Turcoploi General of the Byzantines under Emp Komnenos I .

[@pnkcnlng228]

Hi from a modern Longobard!

[@miguelpinto8489]

23:16 song? anyone knows?

[@yarazooom]

as 1st Advertizement says ''interruption is the enemy of creativity'' in 30 min.there's four 5+ minute of ads makes it impossible to retain any knowledge of history. could you switch to ''banner ads'' ???.

[@badtexasbill5261]

Melus should have never opened that door.

[@elizabethburke791]

I certainly appreciate the info but I wish you would turn the bass down when you record. For the hard of hearing most of what we hear is the

[@jbos5107]

I know that I am late to this party but I am trying to catch up! I love this channel and your brother's as well. I have come to the conclusion that I really need a history vocabulary book of some kind though because my knowledge is slim about so many of the places and people you cover. A book that I could quickly look up whatever I don't know or understand and a highlighter to mark it so that I can learn about it after each video. Y'all don't laugh at a 62 year old lady who really wants to know please. Anyone out there in youtube land know of a book that might help me?

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

You should contact the History of Byzantium Podcast. Get some more eyes on your content with an interview.

[@HistoryTime]

Probably my favourite podcast. Up there with British History Podcast. I'd love to speak to Robin some time

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

This region is so susceptible to anything (any excuse to rebel or to assassinate) that it reminds me the modern 21 century world

[@PipoZePoulp]

beautiful map, any link ?

[@karl7108]

There are inaccuracies presenting map of Balkans. During the period of 11th century, Byzantine influence at Adriatic coast diminished and it became largely part of Kingdom of Croatia. At the same time, Serbia was literally annihilated and depopulated by Bulgar Kingdom, with remaining Serbs seeking refuge in Kingdom of Croatia. Otherwise, very interesting presentation of Apennin history.

[@tiami3886]

sure, sources?

[@karl7108]

@@tiami3886 Torah and Talmud. Satisfied?

[@tylerellis9097]

Karl all the Maps he showed are inaccurate he even used that extremely inaccurate 1000ad southern Italy Map. The Byzantines still Controlled Ragusa and the Republic Of Venice though the other cities given to Croatia in the 1050s as a gift.

[@steveallen1635]

The Normans seem to be the "Master-race"!

[@kohinarec6580]

Well mr Maniakes. You learnt something: you do not win hearts over with whip and fists.

[@7071t6]

Noticed that about the dead sea scrolls, nothing is mentioned about how alexander the great and his family members peter the great of macedonia tired a knot and said who ever untires this knott will have this lands ?

[@colangelog09]

I'm part Normand and scicilian! The Normands are never taught in school, the most organized vikings!