Alexander's Last Year - Reforms and Plans - Ancient History DOCUMENTARY

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The new Kings and Generals animated ancient historical documentary series covering the conquests of Alexander III the Great of Macedon continues with the aftermath of the siege of Tyre of 332 BC ( • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -... ), the battle of Gaza and the conquest of Egypt ( • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -... ) as well as the decisive battle of Gaugamela against Darius III in 331 BC ( • Battle of Gaugamela 33... ). Afterwards, Alexander's Asian campaign continued, as after defeating the remnants of the Acahemenid Empire at the battle of the Persian Gate and the Uxian Defile and the Persian Gates ( • Battle of the Persian ... ), Alexander marched into Central Asia, taking on the Saka at the battle of Jaxartes in 329 BC ( • Battle of the Jaxartes... ). Alexander's next target was the Sogdian Rock, where Spitamenes raised a rebellion against him and we also talk talked about the assassination of Cleitus ( • Battle of the Sogdian ... ). Then we discussed Alexander's campaign in Afghanistan, called Cophen (Kabul) campaign by the ancients and another assassination attempt, this time by the royal pages led by Hermolaus ( • Alexander in Afghanist... ). With the Cophen Valley secured, Alexander left Taxiles and pressed deeper into the sub-continent, making for the Hyphasis River. To do so, however, Alexander would have to pass through the territories of numerous Indian kings, having to either defeat or subjugate them in order to protect his rear. This portion of Alexander’s campaign from, Taxila to the Hyphasis, would prove to be some of the most difficult of Alexander’s career and the battle of Hydaspes against the Indian king Porus would occur during it ( • Battle of Hydaspes 326... ). Alexander's last campaign would be against the Mallians in modern Punjab ( • Alexander's Last War -... ). In the aftermath, Alexander returned to Babylon where he would spend his last year, making plans and enacting reforms.
How Alexander Defeated his Balkan enemies: • Alexander the Great's ...
Battle of Granicus 334 BC: • Battle of Granicus 334...
Sieges of Miletus and Halicarnassus 334 BC: • Siege of Halicarnassus...
Battle of Issus 333 BC: • Battle of Issus 333 BC...
Siege of Tyre of 332 BC: • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -...
Alexander in Palestine and Egypt: • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -...
Gaugamela 331 BC: • Battle of Gaugamela 33...
Persian Gate 330 BC: • Battle of the Persian ...
Jaxartes 329 BC: • Battle of the Jaxartes...
Sogdian Rock 327 BC: • Battle of the Sogdian ...
Alexander in Afghanistan: • Alexander in Afghanist...
Persianization of Alexander: • Battle of the Sogdian ...
How Rome Conquered Greece: • How Rome Conquered Gre...
Philip II and Macedonian Phalanx: • Armies and Tactics: Ph...
Philip II's Cavalry and Siegecraft: • Armies and Tactics: Ph...
Military Reforms of Alexander the Great: • Military Reforms of Al...
Alexander the Great: Logistics: • Alexander the Great: L...
Special Forces of Alexander the Great: • Special Forces of Alex...
Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: • Ancient Macedonia befo...
Why were Alexander's Body and Tomb So Important? • Why were Alexander's B...
What happened to Alexander's tomb? • What happened to Alexa...
Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths: • Alexander the Great in...
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@Scorpion51123314512]

Hope your soon going back on The Roman stuff since you haven't done a video for a month. Also are you ever going back on finishing Napoleon type videos if I may ask??

[@ikk16]

Make video Alexander vs Saka-Scythians

[@paulluka2029]

Please stick to blue for water bodies otherwise my eyes will hurt.

[@andreaberg4913]

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[@jrh1899]

@@paulluka2029 🎉 21:44

[@petervoller3404]

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

[@matthewkira6668]

There is this supposed story by Julius Africanus regarding Alexander's attempt at poisoning their wells/crops (?) to defeat the Scythian Allans, which none of the main sources (Arrian, Rufus, Siculus) had mentioned in their accounts. Are you familiar with this, and if so, when do you think this took place? I'm not even sure if this is legit since I'm struggling to find this alleged account on Google. Also, you might be interested in this as a future topic: www.livescience.com/ai-is-deciphering-a-2000-year-old-lost-book-describing-life-after-alexander-the-great

[@slowlyy7714]

Will you continue after Alexander's death with the wars of the diadochi?

[@lakshmipraveen8734]

It was a honor for you to be a part of history documentary and it was my honor to watch your documentary which was organized by 'Kings and Generals'. I have two questions to ask. 1, what kind of influence did the Ancient Iranians or Persians which was got by Alexander The Great's Administration and policymaking in the time of his life and aftermath of his death as a King of Kings. 2, How did the Parthian and Sassanid had a link with the Achaemenid dynasty and what are the causes of fall of Hellenic empires in later periods(accept Egypt, Bactrian and and Greece)? Would you please share the sources for the study? Because I too wanted to study the sources to have better understanding of Ancient history. 😅

[@x_invasion_x6826]

Any opinions and thoughts about the Theory of Alexander being somewhat Gay? i've encountered some adults in discussions who claims that Alexander was Completely Gay, is this true in some way? why or why not?

[@x_invasion_x6826]

Just base out of my own personal curiosity to get real Historical evidences for historical figures

[@wanderingnomad1]

This shows that Alexander wasn’t just a resourceful military commander but an equally competent administrator. His conquests spread Greek culture across vast distances over a long period of time. We can only imagine how much more larger and influential his empire would have been had he lived longer.

[@nenenindonu]

Alexander's dynastic heritage might've been non-existent but he laid the basis for all Hellenic empires that followed be it Seleucids or the Kingdoms of Bactria & Ptolemai

[@jonbaxter2254]

Don't forget my boy Pyrrhus, scourge of the Romans.

[@martiawesome]

@@jonbaxter2254 didnt pyrrhus win a pyrrhic victory against the romans..more like he lost strategically

[@henricoz_9745]

​@@jonbaxter2254 Wtf? He lost against the Romans xD

[@BOSIE321]

@@martiawesome Yes but in beating the Romans twice and drawing/losing the third battle he did what no other Greek general was able to do and best the Romans on more than one occasion. The whole 'Pyrrhic victory' thing obscures what a great general he was. Hannibal thought Pyrrhus was an elite level general, second only to Alexander.

[@seleukusnikator614]

They were Macedonian empires,seleucid antiochus,ptolemaios,and antigonidai in Macedon.

[@barhovm]

Alexander the Great is quite a spectacular example for youth and early success. He conquered the world before the age of 30.

[@jacklittle4435]

I agree! He's a legend.

[@wt61]

Indeed, spectacular for his age. Especially considering we've just discovered that the brain does not fully develop before 25.

[@barhovm]

@@wt61 True

[@jesseberg3271]

Mozart is another. A musical comedian once pointed out that, "It is a sobering thought to realize that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."

[@balabanasireti]

Meanwhile Caesar started his political career at around 30 and his military career came after that. Greatness doesn't always come when you're young

[@thewheatness]

I love the little morale masks on the map, it's both a neat callback and a helpful way to gauge the impacts of historical contexts upon affected populations, it would be awesome if you could keep using them in future videos :)

[@jackson857]

Reminds me of Total War.

[@jonbaxter2254]

@@jackson857 flashbacks to my miserable cities because of squalor I can't control :(

[@jtgd]

I think Alexander arranged those marriages to Hellenize his empire from the top down. If his empire lasted at least a few lifetimes, I think the modern day regions would still heavily have influence. It’s interesting that a general and practical emperor would willingly fuse numerous cultures with his, and openly practice another culture, despite living in early antiquity, following historical figures before him, like Cyrus

[@Sp-zj5hw]

The Parthians took Crassus head to their capital , Ktesiphon and they showed it in their theater as the head of Dionysus, during the play "Bachaai" of Euripedes, in Greek. What biggest Hellenization one could expect? Also, do not forget that Eastern Roman Empire survived because it was a compact Hellenized territory with no internal cultural differences, unlike the mosaic of the Western one.

[@boborappa]

I always thought that being a Macedonian-Greek-Epirot made him think that mixing cultures isn't a threat. Considering he got mocked for his heritage (by macedonians for his mother being from Epirot) it's interesting that his fellow macedonian's children would be more like him, than them.

[@lambert801]

If that was his goal, he succeeded. All the places he conquered became heavily Hellenized over time, most effectively under the Diadochi states. For many centuries people in Bactria (Afghanistan) would worship Greek gods and write in Greek script; in northern India they would make Greek-style statues; in Iran they would watch Greek plays; in Pontus (north-eastern Turkey) they would study Greek philosophy; in Mesopotamia they would build Greek-style temples for their gods, etc, etc...

[@klol3369]

​@@Sp-zj5hw yet in the Eastern Roman Empire there were slavs, Illyrians, Armenians, and a sizable romance speaking minority, among other ethnicities

[@Sp-zj5hw]

@@klol3369 1070AD: Greece Proper, Southern Italy, Asia MInor, Bosphorus, Cyprus, were fully Greek. Anatolia, Crimea were Greek speaking, This is approximately the 80%, Balcan Slavs, Armenians, Georgians and Latin speaking of Dalmatia and Romania were less than 20%. The state could function easily. Unfortunately one year later things in Italy and Anatolia would change drammatically.

[@lucasl3m0s]

Some regard Alexander as a victim of his own success, while I consider even his misfortune a glory. Having conquered everything, he left the earthly world embalmed in eternal glory, at the top.

[@DubyaDeeEight]

Kinda like how MJ retired for a second time after his second threepeat, immortalizing him at the height of his glory. But… At least Alexander didn’t come back to life and join the Washington Wizards

[@AmonsRealm]

@@DubyaDeeEight a basketball player does not come close to a man who conquered the world

[@maddogbasil]

​@@AmonsRealm well he technically conquered an empire that Already conquered the world Unsurprisingly he's empire collapsed unbelievably quickly

[@yaqubebased1961]

No. Had he continued to conquer he eventually would've lost at some point and ruined his post mortem reputation.

[@dimitrioskontsiotis2267]

@maddogbasil It didn't collapse, it fragmented, there's a difference. His empire got split up amongst his generals and those generals would go on to create empires of their own.

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

One of the reasons I’m a fan of Selucus. He stayed with Apama and the together formed the largest of the diadochi empires.

[@Kili2807]

I think that Eumenes did as well

[@acrogercharles]

​@@Kili2807 no proof about Eumenes though...that guy wasn't much into either women or men, he preferred accounts more than people....

[@Kili2807]

@@acrogercharles ah ok i wasnt sure if this fact was made up by the novel series that im reading at the moment

[@acrogercharles]

@@Kili2807 even in my novel he's more of a bookkeeper and secretary

[@Kili2807]

@@acrogercharles during alexanders campaigns yes. Later he would become a central figure in the early diadochi period

[@BOSIE321]

The death of Hephaestion must have been devastating for a man who's mental health was probably very fragile in the face of all the power struggles he encountered and had to preside over. I think it was Arrian who states that Alexander said that while most loved him for his success and brilliance as a king only Hephaestion loved him as he was. Arrian even states that Alexander was willing to forgive the Egyptian satrap for his crimes providing he built a monument to Hephaestion. It's interesting to wonder what Alexander would have done next in Arabia, Carthage and Sicily, all of which he would have to do without Craterus and Hephaesition, the two men he trusted the most.

[@haldemarest]

Craterus was still alive

[@siddhantverma3018]

@@haldemarest Well he was still alive but would have probably stayed in Europe for long time

[@BOSIE321]

@@haldemarest Yes but he sent him to govern Macedonia which meant he lost his second favourite general after Hephaestion. I'm guessing he wanted someone loyal in Macedon.

[@Prodigi50]

@@haldemarest Did you watch the video? Alexander sent Craterus to replace Antipater.

[@VangelisMourelatos]

Alexander would have conquered Carthage, Arabia Sicily AND italy (and of course ROME) had he lived 10 more years. But unfrotunately for this planet and Greece he did not..

[@williamromine5715]

It's hard to imagine how one man could effectively rule over an empire, as large as his was, some 2,300 years ago. The pressure must have been overwhelming. He was still a young man upon his death. Had he lived another 30 years, history probably would have played out dramatically different.

[@davidhughes8357]

Kings and General's Alexander the Great's series is without a doubt the very best on this subject. What else can be said.

[@Liquidsback]

And they all lived happily ever after?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, and they were the best friends!

[@joharSen]

Yup, liberalism had won and brought the end of history

[@erdnasiul87]

Kinda...

[@erdnasiul87]

If we take into account that the Greeks were a small dispersed elite in such a vast and diverse territory, the impact of the Hellenistic period was surprisingly lasting. And war as a form of government was the most common practice in antiquity.

[@maddogbasil]

​​@@joharSen well I dint think it completely won Don't forget the Persians technically ended slavery in the middle east for many years already. The greeks brought it back and it was far far worse In a sense the greeks basically colonized the middle east for almost 1 thousand years

[@wyattrota9070]

Alexander's story is straight from a book, a tragic epic.

[@KingsandGenerals]

*don't make that joke, don't make that joke, don't make that joke*

[@wyattrota9070]

@@KingsandGenerals ?

[@wyattrota9070]

@@KingsandGenerals I wasn't implying anything being false, Alexander the great is one of if not my favorite historical figure, he was a man capable of being tyrannical and benevolent, he was surrounded by omens and only minded the ones that he agreed with. Alexander is so interesting, that's why I compared his life to a story.

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@wyattrota9070 I was going to make a juvenile joke, ignore me :-)

[@wyattrota9070]

@@KingsandGenerals my bad for ruining it😂, love the channel

[@user-yr4js5zq1k]

Another epic series reaches its end unfortunately... Can't wait to see the full video!

[@almighty5839]

Sad but awesome to see this series on Alexander come to an end, definitely my favorite can’t wait for any new upcoming series coming up hopefully some stuff on the crusader states and some stuff on the Diadochi

[@pax6833]

Ah yes, the Diadochi wars, the greatest battle royale in history

[@thomasrinschler6783]

@@pax6833 The Diadochi were the ancient Game of Thrones, if it went even further than George RR Martin and killed virtually *all* the major players off...

[@seantomlinson3320]

They did the Diadochi years ago.

[@seantomlinson3320]

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[@Anders_Lund]

​@@seantomlinson3320They are going to make a new and improved version of the Diadochi

[@Sina.575]

one of the greatest King's that walked on this planet Love Greece from Iran 🇮🇷♥️🇬🇷

[@wakeno.6047]

Hope the best for Iran . Greeting from Greece 🇬🇷

[@glen9593]

The real life of Alexander would make a great TV show, though it would need an insane budget to really do it justice.

[@acrogercharles]

Even when I was completing my own novel on his life, I thought the same, but sadly in my language, there won't be enough producers to invest such a large sum

[@friedrich3384]

@@acrogercharles What language is that? :)

[@acrogercharles]

@@friedrich3384 Bengali

[@davyroger3773]

Would rather read a book

[@samuelmargueret9626]

And yet just an another serie coming to an end ! Watch kings and generals and escape a littel bit from life by watching insanely good documentary !! Thanks for everything you got my full support

[@jimmillward3505]

These videos are beyond superb...everything works, the voice, the research, the animation...Brilliant

[@KHK001]

Missed Alexander series! Great work as always

[@easton5637]

kings and generals, videos like this are a gift to humanity . Sharing Alexander’s story so he can continue to influence men of ambition and virtue. From julius Caesar’s rome to the colonization of mars Alexander will continue to influence civilizations

[@klaudioabazi4478]

This was a masterful series. Perhaps the definitive retelling of Alexander's Story thus far.

[@axlkay3628]

the real philosopher-king. He fulfilled his philosophy, unlike others.

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Finally! Have been rewatching you Alexander series this week. Glad to finally see it being finished!

[@KingsandGenerals]

2 more episodes

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@@KingsandGenerals Oh...well...that's good!

[@maverickp-5138]

Thank you for this incredible account of Alexanders life, cant wait to see the next episode please keep making more videos.

[@SuperUniverse]

I think the drinking parties of Alexander is not only for him enjoy his favorite vice But it does prevent his army from becoming unhappy and discontented. Preventing a coup I do understand that the general must keep the morale of his men up if he were to conquer anything.

[@davyroger3773]

In the Iliad it was sportsmanship and physical contests that they used to keep up morale during down time. Alexander knew the myths well and could’ve found other options. The drinking parties were incredibly dangerous and excessive

[@kmvoss]

Thank you for your continued content. Much appreciated.

[@Maha-ke7ck]

Great video! I got my foreo device as a gift and it's amazing.

[@mikemodugno5879]

Great job. I have really appreciated this series's step by step coverage of a chapter of history that's usually viewed from the top down so to speak. Perhaps a series on the Diodochi Wars is coming?

[@ultrafly100]

It’s already been done, highly recommend watching

[@anysimmers8702]

I don't comment often but you guys are doing great with this channel. The historical accuracy is on point. The quality is great. Narration is clear and wonderful. I grew up watching shows like Time Team, and I was going to list more but I forgot their names😑 (I'm getting old👀😹). Love reading history books and was so happy to find that history can be covered so well online with channels like yours, The Metatron, Tod's Workshop and so on. Thank you so much it means a lot. Plus I can see young kids enjoying these series too. You're all doing a wonderful and beautiful job💖

[@barryboushehri1707]

I have been eagerly waiting for this video😊

[@terryhughes7349]

Great episode. Many details i was unaware of.

[@johnterrell1326]

Another Fantastic Alexander video!! Bravo!

[@crosswarren6761]

Great video as usual you all. Good job and thank you.

[@vitorpereira9515]

I perceive similarities between Alexander and Kublai Khan: 1⁰- They both took over an empire. 2⁰- The two gradually adopted the costumes and culture of the conquered people and they even tried to blend their cultures with theirs. 3⁰- They both struggled against the most traditionalists sects. Ariq Boke antagonized Kublai and Hermolaus antagonized Alexander. I see the Yuan dynasty as a reference to what Alexander's empire would have been like had he lived longer.

[@nenenindonu]

The major difference would be the religious conversion of Kublai to Tibetan Buddhism which completely changed the fate of his nation

[@boborappa]

@@mohammedabdullah4602 Alexander had 3 wives with 2 pregnant at the time of his death.

[@doubleg3762]

Loved the Alexander story’s, thank u Kings!

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing an amazing job

[@SuperUniverse]

I wonder if we'll get a Mark Anthony & Cleopatra Episode :) Cause you guys make really good documentaries on history. Unbiased and trustworthy :)

[@Kili2807]

I mean their Roman Civil Wars Series will eventually cover the battle of Actium...

[@sidnjal12223]

As always . Great video Kings and Generals 💐💐

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[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for another good video 👍🏻

[@Kees247]

Great episode. Thank you.

[@dsog1989]

I've been waiting for this one for a long time.

[@eliech7112]

Fantastic work thank you

[@jozzieokes3422]

Great work

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Nice recall of JC. Great series, much enjoyed. Can't wait for a Diadochi period remake, or to just revisit those videos.

[@petermills3814]

I've been following your channel & few others since 2016, and I just love all that there is about Roman and other history related to them on this channel here, along with the others from Invicta... love your works! ❤ We need more vids about Rome's trade with the tribes of Northern Europe & others during its republic & empire + trade with Persia = Parthia & the Sassanids in goings on back then, Arabia and the rest of Northern Eurasia between the Nomadic tribes... that would be great ideas for up next in the near future for Summer projects to make. And even one about, did Rome's trade with India actually destroy the empire's economy? Because Rome's desires for silks, spices and other previous goods were traded mostly with their own gold & silver coinage and bullion to India, that eventfully dried up over time in just a few centuries since the days of the republic = till the crisis of the 3rd century with the inflations & debasing of their coins... due to shortages, and the mines running dry. That situation was never fixed till the Eastern Roman Empire's time under Justinian and after, due to diplomacy in exchange deals between them... and monks stealing silk worms from China in making their own industry of it all back home in the empire. Pompey the great's backstory in history from beginning to end = with his campaigns against the Crete pirates + his involvement in Spartacus's late rebellion, the last remains of the Seleucids in the east and the Jewish state of the time. As well as Sulla, Crassus and more on Marius too. Maybe try this for future vids please Kings & Generals? 👌😎😉 Thanks again for all your hard work over these many years ongoing! 👍✔ Keep up the great work.

[@Uchiha507]

great quality stuff !!

[@robbabcock_]

Wonderful video! ⚔🔥🙌

[@terminator5331]

Α good idea is to create a video about Alexander megaprojects !!!!

[@Connor_23]

i am so glad i found this channel

[@darrylerren8185]

18:40 I like how you gave alexander's commanders the same faces during the post caesar wars series

[@PrimeroVorian1]

thank you!

[@Yee20234]

Great vid

[@tudorfan3651]

Thanks!

[@anasali402]

Thanks for using very rich vocabulary whille narratinng these interesting stories of such an cunning administrator.

[@stefanciocan1605]

Rest in peace Alexander King of Macedonia !! The Greatest of Them All indeed ! 😢😢

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

What a remarkable adventure Alexander led

[@neferneferuaten286]

Alexander also married Parysatis II, who was the daughter of Emperor Artaxerxes III, who was brother of Darius III's mother Sisygambis

[@Kili2807]

Was she the one who got poisoned by Roxana?

[@neferneferuaten286]

@@Kili2807 yes

[@acrogercharles]

​@@Kili2807 both Parizadi and Esther (stateira) got poisoned by Ruksana. She was the perfect daughter in law to Olympiada

[@Kili2807]

@@acrogercharles Diadochi Period was ancient game of thrones

[@neferneferuaten286]

@@Kili2807 yes something like this

[@Man5on92]

I waited long to watch this one, it was worth the waiting

[@HassanHassan-fx3kw]

Please continue this serie And could you make a post alexander serie like the one with caeser they are best thanks

[@aglassofwinedaily]

Alexander was the MAN. Imagine the horror of war, the politic game, the citizens and the army's of that huge empire, the time spent getting shitdone, familly drama, his own guilty pleasures, training his boddy and mind and still going for more.

[@mahdiibrahimi9348]

Could you make Alexander the great series all in a video please?

[@jasondoherty7497]

I think Alexander’s decisions were mainly practical because realistically if he lived and died of old age and his son succeeded him then having an internal cultural divide would have made ruling difficult. Also him trying to what seems to be force the blending of Hellenic and Persian cultures rather than a gradual integration would understandably infuriated both peoples because they were the conquerers and conquered and resentment on the side of the Persians would be realistic. Though with the introduction of Persian soldiers be adding to the army so short after the final conquest especially in the number of 30000 which was essentially 3/4 or 3/5 of the initial size of the whole starting army and also adding them to the companions who had not grown up together as the sole Macedonian companions would be strangers who many would have seen as not earning their place. Though introducing a conquered peoples into one’s army is always going to happen and some point having them separate and having mixed squadrons and infantry battalions over time would be a possible better solution with maybe keeping the core Macedonian infantry nucleus with Persian missile and cavalry troops keeping the combined arms approach of introduced strategy.

[@acrogercharles]

Alexander hardly ever did anything from impulse even if it may at first seem impulsive. He was an out and out politician and knew which card to play at which moment

[@danielzhang1916]

imagine how much he could have done if he lived a decade or more longer

[@saratmodugu2721]

Suddenly I’m sensing the next topic for the alternate history in the wizards and warriors channel

[@ghostrider2770]

I think Hephaestion and Alexander was pretty much brothers from different mothers since they’re friendship was so close

[@Cateater123]

Brothers don't talk about thighs 💀 , nah yall literally say "no homo" after everything pretty sure they were lovers now , they both were good looking as well .

[@itrrii6582]

@@Cateater123 everybody was bisexual back then in Greece, it was quite normal

[@JohnnyElRed]

"How Alexander the Great almost partied himself to death."

[@brokenbridge6316]

I'm surprised that this wasn't the last video in this series. But hey. Bring on the next.

[@RozisVasileios]

Nice video

[@k.russell1713]

Love. This. Stuff. Long live Kings and Generals!!!

[@MikhailTabigay]

I miss the old map you guys used for the Phyrric Wars

[@Jesse_Dawg]

Please more videos

[@anastasiaspy4575]

I have a great idea make a video from charlomagne to Otto 3. And the Alexander's the great series is amazing

[@Leynx-Et-Fenrir]

There are gods, there are men and there is Alexander!

[@Number1Irishlad]

19:25 at first i thought yall gave Hephaestion John Lennon sunglasses and i was tryin to figure out the social commentary at play here 😂

[@ermytanio7111]

19:54 John Lennon along side Alexander

[@simosbarrasta426]

Although he passed but his dream will sent to the others and others to conquest so long. Thank you for the great series.

[@daemontargaryen5636]

Literal tears the man is a legend

[@parttimegodxx]

Nice

[@TheUrobolos]

I wonder if Alexander lived longer and left a offspring ( likely to spread like wildfire, as everyone would wanted to have marriage bounds with Alexander's blood) his workship as a God may had become a true established world religion. Basically like Christianity and Buddhism, but with a warrior-god figure instead of a philosopher/sage god figure

[@DesertAres]

Thanks for the video and also thanks for thinking many of the sources are opinionated and not very accurate. I get so tired of some history videos announcing certain dates and actions as total truth.

[@kaanbasol]

great

[@stevenv6463]

After reading Duverger on Hernan Cortes, I see Cortes and Alexander the Great as quite similar. Conquerors larger than life that seeked a mixing of cultures. It would have been interesting for Alexander to have lived longer to enact his policies more.

[@steyn1775]

2:51 the satrap that got murdered on mid left got a very brief black rectangle over it before disappearing

[@eddiOrtiz]

love the map of Dacia u show while both empiers of Rome and Macedonia is in full bloom

[@jozzieokes3422]

Caint wait for the war of the successors!

[@Kili2807]

@@parsman9914 the said the would remake it. More detailed and visually upgraded

[@Zaeyrus]

Used to work for FOREO, can say the products are quite good

[@Hari-pi2tx]

Super 🎉

[@BomBoyzhiphop]

Nice Story 😅😊 👏

[@TheNoisyBoyz]

Would you please make the purple macedonian map available on your store. Really like the colours and would love it as a wall hanging

[@issavisisland9870]

After checking some pseudomnkdonians comments, Alexander himself: " ..... we on the contrary, shall fight for *_Greece (Ελλάς)_* , and our hearts will be in it " Arrian Anabasis Book II, 7 Alexander's speech before Battle of Issus

[@jtgd]

18:39 Alex and Hephaestion, Caesar and Labienus, Octavian and Agrippa, Justinian and Belisarius. If you’re gonna have a career, have a competent and close friend as your #1

[@lionelhutz5137]

Achilles and Patroclus

[@dimitrisg45]

​@@lionelhutz5137 well they were more than friends . They were cousins . So blood bond

[@justicethedoggo3648]

Its hard to look into ancient times before abrahimic religions eith modern lenses . I dont think loving another man was a big of a deal back then . Infact it would have been considered more normal than loving a woman since they only mated with women and didnt consider them partners.

[@justicethedoggo3648]

​@@dimitrisg45 They were just friends , definitely not cousins.

[@dimitrisg45]

@@justicethedoggo3648 they were cousins . I've studied it and secondly Google it

[@aniket385]

Alexander the Great got his title after his conquest of Persia, whose Head was called The Great Kings of Kings . Used by Cyrus too.

[@Aginor88]

Interesting.

[@Zengids1turkmens]

Can you plz do a video on the zengids plzzz

[@nenenindonu]

Alexander died after less than a decade of ruling the Hellenistic period he triggered however went on to exist as a two century long Golden Age from Central Asia to the shores of the Med

[@alexiossauromates7017]

Another vid about Alexander is good but what about the diadochi-series?

[@Kili2807]

They will come.

[@xotl2780]

So many mighty warriors lost to the sauce.

[@davidhughes8357]

Kings and Generals please let me be blunt. You are without peer!!