Siege of Sparta 272 BC | Total War: Rome 2 historical battle in cinematic Epirus vs Sparta

[@ezequielalmada197]

Awesome, and great call on using Rome TW1 music for it, it's the best of the series.

[@SandokanBattles]

agree ;)

[@JonatasMonte]

Rome Total War. It wasn't Total War (name) before Rome 2

[@ezequielalmada197]

It's what I said.

[@mxviii]

Yes it was, Total War coming before the title Started with Shogun 2

[@macped6751]

Ezequiel Almada Medieval 2 has something to say about that

[@popeyethesailor1089]

I'm glad someone knows and understands the cinematics and realistic portrayal of ancient battles. Thank you my friend, keep up the great work.

[@runedova126]

Nice video, loved the intro into the start of the battle giving us all the facts and then watching the battle get carried out was very entertaining. Would love to see more.

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you, will be more, don't worry ;)

[@von1145]

this voice-over is excellent, great

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks , its from Rome 1

[@mikula1011]

Reminds me on those Rome 1 old days...

[@wisp6826]

Honours to great Spartan women who scoffed at the thought of leaving the city and proceeded to dig entrenchments. They even forbidden their husbands from helping them, claiming they would need all their strengths in battle. During it they were taking wounded behind the front lanes and even replacing them. Some would literally pick up weapons of the fallen and fight in their place.

[@reycesarcarino4653]

Those are some Dame's

[@WitcherGerd]

@@reycesarcarino4653 women where treated better in Sparta e.g they could own property, they were forbidden to marry until they were 20 years old to make sure their children were healthy and not sickly or weak and they could also take part in sports.

[@yuxomgaming9824]

@@WitcherGerd Because real men are from Sparta. Their masculinity is real and metal hard.

[@Hingle_Bingle]

This sounds like the same voice actor from Rome 1's historical battles. I'm loving it.

[@kkaruzo7716]

Cause it is

[@keentrasborg2566]

Death by falling brick. RIP man... great video :)

[@isaacfirst3112]

I guess you could say he got a bit too stoned

[@dk-sky3820]

I love how they hold their shields up against the catapult rocks.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It's a wise course of action. On impact, it would fling a bunch of smaller rocks at very high speeds. For instances, during the JFK assassination, a civilian was injured because one of Oswald's bullets flung a piece of the road into the man's face.

[@kenyanroadman8350]

Better than nothing😂😂

[@DylanfollowerofYah]

I always wondered if an sorrow or spear would fly over the top like its crowd surfing a stab a poor bastard in the back like...im ready to fight send me in! oh fuck! Arrrggghhh...

[@lucianogarresi283]

@@Edax_Royeaux 1

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@From Maui Fine, a bullet fired from the book depository at what was allegedly President Kennedy flung what is allegedly a piece of road into a civilians alleged "face".

[@dymitrsamozwaniec9457]

Pyrrhus entering the Argos still had war elephants. Unfortunately, they caused more trouble than use. First, they delayed the entry of troops into the city, because they did not fit in the gate. Soldiers had to remove their towers, then reassembled them after passing through the gate. During a chaotic night fight in the streets of Argos, Pyrrhus realized that he had no chance to take the city and had to retreat. But the gate was blocked by the body of a dead elephant. Pyrrhus sent a messenger to his son, who was part of their forces outside the city, to tear a fragment of walls down and enable evacuation. Unfortunately, the king's son misunderstood the order and at the head of the troops marched into the town through another gate, increased general chaos. Seeing the hopelessness of the situation, Pyrrhus decided to get out of the city alone, riding through the crowds of fighters. According to ancient historians, paving his way, he killed a local soldier. This was witnessed by the mother of the victim who threw a tile from the window, hitting Pyrrhus in the head and depriving him of consciousness. The unconscious king was severed by a Gallic mercenary. This was the end of Alexander the Great's cousin, the best commander of his time and the only hellenistic ruler who defeated the roman legions.

[@yuhyuh5674]

Thanks for taking the time to make this :)

[@SandokanBattles]

no problem ;)

[@EpicMusicTVEM]

I want to show you my Rome 2 Machinima, link : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKevhJyLgseSqq8

[@maritia4577]

Epic what else!! gg awesome work :)

[@CuongNguyen-or4dv]

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[@tasnimulsarwar9189]

A well put cimematic that was a pleasure to watch. Thank you very much for sharing this good thing with us.

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you very much!

[@simonbarabash2151]

Loved this historical battle in rome 1, was like an ancient stalingrad as you slowly fed your troops into the meat grinder

[@maiorian4668]

Only difference is,the USSR could afford their losses but Pyrhus couldn't.

[@simonbarabash2151]

@@maiorian4668 I suppose he had more in common with the Germans in that case, I mean they *did* take most city, for all the good it did them.

[@pilokxx1609]

As Greeks that was ALWAYS our biggest problem, fighting each other.

[@mxviii]

Yeah, and its still your biggest problem today

[@egitrokthi2877]

Pyrrhus was not greek my friend he was illyrian from the tribe of molos located in epirus.

[@mxviii]

Wrong Pyrrhus was Greek, and so were the Molossians. He was of the House Aecid, and second cousin to Alexander the Great.

[@egitrokthi2877]

mxviii ok and pls tell me now that alexander was greek too...

[@mxviii]

Yes, Alexander the Great is from the Argead dynasty of Kings of Macedon, The Argeads are from the Greek city of Argos. Maybe you should learn your history better

[@frankamador9962]

Wow great video. Sharp and clear. Thanks

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks for watching!

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

There is no such thing as "defenceless Sparta". It kinda sucks to be Pyrrhus ( sry I had to ). As always great video. That music really got me back to RTW1. Thanks man.

[@thedon9247]

There was a defenceless sparta when it knelt before Rome.

[@crackshack2]

oof

[@OnTheBalconyShow]

@@TheLacedaemonian so...they lost

[@gustavoargumanis1863]

Sparta became something of a tourist location because of the overridiculous training from birth regime and brutality. It finally got destroyed with the barbarian invasions

[@abdulmazeed5934]

Defenceless Sparta was ignored by Macedonia and Conquered by Rome

[@a11osaurus]

Rip elephants 😩

[@3rdreichball525]

A11osaurus you have to hand it to the warriors that stand their ground against them though. If i was watching ranks of war elephants charging towards me i dont know if i could hold out. The freaking ground would be shaking from the stampede. I would run.

[@magmaspartan296]

I always get rekt in rome 2: Total War when i fight the elephants.

[@cyfertea8707]

magmaspartan the greatest soldier I know against elephants is phalanx.

[@magmaspartan296]

No Cusi because i tried phalanx too, when i was spartan its better to use Archers or maybe slingers

[@Athanatoi]

I like Elephants. their babies are cute

[@Wongwanchungwongjumbo]

This Battle took place in 272BC in Hellenic Times as recorded in Greek Historical since the Battle of Marathon.

[@kuratan656]

Do more of these kinda of videos!

[@SandokanBattles]

Im planning to do more historical movies in this year ;)

[@dawson1787]

Poor elephants they didn't deserve that😭😢

[@christianr8202]

DawsonBeep Gaming or some of the soldiers who forced to fight 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SnarkyZazu]

What maniac sends elephants into a pike line anyway

[@gloriafortismiles4243]

And the horses?

[@maxmoore8123]

The poor people the elephants trampled and crushed didn't deserve that

[@spirowthedragon457]

DawsonBeep Gaming then why send them to war then lool

[@sriharsha3680]

that tile was thrown by the mother of the a soldier who was fighting face to face with pyrrhus

[@eliteexpression]

"Mother, help me!"

[@Devoted_believer]

It was a slipper she thru not a roof tile 🤣🤣

[@sriharsha3680]

@@Devoted_believer tile in the sense some stone,

[@The-Chps]

Fantastic work, instantly subbed!

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks ;)

[@GeneralSantucci1st]

Great job on this

[@martinglaser6325]

Great stuff. Thanks for tuning up my evenings

[@josephharrison8354]

You made a good choice using music from the first Rome. So much more epic; I've got nothing against Rome 2's soundtrack, but it doesn't have the same feel as that of earlier games.

[@benjamingarrett9960]

I love this little battle here. I just don't get why they made the Spartan shields smaller, or why the game never has the shields loncked in place like an actual phalanx

[@diegosoares1281]

those are pikemen not hoplites, they have smaller shields and pikes instead of large bronze shields and lances

[@sedoskovelha123]

supposedly there were spartan women in the defence

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

spartan wahmen

[@Alex-kc3ex]

Achilles Trojan Maby...they were train to be the last defence of Sparta in case of invasion so it is possible

[@3rdreichball525]

In a war thats inside your city you better believe id pick up a spear if i was a woman. Id rather die fighting than getting raped too death by multiple men

[@mxviii]

I dunno it might be nice to meet a man who's actually interested in women for once Hahaha

[@Donisgr]

The tile that striked Pyrrhus on the head was thrown by an old lady while she was on the roof of her house.

[@harsukhmansingh4972]

Did they just charge elephants straight into a phalanx 🤦‍♀️

[@BrunoSilva-nh5og]

I guess it was the bot playing, I hope so xD

[@jaeger9654]

After update elephabt can destroy phalanx

[@josiahgodwin2933]

King Porus in Alexander did. Good movie too. :)

[@mihaipecec4419]

It's only a fiction and a bad one.

[@panzerliedsgta9950]

@Hendra Gunawan "elephabt"

[@hermiona1541]

magnifique super travaille, bon courage pour la suite !!!!!!!!!!!

[@kerimcaglar771]

Man I've always loved the Greek Corinthian helmets and even the Italian remake centuries after

[@markdermeister1662]

Sehr gut...I enjoy this videos, so subbed. Thanks/

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks for sub ;)

[@ansfelt8154]

Cool video. Although I'd like to point out that Sparta did not have a macedonian-style phalanx by that time, not until the military reforms of Cleomenus in the years 227-222 BC. Very beautiful video nonetheless, although what made this spartan victory so surprising was the apparently outdated formation of compact, heavy hoplite infantry with short spears against the sarissa-phalangitai.

[@turkbirligi-altynorda9869]

Bravo nice video!!!

[@herewegoagain1140]

"One more such victory and we are undone."

[@marcdedouvan]

Japaneses did a such awesome beautiful work in the whole series of Total War! It feels almost being there for real.

[@ldp0]

Rome: Total War music

[@SandokanBattles]

best total war ever ;)

[@davidquezada50]

Leòn Müller I know! Rome 2 had better quality

[@ronburgundy4075]

I really love the voice of the announcer makes me remember my childhood cause this game is very² important to me

[@cultofmalgus1310]

Poor Elephants. Gotta feel bad for all the animals that were forced to fight like this in the ancient world. They are the real unsung heroes.

[@skeptic781]

True.

[@Wongwanchungwongjumbo]

this is one of the Fiercest battle fought between the Roman Empire against the Spartans and eventually led to the Conquer of Sparta in 265AD and Not in 272BC and during the Reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian.

[@yurinieuwoudt4627]

You should get more credit for these videos, they're so good

[@cezarb5774]

I just finished reading The story of pyrhus, outstanding man. Considered The Best general by hanibal and The only one who could be compared With Alexander by the greeks.

[@enyalios316]

Perhaps, but I think Antiochos III. was also a quite excellent tactician.

[@lucioinnocenzo2328]

Cezar B well Hannibal was an absolute idiot so I wouldn’t consider his opinion very relevant.

[@crackshack2]

The Romans used his own elephants against him to destroy him at Magnesia. I shudder at such a debacle that battle was.

[@crackshack2]

Problem with Pyrhhus is he never could finish his goals. He always gave up and ran off to do something else.

[@sinkrock1]

They were relatives grandmother of Pyrhus was sister with Olympiada mother of Alexander the Great!!!

[@The_Lazy_Mage]

Is that the music from Rome Total War 1? Man that brings back memories. First Total War game I ever played. Maybe I should hunt it down for old time's sake. :)

[@RiftZM]

Poor Pyrrhus... Such a great, but unlucky commander.

[@joosh6106]

very good video. but how did you get the general outside of his bodyguard unit

[@atereisraelolufunmilola2975]

Impressive keep it up Sandokan are you a game creator cause I would love to see your games either Android or PC

[@TrusteeNail]

Are you talking about the game in the video?

[@YoJazzHey]

This is really well made! I would love to see more of these!

[@peakbam]

when players realise elephants aren't immune to skirmishers 4:11

[@starguy321]

Pyruss retreated to Argos so he could order a new army, but naturally he forgot his order ticket and couldn't redeem it

[@jongutmacher1277]

Awesome job. I loved it.

[@lone545]

nice u need more subs well made video

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks spartacus ;)

[@teeheeteeheeish]

Some historians also relate the term pyrrhic victory to being a mathematical victory, due to pyrrhic being related to the measurement of "foot" in modern measurement. Therefore, a pyrrhic victory is a battle in which each side trades man-for-man

[@ΔημήτρηςΚετσετζής]

your were close but not accurate phyrric means fire so search it a bit more you will find out why they call it phyrric victory

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

I... don't see the correlation between foot and man-for-man. But okay?

[@Jancek34]

Pyrrhus was killed by a woman who threw a large stone on his head, from her balcony

[@hayatokisaragi989]

Hahaha

[@tanjiro2507]

@@hayatokisaragi989 true story lol 🤣

[@abdulmazeed5934]

*Roof tile. I forgot her son's name but her son died battling against Epirots. I could see why she was so upset

[@abdulmazeed5934]

Would Pyrrhus invade Persia and India if he wasn't killed? What are your thoughts?

[@jasonrichardsondvi177]

Probably not. He was tactically gifted but his campaigns could be described as a bad case of adhd.

[@gerardjagroo]

Why didn't he support the elephant attack with infantry? Also why did he just have basic infantry and not the Macedon style phalanx and cavalry he used against Rome?

[@chuti494]

I have one petition The battle of Navas de Tolosa A great battle in Spain, the best moment of this battle is the charge of the three kings

[@SandokanBattles]

I was thinking about this battle before, there is mod for Attila, "Medieval Kingdoms"perfect for this and Im sure I will made this battle, but not sure when

[@94mikless]

Rome total war 1 soundtrack. This is great stuff!!

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you ;)

[@kevinmalone3210]

Must've been hell having to deal with those elephants.

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Ah, the music of the first Rome! The one with which you can defend so much better against the odds! Anyone who played Rome T.W. I knows what I mean.

[@ansfelt8154]

super cool video !!!

[@cesarantezana6415]

awesome great work

[@totalwarplayer2982]

i love your videos!!!!!!!!!

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

lesson: Don't attack Sparta without proper understanding of the enemy

[@SandokanBattles]

lesson: never attack Sparta

[@charlescortez3544]

Spartan men with bows? Must be Peliokoi or Helots units

[@enyalios316]

I heard the Spartans laughed at the Persians for using them. They considered bows as weapons for women :D

[@joshuapedrosa2536]

Charles Cortez i guess it is javelin.

[@enyalios316]

How did it end them? The Greeks defeated the Persians at Salamis and Platea.

[@enyalios316]

You personally helped nobody doing anything during that time. Your ancestors maybe, but I don't like to see people that pride themselves with deeds done by people 2500 years ago. A big problem, especially among the modern Persians AND Greeks. Do something glorious yourself which you can be proud of. Both Greece and Iran have massive other problems which they should deal with nowadays instead of living in the past. And this is coming from a history nerd. I don't have a problem with Persians. I actually admire them and their rich history and culture. And for the record: The Achaemenid Empire fell first.

[@skeptic781]

Thessalos bows are good weapons.

[@arystanbeck914]

If I remember correctly, he was struck by a woman defending her son.

[@hardmasternl]

Woow nice video man

[@pepijnkruiswijk2182]

Cool video!

[@dssnss]

Amazing very good video!!

[@SandokanBattles]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH ;) IM TRYING MY BEST

[@Chalkaspis]

Τhis is a really great video - doing credit to CA, which do not desrve it at all! There was never really a Rome 2! And the fact that almost all are using RTW music & sound effects proves it!

[@SandokanBattles]

unfortunately you're right :( Rome 2 is good for making movies (Shogun better in my opinion) terrible for play

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Plus terrible rome 2 soldier voices

[@PipeSergeant54]

In the old RTW, I enjoyed playing the Extended Greek Mod (XGM) which now seems to be unavailable. One of my favorite parts of that was to sink Pyrrhus' army after defeating them while on land. I'd like to play the XGM again but it seems unavailable after steam came into the equation.

[@adrienlevy5128]

7:40 He's with them since the beginning!

[@Andyxylius]

That Epic music!

[@TecumsehSherman36]

YOU KNOW, THESE AWESOME GRAPHICS COULD MAKE A MORE REMARKABLE VIDEO IF THE NARRATING AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND WAS IN PART WITH THE ARTISTIC SIDE!!

[@senpaiyamete6547]

Spartan is the most powerful and strongest empire in Greeks. They will put their lives to protect their empire and they will never surrender Fight for Death

[@user-sc7nz1kr3b]

they not

[@blackcat9704]

Lol

[@PurpleMonKeys85]

Crazy Fact... there was actually was a time in history where the Spartans did in did surrender in battle. If i remember correctly i think it was to Athens... I will have to double check on that though, but they did surrender rather than being wiped out.

[@PurpleMonKeys85]

here it is for you all.

[@givemeanameiwillhate9525]

Athens and sparta are basically the same But sparta is athens with hardcore mode Also what war? Paleponnesian?

[@johnkenny694]

A cheap tile always does the trick! bravo!!

[@atereisraelolufunmilola2975]

Please Sandokan are you a game creator cause I would love to see your games

[@SandokanBattles]

No, I just making movies, everyone in Total War series

[@АндрейДунихин]

Very Nice!!!

[@lolply54]

man, spartan pikem were ridiculosly OP in campaign, you could stompe anything with those guys lol

[@cyfertea8707]

lolply54 hahaha. I alyaws use them when I use sparta.

[@crackshack2]

dont understand. foot companions are the strongest pikemen in the game

[@theobvu]

I destroyed nabatea in a batle with 2K sparta pikemen vs 5K on them they were attacking my city I use 3 narrow roads and positioned by pikes there and they cant get in I have the save biut I dont know how to share it hahaha it was amazing to see

[@kamleshgajjar6498]

@@theobvu lol my 1 pikmen unit was able to hold off entire Parthian army at river bridge while my cavalry & missile units enveloped the enemy from the other side.

[@j.mtherandomguy8701]

only if the enemy has no missile troops

[@gouziking9320]

Morals:don't go looking for Trouble in Sparta, there lies the city of a Lions..

[@bluryfilms]

my favorite movie is to pull what (i believe) Hannibal did to the romans, i make a box formation and wait for the enemy to hit me from the front, then swing the sides of the box out around the flanks of the enemy, then bring in my cavalry from behind and smash them in the back and box them in, that has to be the best move in the game, literally the only time it fails is if 1. you have no cavalry, 2. the enemy has ballistic weapons, and 3. has you outnumbered 3 to 1, but in those cases, i usually retreat to the far corner of the battle field and wedge my men in hat corner, it is kinda a cheap tactic since the enemy forces cannot move past the boundary lines, so it is impossible to flank me...i call it "making the thermopylae"

[@johansenhung4039]

I like how the Spartan helmets look like bent in iron pots and tin foil hats

[@giacomosaracino6036]

After the Pellopponesian War,they didn’t have enough money to make their normal helmets.

[@abuhajaar2533]

Have the elephants always had those killing animations or is it a mod? Also how do you get the general unit?

[@SandokanBattles]

I use only one mod for this, mod ancient generals

[@abuhajaar2533]

sandokan1610 ty

[@BarbaraKasperek-r4l]

Brawo, Good work!!!

[@jaypenner5308]

The catapult rocks are floating

[@bovesylvie3209]

bonjour s va ? je dis oui pour les vod :)

[@crashi6925]

Great work

[@aurelianoii5525]

Rome I soundtrack!! Love it!!

[@WitcherGerd]

It was also soundtrack for barbarian invasion and Alexander

[@kublbock9322]

Nicely Done

[@blazer168]

Oh how I miss the Rome Total War sound track and narrator

[@zanir2387]

Leonidas:"HERE WE WILL HOLD THEM, HERE WE WILL FIGHT!!!" Caesar:i'm going to end this man's whole kingship...

[@zanir2387]

@Ivan The evil i was trying to make a joke...

[@AlexVictorianus]

5:49 Sparta had no walls. Its warriors were its walls.

[@finn1660]

Richtig cooles Video

[@OnionLord9000]

Have you see anything worse than getting stabbed? Yes What? You getting YEETED across a quarter of the battlefield hitting the ground and bonking your head 3 times and the enemy army aproaching you with no weapon and your town almost getting destroyed

[@morphz1929]

How did he put the general alone in the frontline?

[@SandokanBattles]

mod from steam workshop

[@morphz1929]

How can i put a mod in my game with no mod

[@Scarecr0w_ofWaaagh_strawpies]

is that his actual in game model or a mod? if a mod leave link? :)

[@1987MartinT]

Next you should do the battle of Asculum.

[@regiepirotarum2893]

Pyrrhus of Epirus the great general of ancient times, they were the Pelasgians-Illyrian tribes the biggest fighters in ancient history, Epirus was the homeland of Achilles, Pyrrhus, and the mother of Alexander the great of Macedonians

[@saxoDK_1600]

How do you get single horse units ?

[@SandokanBattles]

You need to edit this in pack files

[@saxoDK_1600]

@@SandokanBattles ok thanks alot man, i will look into it. Keep up the good work king! You're a legend

[@Airland_combat]

Sparta always seems to beat the odds.

[@ardalla535]

A little armor for those pachyderms would go a long way

[@ВасилийШкрадюк]

Музыка из первого рима , ностальгия .

[@bloodaxe5028]

Василь Васильевич согласную

[@АлександрАлександр-ш5щ9х]

Бусурманы, что с них взять..

[@albinjenkins2733]

How wonderful