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@Papadragon184 ай бұрын
How long are these links active? I'm quite tight until the 25th...
@InvictaHistory4 ай бұрын
@@Papadragon18 The promo should run for about 30 days I believe
@Papadragon184 ай бұрын
@@InvictaHistory Aight, thank you kindly. :)
@nowthenzen4 ай бұрын
what are we to make of the ratio of 2 wagons for every mule?
@nicktrueman2244 ай бұрын
Maybe but I notice the media and viewers love off the Vikings takes away so much from other people groups of the period such as the Magyars. I believe Byzantium suffers the same fate as do the Sasanids a little earlier and the Turks or Khazar khaganate and later Turkic groups. It's a shame really
@captaincole45114 ай бұрын
The Byzantine period is criminally underrated in every field of study and media
@spiffygonzales51604 ай бұрын
Agreed. Justinian gets covered a lot but that's about it. Like the iconoclast vs iconiphile thing was a big part of Irene's reign but it doesn't really get talked about. And after Irene they basically get ignored altogether other than the 4th crusade and generic "they were a slowly dying nation" comments.
@michaelturner50504 ай бұрын
Criminally? I don’t think you understand what a criminal is.
@bxzidffbxzidff4 ай бұрын
@@michaelturner5050 I don't think you understand what exaggeration is
@michaelturner50504 ай бұрын
@@bxzidffbxzidff so he’s exaggerating when he says something is illegal or criminal when it’s not? I don’t think you know what exaggeration means.
@PowermadNavigator4 ай бұрын
True. Even in Bulgaria Byzantine history used to be studied in greater detail in the past and it's a tendency I do not like despite all the wars that took place... That's all history.
@ProVoiceActorGuy4 ай бұрын
Loved working on this. It's always so cool to see the final work and the art/animation is improving with every new video. Recorded back in January, it just goes to prove how much work goes into creating these great documentaries. So, well done to all and thanks to the audience for supporting the team and its vision. Guy
@leojordan51194 ай бұрын
Man I love your voice acting its so perfectly fit for this stuff, I wonder if you ever get asked to do a video and get sucked into what you're talking about and like do your own research on it
@houseaccount32934 ай бұрын
If you loved working on it as much as you imply, please go back and properly change the title and references of Byzantium to Rome as Byzantium never existed, No roman would have ever called themselves that, and it was a name/term created after there fall. I find it shameful that "so much work" can go into a historical account of something and then someone like the name of the empire and people is wrongfully used.
@ProVoiceActorGuy4 ай бұрын
@@leojordan5119thanks, yes I often get sucked into a wormhole on KZbin and end up watching loads of stuff around the subjects
@lukasmadrid19454 ай бұрын
Your voice is great, but the way you say things is rly fantastic. Hope to keep hearing you on these vids!
@ProVoiceActorGuy4 ай бұрын
@@lukasmadrid1945very kind
@chriskoff47234 ай бұрын
A few of the ranks or unit names are still in use today in the Hellenic armed forces. Great video!
@Machoman50ta4 ай бұрын
If only basileus Constantine 11th had the help he request right before the fall they would’ve won , they had the power and faith but were out numbered 200,000 to 2 million or even more the king even removed his metals and dressed like a normal soldier and famously said “I’m going to god”
@MaperatorАй бұрын
@@Machoman50ta 2 million is absurd
@Papadragon184 ай бұрын
Well, lovely to see that Victrix are doing well enough to do sponsorships! They do make some lovely stuff, and their plastics are very easily workable, so it's easy to mod them. I'm on-and-off working on a battle of Argentoratum army using their miniatures. The discount comes rather conventiently, considering I will need to get both more infantry, and eventually have a crack at their Cataphacts.
@davidhughes83574 ай бұрын
These super detailed true size documentaries are absolutely indispensable to my fifty plus years of studying Roman military history. Truly grateful for your hard work and dedication. Thank you!!
@PortShaftBrake4 ай бұрын
Finally an amazing sponsor for one of these videos!!
@InvictaHistory4 ай бұрын
Victrix folks are awesome and I definitely want to do more with them. If I could I'd have them sponsor 100% of our videos. But thats only possible if you guys end up making purchases of the minis. Which I think is definitely something you should consider cause they are genuinely awesome!
@sid21124 ай бұрын
@@InvictaHistory I told all my friends who are into it about them for ya, shared your link. Might get you a bit of custom.
@emilhentzen14504 ай бұрын
@@InvictaHistory Sup Invicta, i definitely plan on buying tons of their figures, I Litteraly get 60 FIGURED FOR 37 DOLLARS, That's an amazing deal.
@Couponuser164 ай бұрын
One of the best series on YT. Really happy that we got a Byzantine Army added to this! Would love to see a breakdown for any of these as well! Tang Dynasty, Rashidun/Umayyad, Gupta Empire, Manchu/Qing, Timurids, large Viking Fleet, Axumite Invasion Force of Yemen (early 6th Century), Carolingian, Attila's Royal Hunnic + Germanic Force, Magyar Army, Ottoman, Mughals, and or (First) Crusader Army. Might even be able to get Jackmeister to collab on an Army of the Golden Horde as well Keep up the great work!
@samy70132 ай бұрын
Great suggestions!
@franciscomoutinho43904 ай бұрын
thank you so much, Invicta; I had been looking for characteristics of the Byzantine army in the 10th century and having such a reliable source such as you make a documentary about the Byzantine army as a whole saves me so much time
@TheManCaveYTChannel4 ай бұрын
More eastern Roman videos! Great video too!
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97144 ай бұрын
Imagine a modern army unit having a 500 year lineage. I cant. Going from knight to pike and shot things changed so much, and then going from pike and shot to musketeer things changed so much, and then going from musketeers to modern riflemen things changed the most. Outdated organization would see you scythed down in the world wars.
@chrisbeer56854 ай бұрын
Some existing units do claim such a long lineage, such as the Spanish 1st Infantry Regiment, the UK's Yeomanry of the Guard. But yeah, it's undoubtedly impressive.
@nuancedhistory4 ай бұрын
There's a regiment mentioned in De Thematibus that might be from the 2nd century, but scholars are unsure what unit it's referring to. A lot of Roman units survived later than originally thought. The Invicti Seniores from the Western Roman Empire are still attested by Agnellus in the early 700s and he claims they're still in Ravenna in the 840s.
@ae-jo5gc4 ай бұрын
The Swedish Livgardet was created 1521 and 503 years later still protects the royal family.
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97144 ай бұрын
@@ae-jo5gc Its not a military unit tho. If they where sent to the front they wouldnt have any of the heavy weapons a modern army needs.
@thestanleys36574 ай бұрын
The Papal Swiss Guard was established in the 1500's and is still operating today
@OffFiring4 ай бұрын
This is such a solid channel, loving it.
@td24564 ай бұрын
They were MY choice of civilization in EVERY AoE2 multiplayer campaign no lie. That orthodox chant intro got me hype every time.
@christopherevans24454 ай бұрын
Invicta at it's best..... Thanks again for all your work
@BuccaneersBoy4 ай бұрын
Hey, just wanted to say keep up the great work!
@ajiibshah37604 ай бұрын
Just watched Cathapracts . What a treat to have a continuation right away!
@earltaylor18934 ай бұрын
Yes!! Thank you, I love learning about the Byzantine empire. I knew about thematic troops being farmers, but I had never heard about their rotation system. Makes sense though.
@jorgedeanoperez29974 ай бұрын
I hope Victrix becomes a long time partner for the channel. I'm very much broke atm but I would love to get that deal again in the future
@BillyTzENDURO4 ай бұрын
Great video as always! Just a pointer about pronunciation. Anywhere in Greek you see "oi" like in "moira" its just pronounced as "i". So just Mira not Moira :) I've noticed it in olden videos too. But great work!
@adriangabrieljones8814 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video and the work that went into it!
@ivancolonna75204 ай бұрын
Maybe the reason of why the early Imperial Roman Army had a strong tradition of an excellent NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) Corps. This theoretical NCO corps within the early Imperial Roman Army would have had fostered strict discipline and order within the ranks.
@fatmanul182 ай бұрын
byzantin army had 0 discipline compare to Roman Empire, it was very close to feudal system, since they became land owners. Also heavy infantry often had bows because they were afraid to fight in close battle. Same shit was in late middle ages between spanish tertia
@gian0giorg4 ай бұрын
A very good book about this topic "Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth; Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century" by Eric McGeer
@Dimitriterrorman4 ай бұрын
Hey invicta epic work as always Note that if you see N + T in Hellenic is makes the sounds D So Kentarchion is pronounced Kedarchion
@Dimitriterrorman4 ай бұрын
Also if you see D in Hellenic it makes a sound that doesn't exist in english but its like dthu
@adamfrisk9563 ай бұрын
what about Vanda - Banda pronunciation?
@ariyoiansky2914 ай бұрын
This was a great watch! I'll definitely be returning to watch it several more times.
@andresgz40464 ай бұрын
Oh god, I'm buying those victrix sets very soon!!!
@ydkaachillesa93534 ай бұрын
Great presentation! First producer that will make historical blockbuster taking place in Byzantium will hit his mark.
@pavelgrussmann33144 ай бұрын
Wow, that's the spot I am missing in my knowledge of history. Very well produced documentary, thank you!
@inductivegrunt944 ай бұрын
The Byzantines were always one of my favorite empires in history, so it's great to have a video about their military.
@alexanderrahl48217 күн бұрын
Eastern Roman Empire* stop washing history.
@inductivegrunt9417 күн бұрын
@alexanderrahl482 It's the same thing. Plus I'm not the only one who called them the Byzantines in the comments here.
@NR-rv8rz4 ай бұрын
Wow, hard to think of a more appropriate sponsor for a channel and even specific video.
@themistoclesofathens58224 ай бұрын
Great video! The organization of the Byzantine arny during 900 AD was almost identical to the Byzantine army during Emperor Maurice s time as described in Maurice s strategikon. Keep up the great work!
@LordWyatt3 ай бұрын
Something else to add to this very in depth video (well done) is how the strategy changed with the army’s composition: Early imperial legions were very aggressive and could handle defenses well with the right commander (like Julius Caesar at Alesia vs Crassus in Parthia) but were far more focused on expanding Roman power rather than defending what they already had. Late imperial shifted to defensive. If the border guards were overrun the main army would confront them. It worked at the risk of the foreigners winning and setting up their own power within Roman territory (such as the Goths killing Valens). They were capable of reconquest with examples like Majorianus or Belasarius but clearly were not meant for expansion but strict defense. Then with the Byzantines the plan was to allow their enemies to invade and they would harass them until confronting and hopefully defeating them. Then harass them as they leave . Placed way too much power in the Themes as they made the armies that were no longer standing all year
@OhioDan3 ай бұрын
As their resources dwindled, the Byzantines probably just didn't have the capacity to use offensive-based army tactics the way the early Roman Empire did.
@poohtisdispenser71062 ай бұрын
@@OhioDan Basil II and a coupled of Emperors managed to do so tho (i.e. The First Bulgarian empire). They probably learned the harsh lesson of overextending from the Classical era and Justinian’s reconquest. By then Europe and old Roman territories were turned into minor nations ruled by lords and kings so it would be difficult to deal with so it’s better to maintain peace and focused on defending the east.
@username121204 ай бұрын
Not a sponsor I'd have expected to see, but a welcome one! Fireforge Games also have a lovely range of Byzantine cavalry and infantry. Also in plastic!
@feodorkeft2334 ай бұрын
These cross overs are getting crazy 😂 love both invicta and victrix
@beachedorca32614 ай бұрын
It's so interesting to see the smallest group being the kontoverniai, which feels like a direct 'greekification' of contuberium, and has a very similar number of soldiers. It's like seeing just some hints at Roman origins, but through Greek language.
@ChronosHellas2 ай бұрын
How can you say that when skirmishers (psiloi) have a direct link to the Ancient Greek psiloi which we in all forms and practice are same as the Byzantine psiloi. It’s not just Roman lineage it’s also Greek. Another example is Greek fire. Both the Roman republic and Roman Empire didn’t utilize pyromancy, it was the Thebans and Athenians who had experimented with fire which is the ancestor of the Byzantine Greek fire.
@beachedorca32612 ай бұрын
@@ChronosHellas I don't mean development wise, I meant linguistically. Kontoverniai feels eerily similar to the Latin contubernii, just 'greekified.' According to this video, they're apparently used in the same context and mean roughly the same thing.
@alexanderrahl48217 күн бұрын
That's because they are Romans. And they'd have likely slain you for suggesting otherwise. The washing of history won't happen on my watch.
@lentulus014 ай бұрын
It’s great to see an ad from a company whose products I buy. I hope other miniature companies follow suit!
@Gitsmasher4 ай бұрын
Its a rare day when the sponsor is as imteresting as the content, i will check it out👍
@Iusti0184 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for this great insight of a medieval byzantine army! :-) Your animations are on top and it is very easy to follow your narrator. Keep going like this. And please do more about the Byzantine Empire :-)
@Krogren4 ай бұрын
Byzantine is going to be a great topic! Thanks for covering it!
@REALdavidmiscarriage4 ай бұрын
3.3k likes vs 7 dislikes? Wow If that isn't proof of how good this channel is I don't know what is...
@matheusaugusto83274 ай бұрын
Excelent vídeo ! Please do a video like this talking about The Byzantine army of The Kommenian period please !
@joaogabrielfleckbarros75344 ай бұрын
True Size of Pike And Shot Armies Next PLEASE!!!
@dardo12014 ай бұрын
Liking for algorithm, will watch later
@ajiibshah37604 ай бұрын
Make sure to watch later
@Great-History-Tv-19123 ай бұрын
I believe it would be amazing for you, Invicta, to create a video on the Bulgarian army under Simeon the great during the 10th century.
@nuadarstark4 ай бұрын
That is some insane amount of horses overall. Feeding that consistently would be a complete nightmare when on campaign.
@gehlesen5594 ай бұрын
Gras?
@NefariousKoel2 ай бұрын
That's likely the biggest reason for the much larger support train troop numbers compared to early Roman units. That many horses require a LOT of feed.
@jaelee19964 ай бұрын
I wish this had come out a bit earlier as I just spent quite a bit buying more Victrix models. I could've used the discount. XD
@BRANFED4 ай бұрын
awesome presentation
@Fatherofheroesandheroines4 ай бұрын
I do think one part of the Byzantie army that is not studied enough is the infantry. The infantry could definitely hold their own. Basil II the Bulgar Killer recognized this and based a lot of his tactics around strong infantry.
@Annatar4 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Asked about a year ago and I'm asking again : true size of Alexander's army at the start of the Persian invasion
@vincecliffordcauilan61144 ай бұрын
True size of American Civil War Army next please. I love your true size contents ❤️❤️❤️
@jvcpaints4 ай бұрын
Victrix makes great looking figures. Their Ancient Gauls are amazingly fun to paint. Their newer late Roman stuff is top drawer all the way. Glad to see they know their customers so well! lol.
@Progamermove_20034 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who think that the number of servants in the Byzantine army was absurdly low?
@BruinsPastaSauce4 ай бұрын
the most mind blowing thing is the amount of horses! how did they feed them all and maintain them!
@gehlesen5594 ай бұрын
ERE was really really rich.
@alexgedrose4 ай бұрын
Best one of these yet!!
@stevene61814 ай бұрын
Victrix models are really detailed.
@marioleon7624 ай бұрын
Ive been waiting for this for months. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@michaeladu61204 ай бұрын
You guys should look at an army of Imperial China next. Maybe the Manchu bannermen?
@cocodaze81224 ай бұрын
Fun fact, Victores was the only regiment that still using the same shield pattern according to Notita Dignitatum well into 10th century.
@UnammedaccАй бұрын
Great video ! However, you should have mentionned that the numbers you depicted could vary greatly from a droungos to another. I don't remember who the autor was (I think it's Nikephoros Phokas, because that's the one book I had the opportunity to read entirely, and only got hints and summary of the many other books they wrote by that time, but I'm not sure about that), but he advised his drongarios to not standardize the size of their military units to complicate the task of "counting" the army size for ennemy spies. If your drongos is always 3000 men, then it is very easy to estimate the size of an army. However, if a drongos is 2400 men, another one is 3000, the next 3200 and the last 2000, the ennemy spy will have to spend much more time counting the troops, which allows for time to find him or establish other counter measure, or even to take the initiative on the field. Also, the Byzantine army on the asian border was mostly composed of lightly armored troops when campaigning, because steel and iron armor are not practical in this environnement. Moreover, iron and steel reflect the sunlight, and wars on the eastern borders were usually based on guerrilla tactics with small units looting and ambushing ennemy forces. For that one however, I'm sure I read it in Phokas, which wrote it later during the Xth century, so maybe I'm also talking of stuff coming in a little bit after the time period of the video.
@mango20054 ай бұрын
awesome video
@HalfPersianMan4 ай бұрын
Fantastic Video as Always!
@collintrytsman33534 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS
@-RONNIE4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video ⚔️
@cichlid96264 ай бұрын
many of the names are greek psiloi means stripped possibly in luck of armor to move fast toxotai is archers in greek kavallaria its greek also roman means cavalry while skutatoi its total roman word and katafraktoi in greek means fully armored
@LONGINVS_XXXIII4 ай бұрын
The Skutatoi name is coming from the word Scutum which was the shield of the legionnaires in the antiquity period of the Roman Empire ...
@cichlid96264 ай бұрын
@@LONGINVS_XXXIII thnks for the info
@ogniann24504 ай бұрын
@@LONGINVS_XXXIII Yes, it's funny how some of the names are hellenised latin words! Kavallaria, scutatoi, kontoverniai (contubernia)... 😄
@ernstschloss87944 ай бұрын
How comes, there is not a SUPER like button on youtube????
@GRBoi19934 ай бұрын
So early that Romans were still called Romans and not anachronistically as ‘Byzantines’
@viniciusdomenighi64394 ай бұрын
The most annoying thing is the nationalist Greeks saying they weren't Romans. But technically speaking, Greece was territory occupied by the Romans for 1600 years.
@d.esanchez33514 ай бұрын
@@viniciusdomenighi6439but that doesn't mean they became culturally latins. Sure, they were absolutely a core part of the roman empire as a state, but I wouldn't say they became "Romans" (as latins) in culture. Now... If a nationalist greek would say that they never really became a core 100% integrated part of the roman empire (as state, not culture). Yeah thats kinda stupid. (Also. Of course Greek culture changed thanks to the open borders and partial occupation by latins and time, I just say that they never became the same thing)
@neptunestylev4 ай бұрын
Byzantine is modern term. When British troops made it to the interior of Anatolia after WWI, the local Christian populations there notably called themselves Roman.
@spiffygonzales51604 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh I'm so sick of Byzantine fanboys. WE ALREADY KNOW... Byzantine isn't used as some derogatory nonesense. It's used to distinguish the surviving eastern Roman empire from the empire before. Everyone already knows this except for y'all. Christ I'm surprised I managed to get here before some "herr derr muh Voltaire quote" nonesense at this point because y'all say the exact same thing every.single.time. Yea, the Byzantine Empire was the surviving Roman Empire. Yea, Justinian was a pretty cool dude. But also yes: the Holy Roman Empire WAS in fact holy, it WAS in fact Roman, and it WAS in fact an empire. Nobody is claiming that they are the western Roman Empire. Nobody is claiming that they're "the real Romans". But for some reason Byzantine fans flip their lid any time they get mentioned.
@eazy85794 ай бұрын
I’d like to point out to Y’all that Pricopius refers to the Empire as “Byzantium” in his histories. So it’s not really anachronistic. It’s a rare and weird term historically, but it is used, and as the commenter said above, there is solid academic reason to use it”Byzantine” as there is a distinction between the empire when it was still united and when it split, and not much of a reason to refer to the Byzantine empire as “Eastern” when there is no Western empire anymore
@afternoobtea9144 ай бұрын
I just love these videos!
@samiamrg74 ай бұрын
11:30 Interesting that a Vanda had many fewer “servants” or “logistical troops” than an earlier Roman army, which had about 1/5 of it’s manpower dedicated to logistical troops. Especially with so many spare horses to take care of. Was it because of the need for horses that restricted the number of extra men, or some kind of better technology or techniques that allowed them to operate with fewer logistics troops? Or did the soldiers themselves just do more logistics work? *edit* Nevermind, I didn’t get to the part about the extra artisans and ambulancers
@BuddyWudzyn4 ай бұрын
I would love to see a video similar to your bronze age collapse (if mentally feasable) about the evolution of "rome" and "world city"/"world leader", following babylon, ashurbanipal, to carthage, to rome, to byzantium, all the way to the many claims to be "new rome" all the way to the american empire
@DukeTKIV4 ай бұрын
Can't wait to see these guys cover the English Civil War.
@majorianus80554 ай бұрын
Love it thank you❤
@Alex-z3q9b4 ай бұрын
Should've used Total war Attila to add up spiceness of the video. But still nice video.
@DebojitBiswas-pl1fc4 ай бұрын
Can you please make the videos on nepoleonic cavalry and artillery forces
@Dantheman8134 ай бұрын
I had to stop what I was doing to come watch this 😂
@4TheWinQuinn4 ай бұрын
I love these videos
@irish-italianintrovert.86004 ай бұрын
Cataphracts are pretty cool looking not gonna lie.
@thetrevorthejew4 ай бұрын
this is great work. how do you make these?
@ULTRA_P84 ай бұрын
Hi can you please do a True size of an imperial gaurdsman regiment video ... and the example you can use is the Cadian regiment since they are arguably considered in Warhammer 40k canon as an exemplary model regiment please and thank you
@steve200974 ай бұрын
When are you guys gonna do the sequel To the usmc special operations video that was a year ago when Will we get the Marine raiders back
@ronanchristiana.belleza92702 ай бұрын
Sir question would there be True size of the Union army from US Civil war in the future? as well as Willington's army during Peninsula campaign and Waterloo?
@Fuzzypotato24 ай бұрын
I dare you to go one episode without using the phrase “let us”.
@bobphigglebottom28392 ай бұрын
Can someone tell me what the music in the background is in the intro. Sounded cool
@ducomaritiem71604 ай бұрын
❤I love Victrix❤
@captain_clark8684 ай бұрын
So the byzantines had mounted archers? I never knew that! That probably is part of what helped them last so long against the turkic peoples.
@hydroac93874 ай бұрын
Excellent! Now I have a much better idea of how the Eastern Roman/Byzantine operated, and how they survived for ~1000 years (~2000 years total for the Roman Empire)
@maxnguyen8284 ай бұрын
so early it's criminal
@giannisch954 ай бұрын
Constantinoupolis was the " New York " of Medieval period, Byzantines were so wealthy that they were paying huge amounts of gold to mercenaries, the main territories of the Empire were Greek after a period and at least half of the total population were Greeks, generally the eastern parts of the Roman Empire even before Great Constantine were greek in culture and language. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire to Ostrogoths and other Germanic tribes many Romans came to East seeking settler. So the reason that Byzantine history is so underrated by western historians, is that Byzantium or better Eastern Roman Empire WAS the only true Roman State left and was the only True descendant of the ancient Grecoroman World
@pendantblade63614 ай бұрын
Shout to Christian Cameron's Traitor Son series for having a relatively accurate (not) Byzantine army.
@kingmidas894 ай бұрын
awsome
@UWUSIGMAGIGACHAD4 ай бұрын
what are these beautiful chants in the backround?
@HalfPersianMan4 ай бұрын
Greetings From Persia's beating Heart, Tehran. Would you please do a video about Ancient Persian Armies? The Sasanids, The Parthians, The Achemanids. Thanks in Advance.
@Diglet0014 ай бұрын
Can you do a video on the size of the Abbasid army
@stevelenox15212 күн бұрын
I was wondering if you could do a video on the true size of both the Union and Confederates armies during the american civil war.
@GustavoMaldonadoFidalgo4 ай бұрын
impressive how long the byzantine(eastern roman empire) survived
@VoidLantadd4 ай бұрын
The term, "east Roman Empire" is right there, but okay. If you haven't come across it already, I would recommend having a read of Anthony Kaldellis's recent monograph, "The Case for East Roman Studies".
@gilpaubelid37804 ай бұрын
Someone could say that when the wrong term is used for convenience reasons is much better than when the correct term is used in order for revisionist theories to be promoted.
@alexor0814 ай бұрын
They "Byzantine Roman Greeks" never called themselves the eastern part of anything and practically while their Rome in Constantinople existed, the Italian Rome had fallen so, they were the only Rome.
@paprskomet4 ай бұрын
@@gilpaubelid3780except those are not theories and not a revisionism. It is "Byzantine terminology" and entire ideology connected with it what is perfect example of revisionist theories.
@gilpaubelid37804 ай бұрын
@@paprskomet Most people that use the term "byzantine" do it for convenience reasons, in order for others to understand when they're talking about medieval Greeks with Roman citizenship/byzantines and when they're talking about ancient Romans. On the other hand I have noticed that fans of Kaldellis insist on using the term "roman" in an effort to mislead people that don't know much about byzantine history into accepting Kaldellis' revisionist theories. Using the correct term while the ultimate goal is to distort its meaning is much worse than using the inaccurate term in order to make things easier, don't you think?
@paprskomet4 ай бұрын
@@gilpaubelid3780 I'm not saying that because of Kaldellis and Kaldellis in fact use Byzantine terminology quite often(and not only in negative sense) . He don't like it though and describes in detail why. Most of his works propagates this and nothing is wrong on doing that. It is serious work of serious scholar and it is regarded so among scholars. Word "revisionism" is often used nowadays as if it is some dirty word while discipline of history always was about revisionism, about rev-aluating views and concepts of the past and exchanging them for, what that or that group felt, more correct.Revisionism can go both in good and bad way. Today(as example) western society often tend to misuse revisionism to enforce modern believes on times where the same believes were not shared and yet pretending that it was the same although it was not. That is example of bad revisionism. Also Byzantine terminology and concepts arising from it are nothing else but revisionism. In this Light it is strange that you consider Kaldellis as revisionist for opposing revisionism.
@widowmaker49764 ай бұрын
nomismata is plural.
@ajiibshah37604 ай бұрын
It always boggles my mind on how these large expansionist empires handle this logistical nightmare considering they move thousands of humans across countries. Like how Aurelius just go back and forth dealing with Palmyra. Thank god for the roads and aqueducts they've built
@spiffygonzales51604 ай бұрын
Y'all should do "true size of a Holy Roman Empire army" too for the renaissance. Im curious what it'd be due to all the various states and such, and also how many gunners would be there and the ratio of volunteers to mercenaries to conscripts there would be
@Cpt.Blackadder4 ай бұрын
Loved the video as always!! On other news, i seriously volunteer to teach you people the correct pronunciation of greek words. (ο+ι=οι = e like a bee - α+ι=αι= e like bed)