Nisibis 217 AD - Roman-Parthian War DOCUMENTARY

The conflicts between the Empires of Iran and Rome started as soon as their borders collided and continued for many centuries starting with the Parthian triumph over the triumvir Crassus at Carrhae all the way to the bloody war of 602-628 between the Sassanids and the Byzantines, which changed the balance of power in the region forever. In our new animated historical documentary we will describe the Roman-Parthian War of 216-217, also known as the Parthian war of Caracalla. The fate of this conflict was decided by the battle of Nisibis in 217 AD.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@franciscomm7675]

You guys should do the aragonese crusade. From political intrigue to the death of important kings, this conflict helped to shape the political landscape of the mediterreanian sea. Keep up the good work

[@chiefjohnson2642]

More plz. from New Zealand......no preferences all r great thank u

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Anyone know the battle music with the drums they use in their videos? (Heard at 9:43 for example) Or does anyone know the theme at the ending? (From 12:37-14:00

[@hitmeinsteadofyourkid4967]

why woulkd you have to moderate the comment section? you are a youtube channel not the bbc

[@barbiquearea]

I thought you guys already covered the Battle of Carrhae when you did a biography video about Crassus? I guess I will have to rewatch that one to make sure.

[@juanjuri6127]

"year of the five emperors" oh shit we're about to see a lot of portraits shattered by daggers aren't we

[@twentun9005]

“but ended up massacring the inhabitants of Alexandria on a visit to Egypt” You know, as you do. Easy mistake to make

[@juanjuri6127]

boy, what an embarrassing faux pas to make. i'd be red-faced

[@MitchellD249]

"... What happened here, why are they all dead?" "That is the price of rebellion." "Rebellion?" "You said they rebelled at my arrival." "I said they *revelled* at your arrival." "Ohhhhh...."

[@garliconionshallot]

homie got mad cause they made jokes lmao

[@florecnd7588]

I make that mistake every Saturday

[@TypicalChud]

@Ivar the Homeless that is true

[@LegioXXI]

The roman-parthian conflicts are so interesting, because two major different military strategies, the roman heavy infantry focus, and the parthian light missile cavalry focus, clashed together. Both had advantages and disadvantages even tho i'd say that the parthian military is better adapted to the Iranian geography. Still if was tough for both sides to defeat the enemy (if their leaders weren't complete idiots). Yes the romans managed to capture Mesopotamia more than once but the cost of holding it and founding civilian roman rule simply were too high, and one reason were their high casualties at the battle field. They *could* win against he Parthian but it was simply too costly. Its just surprising that Germania has the reputation of being the biggest enemy that Rome never managed to conquer (which is wrong btw, after the battle of the Teutorborg Forest the romans won almost all major campaigns against the germans up until the romans gave up on expansion altogether). This "honor" really belongs to the Parthians that actually managed to keep the romans (even at the height of their power) at bay for most of the time.

[@Мустафаиракский-я8ш]

Yeah the Parthians really destroyed the Romans many times , and the war ended up with the Romans paying tribute to Parthia .

[@thePot_]

A totally cute and innocent guy Parthia is too much far away, and it has also been a political issue for Roman, mostly used for internal political rivalry. Like when Romans really aimed for that, they got Parthians pretty obviously in a pure military sense, but having Roman province somehere close to India was simply too much, its eastern desert with its life rules and principles, and there is no chance to spread and establish western culture there like that...Among faileď attempts : Alexander the Great and his successors, Roman Empire, British Empire, Soviet Union, United States. Its just simply different world and people live in some way for thousands (!) of years. Hell I did that comment lol.

[@aradsstates9584]

You can’t compare Germany to parthians in that era,parthians were super powers just like rome but they weren’t as good as romans in capturing because their war stylish was more defending but romans never could capture ctesiphon if parthians weren’t in so many epic wars with greater eastern enemies like kushanid empire in the east and so many civil wars in the empire which give rise to another iranian empire Sassanid persians...the reason both parthians and Sassanids iranian empires capital was near rome was because their more be afraid from greater eastern enemies just like shahname the tooran...Sassanids hated parthians just because Sassanids looking for religious empire and known democratic parthians as satanic people but not actually parthians but the dynasty the Arsacids , its shameful that this great empire for 500 years just studied from rome side like it doesn’t have any other enemies which were more dangerous and more like them which were rise from nomads in the east.

[@farzadsajjadi50]

@@aradsstates9584 The parthians were defensive but the Sassanids almost always dominated the Romans, you have to add that Iran was more difficult Kushan empire and Turk peoples in the east. The Turkish people were better fighters than Germanic tribes. Iran fought against several civilizations. Imeprialistic Rome in the west. East a stable and rich country named Kushan which was one of the most powerful kingdoms of its time. I don't have to say the Turks they were better than Germans.

[@aradsstates9584]

Farzad Sajjadi yeah you completed my sentences ,your right i agree

[@GeneralSantucci1st]

200 million pieces of gold and silver wow . That’s like a whole years income from Roman taxes . What a waste of money .

[@mehrankamalvand6194]

Thats what happens when you get defeated

[@rezah336]

As a Persian it makes my head spin a little when I think of all the things we have done. Eternal Iran, paayande Iran...

[@12345678900987659101]

In order to be a successful Roman Emperor, one must learn advanced hide and seek skills.

[@mohammadghezelli3961]

great video for watching ty so much man

[@romaaugustus1694]

Could you also do the battle of satalia in 298? Information is rare on it but it was probably, considering the following treaty of nisibis that lasted for 60 years, the most decisive victory any of the two powers could ever gain during their 700 years struggle.

[@romaaugustus1694]

*Satala

[@romaaugustus1694]

*Satala

[@romaaugustus1694]

*Satala

[@TheEndofZombieShakespeare]

Wait, so a whole war really was ended because one side realized the other side made a mistake and was like, "bro, you got the wrong dude"?

[@yourmajesty1361]

Well obviously this was an excuse to get a white peace. The Romans could just have admitted that their invasion was a failure and *because of that they seek a white peace* but that would have damaged their 'honor' I guess.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Likewise, Artabanus probably realized that, while he had the upper hand at the moment and he may be able to crush the romans, he would inevitably ruin his already damaged army in the process, making him vulnerable. Considering he was still dealing with his brother and other rivals might try to use a moment of weakness, accepting this (very) favorable treaty was the best possible outcome for the battle at this point.

[@rezakolahdouzan3440]

That was immensely fascinating.

[@flagearvideo]

Dear Sirs: Brilliant depiction of the last of the Partho-Roman wars. Please consider an episode about the two (failed) Roman sieges of the city of Hatra, the best preserved Parthian city (despite ISIS vandalism). To my knowldge the only big city in Antiquity to withstand major Roman sieges, in part thanks to their brilliant use of catapulted vases with wasps and scorpions inside!

[@ElBandito]

Man Ctesiphon keeps getting sacked. :D

[@peymanmostafaei6963]

To be honest, I don't know why they made it capital. I know it was because of the threat of Rome, but they could have picked a better place, a place near Zagros mountains in which taking it would be at least hard if not impossible.

[@ElBandito]

@@peymanmostafaei6963 On the other shoe was holding Ctesiphon that impossible for the Romans after they took it?

[@HoormazdKia]

@@ElBandito Mesopotamia is on a relatively flat surface compared to Anatolia and modern Iran, easy to conquer and hard to defend, where beyond the Zagros mountains you have what is known as "fortress iran" where a large geographic barrier separates them from most invaders, making it difficult to invade. The reason mesoptoamia was so important was because it's fertile and flat - easier to produce on the land and trade. This isnt to say Iran wasnt fertile, but it was much more difficult for outsiders to visit.

[@ElBandito]

@@IronWarrior86 Romans were known for their construction prowess. Couldn't they simply build forts to protect their supply lines, like they did in Gaul and Syria?

[@HoormazdKia]

@@ElBandito it was not uncommon for Syria to pay tribute or negotiate with the Parthians and Sassanians, rather than relying on fortifications to keep them at bay. This is true even during Philip the Arab, who paid tribute to the eastern empire to keep them at bay. Syria was very much loyal to Rome, but fell into Persian hands on several occasions.

[@romegavadquez6310]

Whatever plans he had were frustrated by his assassination....well, Being assassinated is always frustrating

[@ghazalaansari9283]

ARABS enjoyed the show in their frontyard for 700 years before ruining both the PERSIANS and ROMANS

[@brightburnedits4278]

Araba was vassal of iranians and romans before islam

[@ghazalaansari9283]

@@brightburnedits4278 yeah some not all tribes of arabia became that. Yemen was under Sassanians

[@SohrabBashardost]

Stfu its afg vs italy

[@hamishegi9993]

​@@SohrabBashardost افغانستان ایتالیا 😂 ریدم کل دنیا میگن پرشیا و روم حالا شده afg 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Im_pan_to0rj_and_asseri_turj.]

​@@ghazalaansari9283ghasanids and nabatis in north west arabia and jordan was colonizaed by roman , lakhmid , himyar was colonizad by persians

[@irpuspo6321]

Please make battle of Shiroyama

[@bishop6218]

Our current French president, Macron, whose wife looks way older than him, is as backstabbing and inept as Macrinus. I'm 100% convinced he's the same immortal person. On a totally unrelated note, i've recently re-watched Highlander and it's still pretty good 😁

[@hamzaelyousfi5842]

Spends hours massacring each other "Wait why are we doing this again ? -The persian guy hates Caracalla -Hey fam it's okay we killed him last week lol -Oh okay nvm then"

[@steve-vs5zw]

YES.

[@enestasbas8352]

I was like, why didn't they talk before the war ...

[@Brahmdagh]

Shit writing xD

[@Mattyhollis]

Though this was the excuse that the two sides gave for stopping the fight, it does seem remarkably.. stupid? I wrote the episode and my personal take on it was that the two sides just realised "Ok this isn't gonna go anywhere." So, they needed an excuse to stop and they found it, blaming a dead man who couldn't defend himself. It gives the Parthians the honour they need to pull away and it gives the Romans the excuse to get out of it.

[@Brahmdagh]

@@Mattyhollis Yes. I was just thinking that.

[@JodenPaoloPeroy]

That graphical roll-call of army units of the Romans and Parthians were exquisite! Will that be a staple on succeeding videos?

[@Mattyhollis]

I've let mr Malay Archer know how much I and the viewers seem to be approving of the style, I certainly loved it. It'll be in more videos to come, don't worry :)

[@JodenPaoloPeroy]

@@Mattyhollis That's great! Thanks for that. :)

[@MalayArcher]

Yes. Thank you for your feedback!

[@TaisharEnder]

Yes most certainly. I loved the new army composition exposition style!

[@goldenmemes51]

@@adr8 those camel troops looked sexy , why were they on camel instead of horse tho?

[@EternianIrish]

I came, I saw, I liked. Thank you

[@beleagueredbeluga5228]

Veni. Vidi. Liki?

[@Kurvaux]

EternianIrish Veni,Vedi,Amavi

[@mattaffenit9898]

Veni, vedi, amavi (I think).

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

"The romans and pathians finally having peace" Sasanids : hello

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

lol

[@soroushsarani4738]

Sassanid join the server: CHAAARG

[@worstplayer4521]

Souce for profile picture?

[@worstplayer4521]

Souce for profile pictures pls

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

@@worstplayer4521 pinterest, The Imperials 66

[@SonPham-CompetitiveProgramming]

4:18 "Septimus Severus died, wishing that both his sons should succeed him as joint emperors" Me: *facepalm* We all know how this would end.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Roman empire: "Oh shit, here we go again"

[@MegaBlueShit]

It kinda worked out in the case of Antoninus Pius. Of course that's probably because one of his adopted sons died after about 10 years from an illness. Still the two of them managed to work together up to that point.

[@mattaffenit9898]

Charlemagne: _Laughs in Frankish_

[@mattbarger86]

One of them kills Dumbledore?

[@111battlefront]

The Sassanids rolling up and marching towards the camera at the end was so badass. Excellent cinematography

[@chezburger1781]

It's just total war footage

[@jozzieokes3422]

@@chezburger1781 good total war footage you mean!

[@chezburger1781]

@@jozzieokes3422 yep

[@willfuloblivion7835]

I always wanted to get my comment liked by Kings and Generals.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Here you go

[@willfuloblivion7835]

@@KingsandGenerals Wow it's a dream come true! Best history channel on YT

[@AhmedIbrahim-gj3nh]

WillfulOblivion *best channel on KZbin

[@anoldtimer]

what about emperors

[@kennethhanes5438]

This king liked it

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Romans on hearing the peace treaty after Nisbis all of a sudden after fighting Parthians for days: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@harizotoh7]

They would have been happy the fighting was over. It was heavy losses on both sides and neither was getting a victory. That's why both wanted the fighting to end.

[@drpk6514]

They gave up land huge amount of money and returning the captives. It sounds more like lose and accepting the conditions asked by Parthians. Of course the history is told in European narrative.

[@atrides7]

@Herdan No! and parthiand have very big losses

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

Who ever wins, its just marginal one

[@Kaptaintrips2831]

If I remember correctly, not only did Caracalla murder Geta, he also declared Damnatio Memoriae against his brother. Which lead to his brother's image being removed from all public depictions of the Severan family.

[@michanycz7166]

Funny thing about Damnatio Memoriae - almost never works.

[@varana]

Most prominently, on the Arch of Septimius Severus on the Roman Forum, the name of Geta was erased from the inscription - it's a bit hard to see if you don't know what you're looking for, though.

[@michanycz7166]

@@varana I know, right? Yet the very thing that we talk about it is proof that it hasn't worked.

[@AdriatheBwitch]

@@michanycz7166 Yup and even still now it dosent work like for exemple when soviet russia tried to erase the memories of Adolfas Ramanauskas the Lithuanian hero of the anti-soviet rsistance

[@dr.pavelimcia4042]

@@michanycz7166 To be fair, it is kind of difficult to chart the success rate for an action that (by the nature of the act) eliminates evidence of said success. However, you could then argue that it was still of little use, as the only times it (probably) succeeded were when it targeted, say, petty felons and middling bureaucrats. After all, most of the failed instances we know of were public figures or famous/infamous in some capacity (Emperors, Pharaohs, good ol' Herostratus, etc.). To put it another way (and to link it to Zalendra's remark on Ramanauskas): the Soviets probably purged a fair amount of people from memory, just not the ones that they really, really wanted to erase.

[@HistoryTime]

Ah Valerian. Poor guy

[@Thormil576]

History Time Valerian is the most badass Roman name I’ve seen! It sounds so otherworldly

[@umaransari9765]

He was made foot stool by Shahpur 1, Got gold pour through his throat when he was dead and straw filled his body lol One of the most humiliating death ever being emperor of strongest empire of it's time

[@Thormil576]

Umar Ansari Yes I know, but for me it doesn’t change what I said haha

[@hebanker3372]

@@umaransari9765 That's what the christian Lactantius wrote of his fate.He propably wrote that to give Valerian a fitting end for his persecution of Christians.The pouring gold story is also plausibly fabricated,since Marcus Licinius Crassus had an allegedly similar death,centuries earlier. It's more propable that Shapur kept Valerian in captivity and died shortly after by natural causes.

[@umaransari9765]

@@hebanker3372 Crassus was killed in battlefield during battle

[@MalayArcher]

The history of Emperor Caracalla is actually interesting. It is important to note that Caracalla was known for being a huge fanboy of Alexander the great. His obsession changed his legion (Primarily Legio II Parthica) to Macedonian based phalangites known as "Phalangarii" which claimed by Cassius Dio and Herodian. I would've shown him marching with his Pikemen but this matter is debatable whether the term Phalangarii meant Pikemen or just ordinary spearmen. Not only that, Caracalla went to Egypt to imitate Alexander's pilgrimage but as soon as he arrived in Alexandria, he was insulted by the population (mostly Geta supporters) which resulted in a massive massacre in Alexandria by Caracalla. As Caracalla reached near Nisibis, he was murdered while urinating by his Praetorian prefect - Macrinus. ( Tldr; So yeah, Caracalla was an edgy Alexander fanboy :) ) As always, here are ROME II and Attila mods which we used solely for this video: - Leonardo's Third Century Crisis reskin -Divide et Impera - Benjin's AAA Roman General - Mobjay's Golden Emblem - GEMFX - Petellius' Enhanced Particle Attila TW: - The Fall of the Eagles EDİT: I added few more mods on the list. Best wishes, Malay Archer ڤمانه ملايو

[@nhavko]

Caracalla sure was interesting- One of the most notable things he, or any other emperor did was to grant full citizenship to all of the free men of the empire. Mary Beard, in her excellent history of Rome chooses this moment as the culmination of the Roman State.

[@barbiquearea]

So that's why he brought down the hammer on the people of Alexandria. Interesting stuff.

[@michanycz7166]

@@nhavko so that they all would pay their fair share of the Roman taxes, the empire had been unified culturally, he united it fiscally (considering the political situation it was the smart thing to do).

[@lucaventinove3151]

@@michanycz7166 He did it also to improve national unity and stability by creating a common Roman nationalism in the whole empire

[@PiratesRock]

I wonder how many generals, Kings and emperors died prematurely because they tried to meme too close to the sun by emulating Alexander. It seems to be a pretty interesting historical topic to talk about (Hint*Hint)

[@feniks1464]

For my opinion this was an Parthian victory, because they got an good deal and romans wasn't able to continue fighting!

[@letanxuong5909]

I would like to learn your perspective. Can you please back up with stats or more evidence? Thank you

[@PurelyGoliath]

The Roman emperor simply wanted to stop what was a coming large Parthian army seeking revenge for the actions of a man he just killed. He did that. He stopped them and proved and point the Parthians couldn’t beat them back.

[@PurelyGoliath]

going forth and winning the battle at the expansive of so many more men was stupid if he could simply get them to back off without fighting. Sun Tzu type shiz. Don’t ever say the Romans here “couldn’t continue fighting” what after tactically halting a Parthian encirclement advance ? Smh

[@mehrankamalvand6194]

@@letanxuong5909 yes by all accounts the Parthians inflicted more casualties The Parthia King fighting was not the main King but his younger brother with a much smaller army at his command Had the Romans continues they would have met with a much bigger force by the King and been destroyed It was also a victory since all the territories won by Septimus and Trajan were given back plus an enormous amount of gold What else would you call it In case you didnt know Caracalla had pretended to marry Artabanus daughter but at the feast murdered the Persian Royal family but the king escaped

[@michaelriddick4059]

Would love to see the story and battles that resulted in Parthia overthrown by the Sassanids in 224 AD

[@aradsstates9584]

Michael Riddick there wasn’t much battle because it was completely internal matter,the parthians were still in power at Sassanids empire the only thing that change is that Arsacids(Parthian head of states with political ideology of democracy and parliamentary empire)overthrown by Iranians(parhian+persian +median+...)and Sassanids (persian head of States with ideology of theocratic empire and unity of religion with nation) came in to power and take the palaces and throne of the Arsacids in Ancient Iran.dynasty change same people same country same nation same culture and same religions but Sassanids want to make everyone zoroastrianism , they weren’t human(globalization )supporters like parthians.

[@ericcloud1023]

For 100's of years the parthians were just itching for a major Mediterranean Port, while the Roman's were super jelly of those silk road trade routes to India/China. If only they were able to overcome tensions and forge an actual peace treaty,. Maybe after having their economies so intricately entwined they could have settled in and prospered. With their Eastern/Western borders secured they would have been able to defend against the Germans for Rome, the Hepthalites for Parthia/Sassanids and the universal threat that northern nomads always represent. Sigh 😒

[@saraikimaza4167]

Mongols: we are the best and first horse archers Parthians: are we joke to you?

[@parthianwarrior1901]

Parthians are the best

[@saraikimaza4167]

@@parthianwarrior1901 they were the Persians who defeated Greeks and expelled them from Persia

[@parthianwarrior1901]

@@saraikimaza4167 parthians ain't Persian but iranic people

[@saraikimaza4167]

@@parthianwarrior1901 like kurds and balochs

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

@@saraikimaza4167 more famous and who are still fighting super powers like USSR and USA and the only people of South Asia who defeated the British are Pashtuns and now Pashtuns are also not in good terms with Persian themselves

[@suren2313]

Roman Empire and Parthian Empire fighting *Armenia: grabs popcorn*

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

many of the wars were because of them like two Men fight over a woman

[@KingExituS]

Crassus: not any amount of Gold and land is worth invading Parthia. Caracalla: Hold my beer!

[@sg76hr]

Rather red wine!

[@KingExituS]

@Ammar Hanafi True words!

[@CarvaxIV]

More like hold my spear as I gut you for daring to tell me what to do.

[@arafdi]

When a "great" victory is also described with a "but expensive and destructive"... you know shit's about to go down.

[@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926]

13:39 Me and the boys Goin to raid roman territory

[@SimurghAcademy]

no, he is shapur II going to fight Arabian rebels

[@xisortas6786]

Yessirr

[@scarlion7793]

Your videos are awesome. Please see the video of the Persian-Russia War (1804_1813) or the Ottoman and Safavid video battle of Baghdad (1638). Thank you love

[@moaf1727]

they are dont like make any video that shows Iran has any victory in history. they are supported by trump

[@Мустафаиракский-я8ш]

@@moaf1727 But Iran lost in 1638 .

[@moaf1727]

@@Мустафаиракский-я8ш every countrey has lost and win dosn't matter

[@bmr2104]

It is 5:10 am here, and what a great way to start a day! Thanks K&G!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good morning :-)

[@Cjnw]

5:10

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Few centuries later: Arabs: Hippity Hoppity,Middle East is now my property

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic6379]

@I'm not flat, stop asking also few centuries later, Europeans: We are back boiiii

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Europeans (after 1918): *"Hippity, Hoppity, its now my property"*

[@JavidShah246]

Middle Easterns now a days, Hippity Hoppity, lets pay back europians a visit!

[@anon-iraq2655]

Arabs already had big influence on roman and parthian empires at that time

[@JavidShah246]

anon-iraq name one influence.

[@peymanmostafaei6963]

And then later we have Ardeshir I against Artabanus V. Parthian were excellent at fighting as it has been speculated a lot of characters in the Book of the Kings (Shahname) are from this era. They introduced new tactics to the world, Parthian shot, Cataphract, and even though the hit-and-run tactic was not something related only to Parthians, the tactic was first used massively by them. However, due to their style of ruling, there were always civil wars. If they had a powerful centralized administrative system like the later Sassanids, They really could have posed a serious threat to Roman empire especially in Asia minor.

[@peymanmostafaei6963]

@@martytu20 But the Sassanids had the upper hands against the Romans most of the time, and they were constantly raiding Levant and the Anatolia especially eastern part. You have to notice that Iranian dynasties, both Parthians and Sassanids were better at open battlefield because they relied more on cavalry while roman were better at siege warfare. That is why Romans had problems facing Iranians in Mesopotamia but almost every time Iranians tried to conquer Levant, they were defeated. Moreover, Iranian dynasties were often fighting at least in two fronts while Romans's main enemy were Iranians. In one occasion, Iranian had to face Romans in the west, steppe poeple in the north and Hephtalites and Turkic Khaganate in the east. So if Iranians could not conquer more lands in Asia minor, it was not only because they lacked the capability to defeat the Romans, but they had to divide their armies all over the empire. Besides, I don't think Romans and then later Eastern Roman empire were weak at all. Plus both Roman and Sassanids were defeated by Muslims not just Sassanids.

[@shapurthegreat8314]

martypython At least they were better than romans that cucked under only one turkish empire for around 900 years.

[@raysanele4057]

You just said it Persians mostly if not all the time use Calvary. Do you think they stand a chance if it was infantry vs infantry? You know Man vs Man.

[@raysanele4057]

Rome lay siege on Persian capital on many accounts. Persia didn't even come close to Rome not even pass Greece. Lol

[@aradsstates9584]

@@raysanele4057 and you know Roman capital unlike Iran wasn’t near the borders don’t you?any way Romes capital lost to barbarians and that’s that.

[@franciscovelasco5422]

I wish you had covered the Persian perspective a bit more.

[@RC15O5]

That would have been nice, but we are also lacking in details when it comes to the Arsacid period of Persia/Iran. The succeeding Sassanids were more into record keeping. With that said, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the reason why there wasn't as much of a focus.

[@shapur2406]

I wish you had covered the Persian perspective a bit more.

[@lawrenceofarabia7474]

4:50 that east west plan never really caught on did it

[@Dokja0]

Nah..never. wasn't even mentioned

[@lkvideos7181]

Strenght is in unity.

[@gapavds6393]

Persian Empire = * Achaemenid Dynasty. * Parthian Dynasty. * Sasanid Dynasty.

[@maximilianlenus4240]

Partian is not

[@پارساصدیق-خ4س]

@@maximilianlenus4240 yes they are they were persian like saka they were east iranian

[@talyshkhanate5979]

@@maximilianlenus4240 parthian İranic

[@maximilianlenus4240]

@@پارساصدیق-خ4س parthian is not pers. Parthian is ıranic. They have connect with Kurdish people

[@پارساصدیق-خ4س]

@@maximilianlenus4240 man, kurdish are one of iranian origion

[@rock3tcatU233]

Septimius Severus should have at least received the "Most Epic Beard Carved Out In Marble" award.

[@shapurthegreat8314]

Rabbi Schlomo Ben Goldbergstein Why did you insult him? and hello from iran your lovely country😅

[@JayzsMr]

He was the first roman emperor from Africa

[@Gorboduc]

He had his busts modeled on the Egyptian god Serapis to impress his friends back home. He also had an African style temple, the Septazodium, built at the southern entrance of Rome where visitors coming from Africa would be sure to see it. Kind of a "hometown kid makes good" situation.

[@rock3tcatU233]

@@JayzsMr He was a Berber from Northern Africa, but I'm not sure if he was the first Roman Emperor from Africa.

[@mahdimehdi445]

@@rock3tcatU233 berber LMAO they try to still every thing ,severus was from a famous senatorial punic family ,maybe he had berber ancestry from mother side ,but his paternal one is pure punic

[@AlgerianTalk]

Reaching peace with the Parthians would be difficult. Actually it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@jacktheripper5112]

oh really? yeah i mean we did just kill the guy that pissed them off so we can make peace now

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

pitch meeting

[@YeenMage]

It's awesome that you acknowledged Belisarios as truly a Roman General, and the Eastern Roman Empire as the legit Roman Empire, no less.

[@EmptySpaceAf]

Like from a Parthian ;)

[@parthianwarrior1901]

Im parthian as well

[@parthianwarrior1901]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 I'm Zaza-parthian

[@princeofpersia6229]

Where are you from? Iran?

[@SohrabBashardost]

​😂😂😂

[@msshingo3577]

Horodetes is a nationalist fiction teller sir .repeating his words as history is absolutely absurd .there are far more legit sources on this matter :)

[@MagusMagnus]

Interestingly, still the same game is being played by Iran and America in the Middle East.

[@kivanhaji3003]

After USA . Iran play biggest role in middle East both on millitry and politics. And Iraq and Syria are there war zone

[@CheemsofRegret]

Pescennius was one of the most powerful of the Roman Emperors because he had the N word in his name

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Finally some gamer representation among roman emperors, they are truly the most opressed group 😤😤😤

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

@@will7377 Yeah but you don't want your comment session invested by edgelords as if you do a crusades or Ottomans video they can get quite triggered or extra cringy.

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

@@will7377 Yes I agree good judgement is necessary when moderating a comments section.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Aesthetic Decision this aged poorly

[@f.boogaloospook2318]

Based pescennius

[@Hamsafar_gasht]

Ardeshir’s face : I will screw Alexander’s descendants

[@vincentwinkleblech3614]

The “ Flying Roman Gladius “ it was the Pershing missile of Antiquity!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

No one was safe!

[@barbiquearea]

So can anyone explain why Caracalla slaughtered the population of Alexandria? Did they offend him in some manner or was he just capricious?

[@MalayArcher]

barbiquearea good question. Caracala got insulted by the inhabitants who were Geta supporters in Alexandria so in response, he killed them all.

[@barbiquearea]

@@MalayArcher Wow that's a little extreme. But I guess that's what happens when you piss off an unstable and overly sensitive ruler.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

@@barbiquearea He was (like many monarchs back in the day) an enormous Alexander fanboy and had quite the high opinion of himself. His expectation when traveling to Alexanders grave was probably to be received like a second Alexander by the inhabitants of the city. The reaction of the alexandrians must have been a slap to the face of his ego.

[@mobitouchiha]

I also recall a play being held, in which the murder of Geta was a theme. That was what ticked him off ...

[@СнежныйДжони]

Kings and Generals: *reads Pescennius's name* "WHAT AM I GUNNA DO!?"

[@LucasDimoveo]

Wait, so you're telling me that an infantry heavy army used feigned retreated against an all mounted force ... and it WORKED?! How have I not heard of this battle before?

[@PiratesRock]

7:34 'But whatever plans he had were frustrated by his assassination' 😂 Yeah, I'd imagined that I would be frustrated too if that happened to me.

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-) in this case "frustrated" is used in its second definition

[@PiratesRock]

@@KingsandGenerals I understand, it's still a pretty funny choice of words to use in that context.

[@edgar-tomasarroyo4161]

It's a great video and channel. However, it is a pitty how little it has been said about Julia Domna. She was the real leader of the Empire, not just during Caracalla's reign, not also during Severus's reign. She was a formidable woman, who overshadowed all important roman political figures at the time.

[@copperquokka3635]

Ah I'm sure sleep can wait a little longer... thanks for the amazing content K&G, you guys are incredible

[@helicongremory8480]

Elagabalus was ... eh... the worst roman emperor probably.

[@satrio303]

Even worse than nero

[@thirdtrysacharm6177]

>get here less than hour after posting >still 100 comments God dang, you guys are hitting it out of the park.

[@aminwkc9323]

As an Iranian, I'm proud of Parthian empire ❤❤

[@huguesdiceva]

Sol Invictus and Mithras lights upon you, my friend! The Middle Imperial period, from 193 to 284 AD, is my favorite from Ancient Roman history. I now reenact it IRL here in France ;) Absolutely fascinating, from the Severan dynasty to the Crisis of the Third Century; with a monetary crisis, the rise of eastern cults, military equipment so magnificent with unequaled diversity (the Niederbieber helm is the most beautiful of Rome's history imo), conflicts on all fronts...

[@Arr_nold_-]

Nice iranian pathians

[@SohrabBashardost]

Its afg

[@hamishegi9993]

​@@SohrabBashardostداریوش و کوروش هم متولد قندهار بودن

[@joseph891]

2:06 Niga was "captured ". Well that does seem quite familiar till the modern world 😂😂

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

I don't get it

[@joseph891]

@@st4ne4rmthevill63 well then I can't explain to you

[@joseph891]

@@YAH2121 it's up to you to decide whether it is or it isn't

[@affentaktik2810]

Rome‘s biggest enemy still always was themselves and their internal politics

[@ryan7864]

That's what ultimately did them in.

[@theblackprince1346]

Great idea putting the battle info and units involved on the screen.

[@InFaMoUsKiNgPiN1]

Make a video on NADER SHAH please. Great tactician, the Persian Napoleon.

[@rezapouya3069]

Don't compare Nader with that kid

[@rezapouya3069]

Don't compare Nader with that kid

[@Luiz43447]

Did you guys hire like a movie director or something bescause your Total War cinematic sequences are just phenomenal

[@MartialBorschel]

I've been telling anyone I know who enjoys history to subscribe. Definitely support the effort of presentation. Thanks!

[@Cjnw]

I support Iran, then and now !!

[@92mariotta]

Thanks very much for this another great video. It would be great if you could cover Anabasis with the Cunax battle anytime soon!

[@jupitervolcano]

Hey, my twin

[@sohrab4371]

Partians were known for being able to throw arrows while retreating meaning it was impossible to fallow them and deal damage in their weakest points

[@aminwkc9323]

Rome always understimated Parthia but parthian empire was truly powerful

[@Alitacyan]

Caracalla's role in ruining Rome is really underrated. This video only mentions one of the pointlessly shitty decisions he made. Alexandria was one of the most important centre's of Roman power in the east. A Roman city full of Roman citizens which was extremely important source of revenue to the Empire. Massacring the inhabitants for petty reason was just one of the many brain dead decisions made by Caracalka. We tend to focus on other bad emperors because they were more dramatic and memorable, the likes of Commodus, Elagobolus, Nero, Caligula. However Caracala probably did the most long term damage to the Empire out of them all.

[@darthvenator2487]

He was garbage. The best part of his reign was his death!

[@silverrain530]

This was actually epic. The ending was very interesting. I wish they made a movie about this.

[@Blalack77]

These videos have gotten me nearly obsessed with Roman history.

[@suleyman.apo12]

"Kurdan Shahi Madig","King of Median Kurds"

[@CrazyNikel]

*Ultimately Romes greatest enemy, was Rome itself.*

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

same goes for every Empire

[@mamad567]

BS don't try to save Rome from their humiliated defeats

[@raulgonzalez8564]

Is it Me or why all Parthian Leaders look the same?

[@yourmajesty1361]

Not much online material availabe on Parthian history. Historians even debate about what flag they used.

[@shapurthegreat8314]

Raúl González Because They are sexy.

[@dragonniz]

Wow..history is not only amazing, it's also deeply moving. I can't help but feel a sense of pathos...all those people who lived and died, they too were people like us with lives, loves, happiness and troubles.

[@mandinka_language_and_proverbs]

Is seems as if the football technique come from war skills, Flanks are very important, while some stay back and looks the situation that's coach.

[@Thormil576]

American football right?

[@mandinka_language_and_proverbs]

@@Thormil576 no no 😂

[@Annihilatr_]

1:57 Publius Cornelius Anullius Wow what a name lol

[@alpcankarademir1991]

AlexPlayz most roman emperors had long names. Marcus Opellius Macrinus for example

[@Annihilatr_]

@@alpcankarademir1991 who you telling it to ? I knew already and it was a joke tho

[@AliHassan-vd6zj]

You can never make a slave of a Parthian. In every battle they fought to the last.

[@raysanele4538]

Cause they and fight run. Pretty successful tactics for Persians until they’re empire was conquered by the caliphate because they couldn’t run from them.

[@enricomanno8434]

Wow... are you a Parthian?

[@aradsstates9584]

@@raysanele4538 actually, Sassanid's army during the Muslim invasion didn't have the Parthian tactics of hit and run and it was so similar to the Romans plus elephant orientation but it was never the same as Parthians which was unique and defensive and not offensively.

[@gelraldoldo5152]

Sorry is that the same army then shoots then runs away?

[@Gorboduc]

I always thought Macrinus would have been a pretty good emperor. Spent most of his time cleaning up the mess left by Caracalla, with some degree of success. Too bad history's most dangerous stage mom, Julia Maesa, done did him in.

[@FrazzP]

I was recently in Rome and visited of course the Colosseum and the Forum Romanum, I learned a lot more than I imagined I would, I actually didn't know properly who Septimius Severus was or that Caracalla killed his brother. Severus' triumph arch is magnificent.

[@2twinbros208]

You guys are amazing at these videos I’ve been watching you for 2 and a half years now and I still love it. Keep it up guys

[@arabempire2257]

The ancient Roman Empire was a Syrian Arab Caracalla was an Arab son of Julia without Syrian Arab wife of the Emperor of Rome Septimius Severus Phoenician Arab Before the Roman Empire was dominated by Latin army leaders The Parthian Empire was Arab Arabic history is forged

[@whiteycyanide1960]

What about camping of Julian the Apostate? He also fought with Persians and he is totally interesting enough man to make a vid about him.

[@franciscomm7675]

History matters made a video about him

[@whiteycyanide1960]

Thanks. Will check it

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Macrinus in Nisbis: *Mama Mia... Here we go again...*

[@ihernandez4234]

The original CJ?

[@nikki-op4xj]

rome attacks parthia . its gonna work this time for sure we have enough men so theyll run out of arrows

[@CyrusPersia-wv7zo]

Don't worry, the Parthian arrows outnumbered the roman legionnaires.

[@maestro-zq8gu]

"his efforts were frustrated by his assassination" Yeah that would be quite the setback.

[@mary_a_]

Viva Iran ...

[@connorhighland6783]

Can u do trajan battles against parthia?

[@mindfield9]

Hope you guys will make a docomentary about the Batavian Revolt during the Year of the Four Emperors

[@valentinilieski7299]

Can you do the siege of kazan, Ivan The Terrible and the rise of the rus

[@junior1497]

Question. Once the Sassanians overthrew the parthians, at what point did the romans realize and changed how they referred to the eastern empire and its inhabitants. Are there references of Romans referring to the Sassanids as parthians long after they were overthrown?

[@VoxPopulasse]

For the West (Greeks then Romans), all the Iranians who ruled on Greater Iran were confused with Persians (or sometimes with Medians). Therefore, Parthians were also confused with Persians. When the Sassanians overtrew the Parthian royal house, the Sassanians ruled their empire with Parthian feudal Houses. So, for an external observer, there is no radical changes. Medians, Persians and Parthians (and many other ethnic groups such as Sogdians, Scythians ...) were all Iranic peoples, closely related.

[@nantzstein3311]

My favorite imperial family🔥 and your worst thumbnail dear K&Gs🎩

[@nantzstein3311]

@Prussian Eagle dankeshön Her P.E

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

The only problem i have with this video is Artabanus face ; i mean he was a handsome Shah and not this ugly 😂

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@Omi9762 LMAO🤣🤣🤣Exactly say Facts 👌🏻

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@Omi9762 LMAO🤣🤣🤣Exactly say Facts 👌🏻

[@gokukevind]

Another great video. Hoping for more videos on Chinese history especially if they are about Qin Shi Huang or the Hongwu Emperor.

[@blumetzy8405]

So basically they slaughtered each other for days because of a misunderstanding.