Alexander in Afghanistan - Cophen Campaign - Ancient Battles DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals

Kings and Generals

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@KingsandGenerals
@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын
Battle of Hoth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHOpnGOeqZh1aKM
@RealNeutronStar
@RealNeutronStar 2 жыл бұрын
Another new Ukrainian counter-attack succeeded today! In the direction of Liman! Impressive! Not even a month has passed and the video time is approaching. Very impressive! ⚡
@RealNeutronStar
@RealNeutronStar 2 жыл бұрын
Overall an impressive performance! 🔥
@denniscleary7580
@denniscleary7580 2 жыл бұрын
Really am enjoying the Star Wars lore and I can’t thank you enough for covering the first age of middle earth
@dipmalyaroy987
@dipmalyaroy987 2 жыл бұрын
Saying Afganistan is historically inappropriate it was part of ancient India then
@ajithsidhu7183
@ajithsidhu7183 2 жыл бұрын
Elephant go hoot time
@schoolofgrowthhacking
@schoolofgrowthhacking 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that these battles and campaigns were so well documented and detailed is extraordinary!
@stelvis1984ify
@stelvis1984ify 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely helps when you have a language and writing system that has existed and been consistently understood for almost 3000 years.
@Fetch26291
@Fetch26291 2 жыл бұрын
@@ahmetgunes4095 He meant 3000 years from now, not then. Greek has changed little in its writing style from the 1st millennium BCE to the 3rd millennium CE. It has however changed in its spoken style.
@Fetch26291
@Fetch26291 2 жыл бұрын
@@ahmetgunes4095 Fact: Upperclass Romans spoke and wrote Greek, as it was the Language of Learning and Trade until around the 2nd century CE, when Latin started taking over.
@hattorihanzo9896
@hattorihanzo9896 2 жыл бұрын
@@richardv9648 🤣😂 you are clueless bro
@kingmenelaus7083
@kingmenelaus7083 2 жыл бұрын
@@richardv9648 lemme guess, you're a "Persian" or Indian nationalist?
@PYRESATVARANASI
@PYRESATVARANASI 2 жыл бұрын
I can respect how Hermolaus went all in, it takes guts to speak to your King so plainly. He knew that he was a dead man either way. Excellent series 🔥.
@rasiabsgamingcorner2258
@rasiabsgamingcorner2258 2 жыл бұрын
Im surprised Hermolaus was able to move with such giant size balls
@Cyberpunker1088
@Cyberpunker1088 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he knew he was dead man walking and had nothing more to lose.
@dennisgichohi5392
@dennisgichohi5392 2 жыл бұрын
This Alexander series is one of the best series you've done💯......thank you KG
@mikemodugno5879
@mikemodugno5879 2 жыл бұрын
This has been one of my favorite series yet. Two thumbs up!
@kanyekubrick5391
@kanyekubrick5391 2 жыл бұрын
If there’s one thing I learned reading about Phillip & Alexander is that 9 times out of 10, you do not want Macedonians besieging you. Especially Mr. Boy-King.
@alecbundy527
@alecbundy527 2 жыл бұрын
The real Poliorcetes...
@rolo8950
@rolo8950 2 жыл бұрын
For hermalous to go on a tirade, it took guts and I don't blame him at all for it. Power and pride ruin every great ruler sooner or later and Alexander wasn't immune to that. Also, at the time, if you got caught plotting to kill your king or a powerful man or woman, you were almost always tortured and eventually executed so hermalous knew he had nothing to lose so instead of going down begging for his life, he let loose how he truly felt and I applaud him for that.
@mashek331
@mashek331 2 жыл бұрын
@@steve8610 I felt like all the boy's arguments and accusations about Alexander were simply a cover for the real reason, that he was beaten, which humiliated him more than anything.
@muhammadeisa1459
@muhammadeisa1459 2 жыл бұрын
@@steve8610 he may not have expressed any ill will towards Alexander until his beating because he may have been afraid of his king. After he had nothing to lose, he let his feelings out. We will never know if the kid believed what he said or merely said it as a cover or if it was a mix of both, as things often are.
@patrickevans3797
@patrickevans3797 2 жыл бұрын
He was a page, he should have known the boundaries in which he lived and probably did but chose to act outside them and was punished accordingly, if not, everyone would overstep
@nemlas85
@nemlas85 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it really happened and the kid could actually give a speech. although it makes sense from Alexander's point of view: he could have used the young one to defeat the probably poorly presented arguments of Callisthenes, without risking a loss against a wiser opponent in a debate.
@bethmarriott9292
@bethmarriott9292 2 жыл бұрын
"Kill me and my fellow conspirators if you must!" Fellow conspirators: 👀👀👀
@Wes-q9r
@Wes-q9r 2 жыл бұрын
Even these days you can still see the damage done by Alexander. My friend who was deployed in afghanistan told me of an old fortress that stood on a huge mountain. It has stood there for thousands of years before Alexander’s time and you can see arrowheads and all buried around the surrounding area.
@stratosk6408
@stratosk6408 Жыл бұрын
What damage? Arrowhead? Really?
@steviechampagne
@steviechampagne Жыл бұрын
Damage? Alexander sparked human advancement around the entire old world by centuries by spreading Hellenic influence to the East
@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb
@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb 11 ай бұрын
​@@stratosk6408he destroyed many iranian cities..
@valentino5689
@valentino5689 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the Alexander videos they are amazing, arguably the most famous king/general of all time
@petervoller3404
@petervoller3404 2 жыл бұрын
Hey all, I was the historian and scriptwriter for this episode, hope you all enjoyed! If you've got any questions or feedback, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!
@radec5437
@radec5437 2 жыл бұрын
Not a question, but Only compliments for your hardwork!
@theblackknight6732
@theblackknight6732 2 жыл бұрын
Please do more videos on Celts :) I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL :) :) :) :) :)
@strasseanthem8599
@strasseanthem8599 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciated your hard work, please contunie to do more videos about Alexander the Great and his personality and his biography, relationships with others and his attitude towards to the events and obstacles.
@markcoroneos7811
@markcoroneos7811 2 жыл бұрын
As a history teacher in training; you guys are both making my future job alot easier and also obsolete haha love your work 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@sammykubesch6161
@sammykubesch6161 2 жыл бұрын
You did a great job being historically accurate but also telling a story from multiple sides. I have sex with animals. I love your channel as well!
@damienm
@damienm 2 жыл бұрын
Documentaries about Alexander never cease to amaze me!
@omarbradley6807
@omarbradley6807 2 жыл бұрын
Now the Silver Shields and thus Seleucus begun to have more prominence. Will be intresting if you cover that part as he was one of the four trusted officers of Alexander, the only who continued to Persianisate himself, and the de facto winner of his, (Alexander) sucesion wars.
@AegonTheUnlikely
@AegonTheUnlikely 2 жыл бұрын
Seleucus and Ptolemy, can’t forget Ptolemy!
@AverageRomaboo
@AverageRomaboo 2 жыл бұрын
@@AegonTheUnlikely despite ipsus Demetrius’s line still got most of Macedonia too but yeah Ptolemy and seleucus where the main winners
@alessandrogini5283
@alessandrogini5283 Жыл бұрын
Maybe seleuco was the nearest to make Alexander the great ambition to unite greek and Persian true
@tatjanavelkova5814
@tatjanavelkova5814 2 ай бұрын
@@alessandrogini5283 unite your.... dogs. before 25 centuries ALEXANDER TSAR ON MAKEDONIJA ! ! !
@V-man117
@V-man117 2 жыл бұрын
I love Greek history so much. Keep up with the good job Kings and Generals 🙏
@jamacelmoge1444
@jamacelmoge1444 2 жыл бұрын
Macedonian*
@antonisarvanitidis4397
@antonisarvanitidis4397 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamacelmoge1444 Same thing! Read a book!
@Essa5225
@Essa5225 2 жыл бұрын
Angry people who believe Alexander wasn't greek incoming
@CaptCKernel
@CaptCKernel 2 жыл бұрын
@@antonisarvanitidis4397 seeing as Alexander clearly holds a separation between Greek and Macedonian, I'd be more apt to believe him. I mean the whole gist of the Page Trial is he still held onto the Macedonian roots by seeing them first before the Greek Callisthetes. Might sound arbitrary but the term is Hellenistic
@daakis0173
@daakis0173 2 жыл бұрын
@@antonisarvanitidis4397 you are albanian , wtf do you call yourself as a greek for?
@sethbartley2212
@sethbartley2212 2 жыл бұрын
love these in depth coverage videos. No one else does this! thanks so much!
@ShahanshahShahin
@ShahanshahShahin 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with your Alexander series since day 1
@jimmychase8494
@jimmychase8494 11 ай бұрын
I rewatch it all the time!
@DistantTravels
@DistantTravels 2 жыл бұрын
“The strength of Afghanistan lies not in the cities, but in the mountains where nomadic warriors have lived for centuries unconquered.”
@Zrs3820
@Zrs3820 2 жыл бұрын
And MAN this quote still stays strong to this very day for Afghanistan.
@dreamcatcher2224
@dreamcatcher2224 2 жыл бұрын
Who said this
@DistantTravels
@DistantTravels 2 жыл бұрын
@@dreamcatcher2224 I believe it was Stephen Tanner in his book "Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban".
@kambar1647
@kambar1647 2 жыл бұрын
meh, there's this myth that Afghanistan was never conquered by anyone, but many empires proved otherwise
@DistantTravels
@DistantTravels 2 жыл бұрын
@@kambar1647 You see, the thing that people like you don't seem to understand is that no one ever claimed Afghanistan was never conquered. "Conquering" Afghanistan is easy, but conquering the people (in particular the mountaineers) is a different thing. The fact is that until only recently, there have still been mountaineers in Afghanistan who have lived free from any sort of government rule for thousands of years. Yes, Alexander, Genghis, Timur and many other conquerors have took over all of Afghanistan according to the map. But what the map doesn't tell you is that those mountaineers weren't even bothered by any form of government rule (due to the fact that subjugating them was impossible due to their fierce resistance and advantage in terrain as well as nomadic warrior lifestyle) , which is why to them, the states, governments and rulership meant nothing. That is why Ahmad Shah Durrani had to bribe some of his own fellow Afghan tribes to join his cause in establishing a state. The mountaineers only followed and obeyed a government/rulership when they wished. Thus why Britain and the kingdom of Afghanistan, in particular Emir Abdur-Rahman ourt so much emphasis and effort in weakening the nomadic Afghan tribal warriors (through forced migrations, ruthless use of military, and etc.) Anyone who learns and reads about Afghan history will notice something very quickly in Alexander's, Genghis Khan's, Timur's, and especially the Mughul's stories: “The strength of Afghanistan lies not in the cities, but in the mountains where nomadic warriors have lived for centuries unconquered.” Trying to subjugate the Afghan mountaineers was a huge disaster that only inexperienced and unknowledgeable invaders did not avoid. Thus, historians unanimously agree that entering Afghanistan is easy, but staying in it is where it gets near impossible.
@BigTatanka626
@BigTatanka626 2 жыл бұрын
You guys give such a great look at history and the parts of it I've always found the most interesting please keep it coming, seriously yall should be consultants for historical movie makers
@KingsandGenerals
@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@markusskram4181
@markusskram4181 Жыл бұрын
Alexander is definitely One of my favorite kings in history !
@nadaan0x3
@nadaan0x3 6 ай бұрын
Really
@MarcelPirosca
@MarcelPirosca 2 жыл бұрын
Incredible video, thanks so much K & G. History telling at its finest.
@KingsandGenerals
@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@ajaypal14121
@ajaypal14121 2 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals i hope you will mention about Chanakya also in next video 🌝 one the greatest strategist ever born the one whose indirect tactics were responsible for Alexander withdrawal and who was main reason that Alexander main general selucus nicator was defeated by chandragupta Maurya
@jonbaxter2254
@jonbaxter2254 2 жыл бұрын
Assassins? Fools! Don't you know Alexander has plot armour!
@aburoach9268
@aburoach9268 2 жыл бұрын
He died from a fever LOL
@Macsantos-fz8sn
@Macsantos-fz8sn Жыл бұрын
I am an afghan and I love and respect Alexander the great so much
@matthewkira6668
@matthewkira6668 2 жыл бұрын
The battle of Arigaeum does not get talked about much, but in my view, this battle is in the same league as his other great battles in terms of brilliance. Alexander utilized the terrain well to hide the movement of his flanking forces before hitting his enemies on the sides and successfully relieving the pressure from the center before reaching the breaking point. (1) Hidden units joining the fray at the last possible moment (2) Double flank attack (3) Weak center I wouldn't be surprised if this battle was a major influence on Hannibal's military mind.
@dimitrioskontsiotis2267
@dimitrioskontsiotis2267 2 жыл бұрын
Good point. I bet Alexander's victory there inspired Hannibal's battle plan for the Battle of Cannae.
@AverageRomaboo
@AverageRomaboo 2 жыл бұрын
Hannibal considered Alexander to be the best general of all time, as do I so that is possible
@soursweet2196
@soursweet2196 2 жыл бұрын
Was desperately waiting for next fight with Porus since beginning . As it was fought next to my city Please upload as soon as possible Thanks
@ancientsitesgirl
@ancientsitesgirl 2 жыл бұрын
oh, this is my favorite series! it's just a pity that Alexander lived so short 😕
@alejandrosakai1744
@alejandrosakai1744 2 жыл бұрын
I heard that Alexander wanted to conquer Arabia, and Carthage, and also circumnavigate Africa!
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@kylepeter3370 2 жыл бұрын
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@engelstody7171 2 жыл бұрын
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@Jesse_Dawg
@Jesse_Dawg 2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite series
@Liquidsback
@Liquidsback 2 жыл бұрын
Copen campaign? I didn't know that Alexander went into Denmark, wow.
@KingsandGenerals
@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын
He would probably be absolutely in shock that someone lives that far to the north.
@EastBengalFanatic
@EastBengalFanatic 2 жыл бұрын
Cophen translates into kabul
@somestormcloakwithanarrowo4671
@somestormcloakwithanarrowo4671 2 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals more likes on the reply, either than the one on the comment, that's something you don't see everyday
@Tommykey07
@Tommykey07 2 жыл бұрын
If he had lived longer he might have made it to Denmark! 🤣
@ajithsidhu7183
@ajithsidhu7183 2 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals Gigachad King Porus Punjabi Jatt noises intensified
@klaudioabazi4478
@klaudioabazi4478 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I have been waiting a long time. It was well worth it.
@yamaraiakizuki4561
@yamaraiakizuki4561 2 жыл бұрын
Afghanistan: to conquer the land on horseback is strenous at best but to govern is impossible. Even the taliban are learning that
@omarbradley6807
@omarbradley6807 2 жыл бұрын
Laugh in Seleucid.
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 жыл бұрын
Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.
@pablogats4627
@pablogats4627 2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Mongols that said that
@LuisBrito-ly1ko
@LuisBrito-ly1ko 2 жыл бұрын
@@theawesomeman9821 They got conquered every time. Lol
@rishavkumar1250
@rishavkumar1250 2 жыл бұрын
@@theawesomeman9821 * graveyard of 19th century Empires. Otherwise Afghans were tossed around like a coin among the Greeks,Persians,Arabs and Indians and even the Turks and Mongols .
@JC-mx9su
@JC-mx9su 2 жыл бұрын
The Battle of Hydaspes is next and I’m already excited.
@alejandrosakai1744
@alejandrosakai1744 2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@loupiscanis9449
@loupiscanis9449 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you , K&G . 🐺
@jeyasurya5473
@jeyasurya5473 2 жыл бұрын
Great effort good!!
@PrimeroVorian1
@PrimeroVorian1 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jdstocco84
@jdstocco84 2 жыл бұрын
Man this was good!
@chessmastertactics6929
@chessmastertactics6929 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! Alexander was an absolute genius of warfare, a heroic warrior and an unparalleled strategist. I have studied his life since i was a child and i really wonder what more he would achieve if he lived for at least one more decade...i have a question: i have read that he was hanging from a cliff with a rope while he was besieging a great fortress. Was it Masaga or Aornus???
@beno1129
@beno1129 2 жыл бұрын
What I like about him is that he led from the front
@ajaypal14121
@ajaypal14121 2 жыл бұрын
He may be a good strategist but not better than Acharya Chanakya 🌝🇮🇳 who's wisdom made to on knee both Alexander and Nanda empire from whose even Alexander army used to get frightened...🌝
@AegonTheUnlikely
@AegonTheUnlikely 2 жыл бұрын
@@ajaypal14121 lmao you Indian nationalists are always hilarious 😂
@ajaypal14121
@ajaypal14121 2 жыл бұрын
@@AegonTheUnlikely well we are not hilarious we are just spitting facts the fact is white and European always think that they are invincible and no Asian can ever defeat them. But Indian defeated Mongol, Arabs and Greeks all long history . so go and search about Chanakya 🌝 the guy was scholar and teacher in university of Taxila same where Abhi joined hands that guys tried to unite all other king of sub continent preety much did also in battle of hyphades Alexander faced a severe losses and last moment win from porus but still they were thinking to move forward but it was sabatoge operations under chandragupta Maurya a student of Chanakya which demotivated Alexander troops that if they are getting attacked by few peps what would Nanda do and it's good Alexander didn't crossed river again or else he would had been badly defeated by Dhana Nanda army which was strongest army of that time both in military strength and training And chankaya strategy made even Nanda empire fell within a day and Mauryan came into power of india it was swords of chandragupta Maurya but mid of Chanakya they conquered whole india And when Alexander troops withdrawal happened than he deployed his General and army here.. under selucus nicator who was defeated by chandragupta Maurya and treaty was signed under Chanakya in which he gave all Indian territory to Chandragupta maurya and married her daughter to him 🌝😂🇮🇳 So before commenting word hilarious check history
@elifern889
@elifern889 2 жыл бұрын
@KHABIB ** TIME So God wants people to know his revelation by having invading armies conquer the land, enslave their women, and oppress the population? I guess it's also a "miracle" that the Huns ravaged the Roman Empire or the Mongols conquering all of Eurasia or the British colonizing 25% of the Earth. Or any other large empire that existed in history.
@priyankgupta
@priyankgupta 2 жыл бұрын
The fight between Alexadner and Porus (known as Puru in some places in India) was legendary. My nickname puru comes from the famously defeated but proud King Porus, even though I would rather watch historical documentaries rather than fight real battles.
@alejandrosakai1744
@alejandrosakai1744 2 жыл бұрын
When I was fourteenth, my favorite subjects were Alexander's Indian Campaign and the Mauryan-Seleucid wars!
@nestormakepontos9700
@nestormakepontos9700 2 жыл бұрын
Many indians don't even accept the defeat of Porus 🤣 cool to see there are indians that at least relize their defeat
@caliphatemapping4617
@caliphatemapping4617 2 жыл бұрын
Rendian🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Kaiyanwang82
@Kaiyanwang82 2 жыл бұрын
@@nestormakepontos9700 Maybe they mix it up with Seleucus? He was defeated by an indian king, IIRC
@nestormakepontos9700
@nestormakepontos9700 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kaiyanwang82 Yeah continue with your lies. Indians would have deffiently killed him, if Alexander was defeated. But Alexander the Great granted the indian King his land as his vassal
@adetibakayode1332
@adetibakayode1332 2 жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS YOUR WORK. THEY ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND EXCELLENT
@Luzchktwabej
@Luzchktwabej 2 жыл бұрын
I love this channel but please, give more of alexander!!!
@joking3502
@joking3502 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video,kings and generals.
@MikeTysonOfficial
@MikeTysonOfficial 2 жыл бұрын
By the way, I am a really big fan of your channel and I watch it every day even if I am 12. I was wondering if you guys could make some videos about Armenia since I am Armenian. I know it has nothing to do with Alexander the Great, but it would be really cool to learn about my country's history through my favorite KZbin channel. It would also be cool if you guys had a series on the Native American wars. Thank you, and keep making great videos!
@peterthesneakybastar
@peterthesneakybastar Жыл бұрын
I think they read your comment lol
@MikeTysonOfficial
@MikeTysonOfficial Жыл бұрын
@@peterthesneakybastar Yeah, I am so glad they did!
@-RONNIE
@-RONNIE 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for another really good video
@lucasespinola5076
@lucasespinola5076 2 жыл бұрын
So exciting!
@gingerbill128
@gingerbill128 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@gustavrask8592
@gustavrask8592 2 жыл бұрын
Good video keep op the good work❤
@martinmoralesalvarez2689
@martinmoralesalvarez2689 Жыл бұрын
Amazing series
@ZYXPQI
@ZYXPQI 2 жыл бұрын
God Damn I love these Alexander videos
@leegoddard2618
@leegoddard2618 Жыл бұрын
Alexander's want and ability to build causeways and bridges is what made him so Great. He didn't care that an enemy had created an impassable. He just built over it.
@leonardoflores7946
@leonardoflores7946 2 жыл бұрын
Love this series!
@robbabcock_
@robbabcock_ 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! ⚔🏹👍
@bstingge9263
@bstingge9263 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Pakistan (home to Taxila mentioned in the video) and I can tell you monsoon rains do not occur during Spring (March/April). Monsoon happens during July/August. So it is confusing to hear that Alexander left Taxila to meet Porus in Spring, "despite monsoon rains". This picture is not correct unless monsoons used to be radically different in 326 BC, which would be an exciting thing to learn if true.
@Kaiyanwang82
@Kaiyanwang82 2 жыл бұрын
Underrated post the authors should address this.
@Liquidsback
@Liquidsback 2 жыл бұрын
Could be different, we know for example that Mesopotamia used to be a lot greener, same thing with the area around (Israel/Palestine) perhaps Pakistan was similar with diferent weather patterns, this could explain the rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilization too.
@Kaiyanwang82
@Kaiyanwang82 2 жыл бұрын
@@Liquidsback isn't north Africa and middle east dryer now because Goths and Arabs messed up the irrigation systems after invading?
@hamzaferoz6162
@hamzaferoz6162 2 жыл бұрын
Climate change is factor. This year's monsoon lasted well into September
@jareesgriffin9686
@jareesgriffin9686 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander is one of the GOATS
@spencerferris4503
@spencerferris4503 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@RobertReg1
@RobertReg1 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@haraldschnauzer223
@haraldschnauzer223 2 жыл бұрын
love your videos
@JohnCataldo22
@JohnCataldo22 2 жыл бұрын
If that was true Alexanders response, then that would win over any court
@mowiee8305
@mowiee8305 2 жыл бұрын
A video about the battle of anual would be incredible. The leader abdelkarim el khattabi is seen as one of the fathers of guerilla warfare and it would he interesting to see the tactics.
@sourabhmayekar3354
@sourabhmayekar3354 2 жыл бұрын
As an Indii, I was awaiting this day when this story reaches the sub continent
@muhammadeisa1459
@muhammadeisa1459 2 жыл бұрын
Indii?
@manurr10
@manurr10 2 жыл бұрын
It never does.
@brokenbridge6316
@brokenbridge6316 2 жыл бұрын
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Alexander the Great has some blights on his record. Which is fine. Not every ruler is spotless. Great video.
@keironroberts5645
@keironroberts5645 2 жыл бұрын
He killed women and children even though they had surrendered that's monstrous
@stefanciocan1605
@stefanciocan1605 2 жыл бұрын
@@keironroberts5645 in those days it didn't mean much..
@pkgpk5564
@pkgpk5564 2 жыл бұрын
@@stefanciocan1605 Compare him to Ashoka the Great and it ia clear Alaex was bad very bad king
@stefanciocan1605
@stefanciocan1605 2 жыл бұрын
@@pkgpk5564 different cultures
@BranSant
@BranSant 10 ай бұрын
Is crazy to know that these peoples faced Alexander the Great and the US
@ThalesGMota
@ThalesGMota 2 жыл бұрын
Great Job,Alexander Was Magnificient.
@akmr.mafiax6363
@akmr.mafiax6363 2 жыл бұрын
Guys, good luck on making the video about the next battle because you will need every bit of it. Sources are messy as hell and it will be a headache.
@catoelder4696
@catoelder4696 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@cyrilvidal1834
@cyrilvidal1834 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve just finished the sogdian revolt. What a time to be a ancient History addict.
@vanmars5718
@vanmars5718 Жыл бұрын
I love Arrian's account for Alexander, one of the reasons I love to read Greek literature.
@gaygachad8305
@gaygachad8305 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander was so protective of Hephastian, always sending him through the easiest route and going for the hardest one despite resistance from Hephastian .
@blazeyt843
@blazeyt843 2 жыл бұрын
I just came for Alexander vs Porus and.......
@arnejorgensen4788
@arnejorgensen4788 2 жыл бұрын
I love greek and roman history very much. Thank you for this great and informative video.
@TGeoMin
@TGeoMin 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact: After Justinian Greek and Roman becomes one.
@apexnext
@apexnext 2 жыл бұрын
@@TGeoMin *no!* They were _always_ one ~in our hearts. 🥹❤️
@TGeoMin
@TGeoMin 2 жыл бұрын
@@apexnext The historic reality had always been a GrecoRoman reality, but if you asked Republican Romans, they would never admit it. They used to scorn Greek influence. It was during the Emperors, especially Nero, that Rome accepted its Hellenic origins. Hadrian reinstated the Panhellenion. Julian was called "the Hellene". But it was Justinian that created the GrecoRoman hybrid: Roman laws, Roman identity, Greek language, Greek culture.
@tatjanavelkova5814
@tatjanavelkova5814 2 ай бұрын
MACEDONIAN HISTORY 25 CENTURIES ! ! another... q q .
@atrides7
@atrides7 2 жыл бұрын
Excalent video
@arthegor
@arthegor 2 жыл бұрын
I love how you guys use Inkarnate. ^^ Nice Episode
@Sina-sd6qp
@Sina-sd6qp Жыл бұрын
0:12 Indian subcontinent WAS inside the Persian empire. Not "beyond its borders". This is amazing how you tell the history
@petervoller3404
@petervoller3404 Жыл бұрын
Nah it wasn't. Some parts of modern day Pakistan had been part of the Persian Empire, true. The Indian *subcontinent* was not part of the Persian Empire. Alexander wasn't just eyeing up the little bits of the subcontinent that had been part of the Persian Empire, he was also looking beyond those borders, e.g. towards the Nanda.
@Sina-sd6qp
@Sina-sd6qp Жыл бұрын
@@petervoller3404 sure, Alexander or every other conquer looks for more. though river Hyphasis Was the outer border of the Persians for many decades. Not the Persians or the Macedonians went further. The fact that Alexander even won a battle in India is also in debate. obviously there have been a lot of efforts to make him look perfect
@History_Teller1250
@History_Teller1250 Жыл бұрын
​@@Sina-sd6qpAlexander III of Macedon defeated Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes and that's a historical fact...
@angelb.823
@angelb.823 2 жыл бұрын
You know what's unfamiliar to hear? Conspirators confessing the conspiracy they made against Alexander's life, and still tell the tale. Are there other conspiracies that had similar impacts?
@prasanttripathy17
@prasanttripathy17 Ай бұрын
Alexander also married Princess Roxanne during this period, thereby becoming an in-law and family to some of the toughest tribes and forebears to modern Afghans.
@abutharaziz
@abutharaziz 2 жыл бұрын
Before I watched this series I respected Alexander as a person and as a commander but after watching this I still respect him as a great commander but not his personality seeing how he treated other people
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 жыл бұрын
Afghan: "Give up Alexander! I have the high ground!" Alexander: "You under-estimate my power."
@lionelhutz5137
@lionelhutz5137 2 жыл бұрын
"Don't try it"
@Pramod_Rawat0
@Pramod_Rawat0 2 жыл бұрын
It was Indian part at that time 🤣 there was nothing like Afganistan but Kandhar as per Indian civilization. It was only after islamisation of Afganistan and Pakistan that these countries fell under Muslim powers before that these were part of greater Indian civilization.
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 жыл бұрын
@@Pramod_Rawat0 I went to school with an Afghan and he would disagree, Afghanistan according to him is more culturally close to Persia than India in terms of civilization
@rishavkumar1250
@rishavkumar1250 2 жыл бұрын
@@Pramod_Rawat0 चुप रह भाई, pura Afghanistan कभी भी इंडियन नहीं था उत्तर पूर्वी और दक्षिण Afghanistan ही इंडियन था
@rishavkumar1250
@rishavkumar1250 2 жыл бұрын
@@theawesomeman9821 Well the Pashtuns try to deny the Hindu/Buddhist rule in their Eastern and Southern parts of the country. Pashtuns didn't live in Kandahar and Kabul Valley before the Arab invasions. Those areas were historically settled by Indo Aryans following Hindu-Buddhist culture.
@moritamikamikara3879
@moritamikamikara3879 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander "Alright, I have succesfully conquered Cophen, now on to conquer Seethen and Maldhen"
@aliA-jz5ms
@aliA-jz5ms 2 жыл бұрын
Porus and Alexander are still matter of debate for local Punjabi Pakistanis to this day
@aryaputram
@aryaputram 2 жыл бұрын
Jay maharaja purushottam 🤩💪🇮🇳
@lionelhutz5137
@lionelhutz5137 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's called cognitive dissonance.
@Xseedsofevil
@Xseedsofevil 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander is the GOAT
@lionelhutz5137
@lionelhutz5137 2 жыл бұрын
Vijay Singh: "Fuck you, mother chod, Indian win everything. We beat Alexander no problem!"
@H4kkk0
@H4kkk0 2 жыл бұрын
All I can say is ... that is FASCINATING ! Noone teaches you this in so much detail in school ! Long live K&G !
@Leynx-Et-Fenrir
@Leynx-Et-Fenrir 2 жыл бұрын
There are gods, there are us and there is Alexander
@spencerferris4503
@spencerferris4503 2 жыл бұрын
Ty
@aryaputram
@aryaputram 2 жыл бұрын
Hail to maharaja purushottam 🤩💪🇮🇳
@ajaypal14121
@ajaypal14121 2 жыл бұрын
I wish he mentions chanakya
@porothashawarma2339
@porothashawarma2339 2 жыл бұрын
@@ajaypal14121 chanakya stopped the successor state of Alexander not Alexander himself and that too he had used Greek mercenaries to accomplish his early objectives .
@manavmehta413
@manavmehta413 2 жыл бұрын
See the frustrated Indian porus episode
@ajaypal14121
@ajaypal14121 2 жыл бұрын
@@manavmehta413 ? I don't get u
@zainmudassir2964
@zainmudassir2964 2 жыл бұрын
Wow didn't know Alexander fought many battles in today's Pakistan. Hope you cover march through Gredosian desert there are coastal towns like Ormara named after Greek generals
@hamzaferoz6162
@hamzaferoz6162 2 жыл бұрын
The Battle of the Hydaspes is famous in Pakistan taking place near Jhelum
@pappi187
@pappi187 2 жыл бұрын
Basically Afghan land
@Based.Afghan
@Based.Afghan 3 ай бұрын
He fought with afghans in afghan land. Pakistan is a part of india. U are indians
@divicospower9112
@divicospower9112 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Just one thing, why don't you use Greek names for Hellenic men?
@johnking6252
@johnking6252 Жыл бұрын
So he was good at flanking movement. Wow .
@michaeladie10
@michaeladie10 Жыл бұрын
Alexander was the greatest man to ever live. Caesar was the most complete man to ever live. Hannibal was the master of deception and nobody did more, with so little. Ghengis rose from nothing and created the most unstoppable war machine ever seen. Napoleon was a tactical savant. The 5 greatest generals of all time.
@Lion_Hamza
@Lion_Hamza Жыл бұрын
The destiny of everyone of us is predetermined. Our time to leave is programmed and can’t be altered. This is so obvious.
@krystianzagorski8505
@krystianzagorski8505 Жыл бұрын
Alexander India campain after beating Darius seems like doing side-quest after already beating the game.
@vermicelledecheval5219
@vermicelledecheval5219 2 жыл бұрын
Arigaeum ? This really looks like the battle of Pydna where Paulus Emilius soundly defeated Perseus... The fact is that A3 didn't fall into the trap and had his own strategy prevailing at the end... Now comparing king Perseus to A3 is at best ironic if not a kind of parody... Eventhough PE was impressed by the phalanxes formations...
@NPGAadam
@NPGAadam 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting Fact: Thanks to archeology we know where the mountain from the siege of Aornos is located and we can have glimpse of how much the soldiers needed to climb on narrow trails while being attacked and their patience. It took them a week. You can watch the documentary "On the footsteps of Alexander the Great" in the part of the Indian Campaign where Michael Woods climbed that rock himself
@waleedali7435
@waleedali7435 2 жыл бұрын
There is still debate on the location of Aornos. Its narrowed down to two peaks in northern Pakistan. Historians can't say for certain which of the two was Aornos. First one is the Elum Ghar peak located in Buner, Pakistan whilst the other is Pir Sar, located 50 km northwest of Elum Ghar in Shangla, Pakistan.
@wasfureinbua
@wasfureinbua Жыл бұрын
very coool
@count9548
@count9548 Жыл бұрын
2:11 5:04 6:18
@JohnnyElRed
@JohnnyElRed 2 жыл бұрын
Don't know why, but I get the suspicion Alexander may be a little bit arrogant.
@Zrs3820
@Zrs3820 2 жыл бұрын
My mind is always blown that Alexander himself and other Greeks actually set their foot here in the location where my country is (Pakistan). Even Greek rulers used to rule parts of India which is just crazy to even think about. The influence the Greeks left in this region of South Asia can still be seen today. Also, I did a DNA test on myself. Found out I had 2 to 3% Greek DNA. My mind was again blown away!
@realestever1097
@realestever1097 2 жыл бұрын
what pakistan ? you mean India ?? you are Indian !!! you Pakistanis claim everything but Indian lol you people claim bring Arab but get denied by them claim being afghan then get told off now you people are claiming to be Turkish WHY DONT YOU JUST ACCEPT YOU ARE INDIAN AND YOUR FOREFATHERS ARE EX HINDUS WHO CONVERTED TO ISLAM SMH you people hate yourself claim everything but what you actually are. EX INDIANS
@nestormakepontos9700
@nestormakepontos9700 2 жыл бұрын
I'm Greek and I find that incredible too. Alexander was just something special in history that had never and will never be repeated
@realestever1097
@realestever1097 2 жыл бұрын
Stop this nonsense you are Indian desi There’s isn’t no Greek in you unless you find a Greek man then 6 inches or so at most I hate how Pakistanis will claim anything but being Indians like hey you didn’t teleport to that location you moved there from india It’s literally called the great partition, the largest migration in modern era 🤦‍♂️
@realestever1097
@realestever1097 2 жыл бұрын
@@nestormakepontos9700 Alexander was Macedonian not Greek and he actually considered Greeks weak and looked down on them
@Kaiyanwang82
@Kaiyanwang82 2 жыл бұрын
@@realestever1097 This is not what he said, relax. We are all mixed a bit, I am italian but you can bet I have a bit of african, middle easterner and german.
@ΛαμπρινήΚουρκούτα
@ΛαμπρινήΚουρκούτα 2 жыл бұрын
Is this a game that you saw when it comes to battles and if yes what is the name?
@kaddanki096
@kaddanki096 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander really went that far didn’t he
@kambouridesalexandros9065
@kambouridesalexandros9065 9 ай бұрын
WHAT TOTAL WAR ROME 2 MOD IS THAT AND IT LOOKS SO GOOD
@prajwalshetty9809
@prajwalshetty9809 2 жыл бұрын
Having followed the life of multiple greats/ icons.. yet to find an infallible character.. except Buddha or Marcus Aurelius maybe.. encouraging for someone who is on a personal development journey with excessive self criticism..
@subutaiscipio4318
@subutaiscipio4318 2 жыл бұрын
Even Marcus Aurelius was flawed. He was a bad parent who raised a horrible child and then left his empire to him.
@elifern889
@elifern889 2 жыл бұрын
No human is infallible man, that's the stuff that leads to hero worship that you see in most religions.
@LuisBrito-ly1ko
@LuisBrito-ly1ko 2 жыл бұрын
@@subutaiscipio4318 Then again he was in the middle of the Marcomannic Wars.
@subutaiscipio4318
@subutaiscipio4318 2 жыл бұрын
@@LuisBrito-ly1ko Yes he was but that is no excuse. He is not the only great ruler to be faced with a major war, and many of them were still able to ensure their successor was at least capable.
@LuisBrito-ly1ko
@LuisBrito-ly1ko 2 жыл бұрын
@@subutaiscipio4318 For example?
@historyinbits
@historyinbits 2 жыл бұрын
So Alexander managed to do what the British Empire, the Soviets and the US failed at? The Graveyard of Empires apparently couldn‘t handle the Macedon Empire
@nitkills7070
@nitkills7070 2 жыл бұрын
And chandragupta too and Mauryan Empire held it for a century. Afghanistan for centuries was a Vedic mahajanpad so yeaah the Indians literally loved there and it was always a paet of our civilization although sometimes under foreign influence but still.
@smit17xp
@smit17xp 2 жыл бұрын
Well Macedonians could not hold onto it for no longer than Any of civs u mentioned. Even successor state Seleucid lost it to Mauryan counter offensive source:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid%E2%80%93Mauryan_war#War
@LazyLucael
@LazyLucael 2 жыл бұрын
A pity Alexander's Empire collapsed the literal second he dropped dead.
@nitkills7070
@nitkills7070 2 жыл бұрын
@@LazyLucael you have to give that man literally a lot of credit by just understanding how frivolous characters he controlled under himself, who literally divided his empire by sheer incompetence. But Alexander should've done a far better job in choosing his successor than he did. Disappointed how it all went down. But we Indians were pretty chill as we didn't give a shit to all this and took our land back from the Greeks 🤣😂.
@Kimmerios-l5u
@Kimmerios-l5u 2 жыл бұрын
@@nitkills7070 actually Seleucus made a great deal giving up the indian territories for 500 elepphants which helped him consolidate his kingdom by defeating other Diadochi. The funny thing is that 100 years after the death of Alexander ,the Grecobactrian successor kingdom invaded India again.This time they conquered most of Northern India even creating a separate Indo Greek kingdom.
@Historelic
@Historelic 2 жыл бұрын
North of Pakistan and Afghanistan still hold the ancient legacy of being formidable and difficult to conquer and hold by foreign invaders.
@samirhakimi3810
@samirhakimi3810 2 жыл бұрын
The name Aśvakan or Aspasioi is preserved in the modern ethnonym Afghan and Afghanistan--Land of Afghans.
@pradhanh1641
@pradhanh1641 2 жыл бұрын
My sister used to think, up until 2 years back, that Greece was right next to (to the west) of Afghanistan
@JawsOfHistory
@JawsOfHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander must have really believed he was indestructible. What an unbelievably committed guy
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