Units of History - The Numidian Cavalry DOCUMENTARY

Documentary on Units of History - The Numidian Cavalry. Access history lectures with a free trial through our sponsor, The Great Courses Plus ow.ly/2QD730qWCMI
We continue our exploration of the famous units of history. In this documentary episode our focus is on the Numidian Cavalry of North Africa. The episode begins with the origins of this force as it emerged from the ancient tribal groups of present day Algeria, Numidia, and Tunisia. We talk about their societies and kingdoms which eventually mixed with their neighbors such the Phoenician colonies and Carthage.
Next we cover their equipment and tactics in warfare. This involves the activities of an elite skirmisher force capable of inflicting lighting attacks on the campaign and devastating harassment in battle. We then discuss their service history under the Carthage Army during the Punic-Sicilian Wars with the Greeks, the Punic Wars with Rome, the Jugurthine War, and their ensuing service under the Roman army. We highlight specific records of their stellar performance under Hannibal Barca such as the Battle of Trebia, the Battle of Trasimene, the Battle of Cannae, and finally the Battle of Zama where they actually fought for Scipio Africanus.
Sources and Suggested Reading:
"Carthage: A History" by Serge Lancel
"The Carthaginians" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage's Other Wars" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage Must be Destroyed" by Richard Miles
#History
#Carthage

[@InvictaHistory]

What are your suggestions for other units of history?

[@JohnSmith-vg6hb]

Iberian bull warriors

[@tjwarren1677]

The Theban Sacred Band

[@craigore2011]

Varangian Guard

[@xvoutsiotis]

The silver shields.

[@SVTDI]

Napoleons Imperial Guard

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Numidian cavalry switched sides from Carthage to Rome. And to honor this Italy switches sides whenever it can.

[@zidfih1176]

😂😂😂😂

[@yeetmcskeet6872]

Had us in the first half ngl

[@saidhammar5006]

lol actually they did not switch sides, actually there are two numidian kingdoms. And it's Carthage that wanted to switch from one to another, thinking the second one is bigger, so a better ally. But they've made the wrong choice, and the one they let down after they have promised even a mariage to him with Sophonisba, has been exactly the one to destroy Hanibal at Zama, and his name is Massinissa.SO IRONIC

[@quickko]

said hammar i thought the reason why they switched sides, was because scipio freed mananissas son after capturing him. Mananissas was in grief, when scipio escorted him home, with honors and bodyguards.

[@saidhammar5006]

@@quickko nope. Carthage had first Massinissa as his ally (he fought for some 15 years in Spain with them). At that time the Massyli and the Massaesylii were already rivals to unify Numidian lands. And Syphax's kingdom was largest, he had more men, and started planning to invade the Massyli. That's where Carthago thought they would better ally with Syphax. They thought he would win against Massinissa anyway in Africa, and also bring more manpower to them against Rome. And to do that, they just gave Syphax Sophonisba, which they had already promised to Massinissa. This one hearing the news, immediately went to create an alliance with Rome, only side to bring balance again to him since he is now stick between two enemies. That's how Massinissa ended up fighting with Scipio. The first agreed to fight till Carthage is down. The second agreed to help the other defeat Syphax and take his lands into a unified Numidia.

[@bvbxiong5791]

How to be a great cavalry force: 1. be nomadic 2. ??? 3. profit

[@carloreytansiongco8741]

2. Maintain clan and tribal level to allow constant infighting. Gain experience faster.

[@andrewa9694]

2. skilled at horse riding

[@smygskytt1712]

The big problem with nomadic empires is that they rarely last more than a generation. Once the leader dies, the Empire soon disolves into its constituent tribes and clans. Just look at the Mongols, once Genghis Khan died, the various break-away khanates were more likely to fight than help each other. The only way for a nomad empire to last is to conquer agricultural land and stop being nomadic.

[@heiko5129]

@@smygskytt1712 well, after genghis khan died the empire held together and even expanded, because the next great Khan was a popular son. The only way to keep being nomad and keep conquering without getting fucked, is having a fuckload of cool sons who are enough carismatic and popular to win a unanimous decision

[@mikecimerian6913]

@@carloreytansiongco8741 What was the extent of fighting. If it was like counting coup as was the case for North American natives then we can suppose little bloodshed and something closer to a proving ground.

[@wassimouch1390]

Algerian and proud 🇩🇿❤️ Numidia's grandson passed by here 🇩🇿💪

[@lavidaloca1]

Numidia its from tunisia🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳

[@wassimouch1390]

@@lavidaloca1 Carthage it's Algerian 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@moraddz8641]

​@@lavidaloca1نوميديا جزائرية عاصمتها سيرتا لهيا قسنطينة حاليا ،وحاكم دولة ماسنيسا جزائري اتولد في خنشلة

[@MegaFreedom2006]

Numidian's are rebels and traitors they run away from Carthage with the support of the Romain's to attack back Carthage aiming for power and lands. In a simple way and in other words Numidian are mercenaries, they haven't invented anythings to the humans like the Carthaginians, their main objectives are attacking, stealing and claiming other nations properties...

[@justejuste9700]

​@@lavidaloca1what?? Be serious please. Have you seen his introduction?? He said 3 kingdoms, Carthage is built from Phiniciens

[@dzpower189]

Thank you for this great work FROM a numidian

[@targa8926]

Thanks very much for this best work we really appreciate it I am from Algeria ..Numidians are my ancestors ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵎⵉⵔⵜ ⵏⵏⵓⵏ ⵛⵉⴳⴰⵏ ⵙⵉ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ ⵉⵏⵓⵎⵉⴷⵏⴰ ⵏⵉⵀⵏⵉ ⴷ ⵉⵎⵣⵡⵓⵔⴰ ⵏⵏⵖ

[@gregoriotauro4469]

What language is the second part of the text?

[@targa8926]

Tamazight Language ..the language of indigenous people of North Africa

[@gregoriotauro4469]

@@targa8926 thanks for the quick reply! Cultural and linguistic diversity is a beauty of the world, thanks for sharing it.

[@nonononor5542]

@@targa8926 نستعرف بيك يا وليد واد سوف

[@raoufduc1441]

Only if you are chaoui you can say that

[@aw4955]

The numedians were one of the most underrated horse cultures of the ancient world. Its a shame how much history has been lost.

[@telgou]

FUN FACT: Also during the middle ages, a good horseman (more specifically a light one) was called " Jinete " in Spain. It comes from the name of an Amazigh/Berber tribe called " Zenata " Even today a horseman is called " Jinete " en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jinete

[@aw4955]

@@telgou thanks for that fact!

[@abdennouryounsi9373]

It was hidden on purpose for the sake of arabising North Africa

[@aw4955]

@@abdennouryounsi9373 I cant say that I dont see your logic. Quite possibly. The history wasnt lost, in many cases it was erased.

[@abdennouryounsi9373]

@@aw4955 hidden is a more suitable word in the case of Algeria. Back in school, we used to learn about Arab conquests with DETAILS, even Arabic poetry (as it was ath of an importance) but not our local heritage and history, I'd pass everyday by Berber, Roman and Byzantine in between cities without even knowing whom those ruins belong to.

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

Quite handy in Rome Total War where heavy cavalry was rare.

[@jacopofolin6400]

Numidian Noble cavalary is op, even vs super heavy( like cantafract) if you use a cheap cavalry from stop them charging

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

Heavy cavalry is the most overrated thing because of strategy game, in real history they were more of a prestige or last punch unite, and they weren't that heavy actually, light cavalry will do the job for you with way less.

[@benedictjajo]

And in Rome 2, it's total shite. Same as a generic Skirmish Cavalry.

[@bigbill4012]

Jacopo Folin cataphract more like cant afford

[@heavybolter6396]

@@TheTariqibnziyad eh, the cataphracts of the sassanids were devastating. So were the French lancers of mediveal time(shitty generals notwithstanding). Heavy cav always had a place until the shift between late medieval age and early modern period was reached.

[@jokester3076]

Some of the prominent North African families would marry into the Roman aristocracy, the father of emperor Septimius Severus was Libyan.

[@tarekben9240]

Septmus himself, and the emperor Macrinus, Marcus Aemilius... there were many famous names coming from north africa From Augustine of Hippo the Doctor of church to Lusius Quietus, best general of Trajan.... the are an uncountable names list !

[@hyperion3145]

Septimius Severus was also Punic, I guess Carthage did win out for a brief moment.

[@Archer89201]

Romans also couldn't resist the BD energy

[@rawadsalibi4431]

@@BLRSharpLight Romans also drew influence from Germanic and Celtic cultures. It depends on the area in the empire and the era in time. It doesn't make it any less Greco-Roman at its core than if they drew influence from the eastern Mediterranean cultures. Romans were highly pragmatic and did not hesitate to adopt anything foreign they deemed to be useful. They shared many similarities with northern Europeans just like they had with other Mediterraneans.

[@rawadsalibi4431]

@@BLRSharpLight you're the one trying to peddle a certain theory not I. And I never denied the influence of eastern Mediterranean civilisations on Greece and subsequently Rome, only the extent that you have attributed to them. Furthermore, no respected universities or academic bodies in the west deny that civilisation itself began thousands of years before Greece in Mesopotamia which is often referred to as the cradle of western civilisation. However to dressed it up as the only factor in the development of Greece's version of it without counting all the other aspects is a bit farfetched.

[@Tareltonlives]

I remember my uncle from my Mexican side doing a genetics test and finding Algerian Amazig DNA in the family. Everyone was confused so I had to explain to them about Guadalete and how many Amazigh used to live in Spain, and their Numidian ancestors being pivotal in the history of Rome

[@zakaria497]

Bro it’s not that surprising to be honest, the Amazigh (Moors) invaded Iberia under Tariq ibn zayad a Amazigh general. We even tossed out the Arabs from the Maghreb during the great Berber revolt. The Almoravids and the Almohads were some Berber dynasties that covered all of North Africa and some parts of west Africa and ofc most of southern Spain all the way up to Valencia

[@Tareltonlives]

@@zakaria497 Well, my family wasn't up on Spanish history or even Mexican history even though we had members actually taking part of the Revolution. People tend to ignore most African empires. Since Egypt got all the Roman and Greek attention, it gets the most media attention and all the other African Empires get forgotten. Thank god I took a class on them in college;professor specialized in the Sahel kingdoms

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

@@zakaria497 I remember watching flashpoint history about the Umayyad's in spain, nothing but praise for Ibin Ziyad

[@zakaria497]

Cristian Villanueva always a pleasure to meet a flashpoint history brother 💪🏻 I totally agree, we made some amazing things in Spain that still remain to this day

[@Tareltonlives]

@@cristianvillanueva8782 The Ummayads pretty much brought back civilization in Spain since the fall of Rome.

[@TheAfghan72]

It seems the Berbers loved horses and cavalry like us Pashtuns and dominated with it. Greetings & respect to our Amazigh brothers from Afghanistan!

[@TheAfghan72]

@Enclave communications center Lol

[@malekaltayari3936]

@@TheAfghan72 thanks love to Afghans . brave pepole respect from Tunisia .

[@aliatoui701]

respect and love from tunisia to our braves Pashtuns brothers

[@kimsuzy3844]

@@aliatoui701 what are u doing here in algerian video about numidia 🇩🇿

[@aliboutalbi3958]

Thank you from algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿☺️

[@mostaphiofthekingjuba8204]

What a long and beautiful history of Algeria🇩🇿♓👑💪

[@MrYassine]

Algeria founded in 1962 haha what history are you talking about

[@mostaphiofthekingjuba8204]

@@MrYassine 1962 is the Independence Day that we celebrate every year and not the founding?? The history of Algeria is older than that, Atlas donkeys😂

[@mostaphiofthekingjuba8204]

@@MrYassine If you are Moroccan and this is clear from your comment?? I tell you that Morocco was made in France in 1912🇲🇦🇨🇵 by General El-Liouti, and France gave him its independence in 1956 under the Treaty of Aix-Liban, meaning you have no history or origin.

[@tiktokchikh_31]

@@MrYassine 1956 🇲🇦 💩

[@abdarazak626]

@@MrYassine مروكي غامل تألم في صمت شوف و بلع عمر عينيك 🇩🇿

[@kamelmeddah9074]

As an algerian I support this message

[@kevinnorwood8782]

I think my favorite description about the Numidian Cavalry came from the History Channel documentary "Battles BC", and its episode on Hannibal Barca: "Hannibal's Numidian Cavalry are so fast that they appear to be everywhere at once."

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

Im Algerian and this video makes me feel like going up to Jijel mountains and learn to horseride and hunt mountain animals 😂😂

[@DZ-Warrior1]

تحيا الجزائر 💪

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

@@Oussama-sab Im sure many of your ancestors were on the march through the Alps too the Romans probably mistook all the berbers as "numidians".. Really we are all One people anyway

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

@@Oussama-sab What we have to consider is while these kings and nobels played their little empire games which some people consider so profound, is the everyday people living their life that really make up the sovereignty of the nation.. I'm not that literate in the history but my understanding is indegenous people and tribes in north africa were always hard to control from any King or Figureheads standpoint even up to the french occupation lol..

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

@@Oussama-sab But lets not go into who exactly is funding or in line with the interests of these terrorists :/ As we can see in Syria things arent always as they seem lol.. And how do you feel about the Polizario as a Morrocan? I know its a sensitive topic

[@ikrambek31]

@@DZ-Warrior1 ههه ماشي انت عربي واش دخلك هنا

[@younessah6366]

I just want to tell you a story that happened hundreds of years after the numidians, in the 1500s the king of Spain tried to take Algiers and the Algerian cavalry was defending the city then it started to rain and gunpowder got wet and didn't fire they picked up bows spears slingshots and did what their ancestors did

[@mgigelli820]

Indeed, they continued to do so all throughout history, until the 19th century when Emir Abdelkader's cavalry, using the ancestral Numidian warfare techniques of tactical raids to defend the "Smala" from the flanks by preemptively attacking the enemy with blitzing speed. A Smala is a typically Algerian defensive concept, consisting of defending an entire nation and physically resisting the occupiers on the ground, by constantly being on the move, on both horseback and on camels, which was too big a challenge for the enemy who simply couldn’t follow such an act. It is funny to notice though that in today's Football, the similarities between ancient Numidian warfare techniques and tactics, are striking, because they are also applied on a football pitch; historically the best Algerian football teams who won trophies and prestige all relied on very technically talented and fast wingers, who hit their opponents on the break, with speed and dazzling dribbles (Assad and Madjer 40 years ago, and Mahez, Bellaili and Ounas today). Cheers, and 1,2,3….

[@younessah6366]

@@mgigelli820 viva l'algérie, thank You for elaborating and sharing your knowledge. I love how you brought up football tactics 😂 😂

[@mgigelli820]

@Younes Sah my pleasure, in a world led by constant lies and deception, humour and laughter are kown for alleviating somehow the doom and gloom imposed on us.

[@mezian.ak.]

👌🙏

[@hamdi-salama]

@@mezian.ak. نوميديا افارقة

[@jackdeily8615]

Numidian light cavalry with javelins are typically the best unit in any miniatures wargame I've found, especially SAGA.

[@alexanderhay-whitton4993]

I have a tabletop army of these chaps. They don't look like much, but they almost never lose.

[@superranela.1451]

The famous and renowned Algerian Numidians,great warriors in line with the numerous great warriors of Algeria throughout history and in line with the Algerian made empires of the likes of the Fatimids,Zirids,Al Mohads that ruled North Africa and beyond for centuries and that relied in their rule and conquests on the skills and courage of the descendants of these Algerian Numidians.These Numidian cavalry men are the forefathers of the cavalry and infantry men that conquered the Iberian Peninsula(Al Andalous).

[@marcello7781]

The artworks are amazing!

[@youtubeseagull]

yes i was sunk deep into soothing dream land. Playful imagery.

[@awalam2037]

The great Thamazgha is our land, we are Amazighs and we are proud to be sons of Massinissa Sifax and other Amazighs kings

[@anisesg8007]

كلهم من شرق الجزائر .. طيزي وزو وش عندها ؟

[@RANDOM-YT-VIDS]

krou zou وش دخل المهم اصلهم أيضا أمازيغ

[@amiratan7067]

@@fraskf6765 i be reading it the other way around lol , amazing as amazigh

[@KR-mi4zb]

Long live Algeria the real numedians the biggest tribes the strongest cavalery in the region ❤❤❤

[@KR-mi4zb]

​@@RANDOM-YT-VIDS امازيغ دا زاير ماشي موريتانيين حبو لمراركة نفزشا يولي معانا نوميديين 😅😅😅😅😅 هوما موريتانيا و حنا نوميديا هوما قوادين و حنا شواكر قي شمال افريقيا احب من احب و كره من كره و حنا الجزايريين لي فتحنا الاندلس و طارق ابن زياد جزايري نوميدي

[@zeninimoni4205]

When Numidians switched sides to fight for Rome, that was when Rome beat Hannibal decisively for the first time ......

[@robertthomas6363]

Correlation, not causation. Hannibal stubbornly refused to engage on any battlefield that was not of his choosing -- until, for the first time, he had to fight on defense. The Romans used cleverness time and again to turn the tables after suffering what appeared to be decisive disadvantage. No navy? Build one overnight. No naval traditions? No naval skill? Corvus: turn the naval battles into de-facto land battles with boarding bridges. Can't touch Hannibal? Ignore him and go for Carthage on offense. The Romans earned their victories over Carthage by learning from their defeats. Turning the Numidians is part of that cleverness, but surely it is not the decisive part.

[@akli1108]

Yes they switch for a girl, sophonisbe

[@tomwh1993]

@@robertthomas6363 Just saying the "Romans" beat Hannibal is massively over simplifying the second punic war. Hannibal was one of the greatest military minds in history and beat Rome decisively many times. It was thanks to the perhaps equally gifted Scipio Africanus that the Romans were able to turn the tide and eventually beat Hannibal. Perhaps if Hannibal had more support in Italy/had his cavalry advantage at Zama the result would have been different. I don't see the Romans defeating Hannibal without Scipio

[@cegesh1459]

@@robertthomas6363 You are talking as if Hannibal had any choice in the matter. He was very limited with a lot of fresh recrutes. The Numidians did play a big part, that's for sure.

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

@@robertthomas6363 its only took 20 yrs and loose 20% of the population of Rome just to defeat Hannibal Barca

[@Lord_Pilaf]

A battle between Rome and Carthage was often decided by whichever side the Numidians were fighting for.

[@manawa3832]

A battle between Numidians and whoever was often decided by whichever side the Numidians were fighting for 🤣

[@omshah8529]

So true so true 😂

[@carloreytansiongco8741]

Carthage: Our long history of working together solidifies our alliance. Rome: Carthage is going downhill, join the winning side. Numidians: COIN IS COIN!

[@LearnandFun55]

was it about coin tho ? Masinissa was fighting for more

[@arztou1089]

It's their land !! That's what they were fighting for not coin

[@elmucho2121]

thats the war bro choose carefully your side

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

Bad decision to betray carthadge Bad decision to side with france What do you get for it berbers ? Conquered by rome and massacred by French as celebration for the end of ww2.

[@kacemiamira7730]

@@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404 u dont know much 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@SamucaGamer100]

I was studying Numidian Cavalry yesterday, and almost no videos on the subject. Thank you Invicta for your amazing videos.

[@algeriaforever6960]

I am from the great Numidia Algeria 🇩🇿💪

[@ABk-dt8lk]

and you have the flag of algeria,a country that was drawn by the french with a ruler and has the simbol of islam in the flag,a religion that came from arabs,you are the worst a berber can see,you have the simbol of both people who killed a lot of berbers in the past and tried to erase our culture and language

[@Omegaeon1]

@@ABk-dt8lk spoken like a true ignorant lol arabs ruled only 40 years here then we rebelled creating our own kingdoms and empire. We are one of the seats of the Islamic religion and schools. Lol Go tell your story to little people not us. We are conquerors.

[@thedstorm8922]

@@ABk-dt8lk Islam is for every race and it will stay our religion until the end of times and we will fight for it like we always did you and your stupid BS won't change that

[@mouradlouaked8975]

What a racist and islamophobe you are , even with your kind .That’s why unity can’t come .

[@nathandurbin9260]

@@mouradlouaked8975 like Muslims aren’t Christianphobes .

[@kabylieindependante4902]

Thanks for the video ! I am a Berber ( amazigh ) we still speak our language and proud about our past . Thanks again .

[@severusfloki5778]

🙏❤️

[@kabylieindependante4902]

@@yaziri7 you spelled Kabyle Kabile means you are not one of them so it's not concerning you ! Concerns only this brave people ! We are proud about our heritage and past history . Self determination for the Kabylia

[@musicistheanswer3020]

@@kabylieindependante4902 funny that you’re proud of the Numidian history which is related to other Berber tribes and yet your channel name is what it is. Je suis kabyle et vive l’Algérie.

[@kabylieindependante4902]

@@musicistheanswer3020 Yes because of the kabyle other Berber groups speak the amaziɣ language

[@musicistheanswer3020]

@@kabylieindependante4902 totally wrong. Several Berber groups existed, in fact the interior tribes were more ethnically preserved than the costal ones. Ps: I am kabyle and a history admirer.

[@haniarguez4076]

Thanks from an numidian desendent .....Algerian 🇩🇿

[@huantruonginh2946]

Lightning: never strikes the same place twice Numidians: siding with the wrong guys twice and paid the price!

[@shredspectrum356]

Facts

[@bobcoq8334]

True

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

Bad decision to betray carthadge Bad decision to side with france What do you get for it berbers ? Conquered by rome and massacred by French as celebration for the end of ww2.

[@RedContingency]

Dude I was just wondering the other day why they were so highly regarded and you come out with this video. Stop reading my mind Invicta

[@isaacscerri9696]

Same it happened with the Carthaginian Elephants episode for me.

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

I found this researching and wsnted to know more about it yesterday. Human beings collective conscouis. Emmit fox

[@zakaria497]

Finally some history of my beloved North Africa, To all my Africans out there know this we Amazigh are a diverse people and range from all colors. Don’t try to say the people who live in North Africa now are invaders because that’s pseudoscience

[@cushwilson5414]

I know cuz that's like saying the people who live in America and Canada now are invaders oh wait...

[@zakaria497]

Cush Wilson the difference is that we didn’t get wiped and replaced with new people like those nations you mentioned. We are still here just adopted a new religion and preserved our genes and heritage

[@cushwilson5414]

@@zakaria497 well of course you're not the native American in this situation 😂 you are the colonizer too

[@zakaria497]

Cush Wilson I am Amazigh, I speak Amazigh as my primary language what are you talking about?

[@zakaria497]

Cush Wilson The genetics don’t lie. We are Africans that have been Arabized besides Amazigh culture still lives to this day. I’m a Amazigh from the Kabyle region and speak my indigenous language well as well like French and Arabic but number one is Amazigh. We resisted the Arabs for a long period, but then most of joined Islam in a sense that was good for it united us even more. We tossed out the Arabs from the Maghreb during the great Berber revolt and hence creating the first Muslim caliphate without a Arab leader. Look the Almoravids and the Almohads strong Berber dynasties that controlled vast territories from west Africa to all of North Africa and ofc most southern spain. So please don’t state your pseudoscience / extreme pan Africanism as truth I beg you

[@SAarumDoK]

What a pleasure to have good quality documentaries like that. Thanks Invicta, your recent revamp is doing wonders quality wise. The voice over + new graphic improvement greatly help bolster the quality and the understanding of the topic covered. Anyway, great content ! Cheers from France ^^

[@akramkarim3780]

to this day , the people of the plains of Algeria still have a beautiful equestrian culture

[@akramkarim3780]

@@BLRSharpLight yes this is in morocco , it's almost the same in Algeria they are the descendants of the Numidian cavalry , with Arabic influence

[@kaddouraymen3296]

@@akramkarim3780 well said my friend

[@akramkarim3780]

@@BLRSharpLight kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYTSimaQosR4pMk

[@khalilelfakhri8243]

@@akramkarim3780 What Arab influence?

[@jason4275]

@@akramkarim3780 Since when are Numidians Arabs, when they existed before Arabs.

[@rebewlf5298]

Proud that they are my ancestors, and proud of my Berber Amazigh North afrika algeria 🇩🇿✌

[@KR-mi4zb]

Chwaker dzayer khoya mrarka atayin mn bakri

[@ironboley]

This was a great break down, explaining their role and why Carthage lost the war and so much more. This was really good.

[@ilikemoviesandmore]

Awesome video! The production value of this video is insanely good. Great narration and animation. Looking forward to the next one in this series.

[@stefanderscariu8869]

Great video! I love the animations on this one. You guys are progressing a lot with each video. Thank you for all the great content!

[@tamazghaunion9158]

" Africa belong to the Africans " King Massinissa

[@user-rw2ll7ly8n]

massinisa is a traitor and the idea of TAMAZGA is a Jewish idea to destroy the Maghreb africa is the land of god and evry one have the raight to live but with noo tyranny

[@bootstrap52]

Yeah that’s why he aligned himself with Rome instead of Carthage

[@anis8879]

Y'all are delusional. Carthage betrayed him first. Carthage isnt African. Neither was Rome, and the Numidians fought wars with and against both.

[@severusfloki5778]

قمر الدين What is Tamazga please

[@oussamax_1976]

Massinissa is a traitor

[@tubarao1143]

I would love to hear of Viriatus and the Lusitanian Celtiberian wars against Rome

[@the_chosen_one5642]

YES

[@404Dannyboy]

@Klaidi Rubiku I think it is because there isn't as much of a climax to the story of Viriatus as there is to the other revolts. A long guerilla war that more or less ends with the guerilla leaders assassination doesn't have the same concentrated drama as Spartacus' last stand or the battle of Alesia. The Roman's didn't even give a triumph for the pacification of the Lusitani. That said, I understand Viriatus is big in Portugal.

[@tubarao1143]

@@404Dannyboy Lusitania took 200 years to pacify.

[@404Dannyboy]

@@tubarao1143 That is my point. It is just like why the Iberian campaign is the most boring part of the Napoleonic wars. Long drawn out guerilla wars aren't exciting.

[@tubarao1143]

@@404Dannyboy Vietnam laughing

[@sydjaguar]

This series is just fantastic. Thank you.

[@hadtrio6629]

finally something about north Africa do a series about the region history

[@gerrymcguire7399]

I second this

[@heroe480]

​@Klaidi Rubiku Waste of time, not really attractive topics imo

[@rjs69]

@@PersimmonHurmo except that the nubians, kongo and ashanti were not nomadic and arguably the Nubians played a massive part in early human history, effectively culturally colonising the Egyptians and having quite a few pharaohs. I guess if we had some more videos on them you might know that 😏 😉

[@DBT1007]

@Klaidi Rubiku the only advanced Africans are the ones that located on the Northern Africa. They got influence from Arabs and Europeans. And also Romans

[@heroe480]

@@rjs69 Maybe there will be some short time for such irrelevant civilizations, but i hope majority of videos will cover those which have the bigges impact on human kind and course of global history.

[@aidanfionncastralleva5424]

I still don't get why people would dislike videos like this. This well made and very informative. Kudos!!!

[@wiictvchannel1112]

Wow, the production value on this video is nuts! Great job and very entertaining. Makes me want to go buy Numidian Cavalry miniatures!

[@GFreeze1]

This was awesome man, great job to you and your team!

[@Ziouani]

Hello from Algeria 🇩🇿

[@doctorgamerstron6674]

Ziouani Med you thus an Arab from Arabia

[@Azgalon]

Elaborate on that? Where do you think the north Africans of antiquity went if 0 of them still exist today?

[@doctorgamerstron6674]

Azgal We all know how the Arabs invaded Africa. the numibians/Berbers are now a minority in there own land

[@Azgalon]

@@doctorgamerstron6674 do you know what the term Arabization is? Do you think that the sparse Bedouin army that left Arabia completely replaced all of the natives from the Levant (Lebanon/Syria/palestine), Egypt, North Africa, and Morocco? How about Spain (700 year occupation) are all current Spaniards actually Arabs? Of course not. Arabization was the slow process in which arabic culture was absorbed and Arabic language was adopted as the lingua franca in all those regions (it was reversed in Spain). For example, Punic was still spoken by some remote villages after the Islamic invasion (chronicled by Arab historians). In Lebanon, Arabic was only spoken by the ruling class until nearly 1100 AD and only really started replacing Aramaic until after that when more natives began converting from Christianity. Ethnic Arab is entirely different from cultural Arab.

[@mouradlouaked8975]

“Arabs” Dominated the land , yes, influencing the culture they owned. But geneticaly speaking ,98% of northafrican have northafrican DNA(directly from those ancient northafricans, they have not gone extint) , with little if not none arab DNA . Still arab culture made them unite , like romans united europe and more , so....

[@TheMassinissa52]

Great works, thx for revisiting our Berber Numidian, history, we felt so marginalized by from you, our neighbours even we share a great History and facts, we still remain the best knight ever

[@sadaqataljariya]

I am an Amazigh from Morocco and I am thankful to the videomaker finally our race, people, culture is more and more getting visible... I thank you invicta

[@Omegaeon1]

Numidians have nothing to do with you

[@sadaqataljariya]

@@Omegaeon1 Oh yess why so? aRE YOU A RACIST OR WHAT , DO YOU HATE Moroccans? I am Riffian Amazigh and I say I have links to Numidians what you gonna do about it?

[@sadaqataljariya]

@@Omegaeon1 Telle me what you gonna do about Numidians are my ancestors now what?

[@Omegaeon1]

sadaqataljariya Numidians are not your ancestors, they are just not, they are ours. From our region. We have their names, tombs and cities and legacy, You’re from morrocco.

[@sadaqataljariya]

@@Omegaeon1 Many Amazightribes migrated from Libya, Tunisia and Algeria into Morocco like the Miknasa, Banu Marin, Awraba, Jarawa, The Zenata from Aures migrated even to Spain, Andalusia so wake up stop this division and hate between Morocco and Algeria I have equal right to my Numidian ancestors as an Algerian, the Tamazight of the Chenoua and of Chawiya is identitcal to the Tamazight of Rif from where my origins are so cut the crap

[@okramronan]

This is exactly why i love this channel. Keep posting.

[@CoqPwner]

Fascinating video. Great idea for a series

[@adamburke1088]

Songs should be written about the Numidian Cavalry. This group of men demand our respect and have earned their place in history.

[@farabfarba3890]

I'm a numidian king's dynasty descendant and proud of my ancestors 💪

[@elmucho2121]

wtf

[@midomedea8668]

wow so am i

[@sisilotau2185]

Im happy to come across this video because so many historical battels involve this group of warriors and just how impactful they are for whichever side they are helping. Great video thank you

[@damuses1452]

This was superb. Gracias.

[@imtiazsohan4633]

You guys are doing dreams work. Keep it up.

[@NadirGh]

hey ! im from north africa edit : the numidian cavalary were having a heavy training... when they are 10-15 years old, they trained to be spearman after that the trainer gives every boy training a mule. The mule must be a start for his training to have a horse and they finish training after they are 17 and sometimes it can be 20

[@sifublackirishdiamondjedi4197]

Outstanding presentation, sir! I am working on a simulation of the Roman empire, starting at the year zero. You have given me a lot to think about!

[@Saga05061982]

Really liked the video, thanks!

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

Super interesting to see videos on the History of regions traditionnally forgotten. North Africa as a very long and rich History. Thanks !

[@lotfibouhedjeur9897]

No, it doesn't. I live there.

[@anis8879]

@@lotfibouhedjeur9897 Dude idk where you're from but in Algeria we have tombs dating back to 2200 years ago

[@anis8879]

@Omar 11112 As the other comment says ; Numidian Kings Especially a king named 'Madghis' his tomb is the oldest of all Africa and he is considered as te ancestor of all Amazighs.

[@algerianarmyvevo8697]

I'm From Numidia present Day Algeria ^^

[@ahoosifoou4211]

be proud of your culture and ancestors

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

Nice country.

[@yaxziiiid]

@@thelastjerkbender2505 thank you🙏❤

[@massinissaziriamazigh8122]

Azul fellak 👍

[@nabadon2853]

@Amön Goeth looooool... Wats dat supposed to mean...

[@zhubotang927]

Terrific documentary!

[@CeramicShot]

10:00 So happy you mentioned the Mercenary War! It's that war that's depicted in Gustav Flaubert's Salammbo.

[@climax050]

I love this series! Can you do a video on the mongol horse archers, or perhaps even their heavier units that are basically not talked about at all, their "elites" if you will, in the heavier armor who look a lot more like a Persian knight would. Or perhaps a episode on the personal guard of Genghis, tho not much seems to be available, if not do a special on the viking guard of the eastern roman emperor, they're badass!

[@InvictaHistory]

These are all great ideas

[@wafawaff4134]

This is the history of Algeria 🇩🇿♓♓🇩🇿♓🇩🇿♓

[@alpmuslu3954]

My brother, you cover some very interesting subjects and keep up the good work, so we all can learn from you✌️

[@mezian.ak.]

amazing documentary ❤

[@OmarSlloum]

I thank you in the name of all fellow Sandbois

[@AFpaleoCon]

We wuz kangz

[@jokester3076]

🐪 💪 💪 🐫

[@AB-fr2ei]

More like mountain bois Especially that north africa in Antiquity was like 50 Times greener than today It was the breadbasket of the roman empire

[@OmarSlloum]

@Enclave communications center well no it saw a change in climate and vegetation long before Islam

[@elliott7706]

Please add more data to the maps. General names, dates, season. Im always intrigued about all the information because it plays a part. Thanks bro. Best wishes!

[@truenorthaffirmations7049]

Always forward!! Big love from another youtuber 🤘🔥🤘🔥

[@brokenbridge6316]

I love these video. I think talking about ancient military units is great to hear. But have you ever considered talking about legendary military units from the Medieval or Renaissance eras. It might be worth something. Great job.

[@RexGalilae]

By Baal's unshaven taint, this channel's production quality just went up by 1000x

[@Internut1985]

Is Baal Some sort of God because Somalis also used that as well

[@RexGalilae]

@@Internut1985 He was the Punic Arch-God worshipped by Carthaginians and a variety of Semitic people including pre-Islamic Arabs, to name a few. So while it's surprising that he was worshipped as far South as Somalia, it isn't entirely shocking

[@Internut1985]

Rex Galilae cool Thanks! Baale was also popular name pre 1900s By Somalis. Also northern coastal Somali town is named Berbera.

[@malekaltayari3936]

@@RexGalilae The only person how understand the history of Carthage. Greetings to you from Carthage, Tunisia. Today Carthage is a coastal city in the capital of Tunisia. I live there😆

[@RexGalilae]

@@malekaltayari3936 I've met a couple of Tunisians IRL. They're very proud of their Carthaginian past just as much as being Arab/Muslim.

[@fethimohamed288]

North African warriors 🇩🇿💪

[@moadsoloman238]

ماسينيسا خدع البارطية

[@barittos5585]

@@moadsoloman238 مخدعش .....

[@memofromessex]

Great stuff!

[@ee6lpzfzj023]

Great documentary and nice graphics. Thanks for exploring something not really well known and mainstream about history.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Pls do on iberian troops , gauls and the rest

[@mimitajoudi9156]

Numidians are not black. They are from north Africa, is called now Algeria , in old days Numidia 🇩🇿❤

[@amir1780]

No my friend numidia was also tunisia

[@1FATBOY114]

Some North Africans were black

[@massinissa175]

​@@amir1780yeah but it originated in Algeria

[@jeffbillings-el6110]

Numidans were Moors , just different tribe of Moors . And they were dark skinned people , not Black , bluish-purple maybe but not Black ! The current inhabits of Northern Africa are not the original people of Northern Africa. Their origin is of the Barbarians ( berber means those who wore beards) Barbarians didn't cut their hair, they wore their facial hair long , slept in the woods, couldn't read or write, and didn't believe in bathing , the Romans and Greeks said that Barbarians were uncivilized Beber is not a people, Barba comes from the Latin word Barba , which means beard ! The Moors were beards also , but the Romans and Greeks were referring to other European barbarians that wore beards. This is where the word Barber shop derives from because it had something to do with hair. The Imazighen's doesn't acknowledge berber ( Barbarians) being the true Inhabitants of Northern Africa.

[@amir1780]

@@jeffbillings-el6110 imazighen and moors are the same somehow just different time and different word

[@KateFergeson]

Thanks 🙏🏽 for posting !

[@hamzaalmdghri8741]

The Germanic Vandals in southern Poland and Belarus were cavalry

[@KateFergeson]

@@hamzaalmdghri8741 I must know more ;)

[@NiskaMagnusson]

units of history? this is a good spinoff, whomever is chosen i sincerely hopes this becomes a regular series

[@mlovecraftr]

You should check out the Mauro Roman Kingdom that was established in the region after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

[@BellumCinematicsTotalWar]

But this is not light cavalry... its NuMEDIUM CAVALRY!!! GET IT? Get it? Ok, ill leave...

[@youtubeseagull]

they're not new anymore though, just midian.

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

@Darius Kang It's a play on words. Try rereading it.

[@Ty-vj4wg]

Darius Kang It is “Numedium” because the Calvary is called Numedian and it is a play on words by saying it is Medium.

[@Ty-vj4wg]

Darius Kang It is a pun, but clearly you don’t have the intelligence to understand that. And what do you mean “better”. Whether something is better or not is subjective.

[@Ty-vj4wg]

Darius Kang Actually, whether something is better or not is subjective. And you are too serious to understand a little pun, I really feel bad for you. People like you just don’t make friends, not everything has to make sense in life, stop trying to make sense of a joke. The majority of people had no problem with it.

[@mrlentelka3111]

Lovely video about one of the greatest cav units in history ! Pressed that LIKE like a madman

[@harrisonclarke5130]

Loved the video, any plans on continuing the series on the evolution of the Roman army?

[@najivnajiv5348]

a great history for algeria

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

1:50 Just two little errors. Tunisia during the Roman Era was named Africa, while the north of Morocco and the western part of Algeria was named Mauretania, and not Mauritania. Do not confuse with the modern Mauritania. But it is still a very good video

[@tree2289]

It’s a terrible mistake and sloppy as hell. I don’t understand how anybody who could even start to claim to know anything about history could possibly think ancient Mauretania/modern Morocco is the same thing as modern Mauritania.

[@vrisbrianm4720]

Actually, the spelling "Mauritania" was sometimes used in Latin and Greek texts to describe the Moorish territory. The two spellings have the same pronunciations and were often used interchangeably with different translations. "Libya" was often used interchangeably with the word "Africa" by the Roman.

[@MrMasterLoulou]

@@tree2289 True that shit threw me off in the first minutes

[@tree2289]

@بلقين ابن زيري Numidia , unlike Mauritania, wasn't a province and most of it was in the province of Mauritania. Get over your pathetic nationalism. It didn't exist thousands of years ago and the only parts of Numidia not in Mauritania was part of the province of Africa

[@tree2289]

بلقين ابن زيريLearn to read, Ratgerian

[@Icebreaaker]

Excellent video.

[@vazak11]

That was awesome!

[@HoliGallistur1023]

Numidian Kingdom is Algeria Currently 🇩🇿🇩🇿 #Numidian_Kingdom #Algerian_History #Algeria #2023

[@hebaenglish2917]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@kynandecoster3752]

Can you do the Companion Cavalry of Alexander The Great next?

[@chedabu]

Amazing video

[@grizla1895]

awesome video

[@shastasilverchairsg]

I am a simple man. I see Numidian Calvary, I click, I like.

[@aytaf5430]

1- Those in the art are more like Central-Africans, than North-Africans (Libyans, Numidians, Guanches...). and from what i know, N-Africans used to have a lot of tattoos (even men, and especially clan leaders) so it would be cool if the artists know that. 2- Numidians were not really nomadic. in fact North-Africa was fertile land at the time (especially in the mountain regions and near the costs) and they practiced agriculture. 3- the reason they could ride on most terrains, and were very effective in the latter battles in the Alps, is the place they live in, the Atlas mountain range.

[@lif3andthings763]

People who look Sub Saharan” lived in North Africa and within the desert as nomads as well.

[@game_boyd1644]

@Rumi Davinci But they weren't the minority

[@mauricio9564]

@ay taf I don’t know how you saw them as Central African,they vary in the art as were the Numidians,Libyans themselves vary in appearance like what are you saying Tuaregs don’t exist?

[@mauricio9564]

@Rumi Davinci Hmmm they did exist in antiquity. Yes they are a minority but saying they don’t exist is clear denial. www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/leu_winterthur/004/image00393.jpg

[@mauricio9564]

@Lyes kara The desert was not uncrosable though it did generally seperate North West Africa from the rest of North Africa for most people.But nomadic people like the Tuareg clearly had contact with the Berber people and as you had said you guys share the same genetic haplogroups.

[@chelliramdane6808]

Thank you for vidéo

[@chiconito1834]

THANK YOU and RESPECT

[@geordiejones5618]

The Mediterranean and Middle East following Alexander's death up until the First Punic War had some of the most interesting stories in all human history. The Punic, Roman and Greek worlds were more or less on equal footing for about 60 years and then over the next 100 years the Romans conquered them both.

[@bmek7928]

*Rome: Can you help us* *Numedians: Ok. mission accomplished* *Rome: It's your turn now* *Numedians: WTTH!*

[@elmucho2121]

how much you will pay hehe

[@AndrewKahnn]

You make awesome videos!

[@mostaphiofthekingjuba8204]

Thanks for a nice video👍🇩🇿♓👑❤

[@user-em6ff6lv5z]

The first university in the history it was Madura university in Numidia

[@SurvivorIce]

There were greek and roman universities before like f.e. the imperial university of Constantinopel dated back to 425AD.

[@user-em6ff6lv5z]

@@SurvivorIce oh ok

[@user-em6ff6lv5z]

@@SurvivorIce it was ecol not university

[@marcus4532]

I love the drawings of Scipio and Hannibal. Who drew them? Also was it the numidian cavalry that hunted down the roman heavy infantry after the battle of lake trasimene?

[@00MSG]

OMG this is so awesome

[@Dyzzzma]

Thanks for video. :)