How Alexander the Great's Empire Ended

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Wars of the Diadochi were a series of Wars fought over the Empire of Alexander the Great by many of his generals.
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@MasterofRoflness
@MasterofRoflness Ай бұрын
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@Truth4234
@Truth4234 Ай бұрын
Bro tried to do some cool last words but ended up destroying his empire
@deplorabledegenerate2630
@deplorabledegenerate2630 Ай бұрын
These guys may have had a hand in his death because they were tired of going on campaign. He may have known this as well, he was mad they wouldn't go deeper into India. I am not convinced him goading them like this was an accident.
@cathulionetharn5139
@cathulionetharn5139 Ай бұрын
@@deplorabledegenerate2630 there is also some speculation that one of them had a name that sounded similar, and it could either be his propaganda that it should have been him not "the strongest" or it could be others saying it was "the strongest" and not the guys name
@Diddiwehy
@Diddiwehy Ай бұрын
It was inevitable, and he knew that.
@nvmtt
@nvmtt Ай бұрын
@@cathulionetharn5139 cretarus. his cavalry commander.
@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120
@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 Ай бұрын
@@Diddiwehy Indeed, no general would have stepped down when all of them had a chance to be rulers of the biggest empire on earth at the time... so he just said what he knew, in the end they all proved to be his lessers...
@Master-Mirror
@Master-Mirror Ай бұрын
Ptolemy: - Walks in. - Steals Alexander's body. - Entrenches himself in Egypt, establishing a dynasty that lasts three centuries. - Refuses to overexpand. - Leaves.
@vladimirpootis3200
@vladimirpootis3200 Ай бұрын
You forgot incest. Lot of incest.
@thekinghass
@thekinghass Ай бұрын
Yeah but at the same time I always saw Ptolemyic dynasty as the most pathetic. Probably were puppets too to the higher ups of Egypt society though in all honesty all of Hellenic kings were to different degrees
@Valivali94
@Valivali94 Ай бұрын
Right, dude was the only one who more or less "won" that conflict imo.
@Master-Mirror
@Master-Mirror Ай бұрын
@thekinghass You can't blame Ptolemy I for the complete wastrels his distant successors turned out to be though. The first three to four generations ruled over a prosperous Egypt. After that, shit went downhill fairly quickly.
@Master-Mirror
@Master-Mirror Ай бұрын
@Valivali94 I agree. Dude was a realist. He saw the shitstorm on the horizon, had clear goals that weren't overly ambitious, and eventually died of old age with a secure kingdom.
@J4R0D
@J4R0D Ай бұрын
This era was the Ancient world's Game of Thrones
@diranbodossian6061
@diranbodossian6061 Ай бұрын
Game of Thrones WISHES.
@heisenberg2467
@heisenberg2467 Ай бұрын
Game of thrones is more war of the roses
@theliato3809
@theliato3809 Ай бұрын
well yeah. Englishmen at the time were brittons chilling in their bogs.
@pt4103
@pt4103 Ай бұрын
the war of the five kings is very different from the real war of the roses
@ErikPT
@ErikPT Ай бұрын
*laughs in the Spring and Autumn Period*
@Kozkayn
@Kozkayn Ай бұрын
In an alternate universe: “Alexander, who will be your successor?” “Ptolemy.” Ptolemy was found dead 3 days later.
@felixmurat1677
@felixmurat1677 Ай бұрын
also died of a slight fever (trust)
@FalkyRocket2222
@FalkyRocket2222 Ай бұрын
and then the timeline proceeds as usual
@akhripasta2670
@akhripasta2670 Ай бұрын
His successor was Seleucus (undoubtedly), He almost managed to reconquered Alexander's Empire. And Seleucus was Ptolemy's ally
@liamjm9278
@liamjm9278 Ай бұрын
"You must be silenced"
@diegoyqulki
@diegoyqulki Ай бұрын
​​​@@akhripasta2670If Ptolemy Ceraunus didn't kill Seleucus, he would have easily conquered the entire empire......
@imabitmid
@imabitmid Ай бұрын
Maybe being a bit vague on the succession of your empire could be a disastrous decision
@Master-Mirror
@Master-Mirror Ай бұрын
@@imabitmid That's what the Romans learned as well. As it turns out having a history of popular generals successfully taking over the state after a civil war means that shit just keeps happening.
@Krafanio
@Krafanio Ай бұрын
@@Master-Mirror I mean at least the Romans adapted and became good at dealing with civil wars and shit.
@johntitor_ibm5100
@johntitor_ibm5100 Ай бұрын
He was dying anyway and might have been poisoned (probably not), so I think he might have done a bit of trolling before he went.
@kababyenoh
@kababyenoh Ай бұрын
The Romans sure emulated the fine tradition of infighting.
@guywithglasses2103
@guywithglasses2103 Ай бұрын
t o t h e s t r o n g e s t
@imabitmid
@imabitmid Ай бұрын
t o t h e s t r o n g e s t Chain
@cac_deadlyrang
@cac_deadlyrang Ай бұрын
AAAAAAAAAAA
@johntitor_ibm5100
@johntitor_ibm5100 Ай бұрын
And it turned out that Rome and Parthia were the strongest. It worked.
@gayanudugampola8973
@gayanudugampola8973 Ай бұрын
Stable line of succession is for weaklings. REAL Warriors fight civil wars every time a ruler dies.
@DummyThiccc
@DummyThiccc Ай бұрын
*Goku has entered the chat* Goku: "how strong?"
@AwayWithYouVileBeggar
@AwayWithYouVileBeggar Ай бұрын
Slight Macedonian disagreement be like:
@denniswaske4839
@denniswaske4839 Ай бұрын
*"You Must Be Silenced."* *Shamk!* *"AUGH-"*
@SwampGreen14
@SwampGreen14 Ай бұрын
„Ptolonidus the wide looked at Antiseucos‘ wife at a dinner banquet, this lead to the battle clamyodneia. Both leaders deployed 120.000 men each, and fought each other to a standstill, after losing 90% of their respective armies. Unfortunately both leaders were assassinated by Andrococitus who died of a fever 2 days later.“
@andrewz6986
@andrewz6986 Ай бұрын
Happens when every noble family in macedon is known drunks
@johntitor_ibm5100
@johntitor_ibm5100 Ай бұрын
​@@SwampGreen14 "To be succeeded by his nephew-son-grandson-uncle-brother Antiochus LXIX, who would conquer much of Alexander's empire... only to lose to the Romans a week later and be saddled with a giant war indemnity that bankrupted his treasury."
@Jefrings
@Jefrings Ай бұрын
''You know what? This is a nice show!'' -Alexander watching his generals from Elysium.
@jonirischx8925
@jonirischx8925 Ай бұрын
HBO needs to make a 7 season epic called 'The Diadochi' covering these wars. It would be the greatest TV show ever.
@scoman91
@scoman91 Ай бұрын
Any network but HBO. I don't trust them and neither should you.
@robertalaverdov8147
@robertalaverdov8147 Ай бұрын
Honestly, the betrayals and the quite literal backstabbing that occurred makes GOT look like Childs play.
@jonirischx8925
@jonirischx8925 Ай бұрын
@@scoman91 I mean like peak HBO, not season 8 of GoT HBO. I don't know why these studios stopped hiring competent writers...
@ale-xsantos1078
@ale-xsantos1078 Ай бұрын
@@jonirischx8925 It would be...if the screenwritters could stick to the source material
@jonirischx8925
@jonirischx8925 Ай бұрын
@@ale-xsantos1078 What we would get instead: Ptolemy reluingishes the rule of Egypt and his armies to his wife, because she is a girlboss, and goes on an adventure of self-discovery, realizing he is a gay black man.
@olegoose574
@olegoose574 Ай бұрын
I wonder what was the reaction of Egyptians, Persians and other nationalities whose lands Alexander conquered. Like, you've been just conquered by Greeks and the same Greeks started fighting each other almost immediately after Alexander's death in order to establish who will control your lands without even asking you
@blede8649
@blede8649 Ай бұрын
Bemused, resigned disinterest. They mostly just wanted the dust to settle and for armies to stop roving around for. one. SECOND !
@Master-Mirror
@Master-Mirror Ай бұрын
@@olegoose574 At least the Egyptians got a reasonably solid regime out of bargain. I don't think any enemy army penetrated very far into Ptolemy's territory. Perdiccas got closest, but was killed by his own troops before he got too far.
@redeye4516
@redeye4516 Ай бұрын
@Master-Mirror Yeah, but it's gotta suck being the underclass in your own homeland as foreigners colonize it. Most of the Ptolemies never even learned to speak Egyptian or about Egyptian mythology. Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (the famous one, and the last) is the only one who did, and she did this solely to try and start a class uprising so she could oust her brother/ex-husband from power and take over for herself. When that didn't work she banged Caesar and tried to put their bastard love-child in charge of Rome as Caesar's heir, hoping to puppet Rome and thus Roman-occupied Egypt. But that also didn't work because the Romans had a schizophrenic hatred of royalty. They were fine with military dictators, but a king was too far because their ancient legends of the Roman Kingdom and it's end said so.
@shadowborn1456
@shadowborn1456 Ай бұрын
Happy parthians moment
@naughtycultmemes784
@naughtycultmemes784 Ай бұрын
They fought with the greeks
@MrLolguy93
@MrLolguy93 Ай бұрын
Starting the video the Greek theme from Age of Mythology. Nice touch
@gorillahackerman
@gorillahackerman Ай бұрын
Alexander: My empire will go to the strongest Literally every one of his generals: “Whoa, I’m Alexander the Great’s top guy, dude.”
@shibe5198
@shibe5198 Ай бұрын
India throwing in 100 elephants was the last thing I expected
@nvmtt
@nvmtt Ай бұрын
500
@Darkblender5
@Darkblender5 Ай бұрын
They actually fought a war with Seleucus, one of Alexander's officer who nearly won the whole thing before getting assassinated. In return for 500 war elephants, he (mostly) fucked off from India. That's where the elephants came from.
@akhripasta2670
@akhripasta2670 Ай бұрын
@Darkblender5 He lost Gedrosia, Archasia & war But gained a political marriage & elephants Diplomacy
@llawliet57807
@llawliet57807 Ай бұрын
​@@Darkblender5 Most sources state he lost the war against the mauryas. Later on he gave up afganistan pakistan and his daughter to mauryans in return of 500 war elephants
@akhripasta2670
@akhripasta2670 Ай бұрын
@llawliet57807 He might have lost war to Maurya Dynasty. But he managed to make Mauryas as one of his ally, thanks to his Diplomacy. But, he almost managed to reconquer Alexander's Empire. It's a Great Feat. He was a great Conquerer & a Diplomat
@BaronVonMott
@BaronVonMott Ай бұрын
"A succession crisis ruined everything." *"Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?!"*
@akhripasta2670
@akhripasta2670 Ай бұрын
Seleucus almost reconquered Alexander's Empire And then Got assassinated He was great conquerer as well
@ale-xsantos1078
@ale-xsantos1078 Ай бұрын
Yeah, pity the one who could have lived up to Alexander's choice of heir didnt get to live
@blackgenetics6206
@blackgenetics6206 Күн бұрын
@@ale-xsantos1078 Crazy thing is that he was in his late 70s and so close to uniting it all until Ptolemy's son Ptolemy the thunderbolt murdered him after being taken in by him. Ptolemy the thunderbolt then ended up becoming king of Makedon soon after but was killed in battle by the Celts.
@limoneadeGlass
@limoneadeGlass Ай бұрын
Woah, brother, that's a LOT of backstabbing. >It's between Greeks. Oh, so just another business day then.
@Hakabas01
@Hakabas01 Ай бұрын
So in short: EVERYONE f*CKING DIED
@DiamondKingStudios
@DiamondKingStudios Ай бұрын
Didn’t need an ugly barnacle this time.
@erwinheinrichstromer1156
@erwinheinrichstromer1156 Ай бұрын
That moment when the succession war lasts longer than the Empire itself
@theliato3809
@theliato3809 Ай бұрын
Gotta say. Diadochi is a pretty ballin name for your crew going at it.
@BeaglzRok1
@BeaglzRok1 Ай бұрын
Alexander: I just meant you should have a benching contest
@thepowerofsand6180
@thepowerofsand6180 Ай бұрын
You know you messed up when your succession crisis is worse than Game of Thrones
@menaldogerozaldo7033
@menaldogerozaldo7033 Ай бұрын
I dont blame the guys that killed perdiccas, if i was ordered to cross the nile only to get stranded on a small island and almost getting eaten by a crocodile while trying to swim back i would also be traumatized and angry 🤷
@YoussefBarj-g3e
@YoussefBarj-g3e Ай бұрын
almost? a third of the army got either swept along the currents of the nile or eaten by freaking crocodiles. Worse, the guy had a record of killing his own troops with exotic animals, before he got them trampled with elephants to ward off a conspiracy against him by the rank and file. No wonder his generals got him stabbed in the end
@Matteus2109
@Matteus2109 Ай бұрын
Really goes to show how much of a chad Alexander was for keeping all these guys' egos and ambitions in check while working gor him.
@UgandaWWE
@UgandaWWE Ай бұрын
More like it really wasn't advantageous to go against the guy giving them copious amounts of land and riched, so they just chilled and kept by his side. If he had lived 30 more years, his empire would've probably collapsed due to infighting from these same guys
@cathulionetharn5139
@cathulionetharn5139 Ай бұрын
they actually were getting very pissed at him at the time, as they were all greeks/macedonians and Alexander was making himself out into a persian style god emperor, made his capital in persia, surrounded himself with persian courtiers and other stuff During campaign it was mostly a lot of gold and glory and the fact that regular soldiers nearly worshipped Alexander due to all his victories
@thepowerofsand6180
@thepowerofsand6180 Ай бұрын
Probably because he had an even bigger ego
@deepdungeon8465
@deepdungeon8465 Ай бұрын
​@@cathulionetharn5139dude, they still loved Alexander. Seleucus even got on a blood rage when he heard Alexander was shit and killed by a huge arrow in Mallian Seige. The massacre only stops when the physicians says Alex is Alive and Breathing.
@cathulionetharn5139
@cathulionetharn5139 Ай бұрын
@@deepdungeon8465 right but is stil in the campaign yes? I am talking post campaign after they came back from marching east and stopped just before India
@GrafEisen1
@GrafEisen1 Ай бұрын
This is exactly why part of what makes a great leader is how well they handle their succesion.
@ale-xsantos1078
@ale-xsantos1078 Ай бұрын
Indeed
@Henry_TownshendSH4
@Henry_TownshendSH4 Ай бұрын
Its worth throwing it all away to have such a cool fucking quote
@drekbleh7081
@drekbleh7081 Ай бұрын
1:01 When retirement doesn't entail the glory of battle
@Mrkabrat
@Mrkabrat Ай бұрын
The Rome 2 soundtrack is activating the fight or flight alright
@akend4426
@akend4426 Ай бұрын
1:02 The Argyraspides that fought for Eumenes were 50-70 years old? Damn, I guess why they say be wary of older men in a profession where men die young.
@toasterman5412
@toasterman5412 Ай бұрын
Antigonus was 81 when he died in battle lol Imagine Biden charging in with the Navy seals
@nvmtt
@nvmtt Ай бұрын
@@toasterman5412 lmao. I can imagine it already lol. Reloading after every single shot because he forgot the ammo count.
@Adventeuan
@Adventeuan Ай бұрын
​@@nvmtt He'd get domed so fast because he is the type of silly guy to forget he is in a warzone.
@Leo-ok3uj
@Leo-ok3uj Ай бұрын
@@nvmtt On the bright side, he will never be running out of ammo with a good supply chain
@wariodude128
@wariodude128 Ай бұрын
That clip of a guy getting run through in the back with a sword going "AAAAAAAGGGHHH" was used so much you could make a drinking game out of it. Speaking of which, every time you see that clip, drink.
@michaelterrencefernandezli6688
@michaelterrencefernandezli6688 Ай бұрын
"If you're not strong, you're gay" - Alexander the Great
@michaelterrencefernandezli6688
@michaelterrencefernandezli6688 Ай бұрын
note: they probably were gay for alexander ngl
@nightsong81
@nightsong81 Ай бұрын
Dude literally had a boyfriend (Hephastion).
@MobinBrown
@MobinBrown Ай бұрын
@@nightsong81 looks like the point flew over your head. Those guys weren't gay in the current sense.
@Nefferious
@Nefferious Ай бұрын
​@@nightsong81 He had a boyfriend but funnily enough it wasn't Hephaestion, it was a eunuch named Bagoas. Hephaestion really was just a friend it looks like.
@nvmtt
@nvmtt Ай бұрын
@@MobinBrown dude, they were greeks. the point is mute.
@KroiAlbanoiArbanon
@KroiAlbanoiArbanon Ай бұрын
Alexander Generals when he was alive:please for Gods sake no more war and let's go home. Also his generals when he dies:its war time.
@sabaton_no.1_fan
@sabaton_no.1_fan Ай бұрын
the fact is my ancestor also fought in this war
@XiangYu94
@XiangYu94 Ай бұрын
😂 *the constantly repeating meme of that guy getting backstabbed*
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Ай бұрын
Out of all the empires that split from Alexander's empire, I find the Selucid Empire the most interesting, but only because they lost to a small rebellion led by a Judean Priestly family some time later. That being said, will you make a video about the Hasmonean Empire that followed Judas and his brother's conquests? Especially since the actions of Judas and later on, Alexandra Salome were the high points of the Hasmonean Empire, and then afterwards, everything went to shit until Pompey conquered the Hasmonean Empire and Herod was set up as "King".
@oooeee5556
@oooeee5556 Ай бұрын
- Leader dies - Dynasties formed by powerful officials/generals - Civil war over who is the true ruler China: First time?
@Leo-ok3uj
@Leo-ok3uj Ай бұрын
I feel that Demetrios having to watch his father (Antigonos) fight until his last breath while being unable to help him because of those elephants having him and his cavalry unit checked deserved a mentioning
@andrewz6986
@andrewz6986 Ай бұрын
The way everyone gets betrayed is fitting for how dirty everyone treated Alexanders family
@viperlordpaces
@viperlordpaces Ай бұрын
Bro held the first battle royale tournament
@catnaut9035
@catnaut9035 Ай бұрын
Virgin world wars vs chad diadochi wars
@1234a-z3j
@1234a-z3j Ай бұрын
you forgot antigonus being killed in battle, and demetrius being captured
@marloyorkrodriguez9975
@marloyorkrodriguez9975 21 күн бұрын
Eumenes the only person who cares about Alex’s empire and at the same time the one who who could’ve defeated Antigonus if only the Silver Shields had kept their faith.
@g.sergiusfidenas6650
@g.sergiusfidenas6650 14 күн бұрын
Eumenes was doomed either way, he had been sentenced to death in absentia by the Diadochi and even if he had accomplished the hard task of completely defeating Antigonus he still would had to face the others, the only truly loyal subordinates he had were those who were not macedonians (like his persian in-laws or those troops he had from the eastern satrapies), had they not betrayed him to Antigonus they would had betrayed him later against Ptolemy, Seleucus, Antipater, Lysimachus or whoever he fought next. He was an awesome general brought low by the most revolting of means.
@christos3280
@christos3280 23 күн бұрын
When the people of the city-states have gotten hold of large empires, and now keep destroying eachother like city-states... but now with more resources
@thechangamire3495
@thechangamire3495 Ай бұрын
Alexander really decided that if he couldn't live to see his empire completed, it wouldn't be allowed to. I strive to emulate his pettiness.
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Ай бұрын
Come to think of it, if the world that people know at that time covered from Espania to India, this would technically be maybe the millionth World War already
@Heylanda-fb9xb
@Heylanda-fb9xb Ай бұрын
It's almost one. Unfortunately, the "known world" at the time also include China. Whom the Persian and later the Greeks are in contact and establish trade route with.
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Ай бұрын
@@Heylanda-fb9xb To be fair, World War I mostly covered Europe and the Middle East to a later extent, so not exactly Worldwide in that sense. World War 2 covered far more areas of the world, but still not fully, so perhaps the definition of a "World War" should be that if many of the most powerful nations are involved in it to the point that even other countries and colonies would be affected. In a certain sense, the Wars of the Diadochi can be seen as a "world war" insofar as the main powers of that world were at war with one another.
@Heylanda-fb9xb
@Heylanda-fb9xb Ай бұрын
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Sorry. But that's bullshit. WW1 is truly a World War since all continent are involved thanks to the presence of European colony around the world. Europe: Western Front, Eastern Front, Italian Front, Balkan Front. Middle East: Galipoli, Caucasian Front, Sinai Desert Front. Africa: German East African Front, Togo Front. Pretty much wherever the German colony in Africa are located become a frontline. Asia: New Guinea Front (Germany used to control half of it. It's why there's a "Bismarck Sea" there.), Battle of Qingdao. Battle of Tsingtao. North America: U-Boat skirmishes. America and Canada became a major combatant nations. South America: Battle of Falkland Island (1914). Brazil and Chili became British sub-contract weapon manufacturer.
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849
@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Ай бұрын
@@Heylanda-fb9xb Ok, I stand corrected, since I never knew about the other WWI fronts that much. and might have forgotten some of them (Like the Falkland Battle). But that would not invalidate the possibility that some ancient wars can be seen as "world wars" inspite of their rather limited locations, owing to how they would have understood the extent of the world at that time, and even if the peoples there have made contact with places like China, what's to say that the majority of the people ver knew what "China" is.
@remsee1608
@remsee1608 Ай бұрын
Arbiter is the real star of this video
@tundrarunner4951
@tundrarunner4951 Ай бұрын
Man, everyone's getting assassinated and betrayed up in here!
@bruhjohniscool1437
@bruhjohniscool1437 Ай бұрын
His wordd were on the scale of empire's
@aryel6867
@aryel6867 Ай бұрын
Bro planted the bomb and died🤣
@WelcomeToDERPLAND
@WelcomeToDERPLAND Ай бұрын
Argyraspides being 50~70 years old and being "FUCKINNN' INVINCIBLE" is pretty based tbh
@g.sergiusfidenas6650
@g.sergiusfidenas6650 14 күн бұрын
Eumenes was a true G and I am glad the ones that betrayed him ended being double-crossed themselves also.
@Malone_brown_
@Malone_brown_ Ай бұрын
He is history's number 1 instigator for that shit I swear to god 😭
@cattysplat
@cattysplat Ай бұрын
You're having a really bad day if your facing down hundreds of giant ass war elephants in battle.
@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly
@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly Ай бұрын
0:48 *FINALLY HALO 3 FOOTAGE*
@j.s.ospina9861
@j.s.ospina9861 Ай бұрын
Alexander when he knew he was going to die: "yall are dying with me"
@jackster8976
@jackster8976 Ай бұрын
Alexander the Great's Ghost: "Commander, operation cinder is to begin at once"
@lionhood1494
@lionhood1494 2 күн бұрын
he knew everyone would turn their backs on him and fight each other for the control of its empire, so he replied "the strongest". Makes sense because only the strongest could have won the battle and continued his empire. But there was sadly just too much inner conflict and greed to hold such a big empire together. Epic Words Another Alexander W
@jonbaxter2254
@jonbaxter2254 Ай бұрын
This is like the sequel to the original, which isn't as good, but has some of the previous actors and writers.
@fatihsaidduran
@fatihsaidduran Ай бұрын
Nah the Diadochi wars are solid.
@greatkentuckian9032
@greatkentuckian9032 Ай бұрын
Imagine an Alexander the Great that was not so self-centered and gave power to the smartest general
@cathulionetharn5139
@cathulionetharn5139 Ай бұрын
there is some speculation that one of them had a name that sounded similar to greek "strongest", and it could either be his propaganda that it should have been him not "the strongest" or it could be others saying it was "the strongest" and not the guys name He was trying to create a persian style ruler-centric cult to strengthen his empires unity, giving power to one of his underlings would counteract that. Also he was 30 something, not thinking of death, probably expecting to have his infant son be his heir in like a decade or two and suddenly he got disease that kills nerve function, and suddenly he is bedridden, paralised, barely able to do anything Tough luck
@narcisraiciu6919
@narcisraiciu6919 Ай бұрын
@@cathulionetharn5139 Isn't this what Seleucus accomplished?
@cathulionetharn5139
@cathulionetharn5139 Ай бұрын
@@narcisraiciu6919 yeah, but seleucus didn't have several generals and an army straight from greece, that would very much like to go back home to greece and not build another city in some place several miles away and name it alexandria, That has already voiced that desire and got an "okay fine we'll go back home, STRAIGHT THROUGH THE DESERT" but then stopped at the persian capital. After like a third of them died crossing a desert they very much didn't need to cross
@Adventeuan
@Adventeuan Ай бұрын
​@@cathulionetharn5139 Alexander the dumbass. Philip II should've been called Philip the Great as even after death he could ensure that his son had an army which would beat the shit out of the Persians.
@corvusglaive3605
@corvusglaive3605 Ай бұрын
The bots are having a field day.
@adamelghalmi9771
@adamelghalmi9771 Ай бұрын
the fog is coming. the fog is coming. the fog is coming. protect your kids, the fog IS COMING
@akend4426
@akend4426 Ай бұрын
0:21 Today I learned that Alexander The Great and Cleopatra were siblings. Unless, of course, this is a different person that just happens to also be named Cleopatra.
@Decumos
@Decumos Ай бұрын
It is. The one you're thinking of is a descendant of Ptolemy and lived 300 years later.
@davideserafini3154
@davideserafini3154 Ай бұрын
It's a different person
@goncaloferreira8543
@goncaloferreira8543 Ай бұрын
Considering the Cleopatra your talking about was around Cesar's time which is like hundreds of years after Alexander the great, chances of her being his sister is rather low
@akend4426
@akend4426 Ай бұрын
@Decumos Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification.
@Geoguy678
@Geoguy678 Ай бұрын
There were many Cleopatras in Hellenized Egypt(popular name) But yes, Cleopatra was Greek and came from Alexander the Great
@sliftyy
@sliftyy Ай бұрын
fr why does no one talk about these conflicts? completely forgotten
@hellomoto2084
@hellomoto2084 Ай бұрын
Because they happened thousands of years ago. Also there are literally documentaries on KZbin , for you to watch . Battle by battle , war by war . Kings and generals and similar channels have covered it in great detail. So , yes history buffs talk, normal random folks don't as it happened thousands of years ago .
@professorxavier620
@professorxavier620 Ай бұрын
Damn the music is so fucking good!
@ThePatriarchXCI91
@ThePatriarchXCI91 Ай бұрын
"And so, you must be silenced."
@gamebawesome
@gamebawesome Ай бұрын
**Literally nobody** You must be silenced
@Tarik360
@Tarik360 26 күн бұрын
Holy Machiavellian intrigue on crack batman!
@marsh2537
@marsh2537 Ай бұрын
tôi kratistôi goes so fucking hard it’s unbelievable
@Tazter25
@Tazter25 Ай бұрын
Imma steal this mad general war for my book 😘 I loved the 4th backstab the most 🤣
@Henry_TownshendSH4
@Henry_TownshendSH4 Ай бұрын
Guys Alex meant you should hae an arm wrestling contest, not this
@libertyorca9011
@libertyorca9011 Ай бұрын
I like frogs
@shadowborn1456
@shadowborn1456 Ай бұрын
Like that frog from that 2005 song
@AverageMojaveMailman
@AverageMojaveMailman Ай бұрын
I like turtles.
@hellomoto2084
@hellomoto2084 Ай бұрын
You french?
@argentin2306
@argentin2306 Ай бұрын
Malaria sure got a lot of assists from all of this
@neilallen8491
@neilallen8491 Ай бұрын
Damn I was not expecting so many clips of the arbiter back stabbing the prophet of truth. It's funny to imagine that it's the same assassin doing all the dirty work "you must be silenced", from Perdiccas to Selecus 😂.
@FilozofzPanelaku
@FilozofzPanelaku Ай бұрын
what I remeber about rise of the empire is... how quiet it was....
@beren1898
@beren1898 Ай бұрын
Take a shot of Spyritus (96%) everytime Arbiter said "You must be silenced!".
@neutralfellow9736
@neutralfellow9736 Ай бұрын
superbo stuffo
@boruchan7636
@boruchan7636 Ай бұрын
I only saw 437 elephants
@wankawanka3053
@wankawanka3053 Ай бұрын
I like to think that since the word kratistoi and the name krateros (both come from the greek word kratos) that everyone simply misheard alexander and he just wanted to give it to krateros😅
@HolyknightVader999
@HolyknightVader999 Ай бұрын
Alexander's Empire had their own Crisis of the Third Century. They just didn't recover from it.
@rasmussten1206
@rasmussten1206 Ай бұрын
Do a video on Tycho Brahe
@MausOfTheHouse
@MausOfTheHouse Ай бұрын
Disappointed you didn't use any imagery from imperator: Rome
@compatriot852
@compatriot852 Ай бұрын
Battle Royale: Greek edition
@Kommandant_Erich
@Kommandant_Erich Ай бұрын
Day 1 on asking MasterofRoflness on making a video about the Czechoslovak Partisans aka the Jan Žižka Partisan Brigade.
@facundomagarinoss3401
@facundomagarinoss3401 Ай бұрын
The Greeks and Romans loved civil wars. Even when they united into a single nation...The rhomaioi, they continued the ancestral tradition until 1453
@brianaguila6925
@brianaguila6925 Ай бұрын
Hephastion WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR for sure
@JGCO115
@JGCO115 27 күн бұрын
I think even if he named a successor, his empire would have probably end up falling anyways.
@tyh5796
@tyh5796 Ай бұрын
The Greeks have their own Three Kingdoms
@ellescer
@ellescer Ай бұрын
Imagine an anime based on this
@miketacos9034
@miketacos9034 Ай бұрын
Arbiter's arm gettin' tired there.
@Hameem-up2br
@Hameem-up2br Ай бұрын
Bro wanted a battle royale
@Rawarart
@Rawarart Ай бұрын
well it is nkt so great of you alex
@Totally_not_alpharius
@Totally_not_alpharius Ай бұрын
Rome thats who
@_Jay_Maker_
@_Jay_Maker_ Ай бұрын
If anyone here is watching Orbital Bacons' regular stream of _Reign: The Conqueror,_ this shit is even more insane. 😆
@AlterMert
@AlterMert Ай бұрын
Age of Mythology Music??
@sahilhossain8204
@sahilhossain8204 Ай бұрын
Lore of How Alexander the Great's Empire Ended momentum 100
@TheMightyNaryar
@TheMightyNaryar Ай бұрын
Highlander but 2300 years too early
@cynfaelalek-walker7003
@cynfaelalek-walker7003 Ай бұрын
Maybe the Pharaohs knew something when they had all their servants executed after their death.
@ale-xsantos1078
@ale-xsantos1078 Ай бұрын
Alexander: To the Strongest Rome: You called?
@RockSp-oe1jl
@RockSp-oe1jl Ай бұрын
The empire was a stealth mission💀
@jjbaandwarriorcats
@jjbaandwarriorcats Ай бұрын
3 corn bots on one vid is insane
@notgoddhoward5972
@notgoddhoward5972 Ай бұрын
Surely this won't lead to some small city state from the fringes rising up in the next couple hundred years and taking over the Mediterranean.
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