Ancient Celtic Armies: Invasion of Rome and Greece

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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations, armies and tactics, and Ancient Celts continue with a video describing the armies, tactics, weapons, and armour of the Celts, with a focus on the Celtic Invasion of Rome and Greece.
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[@Bujuvaidya912]

Kings and generals,pls make some videos on battle strategies and tactics of chatrapati shivaji maharaj the founder of maratha empire.

[@ritabanerjee7597]

@@Bujuvaidya912 Yes!!!

[@blacklabeldjsmilwaukee8700]

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[@blacklabeldjsmilwaukee8700]

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[@ScrogginHausen]

Best commercial segue I've seen in awhile.

[@pol1229]

Celts: *Invent chainmail* Also Celts: *Fight bollock-naked*

[@native_earth916]

Crazy stuff happens when you drink naked

[@EthioMod]

My wet dream fantasy involves an HBO/Netflix historical drama series in collaboration with Kings and Generals.

[@ryanclark3445]

would be sooo good man iv thought the same thing id love to see what Kings and Generals could do with a decent production budget the videos are awesome as is so can only get even better

[@billhanna2148]

@@wolfmauler I'm sure you remember the EPIC HBO Rome series ... I would love to see something of that caliber 👍

[@nikostombris5505]

@@billhanna2148 time for a series for the Byzantine empire !!!!

[@m7ray]

Netflix historical drama series? Do you want to see black Caesar, asian Augustus and transgender Cleopatra so badly? Hehehe To be honest as I wrote this my curiosity arose. I would have watched such tv series with big interest. :D

[@hannibalb8276]

@@m7ray Jesus you people are insufferable.

[@utubrGaming]

One strategy you seemed to have forgotten that the Gauls possessed is that druids were known to make potions as a last resort that made their population invulnerable! For example, there was one indomitable village in Armorica that managed to hold out against Caesar's legions over 60 years after Vercingetorix threw his sword at Caesar's feet!

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

Historians debate if they helped their Celtic cousins in Britain fight the Romans.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

@@aleksapetrovic6519 Yes, the stories about helping Chief Veribigboss.

[@Mrkabrat]

Many sagas tell the tale of two of these celts; one small but of clever mind and the other big and strong. And their little dog

[@WhateverTomorrowFail]

@@giuliaemma6197 yes

[@Leynx-Et-Fenrir]

Alesia? Nobody knows where is Alesia... That reference is awesome. Kudos for bringing that here.

[@LeoWarrior14]

If I had a nickel for every time a guy named Brennus invaded the Greco-Roman world I'd have two nickels, which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

[@utubrGaming]

And if I had a drachma for every time the Hellenes needed to unite and fight the enemy at Thermopylae, I'd have two drachmae. Which is really weird, come to think of it.

[@uniuni8855]

@@ktheterkuceder6825 💰💰💰

[@flo3ly777]

@@utubrGaming 3

[@johntitor1256]

@@utubrGaming What about that time when the Seleucids and Aetolian League faced the Romans at Thermopylae?

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@utubrGaming In fact, there was six battles of the Thermopylae in history, five in ancient history, where only one was a victory for the Greeks, I don't know if that place is really a good place to fight XD And yeah, only five in ancient history, in 1941,the british (well, New-zealand and Australia's troops in fact) had defended the pass of the Thermopylae for a week against the Wehrmacht, and although they retreated in the end, they had destroyed several tanks and made severe losses to the germans ^^

[@JohnnyElRed]

Have to respect a people whose battle strategy against disciplined lines of shields, lances and swords was: "Let's jump naked at them!"

[@cubiusblockus3973]

@Yasta Yildirim there is good medical reasons to fight naked in those times. When arrows, javlins, swords, ect penetrate skin, it sometimes takes foreign matter like clothing with it and embeds it into the flesh of the wound increasing the chances of infection. Infection in those times were a killer.

[@pierren___]

Lmaaooo 😭💀 but it seems they fought like this too, smaller condition

[@lamole329]

such tactic caused the bronze age catastrophy

[@nonnaurbisness3013]

@Yasta Yildirim they definitely did both and youre completely wrong about the only sources saying they fought naked being roman.

[@adolphbismark4331]

Debatable if Romans copied the helmet from Celts who didnt use it a lot in general. Also Lorica hammata of the legions between 1 century BC to 4th century BC was a.roman invention.

[@byzantinetales]

In Greece there is a place callled Kokkalia. It means bones. It was named after a bloody battle that took place near the modern town Karpenisi(near the Aetolian lands and Delphi) between celts an Greeks. The people used to find a lot of bones in the area up until recently. There is also a monument commemorating this battle.

[@adolphbismark4331]

The monument was probably built in the 20th century. In Karpenisi the battle between the " Greek" and " Ottoman " side was also fought in 1823. Orthodox Albanians such as Arvanites, Suliots and Marko Bocari on one side and Muslim Albanians with Mehmet Pashe Bushati on the other Ottoman side One of the Albanian leaders, Black Lesh of the Catholic Mirditors killed Bicari in a duel. The revolution of 1821 was almost an Albanian civil war

[@StavrosDS]

@@adolphbismark4331 Again this nonsense... Some people who clearly have a thing with modern Greeks keep making these unsubstantiated claims over and over again, trying to prove that modern Greeks are unrelated to ancient Greeks, despite the fact that the Greek language is the oldest continuously surviving language since antiquity. Indeed there was an Orthodox Arvanite minority in southern Greece and Epirus who self identified as Romioi as did the rest of the Greeks (hence they fought together against the Ottomans) but not a majority. In any case the Arvanites were a mix of Arvanite speakers and Greeks and most like Botsaris that you mentioned were bilingual. They and and their descendants proudly identify as Arvanite Greeks, even though many have assimilated due to urbanization and intermarriages. You failed to mention all the non Arvanite leaders of the revolution, such as Georgios Karaiskakis, Petros Mavromichalis, Theodore Kolokotronis, Athanasios Diakos, Nikitaras, Konstantinos Kanaris and so forth, which clearly indicates you are either ignorant on the matter or insincere. To be clear, I am not claiming racial purity here, which is scientifically proven to be a fascist fantasy for every nation. All nations have integrated other ethnic groups. For example do you know how many Germans have at least partial Slavic, Old Prussian and Magyar descent among others? Despite the above recent genetic studies have proven that modern Greeks share the majority of their DNA with the bronze age Myceneans, the first Greek civilization.

[@taxiarchiskalyvas8198]

@@adolphbismark4331 i derive from suliots dude ican confirm you that all these people you mentioned are pure Greeks hiding in the mountains since the fall of the Byzantine empire

[@josephgabrielambrose8279]

So cool that u know that

[@KiNGGAMESgr]

@@adolphbismark4331 Arvanites are not albanian , this just some nationalist propaganda . Arvanites may have some roots from albania that goes wayyy back in 1000 AD . It was about that time they started connecting with byzantine Greeks ( Romioi ) , and by 1821 they had al moved south living with other Greeks considering themselfs as Greek and you know ... being actual Greeks . Their language survivs thought tradiation as if it wasn't obvious enough . Like cretans still speaking the cretan dialect , the the Cypriots the cypriot etc . . This Albanian nationalistic move started in the 90s trying to delete over 900 years of history , because Albania in the 90s was hungry literally and nationalism was a growing move that led to 3 deferent wars ( kosovo war , war in north macedonia ( skopje ) and the presevo valley conflict ) and also to a mini civil war in 1997 . With the internet this propaganda survives to this day trying delete those 900 years and all the greek roots of Arvanites since the 11th century . It has gainned ground among common albanian in albania but has failled among actual Arvanites in Greece , because you guessed it , they are actually Greeks .

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Courage is knowing what not to fear" - Plato

[@zamzamazawarma928]

Did Plato make war? If so, he would know real courage is not having no fear, but overcoming it.

[@foxglove65]

"These hoes ain't loyal" - Gandhi

[@Dovahkiin0117]

@@zamzamazawarma928sorry cuh u aint Plato Btw Socrates did, ya know his mentor

[@lyonvensa]

I can only imagine how it feels to be a phalanx in formation against the Gauls. Sure, you're known to be practically invincible from the front, but just watching the screaming, naked enemy practically jumping into your spear just to get you must still be scary.

[@arnoldbraunschweiger5920]

I'd be terrified if I were an phalangite facing a Celtic horde. They can easily flank the phalanx and tear through our lines...

[@aokiaoki4238]

Pausanias writes, they were inexperienced in war, as they fought off formation, driven by emotion.

[@larrymays4244]

@@lysimachosdiadochos7203 and in England, are those Celts that came across the channel? And was Spain essentially the Spanish race? So the French and English being of the Celtic race and Espainia being its own race? With the Italic race being mostly central and Northern Italy/Rome along with the Latins? And the Germans of course their own race east of the Celts?

[@johng7003]

Didn't the Gauls and basically all the continental Celts also used battle formation and stuff?. I read somewhere that there were many times that the Gauls also formed shield walls or some kind of phalanxes . So yeah at least some of these tribes definitely knew how to fight strategically.

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

@@wuppas You touch a psychological aspect here , and probably you are correct for most part. ANd probably these men were taking some psychotropic substances (some herbs that made them have a lower sense of fear or danger) before the battle.

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

"The Roman conquests were coming." That's a wonderfully ominous and hair-raising line.

[@Intranetusa]

It's a strange thing to say because this channel already has many videos about Roman conquests and have had them for years.

[@muhammadfaathir8800]

@@snnwstt maybe already integrated or swallowed by the germanic culture or remember danish germanic invasion of gaul and rome maybe they're perished there

[@frankenstein6677]

They were all related, if you think like that. Itallics, Celts and Germans are pretty much all cousins.

[@hasanar5618]

And use manscaped to get naked 🤣

[@skynyrdjesus]

But did the Romans give the Celts a courtesy tap, that's the real question.

[@LeoWarrior14]

Writer here. Galicia is in Spain, not Portugal. I must have made a brainless mistake because Galician is closer to Portuguese than Castilian spanish. My bad!

[@divineriper]

Nowadays Galiza is part of Spain but back then the northern regions of Portugal were part of Galicia so it's not that big of a mistake

[@tiagopaim3060]

It immediately triggered me. Happy to see the correction. The language spoken there is closer to Portuguese than to spanish though

[@David09496]

@@tiagopaim3060 our modern portuguese language comes from Galícia. Abraço!

[@tiagopaim3060]

@@David09496 i know, both comes from protogalego

[@katokiyomasa4744]

The callaeci tribe was from cale, which is modern day Gaia, just south of Porto. The romans under decimus brutus defeated a large army of many celtic tribes from the north, subjugating them in the process, and for that reason the romans called the whole region as Callaecia.

[@Rahul_G.G.]

this transition was so smooth and unexpected

[@jawshvancouver2754]

@@giuliaemma6197 no it’s different, the Turks are really a mix of central Asian, Greek and Pre-Greek Anatolian (Hittite)

[@videocvdv7317]

@@jawshvancouver2754 Dude I Just Opened My Channel I will share the wars and anthems of different nations I will be glad if you support

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[@videocvdv7317]

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[@Treysorable]

It's getting smoother and smoother by the minute

[@BeepBoopFriendo]

"Historical evidence suggests a significant amount of Celts did fight nude... to inspire fear in their enemies." Fear the mighty Celt and his Magnum Dong.

[@NMahon]

Didn't Romans think large penises were barbaric? Does this mean that they were emasculated by celtic magnum dongers?

[@ScrogginHausen]

"it plays on their fears" - Brock Samson.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

That sounds like XXX version of Magnum PI.

[@CG-yq2xy]

The great Celtic general Mantuus Tobagenuus. He was also a medicine man on the side.

[@robwalsh9843]

Enraged man painted blue, with an angry 'tache, punk rock hair and his wang out? Well, I've seen that sort of thing in various large cities, only its not as cool as when an ancient Gaulish warrior does it.

[@Llyrin]

As a descendant of the Irish Celts, I was always told the reason for fighting without clothes was because they knew, if you were wounded and survived the battle, the threads of your clothes in your wound(s) had a good chance of causing infection. So, the chose to fight without them. After all, a metal weapon, tearing through your clothes (and then your body), could send those threads-filthy threads, by this point in the battle-right into the wound.

[@xotl2780]

Interesting if true.

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

@@PatAudreyK They only fought naked. Apparently they also wore clothes outside of it.

[@Dke721]

This is a good point. In the early modern era surgeons knew that clothe carried into a wound increased the chance for infection. They knew this long before germ theory was even a thing. Presumably, this was learned by experience of treating many wounds. I don't see any reason that ancient people couldn't have noticed the same thing.

[@Stormcloakvictory]

Would synergize well with bronze weapon warfare, bronze is kinda antimicrobial. Regardless I suppose some times, some celtic local tribes might have fought naked, but highly doubt it was universal nor common.

[@Llyrin]

@@Stormcloakvictory I agree, not all would, especially in the chilly climes of Britain and Ireland.

[@emerestthisk990]

Never knew that the Gallic hordes locked swords with the Greek hoplite armies at Thermopylae...fascinating stuff

[@chrisd2051]

It seems like Thermopylae is where the Greeks have all their battles. Two cities got beef? Take it to Thermopylae!

[@BillViolator]

@@chrisd2051 Well it was a great defensive location.

[@OPTIKLOPS7]

@Leeroy Smith Greek culture adopted a lot from Celtic "culture"? What a joke, tell me what from their "culture" they "adopted" so i can look into it

[@iancuPotcoava24]

@@chrisd2051 not against the romans tho...

[@ericconnor8251]

@@OPTIKLOPS7 this a joke? The entire Thureos style of fighting, equipment and shield tactics came from Celts to Greece, as did the eventual Hellenistic Greek use of chain mail for Thorakitai heavy infantry. The Celts who invaded Greece and settled Galatia didn’t just become permanent fixtures as mercenaries in Greek armies, they were responsible for the next greatest military reforms after Philip II established the phalangitai sarissa pikemen. Celtic Galatians in Ptolemaic Egypt even became kleruchoi landholding soldiers and appear in numerous works of Hellenistic art.

[@nikostombris5505]

There is a village in Greece called Kokalia ( which literally means bones )and people still find Gallic soldiers skulls and armor !!!

[@matheenarif8645]

Battle site?

[@nikostombris5505]

@@matheenarif8645 Yes indeed .

[@nikostombris5505]

@Dark Angel Yes it is . A visited the ( rather isolated ) area 2 years ago and in the small hotel that I stayed they showed me some findings . A sword in a mediocre condition , some arrow heads in perfect condition and a helmet of Illyrian style which was purely amazing . I went to the place were the battle took place ( you know just to see it 😉) but unfortunately the high plantation and a group of archeologists prevented from doing anything ...sexier

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@matheenarif8645 Celts were ambushed there

[@SporeMurph]

What is the geographic coordinates of this place?

[@albatros33]

Celtic Kingdom in Anatolia sounds very interesting

[@pierren___]

Galatia

[@Mrkabrat]

You also had celts in Egypt as mercenaries

[@pierren___]

@@giuliaemma6197 yes lol. Depends on which turks you talk about

[@pierren___]

@@giuliaemma6197 i would say yes as turks there doesnt exist really anymore, they were assimilated in greek euro-semite genitics while iranians are both semites or aryans

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Indeed! Apostle Paul had sent them an Epistle to them!

[@MojoBonzo]

to this day in greece the area where the last battle was fought is called kokalia(which translates to little bones) because after all this time you can still find pieces of bones in the ground. like imagine centuries and milenias later, when people would have had no idea about any of this, what theories and legends they might have forged xD

[@pierren___]

@@mastortechnon4157 Incredible. What did the celts did exactly? Didnt they respected Appollo?

[@legbiter1462]

@@mastortechnon4157 Yeah that’s almost certainly propaganda. That’s not attested to anywhere else.

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@mastortechnon4157 "Klapsi" also took its name to lament the victims of the Celts in the area.

[@longyu9336]

@@mastortechnon4157 Not directly, but my Grandpa lives in Lüshun (Port Arthur) where the Russo Japanese war of 1905 took place. It was an extremely bloody prelude for WW1 and the whole "Peak 203" was covered in bodies according to testimonies. Somewhere in the 40s my Grandpa went to this place in a school trip and remarked that if one looked, rotten boots, belts and clothes could be found in plenty, many even had the skeletal remains of their wearers in it.

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@mastortechnon4157 Greeks buried their enemies.

[@CrimsonDragon15]

Celts: "The Greeks defeated us at Thermopylae" Persians: "First time?"

[@OwlPhobe]

Well, the Persians and Celts technically won their battles at Thermopylae. They just got repelled in later battles. Edit: So while some have tried to paint the Celts as victorious at Thermopylae, archeological evidence suggests they did in fact, effectively lose said battle. My mistake.

[@goosequillian]

Haha, nice one.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

I think you need to re read what happened at the Battle of Thermopylae

[@jasonsantos3037]

Yeah Alexander just destroyed a Persian Empire

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

@@frankbooth1298 I'm talking about the Persians

[@Idiodyssey87]

"Wife stepped out on me. Welp, time to start a war." That seems to happen a lot.

[@meneither3834]

Midlife crisis in a nutshell. It's super interesting to watch how many historical events were caused by men in midlife crisis.

[@robwalsh9843]

About as common as "Hey we won your war, please pay us" "No"

[@maxanderson9293]

Most Ancient Epics started in the same way like the Illiad, Ramayana

[@maxanderson9293]

@@comradekenobi6908 Hello There

[@maxanderson9293]

@@comradekenobi6908 true

[@callusklaus2413]

We get the perspective of the Latin and Greek world a lot for obvious reasons, but the Celtic and Germanic perspectives lately have been fascinating! Keep it up lads. Any chance you could dive into the historical movements of the Slavs, Kerellians and Sami?

[@RoboticDragon]

What great timing for me, that I am home and this drops

[@KingsandGenerals]

I know the feeling. :-)

[@TheLordRichard]

@@KingsandGenerals name is soundtrack that is used in this video?

[@stellarsynth2007]

In the end, you mentioned many countries where Celts left their influence, I would just add, today's capital of Serbia, Belgrade, was founded by the Celts. After 279 BC, and ''adventures'' in Greece, Celts founded the city, naming it Singidūn.

[@fritzvenezia9338]

I would love to see the Galatian history in the Anatolia up even to the Imperial era of Rome and to the point where they still existed, and is hellenized but mainted a ferocious warrior culture.

[@christosnitsos4040]

The site of the last battle of the Gauls in Greece is called Kokkallia (Κοκκάλια) or bones, probably named like that after the battle. Scattered bone fragments can still be seen today while farmers in the region would until recently unearth the occasional arrow head or other metal objects when plowing their fields. A (modern) monument has been erected in the area of the battle.

[@pseudomonas03]

2.300 years since the Celtic invasion of Greece. Great video! I would like to add, that the most powerful leader in Greece, during this time period Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, was fighting the Romans and the Carthagenes in the Italic peninsula. So was an opportunity for the Celts to invade Greece without facing Pyrrhus's forces. Thankfully the Greeks they joined forces in the most critical moment and made a succesfull defence against the Celts.

[@adambane1719]

"Thankfully" ... ???

[@abcdef27669]

By judging the Celtic warfare, it appears that Hooliganism is older than soccer itself.

[@NMahon]

Ironically the word hooligan comes from the Irish name Hoolihan 🤷‍♂️

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

@@NMahon which means?

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

@@giorgiociaravolol1998 which mean there's lots of English words that come from the Irish language.

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

@@Napoleonic_S Well the name is Irish is Ó hUallacháin and it means proud.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Football. No one shortens the title "Association Football" to "soccer" . Would be like shortening "American Football League" to "mericer".

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

Brennus to the Greeks prisoners: "Do you even lift bro ?"

[@rakias1982]

40 casualties to several thousand and in the end the celtic army crushed...yeah i believe the greeks did lift.

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@@rakias1982 Biased Greek sources obviously.

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 Obviously Celts were destroyed

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@@aokiaoki4238 Y u so mad ? It's just a meme bro

[@catriona_drummond]

Greeks: "Yeah I lift this Sarissa here..."

[@Restitutor-Orbis]

I recently rewatched the episode about Greek Phalanx vs Roman legions from 2 plus years ago and I was reminded of why I started watching you guys. The unbelievable quality of the animation, narrations and content and its only gotten better...except the narrator how do you fix what isnt broken? Lol Also I saw you guys get a shout out from a favorite political streamer of mine which was pretty sick. Kudos Thank you guys

[@Misteramen]

Whenever I wanted to learn history which is unavailable in my country,this channel and some of the others made my day...

[@jk-gb4et]

Which country

[@jk-gb4et]

@@giuliaemma6197 I do not know I have no knowledge on that

[@jk-gb4et]

@@giuliaemma6197 But i think they might be

[@Misteramen]

@@jk-gb4et so basically I'm from Indonesia

[@lhpoetry]

Yes, they are ethnically different, but there is a lot of overlap and ethnic mixing. Modern day Turkey is some 20%+ Kurdish, and Iran also has a big Kurdish population...so there's overlap there for sure. The Celts, Romans, Greeks, Anatolian Greeks, Armenians, Persians, Arabs, and Ottomans all left their genetic heritage in what's now Modern Day Turkey. When you look at the history in Turkey you have Mamluk leaders (stolen from neighboring countries as children, some of whom were European, and some of whom were African), Sultans with exotic harems with baby-makers from all over the known world...so literally the people who had the most children did a ton of genetic-mixing. Also, mercenaries around the Eastern Mediterranean were often quite diverse, as evidenced quite dramatically at Thermopylae, where Egyptians and Greeks and Persians and many others fought Spartans and Athenians. The Persian-speaking lands of today and Asia Minor were both dominated by Greeks post-Alexander (the Selucids in that final map), but the Selucids didn't assimilate most of their peoples entirely, and were eventually overthrown by the Parthians. The Persian Achaemenid empire likewise dominated what is now Turkey and Persia, as did various Sultans and Shahs in the years after. In many of the Eastern Islamic empires like the Timurid and Mughal empires, Turks, Persians, and Arabs formed an overclass that usually co-operated but sometimes fought amongst themselves along Sunni/Shia or Ethnic lines. Again, with slavery and concubines being a thing up until the 19th Century, the Middle East is very ethnically mixed, and even within Turkey and Iran there is a lot of diversity regionally...I would be willing to bet that Eastern Turkey has a lot in common with Azeris, Armenians, Persians, and Kurds across the borders, (considering many people across the border are also Kurdish), whereas in Anatolia people often look quite Greek and probably have a lot more in common genetically to them, despite huge numbers of them leaving/being removed/killed during the Greco-Turkish war. Can you tell Iranians and Turkish people apart by looking at them? Well, sometimes...but certainly not always.

[@cfv7461]

In order to have a functional celtic army you have to use the druids to get the moral buff. Otherwise they are prone to fleeing.

[@ycylchgames]

Interesting fact, in modern Welsh the world for King is Brenin, which is latinsed to Brennus. I've often wondered if Brennus was a title not a name and the Romans didn't understand that.

[@CG-yq2xy]

The Celts went deep into Greece and arrived as far down as Delphi. There they were decimated in a place nearby that the Greeks call 'Κοκκάλια' or the place called bones. Those who survived were moved and eventually settled in Asia Minor. For the more church going bunch who will read this, you can see the result of this history with the readings of St. Paul to the Galicians.

[@Montechristoss]

Indeed

[@deliriumbee4678]

The Celts got the Greek D in kokkalia

[@ldfreitas9437]

Yeah, Galatia in Turkey is where they ended up, that lot that rampaged through Greece. It's in Southern Turkey too. They were there well before any Turks showed up from Central Asia.

[@mariosathens1]

France in Greek. ΓΑΛΛΙΑ / GALLIA

[@marktaylor6491]

Wales in French - Pays de Galles

[@Eu2619]

*" We are not saying that you should go into the battles naked like the Ancient Celts, but for the battles that you have to participate in naked..."* I need a follow up for the younger generations kings and generals🤭

[@MV-ch3mm]

Remember to drop your pants if you ever get jumped on the streets.

[@lhemnenn4713]

The thing is they forgot to mention that the naked and blunt ways of fighting were dropped by the time of Cesar, using instead a form of phalanx and wider conscription of men, as well stopped using war chariots ... And I mean the "Gauls" / continental Celtic. You see the islanders Celtic or "Britonnic" never stop practicing the old ways for some reason, which actually surprised even the Romans when they first arrived in Britain ... And since the Celts in pop-culture come mostly come from the Anglo media (as opposed from the French media) then it probably why Celtic in general are pictured like that, and with blue paint/tattoos which is also a Britonnic thing, the Gauls never did or stop using those long ago ...

[@jeremy1860]

Ancient Celtic peoples are that rare combination of famous and mysterious. Everyone has at least heard of them, but when we get right down to details you'll suddenly find yourself in far less charted territory 😅

[@johng7003]

The invasion of Greece by the Gauls is also another time where all or at least most of the Greek kingdoms and cities were united again,against a common enemy. Basically the good ol' meaning of to "unite the Greeks just attack them" phrase. Of course this shouldn't be said that we should look at these events with a black and white perspective aka bad guys vs good guys since wars, invasions and history in general are obviously complicated. Also as a Greek I love Celtic culture and history since it is quite underrated but interesting.

[@longyu9336]

Did the Romans also serve to unite the Greek factions or where they so skilled in dividing and conquering that only half of the Greeks were against them with the other half on Rome's side?

[@arthasmenethil7208]

@@longyu9336 both. If it wasnt for the romans, greek culture would have all but dissappeared. I would like to think that rome did greeks a favour by conquering them,allowing them to expand their culture and export it to other places peacefully. (For example almost all of patricians went to greek places to study (Athens,Alexandria,Pergamon etc) . Yet , of course romans wanted to conquer the greeks. Lets not kid ourselves here,it brought so much prestige for them.

[@johng7003]

@@arthasmenethil7208 i kinda highly doubt that greek culture would dissappear if it wasn't for the romans, since before and even the time Rome started to expand Greek culture was still vibrant and all over the Mediterranean. Sure some of it was merged with customs and way of thinking of other cultures due to being well in the Hellenistic Period but still even before they got conquered by the Romans Athens,Pergamon, Alexandria etc were places that were overwhelmed with Greek culture,philosophy etc. Many famous philosophers were even born during that time period Epicurus is one great example. Yes I agree that well the Greeks and their kingdoms were fighting each other(as most of the time) and Romans finally more or less united them under their rule but outside of politics and wars socially,culturally the Mediterranean was still booming with the influence of the Greeks before them. Yes the Romans were an emerging and influential power of course and an incredible civilization which brought their presence throughout Europe, Africa and a little of Asia but seriously people acting like they were some kind of Messiahs or the chosen ones and overly romantisizing them is honestly stupid just like doing this with any kind of civilization. Romans,Greeks,Persians and whatever were not perfect in any way.

[@blockie9706]

Hahahah "greek".

[@spartan9540]

@@blockie9706 don’t cry Albanian

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

Celtic warrior: “I need to do something to really terrify the enemy.. ah I know!! I’ll brandish my genitals as physiological warfare!!!”

[@Catubrannos]

You realise Greece and Rome were full of nude statues at the time right? Nudity meant nothing to them.

[@yeahnaaa292]

@@Catubrannos fighting sans-clothing was not done to affront prudish sensibilities. It was a display of bravery, (no fear of taking wounds); a boast of martial skill & toughness (your so outclassed im gonna fight you armored pussies with my dick-a-swinging in the wind!); and to intimidate (those bastards are crazed, bloodthirsty savages a-come to bathe in my blood!).

[@AudioJeep]

@@yeahnaaa292 this. It was a macho thing, the celts valued masculinity and bravery above all else, just like the germanic tribes. The germanic tribes took it even further in some cases. Some refused to use horses in battle preferring to fight on foot. You can tell being as efficient as possible wasnt what they cared about. They cared about glory, plunder, and a good death. While the romans only cared about the most effective ways to win the battles

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

Celts: sacking whatever they had in front of them Romans: and I took that personally

[@PYRESATVARANASI]

That transition to Manscaped's advertisement 🥵. Great content guys keep it up.

[@GallowglassVT]

The Gauls have us surrounded, commander. They're standing on the hillside and waving their spears. *commander looks* Those aren't spears, centurion.

[@Comred1]

Working from home has its benefits. Thank you for the new documentary!

[@thanosroussos4179]

Modern France is called Gallia in Greek

[@johnypsilantis2442]

Great video. I was hoping for a mention of the battles fought between the Celts and the Hellenistic monarchs of Macedon, Pergamon, Seleucid and Epirote states, but this is gold!

[@Swift-mr5zi]

The fact you make such high quality content so consistently is amazing

[@jordinagel1184]

“This was the golden age of the Celts” You sure you don’t mean “Gaul-den” age?

[@Rekkit_71]

Hello from France 🇫🇷 or Gaul if you prefer 😅! Very good job there! I would like to add that the names of the 2 Celtic chiefs that you mention in your documentary, Brennus and Brennos, are those reported by the Romans and Greeks respectively and are certainly not their real names. Why? Because "Brenn" is a Celtic word which simply means "chief". However there was indeed a king of Bituriges and Senones called "Ambigat" who took Rome. Moreover, what must be emphasized is that in combat the Celts were in search of individual achievement which indeed cannot compete with disciplined force.

[@hatuletoh]

One of Caesar's great insights was that he had to demystify the Gallic warriors to his own soliders. On a number of occasions before large battles, Caesar led his army out and essentially set them in front of the Gallic army, so the Roman soliders could see them yell and dance and do their thing; then Caesar would make insulting jokes about them, and point out how they were just men. "And not even as tall as rumored," he said in one instance (probably when the Gallic warriors were especially tall).

[@WTFisDrifting]

Something nice to watch during my lunch break. Sweeting in the cab of the truck as I eat with dirty hands. KnG made a vid about the Celts . It’s a good day

[@traitorfang1416]

Awesome Video! Even though you just covered them briefly, I would still love to see you delve deeper into the specific Celtic nations, such as the Galatians, the Boii and the Arverni etc.

[@philjohnson1744]

The animations just keep getting better. Good work

[@danielconde13]

Yay, my homeland of Gallaecia highlighted! Celts left a huge heritage here. While I was watching the video, I came to remember a lot of it: - They were the first people reaching the Iberian Peninsula to work with iron; - There's some well preserved swords stored in museums accross Portugal, with their characteristic phalic shape (yup, two suspicious looking balls at the pommel and all...); - They were excelent goldsmiths, and the Portuguese art of the _filigrana_ (look for the jewelry piece known as "Heart of Viana" ( _Coração de Viana_ ) comes directly from them. Also, there's some beautiful golden torcs preserved as well; - Northern Portugal still has ruins of their fortified towns - known here the same way as the Romans called them, castrvm ( _castro_ ), with strong walls and circular houses; - Not entirely sure if the Celts invented the bagpipe, but in Northern Portugal alone there are two types of them: the _Minhota_ and the _Trasmontana / Mirandesa_ ; - Genetic heritage as well, with pale skin and bright eyes and hair people to be found mostly in the Northwestern Peninsula than in the rest of the territory; - Some populated or natural places named after Celtic gods, such as the larger town of my native district, _Bragança_ , named after the goddess Brigantia.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Lugo in Galicia, more than likely names after the god Lugh. I've been to Galicia. Northern Portugal as well. That was years ago. Saw many playing the gaita on street corners in Vigo and Santiago de Compostela.

[@Mr.HotDogShirtGuy]

Celts: “Romans, lay down your weapons!” Sacred Geese of Juno: “Come and take them.”

[@fahtenfuhten]

Celts were muscle bulked and gangsta until they met the "feeble bodied" Greek hoplites. xD

[@ZigZag-mw9ir]

‘For the same reason Rome conquers her neighbours.’ Yeah they really wouldn’t like that, considering the whole self defence thing

[@EdVarkarion]

"We defend Rome, not with gold, but iron". I wonder is that where GRRM got the idea for the "iron vs gold price" for the Ironborn in ASOIAF ?

[@TheDakkaman]

What a glorious flex, to go up against the best-armored heavy infantry in the known world (and depending on what China was up to at the time, probably the rest of it too) in almost the complete buff with absolute expectation of victory in a one-on-one fight.

[@Montechristoss]

Phalanxes

[@kimonkst]

Flex? more like a glorious stupidity

[@user-jz7pq7iz8h]

there is a place near my village that called bones,because you can find bones from celtic warriors from previsious battle against hellenic armies

[@rehabsean8]

Thanks for making this! The ancient Celts have always fascinated me; so I hope there will be more of this!

[@prpitprp4927]

I'm a simple person. I see a New Kings and Generals' video, i press the like button

[@prpitprp4927]

@Romanian Comrade well, we have some toxic dudes. I should call the centurion to punish you

[@-Gorbi-]

Kings and Generals - can you recommend a book for me? - Im trying to find the most colorful depictions of ancient warfare. Aka the grizzly details. Much appreciated 🙏

[@eliaspapanikolaou3563]

Pausanias ,the ancient Greek author mention that during the battle of Delfi , happened strange thinks like , ⚡ thunders ,Rock fallnig ,Strange voices and ,Visions, very characteristcly mention that God APOLLO send madness to the Gauls ant they start to kill each other ,without to recognize who is who P.s good work still waiting for the march o 10.000 of XZenofon

[@eliaspapanikolaou3563]

@@ChevyChase301 Delfi is not in Aetolia,is in Phokis,region ,plus When Gauls retreat through Thessaly to find the or way back Thessalian s destroy most of them ,some teams survive found other in the norht where ready to invade south Greece told them is not very good idea and all together passed to M Asia to create Galatia,ps all those events happening same time Purrhus of Epirus fighting the Romans in Italy ,Gaulic Invasion of Greece and Pyrhous campaign to Italy

[@guapbueb5784]

@@ChevyChase301 gauls got trashed

[@gezemrraya2067]

Ilirians destroyed the galic armies

[@eliaspapanikolaou3563]

@@gezemrraya2067 What Illirians have to do with the Gaulic Invasion in Greece?the HELLENIC tribes destroy them and Here the magic arrows of Albanian complex.?

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@gezemrraya2067 Albanians have nothing to do with illyrians , that's protochronism comunism propaganda.

[@alintanase3296]

I love how the celts, both at this time and during Caesar's campaign, called the romans hypocrites. They were like "yes, we plunder and conquer, just as you do,"

[@g.d.1722]

There are a number of Celtic settlements in Bulgaria that have yet to be fully explored

[@tonyu5985]

I wonder if the genes match up.

[@aokiaoki4238]

In Thrace in general

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@tonyu5985 No they didn't last

[@user-iw6xf8rh8m]

Very nice video as always. I consider though that you should mention the battle of Lysimachia in 277 BC which resulted in a great Antigonid victory accomplished by Antigonus II Gonatas against Cerenthius (it was one of the most important and well-known battles between Ancient Greeks and Gauls)

[@bercniter]

1:54 The Galicia of the Iberian Peninsula is located in Spain, not in Portugal

[@Mrkabrat]

There a Galicia in Portugal too

[@JoaoPedroPT696]

Galicia is more portuguese than spanish

[@vms77]

@@Mrkabrat No portuguese region/province is named Galicia

[@vms77]

@@JoaoPedroPT696 It has always been spanish (and also Portugal was once a Leon's Kingdom county as well but they decide to leave...)

[@vms77]

@DidacusAugustus Yes, Gallaecia was a roman province, but "Galicia" is not in "Portugal" (and has never been)

[@javiermelladomusica]

The Galicia in the Iberian peninsula is an actual autonomous community of Spain, although galician and portuguese both come from galician-portuguese language.

[@jspright5226]

Thermopylae is like that 1 bridge on RTW campaign map that is marked with 10+ heroic victories.

[@JamesFromTexas]

Its funny that they may have made some of the best armor for hundreds of years and yet some still fought naked. Could you imagine: You're a smart legionnaire, got your full kit on, and you see some Celts wearing armor and you know that they were the creators of that type of armor. Hell, you're even wearing a bit of that armor. Then you see a whole bunch of naked warriors. You start to question whether or not you should take your armor off. Do they know something we don't? Did they invent this armor and then discovered it's actually better to fight nude? Did they discover this armor sucks so they gave it to us? Maybe they're just crazy? Do I want to fight someone that crazy? And on and on the questions fly until you just want to go home. Maybe the Celts fought nude knowing it was just psychological warfare? Whatever the reason, it worked well enough the Romans had to write about it.

[@JawsOfHistory]

The way you just continually come out with new quality content on such a regular basis is truly incredible.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Now I know why the city of Boston has the Celts has their mascot. Nice video!

[@OptimusPater87]

Can't help but feel like Celtic history is passed over way too often by Roman & Macedonian history in mainstream media. Super interesting! Music was particularly👌 in this video

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Best ad transition.

[@jesseberg3271]

As smooth as a freshly shaved...

[@joaqincastro5613]

Please make more documentaries on the sengoku jidai and the boshin war those wars doesn't have much coverage here on youtube

[@warriorinagarden5624]

To whom it may concern: I REALLY appreciate the ability to watch these,..Thank you for what you do. /salute

[@aokiaoki4238]

In Greece, there is a place called Kokkalia, it is said to be the place, where the final ambush took place. The village Klapsi also took its name to lament the victims of the Celts in the area.

[@HellenicWolf]

So the Gauls destroyed the Romans, but the Greeks weren't even scratched by thousands of them. Interesting.

[@pierren___]

The romans quick learned from gauls

[@pedecadonstudios714]

Your videos are amazing! Thanks for the great content!

[@etorawa9367]

Finished watching a Netflix doc on this a week ago and it's interesting how those so called "documentaries" leave out important info. Appreciate the neutral perspective by the Kings and Generals channel on this topic.

[@Joe-po9xn]

Rome: Why do you do this? Gauls: For the same reason you do. America: O_o

[@johntitor1256]

To paint the map in their favourite colour and reduce border gore?

[@shorewall]

@@johntitor1256 Let's rationalize some borders! :D

[@katokiyomasa4744]

@@mcs699 In the times of the republic the romans didn't exactly expand their borders at all times. They set up client/puppet states by intervening in conflicts (either setting up or giving "protection" to a minor state). USA did basically something like that after ww2, like south korea, south vietnam, and some other insurgents in central/south america and middle east. During ww2 USA fought the germans not exactly to liberate western europe from them, but to make sure it didn't fall to the USSR. France for instance had a colonial "empire" in africa (french union came to an end in 1958). The thing of USA fighting imperalism is true, they fought imperialism with imperialism.

[@adriancaine5278]

Does anyone know the name of the song playing right after the Manscaped ad in the beginning, with the woman singing at 2:00? I've heard it in a lot of their other videoes but haven't been able to find that song. Thanks.

[@Jorn-gy3yc]

Check disc,tells you a list of music used

[@adriancaine5278]

@@Jorn-gy3yc I did check it but the only thing I found is "Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound:" and a link leading to a subscription-based music platform stated to have tens of thousands of tracks and sound effects, but nowhere do I see a list of the ones used by K&G (or the specific song I'm looking for)

[@Jorn-gy3yc]

On further inspection your right,without them replying its likely going to be hard to find

[@podemosurss8316]

3:53 Roman soldier: STUPID SEXY CELT!

[@sulaimarnwisit1445]

it is like the puzzles to understand each region and its nature in different eras.

[@antonxuiz]

Based Kings and Generals putting Galicia in Portugal instead of Spain P.D: I'm Galician

[@diogovarzim498]

its what we all want tbh (im portuguese)

[@David09496]

We all Belong to Hispânia!

[@diogovarzim498]

@@David09496 but not to spain 😉

[@David09496]

@@diogovarzim498 se o objectivo for medir pilinhas então sim não pertencemos a Espanha! Eu, no entanto, tenho pena que os movimentos integracionistas do século XIX que uniram toda a Alemanha e Itália não tenham resultado por aqui.

[@diogovarzim498]

@@David09496 mene ser um povo subjugado por castela, como são os galegos, não tem piada nenhuma porque eles fazem de tudo para se impor e apagar a tua cultura... Isto dito eu sou a favor de uma união iberica mas de uma forma que não seja suicidio cultural para os varios povos que a habitam

[@joaquimsaraiva7917]

Despite linguistic and other historical similarities that exist between Portugal and Galicia, Galicia is part of Spain.

[@anti-everybody]

your intro is so freaking good. short, simple and perfect for the style!

[@bellerophon5566]

It is said that when Alexander (yes, that Alexander) asked the celts what is the thing they feared the most, they answered "We only fear that the sky might fall upon our heads".

[@seanpoore2428]

I've read a translated roman source that states that the celts fought in the same way as the greeks, and even used the word 'phalanx'. Although maybe that only meant they used spears and shield walls? to the gladius wielding romans, that may have been enough of a similarity

[@David09496]

Galic war of Júlio César meantions the galic phalanx yes!

[@atlerthedark3639]

As Vercingetorix bows before Caesar, the Romans declare "There. Now we're even."

[@dontatmebro8598]

Always top-notch videos everytime. Nobody does it as good as K&G.

[@LofibeatsChannel]

What a flow of history like a river that has no end...it just flows as time from one era to another....

[@benshark94]

The Celtics are the Mongols of Europe in this time period if you really think about it

[@silverjohn6037]

12:00 - 13:00 So modern historians writing 2400 years after the events feel confident in dismissing the accounts of the ancient historians because they were writing 200 years after the event? I do not think these historians logic means what they think it means;).

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

Yes, it is possible. Imagine that you are a historian writing in 200 before Christ, when the Rome is already strong and expanding in Hellas/Greece, would you want to present the event in a disrespectful way for your City? Would you want to just say "well , we were defeated by Celts then, plain and simple, and we had to pay them gold". You would present some exaggerated defending actions, and also you would be inclined to say that "and some other troops managed to reach Rome , during the siege, and hit the Gauls from behind, blah blah..". Not saying things that completely did not happen, because there were other written sources, older than you, of people that were contemporary to the event, but just over-glorifying certain events, and lowering the negative impact of your defeats. Or imagine , you have 10000 soldiers, and defeat the enemy that has 12000 soldiers, the authors would be inclined to write a few years later "we had 10000 men and they had 15000 but we still defeated them".

[@Safersephiroth777]

As a Greek person I knew that Celts once attacked here but didn't know the details. Thanks.

[@edwinsocarras7555]

Amazing video. Only one little detail to be clarified, just in case someone may be confused by this: We’re not talking about the same Brennus that sacked Rome. But it looks like this name was like Ragnar for the Scandinavians. Very popular and common due to its important meanings...

[@SpiderManpeterxxxparker]

Are you going to talk about Basque history at some point?

[@dasan3312]

when youre such a chad that you take down etruscans, which was an extremely powerful tribe AND kingdom in italy

[@frankenstein6677]

The Etruscans were not united in a single nation.

[@cegesh1459]

Your content is allways great and top quality. Cool you are covering this topic.

[@candycanesmudvayne1958]

I'm loving the Celtic Warrior sporting the corduroy pants at the 2:30 mark

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Teacher: We going on a field trip to northern Italy! Girls: Ew, it’s not as romantic as Rome! Boys:

[@MojoBonzo]

bois*

[@jesseberg3271]

Now, I am not and never have been a young girl, but is Rome really seen as more romantic than Venice?

[@johntitor1256]

The newly-elected First Consul of the Republic: Can we stop by Marengo real quick?

[@pierren___]

@@johntitor1256 though Napoleon was more a Gaul than else hahahhah