In this video, we look at how Rome fell, and of what the Dark Ages that followed consisted. #Documentary #History #Medievaltimes
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@ghola826 жыл бұрын
So sad that in the US, the history channel just shows Ancient Aliens and Pawn Stars. While TLC (used to be known long ago as The Learning Channel) is nothing but modern day FREAK shows. KZbin and KZbinrs like your self are the last bastions of what is R E A L H I S T O R Y! EVERYONE should learn and know this stuff! Doesn't matter where you live. This is not just European history. It's the history of the world and the human race! Please, I beg of you, don't stop! Keep the real fire of Knowledge burning bright on KZbin!
@eurosensazion6 жыл бұрын
There once was a time History Channel did show stuff like this. Pre 2005
@ghola826 жыл бұрын
eurosensazion Oh I know euro. I am ashamed to be a us citizen sometimes. Because of what we put on TV that is considered "educational" and "informative". You look on the wiki page for history channel, you see that DISNEY pretty much owns it. It's like they're trying to dumb down my countrymen to a point they're nothing but mindless consumers. I dont like the time I live in. It's honestly a very depressing age. To think it's supposed to be the age where we should be smarter but looks like it's all going backwards!
@eurosensazion6 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian so we watch pretty much the same channels and yes it's sad what's on tv now. Sure miss the past. Yeah, seems that time now is more depressing. It's like a battle who can present the biggest bull on tv or say the biggest bull. People are not like they use to be. I barely watch tv besides for sports these days. Everything else i garbage and degrading.
@lunchbox42295 жыл бұрын
Bro. 600 pound life is an achievement of man. Don't ever discredit that
@darthdaddy69835 жыл бұрын
I seriously gave up watching cable television at the dawn of reality tv.
@HistoryforThinkers4 жыл бұрын
29:30 - "The Franks felt uncomfortable overthrowing the monarchy.." *Give it some time.*
@slightlyexistential16404 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there😂😂😂
@sagivalia50414 жыл бұрын
What did he do? I didn't understand@@slightlyexistential1640
@slightlyexistential16404 жыл бұрын
@@sagivalia5041 Do you even study history? Ok im gonna explain to you about the franks (which is now modern day france) rebelled againt's their monarchy and cut their heads off, because france is broke and the people are starving, so they got angry and rebelled (english is not my first language)
@danielchequer58424 жыл бұрын
@@sagivalia5041 they did the french revolution, overthrowing the monarchy in 1769
@chrisgeorg15234 жыл бұрын
@@slightlyexistential1640 the French aren't entirely Franks. They are also gauls
@sonofnikator80444 жыл бұрын
You sure know the empire is giving its last breath when an emperor resigns to grow cabbages.
@ricky-sanchez3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the roman senate used storytellers and historians to spread terrible rumors about all emperors who resigned or were executed if they didn't like them. Same was probably true for Caligula. Caligula got it bad.🤔 And so did Diocletian.
@terciofelipeoliveirafrance22283 жыл бұрын
the guy was sane, at least he lived a good live.
@patricianoftheplebs60153 жыл бұрын
ricky sanchez Diocletian did nothing wrong
@patricianoftheplebs60153 жыл бұрын
Egg T the ya why you have to put them to the sword or on the cross upside down.
@mr.dr.prof.patrick72843 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: That same emperor met the avatar multiple times! Although, his cabbages were destroyed every time their paths crossed
@HoopTY3033 жыл бұрын
“Hey emperor! Rome has perished!” “NO! Not my Chicken!”
@syrusali1183 жыл бұрын
💀💀💀
@nulolove3 жыл бұрын
To be fair why would you say it like that. A city Perishing it makes sense for him to think about his chicken. If he said Rome had fallen and he thought it was his chicken that would be pretty sad
@skavanagh27783 жыл бұрын
@@nulolove but the fact he was relieved is the point
@strawberrytiger92823 жыл бұрын
I have 3 chickens i can relate
@olivergenz88773 жыл бұрын
Lol imagine his guards, like "Screw this douche, where is he living? "
@notdaveschannel98434 жыл бұрын
It's weird that we probably know more about Roman history than the average Roman citizen trying to deal with the collapse of the Western Empire.
@godofthisshit4 жыл бұрын
@Not Dave's Channel Yea that’s crazy. We know the outlines though, not the everyday life.
@Pulsar30614 жыл бұрын
It is good for everyone to know about history when compared to the crap of Netflix, no worries we will be the ones who will survive the current dark ages
@kevwhufc86404 жыл бұрын
@Mr Sir Georgia guidestones, I thought they were like a modern 'stone henge' built in America during the 1980s Something to do with the church or a Christian group, or something like that . I remember seeing a story in national geographic or one of those kinda magazines last year, but cant remember the full story about them.
@kevwhufc86404 жыл бұрын
@Mr Sir sounds quite interesting, I haven't heard about a 'beast system, is that an American thing? ( I'm from England btw ) but I'm intrigued to learn more. So I will look for some information that ISN'T from national geographic .
@kevwhufc86404 жыл бұрын
@Mr Sir theres not a whole lot of information about them, the info about the people or person who payed, has apparently been destroyed , so nobody knows. There may be a time capsule buried underneath it But nobody knows if or when it's meant to be opened. Theres a lot of conspiracy theories regarding the stones. Apparently money was no object, when the project began. So the funders had plenty of money. It seems really strange that something so prominent, hardly anything is known about it. It's in several languages, its been attacked and damaged by vandals, apparently done by people believing certain conspiracy theories.. I don't know what to make of it. I agree with some of the things inscribed, Population is too high, but nothing we can do about it, Like you pointed out, it would mean killing millions of people To lower the population to the numbers it gives...
@kenllacer4 жыл бұрын
Where was Gondor when Rome fell?
@aradat96712 жыл бұрын
In Ethiopia
@robben8962 жыл бұрын
Where was Gon.....
@Katsuya892 жыл бұрын
The walls of Gondor have never been breached....until that one time.
@whoadare36212 жыл бұрын
Damn this made my day. Thank you
@shannonmillar91232 жыл бұрын
He was helms deep
@juliusoctavian693 жыл бұрын
I love how the fall of western Rome started the dark ages and the fall of eastern Rome ended the dark ages
@French4083 жыл бұрын
Well, most historians agree that the Dark Ages only encompass the fall of the Roman Empire (476) to Stamford Bridge (1066), after which the High Middle Ages takes place (1066-1453). But yes, this just goes to show how much of an influence the Romans had on Europe, and then how much Europe has influenced the rest of the world.
@alexis564622 жыл бұрын
wrong the dark ages ended before the fall of eastern rome
@histguy1012 жыл бұрын
@@French408 99% of historians would not use the term "dark ages" at all, except for in reference to specific societies, like "Greek Dark Age." It's more of a pop history term. When historians talk about a dark age, they're referring to a gap in the historical record. As far as the Roman world goes, it's mostly just early angle Saxon Britain in the 5th and 6th century.
@French4082 жыл бұрын
@@histguy101 Nor did I claim that. But yes, you're right. Historians call the time of 476 to 1453 the Middle Ages. Not really sure what you meant after that. Far more than just Britain was affected and for a lot longer than just the 5th or 6th century.
@histguy1012 жыл бұрын
@@French408 What do you mean by "was affected"? I say Britain, because it's the only place that has a gap in the historical record, with no surviving contemporary sources. In the rest of the Roman world, people continued to write, and there continued to be historians.
@jeffaltier55822 жыл бұрын
What makes this doc (and others that you have done) so watchable is not just the evenhanded approach to the history, but your excellent use of illustrations/photos to go with it. It makes the subject matter come alive.
@averageperson88823 жыл бұрын
2 years late but just wanted to say that this was a fantastic video. I’ve always been interested in the dark ages and this video managed to expertly condense the onset of this period right through to the emergence of the Renaissance and I learnt a hell of a lot throughout it. It’s channels like this that help to keep history alive and relevant today.
@icywaters1457 Жыл бұрын
2 years late? this topic show stuff that happened many many centuries ago.
@slumdaddydane9209 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately There was no mention of The Moors
@Calikid331 Жыл бұрын
There must have been something so eerie about living in a small medieval hut right next to a massive ancient temple. Knowing that whatever civilization that existed there before you was just way more advanced and wondering why no one can build these kinds of structures anymore.
@Crshcourse-qy9zo10 ай бұрын
What the hell are you talking about? Medieval houses were a improvement compared to roman building in Central Europe.
@w.werion480110 күн бұрын
Not in the dark ages@@Crshcourse-qy9zo
@KristinkaAranova3 жыл бұрын
Just so everyone knows, the dark ages only refers to the early Middle Ages, not the entire Middle Ages!
@demilembias25273 жыл бұрын
@Karna Surya Putra well yeah, it was only in western Europe, too, even Eastern Europe (well, southeastern, because East Rome) was doing okay back then. China and India have had successions of bright and dark ages but both tend to be shorter and less dramatic than what was going on in the north and western mediterranean in Europe.
@demilembias25273 жыл бұрын
@Karna Surya Putra do you mean that in India there was a dark age after the collapse of the Indus Civilization but before the arrival of the Aryans, that took place even before the fall of Atlantis (the Minoan kingdom?) If so, good thing to point out but I seriously can't decipher your comment otherwise lol
@mercianthane25033 жыл бұрын
@@demilembias2527 Even then, not all Europe was "dark". Ireland preserved writing, culture and art, they were a light in these days. The visigothic kingdom was also quite luminous. The Eastern Roman Empire kept the light of Rome too. The Frankish kingdom was... doing okay. It was the land of the Ostrogothic kingdom, aka Italy, that was covered in darkness.
@krinkle9092 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@SonicSanctuary2 жыл бұрын
oh! i didn't know that! thx
@jonnykhatru4 жыл бұрын
I listen to these documentaries again and again just sucking up all the knowledge, thanks so much for making these, hope you make many more.
@FirstBornProtoType5 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir, for doing your part in trying to prevent a future idiocracy.
@guntherfeist97604 жыл бұрын
One should never give up hope.
@baldheadslick36274 жыл бұрын
Too late unfortunately
@woodlefoof24 жыл бұрын
nathan moore such as?
@drexelmildraff75804 жыл бұрын
What about the current idiocracy?
@lozop904 жыл бұрын
Future?
@justintupholme21546 жыл бұрын
Nice to have some balanced and undramatic perspective on a complex story.
@ngusumakofu15 жыл бұрын
Justin Tupholme only problem is that the comment section is the exact opposite. It’s dismaying to read some of the comments. It’s almost as if nobody learned anything from the video.
@ThatOneMan8304 жыл бұрын
Advocatus Diaboli Agreed. The amount of right wing hand wringing is insane.
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*Wut part, did dat CocSucker Jesus, play in ALL of this?*
@schechter014 жыл бұрын
@@ngusumakofu1 As the old saying goes, "Nothing good ever came from reading the comments." 😏
@ngusumakofu14 жыл бұрын
Schechter Arts Lol it certainly feels like that
@gaiuzjuluzseazer95673 жыл бұрын
"Diocletian was Rome's first strong emperor in a while" >no mention of aurelian
@carterghill3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing it up lol. His reign was brief, but "strong" may describe Aurelian better than any other emperor
@MegaTang12343 жыл бұрын
It's always weird when people gloss over the emperors during the crises of the 3rd century and jump straight to diocletian. Aurelian literally saved the empire from collapsing.
@SkylineFTW973 жыл бұрын
@@MegaTang1234 It's also unfair to gloss over Gallienus and Claudius Gothicus, both of whom were more than competent in their own right. Gallienus especially did a lot to stop the bleeding so to speak.
@SkylineFTW972 жыл бұрын
@Some Weeb Not even close. He spent pretty much his whole reign being one of the few people keeping it from falling apart. Ironically, the other big ones were Odenathus and Postimus due to the added stability they all provided in their respective areas. Not to mention Gallienus was also the one who reformed the military to rely more on cavalry, which bought the empire a good bit more time with the added responsiveness. He definitely wasn't as effective as Claudius Gothicus, Aurelian, or Probus after him, but almost everything going on at that point was well in motion before he became emperor. There was realistically nothing he could've done that would've stopped the various incursions or the inflation.
@Smurfio534111 ай бұрын
No flashing lights, no loud talking, just the history. A1 sir
@doglaffs70355 жыл бұрын
Hi, In the end of the "collapse of Rome" video you recommended this and other video's as they kind of picked up where that video left off. That was really useful and triggered me to keep watching. I would love a video that picks up where this one left off, essentially you'd then have Europe covered from 800BC until modern age. This creates some more structure. I will be watching some other video's from this channel now, and if they end up being as good as these you'll have found yourself another patreon supporter.
@EmilForsberg_GRYBO6 жыл бұрын
Thease history videos are my favorite on this channel and im always excited when a new one is uploaded. Great job with the video, i always learn so much from them. Keep up the GREAT work
This video is so informative/helpful, thank you very much for all of your hard work in making it possible; and a big thank you to the patron who financed it too!
@ahtenakhte3 жыл бұрын
Excellent commentary on definitely one of the most intriguing periods in human history. Scintillating and at the same time entertaining and insightful. Good job.
@SolarSailor6 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite channels on KZbin, so thank you and keep it up!
@The1stDukeDroklar5 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this. You did an excellent job of putting together a very interesting overview that helps put things in order and perspective.
@bricksontoast85684 жыл бұрын
man that was one of the most informative history videos I have seen for a LONG time!!. I have learnt soo much. I`m going to watch it again in case I missed anything. well done and keep up the awesome work!!
@iama25092 жыл бұрын
Imagine being born while Rome was still a city. Never knowing how great it would become. They were only a small speck of the greatness yet to happen and all of that still nothing compared to the achievements made in modern times. Really mindblowing stuff.
@Spookwriter77 Жыл бұрын
Yes, but the achievements of modern times are all built on what came before. How many of us, if we were suddenly transported back to the Stone Age or even the classical world, could even survive in that environment, let alone make any advancements? Our civilization may be vastly more advanced than any that came before it, but it's only because those people laid the foundations that more recent generations were able to build on. Their achievements gave rise to ours, and so ultimately our achievements are partly theirs, even if they couldn't have dreamed of how far things would progress over the course of the next two millennia.
@loafiv5 жыл бұрын
Amazing work. Thank you. Pls keep them coming. I have learned so much more from your channel than I ever did in school.
@jeremyday90565 жыл бұрын
Amazing job with these videos. I love how you explain history through maps and beautiful artwork that tell a seamless story.
@bearofthunder5 жыл бұрын
Probably a reasonable introduction from the perspective of empires, but "seamless" does not make it realistic. For some people empires are horrible and for others it is a blessing. He is for example touching into some of the newer theories about why the Vikings started plundering, and that it was maybe provoked by Charlemagne. His attempt to block the Vikings from their traditional trade was probably also very provokative. There was other proud cultures around europe that was never wiped out by the Roman empire, and was just waiting for a chance to break free because their position in the empire was not felt as a great reward. The stability of an empire always depend on equality between all members of it that is the only thing that can create unity in the long term. Rome was primitive in many ways even if taxes can bring impressive monuments, so for many it was a relief when Rome fell apart. The Vikings was probaly sad for loosing an important trading partner for their iron production. The roman empire did not have the best education for finding, mining and purifying metals, so they had to trade it or steal it (this is maybe just a theory). It all depends of whose perspective you choose. That said it is still a good introduction from the perspective of empires, allthough it is not clear what is defined here as "education". Was the development of ship technology by the Vikings a result of education over generations? What education qualify to be called "education"? I am all for international cooperation and meaningful regulation, in fact our future depend on it, but it is often empires that makes the biggest mistakes that hurt countless people.
@k.d.kelley28304 жыл бұрын
@@bearofthunder q
@Wasabitheband18 ай бұрын
Awesome! Your history doco’s are the best on KZbin. Thank you for your outstanding work ❤
@jeffblunte4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for covering this fascinating and often overlooked part of history!!!
@vjsoeifi5 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite channels now. Keep it up.
@MillerANDthem6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make this.
@clancyschool52393 жыл бұрын
These videos are great to listen to in the background while you're doing work. Great work man! Keep it up!
@sandrataylor23234 жыл бұрын
Very educational. The information flowed in order so that it was easily understood. Great video. Thanks!
@cassiegray51585 жыл бұрын
To be honest your narration made more sense why historical buildings were left abandoned and explain what happened to historical figures. I feel like I'm immortal who witnessed the world coming from the dark ages until today. Meaning we struggled but we have gone this far in getting somewhere in life.
@ChrisJohannsen4 жыл бұрын
What have we got to? We're still a bunch of warring tribes.
@ricky-sanchez3 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisJohannsen Still people hiding wealth and information.
@Kevin3dp4 жыл бұрын
I so envy the people who witnessed the golden age of Rome. Just imagine being able to see places like the pyramids or Athens in their full glory not to mention the city of Rome itself.
@gregmaxwell76364 жыл бұрын
You are witnessing it right now.
@anthroposlogica93794 жыл бұрын
Let's go, dark ages 2!
@patrickmccarron28173 жыл бұрын
Eh, would still have been an awful existence, even if you were wealthy, during that time period. Would love to be a fly on the wall for a day though.
@demilembias25273 жыл бұрын
@@anthroposlogica9379 dark ages 3 actually, the first one (by Eurocentric reckoning at least) was when the original bronze age civs of the Medditeranean (like the minoans) were wiped out without much of a trace. and again that's only in Europe, in China and India it was different. When America collapses, places like China and Japan may decline too, I'm thinking this time it could be India and various African countries like Nigeria that rise up in its place but who knows.
@anthroposlogica93793 жыл бұрын
@@demilembias2527 y'know you make sense, I hadn't considered that. Here's to you!🍻
@paulwevers21094 жыл бұрын
Another jewel of knowledge found on youtube. Thank you for educating people that seek this kind of easy learning. Its like a book with great pictures that helps visualising and get a bit of a feel for the times that were so different. This is a great combination the way you did this. Okidoki...enough praise...watch more
@Hope-hj2dr2 жыл бұрын
Read a book this is very simplified knowledge lacking many many many facts.
@jonster337able4 жыл бұрын
What a great video! You have answered many of the questions I've often wondered about👍👍👍
@HomeSickAlienJayman5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these history vid's, i love em, im learning so much..👍
@PawgSlayer5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this. Mustve taken you forever to make. It shows. Great job🤘😎
@timg54634 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic. A great thumbnail presentation of that era. Concise, and accurate. Kudos.
@jordanruehle22493 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate that this video didn't just bash on Christianity the whole time as many other dark ages videos do, but rather gave a balanced and well put presentation
@leonflores29332 жыл бұрын
The Vatican should be abolished!! It caused and is causing the current destruction!!
@Ch0senJuan Жыл бұрын
Abrahamic Religions deserve to be bashed.
@masterlee98228 ай бұрын
I know enough of history to do this video half asleep. The Dark ages are very mid-late iron age that show some amount of regressing of knowledge, medicine was moving backwards a result of the church inference and wanting to limited the knowledge, The creation of the serf class by Christianity resulted in using cheaper fabrics for clothing with the exception of the noble and church. More types fabrics where more common in early periods, everything from linen, wool, thistle, nettle and a couple other native plants and animals with a few of the other being bought through trade with the better clothes coming from the north where tailoring was a needed for survival. Wool being the most valuable fabric and this even including some of the better methods of raising the temperatures of forges and forging of weapons, the Roman acquired much of the metal working knowledge from the Goth who managed to gain that knowledge from the Swedish. The roman empire could not handle Christian Universalism and it resulted in bad choices by the emperor that resulted in the sacking of Rome. Roman power was very based upon being roman and and preying and oppressing anybody who was not roman. Countries of had to adept to deal with the weaknesses of universalists religious beliefs. Roman fell to migrants who where allowed to own and keep weapons and where allowed entrance for claiming to be Christians. Christian after adapting burned the village of any migrants and slaughtered them for trying to migrate to their territories without their permissions. Roman pagans unadapted a result of the new Christianity beliefs with other people still wanting to end the threat of the roman empire who used Christianity to their advantage. The roman empire could not erase centuries of hate , genocides and abuses towards other peoples and kinds and the tribes who pushed them out of their kingdoms still wanted to fully destroy Rome still being a threat to their freedoms , independence and lives. Their crimes where not erased by becoming Christians. The roman empire was the most hated empire in Europe.
@jeffrooturantula20815 ай бұрын
@@masterlee9822 sounds like you have a God-shaped hole in your heart
@masterlee98225 ай бұрын
@@jeffrooturantula2081 In the name of truth such a label should always be embraced.
@patrickmuhwheeney65185 жыл бұрын
Excellent as always...Thank you!
@elave165 жыл бұрын
Love the accuracy and depth of explanations!
@xcreenzm83 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's just me but I feel like everything immediately after the fall of Rome feels like a fever dream.
@cbas88263 жыл бұрын
I agree
@alittlepieceofheaven99113 жыл бұрын
Persecution will happen again before Jesus comes ! Don’t be fooled ! Study your Bible !
@cbas88263 жыл бұрын
@@alittlepieceofheaven9911 um wut
@PacificMoceans2 жыл бұрын
@@alittlepieceofheaven9911 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@histguy1012 жыл бұрын
Because you might not be well versed on 5th -7th century history.
@stillbrian9448 Жыл бұрын
Hearing about the fall of Rome always makes me weep
@kyleh93255 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the work you put into this video. I clicked on due to an interest in the title. When I noticed it was a self composed documentary and not a televised "quality" I though "oh no" as so many of the latter are you staring at a small handful of images over and over while the naration focuses on a strongly bias, somewhat "out there" point of view. I was pleasently surprised! Wonderful imagery and content. Thank you.
@mikenaughton42985 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Well done work. Nice to have a good chronological, knowledgeable tale told. Gives perspective.
@MrAap144 жыл бұрын
This is a great summary! Thank you!
@eddeewhat55534 жыл бұрын
Very well done. I always enjoy a good history lesson and really enjoyed this. Very informative with not perceived bias. Shalom
@joshuajefferson61525 жыл бұрын
enjoyed much keep up the great work!
@peanutlover59986 жыл бұрын
So glad you made a video, you tackle these subjects really well.
@Fireoflearning6 жыл бұрын
Eggplant Eggs Thank you
@realspitfire4 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video! Very good editing and amazing explanation of concepts!
@showtimebabies4 жыл бұрын
this is a fantastic video. thank you for making it.
@romantsar83445 жыл бұрын
32:05 He said the thing!!!
@MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE Жыл бұрын
It's crazy to be alive just at the point of our fall.
@ThisNinjaSays_10 ай бұрын
The Neocons are celebrating.
@dina94054 жыл бұрын
Helpful and amazing video! Good job!
@canahmetdarama3547 ай бұрын
An awesome channel. I've watched more than 20 documentaries of you and not finished yet!
@Fireoflearning7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Peregrin33 жыл бұрын
A common mistake is that barely anyone could read and write which isn't exactly true, during the middle ages the standard that was used to determine literacy was how many people could read and write Latin because it was considered the most important language because it was universal, a similar thing happened after the Normans took over England, the official language was French and all the nobles spoke french so the literacy level was based on that, but there is evidence that shows that many commoners could read and write at least a basic level but in the common language, but unlike Latin which was the same everywhere, their spelling and grammar could vary from region to region.
@moritzotto18415 жыл бұрын
Concerning Christianity: My father (he is a historian) often discussed this period with me during my school days. And it seems for Constantine the Great there was not only religious, but a lot of economical motivation too. The religious/spiritual institutions of that time consisted of more than a hundred different gods, all with their own temples and rules of worship which of course required funding and would make the benevolence of their gods (i.e. of the people worshipping them) dependent on those contributions. By eleminating hundreds of gods and centralizing religion you could therefore save a lot of wealth and at the same time make political navigation of these aspects of ancient roman culture easier. I think it is a very good indication that Constantine himself converted to christianity only late in his life, even with his visions form staring into the sun and all...
@JohnPKING-nj8nc5 жыл бұрын
"By eleminating hundreds of gods and centralizing religion you could therefore save a lot of wealth and at the same time make political navigation of these aspects of ancient roman culture easier." That's interesting - I never thought of it that way. I was wondering if by making Rome the center of the Church were they trying to assert Rome's position as a center of religious authority. I know that Constantinople became the counterweight to Rome and developed into the religious center for the Eastern part of the Roman Empire and that the Hellenic Greek culture of the time was regarded as superior in a lot of ways.
@marcnassif28225 жыл бұрын
@Gary York Calm down bro, we're talking about history. Nobody's wondering who the true god is, we're just asking questions about actions in the past
@eliran92314 жыл бұрын
@A waterfall one thing you should know about religion, it has always being used in order to give greater power to states/ people via the the common people.
@ishmaelforester98253 жыл бұрын
The Christian religion was also very appealing and satisfying to pagans dissatisfied with a complex of ritualistic cults. Moralistic monotheism was tremendously appealing by contrast; psychologically, politically, intellectually, as is very evident in the culturally roman fathers of the church. Platonism for the people, as nietszche said. It combined the moral seriousness of greco-roman philosophy with the story and prophecy and supernaturalism of myth and folklore, specifically and appropriately hebrew who of course had the tradition of one god and a millennial revolution in values conveniently at hand.
@reidparker18483 жыл бұрын
@@ishmaelforester9825 Nietzche was a fool
@jontyarnold85223 жыл бұрын
Excellent doc, to the point, not overly complicated and good visuals.... very good
@jaykongo36363 жыл бұрын
WE NEED MORE WE NEED MORE! Love this Channel
@vincentsolon32165 жыл бұрын
Good work! Very informative
@tudorrenegade70525 жыл бұрын
Beautiful images.
@willo7734 Жыл бұрын
Really excellent and even-handed documentary! You’ve got a new fan for sure.
@RaulFelixINC4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for a legit Dark Ages documentary.
@GhostProdigy5 жыл бұрын
This was amazing loved it good job good sir 😍
@johnmiller74535 жыл бұрын
This is really well done. I learned a lot here that I never learned from the "educational" system. Thank you.
@AnHebrewChild3 жыл бұрын
@Mr Sir Charlotte Iserbyt, right?
@AlexBaldwinFTW4 жыл бұрын
I just discovered this channel... How did I live without this?
@xquantex4 жыл бұрын
Una parte de la historia que es una de las menos conocidas. ¡Gracias por producir este documental! ¡¡Muy bien hecho!! A part of history that is one of the least known. Thank you for making this documentary! Very well done!!
@stealtheli5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have wanted to listen to history from the dark ages. You put in the leg work. So This was a fantastic video! Thank you
@brendanward29914 жыл бұрын
The fall of the western empire in 476 was a political event. The collapse of classical civilization and the onset of the Dark Ages occurred in the middle of the 6th century and had two very different causes. Specifically: the Justinian Plagues (541-750) and a cometary impact event in c. 535, which together created a perfect storm. Europe was significantly depopulated, agriculture collapsed, international trade collapsed, the climate deteriorated, and forests overgrew the farmland (hence all those medieval stories of kings hunting deer and wild boar in dark forests).
@markharry71152 жыл бұрын
Finally get the kids' mom to take them for a bit and I spend my time watching a dark ages documentary. Good video homie. Got me hooked on your channel.
@andrealewis78493 жыл бұрын
I enjoy the focus measured retelling. Bravo.
@S0nyToprano5 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how advanced the Roman Empire was before it’s rapid decline by the 5th century AD. Compare it to what came after. Art, architecture, and society in general all completely regressed. Just insane how something breaks down like that.
@YAH21214 жыл бұрын
It was the lead!
@stevesmith75611 ай бұрын
It’s happening again now
@Crshcourse-qy9zo10 ай бұрын
Was it? Was it really?
@alicelorina80793 жыл бұрын
Really fascinating!! I just discovered your channel yesterday and I'm honestly so excited to watch all your history documentaries! The videos I've seen so far are really great :)
@madtheghost337 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic documentary. One of the best outlines of history I've ever seen.
@OSP_AsCeNSioN Жыл бұрын
Voiceover Guy: Thanks for such a well paced & non-annoying oration.. really easy to follow along w the info awesom slides to go w/ as well GJ 👍
@atilla41555 жыл бұрын
The real dark age was the collapse of the bronze age
@kevink31484 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving me another rabbit hole of history to go down
@kevwhufc86404 жыл бұрын
@atilla415 " the real dark age was the collapse of the bronze age" ? What makes you think/say that ? Before the bronze age was the neolithic, the last of the 3 stone ages, which wasn't exactly a *light age * .. The reason why the time after the collapse of Rome and before christianity became established is known as the dark ages simply because Rome was a light* philosophy, theatre, people around the known world within the empire wrote about everything, after the Germanic invasions, an illiterate pagan people who couldn't write, meant nobody got any info or knew what was happening in middle and western Europe. Thsts why those centuries are known as the 'dark ages' , because the lack of info , information is light* no information is being in the the dark. Without a bronze age we wouldn't have had the iron age.
@kevwhufc86404 жыл бұрын
What bronze age collapse ? do you mean everywhere around the known world ? or just a certain country or region ?
@Kevin3dp4 жыл бұрын
@@kevwhufc8640 I'm sure he is referring to the Sea People invasion which indeed put us back a couple hundred years.
@lewstone54304 жыл бұрын
@kev WHUFC hey don’t bash the 3 stone ages, people were talented back then in making everything out of rocks! They even ate rocks, made them into meat and vegetables! No kidding, they even had pet rocks! Took them on walks and stuff!
@Eb-mq5gw Жыл бұрын
Fantastic job man. Great documentary - I will be watching the others on your channel now. One thing you could have mentioned when speaking about the Catholics is actually that the Christians (monks specifically) carried a lot of the knowledge and pursued literature whilst the world around them was very uneducated.
@lame-related Жыл бұрын
This was awesome. You're a good narrator bro
@johnjobs30272 жыл бұрын
Great documentary. Much appreciated.
@ngusumakofu15 жыл бұрын
Regardless of how you feel about how things went down, I think one thing we can all be thankful about is that history happened exactly the way it happened. Because if you think about it for a moment, non of us will be here today watching this video had some major event in history taken a different turn. The further back in time you go, the more true this is. An entirely different set of people would be alive today and the circumstances would be radically different. The most important thing about studying history is learning from it, not getting all worked up because things didn’t go the way you would have preferred.
@elvisrosado81215 жыл бұрын
Yes and no. Society isn't perfect, and in some parts of the world it's a total nightmare for some people.
@chrisyoung52545 жыл бұрын
Spoiler alert, I haven't gotten that far in history yet
@reidparker18483 жыл бұрын
No event in history is small... God guides all. I tire of people treating faith as of no more consequence than randomly selecting an ice cream flavor.
@joaobarroso20683 жыл бұрын
"Only 1% could read" - The reference is latin, does not mean that they could not read in their own local languages
@shreivox3 жыл бұрын
I assume they did not have yet written language in the latin vocabulary...
@willylo40903 жыл бұрын
All the information presented should be perceived as facts not the truth. As we know it, history is written by those in power and by those who want to flourish and was really driven by greed, unlike those who just want to tell the truth to their children and to keep away from trouble as much possible as and keeping their faith to their creator. That is by the way the history that was passed on by generation to generation. Luckily though we can piece together the fragmented history of our dwelling called earth. This is much bigger and really can accommodate all of us if we know how to share, peace and let’s spread good vibes. From the land of Ophir now known as the Philippines.
@ricky-sanchez3 жыл бұрын
@@willylo4090 I cannot stress this enough. Ancient history is written by an enclave of greed driven story tellers. But if you poke around hard enough, you can see what happened.
@fanelemabaso25143 жыл бұрын
Its a fact. Remember when the moors invaded, they increased the literacy rate, as reading and writting was usually reserved for priests, even nobles didnt read nor write with the exception of kings.
@AnHebrewChild3 жыл бұрын
@** pointless, for those not lettered in Latin, sure. But saying "couldn't read" instead of "couldn't read Latin," communicates something very different to many who will take the first statement as meaning '...were completely illiterate.'
@whatever10682 жыл бұрын
Great video, easy to follow. I feel like I've learned a lot! :)
@isaacshultz81284 жыл бұрын
You do such s good.job on these videos and make so many of them!
@DubiousDrewski3 жыл бұрын
This is fantastically informative and well put together. Thank you! There's an aerial painting of Istanbul at 25:45, and I'm wondering where I might find a higher resolution of that image. It's fantastic! Does anyone know where images like this can be found?
@tencraziest56973 жыл бұрын
Watching the fire of learning channel really is akin to the comfort of sitting by an actual fire. A fire holding of the frigid cold of ignorance.
@thelstanedwardsson43743 жыл бұрын
Great Documentary this one... Love it.
@walshy21163 жыл бұрын
Wow, great video. Love it. Well done. Thank you! In a subscriber!
@DavidMBurgmayer3 жыл бұрын
It's kind of terrifying when you think about what's going on in the country now. A lot of parallels
@jacob27902 жыл бұрын
These are some of the things humans do, after hundred thousand years of evolution.
@michaelnewell42062 жыл бұрын
@@jacob2790 the hi 6
@rcherLansky2 жыл бұрын
It's being done on purpose, that's the worst part
@jacob27902 жыл бұрын
@@rcherLansky everything looks like it was done with purpose in hindsight though..
@rcherLansky2 жыл бұрын
@@jacob2790 If your blind. How could people not see this coming? Maybe too busy with work to look around so they end up getting their information from government run media.
@0hn0haha4 жыл бұрын
The beginning sound frighteningly similar to today...
@acharonim46594 жыл бұрын
0hn0haha yup strap in...
@MetalHeart87874 жыл бұрын
that's what I was thinking imagine taking one of those Left wing Nut jobs & ( Civilian ) & putting them in power as president / King. scary thought
@charlestruppi77934 жыл бұрын
Don’t agree. I think in the US we’re closer to the end of the Republic Era and ripe for an all powerful “emperor” to step in and make things right. We want instant fixes and are tired of the democratic process.
@wiseonwords4 жыл бұрын
"Commudus caused Rome to descend from a kingdom of gold to one of rust and iron." He reminds me of Trump!
@sonicman524 жыл бұрын
@@charlestruppi7793 Yup
@theadventuresofrickandjill81074 жыл бұрын
Outstanding and informative. Well done.
@adimudiraj2 жыл бұрын
This was a crash course on European history...I didn't know so much but this was enlightening... Thank you and thanks KZbin for putting this on my feed!
@hdufort4 жыл бұрын
The Dark Ages were much darker in some areas than others, for sure. The British view is wildly different from the continental view.
@linguatutors4 жыл бұрын
How so?
@gormhenriksen1474 жыл бұрын
Adrian Bradey The Vikings.
@mikereger11864 жыл бұрын
We only really know a little between the Romans leaving, and the early Saxon kings like Penda or Offa. The history books don’t get much better until Alfred and the House of Wessex, although you might have thought that continental texts might have said a few things to backfill the Anglo Saxon Chronicles.
@WorkerBeesUnite4 жыл бұрын
@@linguatutors he wont answer. Hes just throwing statements around, true or false as they may b
@yuio_qaz4 жыл бұрын
Well, yes but surely not in England. The Byzantine Empyre was doing great.
@annakotwica19124 жыл бұрын
32:07 "this fire of learning" I see what you did there :)
@nicholass.63844 жыл бұрын
Wow, I can't believe I'm just seeing this. Amazing documentary! I love the topic of Rome and the Dark Ages.
@sirjoey31373 жыл бұрын
That was a very interesting documentary, it kind of sewed together all the bits and pieces of information I had about certain periods and peoples.
@Themaddprof2 жыл бұрын
He who knows the past knows the future, or in this case the present. "Every now and then I read Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and when I look out on America today, the similarities are frightening." Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1968.
@captainbejo35132 жыл бұрын
A college history teacher, mid 90s, told my class that we are heading into a new dark age. After the events of the past 2 years I think we might be.
@countravid37684 жыл бұрын
“Diocletian was the best leader Rome had in a long time.” FoL. Aurelian “Am I a joke to you?!”
@IM-xg2ki4 жыл бұрын
Amazing, great stuff thank you.
@RangerHouston3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for going in depth and telling us what actually happened concerning Rome. A lot of times in school the lesson on Rome ends after the split of East/West and it’s never brought up again.
@zippyparakeet107411 ай бұрын
I mean he doesn't touch upon the Byzantine Empire all that much anyway. He was like "yeah the east continued, here was Justinian, he did okay, then Islam came and then there was this Irene and, yeah, anyways back to Western Europe"