How the Parthians Defeated the Romans Again - Post-Caesar Wars DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the history of Rome continues with an episode of the post-Caesar Civil Wars, as we look at what happened after the initial shock of Caesar's assassination. Previously we talked about the battle of Mutina and its aftermath ( • Post-Caesar Civil Wars... ) as Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus created a triumvirate, taking over Rome, which signaled to Brutus and Cassius, that there will be another civil war ( • Octavian and Antony: t... ). The latter collected their legions and started building their base of operations, leading to the battles of Xanthos and Rhodes ( • Battles of Xanthos and... ), and that, in turn lead to the battle of Philippi that would decide the fate of the war between the Caesareans and Pompeians ( • Battle of Philippi - P... ). After Philippi, Octavian and Antony basically divided Rome between them. In this episode we will see what was happening in the western part in 41-40 BC as Octavian had to deal with a number of enemies and crises, which culminated at the Perusian War where Caesar's heir was forced to fight Antony's wife Fulvia and his brother Lucius ( • Perusine War - Octavia... ). On the other side of the Roman realm, Parthian-Pompeian alliance led by prince Pacorus and Quintus Labienus invaded and forced Antony and his lieutenant Publius Ventidius Bassus to defend in West Asia in 40 BC ( • Pompeian-Parthian inva... ). Back west Octavian finally decided to attack Sextus Pompey in order to take over Sicily leading to a number of battles, most notable among them at Mylae in 36 BC ( • Octavian Attacks Pompe... ). Despite early setbacks, the campaign against Sicily continued with the help of Lepidus, and the victory at Naulochus allowed Octavian to defeat two of his enemies in one campaign - both Sextus Pompey and Lepidus ( • Octavian Defeats Two E... ). Meanwhile, to the east, Antony was planning to invade Parthia for a variety of reasons and we will see how the Parthians defeated the Romans yet again, after Crassus' disaster at Carrhae, during the disastrous Parthia/Atropatene campaign.
What Happened In Rome After Caesar's Assassination: • What Happened In Rome ...
Battle of Mutina: • Post-Caesar Civil Wars...
Octavian and Antony: the Monsters: • Octavian and Antony: t...
Battles of Xanthos and Rhodes: • Battles of Xanthos and...
Battle of Philippi: • Battle of Philippi - P...
Perusine War: • Perusine War - Octavia...
Sicilian War #1: • Octavian Attacks Pompe...
Caesar in Gaul: • Caesar in Gaul - Roman...
Caesar against Pompey: • Caesar against Pompey ...
How Caesar Won the Great Roman Civil War: • How Caesar Won the Gre...
What Happened In Rome After Caesar's Assassination: • What Happened In Rome ...
Medieval Battles: • Medieval Battles
Roman History: • Roman History
Rise of the Vandals: • Rise of the Vandals: H...
Marcus Aurelius: • Marcus Aurelius - Phil...
Aurelian: • Aurelian: Emperor Who ...
Commodus: • Did Commodus End the G...
Claudius: • Claudius: Reformer, Co...
Milvian Bridge: • Milvian Bridge 312 - R...
Script: Peter Voller
Animation: Antoni Kameran
Machinima: MalayArcher ( / mathemedicupdates ) using Total War: Rome II engine
Narration: Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
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00:00 Introduction - Octavian vs. Antony: Setting the Stage
01:27 Antony's Long-Planned Invasion
02:25 The Golden Opportunity: Parthian Chaos
04:06 Antony's Strategic Preparations
06:06 The Start of the Atropatene Campaign
08:28 Antony's Gambit: Siege of Phraata
10:53 The Struggle and Escape
13:18 Interpretations and Propaganda
16:14 Antony's Achievements and Legacy
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[@pinheadlarry7266]

Is there more of this series on your patreon?

[@Moon-li9ki]

Caesar and Pompey be spinning in their graves watching the blunders of their sucessors

[@psychojoe8326]

Well it wasn't as bad as Crassus at least.

[@yem982]

Parthia was different than Gaul and Spain. Mark Anthony was a good strategist.

[@PavelKahun]

​@@yem982What?? Lol. I guess you are not familiar how Agripa totally defeated Anthony by nothing else but positioning, logistics and patience. Anthony showed he was terrible strategist.

[@ImperatorAugustus]

I’m pretty sure Pompey made just as much blunders if not more.

[@yem982]

@@PavelKahun You can't compare Gaul with Parthia. On land Anthony was not bad.

[@georgepatton93]

It seems like Mark Anthony is the equivalent of French marshal Michel Ney, an extremely effective soldier and field commander, but struggle when it comes to large scale military organization, and work better as subordinates rather than independent commanders

[@ucifer_c3036]

That is very true

[@masterplokoon8803]

Ney was a much better man than Antony though.

[@iamzeusandthisisthetruth4229]

@@masterplokoon8803did he say he wasn’t? Or are you just doing the Popular thing and Pushing YOUR OPINION on to someone else? Reading Comprehension is a Powerful Tool! Should’ve mastered it in 3rd grade!!!!!

[@masterplokoon8803]

@@iamzeusandthisisthetruth4229 I was not disagreeing with him, I was just adding on to what he said. Military wise they had a lot in common but as people while they had some things in common they were very diferent. Not sure why you exploded with anger and started insulting me. And yes Michel Ney was a much better man than Marc Antony.

[@sbntd]

@@iamzeusandthisisthetruth4229 Calm down you fruitcake.

[@manuelapollo7988]

You are probably one of the very few KZbin history channels that speaks critically about the historical sources. Great job as always

[@ArkAnudDinYaSin]

Thank you for ur comment. Thank you for your efforts @KingsAndGenerals.

[@barbiquearea]

Sextus Pompey was only 32 years old when he died. Had he bit the bullet and swore fealty to Antony and just bided his time under Antony, perhaps things could have turned out better for him in the long run. Being a experienced and battle hardened naval commander and learning many lessons from fighting Agrippa on the seas. I'm sure he could have prevented Agrippa from stealing Antony's ships when Octavian and Antony came into conflict. Also just imagine if he was put in command of the Roman-Egyptian fleet at Actium. Perhaps he could have won that naval engagement.

[@darrylerren8185]

20:00

[@jonbaxter2254]

Shit, only 2 years older than me and he blockaded all of Rome. Kind of a chad actually.

[@AniTube-ds8uz]

Probably one of the reasons for Ceaser’s clemency. Killing valuable and experienced Romans isn’t always the best decision.

[@randomguy6152]

should get this as a what if video

[@enderreaper1482]

​@@AniTube-ds8uzI disagree. At this point, it was clear how dangerous and cunning Sextus was. Antony did the right thing by killing him so as to get rid of a capable rival.

[@Warmaker01]

IMO, that large a commitment of troops by Antony wasn't simply to subdue the Medes. That army was meant for Parthian conquest. Julius Caesar had 40k men for the Gallic Wars. Crassus had dreams of conquering Parthia and had just as much men as Caesar did. Antony amassed about 90k-100k men. The political pulling, money, resources, manpower to get all this together wasn't just for some punitive raid or to overwhelm some satellite state of a rival. Antony was trying to be Alexander the Great.

[@alessandrogini5283]

Antony started too late,he should had started in spring/summer if wanted cross Mesopotamia

[@sirunklydunk8861]

Parthians: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?

[@minatodroger7890]

Makes me wish caesar did fight them to see if they would have wrecked him too

[@ramtin5152]

​@@minatodroger7890 I'd say the possibility of him dying in a skirmish was higher than his campaigns against Gauls The Parthians weren't like his previous enemies and not easy to be lured into a battle Compared to Gauls and Germans, the Parthians could damage a more numerous army even while they were outnumbered, had better battle equipments, had faster and more maneuverable armies, more effective natural barriers such as Zagros and Alborz mountains and more resources for a retaliation Invicta made a series about it A little biased but almost accurate

[@arnaudh2082]

Cesar has a very large number of campaign in all part of the world, Galica, Africa, Egypt, East, Britain, Italy etc he always won, Napoleon considered that Was is the best general of the history. So let's not underestimate him, this man was a war machine@@ramtin5152

[@macellaio5452]

I just wan to say that Romans sack parthian capital 9 times. How many times Parthians come in roman lands ?? the continuous wars with Rome led to the collapse of the Parthians who were replaced by the Sassanids who in turn were replaced by the Arabs while Rome survived to see all this.

[@ramtin5152]

@@macellaio5452 First of all, where the hell does 9 times come from ? WTF ? It was 3 times Second, take a look at where Ctesiphon is and then take a look at where Rome is That capital that was literally one or two cities away from the eastern borders of Rome Pre islamic Iranian empires (except Medians) had several capitals around the empire The Parthians had 7 different capitals with 4 or 5 of them being beyond Zagros mountains and outside Mesopotamia The sack of Ctesiphon barely even mattered to them The sacks happened whenever there wasn't any army there or the empire was in civil war I mean look at the states of the Parthians and the Sassanid when Trajan and Carus attacked Their empire was literally divided in two with the western parts of it being seized by a usurper king called Osroes I (same guy who provoked Trajan to attack) During Carus attack, the Sassanid Shah was in the east fighting rebels

[@peymanmostafaei6963]

Honestly, the impact of Parthians on Roman civil wars is very much underestimated. While, the civil war between the first triumvirate may have been inevitable, it was Parthians who started it by killing Crassus. At the same time, they were possibly the main reason Anthony lost in Actium due to his heavy losses in Media. Again, this shows the impact of narrative and propaganda in the ancient sources. Something that is not limited to just Rome.

[@canal7543]

Mark Anthony was not a bad commander but he wasn't at Julius Caesar's level. He didn't have his same level of cleverness, capacity of management, etc

[@vitorpereira9515]

Crassus was the one who started it all in an attempt to outdo Caesar and Pompey. Furthermore, the Parthians knew that an army of tens of thousands of men demands gigantic resources. And combined with terrain and weather, friction alone can do great damage to an army. They did what the Russians did to Napoleon.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

@@vitorpereira9515The same scenario as when the Persians tried to pacify the Scythians. They got no success and had to leave due to poor logistics.

[@kambiz7556]

Unfortunately, the Parthians are always underestimated and underrated throughout the history. Iranians owe a great deal to them.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

@@kambiz7556 Parthians are only the cavalry part of the Iranian armies which have the Romans a hard time. An unspoken part is the Dailamite infantry which went toe to toe with Roman Legionaries during the Sassanid wars.

[@petervoller3404]

Hey all, I was the writer and historian for this episode, hope you enjoyed it! If you have any feedback or questions, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them when I can!

[@darrylerren8185]

Ngl, your evalutation on Sextus is a total surprise. I was expecting to hear a long line of tactical blunders which is why I was so caught off guard when hearing what happened to him. Regarding Sextus, I do not agree that he came close to defeating Octavian, although he held out for so long, I dont think he has any hope of destroying the caeserians. I think Brutus and Cassius are the last people who had a chance of destorying the triumviurs and with them gone, it became inevitable that the republic is doomed. Sextus is doomed for failure from the start, but I will give him credit for making the best out of his situation. Still good video though

[@michaelporzio7384]

Very good, balanced view of Antony's campaign, "a defeat but not a disaster."

[@Pancake-bm2iu]

More about Iranian history, please 😍

[@petervoller3404]

@@darrylerren8185 Thanks for the comment! What I mean by Sextus succeeding isn't really the out and out defeat of Octavian, but more that he was very close to placing himself on the same level as Antony and Octavian. I think it's easy to overlook but in 39BC Sextus was proably in the strongest position out of all of them, Antony and Octavian were really backed into a corner and did brilliantly to negotiate from a position of weakness and get something beneficial out of it. I think it's highly likely that, if Sextus had managed to prolong the negotiations in 39BC, he would have been able to force a peace that included terms which had him as a triumvir instead of Lepidus, or making things a Quadvirate with himself as the fourth ruler. If he'd been able to achieve that, who knows how things would have developed from there. After 39BC, yes, he was doomed to failure, but I genuinely do think that there was a time where he could very realistically have negotiated terms that gave him similar amount of power to Octavian and Antony, which could have allowed him to become a much more potent threat.

[@adrienelsalo36]

Hello ! The episode was a gret listen. I'm currently writing in the context of my studies a paper on the parthian campaign of Marc antony. I'd like to ask you what would you recommand as secondary literature on the subject of this campaign ? @petervoller3404

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Roman civil war is one of my favourite documentaries. Thank you, Kings and General's Team!

[@billhanna2148]

Thank you again for another wonderful historical video. We only hear of Anthony and Cleopatra but never the period between the death of Caesar and Anthony with Cleopatra.

[@canal7543]

Mark Anthony failed because he wasn't at Julius Caesar's level

[@jordanmince7613]

​@@canal7543many generals aren't

[@ImperatorAugustus]

@@canal7543Belisarius who was just as talented as Caesar lost to the Persians on a number of occasions lol. The Persians truly were Rome’s greatest enemies.

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

@@ImperatorAugustus Sure, tactically he was at Caesar's level, but he made quite a lot of strategic and logistical blunders, stuff Caesar wouldn't have done.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Antony launched his attack too late. It was foolish to try and fight so close to winter. Also seperating his siege engines was another huge blunder.

[@alessandrogini5283]

Another question, how Alexander the great was able to fight at gaugamela at october?and how heraclius fought Battle in ninivhe in Winter?or Mesopotamia was Better suited for autumn and Winter than armenia?

[@gamemaster27]

My thoughts on this topic: I think that the Parthian King benefited from Anthony's failure in capturing Praaia or all of North Media. As you said earlier in the video, the Parthian King wanted more control of his empire. This is a very good example of it. Anthony attacks the city, but fails to take it. This would be a perfect for the Parthian King to establish control over North Media. And to show that he has the ability to lead and protect his empire from outside forces.

[@alexp5461]

Rome: invades The Parthians: *"HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN??"*

[@Liquidsback]

Ventidius: Luckily I'm retired.

[@ramtin5152]

​@@Liquidsback Phraates IV : Luckily for you, you didn't face me instead of my stupid brother

[@KingNoTail]

​@@ramtin5152Most people don't even know about Parthia. You can walk up to just about anybody in the world and ask them if they've heard of the Romans and you'll get a yes, but Parthia not so much. Parthia who?

[@ramtin5152]

@@KingNoTail So ?

[@macellaio5452]

I just wan to say that Romans sack parthian capital 9 times. How many times Parthians come in roman lands ?? the continuous wars with Rome led to the collapse of the Parthians who were replaced by the Sassanids who in turn were replaced by the Arabs while Rome survived to see all this.

[@AlexanderofThebes]

For the longest time history channels only ever cover the Octavian campaigns over this period and only giving Athony the drama of his affair with Cleopatra for his political moves but you guys cover everything like you actually covered the Parthia campaign which most other hand wave over. You are the BEST.

[@siprus]

18:46 It should be noted that when given opportunity Anthony wanted to get back the prisoners and the eagle standards of roman legions. I feel this consitent action shows quite a bit of Anthony's motivation. I don't think parthia was his main goal anyway. He needed significant political victory to win the political game in rome vs octavian. While conquest of Parthia would have been great it was probably sufficient for him to get back the roman prisoners and the eagle standards and hopefully score a minor victory against parthians. This would allow him to claim to havin avenged the death of crassus which seemed to be politically a huge deal for romans at the time.

[@FlyingOktober]

I love how your series formatted videos are basically like binge watching a tv show. It is very satisfying and even better, informative to the utmost.

[@davidhughes8357]

Thank you so much. I have been waiting for this excellent K&G documentary on Anthony's Parthian invasion since around 34 BC! Regardless it was well worth the wait!! KINGS AND GENERALS always delivers!

[@user-qe3hl7ql6b]

My respect to all Parthian warriors who died defending their country.

[@ameytiwari1247]

I am wondering if Caesar would have been successful or not in his Parthian Campagin. Once you look at the military organisation and fighting style of both it is easily to see that Parthians held advantage over Romans which was easily seen in Carrahe but then you have to take into account that Caesar often turned the situation around and achieved what looked impossible (Alesia being a prime example). Caesar's ability to manipulate the terrain into his advantage or at least mitigate the disadvantage was one of his unique excellent trait. Would he have been able to do the same in Parthia?

[@CptSlow89]

We will never know thanks to Brutus and his companions.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

Caesar might have been smart enough to avoid a Carhae situation. He would have probably hired Horse Archers of his own. But for arguments sake if he was ambushed like Crassus was in Carhae then the only thing he could do is die.

[@Liquidsback]

@@grimgoreironhide9985 possibly though his defeat at Ruspina would have made Caesar know the dangers of light cavalry, and if he was in Armenia like Antonius he may have had more Armenian light cavalry, as well as scouts. Antonius was a good commander but no Caesar.

[@ameytiwari1247]

@@Liquidsback I'll 2nd you. Ruspina-Thapsus was, in my opinion, the closest Caesar probably came to utter annihilation and he might have been defeated with slim chance to come back yet we see him turning the situation around by waiting patiently and changing the situation of the battle before actually fighting it

[@cokelover-nb1qz]

Wed have to factor in many of his veteran legions had been disbanded and Caesar's strong suit wasn't logistics although he def would've done pretty good on the tactical side of things.

[@tengkualiff]

Damn u guys should really keep your playlists updated. I like to binge watch these videos chronologically, so i can jump from one era to another or one civ to another.

[@davidhughes8357]

Once again this video was a godsend for anyone interested in this event. I was very impressed with the coverage of details. Another winner for Kings and Generals!!!

[@jaohonaxa]

Sextus was screwed by his so-called allies, especially the ones that pushed him to take the crappy peace deal that only gave him what he already had. The Caesarian faction was by no means perfect, but they clearly seemed to have had the higher concentration of quality subordinates. It does make you wonder how things might have shaped out if he had ignored them and played his hand when he had a total advantage.

[@Dominus_Augustus]

This is perfect, since I recently started an Imperator Augustus campaign in total war rome 2 as Parthia. Weird thing is that Antony NEVER wants peace with you, even when you're destroying him, so I just end up annexing all of Antony's Rome as Parthia, lmao

[@Kevscabsdeletedvideos]

Good to finally see another episode on this series. I wonder if it wasn't for betrayal by the Armenian king, how successful Anthony's campaign in Parthia would have been. It's nice to see you paint a positive light on Anthony too. He is often overlooked in videos/topics on this era. I believe during the retreat, Anthony often himself personally led the charges to fight back the Parthians. There's a few points to rebuff in this episode. 1)I believe the actually story re the siege engines is that the Armenian king betrayed Anthony and gave up the position to the Parthians, and obviously the withdrawl. Leading to Anthony annexing Armenia later on 2) Gallus I believe actually was denied the request, but attacked anyway and lost most of his men. Source Anthony by Allan Massie

[@Kevscabsdeletedvideos]

Also if Octavian had sent the legions that he promised to Anthony, but he didn't due to his conniving nature.

[@Muguratiu]

I was in awe with Marc Anthony this time. However, the episode got better with the telling of Sextus' time. Oh, what a tenacious commander. What a series on this civil war. The greatest civil war that ever existed and probably one of the greatest wars in all Antiquity. Thank you, K&G!

[@TheStrategos392]

Even the powerful have their Achilles heel, and the Romans found theirs in the Parthians.

[@trikyy7238]

I find strange satisfaction in the fact that someone could stick it to the Romans.

[@TheStrategos392]

@@trikyy7238 😂

[@coffeebreakchat2450]

Ventidius has entered the chat

[@SnapplyPie]

​@@trikyy7238It definitely makes it narratively more satisfying

[@ImperatorAugustus]

The Parthians weren’t a great threat to the Romans, the Sassanids were.

[@amirleo9126]

for those who hearing first time of parthia , im a parthian speaker from northern iran , nowadays we are called as Gilaks

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Outstanding as usual. Thank you all for your work!

[@vitorpereira9515]

Mark Antony's Invasion of Parthia reminds me of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. However Mark Antony was more successful than Napoleon in managing to retreat with the army mostly intact. Furthermore, the Parthians knew that an army of tens of thousands of men demands gigantic resources. And combined with terrain and weather, friction alone can do great damage to an army. They did what the Russians did to Napoleon.

[@ucifer_c3036]

The logistic problems are quite similar to

[@gh1430]

I love this series! Outstanding work!

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Glad you liked it!

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Best series on the channel so far. Not just visualization of wide known events, but also analysis of actions of leaders

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

In the HBO Rome series they portrayed Antony as being rash,bullheaded,proud & very aware of his Roman "dignitas". In the series even Caesar had a hard time keeping him on a leash as a subordinate. I tend to think that portrayal wasn't too far off! Ha! Antony was so Roman!

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These videos are getting better and better, this was one of my favs

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As always another great video ,thank you kings and generals for keeping history alive

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Great work, as always!

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So happy to see another K&G video on ancient Rome!

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That view of Delius writing was interesting. He couldn't seem to get enough ink on his pen to continue!!

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[@daddydevito5395]

Great video and topic yet again

[@AshkanPacinoan13]

Parthians were probably the best Iranian empire we've had, they didn't over-expand like Achaemenids, they weren't a theocracy like Sassanids, they weren't internally unstable like Meds, and they were not under foreign influence like post-Islamic Iranian empires.

[@lambert801]

But they didn't leave anything behind. They didn't cultivate knowledge and the arts. They didn't care for building cities and achieving magnificent feats of architecture. They ruled Iran for four centuries and yet there isn't a single piece of Parthian architecture or literature, or even an impressive piece of art today. That's in stark contrast to the Sassanians and Achaemenids whose achievements were so great and numerous that the world we live in today would be vastly different if not for them.

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@lambert801as a person who read hundreds of books and essays about Parthians from experts all what you claim are some how misunderstandings by former and not contemporary historians with the least knowledge about Parthians and affects by Sassanids propagandas against Parthians and Romans biased. The architecture of Sassanids was the continuation of Parthian architecture which invented by them and it was their novelty.also Parthians established many cities which the capital of Ctesiphon is just one of them.the mythological history of Iran proved to be promoted by Parthians and Parthians included most of the legendary characters in this mythology as the word Parthian created a culture:Pahlavani which means be like Parthian which still exist and Sassanids were not aliens to Parthians as Parthians were not to Seleucids but if Sassanids were Iranian by culture and civilization we should Thank the former processes lead by the ones great Parthians and of course 500 years of Parthians erased by 400 years of Sassanids as they needed to define as only legitimate just rulers over the empire and by Parthians i mean the Arsacids because all other Parthian clans were still in Sassanid empire as main aristocratic powers and military man or politicians like grand vazirs so If Sassanids were great again the back bone created by Parthians based on the fact that Sassanids were successors of Parthians not kianids which were not factual history but mythology.also Parthian art was so unique and you can read and search about Parthian battery and at least doubt about your presumptions which you seem to believe them as historical facts no need at all to criticize them.military novelty is also a great impact of Parthian heritage which comes from schytian origin.

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@MM-fv1pi 100 percent Iranic people .there is lots of sources proving it which you can just search parthian language in KZbin and see if they were Iranic or turkic.

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@MM-fv1pi Iranic (branch of languages)is different from Iranian (nationality or culture).

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@MM-fv1pi don’t get rough so fast

[@flameofhades8553]

Please keep making more of this content ❤

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OOOOOH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@-RONNIE]

As always thank you for the video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@-RONNIE]

@@KingsandGenerals of course & keep up the great work 👍🏻

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Hope you guys are doing well! Thanks for another great video guys, I've learned so much about history following y'all, can't wait for future releases.

[@chibble3591]

Been waiting for this one

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Parthians: "How many times have we got to teach you this lesson old man?"

[@macellaio5452]

I just wan to say that Romans sack parthian capital 9 times. How many times Parthians come in roman lands ?? the continuous wars with Rome led to the collapse of the Parthians who were replaced by the Sassanids who in turn were replaced by the Arabs while Rome survived to see all this.

[@alientoni]

That is great! Long waiting for this but worth it!

[@samuelmargueret9626]

The east and the west in perpetuous clashes ..... long time before the crusades !! This video is a piece of art that show how old the litigation is ... great work as always !! Got my full support

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Awesome as always ! ❤

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Finally been waiting on this

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I really enjoy these classical series,very informative-it limits manipulation of history,Thanks Kings and Generals

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Love this. Thank you

[@ameytiwari1247]

The Roman Civil War was an era of military giants- Caesar, Pompey, Crassus, Labienus, Mark Antony and Agrippa

[@marsultor6131]

And ironically the winner was not in the list.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Would potentially make a great tv show

[@enderreaper1482]

​@@marsultor6131Agrippa?

[@marsultor6131]

@@enderreaper1482 no, Octavian/ Augustus

[@enderreaper1482]

@@marsultor6131 I'm saying Agrippa was one of the winners

[@SeikhSayedAaman-qm6fx]

Finally after so many months 😊😊 And do you have plans making video on akkadian empire and really ancient battles and on there governing system? It will be great if you make this kind of video😊😊😊

[@IsengardMordor]

That would be awesome ❤ i hope he eventually does the akkadian empire as a series

[@animeyahallo3887]

Anthony seems like a skilled military commander. Octavian and Aggripa would be foolish to start a war against him as they would easily be defeated.

[@426mak]

Do you mean a land war? Because they did beat him in the end.

[@cydia1720]

I am Kurd our great ancestors the Medes

[@oandrem4946]

i like your debate at the end of the series on the legitimacy of your sources,that shows us that your a transparent channel

[@cyleedwards6771]

Dear Kings and Generals I am 12 years old I wish that the exclusives could be posted

[@iexist3919]

Exclusives are being posted, half of the patreon Peloponnesian War series has already been released for everyone to enjoy

[@JC-mx9su]

Finally, i been waiting for this episode i love learning more about Ancient Rome❤❤❤. Kings and Generals make an interesting topic called the Reconquista that happen during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul starting the Battle of Covandonga.

[@jozzieokes3422]

A future vid on how Rome conquered thrace would be really interesting!

[@dayros2023]

I was wondering what was the quality of Anthony's legions, were they mostly made of Romans/Italians or local recruits with a few Roman veterans?

[@rawchino6962]

Its a blessing to be able to watch that content for free..THANK YOU

[@MikhailTabigay]

Waited for this

[@ZigZagKid_AZ]

Yes! Ive been waiting for this video! I got one question what ever happened with the descendants of Pompeii ceasar and octavion and anthony?

[@user-eu4ki6me5p]

Nice video ... can you make more videos about roman-persian wars.. thank you

[@hamidmahmodi9184]

Antony was lucky there was no general surena

[@alecswartz2296]

FINALLYYYYYYY. I was worried this series was done

[@viraloracle5151]

very good video reminds me on those vids made by this channel 2-3 years ago.

[@cortex_fgc1800]

So glad to see this series was not abandoned

[@carlosfilho3402]

Thanks To This Excellent Vídeo.

[@4sakenreaper42]

Great video

[@user-qe3hl7ql6b]

I love the fighting spirit of the Parthian people, they are the pride of the Iranian people

[@vagabond57097]

Ancestors of the Kurds. Makes sense

[@ArcanumArcanorum17]

@@vagabond57097 Only pehlewani kurds really, otherwise everyone in the region is descended from everyone

[@P3dda]

I love these videos

[@alexanderlehigh]

Interesting division of Octavian's and Antony's territories. I bet Rome won't ever be split up like this again...

[@ygdmdx]

i cant wait to see the next epsiode

[@Roman_History_fan]

finally a new video about Rome

[@rajkumarchhantyal5609]

I was waiting for this ❤video to pop up.😅

[@ramtin5152]

Mark Antony : By defying Rome, you Parthian scums made a serious mistake *Separates his provisions from his main army* Phraates IV : *Bane's voice* Oh not as serious as your's, I assume *More of Antony's men get slaughtered* Phraates IV : *Bane's voice* Banging Cleopatra has cost your strength, Ventidius victories have defeated you

[@MutJiwoo]

It seems a bit out of topic but would you consider doing a few videos of the Welsh Revolt or the Glyndŵr Rising and it’s battles?

[@thebactrian7]

And to think if not for this disaster of a campaign, Antony may have had enough men (and veteran legionnaires) to maybe swing the tide of his war vs Octavian and maybe there wouldn’t have been a battle at Actium

[@aboyaq7259]

It's better for this channel to step back from current politics. Continue with history.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Watch what you want to watch.

[@JayKahns]

@@KingsandGeneralsbrutal

[@aboyaq7259]

@@KingsandGenerals I was judging by statistics. I'm thinking you see the same, no?

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@aboyaq7259 you are judging wrong. Modern videos get more views. Easy to see

[@aboyaq7259]

@@KingsandGenerals Ok, I only care for more distant history.

[@constantinexii8182]

I hope we will see more roman videos in the future

[@garthmorgan4471]

Thanks

[@cgt3704]

Parthia and Rome are one of the best neigbour/rival duo.

[@christopherg2347]

Anthony did figure out the counter to horse-archer spam: Bring 2-3 times as many skirmishers. Out-shoot them. - Sextus Pompey could win the battles - but not the war. Exactly because he was inept on the political stage, all his victories in the field amounted to nothing. Becoming a Bigshot in Rome is 50% battlefield performance, 50% political performance. He only had 1/2 of he equation.

[@jozzieokes3422]

Augustus in his reign, got the legions standards back that were lost at Carrhae correct?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yes, through negotiation.

[@jozzieokes3422]

@@KingsandGenerals interesting thanks !

[@michaelford-vk4xd]

Thanks for listening

[@Miller09095]

It's almost a shame the show Rome got cut so short. This stuff would have been great to see there.

[@jtf3697]

amazing channel and footage as always. Just a tip, dont tell us who got defeated,(Parthians Defeated the Romans Again) would like to find our in video ;)

[@AB-fr2ei]

I wish you could make videos on ventidius and his battles against the parthians

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is in the previous episode in this series, check the description.

[@christiannguegang3597]

Good work but I was wondering if you guys have a finale for the alternate Mongol invasion of europe?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Still working on the script

[@melquiwhey307]

At one point i thought this series was shelved glad to have it back