Pyrrhus and Pyrrhic War - Kings and Generals DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@3420undertaker]

What do you use to edit these?

[@todrkdck9805]

Always loving your channel. I learnt a lot from you. Not only the strategies used in battle but the mind of brilliant tacticians. :)

[@loldiamond1017]

Worked right away, I haven't been seeing your vids until this one

[@QuetzalcoatlAeneas]

This is a great documentary.

[@panameadeplm]

youtube has completely stopped notifying me of your uploads for at least two months now, i have the bell on and everything, i legitimately thought you took a break from uploading or something

[@andysatrioajie7886]

pyrhus "one more victory like this and we're down" three second later pryhus " lets open another front"

[@811chelseafc]

Bgsleo eh. I think he’s more the most perfect representation of the phrase “brilliant tactician, terrible strategist”

[@wardeni9603]

@Bgsleo He was a great general, but he lacked the foresight and patience that made other kings, like Philip II and Alexander the Great legendary

[@Mustis91]

@@811chelseafc wasn't that brilliant either

[@NewarkBay357]

@Bgsleo He was a great general.

[@towardsheaven4196]

@@811chelseafc a tactic is a strategy and VICEVERSA 😒

[@podlodialgilap3490]

Pyrrhus advisors and generals : "My King , how many wars we will declare ? " Pyrrhus : Yes

Im dying 😂🤣 he was the last savage

[@frankschipani]

This comment has to be pinned to the top of the comments. It's absolutely brilliant.

[@EricWulfe]

@Vear Bici pyrrhus is greek. do your research before assuming things

[@EricWulfe]

@Vear Bici "Herodotus, the father of History, wrote that ancient Epirotes were Greek Dorians.. Archeologists have found ancient transcripts in Epirus written in Greek Dorian. So ancient Epirotes were Greek and their language was Greek. Ancient Epirotes worshiped in ancient Greek gods. Ancient Epirotes had Greek names. The coins of ancient Epirotes were Greek. All the modern historians, linguists and archeologists accept that ancient Epirotes were Greeks. The majority of the population of Epirus in 19th century AD were Greeks, and these people were descendants of ancient Greek Epirotes." pyrrhus fighting against the greeks doesnt mean that he isnt greek. greeks were fond of fighting each other in the ancient times. "The Molossians were a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus in classical antiquity. Together with the Chaonians and the Thesprotians, they formed the main tribal groupings of the northwestern Greek group." did you watch the video properly? king glauk or glaucias took pyrrhus in either bc of these two practical reasons: 1. instead than letting epirus become a puppet kingdom of cassander, he rather planned to restore pyrrhus' right as an epirote king and become his ally/subordinate. 2. king glaucias' wife is of molossian aecidae descent, which is the same as pyrrhus' father, aecides, who were greeks. how come that he is illyrian when both his father and mother are of greek descent?

[@hajrudinhajrullahu6634]

​@@EricWulfe the Hellenes(greeks today) came after the Mycenae(who were not greek, they call them proto greeks lol) around 1000-800bc. Pelasgians, Cretans, Myceneans Illyrians, Epirot, Macedonians inhabited the region thousands of years before greeks(hellens). all these were not greeks/hellens. although belonging the same race indo european (caucasian). greek culture was very influental in epir and in the whole Mediterranean (thus the coins that you mention) because they were neighbors but they were not greek. neither genetically nor linguistically. neither were macedonians. otherwise they wouldnt be considered barbarians by Demosthenes and others. sorry to burst your bubble. i like ancient greek history but you got alot of people fooled. dont do that. i like Herodotes tales. he tells the world the origin of people who came there thousands of years before him ahahahahah.

[@ShinjiHirako777]

"Pyrrhus, always the tactician and never the strategist..." I think summarized his entire military life. His experiences were in battle, relying on past tactics and not thinking about the great strategy. His tactical gains were wasted by his lack of strategy.

[@mancamiatipoola]

Hehe, just like me when i play Total War Rome games. I love the combat tactics of the game but i am disinterested by the teritorial political strategy and economics of the game... The man loved tactics, but probably not politics, so maybe he should have hired an administrator to run the empire...

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@@mancamiatipoola that not really what hes talking about here. Pyrrhus was good at the battles, but he didn't plan his campaign's well. Knowing when to engage and when to retreat, knowing where and when to fight your enemy, and being ready for their moves. Anticipating the Roman's and learning about them to defeat them in the future. Pyrrhus didn't do these things well, if at all. And it cost him.

[@doublepoet7852]

Literally sounds like Robert e lee

[@vesuvyan]

Evidenced by his act to go to Sicily *before* becoming King of Macedon. It's not like those little greek city states were going anywhere, and they wouldn't just become punich/carthaginian aligned in just a few years. But a power vacuum in Macedonia was a far more pressing issue, given it was literally one of the strongest kingdoms in the area, and literally his next door neighbor. I will give some benefit to these ancient figures who were acting on imperfect knowledge, but it seems like given his information at the time, not going to claim Macedonia and then head to Sicily was a bum decision. Not a particularly deep political thinker, it seems.

[@FlashPointHx]

When your cousin (Alexander) goes on to conquer the known world - And subsequently gets remembered as being “the great”, and you get remembered in history for a victory that nearly destroyed your whole army - Well, that is just fate kicking you in the crotch.

[@jonathanallard2128]

Ain't so bad. he still was a commander and king. I'd rather be Pyrrhus than a soldier in his army.

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

He beat the Carthaginians pretty bad though.

[@alaricthescholar2517]

Pyrrhus was cited by Hannibal as one of the great generals of his age. The fact that he is still remembered and recognized for his feats at all is less of a kick to the crotch and more of a pat on the back.

[@FlashPointHx]

Nixon got to China but we remember watergate. Pyrrhus was a great general - he took on both the romans and the carthaginians but most only know a ‘Pyrrhic Victory’ - would you want that as you best know legacy?

[@alaricthescholar2517]

@@FlashPointHx Nixon is mainly remembered for Watergate because it was part of a pattern of paranoia and power hungry ambition throughout his public career. Pyrrhus is mainly remembered for his pyrrhic victories because it encapsulates his reign as King: indecisive military campaigns that ultimately faltered. I do agree with you, however, that his life would make a great movie or TV show on the Hellenistic era. HBO, where are you?

[@stochasticbraindroppings3484]

The biggest sin of Pyrrhus was not his failure to defeat Rome or Argos, but his inability to focus on one thing at a time. Had he spent more time trying to finish Rome. Or been more patient in Sicily history may have been very different.

[@lisboah]

That or if he had decided to take Macedon's throne when given the chance rather than invading Sicily. Had he done that, and crushed Antigonus II, right before returning to Italy, he would have the support of Anti-Rome Italians, Macedonians and Greeks. Rome wouldn't stand a chance

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Pyrrhus- the ADHD king.

[@micalangenburg1706]

​@@C104-k5m Hey I hope you're doing well, I know it's a 2 year old comment. You're totally right, I was hoping for that as well as the previous comment said by @lisboah. That things could have been different if a some sort of a United Greek Force under Pyrrhus if he took the Kingship of Macedon for himself, and then take the Peloponnesian cities and declaring him as Hegemon. As long as Rome stands, they'd rather destroy their male population. Hannibal had destroyed Rome, SO MANY TIMES. A total complete Annihilation for Roman Legions. They were destroyed by Hannibal so bad, Rome is still scared of Hannibal even after his death. Pyrrhus having these "Pyrrhic Victory" isn't an ideal way to win, he can't win a war of attrition against Rome. Unless he pulls an "Alesia" and starve the city. On top of that, if Pyrrhus became too powerful and became the Hegemon of Greece and focus on Greece first as stated. The other Greek Diadochi would attack him instantly. That's the problem with his Campaigns. If one Greek Faction became too strong, the other Diadochi would gang up on you. Pyrrhus will have multiple fronts and attacked by powerful nations from all sides.

[@Watashinoakuma8312]

@@micalangenburg1706Valid!

[@tonytood796]

Kings and Generals channel is like an oasis for history lovers.

[@Maesterful]

Let us bask in our history

[@lone9310]

True

[@Maesterful]

@@mig-stallion1359 You're a hardcore fan 😂

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

I love warfare history that's why I have a book about martial arts and its philosophy and practical examples and lessons

[@tonytood796]

@@Manuel-gu9ls Brother ancient & mideval era were amazing.

[@stepanpytlik4021]

"If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined,, *King Pyrrhus of Epirus, suffering from succes*

[@adukaputra3223]

Hence the term ' Phyrric Victory '

[@TheChiconspiracy]

It's not his fault the Romans didn't know they were beaten.

[@batukhan1]

@@TheChiconspiracy romans usually are bad at knowing they have been defeated

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

"Suffering from success" If only the rest of us could too

[@MrDicombobulate]

@@batukhan1 *Rome loses a battle which would normally cause an empire to buckle or even collapse* "Ah, is it Tuesday already?"

[@jasepoag8930]

Pyrrhus, come on, finish 1 project before moving on to the next.

[@thezeitos469]

I will focus on the Romans. I will focus on the Romans. I will fo... uh, Sicilly!

[@1anfinity08]

Reminds me of Hitler

[@godmode8687]

@@thezeitos469 LAdies and gentleman we nearly won in sicilyohh lets fight the romans again. One loss? Well, maybe its better if we make another enemy to the east

[@b3ygghsas]

@Matt Ellis Actually i heard a lot about pyrrhus, so I was kinda disappointed with his skills, he was no military genius, he was just a decent general who won battles at a huge cost, and the guy is right, damn, he has no focus at all, he starts a campaing, then leaves it for another one, and another one, and dies in a stupidly funny way

[@b3ygghsas]

@Matt Ellis Yes i agree with you, i'm just saying that i'm disappointed with pyrrhus skills as a general

[@nightazday7988]

When I once read that Hannibal said that the three best generals was himself, Alexander, and Pyrrhus I kinda wondered what made Pyrrhus so special, and at first I still wondered it given all the blunders he did until I realized that most of the tactics he did mirrors the tactics done by Hannibal later on. I get the feeling Hannibal studied his warfare quite well.

[@adansanchez4047]

He perfected Pyrrhus tactics to use on the romans and the romans Inturn, perfected his tactics once more and used it against Hannibal at Zama. Irony

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Hannibal also said if he had defeated Scipio Africanus he would consider himself to be greater than Alexander.

[@Dodo-td1pg]

@Some thing I guess I wasn't the only one who was touched at his final moment, with this dramatic music

[@GR-bn3xj]

@Some thing to think of how great a leader this guy was and what could have been. .. all lost bc one mom killed him..it's crazy. He should be well more known

[@Theuselessguitarist]

@Urarettin Don’t forget Aurelian😞

[@BananamelonX]

Epirate soldier: "Commander, did we win?" Pyrrhus: "Well yes, but actually no."

[@Universal..]

For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which Pyrrhus. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chameria on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of Pyrrhus And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others ! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror ). That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molossian, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus . Moreover in the years 1944, Epirus was populated by a strong Albanian population, but an atrocious genocide was committed by the Greek army on the Albanian civil population. This massacre, perpetrated by the Greek soldiers on the Albanian civilians (the tchams), has been forgotten by history ! Genocide of the Chameria.

[@Kushinburg]

@@Universal.. Great Comment, thank you!

[@The_D_Man]

🤣😂

[@ellinmakedon1216]

@@Universal..in Delirium 😂😝

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“He would be remembered fondly by his adversaries” Pyrrhic victories are what he’s known for by history.

[@GAndreC]

Not quite many of the people that faced him did express praise towards him yet most conversations about him would address his defeats against Roma

[@aronastron9538]

Exactly. Remembered fondly.

[@Roy-em2my]

Napoleon I Bonaparte I love you sir Emperor Please come back!

[@nikgakes1412]

By totally uneducated people like you, sure, no doubts... Hannibal, regarded him, as second best commander of all time, after Alexander. That's Pyrrhus' legacy. Please, leave Napoleon's great name aside, you're not fit for it...

[@Universal..]

For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which Pyrrhus. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chameria on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of Pyrrhus And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others ! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror ). That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molossian, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus . Moreover in the years 1944, Epirus was populated by a strong Albanian population, but an atrocious genocide was committed by the Greek army on the Albanian civil population. This massacre, perpetrated by the Greek soldiers on the Albanian civilians (the tchams), has been forgotten by history ! Genocide of the Chameria..

[@captaincar1626]

Official slogan of Pyrrhus: “If your army is defeated then just go attack someone else”

[@lisboah]

That and "When your foe is on its knees, that is the perfect chance to focus on someone else."

[@36mrblu]

Pyrrhus really couldn't stop declaring war on everybody

[@jonathanallard2128]

He just couldn't bear watching his army do nothing and get paid.

[@GAndreC]

It’s called a total war campaign for a reason

[@richardhelliwell1210]

Bet all his troops had ptsd after a month of following him!

[@Edax_Royeaux]

He's like Lü Bu from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He didn't last long.

[@philip2009]

i paid for the whole army and im gonna use the whole army.

[@Ghastly1]

Imagine getting in a 1v1 duel against the enemy king and your mom steals the kill.

[@franciscolomeli8931]

Literal best mom

[@jadeimingan184]

@Aleksa Petrovic Because I'm your mother young man And I love you, Now go back to bed.

[@hanslopez910]

Meanwhile, moms in sparta: Either with the shield or on it...

[@coilmanjoe]

That's called Motherly love

[@MarvinT0606]

his mom got the assist though

[@calebgoodfellowcg]

This is my favorite channel on KZbin, I especially love how you cover battles that aren't particularly famous and talked about all the time, it really shows how vast human history is.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@magnus3716]

This channel is the best historical channel on KZbin. Great job! A series on Rome, particularly the early republican period and the Samnite wars ect would be awesome!

[@Mattyhollis]

Quite a lot of that period is quite vague in terms of detailed sources (especially for battles), but I'm sure we can find a way to write content on that, keep an eye out on the videos in the future : )

[@alyssinclair8598]

I want this so much. Would love to see the battle tactics from an era where rome still used hoplites

[@magnus3716]

@Buju Banton Click the join button next to subscribe.

[@Mattyhollis]

@@europeanpatriot8031 One of the researchers and writers : )

[@OdintheGermanShepherd]

Matthew Hollis awesome content

[@BFGUITAR]

An episode about how the Greeks viewed the Romans would be quite fascinating. The cultural differences and mixing in the early period would be very fascinating.

[@culiusjaesar]

Pyrrhic victory short explanation : "I'm about to end my whole career. "

[@bearbear8386]

Culius Jaesar very memeingful explanation!

[@TheChiconspiracy]

More like "they have reserves".

[@64standardtrickyness]

Pyrrihic victory means close victory it should be remembered that Pyrus lost fewer men overall if you want a really disaterous victory look at Thermopelea TheChinospiracy is on the right track Pyrrhic victory short explanation: Like a close victory is still a victory right?

[@TheChiconspiracy]

@@64standardtrickyness Phyrrus had other close victories, but just like Hannibal would learn, the Romans were willing to lose FAR more people in battle than other powers were. Most other states would have capitulated and sought terms with Pyrrus, but just like the Russians in WW2, the Romans were willing to throw wave after wave of soldiers to their deaths in their stubbornness.

[@culiusjaesar]

@Cegesh you got me ughhh ..

[@whatkenyan7684]

I can't believe I watched all 51mins and 53 secs of this it is a testament of good work.... Greetings from Kenya.

[@jomar.aflores1447]

what kenyan I didn’t even realize how long this was xD its felt so short. But I was hooked through and through.

[@whatkenyan7684]

@@jomar.aflores1447 Yeah vibe is great.... I was surprised because I had a tusk by about 20 mins and by the time broke from the spell it ha all gone to hell....

[@konstantinoskotsomytis2544]

For Pyrrhus war was not a means to achieve his political goal of making his kingdom stronger. On the contrary he viewed his kingdom as a means to provide him the resourses to conduct infinite war and gain personal glory. And he paid the price.

[@chrisbahll5593]

Konstantinos Kotsomytis He was a magnificent man through, he was raised as a ward and later on he became a king of a weak country surrounded by enemies, and even through he could live a long and careless life through politics he went to war after war and even fought alongside his soldiers. But I agree with you that everything he did was for the sake of glory and in order to achieve glory he betrayed, he assasinated and even plundered a temple. He lived a hard life and had a violent death, but his story is satisfying because he achieved what he seeked, eternal remembrance and admiration.

[@MB_Veteran]

@@chrisbahll5593 Well put.

[@SomaSaka-r6x]

he was a gamer

[@Emperorgaming94]

A person like me coming from East side is always inspired to hear the great stories of battle happened during BC era of west side . We are taught about Rome but not the rest part like Epirus , Macedon , Olympus etc . Wish I would have the opportunity to visit west side of modern 21st century . Thank you Kings and Generals and their beloved patreons to bring up the history .

[@zriiksparks5637]

Sid Sharma what the fuck is east side

[@AegonTheUnlikely]

Zriiksparks he means the East. Don’t be a dick.

[@zriiksparks5637]

Tecumseh I wasn’t being rude

[@Emperorgaming94]

@@zriiksparks5637 Hey buddy it's all good . I hope you got what I was trying to tell here .

[@zriiksparks5637]

Sid Sharma Sorry if it came off as rude, you seem like a cool dude learning about different histories is great for all of us, glad you’re enjoying

[@Templarspartan]

Considering Pyrrus had closer ties to Macedon, and he had people asking him to be King, his decision to help Syracuse while angering his only foothold in Italy was an odd decision. Every decision he made as King was just leading to his next war. It's almost like he didn't like taking Macedon without a fight.

[@Вадим-г7о3т]

Он не стал брать Македонию потому что в таком случае пришлось бы тут же вступить в греческие дела, таким образом кампания в Италии закончилась бы бесповоротно, а Пирр вступил бы в очередную войну между наследниками Александра.

[@fcalvaresi]

Hellinistic Greece has so much material for an epic TV show !

[@kevinmurphy3307]

I keep sayin to anyone that will listen, WHY with all the great directors and screen writers can someone not do a great mini series on the Iliad and/or the "Aetheopis",which picks up where the Iliad leaves off and documents the fall of Achilles but not before his fight with infatuation with the Amazon queen Penthesilia and his epic duel w/ the Ethiopian Memnon

[@christaras21]

@illyrian eagle and then you woke up

[@footballmylife9244]

christaras21 and then you steal history.

[@visarbekteshi4631]

Albanians

[@innosanto]

@@kevinmurphy3307 a Pyrrhus movie would be good, also a newer movie about Octavian-Anthony-Cleopatra or the period Ceasar to Octavian. Or Ceasar-Pompey

[@owo5869]

Pyrrhus land in Italy faced Rome for the first time : These don’t look like barbarians to me. Thousands of year later sitting in my basement me : Yes you’re sooo right.

[@VoidLantadd]

Wow, what's life like in the 700s?

[@chazzwozzio]

@Lord Of Onions deus vult?

[@dt534]

Didn't know this happened in the last millenium!

[@skatingfreak1670]

you mean two thousand+ year

[@PhanyMany]

This was me haha

[@HamsterInMyHead]

"These don't look like barbarians to me" - ominous music starts playing

[@denisbegaj5970]

Barbarian it means outlandish,foreigner,ausländer. The greeks thought everybody outside their country was a "barbar".

[@JudgeCorser]

@@denisbegaj5970 And they still ste

[@HistoryWithD-n9y]

@@denisbegaj5970 True even the macedonians and Spartans were considered barbar and brutes.

[@KrypteiaXi]

@@HistoryWithD-n9y who ever said that shite? Why is there a distinction between Greek and Spartan/Macedonian? all of them Hellenic tribes speaking Greek.

[@HistoryWithD-n9y]

@@KrypteiaXi The core greeks viewed Dorian cultures such as the Spartans as barbaric. There were some distinct groups with the Atheninas, the most intellectual and culturally preserved city state, being heavily ioanian which were not really at all as militaristic as teh spartans. Militaristic heirarchal societies such as the Spartans were called barbarians by the Athenians, the core people of Greek Culture and knowledge, is the TDLR of my argument. Speaking Greek doesnt make you are a civilized person in Greece, Macedonians however spoke a slightly different Greek which was still not enough for Athenians to even call them civilized. Macedonians could be summed up as "They were not fully barbarian, but not fully greek."

[@-et-8934]

For some reason, I am supporting Pyrrhus despite knowing the outcome.

[@LetsSeeYourKungFu]

That's understandable. It's a compelling story. Who couldn't get behind an innocent young prince forced to flee for his life and manages to live and learn and become the ruler people wanted...sort of. Classic underdog tale. Eventually his indecisiveness, and war mongering caught up to him. But yeah, before that, you can't help but root for him

[@LetsSeeYourKungFu]

@Junius Argonon well. What a charming thought

[@leukon5348]

It's more about world u like more. Hellenic or Romanic. I do not like Roman Republic and Empire so I like Pyrrhus and Mithridates Evpator for their fight against Roman's.

[@bluerisk]

@@leukon5348 As German: put Rome to ashes!

[@leukon5348]

I think it's more about Huns migration.

[@ancientfalmer4341]

He had the heart of Alexander but lacked his foresight.

[@nunodasilva5449]

or lacked his army. The Macedonian army was larger and much better, thanks to Philip.

[@leukon5348]

Pyrrhus was a second cousin and cousin of Alexander the Great

[@Hugh_Morris]

nuno da silva don’t forget the work of Alexander; before he went off to fight Persia he forced the fealty of a few reluctant Greek nations, making them give him men and money for the campaign

[@innosanto]

They have significant differences, some differences big. Alexander was a man of focus so very far from Pyrrhus who was doing the ADD thing.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

Alexander had a professional standing army that he inherited from his dad

[@mancamiatipoola]

This is one of the most interesting documentaries i have seen on an ancient king. So much political intrigue, betrayals, backstabbings, alliances and epic battles. Only half of it would make a great 10 episode tv show, but the entirety of it would probably make the best historic tv show ever, ending with that heroic greek mother who threw a red roof tile that hit the great king right on the head, in a glorious slow mo scene. What an ending! If you had seen this show on tv you would say it was very exaggerated and totally NOT historically accurate, yet there it is. TY for making this amazing documentary!

[@AegonTheUnlikely]

Pyrrhus definitely had some undiagnosed ADD

[@ianhovenden5068]

Henry Hotspur why do you say

[@MB_Veteran]

As somebody with AD(H)D, these were my exact thoughts after watching the whole video (of course in several parts lol). ADHD people can also be very fixated on something, so it's not to say every person with ADHD would have done the same as him, or that he had ADHD, but he sure sounded like it. He sounded like an adrenaline junkie as well. Intelligence plays a role also of course, because I think a lot of people with ADHD would not have made the same choices as Pyrrhus. In the end, they probably wouldn't have gotten to his position without being the same as him, Pyrrhus was Pyrrhus, a legend in the end.

[@nosequiters]

my thoughts too the fact he couldnt be bothered to finish anything but would always move onto the next campaign

[@jbs9373]

Imagine where Pyrrhus would be today if only he had access to some adderall.

[@tylerdurden3722]

I think Pyrrhus' choices might be the result of past events. His uncle, Alexander Mollosus, is kind of like Phillip of Macedon. He was also a hostage...but under Philip. Where he learned under Philip. And trained the Epirot army in the the Macedonian Phalanx style. Alexander was made king by Phillip and made Epirus what it became. He was also invited by the Italian Greeks to aid them, against the native Italians. Offering to pay for the war. Where he also had hard time with the itakians, and the Greeks that invited him were also wishy washy...removing their financial backing. Just like Pyrrhus, He couldn't go east, because Phillip and then Alexander were too strong to take on. So he also bounced around in Italy. Where he also died under weird circumstances. The Oracle said he'd die near a named town and river. These were located in Epirus. By leaving Epirus he thought he'd be invincible 😅 But what he didn't know was that there was a town in Italy with the same name. And the river too.😅 Alexander planned to extend his kingdom to Italy. Pyrrhus probably wanted to pick up where his uncle left off.

[@lookwaticando909]

"These don't look like barbarians to me, we'll see what they can do"

[@Hugh_Morris]

Understandable given the context, Italic tribes before the rise of Rome were looked down upon as backwards. Still, crazy to look back on this quote now, how quickly Pyrrhus’ perception must have changed.

[@someorclad9738]

@Mr. Moon Oh. Didn't know that. You learn something new every day it seems. Thanks man.

[@monkeyboy9617]

@@daimonioshellene Pyrrhus defeated a larger Roman army twice whilst constantly battling other Greek city states and Carthage! Wow. If he'd calmed down a bit and managed to unite the Greeks then he might have been another Alexander but they just could not stop fighting each other. Unbelievable.

[@hajrudinhajrullahu6634]

​@@monkeyboy9617 he was not a greek. thats why he didnt bother uniting the greeks. also. when philip (macedonian king) father of alexander conquered the greeks why was he called a barbarian (barbarian means nongreek) by demosthenes and the others?

[@onyxlepgm]

@@hajrudinhajrullahu6634 alexander was greek, macedon is a kingdom/state greek, he is a true hellène

[@Spartan265]

Man I love this channel so much. It's everything you could want in a history channel. It's well planned, researched, and presented excellently. Thanks for putting these videos out.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@gruisgruis]

Great job,love all your videos and appreciate the effort required to create these fascinating episodes

[@ianfleischhacker6154]

After watching this, I have no idea what Pyrrhus was really going for. Didn't he have any advisors?

[@TheBacknblack92]

The "this is total war" achievement irl

[@innosanto]

Probably only" scoring points " or " getting a high" has some meaning.

[@historyrepeat402]

He lived in an age of personal greatness through conquest. His greatest opportunity for personal greatness was in the west, as in the East his Diadochi neighbors would ally against anyone who threatened the status quo after the second wars of the Diachoci.

[@HistoryWithD-n9y]

He was a Hellenic Greek, epitome of wanting so much glory.

[@PrinceJJGoated]

Everybody gangster till Rome recruits a whole new army in one turn

[@thundercricket4634]

"Oh no!.....We won! :( " - Pyrrhus

[@jonathanallard2128]

''Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.'' -Arthur Wellesley

[@johnsmitty7447]

ah pyrrhus, who taught us all how to win a war, without winning a war

[@gutar5675]

Seems more like he lost wars without technically losing them.

[@2777davies]

@@gutar5675 depends if your a glass half full or empty kind of person.

[@MyCaio1997]

@@2777davies actually no, it doesn't. He did win a war, he just didn't win it

[@sorcierenoire8651]

@@MyCaio1997 more like he won the battle but lost the war. or battles.

[@pyrrhusofepirus1835]

Pyrrhus won the wars but that didn't bring him any goods! He was a great general but sucked at diplomacy!

[@redeer4891]

This is probably one of your best videos in my opinion ! The full documentary is great.

[@cryhavoc1124]

Prryhus was able to do what few could...he went toe to toe with the Romans! Prryhus was a formidable commander!

[@innosanto]

He beat Carthage as well in Sicily. He beat the Macedonians as well once or twice. But wasn't focusing on sth.

[@JanXXVI]

The tile hit him in the neck, below the helmet, his vision blured and he fell from his horse, he had removed his royal insignia when retreating so as to not be targeteted by the enemy, but this and the confusion of the whole situation made his own men not come to his rescue, a Zophyrus recognised him, (one of Antigonus soldier) and dragged Pyrrhus into a doorway just as Pyrrhus was beginning to recover from his wounds. As Zophyrus drew his sword to strike the fatal blow, Pyrrhus fixed him with a ferocious stare. Overcome with fear at the enormity of his task Zophyrus froze for a moment and his hands trembled. He quickly recovered his courage and struck at Pyrrhus, but his trembling hand missed the neck and sliced into Pyrrhus mouth and chin. He struck repeatedly and eventually succeeded in chopping off the king's head. One of Antignous son's delivered the head to him, and Antignous was furiuos at the state of it. He beat his son out of the room calling him barberous. The death of his foe reminded him of the great reversals of fortune of both his grandfather, Antigonus and his father Demetrius and he burst into tears of sorrow. Such was the fate of most of the Successor kings, many of those who had built great kingdoms had been similary brought down by fortune. This is referenced from: Pyrrhus of Epirus. by Jeff Champion.

[@arwing20]

Ceasar, stabbed multiple times by people he thought his friend! Alexander, probably poisoned by his loyal generals! Pyrrhus...... defeated by a roof tile. Yup

[@Killzoneguy117]

That's always fun when that happens. Its like how Barbarossa drowned in a river on the way to the Holy Land.

[@Mr.LaughingDuck]

Nothing defeats a mother's love for her child...

[@Alorand]

@@evergreatest3316 I think complications resulting from that nasty arrow wound through one of the lungs might have played a role in Alexander's early demise.

[@sacredband7089]

at least he died fighting...……..

[@GAndreC]

Well Caesar died as an old man stabbed by feeble old men. Alexander partied to hard and mixing substances probably got him. Pyrrhus fell while charging in an assault throughout city streets. Pretty sure if they had a choice they all would have chosen to fall on the battlefield not far from it.

[@Armorius2199]

Ok Pyrrhus, we are about to take ... NO its the other way, we are so close.. oh come on not again!

[@owo5869]

Argyrus 47 Oh he’s gonna win another duel ! ! ! Woman with roof tile : Nope

[@polygondwanaland8390]

Pyrrhus: A cautionary tale of finishing your campaigns before starting new ones

[@BOSIE321]

I'm always impressed by his use of elephants in reserve and at decisive moments. A lot of other generals just tend to throw them into the mix at the first opportunity which sometimes leads to them being overwhelmed and trampling their own men in retreat. Also, we don't really know an awful lot about his conquest of Sicily, I get the feeling if we did we would appreciate his genius more (which Hannibal clearly rated and studied)

[@xiphos7980]

I am quite convinced he was a brilliant tactician and fighter. Strategically he took a lot of risks and had a tendency to take the toughest roads. Still, he could have pulled off taking all of Greece. And he was kind of lenient to (former) enemies after the fighting.

[@flaviusclaudiusjulianus5645]

I can't remember the last time I saw a more fascinating, fleshed out, informative video. Great job!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Check out our video on the Gallic Wars, you will love it!

[@horsestrangler6855]

I dont usually comment on KZbin but ive been watching your videos since I graduated and I appreicate how well made your videos are. Keep up the good work!

[@KoenBoyful]

Its amazing what happend on our planet. These videos are amazing and even somethimes more epic, strange and fascinating than movies nowadays. I f*cking love history! Especially ancient, medieval times.

[@blahbleh5671]

people killing other people, yeh wow amazing

[@KoenBoyful]

Blah Bleh That is nearly 85% of the history yes and it is in human DNA. If you don’t like it why being here if you don’t want to watch it and watch Alice in Glamourland instead.

[@aiyhamhassan7978]

Blah Bleh fucking WEAK shit

[@jeffreysamson5938]

@@KoenBoyful true. Although people kill people is the basic reason. Everything is very complex. The reasons for the battles, the battle plans, weapons, counters weaknesses terrain etc. These videos are like stories. But they did indeed happend in real. And no matter how hard we try to immerse ourselves in them, we can never. Cause we got used to the modern era. And that's just been peaceful for 60 years. Who knows the world might go into war again

[@KoenBoyful]

@@jeffreysamson5938 True but it is not peacfull at all. There is always war every single day since mankind, that is our nature and that is why sport is so populair because it is another way to make 'war' in a weird kind of way, one on one, one team(country) against another. I truly believe war will be there forever, even though I know how terrible it can be because I was in the Dutch army for a couple years with the Russian Agression and ISIS stalking around the corner. But because of all the wars we learn alot and we have videos like this one to enjoy :)

[@lukezuzga6460]

51 min of K&G? Well looks like I'll be taking a longer break b4 going back to work today! Put together very well Fellas!

[@siechamontillado]

4th and 3rd century BC Ancient Greece lost its shit. That made war inevitable.

[@tonytood796]

They got the punishment for destroying TROY.

[@taxiarchiskalyvas8198]

Too much corruption

[@taxiarchiskalyvas8198]

Also many Greek mercenaries contacted with the Romans showing them the phalanx weaknesses

[@TheChiconspiracy]

@@taxiarchiskalyvas8198 Not corruption, but the trabalistic infighting that plagued Greece throughout its history. Greece was never truly united until the Romans conquered it.

[@taxiarchiskalyvas8198]

@@TheChiconspiracy that's also a factor

[@owo5869]

Nobody: Woman with roof tile : I’m gonna end this man’s whole career.

[@Leo-hk6qg]

The courier: I'm an idiot

[@smartpredator7469]

One women spartans is kill the indo greeks such great king what a fuck yee even attila of huns was kiiled by one women one stupid women what fuck men one women bitch women is kill the great king indo greeks who fight on the elephants like? north indians stile come on meeen what a bitch women do that

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

Smart Predator dude fix your English, words and punctuation marks are not properly use 😕

[@Larsanator]

@@Manuel-gu9ls used? Is that sad emoji your punctuation mark? Words and Punctuation after all right?

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

Larsanator doubts and perplexity emoji

[@parabelluminvicta8380]

1h video about Pyrrhus thank you King and Generals! Audio: 10 Video: 10 overall: 10 great work and great video

[@matteowalrath3457]

My favorite history channel on youtube you have taught me so much keep up the good work

[@vodenian]

You know, Greek mothers haven't changed much since then

[@PostAlbanian]

Zealot Ape you mean Albanian mothers modern greeks are slavic from Russia

[@PostAlbanian]

Christopher no its true modern Greeks are slavic and mix of Turks

[@PostAlbanian]

Giorgos LEO its true this ☝️ one

[@emololasdf5492]

Dardania Posts 😂😂😂😂 You young people of analbania with the most huge gay population of the world based to country % .. You should check your ancestors back the modern day Azerbaijan.. enjoy 😉 the history lesson junior

[@PostAlbanian]

Emolol Asdf ok turk

[@Dominus_Augustus]

This helped me understand the beginning of Total War: Rome II's starting point in the grand campaign quite a bit more...

[@ottomanpapyrus9365]

Yeah

[@ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΣΤΣΙΟΤΣΙΑΣ]

Ευχαριστούμε!

[@carringbushpet]

I love this moment of the ancient world warfare. Truly a meeting of the minds/civilisations. It's also really cool that although campaigns in to Asia had been commonplace from the Hellenistic world for the past 100 years or so, this truly feels like an Ancient Greek Expeditionary Force. I was also just listening to the Pyrrhic Wars chapter on the History of Rome podcast and then K&G uploaded this masterpiece, thank you!

[@Crytica.]

If only the Greek/Macedonian kingdoms could see 200 years in the future to know what they are dabbling with aka Rome.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

Ironically, Rome would be the entity that would finally unite the insanely tribalistic Hellenic world.

[@connorhighland6783]

Doesn't matter. Greeks fought wars to destroy enemy moral, Romans fought wars to destroy soldiers

[@sovietroulette]

if alexander had decided to go west instead of east it would have been over.

[@gameoflife9576]

@@sovietroulette yeah but the boy had a thing with persians that's why he went east.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

@@gameoflife9576 To be fair, Rome was just a puny city state no more remarkable than any of it's neighbors in Alexander's time, and he would have viewed all of them as poor and backwards, hardly worth conquering first.

[@SplendidFactor]

TFW you're pursuing hegemony but some woman knocks you out with a roof tile and then you get beheaded.

[@jaspionccv9426]

Roman legends says that it was Persephone herself who threw that tile as payback for the robbing of her temple.

[@JudgeCorser]

@@jaspionccv9426 buy

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I am always reminded of Pyrhus when I see a street brawl about to break out. Doesn't matter how good of a fighter you are, you can always get blindsided and it's over in a flash.

[@ptolemyphilopator]

I've seen this documentary almost twenty times!! This is truly outstanding work!! It really whetted my appetite for the hellenistic period immediate after Alexander!! Pyhrus is an amazing human being by every means and is now one of my heroes!! Thanks!! He truly was one of the last vestiges of the Hellenistic ideal of the Greek Warrior King.

[@marco2rules]

Honestly love this channel. I watch it whenever I get the opportunity. I mean whenever, hours a day.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@TheSPQRHistorian]

Love your videos, your channel is a real inspiration for me!

[@jhmichaels8303]

Ahhhh...Greeks. What a fascinating, brilliant and enduring legacy they have left for all of us. Hellenism and Romanism/Latinism are the two greatest forces to have ever emerged from the Mediterranean basin. Italy, Spain, Portugal and France have been more fortunate in modern times, and persist as pillars of culture and pre-eminence in the region. The Greeks have had a much more turbulent modern history unfortunately. History is alive though, and they will emerge with ideas, impulses and civilizational impetus that has only ever emanated from them. Greek civilization is the mother of us all.

[@albcamkosshkodrani5670]

It's no think to do vith Greeks dhis is epirus

[@innosanto]

@@albcamkosshkodrani5670 Mollosians were Greeks. Enough with the propagandas of Albanians and Slavic Center-Balkanians. Two groups that are looking for ancient past to feel that they have a past and not feel strange next to Greece, Bulgaria, or Serbia who have past.

[@albcamkosshkodrani5670]

@@innosanto it's not propaganda it's the truth for last 100 years Greek hawe to fabrication of history tourism attraction and a big applause to dhem but the history its completely different now its inoff literature around the world i suggest u to studying not only Greek books more u studying more u learn history and history it's not about to keep sides o to serve some nationalist but it's the passion to learn the truth history it's not propaganda it's not to serve some people to tell dhem who we woz it's to tell who dhe are

[@tententononce2570]

@@albcamkosshkodrani5670 You are clearly making this up

[@albcamkosshkodrani5670]

@@tententononce2570 what i making up

[@kenmasters2034]

I love your videos about Greek history.

[@GnosticInformant]

You really did a great job emphasizing the Epic showdown between Antigonus and Pyrrhus

[@jivasini3770]

I love the fact that KnG use Seikilos Epitaph on many ocasions as a backround theme!!! Thank you for supporting our greek heritage in every way!!!

[@i.k.320]

Albanians start crying because Pyrros was a Great Greek king of Epirus. Epirus still exist in Greece. North Epirus occupied by albans today. Illyria was in Slovenia,not in today albania. Greek history is great with many heros and Generals.

[@kreshnikhoxha4571]

The Greek history is great because it includes the Pelasgian, Illyrian, Thracian and Hellenic civilizations.

[@i.k.320]

@@kreshnikhoxha4571 Illyrians was not Greeks but they copy all the Greek traditions,and they learn Greek also,was poor and uneducated people,today illyria dont exist but Greece is everywhere

[@i.k.320]

@@rickastley5321 Who,Albania?Albania not exist in the maps before 1913

[@kreshnikhoxha4571]

@@i.k.320 learn english first and than talk for Illyria

[@i.k.320]

@@kreshnikhoxha4571 Illyria not exist,it's Slovenia and Bosnia today

[@istn9478]

I would have loved if you guys had mentioned that women were the biggest landowners (men died often in war so their widows inherited all the wealth) in Sparta. That might have been an important reason besides patriotism why they didn't want to leave when the city (their property) was threatened. Disclaimer: I don't mean to talk against those women or question their braveness, I just find these little details perhaps the most fascinating part of history. Hope you like it too. Cheers.

[@tubarao1143]

Why would they speak of Sparta? This is about Pyrus...

[@jonathanallard2128]

@@tubarao1143 Did you watch the video? There's a significant portion including this very Spartan episode...

[@tubarao1143]

@@jonathanallard2128 I did. Its minor, complete faire diver, in regard to this episode. Theres a Historia civilis video that approaches spartan inheritance.

[@jonathanallard2128]

@@tubarao1143 So it's mentioned in the video, therefore his comment about it isn't as random as you make it to be. That's my point. That it's a fait divers matters fuckall, the comment was appropriate.

[@sowietdoge6259]

Sometimes I wonder if Pyrrhus' experience with Rome's unique military strategy (their levy system, organisation, tactics, equipment etc.) gave him the perspective to recognise Rome as the future master of the Western World - they were really revolutionary, and Pyrrhus must've realised their military potential as a expert general himself.

[@kaaz1010]

As a massive history buff, im absolutely in love with this channel's existence. May it branch out and inspire interest in history

[@andrejmarin1907]

This channel made me singelhandedly fall in love with ancent history in 2 months!!!

[@og_finn661]

Did you ever hear the story of King Pyrrhus of Epirus? I thought not, it's not a story the public schools would tell you. It's a Greek legend. King Pyrrhus was a general so powerful and so intelligent he could use his skill to influence his soldiers to create victory. He had such a knowledge of warfare he could keep even the dumbest soldiers...from dying. Ancient Greece education was a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so confident the only thing he was afraid of was losing his army which eventually of course he did. Unfortunately, one of the soldiers he was fighting in Argos just so happened to have his mother watching from the building above, then the mother threw a roof tile at Pyrrhus and killed him. Ironic. He could conquer whole nations, but not an old woman.

[@gelraldoldo5152]

Ok…

[@silverfox3074]

How it was epirus greek when they had different culture, used different weapons from greek, different lang. Their society organization was different from greeks also

[@kritikosofara]

@@silverfox3074 Phyrrus was a Greek General .

[@silverfox3074]

@@kritikosofara pyrrhus was a barbarian, and for this issue he never take part on olympic games

[@kritikosofara]

@@silverfox3074 That not means nothing , it was a Greek General from Molossian Greek Tribe

[@Azwan1415]

Man that ending was emotional.

[@finalprophet813]

I love all the ancient Near east & Ancient Mediterranean battles. Keep them up. This place the Near east/Mediterranean created the greatest civilisations. One thing to take from this, it also shows you how most the Mediterranean & near east had different ancient kingdoms, all fighting & disunited, at this time period. The Romans seemed to be the most coherent united force, hence why a century after this period, they began to dominate, once they defeated Carthage the rest is history, everything fell like a domino.

[@finalprophet813]

Zevin X I don’t underestimate the ancient Chinese empires, I know about them. Also I don’t buy into this east & west, define “east & west,” China 100% is east, though some Northern Europeans like to divide the Mediterranean & near east into east & west even though they are adjacent. They do this for their own modern political agendas. The Ancient Greeks were hardly “western” in today’s geopolitical lense. They had more in common with ancient Egypt, Syria, Lebanon(Phoenicia) & Anatolia, then they did with the rest of the continent of “Europe.” Secondly as for the Chinese they were great, but on the other side of the world. You can’t use that comparison, that they would of steam rolled them really? Could they of steam rolled the Persians at Cyrus time? Could they of steam rolled the Assyrians at their peak? They were a ruthless organised battle hardened warrior people. Even the Abbasid Arab Muslim empire in early Middle Ages defeated the Chinese empire at battle of talas. After that battle the Chinese never tried going westward. So that’s a big claim that they would of “steam rolled them.”

[@loremastertimmy4048]

and what shows even more difference between them, is sometimes, they didnt even know the others existed, literally at all, when the Cimbri started showing up later on in the republic, the biggest thing that scared them the most is nobody knew who they were, or where they came from, hell we dont even know today where the cimbri came from, although there are some theories, i read about the Persians once, and i dont remember if it was the persians themselves, or maybe the Medes, or maybe even the Assyrians, but a random tribe showed up out of the blue, and whoever wether it was the persians or medes or whoever called them "the people from god knows where" or something similar, but the thing was, that the 2 was so closely related that they could understand each others language...they could understand each other, but had never crossed paths or had records or anything , no contact prior, just nothing, but they were so closely related that they could talk to each other, maybe its just me but that is absolutely batshit crazy, and scary, and a lot of times, it did scare the shit out of civilizations, there could be a million man army of barbarians just over that mountain range heading towards us to sack our cities and we wouldnt even know it

[@centuriontaurus5346]

I have been a huge fan of Epirus and Pyrrhus since Rome 2 total war came out in 2012 and I just have to say you have definitely earned another subscriber, I will make sure to spread the word about Kings and Generals until youtube becomes a relic of the past, thank you for the Epic 50 min long video I will certainly be sure to check out and like the others keep em comming brother!

[@sangweeni304]

Love tuning on these videos while researching and writing for grad school! Great stuff man from one historian to another

[@NottoriousGG]

Pyrrus is the equivalent of that new guy in the office that flashes everyone with gimmicks, only to be undone by simple etiquette and morals. Always the tactician,never the strategist. So accurate.

[@lostree1981]

...what?

[@ervishoxha8679]

Bro your one of the best KZbinrs. Please can you make a video about the Illyrians

[@poisonhemlock]

How have I lived this long and never heard the name "Megacles"? That's the most awesome name in history and it's time to bring it back.

[@wladyslawderstreiter9078]

What a tragic story. Thank you for making this enormous video about this legend.

[@sadhydra]

Imagine if Pyrrhus was able to focus on one war at a time.

[@shidqifarrasi9783]

Im actually wondering if he choose the throne of Macedon and then make peace with the Romans either by defeating them or through generous means, then stabilise his new huge empire before going on to Carthage

[@kingt0295]

@@shidqifarrasi9783 finishing up sparta after macedon wouldve been nice, a more or less greece almost mirroring current borders

[@shidqifarrasi9783]

@@kingt0295 but why do they need Sparta? Didn't they already controlled Greece without the neutral Sparta?

[@kingt0295]

@@shidqifarrasi9783 i didn’t say it for any practical reasons itd be cool to have a fully unified greece under one banner

[@shidqifarrasi9783]

@@kingt0295 i prefer they become a vassal, it would be cool to see elite hoplites guarding the flank of Pyrrhus phalanx

[@tegrin853]

“These don’t look like Barbarians to me...”. Tsk, Tsk. What you have happened upon my dear Pyrrhus, is the ANTI-BARBARIAN

[@melt6894]

​@@bartfart3847Romans are anti barbarian because they don't go around wearing just loin cloth to battle.

[@stevenicholas5651]

@@bartfart3847The USA has sustained and made prosper many millions more Africans, Native Americans and opressed peoples than it has killed during it's tumultuous past... That is also a fact. Our debt has been paid in full 100x over. Look how many generations have prospered here.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

Bart Fart Your “Facts” aren’t really that much accurate. The “millions” of native Americans were partly killed by European powers ( who used them in their colonial wars ), by other tribes ( in the wake of their rivalry ), by themselves ( for those who willingly joined the Europeans in their wars ), and diseases. Not to mention that European powers instigated some of the natives to attack the US during the revolutionary war and after it. The Africans weren’t killed in the millions by the US. How could they if the Africans landed as slaves in North America from 1525 to 1866 were “just” 388’000? Considering that there were Spanish, French, English, and Dutch in North America at the time, who acquired most of those? The USA was born in 1776, which means that they inherited the slave system from the British Empire, and lasted “just” 90 years. Even less for the northern states. And taking into account that they were considered valuable for their labor, they WEREN’T mass murdered as you implied. At least check your facts right before commenting.

[@bartfart3847]

Lol, did you think, I would read that shit??? Bwahahahhahahahaha

[@nikgakes1412]

@Lachlan Allen Nailed it man... But why in hell, do you deal with some piece of shit, nicknamed "Bart Fart"???

[@brokenbridge6316]

I knew very little about Pyrrhus outside of his conflict with Rome. But know I know that he was a very impressive commander that would have made Alexander the Great proud. If only he were more of a strategist he would have achieved a lot more. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.

[@danielhutchinsonjr9325]

Keep up the great work fellas !!!! This channel is A+

[@robertandrews6915]

This video is insane in a good way! So many battles. The first battle with Rome seemed so intense. First I thought Rome would annihilate them, then the other way. Nicely done step by step. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time

[@nicholas8380]

The power of all these Greek Kingdoms is astounding, shame they could not reconcile as we very well might have all been speaking Greek today (well more so than we already do ;p).

[@alyssinclair8598]

"Rome conqueted Greece... then greece conquered rome". Romans were just greek fangirls so I doubt much would have changed, especially with the last surviving parts of rome being in Greece

[@satriaputrapratama4703]

@@alyssinclair8598 funny that ERE never considered themselves as greek but as Roman.

[@alyssinclair8598]

@@satriaputrapratama4703 greek customs, spoke greece. Potato arigato

[@a.j.fenwick7232]

@@satriaputrapratama4703 Superimposing modern identities onto any past empire is bound to lead to misconceptions. The Eastern Roman Empire was as Greek as the Ottoman Empire was Turkish, or the Soviet Union was Russian. All multiethnic, of course (an empire almost by definition has to be multiethnic), but with one prevailing language, culture and general identity. The overall, predominant identity of the Eastern Roman Empire was Greco-Roman, with the Greek element more pronounced with every passing century--not only internally, but also from abroad. From the 9th-10th centuries historical records show the empire often being referred to as the 'empire of the Greeks' by Western Europeans. And although the Eastern Romans themselves never referred to the empire as anything other than the Roman Empire, they did identify with ancient Hellenes as well as Romans. Historical records attest to this. No other nation honours and celebrates the Eastern Roman Empire like the modern Greek nation. This is where modern Greeks derive their national and historical consciousness from. Greeks can still refer to themselves as 'Romioi' (Orthodox Roman) as opposed to 'Romaioi' (Western or Catholic Latins) in the Greek language. Particularly around the time of the Revolution (1800s) referring to themselves as Romioi was VERY common. Though it has fallen out of favour in recent times. Greeks and Cypriots are the descendants of these people.

[@aiasmelenikos1703]

by one or more way you speak Greek but you can't understand or recognize friend.

[@odinncool]

I love how the Spartan women supported their men. Their unity was their strength

[@ElBandito]

Pyrrhus was the most prolific ADHD dude.

[@xiphos7980]

Really nice to both read Life of Pyrrhus by Plutarch and watch this one. A great job done, thanks K's&G's!

[@rogersledz6793]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[@ziomudru]

History is more epic than any fiction could ever be

[@denniscleary7580]

I’ve been looking forward to these 👍

[@richardhelliwell1210]

Roman 1 "Oh sh*t, war elephants!" Roman 2 " Did we bring the peanuts?"

[@Blalack77]

Every time I watch this channel, I see something that I am specifically and highly interested in... It's like you guys are reading my mind and making videos about it lol. Fascinating topic. The encounters of late Greece with early Rome... I guess these time periods in history would be called "transitional periods" or something like that - Greece is on its way out and Rome is on its way in. These major transitional periods of history are my favorite topics. The reason being is probably when I was a kid, I knew about the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, etc and kind of the order the heights of their powers came in, but I didn't know what led to the rise of one, the downfall of another, at what times these things happened, the progression of things, etc - like what happened in between the times of major empires, I guess is another way of putting it.

This was my favourite full length video on this channel even better than Genghis to Kublai khan series. Never even knew about Pyrrhus until this. Wish i knew this guy

[@randomuser6175]

Interesting coincidence. I just played Imperator Rome today for the first time and started with Epirus. Got rekt in 4 hours by Macedonia. Seeing this video made me smile now :) And much respect for Pyrrhus. The things I couldn't do in a video game, he accomplished them and more in real life

[@seanrobinson6025]

Pyrrhus: Lets attack! His army: Who? Pyrrhus: YES!!

[@NikolaGruevski666]

This video was so good that It made me cry. I did not blink once and that 51 minutes felt like 10

[@shpongle7322]

These videos are just so bad ass. Can’t get enough of them

[@KingsandGenerals]

Happy to hear that!

[@shpongle7322]

Kings and Generals this kind of content is something I’ve always wanted since a kid so it’s so cool to see this channel and others do stuff like this

[@garrettb619]

I think this is a great channel in general, but this one in particular was especially gripping. Great job.

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

I can only imagine how powerful a united Greece would have been at that time.

[@illyrian2732]

Is Albanian, u stupit brainwasher

[@ΗκαλήΧαμογελαστή]

@@illyrian2732 he is Greek

[@konstantinosntinas8139]

@@illyrian2732 😅

[@hashtagrex]

alexander's empire was the closest to a unified greece at the time, so that should give you an idea

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 not exactly, the Greeks only had colonies in the Mediterranean and black sea, it wouldn't be too much.