The Forgotten Giant Fortification Wall Of The Eastern Romans.

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

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[@peterkoch3777]

The Limes in western Germany is about a bike ride away from my home. There is not much remaining of it. But some towers and castels have been rebuild and serve as a remainder what impact the romans had to our country. The Limes stood for about 200 years and so was one of the more successful of these structures.

[@Aureus_]

I love the Theodosian walls, shame on the Turkish government for not preserving them.

[@Adventeuan]

You expect destroyers of Civilization to preserve?

[@Aureus_]

@@Adventeuan One would have thought with "secularisation" they'd be more respectful, but indeed.

[@huntclanhunt9697]

​@@Aureus_ Since when has secularism led to respect?

[@GenericYoutubeGuy]

@@huntclanhunt9697secularism is just as bad as… islamism.

[@Nefferious]

Why should they preserve them ? They are only part of their culture and history because they tore them down in the first place. Otherwise they have nothing to do with them. The same for nearly all other ruins within the borders of their country. The only reasons they preserve some of the other ancient monuments in their nation is money from tourism and also a need to feel superior because of how 'culturally rich' the land they inhabit is, lol. But Byzantium isn't very popular with the general public and as such few tourists go to turkey to specifically view these monuments, combine that with a hate of the Byzantines as an "enemy" and a dismissal of them as "weak"... Why do you think they'd ever feel shame for letting a few "old walls" crumble into nothingness ?

[@JamesAdams-ev6fc]

Thanks!

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

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[@alexstetson2397]

Romans: we're gunna build a wall, it's gunna be a big beautiful wall.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

And they DID make others pay for it.

[@alexstetson2397]

@@NorthForkFisherman lol

[@andreoliveira685]

@@NorthForkFisherman the only way to do it... I'm paying for the american empire to this day... including by watchin YT. Btw i'm in Brasil

[@flyingisaac2186]

Unlike a famous or notorious New York landlord turned Florida man and ex POTUS.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@andreoliveira685 What can you say, the US was all about cheap fruit at one time. A LOT of US history is very conveniently not taught in schools.

[@sedarosman]

we have a summer house in selymbra (nowadays it is called selimpaşa in turkish (meaning selim general)) .Now i am in selymbra watching this video.Thanks maiorinanus:) greetings from selymbra

[@alexkalish8288]

I didn't know about this wall and I have been to turkey many times. Thanks - impressive

[@alanhunter2019]

Thanks

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

Thanks a lot for your kind donation, I really appreciate it

[@TaeSunWoo]

(Wakes up, reads notification and hits the Eastern Roman imperial griddy)

[@genovayork2468]

The most pathetic country.

[@genovayork2468]

The most pathetic state.

[@C0wb0yBebop]

@@genovayork2468somebody’s jealous how overpowered and long lasting Rome was….

[@genovayork2468]

@@C0wb0yBebop You seem to not know to read.

[@arxyium2]

@@genovayork2468 That's an "insult'' that should've been said to you.

[@TD-np6ze]

Really enjoyed content AND Production (excellent photos & narrative!)

[@aalexander928]

Another great history video from Maiorianus - thank you so very much.

[@Abbale]

Istanbul will never be as beautiful as Constantinople.

[@dziosdzynes7663]

truth

[@Fenris8800]

Next to the sound of the name itself imo^^

[@gula_rata]

Make Turkey GrecoRoman Again.

[@andreoliveira685]

@@gula_rata I've put a like in your comment but we lovers of history must know the basics of physics: time is a one direction only vector, there's no going back

[@lyricofwise6894]

​@@gula_rataMake Greece and Italy mediterranean culture again (Greco-Roman), not the stone age, barbarians of Germania lombardy infused, culture

[@doug1607]

Thanks, Sebastien, for bringing this lesser known fortification to our attention, as it was clearly vital in preserving Roman civilisation, and it's legacy, for at least a century.

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

Thanks Doug, it was a pleasure talking about this lesser known fortification. It's often these unknown things, that are the most fascinating.

[@fyhaskamdig]

Always quality content. Thank you for an interesting look into something i didn't know existed until now.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode...thanks for sharing

[@ancsi7474]

Part of the Roman Limes also continue on the Pannonian planes as the Csörsz árok/ Devil's ditch, from North of Budapest to the Tisza river and down to the lower Danube 1260 km. 😉

[@mariamihailescu928]

Which proves that Hungary should be part of Romania 😂. Just joking

[@asiridesigns5344]

But Maiorianus, I was told that walls don't work! Lol

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

😆

[@1machoguerrereo508]

Most excellent sir!! 👌 many thanks to you 😊

[@carlosfilho3402]

It is interesting that Constantinople remained the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Mehmed II even restored all the walls of Constantinople that he himself had destroyed, They Protected the Ottoman Empire Until the End the Greeks Tried to Reconquer the City in the So-Called Turkish War of Independence.The name Istanbul was only officially adopted after the formation of Turkey. The name already existed in the Ottoman Empire, but the city was still officially called Constantinople.

[@wingedhussar1453]

Turkish war of indepandace on land tbat they stole lol

[@Nefferious]

@@carlosfilho3402 The Ottomans never faced a real siege of their capital so, no, the walls didn't protect them. The Greeks never tried to besiege Constantinople, they didn't make an attempt to retake it. They couldn't have.

[@fulgurflavo5913]

The closest Constantinople came from being retaken was during the Russo-Turkish war of 1878. The Russians were within striking distance of Constantinople, but the Brithish intervened and ruined everything

[@wingedhussar1453]

@@fulgurflavo5913 good thing they didnt .can u imagije russia today in control of the sea

[@fulgurflavo5913]

@@wingedhussar1453 it would have gone to the greeks or bulgarians, like much of the land they conquered during that war went to balkan countries that russia was both liberating and trying to create allies or satelite states out of.

[@terrenusvitae]

I wonder if Anastasius got Mexico to pay for it...

[@DEPjr0113]

I suppose if illegals were trouncing through Mexico freely to cross into another country then they should pay for it !

[@BOIOLA08]

No he got egyptians, dalmatians, judeans, anatolians, thracians, armenians, lybians and many more to do so... 😅

[@Bill-ed3ci]

No he billed Trump .

[@issaelynuma9001]

Great video.

[@TheChamp789]

Thank you for doing this video about the eastern Roman empire - sadly this history is never taught in American schools, but it is a very important part of the history of Western Civilization.

[@naimaware]

Nice info, didn't knew if this wall!

[@jacquespictet5363]

Naming in writing the names you mention would be very helpful for further online research.

[@c.coleman2979]

An interesting essay on a little-known Roman fortification. Kudos (kudoi?) to you.

[@RlsIII-uz1kl]

Miss your space tech channel. But always great content.

[@DeanStephen]

The “very even stone blocks” of the Romans are the reason many of the walls did not survive earthquakes. Yes, the shapes makes quarrying them easier, but they also slide easier too because of their interchangeability. The custom cut polygonal walls of the Peruvians all stand in almost perfect condition by comparison, despite sitting in a similarly active earthquake zone. Each block’s unique cut keeps it in its expected place no matter the shaking. As an aside, walls become ineffective when they lack a defence. If empires stayed home, focused their energies on defending their own people instead of expanding their grasp over other countries, walls would be ever so much more effective.

[@lyricofwise6894]

Cant know everything... also not necessarily walls, but maybe the roman forts good for expansion??

[@wingedhussar1453]

This wall and Constantinople was when rome was not even expanding

[@F343x2]

Maintaining only defense allowing others the initiative is a losing tactic in litterally....everything

[@toi_techno]

Machu Pichu is amazing but it's only 500 years old

[@gerhard6105]

The wall needs some restoration. Nice video.

[@carlosfilho3402]

The Wonderfull Video.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

It's a beautiful morning for a Romaboo. What did this Epic Stone Wall give us in Rome: Total War? Order +10 and Happiness +5?

[@filmbuffo5616]

It gave us a sense of security.

[@genovayork2468]

You confessed you miserable person.

[@genovayork2468]

Romaboo, disgusting. 😂

[@MCMLXXXVICCXII]

Lucky to see some parts of Anastasian wall and battlements. Its fascinating...

[@mikepowell2776]

There’s a problem with SPQR shop. Cart ticket is obscuring whole right side of screen making it unreadable and hiding anything on that side. Not good for sales. Suggest you get on to whoever runs site to sort it out.

[@kinngrimm]

I'd like to see research on what happened to animal populations which after a wall was built could not get to their former grounds anylonger.

[@dubbelagames3951]

Can somebody explain me how te avars invaded in the west of the easter roman empire but their lands were in the east(dagestan).did they also invaded over land or with a boat?

[@neilsimpson3181]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@carlosfilho3402]

Could you bring a video about the walls of Rome built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire and how they would look later in the Middle Ages and Modern Age until the beginning of the contemporary age?

[@brutus4013]

Interesting .Cheers😎🥃

[@timkbirchico8542]

the man cheering at 9.57 has 6 fingers.

[@vulpo]

No, he has 10 fingers. Six on his left hand and four on his right hand!

[@filmbuffo5616]

You should hear him play guitar!

[@LonestarKnight]

Yea u r right, six on one, four on the other....🤔🤔 must be an inbred, a lot of that in them times...😉😉👍

[@fritter63]

Hello.... my name is Inigo Montoya..........

[@EnigmaCodeCrusher]

Thanks

[@sixmax11]

were all these walls always built to keep something or someone out, or were some built to keep something or someone in?

[@lerneanlion]

Question: Even if the Anastasian Walls still remained effective, what role can it played when the troops led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik from the Umayyad Caliphate besieged Constantinople in 717-718?

[@andreoliveira685]

Isn't it the wrong side of the isthmus?

[@genovayork2468]

​​@@andreoliveira685 There's no isthmus, boso. Learn fourth grade geography before embarrassing yourself. 😂🤣🤣

[@ra-ge]

They didn't attack from the north, the Bulgarians came from the north to slaughter the Arab rearguard.

[@freekpluimers]

Those wings suit you well😂

[@maryvalentine9090]

This guy sounds like Peter Lorre

[@bl6797]

Yes, but he’s much more attractive than Mr. Lorrie!😊

[@teslaoliveira2195]

Super!

[@Tasos98]

This defence system is the one and only defence creation tha was never beaten for almost 1000 years. It was beaten in 1453 but the nature of war had changed after 1000 years they were built. So had the weapons had changed as gunpowder started to be used. In 1204, when Constantonople was conquered by Latins, the invaders had pass over the coast line fortresses and not the Theodosian Walls. They saved the existence of civilization for a 1000 years as the saved Roman Empire from extinction when North-West Europe was living in darkness. It was as important as was the Chinise Wall in Asia. However Chinese Wall was beaten once during its history.

[@ra-ge]

The gunpowder is what ended the Theodosian wall

[@Art-is-craft]

It was not beaten by warfare. The Byzantine culture collapsed due to the birth rate and disease. When it was invaded and conquered there was nobody there to defend it.

[@Tasos98]

It was endless wars that reduced the Byzantine population. And the the concequences of Turkish invasion in Minor Asia after the unfortunate battle of Matzikert. The Turks destroyed all the infrastructure and facilities there. When Minor Asia was regained a few decades later it was a desert land unable to feed its popullation When Crushaders conquerd Constantonople they stripped away all of its wealth and destroyed all the facilities there. When it was regained 57 years later it was a shadow of itself.

[@Art-is-craft]

@@Tasos98 They only destroyed things because there was no one to defend them. There was population collapse due to low birth rates and disease.

[@ra-ge]

@@Tasos98 Don't forget the plagues

[@wellesmorgado4797]

How about King Offa's ditch?

[@alinaanto]

So interesting

[@NorthForkFisherman]

Maiorianus - Have you considered doing a review of ARX in Ukraine? They offer a pretty good selection of items for those who follow the Old Religion.

[@toi_techno]

I humanity had spent as much effort on building a fair, equal, learned and united society as we did on building walls and attacking said walls, we'd be a star-faring civilisation by now

[@mohamed-fb9vt]

Chinese great wall was built in 15th century ad

[@jcdenton9969]

Sometimes I dream about cheese. Everytime I dream about the Roman Empire.

[@andreoliveira685]

I never dreamt about cheese... dreamt about horses the other day though

[@genovayork2468]

Femboy

[@jonnmiller8045]

This is the best wall , it like lord of rings

[@Lancista]

*_Everyone gangsta untill the Mountain's start speak Bulgarian._* 💀

[@fritter63]

9:54 Somebody call Inigo Montoya, we've found the six fingered man !!!!

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

04:10 Of course: In the prime of the Roman empire, there wasn't that much need for defence.

[@filmbuffo5616]

Best defence is a good offence.

[@Tilten]

Hadrianus' wall didn’t need to be as tall since it was built to keep the drunk Scots out. 😊

[@colinkeizer7353]

I wonder why he does not mention the importance of controlling the seas on each end of this wall. It seems likely part of the decline of the wall's importance would have been due to the decline of Constantinople's Navy.

[@raduraducu2668]

A great idea for a video will be : What hapend to the old roman elite of the west after 476 ? Were they replaced by germanic inveders ,or worst killed to the last man by the barbarians? Or maybe ,some latins managed to remain in power(as the vatican or iluminati)?

[@gaiusflaminius4861]

Could you make a video about the efforts of Romans to map their territory?

[@badgamemaster]

Building great walls is just a part of human nature.

[@nitrodreyko9354]

I knew it was gonna be the anasthasian wall lol

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@SuperPromethee]

we have always needed borderline...

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

Mexico has a wall with its southern neighbour….

[@TisOsha]

okay

[@paulmicelli5819]

Where is the Tartarian Wall?

[@peterreston6478]

It is good to hear the term Eastern Romans and Eastern Roman Empire used. I am appalled by the use of the word Byzantium which is often incorrectly used by bogus historians.

[@Art-is-craft]

The term Byzantine is just as viable and more accurate.

[@alexor081]

Byzantine Romans might be better. Eastern Romans to someone who don't know history will think Gladiators and Italians in the east. Since the later history is not mainstream and Rhomania, Rhomaioi, as they called themselves, will bring much confusion to the west. The current slavic country with the same name certainly cannot even be named by half of the west. So Byzantine as they sometimes called themselves in literature alongside Roman might help their story reach more ears.

[@williampaz2092]

If only this wall had been maintained. I curse the knights of the 4th Crusade who sacked Constantinople! I curse Doge Enrico Dandolo who led them!

[@vHumboldt77]

At last we can see the guy behind the voice: I imagined you hot, but not as much ♥

[@miepmiepzoefzoef]

Get your facts straight on the limes, it ran all the way to Katwijk aan Zee.

[@charlescatt4607]

Byzantine you mean. It’s either the full Roman Empire or it’s Byzantine. Can’t have “eastern Rome” if it doesn’t have Rome.

[@ra-ge]

There goes another "historian" who doesn't read history but love to correct other people. NO it was THE Roman empire, people call themselves Romans. The term "Byzantine empire" came in the 16 century coined by the Latins. Because of the German "Holy Roman empire" which had nothing to do with the real Roman empire. Constantin the great moved the capital of the Roman empire to Constantinople and after his death the empire was split to Eastern and Western for better management of the huge territory the empire had.

[@WAFFENAMT1]

I'm waiting for the Great Wall of Trump to be built...

[@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729]

It's already built. It's made from wire mesh, blind patriotism and empty promises.

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

@@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729 You must be getting your info from Mainstream Media.

[@danielhollander5565]

Plot Twist: Trump is immortal and this was his first project.

[@mrt6290]

Trump thought it would be a good idea to build a wall as well.

[@romariorosso9502]

Surprisingly simple ancient idea of big wall along boarder is very effective to keep unwanted enemies from passing. Who could have thought of that.

[@CapitanoGUC-gf6el]

America will build a wall .....:-D

[@dirremoire]

Didn't Justinian have thick, black, curly hair?

[@filmbuffo5616]

No he was totally bald, bald as a cueball.

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Liberate Constanople from the desert occupier and return pride to the peoples of Turkey - our ancient cousins . . .

[@vsgapturk]

For those Turkish haters who claims that Turkish state does not preserve the Theodosian Walls or vice versa. Istanbul municipality has been conducting several restoration projects last one was initiated 3 years ago and it is an ongoing process. However these restoration projects are indeed costly so progress are relatively slow. So we are not to learn any hint of civilization from those who already ruined Constantinople long before Turks conquered. Go cry somewhere else

[@piedmontatl]

Thanks for not calling it the "Byzantine Empire", which never existed.

[@samdumaquis2033]

Interesting, pity there are so many AI generated images, photos or real illustrations would be better

[@genovayork2468]

Wei-Liang > Rome, Jin-Song > Rome, Mongolia > Rome, Magadha > Rome.

[@alexanderhanooman]

Trump's wall will hold.😈

[@michelguevara151]

please do not use AI images in your presentations hauberks with huge holes under the armpits? why bother wearing such a thing?

[@Bigtimecharlie1349]

Istanbul not Constantinople ❤

[@LondonPower]

What eastern Romans you talking about? 😂😂😂 There is no eastern Romans not Eastern Roman empire not eastern roman emperor there is only Ρωμαίων βασιλεια - Roman Kingdom and Ρωμαιων Βασιλεύς Roman king

[@adrianarivoltella5940]

Se ripassi un po' la storia vedrai che ad un certo punto l'Impero Romano si divide in Impero Romano d'Occidente con capitale Roma e Impero Romano d'Oriente con capitale Costantinopoli. L'Impero Romano Occidentale finisce nel 476 dopo Cristo con le invasioni barbariche e l'Impero Romano Orientale finisce nel 1453 dopo Cristo con la caduta di Costantinopoli che diventa turca.

[@jasonhudson739]

Finally you stop calling them "byzantines"

[@Stav_Hadj]

Are you acoustic?

[@jasonhudson739]

@@Stav_Hadj I can't hear you