The Fall of Rome Explained In 13 Minutes

The Fall of Rome/Fall of the Roman Empire marked a pivotal point in human history and ended Roman power in the west 1,000 years after the city’s foundation. FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus: ow.ly/vVNM30iEpwC | The Roman empire, towards the end of its lifetime, could not stop the relentless barbarian attacks that chipped away at its borders until, by the time of Romulus, there was little more than Italy left. While the Eastern half of the empire, known as the Byzantine Empire, survived until 1453, the Western Roman Empire crumbled in the 5th century, never to be seen again. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: ow.ly/vVNM30iEpwC
Time Stamps 📽
Introduction 0:16
The Gothic War 1:00
Alaric - King of the Visigoths 2:17
Roma The Chicken 3:53
The Fall of the West 4:07
Kingdom of the Visigoths 5:23
A New Power 6:04
The Downfall of Size 6:53
The Western Economy 7:50
The Integration of Soldiers 8:37
Ineffective leadership 9:25
The Role of Christianity 10:20
The Legacy of Rome 11:20
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[@XxLoveGivesHopexX]

i love these videos so much! your greek gods video was so entertaining and informative as well, thank you for your work and i hope you make more in the future :)

[@TheJorgekimelman]

The Life Guide

[@kase3176]

Welfare state destroyed Rome

[@davidcraig7771]

The Life Guide fuck you

[@gwest6511]

Do one about the moors please

[@drivenbyrage5710]

Those who forget the past, are doomed to repeat it.

[@devilhunterred]

Modern Europe isn't an empire.

[@MohammadAliKhalil]

Nate Z native Americans said the same thing and the Australian aborigines probably said the same thing.

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

Mohammad's victims also said the same. So did the native British to the romans. So did the tibetans to the Chinese. Everywhere has been invaded at some point. Australia and America are the least invaded.

[@HOWYOUDOIN884]

you don't have to remember if you have friends to remind you

[@surfrunnerd8457]

DrivenByRage as is the USA in modern times. Starts with not protecting one's own borders, then declining morals, next turning non issues into issues so that truly important priorities are forgotten, and so on. All kingdoms always end, but the U.S. seems to be on the fast track. The most amazing aspect of this seems to be that societies seem to welcome their own demise. We see this with Trump as his "Make America Great Again" seems to upset the MSM and so many on the left as they were sure the USA's days were numbered, and now they are extremely upset that this demise might be delayed.

[@crowdedboss8399]

Me in class: B O R I N G Me 10 years later: *Interesting*

[@toha1729]

Becausw nobody forces you to learn it and nobody will punish you if you resist

[@LisaHack-hq3dv]

​@@toha1729suicide not allowed

[@LisaHack-hq3dv]

Dog not allowed ect

[@ChaniTsunami229]

It's funny, Rome at its peak almost looks like a futuristic society compared to now, with their beautiful architecture and city planning. We lost a lot from that society.

[@redshadow4146]

They were thief’s, they messed with the Phoenix, so we erupted a volcano 🙂

[@pervenchemusic]

That is true but cities being designed now are designed to be more open to higher populations such as including more road lanes, more open space, more places for greenery and renewable energy etc. So attempts are being made but modern buildings are ugly

[@ChaniTsunami229]

@@pervenchemusic Yes agreed. Rome was designed for the oligarchy I suppose. Because everyone else was either in squalor or dead.

[@LegitPlays777]

@@pervenchemusic Buildings are also made to withstand more... Like earthquakes, etc..

[@navall11]

Rome still stands! We just renamed it!

[@kenosentity6455]

The more I look at the vises that lead the fall of Rome, the more I realize that history isn't so much removed from us as we would like to imagine...

[@dannybruff]

Carbon copy

[@AC-te9dr]

Humans are stupid

[@gh0rochi363]

People never changed. We just like to tell ourselves we're evolved.

[@marcyates7087]

Vices*

[@jsully8076]

Vices, not "vises"

[@Deagle-lj7tv]

World history is far more interesting than any fiction

[@corupptedkev6032]

@Stxr KillerX ?? Explain

[@who-ny5oe]

Agreed

[@velvet_light390]

oh shut up

[@BM-rw8ty]

Anybody who believes otherwise is mentally deficient

[@lumi2798]

I like both but history just hits different because it was real

[@damenwhelan3236]

Romulus saw Rome rise. Romulus saw Rome fall.

[@htoodoh5770]

damen whelan indeed

[@justafaniv1097]

It was much the same in the East. Constantine I built the capital of Constantinople. Constantine XI saw it fall.

[@damenwhelan3236]

Justafan IV I hadn't realised that fully. Thank you!

[@theehhhnd5708]

You mean Uther Pendragon??? From the last legion lol.

[@pagancenturion94]

Romulus saw alot! ;)

[@homedepotdad1362]

Hmm the fall of Rome starting to look real familiar in the U.S

[@babyigotchomoney]

You smart

[@theglutton1815]

Not really.

[@edgabrielocay3376]

First stage: emigrants and assylum seekers....lol

[@meekomillx2393]

Bro its been looking like rome since Abraham Lincoln and Jfk were murdered, Architecture and everything shits crazy and creepy like they never fell

[@ricardlargo2957]

@yassi jass you talk a lot about america. But know nothing. Poor simp

[@martyc3447]

Rome fell harder than my grades in 7th grade

[@Blobstermcblobster]

Bro same

[@ricky-sanchez]

My grades fell in the eighth. Then rose in the second 9th, then fell again in the 11th. Improved in the second 11th and stayed consistent in the 12th. I avoided the crisis of the 12th grade. Graduated. Then came the true crisis....

[@CT--te6if]

@@ricky-sanchez dang bro

[@brianticas7671]

Lol mathematics is a class that will bring you mentally down. Thats always been my weakness. I hate it.

[@flaminak7894]

@@brianticas7671 Nah bro, I dislike mathematics but I’m really adept in it if I put my mind to it. You’re probably a genius at it but it just drains you is all

[@HearMeRawls]

Isn't it ironic, that the last western Roman emperor had the same name as the founder of Rome?

[@carlmarks1797]

If someone with the last name washington ever runs for president...🤐

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

Full circle.

[@shaokhan2845]

L C what about the freemasons?

[@Saiputera]

@Dimitris Tsakalos damn that scary tho

[@gonzalomelano8002]

It wasn´t a coincidence that he was called Romulo Augustus

[@l.t.1305]

Rome didn't only fall to external threats, they fell from within as well. They became politically and and morally corrupt.

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

Yea but they quite literally did fall from external threats like Attila the Visigoth the vandals

[@imbalinzero5822]

History repeat. Pressing endless money modern time. Rome cuting/mixing golden coins with Copper. Inflatie will happen.

[@thebrocialist8300]

One follows the other.

[@mikehunt132]

A Scam Involving Corndogs they turned into degenerates

[@mikehunt132]

A Scam Involving Corndogs rampant homosexuality

[@luisnavarrete9271]

I like to think that it’s so cool that all the history in the world happened under the same sun, the sun sees all. Don’t mind me really baked rn 🤧

[@colehamersley8125]

gaeeeeeeee

[@mundoddl]

yes

[@inmagiasiderum5612]

The Sun and the planets are gods... They see human history and influenced it.

[@readmydescription5533]

@@inmagiasiderum5612 ok

[@jennamichie7245]

@@inmagiasiderum5612 Bruh, the suns a ball of hot ass gas

[@willbrink]

The parallels to the US never fail to astound me. The barbarians are at the gate, but the gate will fall due to internal failures...

[@white-dragon4424]

The UK is the same. Thousands of Third Worlders coming across the Channel illegally in rubber boats on a daily basis, and our corrupt government, big business and the lefties just let them in. Now we're getting chanting for jihad on our streets and suicide bombers in pop concerts.

[@KovMedia]

We don't even have a gate, they just walk in.

[@b.w.9244]

And unlike the Roman...dont mistreat them. @@KovMedia

[@KaiInMotion]

It's seriously insane to me how people will hear that Rome mistreated immigrants so poorly that they were selling their children into slavery to survive and somehow their takeaway is that the immigrants were the problem and not the cruelty against them. If you back people into a corner they eventually take all they can and snap and fight back. If you don't want all the scary hordes of immigrants to rebel, don't force them into a corner where rebellion is their only hope for survival or to have their humanity recognized. Also most immigrants are a boon to their communities and don't take for granted the things natural-born citizens do. Immigrants work like absolute hell to come to places like the US, Canada, Australia, etc. The immigration process for most countries is a huge complex minefield that is very picky, takes years and lots of money to navigate, and can collapse on you at any second even if you do everything right. I think most people who are anti-immigration have little to no idea what the actual immigration process looks like whatsoever, and also refuse to rub elbows with any immigrants in real life social situations. It's easy to make people the big bad boogeyman who will destroy society when you invest zero time in meeting them or getting to know them.

[@RunnWScissors]

Barbarians? As in….?

[@patricktoussaint6510]

moral of the story... no one stay on top forever

[@mjolninja9358]

Thank you, as a bottom this gives me power

[@davechristian7543]

thats 100% right n its China's turn soon my friend trust me.

[@mjolninja9358]

@@davechristian7543 wait China’s on top? Aren’t they currently at second? USA’s the one on top

[@mlgreen111]

More of the story: the phrase "too big to fail" is a lie lol

[@Telluwide]

Except the USA! USA! USA! USA!

[@TheBasedBalkan]

I would love to learn everything about Rome from the beginning to the end. An astonishing empire that lasted for over 1000 years. That’s just crazy.

[@roxyglow9670]

@@jameeztherandomguy5418 hemm nope ..

[@BrianKabonyo]

@CrusaderPrince Ancient Egypt?

[@richardwainwright9205]

@@jameeztherandomguy5418 what did the Mongols leave behind in terms of culture?

[@katielarsen2630]

I recommend "The Classical World: an epic history from Homer to Hadrian" by Robin Lane Fox and "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" :)

[@versatileduplicity9313]

@CrusaderPrince study it !!

[@Tikus_90]

Nero: I hate Rome and will proceed to burn it down Honorius: hold my chicken

[@ChrisCoombes]

ꓘaligulaaa hahah enjoyed that!

[@stain4128]

@iron golem 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 your being satirical right

[@ukg5508]

Hold my chicken loool 🤣😂🤣

[@yaboyed5779]

*Stares in Romulus Augustus*

[@user-fo2uh4rm5c]

With Nero ，with the Gothic and Huns ，West Roman fell and the East Rome survived. 😊

[@Oskarelu]

Romulus' story broke my soul. An 11-year-old boy who, instead of having fun and enjoying his youth like people of his age, was forced to become the last leader of a crumbling Empire, only to be kidnapped, humiliated and imprisoned for life by a bunch of barbarians. Even though he was just a puppet who didn't do anything remarkable, Romulus deserves a lot more respect than other emperors like Caligula or Nero. I just hope God has him in his glory 😔

[@prufstandauffakten9226]

Lmao

[@Richard_Ryder]

You realize Romulus was a myth right

[@pelelum1062]

​@@Richard_Ryder you realise hes talking about the last emperor right?

[@AlmostEthical]

Who were the barbaric ones? ... 'A "barbarian” king once said, “they steal, they butcher & they plunder. They have the nerve to call it the Rule of Rome. They make a desert and call it peace”. It was spoken by a Caledonian chief named Calgacus which was recorded by Tacitus.' The "bunch of barbarians" considered the Roman Empire to be the barbaric ones.

[@GLARebel]

@@AlmostEthical I'm not an expert but I heard "barbarian" was a word Romans called anyone who wasn't them. Anyone who wasn't civilized. Basically just a word to describe tribals without a god. What you've explained seems more in line of what we use the word like today.

[@johntaylor9381]

It was the mustaches. Those clean shaven Romans couldn’t compete with those epic barbarian handlebars.

[@alaeoulhasni5758]

Barbarian! Racist

[@ricky-sanchez]

Also, male pattern baldness comes from mass roman inbreeding.

[@DEVS_VLTIMA]

@@ricky-sanchez then why do sub-Saharan Africans exhibit high levels of male pattern baldness despite not descending from the Romans

[@ricky-sanchez]

@@DEVS_VLTIMA As time went on, over the course of a thousand years, the carriers of the roman baldness gene started traveling the world, breeding with other cultures. Now millions of people might carry the baldness gene.

[@mikeobama69]

@@ricky-sanchez no, lol

[@Borat911]

Rome is such and amazing example of both extreme glory and disaster .... They actually managed to upgrade the entire empire and all its neighbors to unprecedented levels of social and economic upgrades ... But lost it all in the due to internal strife and foreign invasions. When Rome fell everything went rapidly backwards instead of forwards

[@pbrower2a1]

Slavery. Slave systems need no middle class that can innovate in commerce and technology, and hence no middle class. Society splits into people completely helpless and despondent -- and people of unlimited appetite for crass indulgence. Nobody learns anything, and progress dies.

[@That1Nixfan]

Are we going to ignore that a Roman emperor heard the legendary city Rome had fallen and he was like Oh thanks god my chickens alright

[@LisaHack-hq3dv]

Suicide not allowed

[@zntepicvids]

As a male, I think about the Roman Empire daily.

[@jawbrace]

Tragic story but have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Plageus the Wise?

[@cell9899]

Jawbrace ahh yes, some say he still lives

[@milksteak9213]

Is it possible to learn this power?

[@noconaroubideaux9423]

shit's fucked up son...it's all fucked up

[@Oldchannel798]

milk steak NOT FROM A JEDI....🔥😈🔥

[@jorkkeker8097]

I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.

[@rileymack4995]

Fun fact: Byzantium was only called that several years after it fell, throughout its history they called it the Empire of the romans, and Greeks called themselves Romans hundreds of years afterwords

[@marcelcostache2504]

they where ROMANS.

[@arthasmenethil7208]

@@marcelcostache2504 they were hellenic.They called themselves "ROMIOI" they were not 100% romans.if you type "greek empire" in google,you ll find both athenian league and alexander's campaign,but also the Byzantine empire as,it was comprised mostly from greek speaking people.Justinian made greek the official language.Most of the rulers if not all of them were greeks. Maurikios,Phokas,Heraklius,Macedons,Komninoi,Palaiologoi ....the list goes on...

[@idontknow4950]

@Sasuke Uchiha Constantinople (Istanbul) is one of the most beautiful cities, they fucking built Santa Sofia, they fucking invented byzantine mosaic art and the "refugees" of the byzantine empire were one of the prominent causes of humanism and the Renaissance, care to repeat they Mr. I don't know jack shit about history but I will open my mouth none the less to say idiotic things.

[@histguy101]

@@arthasmenethil7208 None of those that you listed were Greeks in the ethnic sense you're implying, and some of them, like the Komneni(but also the Doukas family, Paleaologian, and Phocati), all claimed descent from various Roman families from Italy. The Macedonian dynasty is called as such because the founder hailed from the province of Macedonia(which at the time was actually in Thrace). Heraclius was supposedly Armenian, and Maurice was born in one of the Armenia provinces near the border of Cappadocia. They could be Armenian, Syrian, Assyrian, Arabic, or one of a dozen other ethnic backgrounds that existed or once existed in eastern Anatolia, but they were Roman, meaning Roman in Citizenship, culture, and religion. Even the numerous Roman colonies in Anatolia, Achaea, and Macedonia spoke Greek. Greek was also a Roman language You're creating a distinction between "Greek" and "Roman" that's more or less irrelevant here. You're even creating a distinction between how "Roman" is said in one language or another, as if Augustus called himself "Roman" in English.

[@tasnimneffati2912]

ironically, many countries including mine, still call italians, greeks and turks "romans"

[@garyhughes1664]

I found this fascinating. The fall of Rome explained in such a way that no prior knowledge was needed to understand it. Excellent. Will be watching other programmes on your channel.

[@LisaHack-hq3dv]

Suicide not allowed

[@Estusstew]

Definitely America’s future, at least a possibility of what could happen. It may happen sooner than we think

[@MaliVal]

that’s objectively impossible if we fall it will be through americans uprising against their own government or an exterior threat. Our centralized military power is too strong for immigrants to have an impact.

[@mackeejack6731]

America will be the only exception in history to never fall can I get a fuck ya!?

[@theguyinthechair7800]

There is NOTHING new under the sun.

[@Thumbsupurbum]

Nihil sub sole novum

[@kidneystone6415]

Well... In space, there is no true direction, so... There is no "under."

[@alae6808]

Usa myb

[@whichway1481]

Kidney Stone doesn’t matter

[@thatrandomeliteultra1158]

@@kidneystone6415 wait a minute

[@connor7136]

I can’t believe you make these great videos in two months with only two people. Keep it up!

[@josebalcazar3415]

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." - W. Durant “The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you” - Christopher Hitchens

[@finndaniels9139]

Rome partly destroyed itself from within, but also lots of it was just bad luck. Various epidemics destroyed the Roman population and economy, a few key military defeats, less bureaucratic fluidity etc. As for the second quote, I love Hitch and it’s a nice analogy, but a significant part of Roman strength in its formative years -> Pax Romana was its ability to incorporate and syncretise an incredible variety of cultures and peoples. To argue it was just multiculturalism is a significantly flawed view of Rome. A lot like the decadence argument.

[@realtalk1310]

Looks familiar doesn't it?

[@finndaniels9139]

@@realtalk1310 not really

[@sarahsoutar252]

Yes, many parallels.@@realtalk1310

[@jasonberg3230]

This facts

[@liquidsnake6879]

In terms of years, the distance from Caesar's death to the fall of Rome was 520 years, the same distance from today to the year 1501 just 9 years after Columbus landed in America, when Machiavelli and the Borgias were still alive, when Martin Luther founder of Protestantism was still 17 years old and a university student, Rome had already fallen tbh over such a long stretch of time, it changed so much that it resembled nothing of what we think of when we discuss Rome. People often don't quite visualize or grasp how long it took to fall

[@qoizr7505]

At a geographical stand point 500 years isn’t really that long

[@a_09.7]

@@qoizr7505 when ur Constantinople

[@alyciamarie4163]

Perspective! the amount of time between ancient Egyptian and the new kingdom is the same as us to Cleopatra!!

[@crosbyllc5426]

Forget Columbus!!

[@dziosdzynes7663]

Rome didn't fall in 476 retard

[@emperorbartu2414]

Chicken 🍗 > Rome

[@freevaginalexams9494]

+And The Salt Spreads Sounds like trump and america lol

[@meh2521]

Dude, I fuckin' laughed my ass off about the Chicken part 😂

[@dididogster9994]

All is as it should be.

[@firebladex8586]

@@freevaginalexams9494 you have to go back paco

[@freevaginalexams9494]

@@firebladex8586 Go back were? Im from Texas dumb ass...maybe you should go back to Germany

[@tomdaly4275]

"Oh no! My favourite chicken's dead!" Yeah, forget the fact your empire's falling to bits and your city's being attacked by savages

[@CosmicSavage51]

"He was distraught when he heard his favourite chicken died and was relieved when he came to know that his chicken was alive but Rome was in danger"🤣😂

[@reprogrammingmind]

Excellent work, thank you for sharing.

[@huddleen]

"the Western Empire was in an almost continuous state of conflict, requiring a very large army. This army ate heavily into the budget of the state, leaving development of infrastructure and civil projects to be put on the sidelines in favor of military expenditure." "the aristocracy grew incredibly powerful due to low taxes" "corrupt and ineffective leadership" "Profit taking priority over matters of state" So basically the same as the United States' current trajectory...

[@larryreese6146]

Yep, destruction of a middle class, elitism versus the good of the empire, and focus on militarism, corruption, and outside instability. All the dominoes were right in line. Very astute of you.

[@user-si5vp6ud1w]

Well about low taxes not, because it actually helped people, in that time luke now, if you take too much the people just cut your throat and reemplace with another because money is his work

[@tejasranger]

Sounds like America

[@logantruman802]

Cuz every poor family trying to make a living working at Walmart wants to pay more taxes and get more work regulations hahaha

[@santiagodespo9475]

Taxes were high moron

[@danielbaur5765]

By far the best of all videos I've seen on this topic!

[@LisaHack-hq3dv]

Suicide not allowed

[@Dominic.Dybala]

Great video! I have one challenge. Every other time I've heard this period covered, it was said that the capital being moved from Rome from Milan or Ravenna was a wise and prudent decision, as it put the leadership closer to the front line and the rest of the empire, and if anything, staying in Rome was indicate being out of touch. I think it is clear, though, that many later Western Roman Emperors were indeed out of touch! Thanks for your work!

[@PayalKumari-yr3kk]

Yaa and one more thing is every history of the world looks like they are connected to each other just like the reason of decline 😊

[@finndaniels9139]

Definitely, and rome had declined by this point anyway. It wasn’t the jewel of the empire it once was, with a low population and little economic activity. But I suppose it represents a loss of what made the Romans, Roman.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

The painting at 2.05 is actually Julius Caesar accepting the defeat of Vercingeterex, about 500 years previous.

[@tymorgan92]

Do you know the painting at 12 23

[@Joonudschi]

@Octavian Caesar Hibernicus Thanks for confirming my assumption, mate. 👍🏼

[@ricky-sanchez]

None of those paintings are historically accurate. In the painting at 2:05, Caesar is wearing a red robe, while Vercingetorix is allowed to ride up on horse back, fully armed, and surrender with no resistance at all. The painting was made 1000 years after what it is supposed to depict, by the way. Historians lie. Romancing Rome was a trend started by the Medici family during the renaissance.

[@histguy101]

@@ricky-sanchez Actually, it was painted 1950 years later, and is based on Plutarch's account: Plutarch: Life of Caesar- 27.9-10 _'And the leader of the whole war, Vergentorix, after putting on his most beautiful armour and decorating his horse, rode out through the gate. 10 He made a circuit around Caesar, who remained seated, and then leaped down from his horse, stripped off his suit of armour, and seating himself at Caesar's feet remained motionless, until he was delivered up to be kept in custody for the triumph."_ Also, in Caesar's Commentatii De Bello Gallico, he states that he always wears a red cloak so his men can identify him. A French painter named Lionel Royer created this painting in 1899. His audience would have been intimately familiar with Caesar & Plutarch.

[@Fully_Digital]

I watched the entire video just for the paintings...

[@MOON-zo3ik]

Tbh yeah

[@LiillyMiilly]

same

[@ashbyseabrook5765]

Thank you so much, this taught me so much in so little time. You are the best.

[@joshwebb8687]

ty for the vid! keep it up just subbed

[@peterje1974]

So history is kind of repeating its self?

[@natasliah9702]

peterje1974 -How?

[@peterje1974]

Trying to build and hold a new Empire called Europe.

[@peejay1244]

No there are many differences

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

Nope America doesn’t have a slave problem it’s economy is more stable that Rome and its “foreigner problem” has no similarities to Rome in both scale and damage caused as Rome was recruiting immigrants to lead the army leading to an obvious set of revolutions in America I don’t see a single standing army made up of immigrants but you Americans like to pretend that this one problem is a problem of survival (which it isn’t) to justify your racism

[@Rickuo]

Fact of the matter is, that the US will become Mexico 2.0 by 2045 onwards. 2045 is the date when the White majority will decline into a minority due to mass immigration and higher birthrates of Latinos. If these facts are racist, then I'm a racist.

[@evangrim7267]

I was looking for a video like this a while ago. Great job!

[@PdawgForPrez]

Good job puttin this together

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Got a new subscriber. Was fun and informative to watch. Great video

[@yungfaas6688]

All your videos are great man, keep it up

[@vincivedivicilextalionas4036]

I could watch 20 videos on this and never get tired of the subject.

[@garyhughes1664]

This was an excellent video on the fall of the Roman Empire. Glad I watched it. Thx or sharing.

[@WarriorOfHonor16]

Really enjoyed this - thank you!

[@Bastogne1944]

And those who did not adopt pants became the Scottish! Great video.

[@gvjudd1289]

haha

[@nothingtoospiffy7913]

General G. S. Patton John green?

[@yeetman4953]

@天王平家万歳 Mauro Mejias no

[@Supervalu89]

Excellent video!!! However, I would like to note that the painting shown at @2:03 is not from the Gothic War but the Gaulic Wars when Vercingetorix finally surrendered to Caesar at the Battle of Alesia. Keep up the great work!

[@leahhh3500]

Haha I new that picture looked odd

[@Allen216.]

Yes this is correct

[@pauljimenezjr2679]

Love the videos! Can I recommend using a couple of maps as well because I be confused sometimes

[@williamkreth]

This was great, Subbed

[@petermeyer9383]

and in a few decades we might just see another rome fall

[@Ajourneyofknowing]

Peter Meyer - Rome is too popular of a historic city to just let fall apart again

[@tang9538]

@@Ajourneyofknowing Pretty sure he's referring to the US not literally Rome the City

[@michaelsantos8377]

@@tang9538 America will never be like Rome, don't you ever americans compare yourselves to the might of Rome.

[@Nikita-qx8os]

Ganador fscts

[@vesper-lu5wm]

@@michaelsantos8377 ok boomer

[@jeanlucsugar]

Rome fell because of socioeconomic problems. They always had barbarians coming in. Rome fell because the people did not have the glory and pride to defend a nation that was no longer a place of free trade and a place of economic growth it was crumbling politically once they brought welfare and starting taking the silver danarus which was 100 percent silver at the start of rome was less than 1 percent as inflation was so insane Kind of like how today we are slowly falling to inflation and political corruption

[@_GreenShadow_]

You're right! It was SJWs and fiat currency that collapsed Rome .... JUST LIKE IS HAPPENING NOW :O Rome was a Reaganite paradise and it was ruined by hordes of pagan barbarians and libtards on welfare who wanted free college. ............ Jesus. Fucking. Christ. Stop being so god damn stupid!

[@euphoricatheist6694]

Sharp political insights there, Adele.

[@maxxxstrong4577]

Agreed!!!

[@venusreena2532]

Silver costs 20 times what it was worth in 60s..

[@jimsmith6401]

Rome was great when it was pagan and collapsed when it became Christian.

[@ulaiasibutukoro3799]

700+ years of dominance throughout the ages is quite impressive for an empire like Rome.....would be interesting how America puts this to the test, but only time can tell way beyond our lifetime.

[@versatileduplicity9313]

Yeah, so far our minds as black people have been tarnished !!! So far it’s been 400 years

[@Rastamanas]

Merica doomed too

[@kevinerb6268]

America is doomed

[@dearth1109]

Merica is going to be outdone by china.

[@mrmoney2249]

American collapse this decade for sure

[@PhatFreddysCat]

Fantastic artwork! Thnks 👍🏼

[@uusrano]

The picture of the "Goths" arriving at the sea is actually Croats arriving in todays Croatia. It is one of our best known paintings, and very often on the front of Croatian history books.

[@Seekarr]

The last WESTERN Roman Emperor, and it was about 81 years after the creation of the Western Empire; there was still a Roman Emperor in Constantinople. The Senate of Rome and all the magistrate offices of the West became the subject of the other Emperor, and that remained the case until the Second Gothic War of the Reign of Justinian, in the 6th century rather than the 5th century.

[@BadKarma444]

Felt like it was an appropriate time to watch this

[@lyotoarellano]

Same here. Its getting real.

[@quietgirlinthecorner3684]

Joe Biden will win I guess. What's you prediction next?

[@Noticer333]

It’s just going to get worse worse

[@hollowl3184]

@@Noticer333 lmao fr

[@breannklay3776]

LATINO= LATIN ROMANS.... PONCHO PILOT.. .. THE MEXICAN PEOPLE

[@urmomdickinson7043]

Who’s here after the U.S capital was stormed

[@justanormalhuman83yearsago56]

Yes sir

[@dulcefabiola23]

Me

[@urmomdickinson7043]

@V Jo P. and the half a million people who died of the pandemic because of our presidents lack of leadership

[@sippcastro2696]

@V Jo P. ......and where was the surprise? The trumptards reputations and lives being ruined? That was a nice surprise ☺️

[@randallmendoza1981]

History will always repeats itself

[@tomboerstra2533]

Press "F" to pay respects.

[@Jonathan-sd8kg]

Tom Boerstra F

[@Augustus_Imperator]

F

[@mistermood4164]

*alt-f4

[@greenleader4517]

F

[@jackkemp7256]

I don't get it, why don't you guys just give the video a like? What does an "F" do? Edit: Never mind, I looked it up.

[@raziel4235]

But what about droid attack on the Wookiees

[@jainsworr]

Raziel we can’t afford to lose that system

[@Ajourneyofknowing]

Raziel we do not have many starships to spare

[@peacewalkerdf164]

take a seat, young Raziel

[@notajedimaster2489]

This is outrageous. It’s unfair!

[@jacobdjjsjj2418]

😂😂😂

[@youngmerc7717]

Bro you saved my life, I’m officially a connoisseur of the Roman Empire and it’s legacy after it’s dissolution meaning I’m about to get a 100 on my midterm.

[@Indusxstan]

very succinct 13 mins! Thank you 🙏

[@kobehal]

"The Fall of Rome Explained" in 10 seconds. 'The money left town.'

[@VMohdude-]

kobehal true lol

[@trialone5691]

United States in 2021

[@stevenarias7001]

History will and always repeats itself

[@TKOthunder]

Who else was thinking of Rome and Sparta recently?

[@karanowlin9506]

October 23, 2021... America here 🇺🇸 I keep seeing the same vision in a dream, an ancient Roman building with the big pillars, like the one in the beginning of this video, but it's crumbling.. I have been praying I will see more or understand more, and I come across this video and it just gives me chills.

[@yourordinaryartist169]

Some guy's sitting in the middle of chaos, with rome almost dying, and he's worried about his pet chicken? *He's got his priorities straight*

[@bogor1521]

I cried for the whole duration of the vid, Sad stuff. May the light of rome shines bright again one day

[@MrSkiPR]

It's insane how familiar this story feels. Ignore your past and you're bound to repeat it...

[@jimdock9]

This is so similar to what we’re going to see unfolding in America over the next few years, crazy how history repeats itself

[@zeflr122]

Yeah bro Bill gates gonna drop the 5g bomb

[@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28]

Did you not get the meaning of the video of are you another Roman worshipper fan art fanatics that compares the United States to the Roman Empire?

[@jimdock9]

@@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28 chill out man lol

[@millenlaflore]

Bullsh*t. That would never happen.

[@cyrusmufc2914]

You jackass are straight clowns I though America was gonna fall the minute Obama took charge🤣🤣🤣🤣, wasn't the world to end in 2012🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, dumb Cuntservatives

[@westonoler1037]

Tysm, this turned a school assignment that would have taken days into a couple hours.

[@PatM1984VivoCristoRey]

I hope you see the irony in that.

[@thenomad4123]

Wow great visuals!

[@AllPureSkill]

Interesting history and great breakdown

[@gooncaveenthusiast]

1:23 this is a visualisation of Croats arriving at Croatia which happened after rome fell. Just a minor inaccuracy.

[@noelsimovic2902]

Generic Twat If ur not from Croatia - GoodEye

[@patf1288]

The entire video is filled with inaccuracies. When they're talking about Rome and the Huns they show a painting of Caesar and the Gauls which was completely different and took place hundreds of years earlier in a different part of the Empire.

[@Baxbax]

Well damn Patrick I came here to say that. I was at first confused why vesangetarix or whatever was there because he got slapped up. Brap brap.

[@dutchandepic1691]

Generic Twat x he also uses the fall of carthage and the burning of alexandria as examples of the fall of rome. He also uses vercingetorix's surrender to ceaser as an example of a meeting between an eastern roman emperor and a barbarian warlord. P.s i have only seen the first part of the video and this was painfully clear.

[@dutchandepic1691]

But i do have to say that everyone on youtube uses the burning of alexandria as an example of the fall of rome

[@greenlion6544]

A couple of takeaways: Rome should never have allowed the Goths in their borders, but after they did, they should have seperated them, sprinkled them around the empire and work to assimilate them to "feel Roman." I also want to point out that Justinian, had it not been for disease, mismanagement of the reconquored lands and attacks from the East, could have reconquored the entire western half of the Empire.

[@finndaniels9139]

They just didn’t have the administrative strength at this point. The economy is in shambles, their population too small to maintain the armies necessary to enforce this separation etc. Just a huge variety of factors led to their inability to deal with this singular factor. It’s important to see it as a structural movement not a singular event

[@alexandercarroll9707]

You didn’t mention the biggest theme of Adrianople which was that Valens would have been able to defeat the Goths if he had waited for Gratian’s army to arrive at the city of Adrianople instead of charging. Great video though, and I will check your channel out!

[@jamiesturley7921]

Cracking vid 👍

[@Nautilus1972]

The Fall of Rome Explained In two words. Standing armies. I sat on a bus beside a guy who did his PhD on the fall of the Roman Empire. It's what is causing the fall of the USA empire also (military installations in 134 countries).

[@riptor9565]

It had nothing to do with their military... having the greatest military in the world means nothing if the country you're fighting for has become unrecognizable.. I imagine much of their military lost the will to fight for Rome long before it collapsed. Sure you could say that led to a military stretched thin.. but that's not the cause, only the effect. Rome fell for the same reason European countries today are in decline, the same reason the United States is on it's way out.. national identity decays with each generation. The common thread that unified all people in the beginning becomes nothing more than a story, history, a myth.. until all that matters to people is "popular culture". And when the only thing that matters to people is "entertainment", you end up with depravity, because people at the end of the day are animals, that is our default programming from birth, something that needs to be trained out of us early on.. and without a common goal like nationalism or religion, slowly but surely the natural force of human nature will pull people back toward their primal instincts.. it's called moral relativism, and it's a downward spiral back to the stone age. Atheists are fools for this reason. They preach about their great discovery of morals without religion as if we've reached a finish line, just go ahead and burn the books we don't need what came before.. Every new generation starts this all over again, the pull toward tribalism.. it's strong, and it will destroy society if we don't stay unified and education on what matters, having a common, unifying goal. Religion and Nationalism haven't been perfect, but they've unified people all throughout history more than anything else. Capitalism is the anomaly.. it's not supposed to work, but it does. Free trade and property rights has transformed the world, and politicians are once again ready to exploit the masses for their own personal gain. I imagine Rome fell for this reason. Individuals were seen as expendable. only Rome mattered.. and at the end of the day Rome is just an idea, it's the people that have to keep it afloat, and if the people feel their expendable, the idea is dead, the military stops fighting, and the barbarians walk right through the gates and take over.

[@amlecciones]

nah. the USA is different, as long as people there believe in themselves they have the innate humanity to remain at the top. unless of course the USA has its crossing of danube event which is being fixed already.

[@spaceplateau]

@@riptor9565 centerforinquiry.org/blog/morality_evolved_first_long_before_religion/

[@100neshama]

Dont worry, Trump is here!

[@justaname1862]

OR...in One word....IMMIGRATION!

[@Dominus_Augustus]

Diocletian didn't exactly split the Empire in half. He made a tetrachy commonly known as "4 emperors, 1 Empire" We have Theodosius to thank for the final, most conclusive split

[@gtrance3567]

13 minutes. Perfect!

[@signoguns8501]

What painting is that @ 3:34? That's incredible, Ive never seen it before. So lifelike.

[@creativechip3399]

He was so relieved when his chicken was safe😂😂😂 but otherwise...😔

[@connorgolden4]

It’s a damn shame you completely skipped Majorian’s attempt to restore the empire. The dude retook Gaul and Hispania and nearly retook Carthage.

[@ryanvacation7319]

Read Kyle Harper's 'Fate of Rome.’ It also,mentions that the empire was ravaged by infectious disease and epidemics several times in its history contributing to its decline.

[@gmac8586]

@9:55 ; This is what the downfall is of the current American Empire, "aristocrats" hoarding the wealth and prioritizing profits for them above the empire itself and anything or anyone else.

[@Plutonic_Blue]

That’s actually not what’s happening at all…

[@wft15]

There is no American empire 😂

[@shiflashanga1746]

Damn the late Roman Empire is so cool for some reason, I’m definitely gonna look up on it more

[@adambud11]

Shiflashanga 1 I recommend "the fall of Rome" podcast! It's insanely in depth and covers a lot of things not mentioned in this vid

[@shiflashanga1746]

Adam Marston Thanks man

[@bayareajokester9456]

Shiflashanga 17 Check out the channels Flash Point History, Cogito and Extra Credits History as well for more content on this period. Edit: Also visit History Den and Historia Civilis.

[@shiflashanga1746]

Abyssinia Empire oh groovy I’ll check them out too

[@TheLifeGuide]

You could also sign up to The Great Courses Plus and watch the whole Rise of Rome course, completely free: thegreatcoursesplus.com/thelifeguide :D

[@arrans]

Sounds a bit like history repeating itself in our own time . . .

[@adamender9092]

Shut up

[@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28]

The US is not the Roman Empire or even the Roman republic. Trump is not “Commodus” and the democrat president is not “Maximus.” This is very similar to the unchecked immigration on the southern border comparison. Maybe Washington will be sacked by immigrants, as the Goths sacked Rome. Maybe this is the time Latin America will once retake the territories that were taken by the United states by force just like the ottomans and caliphate. So stop stealing Italian and Greeks history.

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

If you want it to, you can believe so. No country can stay on top forever, but not every country that declines will collapse.

[@gardengnome2409]

Awesome video. Thanks.

[@mesomeone8684]

Imagine being distraught about a chicken and not your city falling..

[@danieltadros3262]

The entire human race was set back when Rome fell. When Rome fell the knowledge to make concrete was lost for about 100 years. The advances we have seen in the 20th century may have happened in the 15th century if Rome had not fallen.

[@rezarfar]

Nah i doubt that, they would have needed to continue growing, especially in terms of technological innovations at the time, which had stopped hundreds of years before they actually fell as an empire. Had Rome just survived, by the 15th century, they'd have been a backwater mini Kingdom like they were 2 thousand years prior, when they were ruled by the Tuscans. In fact, wasn't that basically what the Byzantine empire was by 14th century?

[@user-eg4zb8sp1w]

I agree that Rome falling set many places back but definitely not the entire human race. The Chinese and Indians were still there

[@23StudiosSports]

@@user-eg4zb8sp1w Yes but they never really spread as far as Roman culture and influence did.

[@MaseraSteve]

@@23StudiosSports you just haven’t realized it. A lot of their invention were shockingly influential.. foundation of traveling through raft then sailing boat? Founded by tribal group located somewhere in Asia continent. Our modern knowledge is written with paper, Are originated from ancient dynasty (the real)china.. they have these benefits for hundred of years before it’s being traded to westerners So does with philosophy(hindu), explosive, tea and cooking gas? Well It’s from same continents bur muuch earlier before westerners adopted it..

[@eveei]

@@23StudiosSports just because romans influenced the western world (your bubble) doesn’t make eastern innovations any less important or impressive

[@BlueUncia]

Scrolling down, expecting to see a clear majority of comments focusing on the mass immigration part of the equation and drawing parallels to the present, instead of talking about the underlying problems of an economy founded on an unsustainable commodity (slavery), the results of centuries worth of militaristic expansionism and the hatred this bred in the conquered peoples, the logistical nightmare that is governing an enormous empire without today's technology, treating non-Roman citizens of the empire as second class citizens, overtaxing the population while the aristocracy grew rich enough to undermine the government, rampant corruption, general incompetence in leaders that were lucky enough to be born to the right family, and a ruling class that preferred to live in denial as the walls came crashing down around them ... Scrolling down, and down, and down. Not disappointed. Seriously guys, did you stop watching after the first 2 minutes, or what?

[@lightningdriver81]

BlueUncia Census projection is 75 million more people in the United States by 2060, chiefly due to immigrants and their children. It will be an enormous challenge for both environment and infrastructure to bear this unnecessary increase, eg. California will impose mandatory water rationing in 2020. Even the two party system is at risk in the U.S. as demographics are favoring the Left. Many people in the US no longer believe in borders at all, and wish to abolish ICE itself. In 2016-17 Los Angeles County spent $1.8 billion on services to illegal aliens, yet when the wildfires ravaged the state in the meantime, there were shortages of firefighters, equipment and aircraft. The parallels are valid enough and frankly, we are headed toward disaster. I say nothing of Europe, which is becoming a nightmare.

[@4RunnnerKing]

BIG facts, you can’t help willful ignorance and selective listening.

[@shohamdas]

Shut up you ignorant fool

[@plausiblyjustified6213]

Most of the stuff you listed is directly related to the amount of immigrants. Lol. Slavery or not, immigration was the downfall of Rome. Every problem was exasperated due to the shortage of actual Romans.

[@icawolg]

Lightning Driver “chiefly due to immigrants and their children”, over a 40 year period = a biased estimation to fit an argument, which is fine, but not when not when you present this as proven fact. In my estimation, the difference between your point and the OP is identifying the root of cause. Remove the babies color from the thinking (I know it’s tough). Now we’re operating in a world where we both agree on the parameters, which is people are having babies at an unsustainable rate. I’ll go one further and ask, why? Not ‘who’ is, but ‘why’ is? Lots of crack smoking ‘thug’s have 6 kids, as do meth shooting ‘trailer trash’. So why? We can’t change the brain making us do crazy things for love. But in a broader contest, and in my estimation, in America it’s the conservative Christian mindset that is the driving force. Restrict access to birth control, promote ‘abstinence’, ban abortions & force people to have kids that don’t want them, all in the name of God. Once we figure that out you can knock a couple mill off that number quicker than deporting a bunch of brown people who were cutting your grass.

[@giuliuscanteri1154]

Thank you🙏 I’d love your take on the republic and empire

[@ashumanchauhan1410]

Wish to read that book some day. I've heard a lot about it!

[@f_r_e_d]

2021 has entered the chat

[@zy823]

Watching this while watching the fall of USA!

[@TONYxndHAWK]

The US only just began. Police states are slowly emerging across the Western world

[@Chriselchingon23]

Explain please.

[@adeafmute5462]

Chriselchingon23 time to get woke my dude

[@Alex20272]

We’re one step away if Biden becomes president we will be the next Rome

[@zy823]

@@Alex20272 amen brother

[@peachylexy8201]

thx 4 helpin me pass my exams :)

[@oscaraleman7081]

its so interesting to see small glimpses of modern day Europe starting to emerge