The forgotten Roman province that nobody talks about.

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[@commentfreely5443]

migration ruining places back then like today.

[@Jack-pf6lv]

Ah yes good old day before honorius and others fucked it

[@Chevalierjacquesarthur]

Sir please do a video on life in Merovingian Gaul!

[@magodooeste9833]

Make a vídeo about the forces of the last western roman foes like vandals and ostrogoths,and maybe the cursed odoacer

[@unarealtaragionevole]

Possible video idea, whenever I hear people say things like "forgotten" Romans, or regions of Rome not talked about, I always think of the Pontic Greeks over in Turkey...and how they still consider themselves to be Eastern Romans or Byzantines. They self-identify as Romans, their language and culture has remained consistent since the fall of Constantinople. and even Turkey calls them Romans, well their word for Byzantine Romans. Does that make them modern day Romans? I always found it odd we call them Greeks, when they actually never were a part of the creation of Greece, they were created and settled as Romans, and remained after Rome fell....so doesn't that mean they are still Romans?

[@Chabier-mx2mz]

Fun fact, Hispania was the roman province that took the longest to be conquered. Romans even had a saying about this matter: "Hispania prima invadenda, ultima vincenda" (sorry for my latin lol), Hispania the first to be invaded, the last to be conquered. After all, it was 200 years, 198 exactly, that took the romans to conquere the entire province, something unique in roman conquests history.

[@Jack-pf6lv]

Whatabout gauls?

[@Argo123_.0]

@@Jack-pf6lv 10 years.

[@Chabier-mx2mz]

@@Jack-pf6lv well gauls pretty much the opposite. Altough romans stablished presence in southern Gaul in the II century bc, it was through soccii tribes, not direct administration, and, unlike Hispania, they didnt had to face any rebelion or intervene in any conflict. Besides, the enterity of Gaul was conquered and anexed in the Gaulic Wars of I cent bc, that lasted 7 years. So yes, gauls were submitted in 7 years, hispanics in 150, taking away the important peace periods.

[@flaviusjconstantius]

@@Argo123_.0 nice pfp

[@Argo123_.0]

@@flaviusjconstantius Hey fellow Constantius fan

[@Gerhard_Fleischer_5682]

Phocas was the greatest disaster for the East Roman Empire in my opinion. A man under whose reign, and especially in the aftermath of his reign, the situation in the entire Eastern Mediterranean began to change gradually. Even worse person than Ricimer in late werstern empire.

[@ADINSANE]

yep but only closely worse,

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

it's pronounced "Fuckass?"

[@sillypuppy5940]

The starting of the Byzantine dark age

[@LordWyatt]

The worst three Emperors in my opinion are Commodus, Honorius, and Phocas.

[@doublem1975x]

Phocas name and legacy are damned because of Heraclius propaganda. He wasn’t that bad of an emperor.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Edward Gibbon argues that Hispania must have been one of the happier Roman provinces. (His reason for believing this was that the Roman historical record says relatively little about the place!)

[@blockmasterscott]

That's actually a really good point by Gibbon.

[@etiennegarant7545]

Baetica was a fascinating province, home of Trajan and Hadrian; wealthy, somewhat peaceful and very romanized and urbanized as well. To some extent the Roman way of life there continued even into the al-Andalus period, and then into Christian Spain. There are still many Roman remains there, as bridges, integrated into new structures, or as well preserved ruins. I can only imagine that the Eastern Roman period there was part of this long continuity. Thank you for the video! P.S. if you ever happen to visit southern Andalusia, the small Roman town of Baelo Claudia on the coast is worth your time.

[@alessandrogini5283]

Even theodosios came from hispania

[@floridaman318]

Spain's number of Roman ruins is 2nd only to Italy.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Even a “Spanish” dialect survived arabic assimilation, called “Mozarabic” or “Andalusí” There were many dialects or a continuum. Sone had conserved many aspect of Ibero-Latin. I think i have a site that someone recommended me

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Diotima, yeah, true. And something similar, north africa and egypt were also the prosperous regions of nations for very long time.

[@gordonsh24]

This video is fantastic! I've always been fascinated by the Spanish province of the Eastern Roman Empire, as it appears on the Empire's map, but there isn't much information available about it.

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

Thanks a lot Gordon :) Then we share the same interest, I also often wondered how it was like there in the 70 years of the province's existence. There is unfortunately not a lot of information about it, but I hope that archeology will continue to uncover fascinating secrets of Eastern Roman Spania.

[@precariousworlds3029]

​@@Maiorianus_SebastianCould you make a video on when the culture of the Roman Empire shifted from Latin to Greek? Was there any remnant of classical Roman culture in the Palailogos dynasty?

[@Tubehauge]

same , this video is great. rarely hear anything about that region. Lack of maps, models etc to dig into as well.. same issue as with balkans too. I am also fascinated with Rhodes, as sources seem to conflict about its destruction when Rome took it. It may have been quite large and prosperous until 7-8th century. Much is not been escavated in that city, ive been a few times and recently they dug up some new areas but its not mentioned anywhere! the city in physical size was large, it may have been one of the larger cities in the empire at times! and never mentioned, sad that so much history is lost

[@lacintag5482]

I'd love to see you talk about the "End of Antiquity" with the reign of Heraclius. Maybe even an alternate history where he moves the capital to Carthage.

[@cjthebeesknees]

The Last Roman Warrior Emperor, 10% luck 20% skill 50% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 15% pain 100% reason to remember his name.

[@Busson09]

​@@cjthebeesknees He was Rex sine Regno.

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

It's a more natural end tbh. One of the defining traits of antiquity was the conflict between the Hellenistic civilisations of the West and the Iranian civilisations of the East. After Heraclius' reign, Iran was subsumed into Islam, and the Roman Empire was so weak that is more or less became little different from the Germanic Kingdoms that defined the Middle Ages in terms of authority and strength. Antiquity was over, the paradigm had shifted so drastically that the results of a thousand years of war were almost completely nullified. The West and the Iranians had finally annihilated one another, and Islam came to dine on the corpses.

[@lacintag5482]

@@cjthebeesknees There were plenty of "Warrior Emperors" after him, up to and including Constantine XI.

[@cjthebeesknees]

@@lacintag5482 I know, key word Roman. He falls in between the transitional stage between Roman and Greek for those who came afterward, for context.

[@pbohearn]

I’m lucky to live in Portugal and really enjoy ancient history, Roman, and earlier. The city of Evora has a very nice largely intact temple to Diana, which is also present in an even bigger way in the town of Merida, just on the other side of the border, which apparently was the capital of the Lusitania at that time. It is now a somewhat humble city, but they did excellent excavation, and their archaeological museum is fantastic. I happened to stumble in to Merida during the annual ancient Roman city celebration. all of the citizens dress up in togas, etc. was really a lot of fun.

[@ryanwidjaja4252]

Fun fact: When King Sisebut conquered the last remnant of the Roman (Byzantine) Spania in 624, the Visigothic Kingdom had already converted to Chalcedonian Christianity. Reccared I was the first Visigothic king who converted to Chalcedonian Christianity in 587.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

It was King Suintila who conquered Spania in 624

[@ryanwidjaja4252]

@@iDeathMaximuMII Indeed. I believe that Sisebut started the process of reconquest of Spania, which was completed under the reign of Suintila.

[@GW-zb6si]

@@ryanwidjaja4252 Correct, as Suintila captured the last remaining port city that the ERE controlled in 624 with Sisebut and Leovigild before him pushing the Roman limes back to the Alboran coast.

[@fantasia55]

King Reccared converted from Arian to Catholic, but many Arian Visigoth nobles supported the Umayyad invaders, who were fellow Arians. Islam did not arrive in Spain until later.

[@mimorisenpai8540]

@@fantasia55 most Visigoth are Catholic

[@davidhughes8357]

Your coverage of lesser know historical aspects is always welcome. Not just the same repetition of major events. Thank you.

[@worldhistorycultureposting]

You truly give the late romans the recognition they deserve in your videos!

[@Janika-xj2bv]

May we never forget Lusitanian freedom fighter Viriathus, "Terror Romanorum". Great video thanks for sharing.

[@alejandrator1]

Hello, numismatist/archaeologist working on a PhD in Late Antiquity Byzantine coinage. I would love to answer some of your questions. Firstly, I little caveat about the map: Spania was not that big in size. Some scholars theorize that the fringe of land showned in 5:58 in yellow extended from Gadir to Lucentum (modern Alicante and close to Illici) and even getting to El Tolmo de Menidateda (close to modern Hellín, Albacete) thanks to archaeological findings there (as well as a recently found cementery and the ruins of a monestary). The chief archaeologist of the excavation of València la Vella (close to Valencia) was actually an outpost from the Byzantines towards the Visigoths. The capital is also in debate: certain scholars (mainly from Málaga), think that Malaca was the second city of the province (or even the capital) as it could've minted bronze coinage, or even minted the gold tremisses (but it is generally accepted that Carthago Nova/Spartaria was the gold mint). Any other question, I'm avaliable to assist!

[@sillypuppy5940]

The story of the conquest and subsequent of Spania sounds so much like that of Al-Andalus. The conquerors turn up at a moment of weakness, then gradually get worn down. Good thing the the Sierra Nevada is there, because the defenders relied heavily on them in each case.

[@fantasia55]

Contrary to Islamic mythology, the 7th century conquerors of Spain, the Umayyads, were Arian Christians. They invaded with support from Visigoth nobles who had refused to convert from Arian to Catholic.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@fantasia55 Not those Gothic nobles

[@fantasia55]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j Visigoths = Goths who went West. Ostrogoths = Goths who went East.

[@mimorisenpai8540]

@@fantasia55 most Visigoth are already Catholic

[@fantasia55]

@@mimorisenpai8540 not the ones who supported the invaders

[@altareggo]

Nice!!!! i love your narration, and the way you use music to enhance instead of distracting from the content. Your research as well, is splendid, IMHO. Kudos!!!!!

[@crunchmcm8780]

deserves to be talked about more

[@zekith1419]

As someone who lives in the former province of Spania I have always been really intrigued about it due to the fact it appeared on Eastern Roman maps of the VIth century but when I looked for it I found almost no information, it wasnt even mentioned at school. Thanks for making this video, its really cool to see that unknown period in the lives of my ancestors, hopefully as we keep excavating we find more stuff of that short but interesting era

[@kaloarepo288]

This video reminds me of the book called "The myth of the Andalusian paradise" that challenges the notion that Islamic Spain was a type of paradise while Christian Europe languished in backwardness and ignorance. With impressive documentation this book demonstrates that it was actually Visigothic Christian Spain, as heirs to the "Byzantines" and the Romans who civilized the invading Arabs and Moors. The Moors in particular were particularly "barbaric" while the Arabs as heirs to Middle Eastern cultures a bit more advanced. It is pointed out in this book that Visigothic Spain had preserved a substantial part of the Roman infrastructure - the cities, the roads, the aqueducts and most things that characterized Roman civilization in Spain. Indeed, Reccared, the Visigothic king mentioned in this video was planning to build a model city in imitation of Constantinople and he was going to call it Reccaredopolis. If you visit Spain today particularly such places as Segovia with its well preserved Roman aqueduct that cuts through the center of the city you will realize what this well researched and documented book is on about. One has to be very careful with fiercely anti -Catholic and anti Christian Enlightenment historians and thinkers like Gibbon and Voltaire who had an axe to grind.

[@josephe5717]

When we talk about the romans leaving and the visigoths coming in - we can assume these lands weren't empty - do we know what people's lives there the entire time under each ones rule?

[@ferdinandvs.benedictvs]

We in Hispania still speak Latin, to this day, slightly different, but still Latin.

[@Yora21]

"New Carthage" Proving that people never had any creativity with naming cities.

[@brendanmoran57]

Love the videos, brother, keep it up

[@cuh5018]

Great video. Amazing. A tragedy regarding Maurice and the empire itself.

[@geopascacello]

Awesome to see this! I was actually just wondering today, when will one of those youtube history channels make a video on the Eastern Roman Spanish province - and your video showed up! Great work!

[@lerneanlion]

Since you mentioned Emperor Maurice and even planning to do a video about him, will you pointed out that his campaign across the Balkans is a total mistake or not? After all, Phocas might not have revolted, Shah Khosrow II will have no reason to attack and the Rashidun Caliphate shall be limited to just the Arabian peninsula if he did not launch the Balkans' campaign.

[@Argo123_.0]

The Balkan campaigns were not a waste. It’s just that Maurice is tactless and too tight too see his consequences of his decision of making the troops camp in winter.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

The Balkan campaign were NOT a mistake. After all, Rome still had massive power & they weren’t just gonna let the Avars & Slavs take the land they’ve held onto since the times of Augustus & Claudius. In fact Maurice NEARLY broke the spine of the Avars & was on the glimpses of victory. It’s just…he was too short sighted in continuously ordering his broken down & exhausted troops to attack, attack, attack & winter in enemy lands. It was a constant thing in his reign to piss off his soldiers but still manage to control them until he finally crossed the line in 602

[@Nozylatten]

Hello 👋 i am happy to see another video my friend.

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for a wonderful video on an oft-ignored topic!⚔🔥🙌

[@DarthCody700]

Another famous 80+ year old commander was Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice, who was blind, and leader of the 4th Crusade, which was successful in conquring Byzantium and accomplishing the goals of Venice, if not any of the goals of the declared crusade.

[@kristoforperkola6923]

Great video! Would love to see a video on Maurice!

[@loodwich]

There is a temple in the north of Spain "Monastery of San Miguel de Escalada", built in 951 A.C. with columns of forgotten Roman structures.

[@nazeem8680]

there is a mosque in southern spain, in cordoba, called the great mosque of cordoba, built by arab muslims from which the most famous islamic scholars in history sprang.

[@acusticamenteconvusional9936]

@@nazeem8680 and before a mosque it was a church, built by the hispanoroman population, whats your point?

[@faloaba]

@@nazeem8680Arab Muslims had never built anything like it before in Arabia or North Africa. They were in control of Córdoba for a few years, since Córdoba declared its independence from Damascus in 756 (40 years after the conquest). Construction of the Cordoba mosque began in 784. It is Muslim art, but it has more Roman and Visigothic heritage than Arab.

[@TitoReni]

It would be interesting to talk about the Balearic Islands, as they kept being roman until 903 when they were conquered by the Emirate of Cordoba. Although, in 708 they were already made subservants of the muslims who, as I said, didn't fully conquer them until 903 after the christians there revolted due to the constant mistratment by the muslims.

[@valclips4784]

Great vids keep it up

[@Jack-pf6lv]

Hispania is also interesting province with outside settlement far away as 800 BCE or 900 BCE with first record (probably),Is written by Phoenicians in around 1200 BCE? Whatever the date pre-roman period and fall of western rome created an insteresting periods

[@canemcave]

I would suggest to check the list of epidemic outbreaks in the Roman Empire between the 1st and 6th centuries, there is a list at database-of-pestilence-in-the-roman-empire, I think it will explain a lot why the Romans lost many of their provinces

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

1:35 Wrong direction bro lmao

[@emil3f]

Will you talk about the rebelions of Burdunelus and Petrus against the Wisigoths to restore the roman empire in the Tarraconensis?

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

That is something no one has ever asked. It is interesting but I doubt there’s enough material in the sources to make a video on it

[@emil3f]

@@iDeathMaximuMII yeah, i am making a project in university and now i am thinking of asking some professors to search for more information, because i barely found some pdf talking about this subject but not enough

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

@@emil3f The only notable thing about Burdunellus was that he was given the punishment of being locked inside of a bronze bull that was then set on fire. Meaning he was burned to death on the orders of Alaric II. Peter (or Petrus) was just normally executed. So I think if you wanna start somewhere, see if you can find the reasons as to why Burdunellus was subjected to such a brutal death (aside from his attempted usurpation)

[@emil3f]

@@iDeathMaximuMII yeah thanks, i already found that Burdunelus probably was proclaimed roman emperor in my city Cæsaravgvsta (actual Zaragoza), he even reused the old roman circus (nowadays dissapeared but i am one of 3 people in this planet that knows where it is) to make a festivity about it. Wisigoths describe both of these two people as tyranus, so they were nobles or soldier with a high rank. Petrus revolted in Dertosa (actual Tortosa), but his head was hanged out in the walls of Cæsaravgvsta probably to show to the rebellius population that the goths have won. There is a nexus, all these rebellions started in the valley of the Ebro river, the heart of the Tarraconensis province and the most loyal one to Rome in its final days, these two rebellions could have extended at some point to other cities, but i dont know. The years are also too inwxact, but i found a project that searxhed for the most probable ones (but i dont remember very well), the first rebelion was in the 490s by Burdunelus, and the second one in the 500s by Petrus

[@miaththered]

There wasn't much difference between a Visigoth and a Roman there toward the end it's worth noting.

[@RomanOf2002]

Thank you from a descendant of Spain! Ave Hispania y Roma!

[@romano-britishmedli7407]

Great video. Many details about Roman Spain/Spania I didn't know about. I'm honestly not sure if the (re)conquest of Spain was a good idea - maybe it stretched the Empire's resources too thin and the overextension was too great. I have a feeling the soldiers and money spent there could have been used elsewhere better, to hold parts of Italy or Africa longer than in our timeline.

[@ThePussukka]

great vids

[@elbruno3515]

Hi Maiorianus i got very good surface coverage but want to deepen it. Do you have books on roman history 753 bc to 476 Ad which you would recommend? Furthermore love your calm vids

[@user-gs7fc4ud8t]

Espero que hagas pronto el video del emperador Mauricio. Saludos!

[@rickyyacine4818]

The virgin visigoth spain vs chad Byzantine hispania

[@Enzo012]

I always wondered about that little bit of Spain in purple.

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

Maiorianus: VERY INTERESTING!

[@jasonjackson4528]

Thanks!

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

And thank you for your kind donation :) I really appreciate it a lot. It's thanks to people like you, that this channel is possible.

[@glennabate1708]

I didn’t know people talked a lot about the other provinces.

[@alvarogomezvivas7844]

What an excellent video about such an overlooked part of Eastern Rome. Kudos for the way you put everything into context, and that the loss of Spania was not an isolated event, but rather a symptom and consequence of the wider political and military situation of the empire. Iberia all the way up to Legio (current León) had been fully integrated into the Roman Empire, and many of their inhabitants would not have been able to imagine a world without the empire until the arrival of the Visigoths. When they did arrive, the Visigoths in fact mirrored Rome in many ways, so life would not have changed drastically. But I am sure for many of the more cultured Hispanians there, the return of the Romans, and their non-Arian Christianity, would have felt like the return of the rightful rulers of their land, as opposed to the barbarian invaders. I would imagine that for the less literate classes, the Roman reconquest would have felt less momentous, as they were more concerned with their day-to-day life, but surely they would have appreciated having non-Arian rulers anymore.

[@mattgraham9515]

Another wonderful video. Thanks for making this. Have you thought about a video on the links between the Eastern Romans and the Britains, highlighting when you think they believed Britain had been lost to the empire for good?

[@Argo123_.0]

I vaguely remember some 6th century writer saying it was already lost for good.

[@gabrieletagliaventi8431]

602 is the very crucial year for the decay of the Roman Empire. Had Mauritius survived the Phocas coup, the Empire could have maintened either Italy and Spain, No war with Persia and possibly no Arab invasion

[@deltabravo1969]

Thank you for giving the Iberian Peninsula the credit it deserves as a province of the Western Roman Empire. Too much attention is given to Britain and Gaul (France). Most historians act like Iberia didn’t matter. Also, the gladius was used by Iberian tribes before the Romans made it the official weapon of the Roman Empire. The best slingers came from the Balearic Islands. The Byzantine Empire stretched all the way into southern Spain under Justinian. It didn’t reach France or Britain. Why isn’t that talked about in the history books?

[@macmaniac3080]

As a Lusitanean/Hispanic, I salute you!

[@louisxix3271]

Great video, but there is one province of Rome that was talked about less than all the others, and certainly hispania. It seems no one really knows much about this province, other than that it existed. I am of course talking about Mauretania Tingitana. The most neglected province by far, where was its southern boundary? It never controlled all of lowland Morocco, even though there is fertile land there. It was never mentioned in the barbarian invasions, as if the Vandals or Visigoths didn't care about it. I find this province fascinating for these reasons.

[@ServalShots]

Good stuff. Roman history is really fascinating and I like how you view the Byzantines as just the continuation of the Roman Empire, which they totally were. Of course later on they kinda changed but I suspect the same would have happen to the Western empire had it continued as well as change was necessary as surrounding nations started forming and advancing.

[@gilpaubelid3780]

Not exactly. The state was the continuation of the Roman empire but the people that were controlling it during the byzantine period weren't continuation of the ancient Romans. They were Greeks with Roman citizenship. In other words they didn't change, they were different in the first place.

[@JKHGAMING]

Which total war game is it you are using to depict the eastern roman empire? I want to play it :D

[@________7811]

Total war attila

[@JKHGAMING]

@@________7811 Your a legend!

[@ADINSANE]

Phokas, cursed dog

[@mango2005]

Theres a question about whether Liberius was the commander of this reconquest or not. Supposedly he was. But he would have been about 80 by that time, and was reported as being in Constantinople around this time so maybe its a different Liberius.

[@alejandrorodsas2230]

Great video. Do you think that the Byzantine presence could have influenced in some way the traditions and the way of being of the current Andalusians (Spanish from the South)?

[@rubencouso7497]

Barely if something

[@dpwXXIPolskaPolak]

and more probaly Balearians thath were In Bizantine Eastern Roman Empire to708- 717

[@LuisAldamiz]

I beg to disagree, IMO the Byzantine Empire (i.e. a very modified "Roman" Empire with capital in or near Byzantium, began with Diocletian, who hated Rome so much that he almost died of disgust after visiting the city for the first time. His sidekick Galerius even wanted to rename the state "Dacian Empire" (but propagandist common sense prevailed and the name didn't change). It is particularly with Diocletian (reinforced by Constantine and Theodosius later on) when we see a rather sudden jump from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (or something that was very much like it). Anyway, the Roman Empire (late Republic and all Principate) was created by Rome (and later Italy, which became the imperial metropolis and was first forged as nation by Rome) in order to serve its needs: it was a colonial empire with clear distinction between Italians (citizens) and provincials (generally not citizens) and can thus be described as a colonial empire of (Latinized) Italy. The Dominate has nothing to do with that except a convoluted connection via the Third Century crisis (kickstarted surely by Caracalla's edict, which blurred the colonialist distinction between Italians, i.e. "Romans" by citizenship and tradition, and provincial, i.e. colonial subjects without rights other than common law. This led to the ascent of semi-barbarian generals and eventually to the moving of the capital outside of Italy by Diocletian (and many other disastrous reforms). In the best case scenario, Rome ended in 410 when the Visigoths (pushed westwards by cowardly and treacherous Byzantium) looted Rome. All the rest are epilogues... all the way to the last Ottoman Sultan, who was the last man ever to claim to be "Roman Emperor" until 1920.

[@vanishingfolklore]

bravo

[@Luke2777F]

Some hispanic names such as Rodríguez, Martínez, Hernandez… are of Germanic origin

[@unarealtaragionevole]

Possible video idea, whenever I hear people say things like "forgotten" Romans, or regions of Rome not talked about, I always think of the Pontic Greeks over in Turkey...and how they still consider themselves to be Eastern Romans or Byzantines. They self-identify as Romans, their language and culture has remained consistent since the fall of Constantinople. and even Turkey calls them Romans, well their word for Byzantine Romans. Does that make them modern day Romans? I always found it odd we call them Greeks, when they actually never were a part of the creation of Greece, they were created and settled as Romans, and remained after Rome fell....so doesn't that mean they are still Romans?

[@markanthony1004]

God I love History and Rome is full of it

[@arhexirthewistful5891]

The Eastern Roman history is full of men named Phokas who caused a lot of trouble....

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Forgotten? Like Most people, I didn't know that the Eastern Roman Empire conquered (liberated?) parts of the Iberian peninsula.

[@alanpennie8013]

Yeah. This province is extremely obscure. Not that the original Hispania is all that well known either.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

@@alanpennie8013 I was well aware of the history of the region through the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. I was also aware of the Eastern Roman empires conquest of Vandal North Africa and liberation of Italy. I was just under the impression that the Iberian appendicular was controlled by Germanic tribes from the early 5th century until their conquest by the Arabs in the early 8th century.

[@tylerellis9097]

You've never looked at a map of Justinian's conquests before? I've never even seen a video not mention the Iberian reconquest.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

@@tylerellis9097 I have not studied European history since 1995.

[@borico62]

@@tylerellis9097 As a Spaniard, I must say that my history lessons years ago were just as Ron Maximilian said. History books jumped straight from the conquest of Spain by Germanic tribes (in the context from the fall of Rome) to the conquest by the Arabs. I don't know if things have changed since my school days, but the Byzantine empire was somewhat ignored in my history books. They focused much more on the Arabs (who were in Spain for several centuries, after all) and the Franks (who were the neighbours). If I remember correctly, the section about the Crusades talked about the Fourth Crusade as if Constantinople had been the target from the start (it wasn't until much later that I found what actually happened there).

[@robertfranklin422]

Phocas was just a decarch, he was elevated by the rest of the army. He was a bad guy no doubt, but he wasnt a kniving villain out to kill maurice. He was a disgruntled soldier who the army turned to after maurice asked them to camp across the border, again. Not to be an apologist for phocas, i still hate the guy, and i love Maurice, but phocas was not the sole culprit.

[@aggelosvatis]

Who was the last Emperor of the Roman Empire? For me Constantine XI Palaiologos.

[@ConstantineofRome]

Malta history in Malta we speek Punic still

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Third ,i like your videos

[@Tubehauge]

Can you try to find information on Rhodes , the city was quite large. Its conflicted how much it was destructed when romans took over,.. if at all. In physical size its large, some estimates i found would also indicate it could have been one of the larger cities also in Roman empire. It was prob quite intact too until earthquakes and raids from muslims later

[@Tubehauge]

seems from what ive found that many of the greek islands had it quite good until the arabs and muslims started raiding a lot. Then many towns were left,

[@Argo123_.0]

@@Tubehauge It was occupied by the Arabs and Persians were a very short while interestingly

[@carlosfilho3402]

Could You Talk About How Heraclius Changed The Language Of The Roman Empire From Latin To Greek.

[@RF_N]

what happened to the native iberians?

[@Argo123_.0]

Assimilated into roman culture

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Latinized

[@trismica]

ok

[@rod9829]

What are you talking about? I always talk about this province every day

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I keep forgetting the names of those Islands to the East of Spain that I'm pretty sure are part of Spain today. When did they cease being Roman? Were they also conquered by the Arabs?

[@treatyofwindsor]

The Balearic Islands, from west to east; ibiza, majorca, minorca. Don't know when the Romans lost them, but they were occupied by the Arabs, where King James II of Aragon captured them from the Muslims

[@Argo123_.0]

@@treatyofwindsor they were around the early 700s prob 709

[@Kuudere-Kun]

@@treatyofwindsor Thanks

[@martinromerostrack9138]

They were first captured by the vandals and disputed between the Romans and them. They were reconquered by the Justinian "renovatio imperii", and remained under eastern Roman control until the 760's, when they sweared fidelity to Charlemagne. Then, in the early ninth century they were conquered by the Muslims. And I could go on and on. They basically changed hands continously.

[@tylerellis9097]

@@Argo123_.0 No that's just when the Muslims made them pay tribute, the Seals of Byzantine Governors have been found past that date up to the mid 700s and Byzantine coins into the early 800s. They had a brief show of submission to Charlemagne after Frankish aid against raiding Muslims in the year 799 that ended with his death. They were basically independent and were apparently host to pirates until they were directly conquered by the Muslims in 902 although some move that date to the 850s when Al Andaulus was forced to blockade the islands over their piracy.

[@ferdinandvs.benedictvs]

Those are all details. The fall of Roman Empire, just like our civilization today has fallen because of the moral decay.

[@mostafaarmand7182]

Why santa claus pops when liberius is mentioned

[@noodles7107]

This is wrong, everyone knows that the Roman Empire was a province of China They spoke a chinese-european language named xi-xong and had their capital New Mexico

[@CaptainGrimes1]

Looking at a map of 562 AD it looks like the Roman Empire never fell in the west. Looking at the size of the Visigoths and Franks I can't see why the Romans didn't conquer them.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Logistics numbers and plague of justinian

[@mimorisenpai8540]

@@baha3alshamari152 and don't forget sassanid exist

[@-NovaRoma.]

I think we shouldn't call the eastern romans byzantines even after greek started being spoken by the administration

[@baha3alshamari152]

After knowing what the Visigoths did to the cities in Spania after reconquering them i have no sympathy for what the Arabs did to them

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For me Rome died when the eastern empire betrayed its Romanness and the Byzantine tumour was born of this most heinous act. But that’s just an opinion, in truth it’s likely impossible to find a universal definition for the fall of Rome.

[@nandocastiglione9742]

🤓

[@greatexpectations6577]

You sound like what a bigoted westerner would write during the 18th century.

[@Argo123_.0]

L take. Cringe

[@dpwXXIPolskaPolak]

in around 717-719 with Leo III Isaurier

[@WJSpies]

Shamelessly hawking "Roman" 'merch' this is a shameless infomercial, not a KZbin video..