Vandal Kingdom in Africa and the Sack of Rome in 455 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of Rome and Germanic tribes continue with a second video on the Vandals in which we will talk about the Vandal Kingdom in Africa ruled by Geiseric and the Sack of Rome in 455.
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...
Sejanus: • Sejanus: Almost the Ro...
Milvian Bridge: • Milvian Bridge 312 - R...
Origins of the Germanic Tribes: • Origin of the Germanic...
Julian and battle of Strasbourg: • Julian: Rise of the La...
Arminius: • Arminius: Hero of Germ...
Cimbrian War: • Cimbrian War 113-101 B...
Teutoburg: • Teutoburg Forest 9 AD ...
History of Rome: • Basil II - Reformer, R...
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@ajithsidhu7183]

Please do one on indo european india

[@thetiger3223]

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[@ajithsidhu7183]

Also iberian tribes man

[@diegomaine7331]

Make a video about the tocharian people!!

[@gursimarsingh5505]

Please do on sikh empire

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Rome pumping out more emperors than it could pump legions.

[@greenkoopa]

My boss would like to show you a beautiful valley on the other side of the Teutoberg Forest 🏰🐢

[@williamm.3612]

About as fast as we can pump NFTs

[@mathieudizzy9313]

If I see a video about the Roman empire, I think of either Atilla or 1453. Because these two events hurt me so much

[@TEverettReynolds]

After Emperor Honorious killed General Stilicho and went after and killed all the families of all the Barbarians in the Roman Army, it's no wonder that there was no Roman Army left to save the City of Rome from the Goths in 410 A.D. Plenty of Emperors, not enough Legions...

[@powerist209]

@@comradekenobi6908 *coughs in Valens*

[@larson0014]

Carthage finally got their revenge on Rome; only took 600 years...

[@ReaperCH90]

Only to get punished by Belisarius into submission

[@faridconde6591]

@Caratacus yes, yes indeed

[@joellaz9836]

@Caratacus Phoenician speakers still lived in Carthage so there was still a little connection though.

[@telgou]

@Nephalim Power ?

[@telgou]

@Nephalim Power I quote: +""Punic" derives from the Latin poenus and punicus, which were used mostly to refer to the Carthaginians and other western Phoenicians" +"In modern scholarship, the term 'Punic' is exclusively used to refer to Phoenicians in the Western Mediterranean." +"Punic definition is - of or relating to Carthage or the Carthaginians." Punic refers exclusively to Carthage.

[@ElBandito]

Gaiseric: Hey Hannibal? Hannibal: Yeah? Gaiseric: You're welcome.

[@iamtehgame]

Underrated comment!

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

Hannibal was dead at the time.

[@davidgil6485]

@@johnnyjohnny2650 No shit Sherlock

[@ElBandito]

@@johnnyjohnny2650 They are both dead right now.

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

@@davidgil6485 And so Gaiseric and Hannibal could not have communicated in any way.

[@themistoclesofathens5822]

Barbarians who have as capital Carthage: Sack Rome Happy Hannibal Barca noises.

[@jevinliu4658]

Barbarians who use their fleet to attack Rome Also happy Hannibal Barca noises

[@flagearvideo]

Wow, so in a vandalic way Carthage destroyed Rome... History has its ironies...

[@themistoclesofathens5822]

@@jevinliu4658 You mean Hamilcar and Hanno happy noises because the Vandals stole and destroyed the Roman fleet while Hamilcar and Hanno lost at the naval battle of Ecnomus Lmao.

[@jevinliu4658]

@@themistoclesofathens5822 That too, they avenged that humiliation.

[@Cipricus]

Do such type of comments have a name? They are big success all over the internet. People love them, they are always the most voted under history posts, and I hate them so much that I would like to know how they're called.

[@varun_MRG]

Carthage seeing the sack of Rome *It's all coming together*

[@MajorTomFisher]

Imagine being Geiseric in 476 when your death is just around the corner and you hear that the Western Roman Empire has been disolved. It would have to be absolutely amazing to be able to see the end of an era just before you die, sort of like dying just after the end of one of the World Wars after having lived through the Civil War.

[@Olento-lr7nm]

Meh, the deposition of the last emperor most likely wasn't a big deal for people at the time. The government was essentially powerless at this point, the Germanics ruled Italy at least nominally under the eastern emperor (as Germanic generals had done before) and the Roman institutions were kept intact. Very little actually changed.

[@pawelnowak9440]

@@Olento-lr7nm It was a big deal and contemporary rulers understood that very well. After failure of regaining Africa in 468 by the West Emperor Visigoths and Burgunds realised the West is finished and became taking emperors towns in Galia. Franks were emperors ally so they waited a few more years then started their own settlement in Galia

[@richarddr1234]

He basically got to live Hannibal's dream 600 years earlier.

[@ccvcharger]

@@richarddr1234 Almost like a poetic justice of sorts. Rome destroyed Carthage and its empire, yet in the end a king of Carthage would sack Rome and outlive the Empire.

[@BitigoBlack]

Hmmm....so like now for US citizens.

[@sinenriahi3671]

As an archaeologist in Tunisia specializing in late antiquity ( a Big part of it being vandal History) , I wanna make sth clear about "vandalism" which is derived from vandals. While that may make u think that the vandal people were violent people that vandalized everything in their path, it was t really the case they weren t more violent than other groups in that Era. Vandalism only became a term during the french révolution when a french bishop of an Abbey wrote a letter describing the revolutionnairies attacking churches as Vandals.

[@sinenriahi3671]

@Andree De haan yes that s the origin of the name of the people, I am just talking about using the verb "to vandalize " and the name "vandal" as a destroyer of property.

[@sinenriahi3671]

@Andree De haan the V in latin is just the letter "u" in capital letters so yeah it was pronounced W in thèse cases like with the famous Iulius Caesar quote was pronounced Weni Widi WiKi ( the c in Vici Always pronounced like K ) . About the pronounciation of the name Vandalos , it s also what gave the name of southern spain in the islamic Era country of andalusia from arabic country of "Al Andalous" from latin "vandalorum sortes" meaning lands of the Vandals (Vandalos pronounced "wandalos" into arabic "andalos" into spanish "andalusia" )

[@sinenriahi3671]

@Andree De haan yes it is very interesting to study cause that s what we ( ancient historians and archaeologists) started to focus on in the last years ( the lesser known groups and périods and stop the overglorification of greco-roman heritage at the cost of other people/ civilisations / periods often as interesting and complexe to study and document and preserve. Cheers mate

[@sinenriahi3671]

@Andree De haan i don t know but it sounds logical

[@KatariaGujjar]

The French are the ones doing the real vandalism

[@Turgon_]

Vandals: "So how bout that Royal Marriage" Valentinian: "Yes" Maximus: "No, lmao barbarian" Vandals: "Cowabunga it is"

[@shoshann]

"NordVPN probably can't save your city from the goths" Then why do i need it

[@JuTakii]

It’ll prevent civil war

[@luodeligesi7238]

It'll save your digital data from being captured by even the most tech-savvy Goths

[@toddharig8142]

Honestly, some bad marketing right there.

[@nolletthibault2031]

Seriously, who's the roman dummy who let the fleet at anchor just a few kilometers from Vandal territory ?

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That's how all empires end.

[@rudolfschrenk6171]

The galleys of that time had no permanent crews and were stored in boatsheds on land. These sheds had ramps leading to the water. First thing one needed to get the fleet afloat was hiring the crews. If no one had time and/or money enough to do that, the galleys were just part of the loot.

[@marzbanofmerv2324]

@@videocvdv7317 fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Ottoman empire.

[@rudolfschrenk6171]

@@videocvdv7317 , I have no idea which opinion the person has who wants your homework, in my book it is Columbus stumbling over the West Indies while sailing for Spain.

[@videocvdv7317]

@@marzbanofmerv2324 Ottomans Are Turkic or Arab ?

[@MKfanmomo]

Greetings from Carthage, Tunisia. I have a little fun fact for you guys: Ironically we have a football Ultra fans who call themselves Vandals, they are unruly as their namesake. Also the term "vandalize" came from the Vandals for obvious reasons (lots of sacking) .

[@moezlamloum]

north vandals club africain " gangs signs represent" haha

[@MKfanmomo]

​@@moezlamloum Welcome fellow citizen to this great channel. Spread the knowledge and have a nice day.

[@MKfanmomo]

@Tinúviel different sources tend to exaggerate on the level of violence and destruction of some people, much like the vikings who are misunderstood as mindless raiders from their victims since Lindisfarne. The Vandals and Goths also were viewed as such but many historians know that it's not that simple and they are people with complex social structures and high adaptability. They are simply people living during harsh times and trying to survive in that era of great decline.

[@Akabari100]

When I first heard "dating system," I was like huh? And then I realized it was for literal dating lol. But I would have been appreciative if the Vandals cared about their people's love lives!

[@curranlakhani]

In fairness to Geseric he did sack Rome somewhat because of his son's love life so you're not too far off the mark.

[@PLrap96]

@@curranlakhani his son's love for what?

[@curranlakhani]

@@PLrap96 Emperor Valentinian's daughter that was promised to hunnaric that was the justification for invasion. Technically the vandals fought a war over someone's love life.

[@danielconde13]

This early schism between Arianism and Niceanism played an important rule in Iberia. Notably, one certain Martin from Pannonia, who came to Gallaecia, near Braga, and converted the Suebi from Arians to Niceans, and went as far as fighting paganism... in the very names of the week days. Thanks to this now saint ( _São Martinho de Dume_ ), Portuguese is the only main Western European language that doesn't call week days by their ancient pagan names after gods. Basically, he called them, in rough translation, "second fair", "third fair", "fourth fair", "fifth fair", "sixth fair", then saturday, then the Lord's (dominus) day. Here's an example, using Portuguese (PT), Spanish (ES), French (FR) and English (EN): _Segunda-feira_ - Lunes - Lundi - Monday; _Terça-feira_ - Martes - Mardi - Tuesday; _Quarta-feira_ - Miércoles - Mercredi - Wednesday; _Quinta-feira_ - Jueves - Jeudi - Thursday; _Sexta-feira_ - Viernes - Vendredi - Friday; _Sábado_ - Sábado - Samedi - Saturday; _Domingo_ - Domingo - Dimanche - Sunday.

[@DJ_Kie]

Appreciate this tidbit of knowledge. 😀

[@danielconde13]

@@DJ_Kie 👍

[@linkewitsch]

You speak a language for decades but it takes a YT comment to realize you've been using numbers for weekdays, while the rest of mankind uses nicknames

[@majormarketing6552]

Shows religion ruins everything

[@yonathanrakau1783]

@@majormarketing6552 religion in the past was more of a cultural force so just view it as people excecuting those who they consider different because we naturally want to keep social cohesion. We still have this kind of shit even till today

[@jorehir]

The Empire really did nothing right in those years. The saddest thing is knowing that it still had the means to repel the aggressors (or at least to resist waiting for better times) but uttelry wasted every opportunity.

[@hakanliljeberg790]

Vandals are originating from part of western Scandinavia. They were from West Sweden and SE Norway. It has something to do with Väner lake region Väner(n) lake's earliest name is *Vendiz "the turner". Then Vandals earliest name becomes logical, VendilaR, "smaller tribe from Väner realm". Some typical looks, that you also find in N Portugal and Brazil is like Lena Ranehag, Nathalie Hagman, Rebecka Blomqvist, Fridolina Rolfö, Johanna (Gudrun) icelandic singer etc..They certainly all have roots in the Väner lake kingdom *Vendiz...

[@Tigran-Abazyan]

But their origin is mostly doesnt matter because they look like german than nordic norwegian or swede.

[@hakanliljeberg790]

No, they looked probably quite nordic-germanic as late as 6th c...And when they talked, it sounded "icelandic"... The goths sounded like gotlanders sounded, like music group Ainbusk....@@Tigran-Abazyan

[@hakanliljeberg790]

Spanish from Navarra still sounds like this, sounds from the throat, nasal accent, many th-sounds in spanish too...

[@antoniof9756]

The Vandals passage through the Iberian Peninsula is still remembered today, as the portuguese word "vândalo" describes a person who likes to spread destruction for no particular reason.

[@alexandruianu8432]

It's actually a recent word (~ 200 years)

[@lscibor]

@@alexandruianu8432 Yeah, the world "wandal" in Polish means exactly the same thing, and it's certainly not some impossible folk memory of Vandals from 1500 years ago. Wiktionary claims that Henri Grégoire used the world "vandalisme" for the first time in modern meaning.

[@giovannibez9509]

Same thing for italian

[@copperlemon1]

A more ancient and direct example would the name "Andalusia," if the theory is correct. Supposedly the inhabitants of northern Africa referred to the region, from which the Vandals departed, after the people.

[@mfundonkosi6927]

I'm loving you guys delving deeper into North African history.

[@MrLoobu]

Same, its very rarely taught even in university history courses.

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@mrjugurtha4077Knowledge is the obligation of every human brother

[@UrielSepsis]

@@mrjugurtha4077 Interrest does not equate worship.

[@mrjugurtha4077]

@@UrielSepsis l know but it's hard to explain now

[@itstreasonthen9027]

@@comradekenobi6908 *sad bananakin noises*

[@Mrkabrat]

The barbarian in the background of the thumbnail looks mildly concerned "Why is that guy wearing such a big hat? Should we wear a big hat?"

[@Timberhawk]

"You ever notice that? Any time you see two groups of people who really hate each other, chances are good they're wearing different kind of hats. Keep an eye on that, it might be important." - George Carlin

[@somethingsomething2685]

@@Timberhawk who are you so wise in the ways of hat

[@Zantides]

Members list getting longer and longer, very nice 😄. You guys deserve it

[@quintenwhyte6660]

😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@videocvdv7317]

@@quintenwhyte6660 My friend, I have a homework. Which event and which nation closed the Middle Ages?

[@CrazyNikel]

Flavius Aetius... Man wasn't a perfect general by any means... *But he could win battles.* Again Rome would shoot itself in the foot with a arrow.

[@Nikephorus]

Happened a few times before the fall of the West. Anytime there was someone competent in control he'd be assassinated. Sad.

[@bramvanhooijdonk1185]

Nah Rome shot itself in its head this time

[@hannibalburgers477]

Rum poopi his pants

[@flaviusstilicho397]

Rome shot itself in the head many times with the assassination of competent emperors and generals with Pertinax in 193 Gallienus in 268 Aurelian in 275 Tacitus in 276 Probus in 282 Stilicho in 408 Aetius in 454 Majorian in 461 Anthemius in 472 Julius Nepos in 480

[@podlodialgilap3490]

@@flaviusstilicho397 Nepos was ordered by foreign ruler - Theodorik, the Ostrogothic king, and he wasn't something special by any means. You are right about the others tho

[@ozzmanhaji]

Great video again. Much needed weekly fix.

[@Suppiluliuma_1]

Can you made video about Garamantian Kingdoms in South Roman African Border, I really want to know this guy, since I learn Roman Map.They even fought the Roman and flourish thanks to their advance water drilling

[@daarom3472]

I'd like to learn about how Augustus curbed the power of Palpatine.

[@videocvdv7317]

@@daarom3472 My friend, I have a homework. Which event and which nation closed the Middle Ages?

[@AKbamoida]

Look up Raoul McLaughlin Garamantians, he has several very authoritative videos on the subject.

[@daarom3472]

@@videocvdv7317 depends on who you ask. The concept of the middle ages was invented on renaissance Italy as they rediscovered their Roman past. The term middle ages was used by them to describe the period between the fall of (Western) Roman Empire and themselves. Most history textbooks use the 500-1500 period but obviously the change was gradual and depended hugely on the region. The discovery of the Americas and the expulsion of the last Moors in Spain is regulalrly used in Spain. The renaissance and rise of the powerful mercantile empires quite often in Italy. In France it probably starts ending after the end of the 100 years war. In general what we see at the end of the middle ages: Centralization of power Building of (overseas) Empire Modernization of armies including the increasing use of gunpowder The greater dominance of trading families compared to the old mobility etc. etc.

[@videocvdv7317]

@@daarom3472 A few people told me that the Ottomans, the Ancestors of the Modern Turks, conquered Istanbul and the middle ages came to an end.

[@kingmaverick3140]

This vandalic raid was triggered by the assassination of the Roman Emperor Valentinian III, who had previously pledged his daughter Eudocia to the son of the Vandal King Genseric as part of a peace treaty. Claiming the deal was invalidated by the Emperor's death, Genseric invaded Italy and marched on Rome in 455

[@louisfrederick6512]

Such an invetible ending for the romans ey either way

[@LucidWanderer]

All the way from Uppland, Sweden, to the shores of lost ancient Carthage and the gates of Rome itself with fire, steel and power, truly one of the most resourceful and legendary of the Germanic peoples, whos name shall be remembered forever.

[@Bacot888]

Imagine if Merkel had all of these lands Germany = The world's greatest power

[@stormbringer2840]

Well their name was already immortalized : we still use their names do describe ...you know : Vandals .

[@chawquee]

am a Carthagian (today Tunisia) and looks like a German sunbathed in Hammamet for 1 week blue eyed blond and there are alot like me both in Tunisia and western Algeria ...Vandals and Carthage are in our blood .....We gave our name Africa to whole continent we are the only Civilisation who took Italian lands three times in history .Once with Carthagian Hannibal Second with the Vandals and third 900 years ago with the Aghlabid - Fatimid dynasty who ruled Sicily for 2.5 centuries and brought that island science art agriculture etc and We founded the city of palermo ..let alone Malta and the two islands lampidusa and pentalria who were our lands for centurie s

[@doraorak]

If hannibal was so great why is not there a hannibal 2 ? Hannibal 2:

[@mr.cookie7308]

Hannibal Lector: hello clarice?

[@bejakabyle]

Massinissa the Berber king killed him and destroyed all the Carthage

[@HustlerMitch]

Gaeseric was a really good administrator and knew how people worked. Smart man

[@user-uc4om6pm4c]

Greetings from Berber Morocco to the vandals, you were a very brave people in the war with the Byzantine Empire and you were able to face the Byzantines for a hundred years in north africa... "Vandals Were Heros"

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Every empire tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate" - Edward Said

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Exactly. That's why I despise all empires.

[@transsylvanian9100]

@@ktheterkuceder6825 If by "great things" you mean committed some of the worst genocides the world has ever seen, then yeah. And you forgot the American empire which continues in that good old tradition of invasion, domination, plunder and genocide and even surpasses its predecessors in many of these aspects.

[@ziyanehaddou8898]

@@ktheterkuceder6825 they brought only death you ignorant fool.

[@theonlylauri]

​@@SilentEmpires Large-scale massacres mean cities, and those generally surrendered to Muslims after negotiations. Most imperial conquerors were merciful to cities which did so. The Muslim conquests of Maghreb and Transoxiana weren't so pretty, and later we have such brutal sackings as that of Byzantine Syracuse (877-78).

[@ziyanehaddou8898]

@@SilentEmpires you funny! 🤣🤣🤣How many Jews were slaughtered in Khaybar? How many slave girls and women were send back to Damascus during the Omajjads caliphs from the east and west of the empire after the conquests. The Muslim empires and kingdoms/ sultanates weren't saints bro.

[@jorgemtds]

This was completely new to me. I've never heard of this Vandal king before.

[@josue.ortega]

I read about Geiseric in an historical novel about the Catalonian Fields. The author portrayed him as basically a Machiavelli of the time, an old fox who knew when to fight and when to sit it out, who to befriend and who to take out, and ended up outlasting all his other contemporary kings, generals and emperors. Pretty cool character

[@joellaz9836]

@@josue.ortega What novel was that? I’ve been looking for novels set in the late Roman Empire. There doesn’t seem to be many.

[@alpharius8264]

he is arguable the only rellevant one

[@josue.ortega]

@@joellaz9836 "The Scourge of God" by William Dietrich (2005). Easy to read in a week or so

[@bejakabyle]

Vandals are Scandinavians

[@kingmaverick3140]

Gaeiseric did what Hannibal had dreamed of...

[@TheVojTIn]

Yeah, but Hannibal was fighting kinda united Roman Republic and still he was really close for capturing Rome, dont disrespect Hannibal like that! Bruh

[@chawquee]

he had the oppurtunity to destroy rome once for ever and he besieged for 15 years but he did not want to destroy it . Difference between us and romans is that we are citydoms people and roman were villagers and rude and they do not value civilization. My ancestor when they took sicily 1000 years ago under aghlabid rule (we were called then Africa) brought civilisation science art agricuture and founded palermo the capital of the island and never exterminate their people or forced them to islam ....that's the difference between us and the european barbaric civlisations who sacked others civlisation ..even the vandals when they come adjusted thei violent system to more logical and calm and wiser

[@LitD]

One of my favorite "what if's" is "what if Vandal Africa survived, at least a few centuries longer"

[@EmilReiko]

Fate should have given the Vandal Kingdom a lifespan untill atleast the Muslim conquests... They deserved it

[@CollinBuckman]

I like to imagine it having a similar trajectory to places like France, where the Germanic nobles integrate into the local culture and a new Romance language emerges partly influenced by the Vandalic language.

[@Aester]

That abomination had to go

[@naotohoshiko9931]

On after life: Gaiseric: Hey Hannibal Hannibal: What? Gaiseric: You welcome! Hannibal: You had it easy pup.

[@Tommykey07]

Goes to show how the western empire's geography doomed it. Once a hostile force penetrated the frontier, there really wasn't much to stop them as they migrated into the Iberian peninsula and North Africa. Those regions were often the peaceful parts of the empire and so rarely needed a strong military presence, but North Africa in particular was important for supplying grain and being a source of tax revenue. Losing that pretty much broke the empire.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

Not true, the WRE had a system for repelling invaders. I mean, they had been doing it for hundreds of years at this point. In fact Majorian started with basically just Italy but managed to retake Gaul and Hispania in short order, and was about to cross into North Africa when he was assassinated. They also got hit by a lot of simultaneous threats and civil wars, in fact fighting civil wars depleted the Legions leftover to fight the barbarians. Lest we forget, the Barbarians first ravaged the East before the West, Alaric made a name for himself sacking Athens before Rome. Rome needed a lot of reform to deal with its issues and there just weren’t enough good men capable of implementing such reform because they kept getting killed.

[@chawquee]

Carthage was called ( Today Tunisia) the basket food of Rome but today we import grains from Ukraine wtf .. idiot politicians in my country do not know the treasure they had and vandals knew thousands of years ago . Our idiot politicians have fertile lands plus Phosphate ( fertilizers) and wonderful climate . Myself look like Germans so m ancestors were vandals very impressive

[@ech0dish1]

Dude, do one on the Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 as well. I always find it interesting that despite the fact that 'Late Roman Army' was much bigger than it was from 30 to 284, it failed to save Rome. Where were the legions?

[@arawn1061]

Dead in Theodosius civil war probably

[@thetruthhurtsmehdi7262]

After Western roman Empire lose Northern Africa and other provinces like Spain and Britannia . It Was not easy to become more soldiers. Most of the food for Rome came from Africa . You see the Problem. Western Rome failed because it lose his Important Provinces and for foos supplies Northern Africa Was Important. And most of the Legionaries was killed during the battle of the catalaunian Plains in 451. You can see that in 452 when Attila plundered Northern Italy and Aetius didnt have a Army to fight him back.

[@beachboy0505]

Didn't a Roman princess write to Atila the Hun, inviting him to attack Rome? These Princess 👸 made the history

[@ademdogukankon4726]

No, you are talking about the reconquest of Roman provinces during the Justinian's Reign.

[@alfiesmith2510]

You are rigiht, ignore dogukan kon. He doesn't know what he's talking about aha

[@iapetusmccool]

Honoria, sister of Valentinian III. She sent a letter (and possibly a marriage proposal) to Attila, asking him to rescue her from an arranged marriage. When the emperor refused to allow the marriage (and probably more significantly, the demand for half the empire as a wedding gift), Attila invaded.

[@martinusv7433]

@@iapetusmccool Yeah, you've always got to stay vigilant when you are dealing with those Roman princesses, mate.

[@donwilliams8357]

Thank you for your highly informative and entertaining episodes that shed light in little-known but important events and leaders

[@wargriffin5]

@12:15 I like how Eudocia looks like she's had about enough of this whole empire. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jobe-13]

The Vandals were a rag-tag group of friends pillaging and raiding who accidentally started their own kingdom.

[@learnapplyrepeat]

basically bannerlord

[@Praisestoallah7]

LMAOOOO

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

They were scared shitless when Majorian planned to Invade, got lucky by getting traitors to burn his fleet. Got lucky in 468 due to Basillicus’s incompetence when it should’ve been an easy win. But then they quickly crumbled in an 8 month War against Belisarius

[@danielhutchinsonjr9325]

Again a brillent video from the best channel on KZbin!! Thank you Kings and Genrels for making my day

[@Bacot888]

Carthage in Phoenician means "New City" and the Romans made a city called "New Carthage". So the city was called "New New City".

[@filipkozon2182]

"New Carthage" was founded by the Carthaginians, not the Romans. It is modern day Cartagena in Spain

[@Bacot888]

@@filipkozon2182 Thank you for correcting me.

[@chawquee]

Carthage in Carthagian language that I master is Qart hasht means the new village or city

[@Bacot888]

@@chawquee Sorry. Just heard that from a KZbinr

[@HistoryfortheAges]

You have some pretty good videos with great details on several battles I discuss in many of my lectures.

[@robbabcock_]

Such a fascinating period in history! Thanks for a very good treatment of the subject.⚔🙏

[@sabrina1380m]

I was just thinking about them and you uploaded, great episode!

[@Kyle-qd2sy]

Love these videos about the late Western Roman Empire and Barbarian kingdoms. I hope you do an episode on Majorian soon

[@paolovirtuani7826]

Wonderful account of the mysterious Vandals... and you can visit Augustine's grave (with a degree of uncertainty) in Pavia's S. Pietro in Ciel d'Oro church, resting alongside people of the caliber of Boetius and King Liutprand!

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

Berber really had it tough so many invaders Surprised they outlive them.

[@Mykorashchev]

How come then the video says that the population of Carthage was almost all Roman people. Clearly at that time Berbers were not in Carthage.

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

@@Mykorashchev berber were considered roman citizen

[@axelsabri]

@@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404 Well yes ..after the fall of king Jugurtha of Numidia, many imazighen became roman citizens like saint augustin, i'm not christian but as a berber i sometimes go to visit his basilica church in hippo ( annaba city nowdays in algeria )

[@rock3tcatU233]

We are like cockroaches, even a nuke won't get rid of us.

[@mutolover3851]

About time! This video seems like an obvious go-to

[@Getcakedieyoung23]

Your topics are so good recently

[@samrevlej9331]

Impressive man, that Gaiseric. Despite his brutality, which was on par with his contemporaries, he managed to build a kingdom in Africa and break an empire in a few decades.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Those Vandals were always just vandalising everything!

[@sinenriahi3671]

As an archaeologist in Tunisia (former roman Africa with Carthage as capital)specializing in late antiquity ( a Big part of it being vandal History) , I wanna make sth clear about "vandalism" which is derived from vandals. While that may make u think that the vandal people were violent people that vandalized everything in their path, it was t really the case they weren t more violent than other groups in that Era. Vandalism only became a term during the french révolution when a french bishop of an Abbey wrote a letter describing the revolutionnairies attacking churches as Vandals.

[@barbaralucas1220]

This is amazing! Thank you so much 😊

[@uzairahmed8309]

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job

[@liv2510]

You should do fruit introduced to the empire from returning generals from campaigns. We still have orchids full of citrus an cherry, brought back from Armenia an Turkey during Pompeys conquest of Asia Minor.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G .

[@jimmyandersson9938]

Damn, a group of vandals could do that much harm. Rome really went from a big angry grizzly to a farm animal.

[@lerneanlion]

Funny, I was reading about the Vandals like a few hours ago. Quite a coincidence that this happened!

[@strikerkhan90]

Happned to me too

[@yvc9]

You could say Rome got... "puts on sunglasses" Vandalized.

[@ea5yliver]

Y-yes, that is exactly where the term comes from. ...So, that isn't a pun.

[@yvc9]

@@ea5yliver thanks for contributing nothing to my comment.

[@JRGProjects]

Ah yes, CSI Miami

[@yvc9]

@magicblanket thanks for the completely unnecessary review in which you try to quantify the humor content of my joke. Let me simplify that for you, some will find it funny, some not, some will groan and some will write a lengthy comment about how stupid I am. I guess you're the latter. Congratulations I guess, now go tell someone else how to live.

[@yvc9]

@magicblanket you obviously are only interested in a boring pissing contest about a joke I barely remember. What's your goal here? Grand arbiter of puns ? Wizard of zingers? If I wanted to read a joke, I'd look up your biography.

[@srbtlevse16]

Easily one of the highest quality channels on yt not just in their genre 🔥🔥🔥

[@edwardjohnson7996]

Great content, as usual!!!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice video. Heard of this guy before. I wonder how different history would've been had the Vandals not come about? My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@Numba003]

This video highlights how little I know about Roman North Africa. Thank you for another fascinating tale from history with which I was unfamiliar. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

[@charlesdeleo4608]

7:57 - Ah yes, Attila and Bleda's raid into the Eastern Roman Empire. Gaiseric was extremely lucky about this joint expedition, since most of the Eastern Empire's troops came from the Danube frontier, and this allowed Attila and Bleda to make their move. They broke the treaty with Constantinople that they signed 5 years earlier. And, I believe this was because they caught a Roman bishop raiding the tombs of Hunnic kings for their grave goods, probably to pass them off as "relics of the saints". Anyway, as a result, the city of Naissus, modern Nis, was thoroughly sacked. The Huns so devastated the place, that when Theodosius II's envoys went to meet with Attila and Bleda, they had to camp outside the city on the river. The river banks were swollen with bones, and the stench of death was so great that nobody could enter the city. Following such a demonstration, Theodosius II signed a treaty, and from their position of power, Attila and Bleda were able to gain an annual influx of 1400 pounds in gold as tribute, protection money to stave off another Hunnic invasion.

[@JizyaCollector]

I was just reading about this, you guys are awesome

[@user-uc4om6pm4c]

I love your videos, please, make more videos about pre-islamic north african era ❤❤❤👍👍😍

[@MrLoobu]

From bread basket of Rome to "omg nothing grows here its 130 degrees for half the year, Im literally running and swimming to Italy." -North Africa.

[@MrLoobu]

@Genius Art I didnt say anything about anything you just said. Are you asking me a question or...?

[@MrLoobu]

@Genius Art Morocco is one small country and the only one in North Africa that comes close to working for some of its people. I just worked for a Berber chef from Morocco for 7 months, he was a real asshole overall but I got a lot of good opinions and information from him. As someone who wasnt from the city, he said his rural people were totally fucked and destitute even 30 years ago when he left. The environment isn't getting any cooler, the food less plentiful every year.

[@mikicassains8554]

Brilliant video, thank you so much!!!!

[@pingoo5753]

By far the best historical documentary channel out there, its a lot of fun and very interesting to have a visual with the battles and things from the past

[@Toumahitoedits]

Vandals and Ostrogoths: Imma bout to end this western Rome’s entire career😈

[@conflictsinhistory5828]

Incredible graphics and editing as always!

[@mahadlodhi]

Great video as always

[@alberchttheloser946]

I love this channel pls 🥺finish the Napoleonic Wars series it's been a long time since you updated the last video Aspern-Esling

[@chubbo3243]

please make a playlist with all your vids in chronological order

[@moezlamloum]

in Tunisia there's a city named Ariana near capital city Tunis and there's a group of football fans who's named the "Vandals"

[@Nordic_Barbarian]

I hope a video or mini series focusing on the collapse of the Rhine frontier (and subsequent conquest of Gaul by Germanic peoples) is coming up soon, its a subject I'm interested in, and it seems like it usually just gets glossed over when talking about the fall of Rome, or only mentioned in passing.

[@rennor3498]

Looks like the Ancient Carthaginians had been avenged.

[@TEverettReynolds]

what comes around goes around...

[@TEverettReynolds]

those that don't know their history are doomed to repeat it!

[@powerist209]

Septimius Severus was Carthaginian and he became a Roman Emperor.

[@rezguirami3262]

Rome delenda est !

[@anteversus8471]

@@powerist209 Septimius Severus was born in Septis Magna in Libya, he was not a Carthaginian

[@nikostombris5505]

In the Eastern empire everything was fine . The silence of the East was very loud in the sack of 455

[@nikostombris5505]

@@yassinhafez1337 probably …

[@nikostombris5505]

@GoodGirlKate Antagonistic relations between East and west due to different cultures ( Greek and Latin respectively) or even just ignorance

[@tylerellis9097]

@@nikostombris5505 Eastern Nobility And Emperor was still Latins puppets controlled by and scheming with goths at the Time until Zeno.

[@nikostombris5505]

@@tylerellis9097 The nobility was definitely Greek , descendant of the Hellenistic nobility of previous centuries. In the East strong Greek political elements protected the empire from Germanazation ( 7000 Goths were slaughtered in Constantinople in 400 A.D ). As for emperors Leo the first , Zeno and anastasius didn’t even spoke latin . The eastern court was completely hellenized . For example Greek empresses ( Ariadne and Eudocia ) . In 467 the East imposed an ethnically Greek emperor ( Anthemius Isidorus ) in the west fact that furthered the gap between East and West . I really want to ask you something why in every comment section you deny the obvious Greek character of the eastern Roman Empire ??? I believe that you have strong anti-Hellenic feelings

[@tylerellis9097]

@@nikostombris5505 I’m not anti Hellen, I’m anti nationalist and fake history spreaders which consistently includes you. The Macedonian Empire was Ruled by and fought for Greeks. The Eastern Empire in the 5th century was not. Anatasius was Extremely fluent in Latin and there’s Several preserved letters he sent to Theodoric the Great in Vulgar Latin. Anatasius was literally appointed Emperor cause they wanted someone considered Roman after the then considered Barbarian Zeno. Constantine settled numerous Latin Roman Senatorial families in Constantinople when he renovated the City to establish the New Roman Senate. All the Nobles and Governors has Latin and Latinized names. The military language was still Latin. The Coins were in Latin, The Emperors name and titles were still Latin. Lol The Eastern General in this vid was a Goth. Goths and Germanics would continue to hold political and military power in the Eastern Empire until Zeno. Zeno’s rival was A Germanic named Aspar. Your constant misinterpretation of the facts and Pro Greek agenda spitting in the face of the Byzantine Empire is why I have to respond to you.

[@alfonsokhiew2872]

"In return for the official title of - Ducks" Yes I know it's Dux.

[@interestinglife934]

Great video. I love learning things here.

[@andriaz6678]

excellent video btw do you have any plans making video on the battle of Didgori?

[@howardking3601]

I am fascinated by the history of this important period, and am particularly interested in learning about the impact on the early church of Christ. Your lucid, high quality presentations provide great surveys of the times that make me want to dig deeper. I an't wait for the next one in this series!

[@MrKlipstar]

Well explained,very good historical piece,for sure you had read Hydathius,P. Orosius and maybe Joao de Biclaro Chronicles.For me as a Portuguese,we have so few "monuments" of the Vandals,just a few written stones in Algarve Province.We have more from the Visigoths and Suebians(Quadii/Burii),few unwritten legends of the Allans too,in Center regions.Thanks alot,lads...🎅

[@denniscleary7580]

I always found the vandals to be fascinating, thanks kings

[@denniscleary7580]

@GoodGirlKate lol your right

[@octodaddy4494]

Great man. Very interesting video.

[@kingmaverick3140]

Aetius "Through his alliance with the barbarians, he had protected Placidia, Valentinian’s mother, and her son while he was a child. When Boniface crossed from North Africa with a large army, he out-generalled him . . . Felix, who was his fellow general, he killed by cunning when he learned that he was preparing to destroy him at Placidia’s suggestion. He crushed the [Visigoths] who were encroaching on Roman territory, and he brought to heel the [Bagaudae] . . . In short, he wielded enormous power, so that not only kings but neighbouring peoples came at his order.

[@Samuel-lf4ul]

I know this comment is a year old, but Boniface won the Battle of Rimini against Aëtius, despite dying of wounds he received, ostensibly, by Aëtius himself.

[@kingmaverick3140]

@@Samuel-lf4ul ❤️

[@hamzahammami22]

So carthage got its revenge after all

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

Dovah missed an opportunity in how he didn't declare that Licinia's invitation to Gaiseric proved she was a reincarnation of Dido seeking her revenge against Aeneas even if Aurelian had lifted her curse or that Gaiseric was a reincarnation of Hannibal.

[@Vladklx]

Nope

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

No, it didn't. Those baby sacrifice aficionados had disappeared centuries before. This one was a Roman city.

[@hamzahammami22]

@@happyslapsgiving5421 you know there is no solid proof that the carthaginans actually practiced human sacrifice, the whole thing probably was some roman propaganda, and no the carthaginans still existed during roman times and even the arab conquest

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

@@hamzahammami22 Congratulations! Wrong and wrong. 😅 They even found Carthaginian statues (modern, non-Roman, archaeologists did, that is) of a Baal that basically had swivel arms to drop babies into the fire below. "No solid proof." 😂 And also... yeah, no shit, Sherlock! Of course some survived! 🙄 No genocidal maniac, from Julius Caesar to Abdul Hamid II, to Adolf Hitler has never managed to "catch them all", so to speak. Implying that that means that the genocide never took place is downright idiotic, don't you think. Regardless, the Carthaginian *NATION* was dead and gone after the third Punic war, meaning that they did *NOT,* in fact, take revenge on anybody, nor could they. And furthermore, I'm sorry, but even those minorities who lived in Carthago *lived in a Roman city,* with Roman customs and religion. Why go to all of that effort to falsify history in the name of a dead culture? 🙄

[@mohammedmessaoudi2882]

Thank you for the video, I am a north african from Algeria, please a video about Rais Hamidou VS the American Fleet.

[@subhamomm5930]

Sir your video is very interesting nice work

[@erichtomanek4739]

Was not the Kingdom known as: The Kingdom of Alans and Vandals? Why were the Alans not mentioned?

[@marzbanofmerv2324]

Yeah I'm curious too, I don't think I've heard the word Alan in the entire Video, which is odd.

[@josue.ortega]

They addressed that merge between Vandals and Alans in the first video of their Origins I think

[@SaudiHaramco]

Yeah that was weird. I feel like the fact that they officially acknowledged that this was a confederation of two different barbarian tribes from drastically different cultural backgrounds is one of the most interesting and unique things about Gaiserics kingdom during that age.

[@erichtomanek4739]

@@SaudiHaramco Yeah, Germanic and Iranic cultures, side by side on a piano keyboard...........

[@Shiranui115]

Vandals: *sack North Africa* Literally everyone else within 1000 miles of the Roman Empire: *It's free real estate*

[@abdiraxmanmaxamed9206]

Thank you for this video, it's always great to watch such history. With that being said, i would definitely like to recommend you to make a special video of khalid Bin Waleed, and his biography and military life, starting from when he was young and he was ymsent to the Sahraa' until he grew up and come back to his home as a well trained Knight or Faris and commander.

[@janektarnogrocki2898]

Wenedzi (Veneti) after Wandale (Vandals) - ancient Arian peoples living in Central and Eastern Europe. The etymology of the word Wandal comes from name of river Węda, Wenda /venda/ (today Wisła, Vistula). Wenda pronounced in the old Polish language with a nasal: wanda), Baltic slavic: vandene ("water nymph") or vanduo ("water, wave"), Germanic: Wenedka (Lusatian, Slavic woman). Wanda is also an ancient Polish female name that is still being used today

[@Wraith_of_Storm]

It just goes to show, that once your brilliant Monarch is dead and buried, the Kingdom that he fought and struggled to create, dissolves into complete chaos, and petty power struggles...! This is why it is so easy to win a war, because once internal issues begin to manifest, your Land's Defenses are weakened, which then makes it, almost humorously, easy to seek and destroy.

[@mrvodik]

funny to see how throughout history a strong personalities are conquering/building "states" (empire, country or other) and very rarely one can leave some system of power transfer without internal struggles leading to a decline (either short term, or leading to collapse of newly created land-unit).

[@FakeR19920828]

the Total War soundtrack only make these videos so much more enjoyable

[@Sharnoy1]

I just finished my Vandal campaign in Rome TW Remastered literally two hours ago and this video pops up at the same time :o

[@321AlterSchwede]

Good video that tells the most facts. But the Vandalic warriors at 2:54 are depicted like fighting on foot. In reality the vandals - like most eastern germanic tribes - fielded armys of cavalry. In the battle of Ad Decimum the Vandals fielded a pure cavalry-force. On images of vandalic warriors from nort-africa they where shwon as lancers, fighting like medieval knights in shock-attacks.

[@guaycura]

Between the Vandals were also the Alans, a group of nomadic horsemen.

[@321AlterSchwede]

@@guaycura Its true, that the Vandalic Kingdom was even by name the Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans. But as far i know, the germanic vandals itself fighted as horsemen.

[@guaycura]

@@321AlterSchwede It was for that reason that Justinian sent the rest of the defeated Vandal army to fight in cavalry units against the Persians.

[@budwyzer77]

Cap Bon really deserves its own video.

[@deanticocombar7529]

Vandal heroes that ended roman terrir over north Africans.Vandals were still present in north Africa there legacy will never die .long live vandals

[@sisyphus4468]

I always looked at the maps of this time and asked myself how the hell did Germanic tribes have a kingdom in North Africa? I now know how the hell and I'm thankful for that.