The History of Serbia - Part 1: From Tribe to Empire

From early on Serbia's story was a story of survival. As a crucial country in the Balkans it had to carve its existence by fighting against the Byzantines, Hungarians, and many others. In this video we cover Serbia's early & medieval history.
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[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Hey guys, I hope you enjoy this video, it took a bunch of time to make, and I had a lot of fun making it . If you're new to the channel, or simply want to see more of this kind of stuff in the future, click that subscribe button! And if you really want to support me & this type of content consider becoming a channel member! Enjoy!

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Da, u planu je u buducnosti

[@moritz8298]

@@LivingIronicallyinEurope damn u speak bosnian now

[@Dr.AnonAnonymous]

@@moritz8298 Always has been.

[@tunderbird7]

EXCELLENT!

[@gugashmazari7816]

@@LivingIronicallyinEurope do you speak montenegrin?

[@robert-i.s.]

All love to the Serbian brothers, may we be forever friends and allies! 🇷🇸🙌🇷🇴.

[@TheRezro]

You mean Hungarians?

[@robert-i.s.]

@@TheRezro no, definitely not

[@revert6417]

My grandfather used to say Serbia has two peaceful neighbours: Romania, and the Sky.

[@BG-13-jd5sq]

Sure because both of you are gypos ,vlahs

[@chrischris3922]

Russian countries

[@ignacioparedes6529]

Love Serbia from Brazil 🇧🇷♡🇷🇸

[@InAeternumRomaMater]

Love our Latin bros from Romania and our Serbian bros🇷🇴❤🇷🇸❤🇧🇷

[@metavio7]

Love and Respect to Brazil🇧🇷 from Serbia 🇷🇸

[@serbian_nationalist14]

Im Serbian and live in Slovenia and Tavares jr is my friend

[@InAeternumRomaMater]

Love our Serbian bros from Romania🇷🇴❤🇷🇸

[@Shunshnura]

So basically; Hungary wins a war against Serbia: *Oh no, we are in a severe crisis and our country is about to fall apart* Serbia wins a war against Hungary: *Oh no, anyways Venice-*

[@gorannovakovic6927]

Lmfao

[@triaxelongd3337]

@@ninobelov4153 ti si lud

[@ninobelov4153]

@@triaxelongd3337 Ti si glup. Zato nemaš ni jednog argumenta jer NEZNAŠ NIŠTA, jer nemaš ni osnovnog znanja i zbog toga nemožeš ni da zamisliš diskusiju samnom podkrepljeno sa argumentima i naučnim dokazima. Ti nauku shvataš ko nešto vezano na tvoja osečanja i ono što se ti nesviđa nazivaš ludim iako samo dobro znaš da NEMAŠ NI OSNOVNOG POJMA o svemu tome. Šta? Dal če da mi dokažeš da nisam upravu?? Ajde da vidim. Napiši mi šta nije tačno podkrepljeno sa argumentacijom i naučnim dokazima. Dokaži se. P.S.: i nemoj sad da pobegneš ili učutiš.

[@triaxelongd3337]

@@ninobelov4153 daj ne seri, da si toliko edukovan znao bi da se Ne znas odvojeno pise. I mani me se tih gluposti.

[@ninobelov4153]

@@triaxelongd3337 SRPSKI JEZIK nije moj materni jezik, več treči jezik kojeg sam naučio od 5 jezika (SLOVENAČKI, ENGLESKI, SRPSKI, PORTUGALSKI, NEMAČKI) koje pričam i znam da koristim njihov pravopis i ako nikad nisam išao kroz Srpski školski sistem. Reč Neznam može da se piše i NE ZNAM kad praviš poudaranje na zlog Ne. A ti i dalje NEZNAŠ NIŠTA i bio sam upravu kad sam predpostavio da nisi sposoban da napišeš jedan jedini ARGUMENT jer neznaš ni OSNOVE a kako češ onda samnom da razpravljaš o ISTORIJI koju dokazuju istorijski izvori i multi-disciplinarna ZNANOST.

[@danbochman]

This was amazing. As a foreigner currently living in Serbia, It was difficult for me to get to know the history and culture of Serbia, although I really want to. This really helped me and was fun to watch!

[@the_guy_actual]

Where are you from?

[@pola5392]

get out

[@mrtrollnator123]

My guy moved to serbia💀

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

You genuinely want to live in Serbia? That is rare

[@ivannovak4711]

@@pola5392 💀💀💀

[@gorannovakovic6927]

Serbia: Independence? Byzantium: uhm no? Serbia: Independence. Byzantium: OH FUCK

[@un.beobachter623]

Love 🇷🇸 from Hungary

[@serbianbeyonder3847]

🇭🇺🇷🇸

[@TheRezro]

Yes. Asiatic brothers.

[@Quit18218]

​​@user-rs4bx3yx6mthere's less Hungarians in Vojvodina than the population of vatican

[@OneShadow7]

@@Quit18218 lol you've never been in Vojvodina 😂😂

[@Shunshnura]

This will be epic.

[@teviottilehurst]

Boring more like and exaggerated.

[@ILLYRIANPost]

@@TML0677 only serbs have time for Propagandas. Albanians are another level, they don't have time for your Propaganda.

[@Gafnner]

@@ILLYRIANPost LOL but they have for their own

[@jovancojbasic1531]

@@ILLYRIANPost kompleksi čine svoje

[@ffreeze9924]

Loving these comments. This is gonna be fun

[@AjdinHasancevic]

I still can't believe that you only have 2.2k subscribers, your content is amazing

[@some_dude2218]

Now is 80k

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

..he have 90k subs, wym

[@AjdinHasancevic]

@@bruhmcchaddeus413 i commented this a year ago lol

[@alensecic]

Full of bulshit

[@alensecic]

Imas zapise kad iliri govore kad dolaze croatija i srbija zvani slavoni tako da srba ni hrvata nije ni bilo za vrjeme rima ni bezejtina

[@ronnieused2be402]

Bravo, bravo! Great video - funny yet so instructive. So professionally made. Great effort. Thank you!

[@ToniBadea16]

Part I was great, hope to see a part II some day. Keep up the good work!

[@Hrit_]

Was a very interesting video on a country I didn't know much about, feel like you could really make history videos work

[@TropicalGardeningCyprus]

WOW, really amazing. I can't believe how many wars you waged against Byzantium... while all I can remember from Byzantium history class at school concerning the Balkan side of the empire is that the Bulgarians were the bad guys and the Serbs were mostly our friends 😂😂😂

[@R3LAX94]

No,we were just the ambitios guys and they were secondhand pitifull largely troughout most of the time vassal state either to Hungary or Byzantium

[@blackpill7856]

Because greek schools tend to educate nationalistic propaganda honestly.

[@AscensionOfAuriel]

There is a saying in Serbia that says: When you are at war, and you attack Bulgarians first, you can never go wrong.

[@zmajooov]

@@R3LAX94 kinda cringe how that ambition always led to bulgaria being rekt one way or the other :D

[@gregorylaufend2570]

@@R3LAX94 lol, another butthurt bulgayrian! Cope

[@dannzelenin1415]

One corection 4:09 this is a painting of the Bulgarian tsar Simeon the great painted by Dimitar Gyudzhenov its not a byzantine emperor. Nice video. Respect from Bulgaria 👍🏻

[@Gafnner]

Bulgarians had some pretty decent runs, but in the end they got fucked by Dušan in battle of Velbužd.

[@dannzelenin1415]

Dabra Vagla So ? 😀

[@dannzelenin1415]

Dabra Vagla no really? Wtf does that have to do with my comment? Lol

[@Gafnner]

@@dannzelenin1415 just mentioning

[@bearbrother9736]

@@Gafnner Serbia had a great run, but they mostly got fucked by Bulgaria, except in the battle of Velbuzd.

[@maximk9964]

I really enjoyed the part about St Sava, just recently visited the St Sava temple in Beograd and was pretty curious about him

[@muffinisgone4354]

I am from Montenegro I love serbia no war 🇷🇸❤️🇲🇪

[@jtothed8575]

Sto Grcima Spartanac, to Srbima Crnogorac

[@albanianorthodox8659]

🇦🇱🇲🇪🇷🇸

[@serbian_nationalist14]

@@albanianorthodox8659 gtfo. You think Serbia will just be friends with albania after they took our kosovo, and tortured us? Its not about kosovo anymore, its now about YOU BURNIG DOWN OUR CHURCHES, BREAKING OUR CHURCHES AND STILL MURDERING SERBIAN CIVILIANS

[@macakucizmama831]

One people

[@stevedjurovich194]

!​@@jtothed8575I like that idea.

[@IvoPivo1]

You really deserve a bigger audience

[@stevanivanovski3660]

I love the precise M&B depictions of the battles! Very well done

[@byzantiumbooks6799]

Your channel deserves more views.

[@thattimestampguy]

0:52 Valley Mountains 1:14 Greek Migration 300 BCE 1:20 Roman comes in 200 BCE 1:28 3 Provinces, 3 Cities 2:28 Fall of Rome 2:57 Byzantine Empire 500-700 CE 4:22 Monarchs and Christianity, Cyrillic Alphabet 5:19 Serbia and Bulgaria 800 CE, Vlastimir Vlastonyonovic 6:53 Stefon Voislavs 2 Revolts 7:50 Good Relations with The Pope 8:49 3 Nations, 1 Nation 10:01 Setfan Vassel of Byzantium, turns against Byzantium, then begs for forgiveness after losing 11:24 CRUSADE 1000s 12:27 3 Sons of Stefan 12:53 Roscoe The Religious - aka Sava The Saint/Saint Sava 15:48 Who will Rule Serbia? 18:08 King Dergutin 1250s 20:53 Prince Dushan The Diplomatic One [Belgrade is Saved from The Hungarians] 24:23 Serbia in 1350

[@drlu3823]

Serbia in History , such a fucking joke Roman Comes , Greek Comes , Albanian Comes and you idiots think you are from Balkans what a fucking joke , Romans before the fall got some of your fuckkers as slaves and you started moving after the Roman Fall , you got here after Byzantine Fall also in Balkans adapted into Orthodox religion and started taking lands like rats to settle , gtfo you cunts

[@Stratioti11]

You forgot the arrive of the slaves after the sixth century

[@DarkImplement]

​@@Stratioti11Slavs in most slavic languages is spelled "Sloven". It comes from word "slovo" which means letter/word, because ancient Slavs spoke similarly and could understand each other. That's why we call Germany Nemačka, which neans Mute Land (Slavs couldn't understand Germanic speech). (of course, there was slave trade along Volga etc.., but that's another topic)

[@OCCUPANTNMB1]

И не слова про Россию и её помощь Сербии.

[@tekaklk928]

Great vid bro

[@Deliccino]

Keep this series on brother!

[@konga3713]

this channel is a gold mine, I'm so glad that yt algorithm brought me here. Keep it up bro, greetings from Poland!!

[@dand7763]

2022 in the history of Serbia will be remembered this event: Novak Djokovic is held as prisoner in Australia

[@Bulgarian177]

Australia is puppet country

[@user-ru9dn6sx7g]

Excellent representation at 6:20. Omitting Mihailo Visevic however is unforgivable, the guy ruled Zahumlje and the area surrounding Neretva, and actually warned Simeon of Petar's scheming. He kept on ruling the western bit for some four years, independent and unconquered, until finally Caslav reconquered.

[@marinmilevoj4829]

Okay so a couple of suggestions. Could you please in the future add dates? By which i mean simply putting a year in one of the corners. I feel it would go a long way in making it more coherent.

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Sure why not

[@yourcommondriver9681]

You know why there is no dates , because it wouldn't correlate with actual true events!!

[@OneShadow7]

@@yourcommondriver9681 he skipped some things probably to make video shorter, it be hard to put into a couple of minutes video centuries of history.

[@serbianbodybuildingenthusi9059]

Beautiful video moi brate ❤️

[@serbian_nationalist14]

Fun fact: The first language on earth is Sanskrit. And Sanskrit, is Serbian. Another fun fact; i was serious. It is the truth. And Serbians were the first people on earth

[@mrtrollnator123]

Of course

[@sakispdsw]

Sanskrit has so much in common with Kosovo

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@sakispdsw sanskrit is serbian

[@sal6695]

@@sakispdsw "Doctor Čadivoje Baziranić of the Belgrade institute of Historical analysis has put out strong evidence suggesting the the term "shqiptar", meaning "Albanian" in Albanian comes from the ancient Greek "Σκιπτάριος" (skiptários) meaning "garbage". Another possible origin is the ancient Sanskrit word "ṣakhibḍar", used for people of the lowest social cast, and later for the Roma people. This, along with a general scientific consensus among both western scholars, leads us to the conclusion that Albanians are, in fact, Garbage Gypsies Alongside this, the proto Slavic word *sъkьndъr (believed to be from proto slavic *sъ- "good" and *kьndъr borrowed early German "kinder" ) and the common Balkan title "beg" from an Iranian language meaning "leader" point to the fact that Skenderbeg was clearly Slavic in origin, his name meaning "the good offspring of the Leader" and due to being buried in alongside Serbian nobility, was clearly an ethnic Serb. There is also the famous quote of Skenderbeg: "I am a Serb and i hate Albanians", The famous quote of the Ottoman emperor: "I hate that Serb Skenderbeg he is so Serbian that i cannot defeat him, such strength is only found in Serbs such as Skenderbeg, I repeat Skenderbeg is Serbian" And of course, most famous of all, the quote from American president Abraham Lincoln: "I was inspired to abolish slavery and motivated to win the civil war by the deeds of my hero, The Serbian hero Skenderbeg, who I very much look up to, who's undying loyalty to Serbdom drove him to great deeds, just as my love for America drove me to do what I did."

[@TajaBaja]

unfortunately, thats false i just googled it

[@jonramsey6348]

Greetings from East Texas ….. I enjoyed the history lesson I searched “ origin of Serbia” and found this…. Good stuff keep it up 👍

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

Love the Wiafu ! Thank you for helping me learn about Serbia . Very cool

[@frigityfresh]

Wow, this is amazing

[@bosnianmemer9126]

i didn't understand why this Channel has ''just'' 2200Subscribers you should have waay more

[@noilick]

Serbia: "Greece are brothers" Also Serbia: "Lemme just... E X P A N D"

[@username12120]

I can't speak to the historical accuracy of your little documentary, but it was very pleasant viewing. What I can comment on is your sound mixing, I found the volume of your video here to be quite soft and needed to crank up the volume on my phone to a normally uncomfortably high level just to hear your narration at a comfortable level(the youtube mandated ads were an unpleasant surprise when they popped up, lemme tell ya). I'm subscribing and look forward to watching more of your works, God bless you.

[@miklos1687]

Bro this needs more views

[@vladislavnikovski2984]

4:10 thats a bulgarian king Simeon the first

[@stribor7477]

Podrška za ovakve videouratke, zanima me drugi dio. Jasno mi je da nije lako uređivati ovako duge povijesne videe, ali sretno :)

[@avicenna995]

Čisto mitomansko sranje, ali drago mi je što ti se sviđa 👍.

[@federicoandrademarambio2913]

Living Ironically in Europe has excellent taste in videogames!

[@numenoreaneternity6682]

Several vital corrections are in order. Firstly, there are no Eastern Roman historians attributing the ease of Slavic settlement to Justinian's plague - which was spread all over Europe (despite its popular name and the worst scenario occurring in densely populated Constantinople) and almost certainly affected Slavs. Further on, based on all archaeological findings of both the Antes and the Sclavenes, we know for a fact that equipment was standardized in the sense that every excavated grave of a Slavic warrior features chainmail and sword (fashioned in East Roman style), an ax, round wooden shield, and a long spear. Some Slavic warriors were wearing belts with buckles adorned with Avar motifs, but they were most likely spoils of war or items of trade. The only group of Slavs that have fought without armor was warbands of young warriors who've fought entirely naked (barring the red paint on their body, hair, and face) and in melee (the ones that were described as being red-haired by Procopius), and some groups of Pannonian Wends who were tributaries of the Pannonian Avars, and relying on ambushes was a part of defensive strategies, and only against hosts that were too numerous and too well-armed, like the Avar army of 60K that assailed Sclavene territories after Daurentius slew Bayan's envoys and refused to pay tribute to him. Aside from that, both the Antes and the Sclavenes have utilized large and small breeds of horses for warfare, and matter of fact, an entire host of Antean and Sclavene horsemen was dispatched to evacuate Belisarius from Italy, which proves the aforementioned. Secondly, the Avars have only managed to subjugate the more passive parts of the Dudlebes, as well as parts of the Wends - certainly not the Antes and the Sclavenes, who were noted to have lived only under the reign of their own kings like Muzok and Mezamir (Antes) and chieftains like Radagast and Daurentius, of whom the latter was described as being the supreme chief of all Sclavenes. Procopius' early assessment of Slavic social structure was just that - an early assessment based off of early sightings of Slavic warbands that were initially considered to have been "small tribes governed by "military democracy". As interaction with Slavs intensified, he realized that the Slavs did exhibit an organized social structure, albeit admittedly, the Antes were the most centralized body of the Early Slavs, with a hereditary monarchy where one king reigned over all of the Antes, while among the Sclavenes, you've had one known supreme chieftain like the aforementioned Daurentius to whom other chieftains were subordinate, there was also a mention of Sclavene kings, like Perbundos, who led a coalition of Sclavene tribes deep into Greece. Likewise, the Avars were first invited to make a move against the Slavs by the Roman emperor Tiberius, and later on, Emperor Heraclius would invite Serbs and Croats from the distant Slavic northwest to liberate the northern provinces of the Avars and have them settle all those provinces as his vassals which he'd ennoble, which refutes any theory of the Sclavenes and Antes arriving to Southeastern Europe off of the back of the Avars. After all, the earliest Slavic raids deep into the Roman territory were accompanied by the enslavement of an estimated quarter of a million Romans in every province struck by the Slavs and the sacking and besieging of Roman cities, which were recorded as early as the first part of the 6th century - decades before the Avars were contacted by Emperor Tiberius, and before they reached the most distant part of the basin of the Danube. On top of that, the invading Sclavenes have also slain Asbadus/Asbados - the famed Roman/Gepid general, and have also annihilated his elite army, a feat which would've been impossible if the Slavs "only fought from afar", or worse, if they've "made no use of pitched organized warfare". The usage of poison arrows and guerrilla warfare was deployed only in defensive wars against a martially superior enemy - like against the combined Roman-Avar army during Maurice's campaign which was launched deep into Sclavene territories north of the Danube. In the work of Menander Protector, we find the following excerpt: "This movement of Avars against the Slavs did not only result from Emperor's envoys and the wish of Bayan to return the courtesy unto Romans for all the gestures of friendship and help that he had received from the Emperor but also because he held great hate for them (the Slavs) out of personal sentiment as well. The Avar leader has, therefore, sent envoys to Daurentius (Δαυρίτας) himself, and to his chieftains, calling on for their submission and enlistment among tribute-payers. Dauritas and the leaders alongside him replied: "Who is, then, the man which basks in sunlight that threatens to conquer our strength? We are used to ruling over others, not to being ruled over - of that, we are certain for as long as wars are waged and swords are forged". Since the Slavs acted so haughtily, the Avars were no different in boasting. Then the scolds and insults resulted from that, being that the barbarians are of a narrow and proud mind, and the fight broke out. The Slavs, unable to control their anger, killed the envoys, as Bayan found out from another source. Because of that Bayan has long since raised accusations against the Slavs, fueling a secret hatred against them, mad for they refused him, and angry that from them he received an unforgivable insult, in the same time he thought he would do a favor to Caesar and likewise *find a rich land to plunder, for far too long has the land of Romans been plundered by Slavs, and theirs (Slavic) - never by any of other peoples*." Thirdly, the Early Slavs seized and inhabited a massive territory that spanned from the east of Germany to the Baltic and the very distant fringes of Eastern Europe. Matter of fact, the bulk of the Sclavenes have lived on the northern shores of the Danube and were bribed by Roman authorities into maintaining that status quo, at least temporarily. Also, Slavs weren't "monotheistic", they were henotheistic. Even though Perun was their chief god, they also recognized the existence of other gods as well, hence why the Sclavenes and the Antes worshipped Perun and Veles - which also reflected their lifestyles, which were very warlike and militarized and subsided on animal husbandry, fishing, hunting, gathering and the practice of a form of agriculture that required the burning of the soil, so they weren't nomadic, but certainly not entirely sedentary either. It's also important to note that Procopius also states that the Sclavenes and the Antes shared the same customs, beliefs, and institutions. The same goes for the Wends, which is also supported by the homogeneity of early Slavic aDNA, YDNA, and language, although material culture was far more varied (depending on which culture they defeated and assimilated). Fourthly, the role of the Avars in all of this is overemphasized, and for the following reasons: a) As mentioned before, they were invited by the Romans to defeat and subdue unruly peoples on the Danube, like the Antes (who were Roman allies in the past as well), and during the next century or so will be the foremost "allies" of the Romans against the Slavs, up until Heraclius invites the Serbs and Croats (Sclavene tribes) to defeat and annihilate them south of the Danube. b) While it's true that the Avar hosts were initially the largest, they were in time overshadowed by the Sclavene hosts, which have, after realizing that the Roman authority on the Danube is no more, begun launching massive invasions that were also preludes to the permanent settling of the lands they've seized and initiated the assimilation of the peoples they've defeated and colonized. c) Western historians tend to make the mistake of not distinguishing the Slavs, even though primary sources from that era have noted that the Early Slavs were divided into three groups: the Wends, the Sclavenes, and the Antes, which brings us to the point of the "100 000 Slavs" that were part of the Avar host - most of them were Pannonian Wend tributaries of the Avars, while the rest were Sclavene allies who, thanks to their arrangement with the Avars, were exempt from abiding by Avar-Roman peace treaties, and would continue raiding and marauding as they pleased, which brought great displeasure to Bayan senior and junior, and the Roman emperors as well. d) Slavs would've invaded and permanently settled the lands south of the Danube one way or the other, the involvement of the Avars has only somewhat hastened of process, and by subsequently making sure that the Sclavene tribes would form the overwhelming bulk of those who'd settle and seize the territories in question by waging exhaustive wars with the Antes. At most, the Avars were a strictly Pannonian phenomenon and were never masters of the "Balkans", which is also supported by archaeology and modern genetic studies, and given that you're made a mention of primary Roman/Greek sources, you should also know that there's not a single one of them that claims that the Slavs were migrating with the Avars, but that they were invading Southeastern Europe at the same time. You could potentially make that point for the aforementioned Pannonian Wends, but not for the bulk of the invading Slavs - who were Sclavenes and Antes. e) Sclavenes have besieged Thessalonica five times (in 586 or 597, 604, 615, 617, and 676), and only in two of those sieges were the Slavs assisted by the Avars.

[@numenoreaneternity6682]

Those who attribute the success of the Slavic invasion and colonization of Roman territories to the Avars omit the following: a) Serbs didn't invade in the 6th, but in the mid-7th century, and in toe with the Croats, and were tasked with exterminating all Avars south of the Danube and ruling all the provinces they’d liberate at the request of emperor Heraclius. b) The Slavs who've invaded, conquered, and colonized Southeastern Europe were the Sclavenes and Antes, not the “Avaroslavs”, who were noted to have been Pannonian Wends, and were, aside from the Greeks/Romans themselves, also distinguished from other Slavs on that very basis by Fredegar, and were mentioned only twice in all primary Greek sources, during the Siege of Constantinople in 626, and during one of the many Slavic sieges of Thessaloniki, where Saint Demetrius states they arrived to assist the already present Sclavenes who've besieged the city, lured by promises of the city’s wealth. c) By the time the Avars arrived at the Danubian basin at the invitation of emperor Tiberius, who had invited them for the sole purpose of waging war against the Sclavenes, Antes, and Kutrigurs, the Slavs were already invading and raiding Southeastern Europe for roughly forty years, and as deep as Southern Peloponnesus, Crete and the outer walls of Constantinople. d) All primary sources, like Jordanes, Procopius, Saint Demetrius, John of Ephesus, Theophylact of Simocatta, and Menander Protector state that the Sclavenes and the Antes were under the rule of their rulers like Mezamir, Muzhok, Dervan/Daurentius, and Radogost, and weren't subdued by the Avars, and distinguish them from the aforementioned Avaroslavs (Pannonian Wends). e) Attributing the success of the Slavic invasion and colonization of Southeastern Europe to the Avars is, aside from being contradictory to all primary Roman/Greek sources, since the very purpose of the invitation of the Avars was to wage war against the Slavs and the Kutrigurs, which is exemplified in the joint Avar-Roman invasion of Daurentius' realm, also a textbook example of 19th and 20th-centuries German, Italian, Greek, Hungarian and Austrian anti-Slavism designed to undermine the legitimacy of Slavic history, the geopolitical realities of Slavic territories, and to portray Slavs as a subsidiary mass of naturally subordinate peoples. Sources: Jordanes, Procopius, Saint Demetrius, John of Ephesus, Theophylact of Simocatta, and Menander Protector, De Administrando Imperio, Sima Cirkovic, Tibor Zivkovic, Dimitry Obolensky, and Frederick Hamilton Jackson.

[@numenoreaneternity6682]

Procopius, Book V, XXVII, 134: "(...) This exploit, then, was accomplished by the Goths on the third day after they were repulsed by the assault on the wall. But twenty days after the city and harbor of Portus were captured, Martinus and Valerian arrived, bringing with them sixteen hundred horsemen, the most of whom were Huns and Sclaveni and Antae, who are settled above the Ister River not far from its banks. (...)" Procopius about Slavic invaders capturing and enslaving a lot of Romans: Procopius, Book VII, XIII - describing events in the year 545 AD: "(...) For a great throng of the barbarians, the Sclaveni, had, as it happened, recently crossed the Ister, plundering the adjoining country and enslaving a very great number of Romans. (...)" Procopius of Caesarea: "(...) In Illyria and Thracia, from the Ionian Gulf to Byzantine surrounding cities, where Hellas and Chersonese regions are situated, (...) the Sclavenes and the Antes, penetrating practically every year since Justinian administering the Roman Empire, were inflicting irreversible damage to their inhabitants. In each invasion, I estimate 200,000 Romans were either taken as prisoners or killed (...)" Procopius about Roman attempts to stop the Slavic invasion: "(...) the Empire wasn't able to find just one only man just as brave to undertake this task." Pope Gregory I in a letter to the Exarch of Italy from the year 599: "(...) It deeply afflicts and disquiets me the Slavic nation that menace us. It afflicts me from what I already suffer from you, it disquiets me because they have already started to penetrate into the Italic peninsula through Istria. (...)" And according to Priscus, 610 Slavic tribes flooded into Greece. Procopius of Caesarea: "(...) Nay further, they [the Slavs] do not differ at all from one another in appearance. For they are all exceptionally tall and stalwart men, while their bodies and hair are neither very fair nor blond nor indeed do they incline entirely to the dark type (...)". Procopius of Caesarea: "(...) In more or less the same time [549 - 550] a Slavic army (...) gathered itself together and after crossing without encountering any resistance from anyone the river Ister [Danube], and later with similar ease the river Heuros, it divided itself for two parts. (...) Commanders of Roman garrisons in Illyria and Thrace fought against both those parts and even though they had already separated from each other, the Romans suffered - contrary to their expectations - a defeat and some of them fell dead on the spot, while others found salvation in escaping. (...) After all, garrisons had suffered such defeats at the hands of either one or the other of barbarian armies, one of the enemy bands fought against troops of Asbadus. He was a member of Emperor Justinian's personal guard (...) and he led a numerous and elite force of cavalry, which had been garrisoned for a long time inside the Thracian stronghold of Tdzurulon. But also, they were forced to retreat by the Slavs and most of them, shamefully escaping, got slaughtered, while Asbadus himself was captured and temporarily left alive, but soon after that the Slavs skinned him alive and threw him into a burning campfire. After that, the Slavs were plundering all neighboring Thracian and Illyrian lands without any obstacles and both of their two units captured many strongholds. (...) And those who had defeated Asbadus, later plundered, in turn, everything up to the sea coast, and captured in an assault the coastal city of Toperus (...) And they slaughtered 25,000 men, plundered everything, and enslaved all the children and all the women. (...)" John of Ephesus: "(...) In the third year after the death of Emperor Justin, during the reign of victorious Tiberius, the damned nation of the Slavs has risen, and marched through entire Hellas, through lands of Thessaly and Thrace, captured many cities and strongholds, plundered, burned, and robbed, seized the land and settled there with full ease, without fear, like in their own land. (...) they were plundering the country, burning it, and robbing, as far as the Great Walls [of Constantinople], and this is how they captured many thousands of cattle, as well as many other kinds of booty. (...) Until today, that is until year 584, they still continue to live in peace in the lands of the Rhomaioi, without fear and concern, plundering, murdering and burning, getting rich and highjacking gold and silver, capturing horses and plenty of weapons; and they have learned to fight better than the Rhomaioi. (...)" Menander Protector: "(...) About the fourth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius Constantine, some hundred thousand Slavs broke into Thrace and pillaged that and many other regions. As Greece was being laid waste by the Slavs, with trouble liable to flare up anywhere, and as Tiberius had at his disposal by no means sufficient forces, he sent a delegation to the Khagan of the Avars. (...)" Strategikon of Maurice: "(...) They do not keep prisoners in perpetual slavery-like other peoples, but they demarcate for them a limited period of time, after which they give them a choice: they can return home after purchasing their freedom or stay among them as free people and friends. (...)" Strategikon of Maurice: "...being freedom-loving, they are in no way inclined to become slaves or to obey, especially in their own land." (Strategikon of Maurice, ed. prep. V. V. Kuchma. SPb., 2004, p. 189)” Jordanes: "(...) These people, as we started to say at the beginning of our account or catalog of nations, though off-shoots from one stock, have now three names, that is, Venedi, Antes, and Sclaveni. (...) they now rage in war far and wide, in punishment for our sins (...) Though their names are now dispersed amid various clans and places, they are chiefly called Sclaveni and Antes. (...)" Procopius of Caesarea: "(...) Belisarius was eager to capture alive one of the men of note among the enemy, in order that he might learn what the reason might be why the barbarians were holding out in their desperate situation. And Valerian promised readily to perform such a service for him. For there were some men in his command, he said, from the nation of the Sclaveni, who are accustomed to concealing themselves behind a small rock or any bush which may happen to be near and pounce upon an enemy. In fact, they are constantly practicing this in their native haunts along the river Ister, both on the Romans and on the barbarians as well. (...)" Abraham ben Jacob (a 10th-century Sephardic Jewish traveler from Muslim Spain): "(...) Slavic countries extend from the Mediterranean Sea to the Northern Ocean. (...) Generally speaking, Slavs are warlike and violent, and if not for their internal discord and lack of unity, no other nation would be able to match them in strength. (...)" And about the arrival of the Croats and Serbs (but it was much later - not during the 500’s, but during the 600’s): Constantine Porphyrogennetos, "De Administrando Imperio": "(...) their ancestors were Pagan Croats and Serbs, known also as White [Croats and Serbs]. Great Croatia, called also White [Croatia], until today is still Pagan, just like neighboring [Lusatian / West Slavic] Serbs [Sorbs] (...)" And another excerpt - "De Administrando Imperio": "(...) Therefore everyone, who would like to do research about Dalmatia, can read herein about the way how the Slavic peoples took it. The Croats with their families came to Dalmatia and found the Avars in possession of that land. After fighting against each other for some time, the Croats defeated the Avars, partially murdered them, and partially forced them to submissiveness. Since that moment the country was seized by the Croats. (...)" “Daurentius is the first Slavic chieftain to be recorded by name, by the Byzantine historian Menander Protector, who reported that the Avar khagan Bayan I sent an embassy, asking Daurentius and his Slavs to accept Avar suzerainty and pay tribute because the Avars knew that the Slavs had amassed great wealth after repeatedly plundering the Byzantine Balkan provinces. Daurentius reportedly retorted that "Others do not conquer our land, we conquer theirs [...] so it shall always be for us.” Daurentius (to the Avar envoy): "Who is, then, the man who basks in sunlight that threatens to conquer our strength? We are used to ruling over others, not to being ruled over - of that, we are certain for as long as wars are waged and swords are forged".

[@beforelandx]

You should create your own history channel, I’d watch

[@gregorylaufend2570]

@@numenoreaneternity6682 мощно!

[@JESUS_CHRIST_777_GOD]

fun fact about greece around 1850 after CHRIST. 350,000 total in population.

[@jaycorwin1625]

Some of these names sounded vaguely familiar. I dug back into my family tree and found this guy, Uroš I Vukanović from the 13th century, who was apparently a 29th great-grandfather of mine. It probably means I have even less Serbian ancestry anyone else on earth, but it was a reason to comment on the video and say "yeah, this is sort of relevant to me. Without Uroš I Vukanović's genetic input 800 years ago I wouldn't be here now."

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Naah you're just a boring American with Anglo-Saxon genes.

[@sanehead]

Hi Jay, where did you find that info?

[@Pingusirup]

@@sanehead he didnt..

[@EternalShadow1667]

Yeah right. It's nearly impossible to trace any lineage for a Serbian person coz of lack of sources. Hell it's difficult for even a country like England.

[@jaycorwin1625]

For you, maybe, but not for others who have access to better databases.@@EternalShadow1667

[@bosnianmemer9126]

me:wait its all serbia living ironically at europe:always has been

[@kirkiimadcontent8288]

That's really interesting

[@cringebread9503]

I waited for this video

[@rommul1389]

Underappreciated channel

[@rommul1389]

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[@rommul1389]

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[@NDakovic]

We need part2

[@gorannovakovic6927]

Good vid! :D

[@Jakuup12]

Great video

[@petarpetrov4418]

Serbia became an empire when they allied with Bulgaria! They should have done it in the 19th century. Instead of stabbing each other in the backs, we'd be watching each other's backs.

[@jusufgarogan1745]

I agree. If I were to add Byzantium, they would now be the most powerful country in Europe.

[@krllz693]

Love it! From Romania!

[@donavagrad3361]

4:10 this is bulgarian Tsar Simeon.The fuck you talking about

[@raritica8409]

Fellow Slavs. Read Kingdom of the Slavs by Mavro Orbini and it accurately describes all of our peoples history and tribes and how we dominated, and spead our language and peoples. Westen historians are deathly afraid of these truths. It talks about our pre Christian past, it was locked in the Vatican for a couple hundred years. Love and truth to all, especially my Slavs.

[@TheAndjelika]

Thank you for sharing.

[@hejsaanhejdaa2914]

what is fake about this? serbs came from todays russia/ukjraine/poland, you guys arent first in the balkan

[@TheAndjelika]

@@hejsaanhejdaa2914 Germanic tribes were also not the first in the region of today's Germany (:

[@hejsaanhejdaa2914]

@@TheAndjelika so what? and who was there then

[@zipperpillow]

@@hejsaanhejdaa2914 The cavemen who the germans had gay sex with.

[@Kursulic]

This is really good! Hi from Serbia! Edit: Just realized this guy is Serbian. Lol!

[@lukaa_9951]

Daaaa

[@ILLYRIANPost]

Back to siberia

[@adio.7226]

He did a DNA test.... hes more Bosnian ... the guy is dead on the inside

[@dusanbota]

this trailer almost feels like dark souls

[@ivanmiloradovic1112]

Nice pronunciations, like the video keep it up

[@vukbajic4904]

Guy's a Serb

[@imnotwatchingyou1910]

Tvoj akcenat je savršen za Srpski jezik, samo tako nastavi.

[@FilipSrbin]

On i jeste Srbin

[@pavleskipina4864]

​@@FilipSrbinmislim da je on madjar u vojvodini.

[@FilipSrbin]

@@pavleskipina4864 Spomenuo je par puta u videima da uči mađarski, što znači da mu nije maternji jezik, što onda znači da mu je srpski maternji jezik

[@pavleskipina4864]

@@FilipSrbin nisam znao,hvala na ispravci!

[@bosnianmemer9126]

guys hands down this content is amazing

[@Airman1121]

Did you ever do a part 2?

[@johnmanole4779]

Afrocentric logic What? White Serbs? There must have been BLACK Serbia!

[@masinacmafia]

We wuz Serbs n shiet.

[@mrluk-ci4os]

Nah, thats ussualy how cadet tribes got named, Kievan rus and then you have White Rus White in russian is Belo so Belorussia--->Belorus

[@nicolasbogdanovic3753]

STILL WAITING FOR PART 2

[@Srbija191]

BEST SERBIAN KZbinR EVER!!!!!!!! BRAVO BRATE

[@bromisovalum8417]

Fun fact, the ancient rural Serbian tradition of lapot, was actually a practice common in ancient rural pre-Roman Greece.

[@Hrit_]

I wait in anticipation

[@Trey4Gang]

Slavic war music is epic

[@mukeispirit4690]

👏dobar👏video👏kvalitet👏na👏nivou👏

[@tamerofhorses2200]

Can you write down the name of the hymns you used in this video?

[@baffledwaffle6319]

Wow. Cool, hope i would have seen this earlier

[@manolisbach2380]

Bruh why you backstabbed us so many times i thought we were friends ?(Greek)

[@TheWolfDude91]

I don't think we backstabbed you this many times, alot of things here are highly innacurate, dw bro

[@vesnanuspahic7510]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤from 🇷🇸

[@bosnianmemer9126]

respect

[@stefanstefanovich8360]

Nice video

[@bosnianmemer9126]

Im hyped

[@user-fl3em2qu4u]

💪🏻☦️🇷🇸

[@miloskv1238]

THIS IS EPIC ESPACIALY FOR THE SERBS

[@darazivkovic3158]

Whats the song in the intro ?

[@Elianna_thebunellie]

tysm for this,

[@sasa0447]

I M PROUD TO BE A SERB! 🇷🇸

[@igorpizem3144]

Everyone say here if your serb. IM PROUD TO BE SERB! 🇷🇸

[@apax2901]

I already see the comments: Србија до Токија бре!

[@superymariowest2403]

Quickest possible summary: Ilyrians, Greeks, Roman, Slavs. Small peoples grow over time Wars mostly with Byzantine empire, Bulgaria, Hungary, and self. Every second generation tries to grow the country in its own way, either through conquest or through religion. Greeting from Bosnia, add some Croatia into my mix. Based on what I've heard so far, the 3 peoples have similar origin story but spent the centuries in slightly different ways, influenced by different neighbours.

[@superymariowest2403]

@Strani Plaćenik Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs. Centuries of history together, sometimes friendly, mostly not. Following the 90s, nationalistic hostility and disrespecting each other became a norm. At the end of the day, they're just the same blood that was influenced by different neighbours.

[@superymariowest2403]

@Strani Plaćenik that's my first time hearing this. Little bit of advise, never say that again. It sounds like you're saying all Bosnians are just confused Serbs. Are you sure it isn't the other way around? Whatever the case, don't say something like that ever again. I was mentioning that the 3 ethnic peoples/3 countries are close blood relatives so nationalism and hate is quite a stupid thing. Like murdering your brother because he's a vegetarian. Like, you don't have to agree with him but don't hate him for it.

[@slyapbg]

@Strani Plaćenik You had written Bosniac nation, which would mean you reffered to the Bosnian nation as a whole, which is comprised of the Bosniaks only, regardless.

[@zipperpillow]

Lovely. Clap, clap, clap. You done good work here lad, not the usual you-tube rehash of someone else's out-dated and stupid theories. Good use of humor, and nice job on the summaries witout getting bogged down in the weeds. Very enjoyable intro. Thank you for all of your good work.

[@nasion420]

From tribe to Empire then back to The tribe

[@AlixirYT]

Technically it is more like from tribe to empire to tribe to republic Yes i am a nerd

[@nasion420]

@@AlixirYT it was a joke mate, I know it's a Republic ;)

[@bosnianmemer9126]

when youl ever visit vienna i can show you the whole city the schönbrunn palace The wiener Riesenrad and much more stuff:)

[@bosnianmemer9126]

you just must say me when you come to vienna

[@bosnianmemer9126]

;)

[@Akapulko]

don't worry guys, Dusan quicksaved before going to war

[@ArtificialVik]

what is the song in the very beginning?

[@Albanus15]

serbia strong

[@Luka__1]

Gdje je 2, deo?

[@hilmansudirman9857]

If only the battle of maritsa didn't happen. Serbian Empire would not as small as today.

[@bosnianmemer9126]

i like your content:)

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Thanks

[@filcondrat]

part 2?

[@user-ke8th8ux6w]

how about nore of this short of content like history of turkey greece etc

[@danielkiprov7998]

I just want to point out you were confused by google. Actually the image you showed when speaking about the byzantine emperor Heraclius is in reality a picture of Tsar Simeon "The Great", who is a Bulgarian king!

[@putaliraibhat6397]

Love serbia 🇷🇸 from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@bosnianmemer9126]

who disliked that video?!

[@ThorinIIIStonehelm]

Kao student istorije malo sam krindzovao na pola podataka ovde koji su ili potpuno pogresni ili pomesani...

[@your-mom_was_here]

Svašta se piše po wikipediji

[@ogilongnose1115]

23:00 what song is that?

[@spartan9540]

Can u do a video about the Maniots in Greece through history ?

[@witorovich5926]

This is probably the best video about Serbian history🇷🇸💙👏

[@Cp6un_]

Није друже најбољи, сам почетак је лаж. Само што прича о измишљеној миграцији Славена/Срба на Балкан у 6. вијеку, каже доста о том видеу. Зашто? Јер буквално нема нити једног доказа да се то догодило, прије берлинског конгреса 1878 о тој сеоби нигдје није било ни ријечи. Сама наша генетика доказује све. Наша најсадрженија хаплогрупа је стара Динарска генетика И2а, коју Срби садрже чак више од 55%, Срби у Босни до 60%, је палео-балканска група и њу су носили још Илирска племена попут Делмата или Трибала још 500. године прије нове ере, све до Винчанске културе, Старчевачке културе па и Лепенског Вира укупно до најмање 9500. године прије нове ере. Тестирани су скелети по Србији, Босни и хрватској која су стара до најмање 7500 година, и носе у себи ту исту хаплогрупу И2а, као што је ми Срби данас више од 60% имамо. Ми смо њихови сигурни преци, ми Срби смо старосједиоци Балкана, то су чињенице које су доказане по генетици, изгледу коже, лица, главе и косе, висини и још много више, па и у записима историчара још од давнина. Још у средњем вијеку до прије Христа су нас Србе називали потомцима Трибала, Илира Трачана и Влаха, што су све аутохтони народи на Балкану, Херодот, отац историје, је нас Србе (Сорабе) називао најстаријим народом у европи. Мани се те лажне фалсификоване Српске историје коју је створила бечко-берлинска школа, за које ниједног доказа нема, да она манипулише наш Српски народ. Лаоник Халкокондил (1425-1490): "Срби Трибали су најстарији и највећи народ свих народа. То поуздано знам." Није било сеобе Срба на Балкан. Срби су старосједиоци (аутохтонци) Балкана!

[@sumax-nz1je]

I am Albanian and i gotta admit that Serbs have a big and a great history. I also learned that Theodor Muzaka an Albanian prince took place in the Serbian led coallition in kosovo were Croatians Albanians Serbians Hungarians Bulgarians fought the Ottomans

[@aaravos29]

this fight was to block the ottomans gaining a foot in the rigion ,the Serbs,the Croats the Albanians and the bulgars all fought together,the fight caused the Serbian empire to collapsed since the king famously died on the fight

[@sumax-nz1je]

@@aaravos29 the serbian power collapsed when around 2.000 Ottoman horsean attacked at nightin one battle the serbian camp and massacred more than 10.000 soilders killing many royals and princes but in 1389 also Hungariam soildiers took place in te battle

[@xerxen100]

@@sumax-nz1je And in 1389, The Serbians caught, and sold out the Hungarians leader, Sibinjanin Janko, aka Hunyadi Jánosto the Turks.

[@ILLYRIANPost]

You are not Albanian hahahhaha Albanians don't have time for this shit

[@ILLYRIANPost]

@bloodshed Not really, how can I hate someone who hate itself ?

[@aleksasarmes8160]

I have a question. Whats the battles in the backround? Is is a game? If it is what game is that,since i really like it.

[@jimmyburlapsack]

Likely it is Mount and Blade

[@aleksasarmes8160]

@@jimmyburlapsack Thank bro

[@bosnianmemer9126]

when will come Part 2

[@nikoz162]

Balkan Gang