A Military Analysis of 300: Rise of an Empire

Took longer than anticipated due to internet difficulties in recent months.
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[@AeneasGemini]

"Suicide Swimmers of Peace" That had me giggling like a schoolgirl

[@franmagaming3567]

Crazy lady: i have more ships than you He : im a virgin i dont have a wife and family Crazy lady: fair enougth

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

Not a hundred miles away from the actual conversation.

[@stevecooper7883]

"Boy lover"

[@pavelslama5543]

Crazy lady: a virgin? That can be changed in a minute..

[@wanttogetfood]

Incel power!!!

[@filipeamaral216]

@@pavelslama5543 A minute indeed.

[@KarmasAB123]

5:30 If a commander was told his plan was suicide by his advisors and he responded "Yes," once word of that spread throughout the camp, I would expect most of the soldiers to leave.

[@Youtubeq33]

Yea, all of them would say "lets fuck suicide mission and leave" then just get killed later by xerxes... are you stupid?

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

@@KZbinq33 He is not, maybe you are just angry 13 years old. Spartans and Greeks in general used to be prudent people, not jihadists. Yes, they would be perfectly fine with leaving battlefield, that leaves no room for their own survival.

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

@@KZbinq33 they weren't fanatics that would strap a explosive vest to themselves and run at the enemy tank

[@marley7868]

@@KZbinq33 yes it's stupid to ditch your commander who is seemingly intent on getting you killed on purpose and fucking off to fight in a more sensible manner

[@constantinezoelayman3132]

@@OkurkaBinLadin that is an insult to 13 year olds, cause I never saw angry teenagers like that

[@OrDuneStudios]

One major point on these vessels sinking. With iron plating fore and aft theyd have signifigant strain amidships and would highly likely to hog (curve up in the centre) which would over time or in heavy weather snap under its own weight. So no none of the vessels involved seem particularly gifted at heavy weather.

[@OrDuneStudios]

Source: I drive big metal ships for a living.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

yep that and also the immense costs

[@OrDuneStudios]

@@patriciusvunkempen102 Yes even today steel ships coast a lot.

[@ryangallant1886]

You know, when I think of ancient naval warfare, I often think something is missing. When I see the miles of ocean, narrow, confined spaces of ships, most often filled with dangerous men with swords and or spears, I do think, "why yes, what an excellent space to employ cavalry." 23:30 I think the results speak for themselves.

[@Сайтамен]

Rise of Skywalker went further - cavalry on top of a spaceship

[@nunya_business1185]

@@Сайтамен yes spaceships that can be turned a little and cause all the space horses to fall off

[@pavelslama5543]

As a naval history enthusiast, I absolutely hate how galleys (ships powered by oars and sails) are depicted as motor boats sailing around with a speed of a modern torpedo, and how nobody standing on top of them seems to be affected when they ram straight into basically a standing target.

[@090giver090]

I doubt that anyone beside us, history buffs, would go to see a 7-hours movie about galleys moving at historically accurate speed 😆

[@hammahhylix8308]

These analyses are why im on KZbin. Not even lying

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

I am glad you enjoy them.

[@scarecrow2097]

I know you don't talk about the historical accuracy of the film but the SIN the director commited by giving the honor of the battle of Marathon to Themistocles instead of bothering to include Miltiades,the real leader during that battle, is not just historically inaccurate but also criminal in my opinion. Fan fact: Themistocles had 270 ships in the battle of Salamis not just 50, the disadvantage was still there though because the Persians had 1k plus. Persians ships were Triremes of Phonecian design.

[@athane8358]

Not to mention it was Artemisia who tried to convince Xerxes that Salamis was a trap, not the other way around.

[@curtmantle663]

Wasn't Callimachus the Athenian leader (Polemarch) at Marathon, Miltiades was the one who advocated that the Athenians (and Plataeans) attack the Persians. Callimachus led the right flank (and died) according to Herodotus.

[@cp1cupcake]

Artemisia also survived and spent a lot of the time using the battles with the Greeks to stab her rivals in the back.

[@MarkIn4D]

"Crazy lady's fleet consists of... I'm not even sure what these are" I don't know if it's the delivery or the line itself, but that was really funny. Thank you for another excellent military analysis!

[@ilovehistory5210]

While I prefer 300 overall this has the better soundtrack

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

Agreed.

[@scarecrow2097]

True

[@thatwolfensteinguy8954]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 Lovely video as always, watched this film and hated it, ahh!!!!, in waiting for realistic phalanx warfare, Spartans with Pilos helmets and bronze armour, when will my dream come true.....anyways, on the subject of the LOTR, I know it has some odd tactics, and I can assure you that the book versions make more scene then the film versions.

[@Peregrin3]

@@thatwolfensteinguy8954 The book version of the battle of Pelennor Fields is much cooler than the movie, and that's saying a lot because the movies are awesome, I just wish they had used the ghost army less, it would have been awesome to see Prince Imrahil the Swan Knights of Dol Amroth.

[@Ziddings]

A note about the two ships ramming the same one from opposite sides, this is recorded to have happened at least once, at "battle of chios" in 201BCE. Here the vessel of the Macedonian admiral, a Decereme or 10 banked ship, accidentally got caught on a ship passing close to it and struck it amidship, with its ram stuck above the other vessels waterline. She was unable to pull away and was immobilised, two quinquiremes seized the opportunity both ramming her and sinking her.

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

Cool.

[@nikolaradivojevic3139]

Im suprised to see the new video just as persians were in battle of Marathon

[@adeptlupatus4946]

So a note about baliste on ships: few ships in the ancient world ever had siege weapons on board, and never on something as small as a trireme. quinqueremes, which did exist at the time, did sometimes have prow mounted artillery but it made them extremely dangerous to sail in even the best of conditions. In a storm… well, Poseidon is a greedy god and quinqueremes cost the equivalent of a heavy cruiser a hundred years ago.

[@090giver090]

The first mentions of any throwing devices on ancient ships date back to Alexander the Great period (some two centuries after events of the film) and it were Romans (some 1,5 centuries later) who perfected the craft. So yes, totally anachronistic 😁

[@burnstick1380]

Can we talk about how absurdly close the Persian ships sail to each other? I mean that they ram each other by accident on those close formations should be an often occurrence.

[@guskes8889]

you've got to do:"The Great Wall" I just watched it and the siege equipment is hilarious

[@jordansmith1541]

Even in the age of canon, boarding actions were still common, and ships would more often then not surrender than get sunk

[@BusinessWolf1]

YOOO THE KING IS ALIVE

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

I was never dead. My internet on the other hand...

[@BusinessWolf1]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 just FYI I love your jokes and analysis

[@leonvoelker7639]

At 12:04 he asked if the persians had any Balistae and that couldn't habe happened. Firstly most Balistae are to large or cumbersome for their ships (the small ones are called scorpions) and secondly the persians did never have any because Balistae were roman (or first iterations were hellenic greek) and didn't excist at that time around 500 B.c the first examples or the prototypes were dated back to 300 B.c (arround the time of Alexander the (not so) great). This is just some knwoledge about historicall accuracy and not a attack (many people take it the wrong way, so sorry). Also sorry for my bad english I am not a native english speaker and have a great day.

[@Itisoverthere-rw]

The film was stupid and butchered history but I really enjoyed it. I think the music helped it a lot. War Pigs man, you can't go wrong with it.

[@constantinezoelayman3132]

it is actually not a clueless film cause it is a comicbook film about revenge and redemption believe it or not, according to the director filmmaker, noah Murro.

[@ntfoperative9432]

"you cannot do alot with a fleet of 50 ships when your enemies ships number in the thousands" *Laughs in Yi Sun Shin*

[@figer5329]

Idk how ur channel only has 30k subs, honestly 10/10 content

[@natetheskate9948]

When you gamble your pokemon cards and loose. I played a dangerous game, AND I LOST!

[@sasir2013]

Good to see you back with another military analysis, they are always really entertaining to watch

[@hariman7727]

Admiral Yi did the "defeat superior numbers with skill and better equipment" thing better by a wide margin. Edit: I can think of little else to say about this movie.

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

@KarSoban There is one. It's called "The Admiral - Roaring Currents"

[@mobyboat6196]

A televised battle between him and Konishi Yukinaga would be epic, seeing as not only was Konishi the only commander that defeated him but also a converted christian

[@burnstick1380]

8:26 well I suppose those ships should still be able to float since they have a good width (to my assumption) and that should give them a decent buoyancy and they shouldn't capsize. Now about those bows: Well I think they are just massive brakes on the front end of your ship (which is bad) but they should be able still to sail (much less efficient of course). Also the fastening of them must be rather complicated and could be a major structural hazard. And well the "W" shape literally pushes water straight into your ship which means that the inner connection must really sustain a lot of force (so fast speed sailing is out of the question). Furthermore water will spill up on deck bow and push the front end of the ship down into the water which again acts as a brake. So if by some deep magic you can actually make such a 3-bow ship (or are there just 2?) and not make it tear apart by it self, then yes it would work. Edit: okay on a later shot we see those ships being rather long and thin so they should be rather fast and immobile, but I still think that buoyancy shouldn't be a problem. Edit 2: on later inspection it appears that the Persian ships have tomblehome, which increased their stability, so they should be pretty stable ships

[@sprouts7768]

Do they look like catamarines to u

[@sprouts7768]

Do they look like catamarines to u

[@burnstick1380]

@@sprouts7768 Not really also kinda unlikely

[@stevenwallace773]

I laughed out loud multiple multiple times. This is amazing 👍🤣😁

[@MaximusOfTheMeadow]

But Your Imperial Majesty, As an answer to your excellent question at 17:15 Civilized Humans Do Not wear trousers. That is an Barbarian invention. Civilized Humans started wearing trousers only surprisingly recently. Before that, Real Men wore stockings, and Real Woman wore dresses Kind Regards, Maximus Barbarossa Quinten Of The Meadow

[@MaximusOfTheMeadow]

Note, this is also satire Woman and Men can wear everything they like

[@javonyounger5107]

I surprised KZbin didn't recommend this to me when it came out, also I'm almost certain I was subscribed to you before

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

I thought subscribers might not have been receiving any notifications. Literature Devil thinks his subscribers may be having similar problems.

[@samdeal4377]

Great video, very much enjoy the analyses you make.

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Did anybody notice, that "Greeks" use center grip shields like Vikings/Germanics? There is no aspis/hoplon to be found in ther entire army. Hoplon was strapped to your army, not held in your fist, while wide rim of your shield rested firmly on your shoulder at all times. In proper formation, it was the only armor you would need.

[@johndembowski9518]

So, just read your comment, and just thought I'd add something: The Hoplon thing might be a mistake dating from bad/careless roman historians. As you clearly know, Greeks referred to their shields as an aspis. Who used "Hoplon"? Well the greeks, but NOT for shield. I think the prevailing understanding of the term today is that "Hopla" (I don't speak ancient greek... so bare with the spelling errors when they occur) is simply a term for military equipment, a.k.a. "arms". So Hoplite means Armsman. Just like the term was used through the middle ages. Until about a year ago, I had always heard/believed the other version of Hoplite, that they were so named for their shields, so I just wanted to share. Coming back to the substance of your comment, I wouldn't say the shield is ALL you need... I'd certainly want a helmet as well!

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@johndembowski9518 Oplon or Opla means weapons in modern Greek Aspis or Aspida means shield in Modern Greek

[@jasonjason6584]

Would you ever consider doing a military analysis of the final battle in Attack of the Clones?

[@JAGer-pl2vt]

That one is just a messy slaughter Edit: speeling Edit 2: more spelling

[@ntfoperative9432]

There is none, it was already said by star wars itself. The whole thing had no strategy, because the Jedi were not generals, and the separatists wanted to lose

[@Сайтамен]

@@ntfoperative9432 Still the clones used some sort of strategy with walkers against droids. Plus Anakin gives the command to fire at fuel tanks of big Federate ships.

[@JynxedKoma]

That ending of this video couldn't have been more perfect.

[@williamflowers9435]

The Persian and the First Order both have a “General” leading their fleet.

[@thetruegoldenknight]

6:07 that IS a strategic mistake...unless the smaller fleet has some kind of "secret weapon" up its figurative sleeves. Given the circumstances, that is realistically doubtful.

[@burnstick1380]

16:00 well yes the "general" wouldn't have found it suppicious that there were no man on deck but you can't count on the enemy making a mistake, but the easiest way would still have been to take most soldiers to the trap and the just a few other soldiers (with maybe dummies extra) just to look like they had actually soldiers on deck.

[@ashholiday123]

I was thinking the same thing. In those conditions you just need the front two rows to have men on them (maybe 10 people per ship) instead of the whole army

[@marley7868]

also those men might be needed like say one of his ships gets you by suprise in a board or an opportunity presents it'sself the admiral should likley always sail with a fully stocked ship just in case

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

Honestly, if Mad Nutter Lady had just committed in any of these battles, and just sent in all of her heavy ships, while it wouldn’t be graceful or strategically incredible, eventually just by simple attrition they’d win. You’d expect that a close up massed brawl would be great territory for these kinds of heavy hitters. The smaller and more nimble Greek ships wouldn’t be able to move and the Persian ship’s larger crews would be able to overwhelm the Greeks.

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

fun fact about Roman ship history: if the story is correct, it goes that Rome and it's power was centered around land based combat meaning that their naval power was minuscule, on the other side with Carthage their power was at the sea so naturally through one of the Punic wars Carthage held the sea and destroyed any ship with Roman colours, one day some Romans came upon a Carthaginian ship which was destroyed on a beach seeing this the Roman government had the ship extensively studied and recreated the ships were then made on a large scale thus evening the odds at sea if not even more so with their boarding techniques of which were very new

[@marley7868]

funny I prefer the joke version "a carthage ship washed ashore and taking as a great example of what not to do the romans made there own design"

[@waryace2]

Ancient naval warfare Penguin you should take a look at Cleopatra (1963) that has a pretty good naval battle. It's old but at least their is no crazy CGI.

[@Kalenz1234]

"18:05 I hesitate to call what they do ´sex´. " Oh my sweet summer child..

[@ntfoperative9432]

During that whole "inspiring" speech, I was just hoping for a "but", it never came

[@urlichwichmann6456]

Did no one notice the initial small force attack, the horse riding on ships and allies showing up late cliché, that was carried out to star wars episode 9? I haven't watched the 300/2, just the cut from His Sensibly Tactical Majesty.

[@jamesknighton4489]

Grace us with your insight my lord

[@cthonmon_4781]

But Your Imperial Majesty! Sailing into a storm looks cooler! We all know that is the most tactically important!

[@timothyissler3815]

I would argue that Queen Gorgon said "no" at first because she knew she lacked enough ships to successfully help Themistocles, and was waiting for the other Greek navies to arrive so they could provide adequate military support. If she went with Themistocles right away, she would have probably run into the same problems that Themistocles did.

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

If you watch the relevant scene in the film, it is clear that is not her reason. Her chief line was "Sparta will give no more" as she mourns the death of her husband.

[@timothyissler3815]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 I see. Then my argument is invalid. I haven't seen the film either, which doesn't help.

[@marley7868]

or it's a trick the persians are shown to make heavy use of spies maybe she's just lying so her reinforcements have more suprise

[@burnstick1380]

17:20 well I doubt that the Persians knew the depth of the water and the exact route. Finding a route in the night is way more complicated than at day. And consider unlike small rowing boats you can't easily stop a galley when it's doing some speed. So it's entirely possible that you ground even more ships and subsequent ships ram each other (now of course crazy lady prob. wouldn't care anyway but that's beside the point)

[@odinsrensen7460]

"Shell would feel emasculated" MyEntireFolderOfLaughingAnimeGirlsPictures.rar

[@johndembowski9518]

Holy Shit! I didn't get the "shell" reference in this comment till I got to that part of the video... but yeah, this was by far the best thing i've heard in a while ahahahahahahaha!!!!

[@burnstick1380]

6:27 well even with guns on ships boarding was still a big thing and outright sinking a ship was rarely done since you just had cannonballs which didn't explode but just punch a whole in your ship. So in the age of sail battles where won either by boarding or by pounding your enemy into submission.

[@andrewphillips8341]

Sun Tzu is great for beginner amateur military historians. It is great for giving fortune cookie wisdom.

[@davidblair9877]

Describing this as “depicting ancient naval warfare” is charitable at best.

[@thorshammer7883]

Can you do a video about the tactics shown the movie Narnia Prince Caspian with the night raid on the castle and the battle at Aslan's Howl please? Nobody has really done a tactics video on the Narnia films as of yet.

[@tesnacloud]

The Persian ships break just about every rule for good ship design in the galley age. And the iron on front and in back would likely cause the ships to founder, have much worse turning characteristics, and gradually break the center of the ship.

[@Borlingr]

I really enjoy your analysis videos! Would you like doing the battles in the Narnia Movies?

[@MLCloneCODgamer]

The 2016 Ben Hur adaptation has a naval warfare scene. It is fairly dramatized and a little ridiculous, but if you want to analyze that, that'd be cool

[@oskar0t07]

Nice

[@overkill6765]

can u do a military analysis of troy the one with brad pitt

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

24:00: I really doubt that any horse would run through fire. Over bursting ships where every step can be the last. This scene is made for the sake of cool and not anything else.

[@YourOldUncleNoongah]

aint it amazing just how much blood is stored, under HIGH pressure in any one part of their body, ready to burst forth upon even the smallest of cuts huh!

[@lazyidiotofthemonth]

I think its pretty clear that Artemesia is using the battles to bleed away her potential rivals more than actually defeat the Athenians.

[@090giver090]

Even Herodotus came to the same conclusion IRL 🙂

[@sasir2013]

Honestly, there's an error on the greeks final strategy Why would you try to kill crazy lady?! She is the enemy's worst commander, each battle she is in is easier that if there were no commanding officer!

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Exactly. The feminist would get all Persians killed by starvation at the latest :))) no point in targeting her.

[@sasir2013]

@@OkurkaBinLadin She is a feminist?

[@johndembowski9518]

Slight nit-pick: At the end you refer to this director as a "fan-artist". You might be correct, I didn't bother looking to see if this is actually the case. BUT, if you are basing this, as I am, on just guessing at the direction of... the direction (sorry, couldn't help myself), then I'd say it is far more likely that the director is more likely to be attempting to emulate the "snyder style" for the sake of the brand/product recognition than out of a personal desire to emulate Snyder. I'd assume that whatever his own style is, he was handed the assignment and told by a corporate board: Use slow motion, gore, over the top action! Make it like the other one, people liked that. Of course your point is perfectly valid regardless: It was a poor imitation in which the copy uses some of the key elements of the original without really knowing (or seemingly caring) about how they fit together in the way which makes the original such a distinct visual style.

[@Peregrin3]

The new version of Ben Hur is more recent than this movie I think but you barely see anything in the naval battle unlike the original.

[@AlvorReal]

Actually, the way they're dressed isn't totally opposite from the way the hoplites in the later periods dressed. Armor was largely exchanged for lighter tunics and some went barechested into battle, as their massive hoplon was considered more than enough to do the job for them. So while a bit silly and over the top, it's not as silly as it might first seem, historically speaking. Though, that, of course, considered that men would be fighting in the phalanx (a tight formation) and not running about the place.

[@ovk-ih1zp]

I have to agree that Zack Snider is a much more visionary film maker. He is capable of taking a bad script & making something at least entertaining out of it, He just seems to get stabbed in the back by Hollywood politics far to often.

[@tehardegames]

They also used their rams wrong. they rammed at a 90° angle, they would get stuck inside the enemy ship. They should have ramed in a different angle (I forgot the angle). They also historicaly used their ships often to break the paddle of the enemy. If done to one side the enemy would be only able to go in circles. Making them easy prey.

[@terminallove3531]

But wasn't that smaller ship force "embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself"?

[@constantinuslefug2874]

This film reveals itself as extremist anti-Athenian propaganda. Like, holy shit dude, you can't even allow the Athenians to take glory from the Battle of Salamis. THERE WERE NO SPARTANS THERE AT ALL! The Spartans didn't even have a fleet until the Peloponnesian war. And guess who paid for it? The PERSIANS! That's right. The Spartans took Persian gold to attack Athens because Athens was building an empire that threatened the Persians. So much for being the defenders of Greece.

[@romeroorda7234]

the ballista wouldnt be invented for another 80 years is why the persians did not use them

[@Benjamin1986980]

I have to disagree with your analysis at minute 14. while if the plan goes well, you are correct the soldiers on the ship are not needed, keeping a strong contingent on the ships would be very useful if the plan goes awry and the Persians try to board the ship in a breakout maneuver. keeping them on board until it's clear what the Persians are doing seems like a wise backup plan

[@reaver1414]

So now apparently the Immortals have a marine branch? Lol

[@noneednoneed5752]

ArchMoron ... μωρός ... hat was funny lol

[@TITANia69420]

18:20 Honestly i think those 2 guards are screwed. I mean, if they walk in to see Crazy Lady get penetrated by Archmoron's sword, they'd prolly get executed. And if they don't walk in and Crazy Lady gets penetrated by an actual sword, they'd prolly get executed.

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

A lose-lose situation.

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

Crazily enough, something like this actually happened in real life. On the night Joseph Stalin suffered a stroke that ultimately lead to his death, there were guards stationed outside his room. However, despite hearing strange noises, they never went inside to investigate because Stalin had told them that he was not to be disturbed. So they were terrified that if they went in and nothing was wrong, Stalin would have them executed because that's how much of a blood drunk lunatic he was.

[@sorendaniels754]

Do a military analysis of the movie Troy.

[@CheemsofRegret]

Yes! YES! *YES!*

[@svagglaorde4387]

Can you do a military analysis on Disney's 2020 Mulan? There's a lot of questionable "tactics" in that movie.

[@ThieflyChap]

Could this be where Jar Jar Abrams got a certain idea?

[@regularguyinworldoftanks]

Xerxes still alive i hope there is 3rd one.

[@animemanno.4391]

pov u captured the enemy u hate fucked him u let him go U LET HIM GO?!?!?!?!?!

[@wojszach4443]

5:11 Yi Sun Sin wants to know your location

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

17:54: Funny that of all people a Spartan mocks the Athenians for being b0y l0v3rs.😎 In Sparta, namely, every upgroing boy had to have a mentor who was his l0v3r as well.

[@jacopofolin6400]

Cesare will you return to do video?

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

ok you missued galley, those are clearely meant to be triremes, you may be could call the persian ones galley sbut idk

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

In the English history books I've read, "galley" is a general term and is used to refer to any sail and oar powered ships from antiquity to the late medieval period. Particularly those types of ships which were used in the Mediterranean Sea; I have never seen or heard any historian refer to a Viking longship as a galley.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 might be an english thing since like i already made clear in another comment the anglohistorian in general not always, tends to misregard the details of continental history

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 btw i never supposed viking longships to be called galley, galley are mediterranean row and ram warships that could be sailed for long distances too, and are encountered from the middleages onward the ancient world knows a lot of different shiptypes of that kind but the trireme was the most dominant one and most extensively used by greeks. in that role in that era, later much larger vessels were actualy built. but it is quite unclear how large those were

[@killer-ox4rp]

6:66 didn't they say they have like 50 men or ship? capturing more ships would be useless if they don't have the men to use them

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

They said they have fifty ships; they have more than fifty men judging by the scenes in this film. Unfortunately, the film never tells us how many men are under Themosticles' command.

[@bird3013]

his nickname will be lord he haw of Athena

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

btw the galley is the medieval and onwards iteration of light row ship with ramming funcition they didn't exist in antiquity, not that this applies ot this fiction work of art aexactly as shiptype is a rather subjective theme here

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

In English history books, "galley" is a general term and is used to refer to any sail and oar powered ships from antiquity to the late medieval period. Particularly those types of ships which were used in the Mediterranean Sea; I have never seen or heard any historian refer to a Viking longship as a galley.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 galleys were used well into the early modern time wtf is wrong with your souces? they started in the middleages and ended in well i think even up into the 18th century or even 19th century some fleets actualy had galleys.

[@joostul]

Pre like!

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas

[@jamoecw]

a couple of caveats, charging into an enemy into men that are busy doing something else is good if you don't want them to form into a battle line and drag the battle out allowing the rest of the enemy force to land and flank you or land somewhere else and take out what you are trying to defend. fighting a small force against a large force is quite possible depending on the terrain, such as guarding a pass. shipbuilding techniques at the time the battle was supposed to happen didn't use a single piece of wood for the keel, but used multiple pieces of wood. this made larger ships less able to handle bad weather. it was a shit movie that was just made due to the success of 300.

[@sergiopepe2210]

Archmoron, ROFL

[@TheQuakeIV]

do you have a discord or something

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

I have a Twitter account and a BitChute channel but I do not have a Discord server.

[@DonFatherTrump]

17:49 😆

[@boom350ph]

theres your problem his a general not a admiral

[@OrDuneStudios]

Anything in sea state stupid is dangerous.

[@reaver1414]

Eva Green is one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood

[@kalashnikovdevil]

This looks as bad as 300 was awesome, which is bad for Rise Of An Empire because 300 was very awesome.

[@bassault]

Archmoron? Lmao

[@R.E.-Gato]

King Emperor Penguin, are you a Christian?

[@kingemperorpenguin1]

Yes.

[@R.E.-Gato]

@@kingemperorpenguin1 awesome, dude. I’m subscribing now. May God bless you

[@DeathbyKillerBong]

you should read lost leet