How did The Roman Empire Conquer Dacia and Mesopotamia?

[@Big.Stepper.]

So Nerva gets overlooked despite having a solid rule, which acted as the blueprint for the greatest rule over?

[@octaviantimisoreanu5810]

He gets overlooked because he was an old man who ruled exactly how the senate wanted him to. The most remarkable thing he is known for is his choice for succession.

[@vannchansenany10d32]

Tbh nerva being part of the “5 good emperors” is lowkey insulting cuz he was not a good ruler and made the economy worst even after all the efforts that dometian had put. Just like the person above said. His best achievement is quite literally picking Trajan.

[@JOHNRAMBO42091]

Nerva reminds me of joe biden

[@maximusjackassicus3042]

It's mostly because his reign was so short, not even 2 years. If he'd lasted a decade or so he'd be better remembered.

[@e.l.b6435]

@@vannchansenany10d32Thats why I didn‘t like the Term „5 good emperors“ because it‘s overshadowing the Flavian dynasty, which was probably the Most Important in Roman history

[@neroangelo1409]

Here for my daily thought about the roman empire

[@panos617]

"He who desires Peace, should prepare for War" Flavius Vegetius Renatus

[@KingMordred]

Emperor Nerva had a pretty fascinating story, considering that he, despite being the 12th emperor, was born when the 2th was still alive, saw two roysl dinasties being overthrown and created the best the empure ever had A mini-series about roman history through his eyes from 30 to 98 A.D. would be amazing, actually

[@paradox7358]

I always remember Nerva because I "Nerva heard of him"

[@Warmaker01]

Dacia's resistance was real fierce for the time. They had even embarrassed Emperor Domitian earlier. It took Rome at the height of its imperial power while being internally stable, and a military campaign led by arguably Rome's best military minded emperor, wielding the legions at their best, to fully subdue Dacia. Trajan felt secure enough politically at home and at the borders to pull together 150k to 200k men for the Second Dacian War. You do not find the Roman Empire putting together such a large single command under one man much because: A) Most emperors were not that well military minded, B) Most Roman emperors would *never* trust anyone, not even a family member, to have such a single large command out of fear of that army being used against them (even Imperial China dealt with that), and C) Most emperors couldn't afford to leave Rome for long due to worry of political machinations going on while away. The last time up to that point I think, that the Roman Empire had put a single man in command of such a massive army wound up "mysteriously dead" when the campaigns were over: Germanicus.

[@alexateodor]

"Fully subdue Dacia" that surely never happened

[@KingMordred]

Nerva's involvement in unmasking the conspiracy against Nero is overlooked. I'm really disappointed that the Nerva that appears in "Quo Vadis" has nothing to do with the historical one.

[@TetsuShima]

For those interestbin the roman conquest of Dacia, there are two great romanian movies about those conflicts: "the Dacii", about Domitian's wars, and "Columna", about the conquest and romanization of Dacia under Trajan

[@gt-c-]

* * WRONG ! DACIA WAS NEVER CONQUERED BY TRAIAN... yes...small pieces of land were under short occupation...BUT NEVER CONQUERED DACIA as a whole! * *

[@timetosee9251]

I like the quick overview type of videos but man it makes me want to dive deeper to understand the background. I like thus channel more because it sparks an interest in diving deeper into your topics. So thank you for that. Good work

[@david20418]

They really wanted those Romanian cars

[@alexandrupreda1994]

Goog quality and cheep Dacia is not far in performance from a RollsRoy. Some time is even better Dacia

[@alexateodor]

The roman thieves conquered Dacia only from 106CE to 271CE a total of 165 years, and the occupied territory was much smaller, about a half of what this video shows, they never reached so North, there were always living the Free Dacians "Dacii Liberi" who permanently attacked the romans back. Roman ethnically mixed mercenaries troops never got so far neither to the east, nor to the west in Dacia territories. And when they were finally thrown out in 271CE, they robbed Dacia of an unimaginable quantity of HUNDREDS of TONS of gold, plus silver and other values they could grab. All they had was stolen from their neighbours..

[@FatJoker0]

I live where Dacia used to be 🤘

[@THEWATCHERUNIVERSE]

Notification after 6 days :)))

[@m.dewylde5287]

The Romans only conquered less than half of Dacia, not Dacia.

[@BraveGisgo]

Thats all you have to say, no compliments or thanks for the hard work, just pendantic criticism?

[@m.dewylde5287]

@@BraveGisgo I am not here to give compliments, nor am I here to criticize. I just made a correction. The compliments come in the form of monetary gains for the creator of the content, because I bothered to watch the video.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

​@@m.dewylde5287shallow and pedantic

[@alexateodor]

14% more precisely, and for a very short period of time of just 150 years

[@Bmw25TEL]

@@alexateodor114 i think

[@kennymitchell232]

Amazing video, love all your videos on rome, especially this one!!

[@micahistory]

Nice video, very well explained

[@AbhyudayaSinh]

Very informative ❤

[@1wor1d]

Trajan is on most historians list as one of the best emperors, and many think he is the best emperor. What did the senate think of Trajan? May he be “luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan” (felicior Augusto, melior Traiano). This line was recited by the Roman Senate during coronation ceremonies for new emperors. For me, he is in my top 3 emperors, Octavian Augustus, Trajan and Aurelian.

[@DistantLights]

Does Domitian deserve any credit for stabalizing the empire? He reduced inflation, and was the least greediest emperor, plus the institutions ran pretty smoothly.

[@DarkSygil666]

Despite many achievements, the Christians did not like him for his persecutions, and thus, wrote poorly of him. He had a bad rap for a long time, like Julian.

[@wargamelarpdump2]

Yeah like the commment above domitian is solid but because he had a tendency to piss the people off who wrote the histories he’s portrayed as a dick. Even though he is a very good administrator and this emperor.

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

He seems like an idiot 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@wargamelarpdump2

[@micahistory]

I didn't realise how unknown Nerva and Trajan's origins were

[@davidhughes8357]

Bluntly. DAMN GOOD!!

[@dalepage5587]

Great video

[@1wor1d]

The words Dacia or Mesopotamia were not even mentioned until halfway through the video?!

[@alexateodor]

The video was actually another pretext to glorify the romans once more

[@CARL_093]

thanks knwoledgia

[@tudorm6838]

The Decebalus attack in the Danube area and the Battle of Adamclisi (where the Tropaeum Traiani monument was later built in memory of this battle) occurred during the First Dacian War, not at the beginning of the Second. The purpose of this attack was to stop Trajan's advance to the heart of the Dacian kingdom, and the Dacians were aided by the Roxolani Sarmatians. Detail: Decebal commits suicide after a futile resistance after the battle of Sarmizegetusa (and not during the battle, he managed to escape from the encirclement). The purpose of this war was largely economic. The Dacian gold and silver, taken from the treasury of King Decebal and from the mines of Dacia, rebuilt the empire's finances and financed, among other things, the construction of Trajan's forum, the column, Trajan's market, some games, etc.

[@ramtin5152]

Unlike what most people might think, Trajan's achievements in Mesopotamia weren't as great as his victories in Dacia He didn't even fight any battles there like he did in Dacia and faced no Parthian royal army or any army sent by the king He just besieged cities with his vast army The Parthian empire at the time was divided in two with the eastern parts and some of the central provinces being taken by Vologases III and the western parts such as Mesopotamia, Atropatene, Media, Khuzistan/Elam and Armenia being taken by a usurper king called Osroes I (the one who started the war) Trajan attacked the Parthian empire when the Parthians were in a civil war (both because of the Parthian Osroes I who rebelled against the Parthian king and betrayed the treaty of Rhandeia) and were very weakened but still lost all the conquered cities to Iranian rebels and some soldiers after he left Even during Trajan's invasion, the Parthians gained some victories Trajan failed to take Hatra, which avoided a total Parthian defeat and he himself was wounded during that siege Plus aside from Ctesiphon and Susa, the Parthians had five other capitals in the mainland great Iran behind Zagros mountains The Parthian forces attacked key Roman positions, and Roman garrisons at Seleucia, Nisibis and Edessa were evicted by the local populaces and the Romans were pushed out of Mesopotamia with the defeat of Trajan's puppet king by the Parthians who reconquered all the territories that were lost to Rome during the invasion The treaty of Rhandeia which was agreed between the Parthians and Romans after the Roman defeat at the battle of Rhandeia was honored by Trajan's successor again According to this treaty, the Parthians choose a prince of the Arsacid dynasty as the king of Armenia and his crown was given to him by Romans (although the Parthians coronated the prince first in their own land) His invasion ended in a stalemate at best

[@alexateodor]

His victories weren't that great in Dacia neither, the occupied territory was much smaller, 1/2 of what the video shows, and the occupation lasted for only 165 years

[@ContentByMarcus]

Proud Mauro-Roman (Moroccan Italian)

[@Alexandru1996_]

Well, the information about Dacia is mostly accurate, but the map is not the best. Plus, you could have used another representation of kind Decebal. As we have images of him on the Column of Traian.

[@Ansarallah_2014]

Only Augustus comes off as truly iconic.

[@ff-klaw1375]

Sir? Can we get audio track for other languages?

[@mihaivisovan2407]

Hi! I would also add the years in the title, it helps knowing the order of the videos.

[@mango2005]

They wanted the Dacian gold. It helped stabilise the currency.

[@Bmw25TEL]

They only conquer 14% of Dacia 😂

[@Nightmare_of_Konoha]

Add subtitles please?

[@matejmalysak8562]

the map isnt too accurate sarmiszegetusa is east of projected position just above the liver shaped mountain range, trajan entered dacia through turnu severin where he actually built bridge over danube then went east and north through valleys of river Cerna and Timis and then Bistra

[@m.dewylde5287]

Also, the Romans didn't conquer all of Dacia, but just a little less than half of the whole territory inhabited by Dacians.

[@ldubt4494]

​@@m.dewylde5287this iis shown on the map. As you can see, Moldova and the northern carpathians are not shown in red.

[@m.dewylde5287]

@@ldubt4494 I see that on the map. I was talking about the narration. Everybody uses the wrong language when it comes to this area. The misinformation spreads everytime some KZbin creator says the words: ."..the Romans conquered Dacia ...". Wrong! They never conquered Dacia. They didn't even try to take all of it. They conquered part of Dacia, the only area that was rich in gold and salt.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Stakes and sunlight

[@PatriotOfPersia]

Please make a video about Kilwa Empire

[@theawesomeman9821]

Before America became a super power there was Rome.

[@alexateodor]

Find ten similarities between the roman empire and the US

[@danielating1316]

Was Nerva the heir of Domitian or the successor of Domitian?

[@Losty2023]

Both

[@Arxyium]

Next, How did Heraclius Save The Roman empire from the verge of Collapse? I highly doubt you will see this comment, but i wanted to get this topic out to the public.

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

Jesus: This is considered a deception. God used him as a puppet in order to make his chosen people crush him

[@Arxyium]

@@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك What are you baffling about?

[@peropero2307]

When I see then names of those cities, I cannot help but lol…. Now, how could I trust you anything else? Please make a disclaimer like “I am just a hobbyist”. I live in one of those cities, so I know the history of it.

[@alexateodor]

Same for Dacia also. Roman history is hugely overstated

[@rajsekharRonaldo5297]

why "US - airforce" didn't helped to conquer Persia

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

Because the gangs in America and the Jewish lobby prevent them

[@مقتدى-ح8م]

First trajan didn't take hatra kingdom and he was defeated second he didn't take characene but they allied with him

[@fredfromthedead2857]

Dacia stepway anyone?

[@cosimoalbaster]

Took half of the video to get to the point.....also the map of Dacia is wrong...The Dacian Kingdom also included the Getae and Costaboci tribes seen on the map in the video....

[@CocoSon-we2rg]

The Karps later arrived where the map in the video indicated.

[@ChillYeti]

Well, he didn't conquer whole Dacia. The title is a little deceiving. 😊

[@CocoSon-we2rg]

He conquered what interested him in Dacia, the gold mines and the salt mines.

[@gt-c-]

@@CocoSon-we2rg * * WRONG ! That was only for a short time ! * *

[@CocoSon-we2rg]

@@gt-c- Not only that. Dio Casius: "After staying for some time in Rome, Trajan undertook an expedition against the Dacians, thinking about their attitude and being outraged by the tribute they paid every year and because he saw how their powers were growing, and their arrogance". Moreover, in the East, the Romans had to face the threat of the Parthians, who proved to be a formidable opponent for the Empire. Trajan would have been caught between the Dacians and the Parthians, Trajan needed peace in the area of ​​Dacia, but the economic reasons were even more pressing. Dacian gold was famous, and the Romans had learned of the riches found in the mountains of the northern Danubian territories. The conquest of a territory rich in resources was an opportunity to fill the treasury of Rome, drained by the extravagances of Domitian and at the same time to face a new war effort, as I said before with the Parthians.

[@gt-c-]

@@CocoSon-we2rg ...good write and correct!

[@alexateodor]

A better title: "How the romans were able to conquer a small part of Dacia, for only 165 years"

[@rumbleinthebumble8180]

More AI, more mistakes.

[@obamadrip4021]

what'd they get wrong?

[@rumbleinthebumble8180]

@@obamadrip4021 pronunciation (at least)

[@vladpetric7493]

Brownie points for your pronunciation :)

[@AnimeFan-dl4qd]

How did Rom lose Seleucia?

[@superyamky]

Learning something new everyday

[@gt-c-]

* * DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE....VERIFY AND FIND THE TRUTH ! * *

[@Ihavpickle]

Bro uploaded at 4:30 am

[@Ihavpickle]

Respect

[@redashura9255]

19.00 in Indonesia

[@Losty2023]

They are Romanian so they upload at GMT +3

[@AlexAlex-km9db]

Map representation is terrible. The map you're showing is the territory Rome settled and latinized after Decebalus' death, Decebalus' managed to unite all the Dacian and Sarmatian tribes, that includes the Getae, the Bastarnae, the Costoboci, the Carpi, the Roxolani. Also, the Carpi weren't that far west, but east, next to the bastarnae.

[@samuelcoogan2255]

I think you're splitting hairs a bit. You clearly know quite alot about this topic but maybe next time try to be a bit more polite, this guy us making great content for us all to enjoy for free. Maybe offer you're advise on where to get good information ect.

[@Alexandru1996_]

Friend, you are mistaking.Burebista did that. The map id not 100% accurate, but it is reasonably close to the reality. Decebal didn't get to the Black Sea coast, he mostly owned the land between mountains, Oltenia and Banat, conform to some maps that i found.

[@AlexAlex-km9db]

@@Alexandru1996_ Again, what you're referring to is Roman Dacia, or Dacia Traiana, which was settled and turned into an imperial province by the Romans after their victory over Decebalus. Are you sure the maps you found online aren't reffering to Roman Dacia? Quite an easy mistake to do if you just google roman dacian wars and the first map which pops up is Roman Dacia. Dacia under Burebista was even bigger, stretching into Pannonia and the Greek colonies along the Black Sea coast in the Thracian region, which are under Roman control here.

[@specialforces101]

Why so many mispronunciations?

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice question.

[@Alextwo.]

Nice question.​@@ericdanielski4802

[@irgendwer3610]

Nerwa heard of him

[@Arxyium]

Until today

[@iosefiniosefin]

Romania here 😅

[@magelline7222]

Armenia♥

[@4_am]

Ohh the pronunciation of the names, is this the "RIGHT" way or just the voice?

[@irgendwer3610]

he is pronouncing it like if it was italian, not like either Latin or English

[@4_am]

@@irgendwer3610 ta, so different to how I've grown up hearing these names. Bit jarring to me haha

[@chad12345678]

Why is Albania all the way beside Armenia

[@magister0006]

It is caucasus albania, which located in modern Azerbaijan.

[@chad12345678]

@@magister0006 is this related at all to the modern country of Albania?

[@magister0006]

@@chad12345678 No. Armenian and Georgian historians called it “Aghvank”. I don’t now why it was called Caucasus Albania in 20 century.

[@jesusismyhelp9005]

@@chad12345678no Albania meats white mountains which means Caucasian Albania is just Caucasian white mountains

[@sebastiansebastian1703]

Only seeing the joke of the map that he used makes me wonder If a 12 year old made this video. Dacia was at it’s peak when the Romans invaded. Try and multiply the area by 5 times. I wonder what Ai provided the map 😂

[@krusty4555]

Dacia was at its peak under Burebista not when the romans arrived 💀

[@stfan1686]

Greșești...

[@hamishegi9993]

❤

[@bl3wis274]

Me

[@superyamky]

Finally I get to see how dacia was conquered 😄

[@irgendwer3610]

mamma mia

[@Antigaymonachist]

Here first

[@IlCombatWombatlI]

I've never heard English speaking, actual ancient historians pronounce all these nouns so strangely. Please stop, it's very annoying.

[@scottyprice1787]

You can really tell A.I. is narrating this is ok but a human narrator would be alot better just saying guys great video ❤

[@Knowledgia]

Hi! We are not using AI narration.

[@scottyprice1787]

@@Knowledgia good I apologize guys I'll keep watching!! You guys have the best history content period

[@Troybert8066]

9/13 minutes spent taking about another ruler. Clickbait and unsubbed.

[@kaiswork3998]

Where TF is Cesar

[@alvaro209209]

Cesar was never a emperor he was dictator for life his grand nephew Octavian became the 1st emperor

[@gachibass3639]

And of course Romania has nothing to do with Dacia.

[@CocoSon-we2rg]

Could you explain in more detail why "of course"?

[@alexateodor]

Today's "România" is exactly Dacia

[@farright118]

Bro I'm 7mins into this video and you haven't talked about dacia once Reported!!!

[@gt-c-]

* * The entire video is NOT ACCURATE ! * *

[@pradeepmagan6951]

Odd they never went up the Volga river to conquer Russia and protect Gaul and Germany

[@IvanJohnson-w2k]

There was no Rus there was the wild steppe populated by sythians

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

​@@IvanJohnson-w2kScythians: Women must fight like men Sarmatians: Women should be at home and give birth to male children

[@raigarmullerson4838]

Aka the Dacians fucked around and found out, same with Parthia