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

The Siege of Sparta took place in 272 BC and was a battle fought between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, (r. 297-272 BC) and an alliance consisting of Sparta, under the command of King Areus I (r. 309-265 BC) and his heir Acrotatus, and Macedon. The battle was fought at Sparta and ended in a Spartan-Macedonian victory. "Please note this is an unofficial video and is not endorsed by SEGA or the Creative Assembly in any way. For more information on Total War, please visit www.totalwar.com."

[@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.

[@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😂😂

[@dylancan69]

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".

[@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

[@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.

[@keentrasborg2566]

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

[@isaacfirst3112]

I guess you could say he got a bit too stoned

[@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.

[@von1145]

this voice-over is excellent, great

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks , its from Rome 1

[@mikula1011]

Reminds me on those Rome 1 old days...

[@Hingle_Bingle]

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

[@kkaruzo7716]

Cause it is

[@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 ;)

[@maritia4577]

Epic what else!! gg awesome work :)

[@CuongNguyen-or4dv]

Ở

[@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

[@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

[@martinglaser6325]

Great stuff. Thanks for tuning up my evenings

[@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!

[@GeneralSantucci1st]

Great job on this

[@assasinbob1]

Fantastic work, instantly subbed!

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks ;)

[@frankamador9962]

Wow great video. Sharp and clear. Thanks

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks for watching!

[@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

[@hermiona1541]

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

[@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.

[@jongutmacher1277]

Awesome job. I loved it.

[@Wongwanchungwongjumbo]

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

[@markdermeister1662]

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

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks for sub ;)

[@peakbam]

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

[@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,

[@totalwarplayer2982]

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

[@yurinieuwoudt4627]

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

[@turkbirligi-altynorda9869]

Bravo nice video!!!

[@Andyxylius]

That Epic music!

[@cesarantezana6415]

awesome great work

[@kuratan656]

Do more of these kinda of videos!

[@SandokanBattles]

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

[@ansfelt8154]

super cool video !!!

[@herewegoagain1140]

"One more such victory and we are undone."

[@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"

[@RiftZM]

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

[@YoJazzHey]

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

[@ldp0]

Rome: Total War music

[@SandokanBattles]

best total war ever ;)

[@davidquezada50]

Leòn Müller I know! Rome 2 had better quality

[@kerimcaglar771]

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

[@hardmasternl]

Woow nice video man

[@user-ok9gm7gd1n]

Very Nice!!!

[@jalminter]

Awesome!

[@pepijnkruiswijk2182]

Cool video!

[@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

[@dssnss]

Amazing very good video!!

[@SandokanBattles]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH ;) IM TRYING MY BEST

[@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

[@marcdedouvan]

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

[@crashi6925]

Great work

[@user-fh9fn6uu9k]

Brawo, Good work!!!

[@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.

[@goyogoyo7497]

Buen vídeo

[@lone545]

nice u need more subs well made video

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks spartacus ;)

[@94mikless]

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

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you ;)

[@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.

[@ronburgundy4075]

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

[@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. :)

[@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.

[@kublbock9322]

Nicely Done

[@joosh6106]

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

[@finn1660]

Richtig cooles Video

[@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.

[@starguy321]

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

[@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!!!

[@ousamadearu5960]

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

[@SandokanBattles]

lesson: never attack Sparta

[@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.

[@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?

[@kevinmalone3210]

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

[@IbnHunter]

Amazing!

[@EpicMusicTVEM]

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

[@ziounford]

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

[@aurelianoii5525]

Rome I soundtrack!! Love it!!

[@WitcherGerd]

It was also soundtrack for barbarian invasion and Alexander

[@adrienlevy5128]

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

[@albinjenkins2733]

How wonderful

[@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

[@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.

[@user-qh9dg5lg4h]

Музыка из первого рима , ностальгия .

[@bloodaxe5028]

Василь Васильевич согласную

[@user-qf9nu4lv1k]

Бусурманы, что с них взять..

[@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.

[@orthodoxknight5240]

This is amazing it is a masterpiece

[@SandokanBattles]

This is amazing comment, thanks ;)

[@orthodoxknight5240]

sandokan1610 No problem..I hope it motivated you to start working on another masterpiece like this one...I will say again excellent...

[@orthodoxknight5240]

sandokan1610 May I suggest the next project ? Battle of Hastings or Agincourt.

[@SandokanBattles]

Im made Agincourt already ;) You should watch! ;) Hasting I always want to do this, just waiting for good mod in this period

[@SandokanBattles]

llink Agincourt kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qaaYaPgKl2ras

[@bovesylvie3209]

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

[@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

[@arystanbeck914]

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

[@kefta4ever219]

Great Movie!!!!

[@user-bm3fx2ok5l]

это точьно

[@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?

[@blazer168]

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

[@johnkenny694]

A cheap tile always does the trick! bravo!!

[@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!!

[@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"

[@1987MartinT]

Next you should do the battle of Asculum.

[@AlexVictorianus]

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

[@dick_richards]

Effullent's should be used to charge, and keep pushing them right through the units they're attacking until they break them to piece's, then ideally hit the broken units with the second attacking wave while still scattered. Never let them stand still and take fire!!!! When engaged keep them moving, keep them charging.

[@gouziking9320]

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

[@kfjkll3564]

Spectacular.

[@runertje550]

what mod is that lone general?

[@jaypenner5308]

The catapult rocks are floating

[@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.

[@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

[@user-hd1pe2sh7y]

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?

[@guilhermemacedo2974]

well done

[@1234nnnxx]

Love these computer animation pictures

[@audiusthegreatest6411]

Its a game

[@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.

[@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