The rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire - Leonora Neville

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Most history books will tell you that the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century CE, but this would’ve come as a surprise to the millions who lived in the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages. This Medieval Roman Empire, today called the Byzantine Empire, began when Constantine, the first Christian emperor, moved Rome's capital. Leonora Neville details the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Lesson by Leonora Neville, animation by Remus & Kiki.
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[@catelinsanjose3833]

“The Earth is littered with the ruins of the Empires that believed they were eternal.” - Camille Paglia

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

Crucial lesson for all: nothing lasts forever

[@josephmanno4514]

And yet the Roman Empire lives on in the hearts, minds and souls of millions, unlike any other that ever existed. No other empire can compare. The exception that proves the rule.

[@apollo1694]

@@josephmanno4514 People call the Mongols or the British the greatest empires, but greatness isn't measured in only land despite all three having plenty, it is based on it's legacy, Rome lasted for a thousand years and created the cultures and governmental system of western civilization. No other civilization has had this effect on the world.

[@alejandrotaverareyes]

Ok emo

[@catchgenerics8667]

Apollo - There’s no doubt that the Romans left a significant impact on the world...but culture, and art and architecture is only one way of measuring an empire’s impact. The Mongols have left a genetic legacy unlike any other. And people from all over the world feared the Mongols and their military prowess.

[@theharry801]

Fun fact, the Renaissance most likely wouldn't have started without the fall of Constantinople as all scholars that were in the city when it was conquered fled west to Italy and other Western Europe provinces, reintroducing medieval Europe to the Roman arts and kickstarting the Renaissance

[@ZoraTheberge]

Oh that is fascinating. That part of the start of the Renaissance was due to Byzantine scholars still connected directly to antiquity.

[@theharry801]

@@ZoraTheberge it really shows that the best lessons we can learn are from the past, doesn't it

[@brbjuke45]

And also the colonization of the new world since the ottomans now controlled the Mediterranean and the spice trade. European countries really had no choice but to sail west.

[@jhutfre4855]

Italy will become America of its age

[@panstantzos3013]

to the ancient Greek arts

[@klutzIDV]

"Who were the barbarians? Non-Romans said the Romans being invaded by non-Romans."

[@mahas3500]

Chicken north africans

[@michaelkeehan8094]

R.I.P Roman Empire, or at least half of it.

[@microska2656]

The other half is just fine

[@abthedragon4921]

But it's not in Rome anymore so let's give it a new name.

[@germangonzalez7185]

i always thought they were Huns..maybe i was wrong.

[@combobulous7044]

I remember when I was younger I thought that the Roman Empire fell altogether to the barbarians, so when I was learning about the crusades not long ago I was astonished to find that the eastern half of the Roman Empire continued to thrive through the dark and Middle Ages.

[@mistakurisu5115]

I wouldn't call it thriving empire, it was more like a slowly rotting corpse.

[@gauravmalltarlok5354]

@@mistakurisu5115 Actually, they had many periods of amazing development, then destruction, then amazing development, then destruction, then amazing development... Until after the Komnenian restoration, they finally settled on destruction, and they fell.

[@jpb2366]

@@mistakurisu5115 The plague crushed any plan for byzantine to restore itself

[@napolien1310]

@@jpb2366 you mean by the plague when Justinian was the emperor emperor?

[@okdude8215]

@@napolien1310 pick one they had plenty.

[@lialiailion]

Italy:I will make rome great again. Greece:No,I will make rome great again. Greco~Italian war.

[@Mr.Atari2600]

Rome: Your Country is mine! Greece: No! *4 wars later* Greece: Fine, take it! *many years later* Italy: Your Country is mine! Greece: No! Germany: Yes!

[@valdasgard913]

Holy Roman Empire: I will make reborn a German-Roman Empire 1rst French Empire: I will make reborn a Gallo-Roman Empire * Wars of 4 european Coalition against the french, but Napoléon succeeds and HRE is no more. * Europe again 3 times: "i'm gonna end this man's whole career"

[@ea635]

lialiailion I know it’s old and actually a good joke, but ironically Italians played a huge role in the Greek independence.

[@kostageorgiou3741]

ooof

[@anticommunist5899]

Roman's we are and two. You belong to Roman empire and we stayed the Roman empire because the empire broke in two parts the east and the west Roman empire. We were the east and you were in west and the west Roman empire collapsed by barbarian tribes and we collapsed by ottomans

[@tombombadilofficial]

*Sometimes, I still cry at night over the fall of the Byzantine Empire.*

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Tom Bombadil I fell

[@zakback9937]

You should cry when constantinople was sacked by crusading Venetian Banker

[@bonebard6178]

even though it was the christians repeatedly sacking it?

[@mariateresaroque8362]

Owl Eyes Sack it, sure. But hey, atleast they didn't conquer it and rename it...

[@arischisholm9493]

Owl Eyes **Catholics. We were Orthodox.

[@richibonilla8927]

@3:37 One of the saddest things that humanity can do is burn/destroy knowledge/history

[@samuelskogqvist5565]

What do you expect from chatolics?

[@letsomethingshine]

@Alexander The Great Yes, but even before medieval times there was Peter the Reader killing Univesity Professor Hypatia because of "Christian" jealousy with thousands of Christian followers.

[@gorakoss]

Much of this lost work could have been saved by Arabs, however Bagthdad was also burn to the ground by Mongols.

[@Toix]

Samuel Skogqvist like Muslims haven’t don’t that?

[@samuelskogqvist5565]

@Lord Farquaad Do you know that orthodox christianity is a thing?

[@kaen_tqk3918]

Genie: You have three wishes Me: i wish byzantium never fell Genie: You have three wishes. That ones on me.

[@apparentlyjeremy]

Lmaooo

[@elias9746]

I wish the library of Alexandria never burnt (if you plan on correcting me by saying " um actually The library burnt multiple times" I mean I wish the information in the library was never lost.)

[@kaen_tqk3918]

Elias 676 id wish for that too my friend

[@KuK137]

@@elias9746 Funny how people remember Alexandria but just as significant burning of the House of Wisdom (that had many copies of Alexandrian texts) remains obscure...

[@lukashradecky5492]

Nope.They were actually very cruel people.The Church hated them thus they are call Byzantines

[@NessieAndrew]

"Gondor calls for aid!"

[@jaojao1768]

Nessie Andrew i've seen another comment just like that, is it a comparison of Constantinople and Minas Tirith?

[@NessieAndrew]

It's because of the beacons.

[@jaojao1768]

Nessie Andrew oh, as a Tolkien fan, I facepalm pretty hard now

[@gegatodua2988]

IMO Constantinople has more common with Osgiliath than Minas Tirith.

[@alphamale4292]

Nessie Andrew And Rohan will answer! Muster the Rohirim!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Expect the "Roman vs. Byzantine" fight in the comments. :-)

[@IzaakCha7]

Kings and Generals your channel is awesome

[@3452te]

Kings and Generals actually everyone knows the ERE is the Roman empire.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Kings and Generals Well by the logic of the people for Byzantines being roman, ALL civilizations are the successor to the Sumerians, ALL.

[@Bastogne1944]

Actually I would expect the "Roman vs. Ottoman" fight but there will be a flamewar nonetheless.

[@tomboerstra2533]

As is tradition. 😆

[@ChrisS-jd2us]

“What do you mean the ships are walking?” -Last Words of Constantine XI, 1453

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Give some context to this.

[@Kimpinecone]

@@mojewjewjew4420 When the Ottoman was unable to break through the Golden Bay defense, they carried the ship like a Viking. That was fatal. But in our country, this is what it says. ‘When Constantinople fell, Constantinus XI, who had no intention of living a miserable life, was reportedly killed in action against the surging Turkic army, taking advantage of the collapsing wall with the guards who followed him to the end.’ "The city has fallen, but I am still alive!“ “Is there no Christian who will recover my body?"

[@nerdoroni]

@@Kimpinecone I love the fact that the ottomans just went "hey we should carry our ships on our backs lmao"

[@bigschmill294]

@@nerdoroni Lol thats oddly inspirational but like, in the unconventional way. "So you hit a road block. Have you tried just going around it?"

[@justacheese34yearsago28]

@@bigschmill294 "eh, if those greek crazy enough to raise a giant chain on a sea, then I'm definitely crazy enough to walk our ship on Land and Montain" - Mehmed II 1453

[@russianbear7832]

Apparently, Attila the Hun himself saw the walls of Constantinople, and walked away.

[@itnotmeitu3896]

More like he saw the Constantine walls decided it wasn’t worth the siege and demanded money to leave the ERE

[@letsomethingshine]

@@itnotmeitu3896 Oh yes? Was it similar to how Sennacherib surrounded Jerusalem's citadel, and then the king Hezekiah paid tribute and so Sennacherib had his army leave and Hezekiah could not hurt Sennacherib at all, but lied like the religious leadership often do and said (or wrote in his paid royal history book once he died, included in almost all the Christian Bibles) that Yahweh made Sennacherib's army magically disappear?

[@itnotmeitu3896]

letsomethingshine maybe? I don’t really know that story but it’s pretty well documented that Attila was burning through the north of the ERE but saw the Constantine walls and knew there was a pretty high likelihood he couldn’t siege the city so demanded that the ERE pay him to leave, which they did and then he went on campaign against the WRE and other factions

[@minzblatt]

Well, jokes on ERE, cause Atilla's great great grandson Mehmet (Huns = Old-Turks) took the challenge and succeeded. If you think about it, we ended both WRE & ERE.

[@prajeeths2131]

@@minzblatt Wasnt attila defeated by aeitus?

[@luap-nhoj3546]

This is so sad. "Alexios, play Despacito"

[@leahalexander6847]

I felt that

[@martindels528]

Fck odyssey

[@kadijahamad9862]

No but this is a really funny comment

[@bradmarchand8646]

"Alexios, play Despacitus"

[@chickennugget6654]

@@martindels528 it's not about odyssey you doink

[@ltcn]

Constantinople became Istanbul in 28/03/1930. Ottoman called it as Constantinople too. It's name changed in Turkey's time.(after Ottoman)

[@pennysmirlis5989]

It is Constantinople with Turkish accent. the Greeks used to I am going "Is Tin Polin" (to Polis- Constantinople). "Is Tin Polin" was turned to IsTanBul by the Turks.

[@dimitrispelkas3783]

Not Constantinople, its Constantiniyye

[@sentetiktiner1240]

@Cat People documentarys Cry

[@Qlody]

Aslında Onu ilk Islambul olarak kullandılar ve bunu Fatih Sultan Mehmet öne sürdü.

[@zaidanmujahid6567]

It was changed after Turkey became a Republic right?

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Calling the Eastern Romans “Byzantines” is like calling Americans “New Yorkers.” They were simply “Romans.”

[@jameskresl]

More like calling Americans "New Amsterdamers".

[@edatercharles5566]

calling eastern Romans "Romans" is like calling Americans "british" they're greeks

[@edatercharles5566]

@@branis96 it's funny how the name "roman" is derived from "rome" yet it's been a long time since the eastern "Romans" lost Rome, and they replaced it with Constantinople, so if we use the logic of the true Romans, eastern "Romans" should be referred to as "Constantinopleans" or "Byzantines" because of the old Athenian colony that was present on the same exact location as Constantinople. so calling them "Romans" is like giving a new country a culture that the country that controlled the area before it had, it's like saying "Kazakhstan is Russian because Russia once ruled it" while Kazakhstan is Kazakh even before Russia invaded it in the 18th century

[@wewuzirlyriliansandshiiit6123]

@@branis96 ok Sasha. *MACEDONIA® IS GREECE*

[@minsekfau3218]

@@edatercharles5566 "Nova Roma", aka. "New Rome"

[@izzojunior]

The animation is absolutely top drawer...quite gripping and Addison’s narrations never fail 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@palemoonlight96]

It's interesting that when you nowadays ask Greeks about what they associate with their land's tradition everyone will immediately answer "ancient Greece!" but they seem to have forgotten the byzantine part of history, which is so important and rich in details!

[@user-ts7ey4ei8v]

We have forgot a lots of things .Our identity ,our tratition ,our faith but,all this will stop being when Erdogan kill as all.

[@jaojao1768]

palemoonlight96 true

[@user-nu1uo9jf3y]

Well im greek and believe me even if i wanted to forget it i cant.... im studying it in school

[@koukiss4939]

I havent

[@mariosx12]

Well, maybe it's the same way they will not want to associate with the Ottomans. The last time Greece was truly independent was in the times of Ancient Greece and right after Alexander. After that they got captured by the Romans, who were ruling until right before the Ottoman Empire. The East Roman Empire, were still Romans, that were not interested on the greek culture, on the other hand they even destroyed temples, statues etc. Even until 1453, all the state documents were in Latin. So the East Roman Empire was SOMEWHAT Greek in the since that from some point the Greek Language was used more often, and that some Emperors were of greek heritage. But many will argue that the Roman Empire would have more greek elements than the East Roman one. I think this may explain the phenomenon.

[@anothersettlementneedsyour1979]

So you guys didn't mention Justinian?

[@historyrhymes1701]

And basil II

[@ilietudor6878]

Alexios I

[@umaransari9765]

Justinian and Basil II arguably greatest of Byzantine Emperors

[@adomalyon1]

And what of the greatest general of all time?

[@umaransari9765]

Flavius Belisarius greatest Byzantine General is probably you but Greatest military general ever is probably Alexander, Khalid bin Waleed, Hannibal or Genghis khan, Subatai

[@benyseus6325]

The Roman Empire raised the British, French, Italians, Portuguese and Spanish, only for them to come over and stab it the back smh. Rude children.

[@AlexanderDiviFilius]

Most of the British were pushed out of the island long before Constantinople fell. Those that lived on were ruled by the Anglo Saxons and Franks/ French, enemies of Rome.

[@keyos1955]

@@AlexanderDiviFilius Enemies of Rome that tried to copy Rome

[@AlexanderDiviFilius]

@@keyos1955 a sad fact

[@messianic_scam]

British raised america and it stabed england

[@bloxknight1145]

american runs the cover for wahhabis america is a mass of continent, so annoying 😑😩

[@ethan2288]

Ted-Ed is amazing...I can't even explain it in words. You guys are so informational and make it fun to learn about these things. The art and animation is great, and I watch all your videos and show them to my friends. My social studies teacher is also a BIG fan of your work, so keep up the great work! I hope one day I could be as good as you.

[@jules6856]

Constantinople is such a beautiful name

[@janmichaelcjamisola]

But it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

[@tolunaybas227]

βασιλοπουλος αναστασης Well, It's Istanbul for centuries and for those who claims that it is called "Constantinapole" are just fairy dreamers.. or should we say that they are just the pussiest greeks ? Ha my dear friend ?

[@marios1861]

Tolunay Baş get rekt

[@marmorealcandors]

Tolunay Baş it was Constantinople for 11 centuries

[@abouttime837]

oi greeks and arabs both made great advancements in science and philosophy to get us where we are now why are y’all fighting you should be celebrating edit: wanted to say muslims but because greek is a nationality I said arabs but forgot we’re talking about the ottomans •-•

[@Pan472]

To anyone wondering why we Greeks call ourselves "Ρωμιοί" (Romaioi-Romans), it's because when the Western Roman Empire fell, we felt we had the "legitimacy" of continuing the ideals and the spirit of the Empire. But we never abandoned the name "Έλληνες" (Hellenes), but we reserved it for our ancient identity. Also it was because of Roman law, according to which, everyone that was a law-abiding citizen according to Roman morals and ethos, was a "Roman citizen". And this was a political term, as it wasn't referring to any ethnic group as the Roman Empire was consisted of various ethnicities, including Greeks.

[@NinjoTerror]

Well the Eastern Roman Empire was Greco-Roman. But saying that it was a Greek empire is wrong...

[@sonofnothing2714]

1182

[@Krafanio]

It was not a matter of legitimacy (and i don't get why the " " in legitimacy they even receive the imperial insignia when the west part fell) or something legal, it was simply reality, the Roman Empire was divide in two administrations West and East, both were the Roman Empire, both were the wings of the same eagle, it was natural that if West or East part fell, the other part is what is left of the Roman Empire (being the case that the East part was the one that survive more time and preserve the legacy of the Empire to the end), idk why this is even a debate for some people, 2 sides of the same coin, west and east, both Roman Empire.

[@user-ll9hb3sd8h]

@@NinjoTerror not at all whit time it became that

[@barbary13]

"we"

[@vangelisskia214]

"It may be said, however, that despite its multi-national character, three forces tended to give it unity. One was Orthodoxy, the other a common language, and the third the imperial tradition. The first and the second were Greek and to the extent that they were Greek the Empire was Greek also. The third was Roman, and to that extent the Empire was also Roman" The Transfer of Population as a Policy in the Byzantine Empire Author(s): Peter Charanis Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 3, No. 2, (Jan., 1961), pp. 140-154 Published by: Cambridge University Press

[@hibasohail2497]

I genuinely appreciate the animation over here. Good job😭

[@allisonbilbey1948]

I absolutely adore this animation style :D. Also this whole city seems like something out of a story book. Golden lions that roared at you, golden birds that sung, elaborate buildings, emperors and crusaders fighting! Idk it all just it’s so interesting to me :3

[@susier318]

I think the same it is so i interesting.

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)....

[@nihil_hd1598]

@@Universal.. albania never had an empire.sad

[@Universal..]

@@nihil_hd1598 The Illyrians are the ancestors of the current Albanians. The greatest scientific authorities of the world have pronounced themselves on the INDIGENOUS and Illyrian origin of the Albanians. I will quote among others: - 🇩🇪 Gottfried Leibniz - 🇸🇪 Johann Thunmann - 🇩🇪 Ritter von Xilander - 🇩🇪 Franz Bopp - 🇩🇪 Jakob Fallmerayer - 🇩🇪 J, von Hahn - 🇩🇪 Paul Kretschner - 🇦🇹 Norbert Jokl - 🇦🇹Maximilian Lambertz - 🇬🇧 William Leak - 🇬🇧 Stewart Mann - 🇬🇧 Dane Holger Pedersen - 🇮🇹 Angelo Masci - 🇦🇹 G. Mayer, H. Olberg - 🇦🇹 R. Solta - 🇨🇵 A. Ducellier - 🇭🇷 Milan Šufflay - 🇭🇷 Radoslav. Katicic Etc ... From the beginning of the Paleolithic the territory of Illyria (formerly, from the two banks of the Danube to Epirus) was occupied by men as proven by numerous discoveries of which the Karprina caves dating from approximately 160.000 years (currently in Croatia), the Gjatan cave (in Albania near Shkodër), etc. . Eugene Pittard (🇫🇷) affirmed in 1916: "I have already said elsewhere that Albania seems to me to contain the most important archaeological and anthropological documents for what concerns the origins of the MOST ANCIENT POPULATIONS OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA; populations that, at the dawn of history, we see appear under the name of Illyrians! Sources 📜 : (The peoples of the Balkans, antropological sketches, Neuchâtel / Paris)

[@Universal..]

@@nihil_hd1598 First of all I open a parenthesis about the name of Albania or Albanians quoted by Strabo (around 58-21/25) in the 1st century BC and Claudius Ptolemy (around 100 - 170 AD) in the 2nd century AD. It derives from the name of an Illyrian tribe, the Albanoi, which was located around the city of Albanopolis (now Zgërdhesh located in the region of Krujë). Moreover, even today, a region of Albania, from the north of Tirana (between the rivers Mat and Erzen), is called Albëni (gheg dialect) or Arbëri (tosk dialect). But this name Albanoi with its various variants (Arbanites, Arvanites, Arvanitis, Arvanos, Arban, Arbani, Arbanon, Arnavuts, Arnauts, Arbëri, Arbër, Arbëni, Arbën, Albën, Albanois, or Albanians) really began to spread when the Albanian territories became a field of hostility and a buffer zone between Byzantines and the new Slavic invaders (Serbs, Croats etc.. ...) towards the beginning of the seventh century AD. Several writers of the eleventh century, including Michel Attaliate and Jean Skyltzes, have recounted this kind of confrontation and widely spoken of these Albanian mountain tribes. It is the Angevin chancelleries (Charles I of Anjou, brother of St Louis, proclaimed himself king of Albania in 1272) which, in the 13th century, conveyed the name of Albanian or Albanians, which spread rapidly, like wildfire, throughout Europe. It should be noted that the Albanians never use this name (Albanian) to designate their own ethnic group: they call themselves Shqiptar, that is to say son or child of the eagle. Source 📜 : Albanie: histoire du Moyen Age au XXe s, P.54, Mathieu AREF (Histoire et langue) ou l'incroyable Odyssée d'un peuple préhellénique.

[@abouttime837]

really great animation on this one

[@sethleoric2598]

A T then watch the berlin wall ones

[@jaojao1768]

A T yes me too

[@thenikhilray99]

Remus and Kiki did it.

[@wiemmlaiel4367]

Yesss I L O V E IT SO MUCH !! 😍

[@atomicpinkfireballhs2037]

@@thenikhilray99 who are they? the animators?

[@michaelv2297]

Loved the animation style. Remus and Kiki made an already interesting video super entertaining as well. 👏🏼

[@cleverdamn]

I love how this is animated, I would watch this show no cap

[@abyss5037]

nO CAp

[@marmorealcandors]

The Roman Empire franchise was so successful it got a trilogy and several spinoffs and fanfiction. Roman Republic - the great prequel to the series Roman Empire - the zenith of the franchise Western Roman Empire - the disappointing sequel Eastern Roman Empire - restored greatness Ottoman Empire - the awful fanfiction Holy Roman Empire - the ripoff version Russian Empire - the bootleg version

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Leonard Marc Ramos You forgot the Etruscan and Roman Kingdom version as prequels and the fact that Rome is a new franchise that belongs to the Humanworld Saga and is a sequel to the Hellenistic period. The Romans, despite thier great might are not as great as people believe, as those guys had little to no scientific influence other than spreading some good architectural stuff, the Islamic chaliphate, HRE(which you also forgot) and the Chinese dynasties did much more for our scientific progress.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Yuwan HRE was never a unified entity, and cannot be credited for the acheivements of its individual parts. Islamic Caliphates had their Golden Age but they worked on the foundations of the Ancient Greeks. They did make progress, not arguing against that, but for some reason they stopped. Out of the Chineese Dynasties, only 4 can be dubbed as real golden ages of progress. Do not forget that Constantinople was the most advanced and stable city during the middle ages in Europe, spread and perserved laws and philosophies that would have been lost with Rome's demise.

[@Borderose]

Don't forget the spiritual successor: America. Basically just Rome 4.0. But it wants to pretend it's original.

[@3452te]

You sir I must shake hands with. The HRE is a Ripoff version and Russia is truly a bootleg version. I mean I'm gonna use your words. :D

[@jamestown8398]

Dominion of Soissons - Scrapped planned sequel to Western Roman Empire Republic of Venice - Wildly successful spin-off

[@alexmonteverde6371]

As someone who took several Roman and "Byzantine" history classes in college, this is a well-done video

[@Emme-Kappa]

So wait you mean to tell me that in the 2000s, just 20 years ago, there were still people calling themselves "Romans" in Greece and/or it's neighboring countries?

[@a.s.7936]

Lots of people do. We take great pride in our golden past. As a Romanian and Greek I gladly call myself Roman and I know brothers who do too.

[@proksenospapias9327]

To this day a greek will refer to themselves as a "Hellene" or a "Romios" (never as "greek" btw). It's not like we believe the latin speaking roman empire was greek, ofcourse, but we were roman citizens and the name stuck I guess.

[@manosorfeas]

greeks call themselves Ρωμιοί(=Romans) too, but not that often....until about 1900 they called themselves that way more often

[@jaojao1768]

The greek minority in Turkey is still called Rumlar in turkish

[@gambigambigambi]

Same answer why some Iranians call themselves Persians; to associate with the rich culture and history than the current one associated with oppressive regime.

[@mewsingsbynatk]

I was especially fascinated by the golden lions, the gold birds, and the throne that could raise itself.

[@OKANGUVEN99]

In Turkey we still call Greeks "Roman" okay we call them "Rum" which comes from the word "Rome".

[@skatharaki]

and we still called ourselves Ρωμιοί (Romans) up until gaining independence from Turkey in the 19th century when we started calling ourselves Έλληνες (Greeks) again. We still use it in certain cases, as when we celebrate the independence heroes like Athanasios Diakos whose last words were "I was born a Roman and I will die a Roman" in 1821.

[@yagizkaraman5040]

my family always calls greeks as "yunan" and we call rome as "rum"

[@MegaKoutsou]

Really? I thought you called us Yunan, which comes from the ancient greek word "Ιων" (= Ion)

[@marvelfannumber1]

+Vassiliki Sin Make Greece Roman again!

[@OKANGUVEN99]

gijijijijijijijijijijji we use both. Both are official names

[@tomboerstra2533]

Press 'F' to pay respects to my mans Justinian I. F.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Tom Boerstra F for Justinian, F for Theodora

[@EagleZtoTheGrave]

F :(

[@nowayhoeway]

F

[@jamesgorey5295]

F

[@robevans8629]

Why F?

[@flapjackss4441]

I watched this is class today and I’ve gotta say, it was actually pretty interesting. The characters and artwork for this is great

[@S_K20_04]

Than animation is hilarious. The part where ancient engineers raised the throne up into the air, crashing the roof and then slid back from there. 😂

[@Account-vx1gf]

I like to see that my culture has still lived on, thanks to my Byzantine cousins.

[@Account-vx1gf]

Anders ᛖᛚᛁᚨᛋᛖᚾ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@terner1234]

@Anders ᛖᛚᛁᚨᛋᛖᚾ actually, it was after his adopting father :P

[@AmericaEnjoyer23]

Rome lived into the middle ages. Funny how that worked. They technically survived to almost the discovery of America. Where Rome’s truest successor, The United States of America would be born. Like Rome, America would bring new advanced values to the world and spread them. Like Rome America would hate the idea of kings. Like Rome America would expand.

[@terner1234]

@@AmericaEnjoyer23 "america is the successor to rome" That's even funnier that a german "empire" claiming to be roman

[@terner1234]

@@user-jy8mj8qb6w literally every democratic country today has similarities to the roman republic. That doesn't make them successors

[@Crick1952]

1453 The year my heart broke...

[@demetriosavdalis5574]

Crick1952 mine too friend

[@larryclyons]

You mean 1204. If the great betrayal had not happened, the Byzantine Empire probably could have survived the Ottomans.

[@tylerellis9097]

Larry Lyons their wouldn't be ottomans without fourth crusade.

[@namjoontds5345]

The year I love, my golden age

[@debrawhite7338]

Shana twain

[@atifnihad47]

The Way of explaining it's So wonderful and really comprehensible

[@sudo-apt-upgrade-brain]

I love the short and clear explanations of history

[@Ouranos11144]

Nice video, the Byzantine empire was the Eastern Roman empire, the main differences from the ancient and western Roman empire was that the Byzantines spoke Greek, they did had Greek literature and their culture was Greco-Roman not just Roman or just Christian. And they did continued the way of life of late antiquity in the middle ages. They did had bath houses and chariot races, wrestling etc and spectacles.

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)...

[@makadoz]

@@Universal.. Illyricum isn’t Albania

[@nihil_hd1598]

@@makadoz yea,also many roman emperors from today spain or illyricum were indeed romans whos family just seatteled/lived in those areas.at least the roman emperors who were part of the aristocracy at birth

[@user-lt6os8mq8i]

The enemies of Greece refuse to accept that it was a Greek empire.

[@ThomasGazis]

@@user-lt6os8mq8i αφού αυτό το κανάλι, που εδρεύει στον Κhaναδηα είναι στελεχωμένο με ντηουρκηους προωθει καθαρα αντελινηκι πrophagαντα

[@3452te]

The Eastern Roman Empire had the most professional army and navy ever to date. And the during the Macedonian Dynasty had the Skutatoi which was the best heavy infantry known in the medieval world, and a direct continuation of the roman legion.

[@3452te]

LagiNaLangAko23 you mean Greek Fire (aka liquid fire or roman fire). But yes they used a flammable weapon that no one to this day knows its secrets.

[@lorddervish212quinterosara6]

they also have Viking warriors in their ranks!

[@andrespolo2722]

Don't forget their cataphracts.

[@3452te]

Lorddervish212 Quinteros Aranda the Varangian Guard. Then yes. Unfortunately the Skutatoi became disbanded by the early 11th century ad. Being replaced by Varangian Guardsmen, Pronoiars, and Athanatoi.

[@3452te]

andres polo How can I. Both the Cataphracts and Clibanarii are the best professional heavy cavalry ever known. Heck even Norman knights are impressed by them.

[@andyzhang7890]

I love this art style. I need more.

[@garyshaffer392]

Western medieval sources also referred to the empire as the "Empire of the Greeks" (Latin: Imperium Graecorum) and to its emperor as Imperator Graecorum (Emperor of the Greeks);[20] these terms were used to distinguish it from the Holy Roman Empire that claimed the prestige of the classical Roman Empire in the West

[@chinosator6027]

The story of beacons at 2:48 really reminds me of THAT scene in "Return of the King."

[@Christopher_TG]

Wouldn't surprise me if that's where Tolkien got the idea.

[@pomponion6977]

Roman engineering is the greatest in the world!!

[@diadokhoi5722]

@@pomponion6977 is that a mf jojo reference?

[@icemysta30]

That's because it is precisely where Tolkien got the idea from!

[@zzjlgb]

It's hard to miss the resemblance: both the successor state (ERE - Gondor) of a once great nation (SPQR - Numenor) , being the survived part of its former self while the other part collapsed (WRE - Arnor), both being the most advanced state of the region for most of the time despite experiencing a lengthy decline, and both capitals (Constantinople - Minas Tirith) constructed top-tier city defence system which serves as the last resort when facing the everexisting eastern menace (Sassanid/the Caliphates/Ottoman - Mordor)

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

A tragedy indeed that byzantine fell.. political squabbling, rivalry and scattered divisions of Romans instead of unity against the ottomans. Much like Carthage.. like carthage

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

NorthObsidianG Carthage had just some terrible leaders and luck, we might have had Archimedes's knowledge if it weren't for Rome.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

Yuwan true.. but other than its leaders. Carthage mostly use mercenaries to fight its wars and supplement it's own military.. and those sellswords has no loyalty to the people or the land, just gold. Heck.. in its final days, it's own citizen held off the Romans for nearly three years before being finally defeated. And it was a bloody victory for Rome. Which is why they didn't show much mercy and chose to commit genocide.

[@goodgirlkay]

NorthObsidianG Byzantine is an adjective. Not a noun.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

kay jay I dont know what's that got to do with the east romans when I'm pointing out the similarities of byzantine and Carthage

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

@Saad Rizvi I do not think so.. but it has been disputed by many people. Still I stand by that.

[@PixelPalettes]

I’ve got a test on this in like an hour thank you TED-Ed

[@Jacksonhill888]

Thanks for informing us on this it really helped me in world history today!!!

[@thanosandnobill3789]

By the way, Lord of the Rings had many inspirations from Roman Empire. The people from Numenor (inspired by the myth of Atlantis) created the old kingdom that centuries after split in two like old Roman Empire. The western part called Arnor that destroyed similar to the West Roman empire but the Eastern part called Gondor survived exactly like Byzantium. The capital of Gondor was the city of Minas Tirith with huge walls like Constantinople that fought for centuries eastern barbarians from Mordor or in real-world Turkey.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Turkey was part of the Roman Empire for a thousand years what are you talking about. It is the fall of Asia Minor (today's turkey) to the Turks that began the slow death spiral for the Empire.

[@mhak477]

We can also relate the Corsairs of umbar to the barbary Corsairs of North Africa

[@DenizAndrews]

People are angry at the Muslims, however it were the Catholics who destroyed Byzantium first. They’ve weakened it because of jealousy that came from great Byzantine success. The fourth crusade burned, teared and destroyed most of it. So it was for the Turks easy to take over because it had already fallen.

[@madjack3902]

Deniz Andrews don’t forget the Seljuks

[@AmricanEagl]

I’m catholic and I totally agree with you

[@inesita365]

Well, invasions at that time were normal so he doesn't even need to justify anything.

[@praxitelis4644]

I am Greek and this is sadly true..

[@mihaelpetrik4082]

Byzantine empire has already faced more crisis and lost lots of territory (it lost North Africa in short period of time, also Syria and other Easter lands), many Byzantine emperors were stubborn about Rome and Catholics so it only worsened the relations, and the threat from the east was far too strong enemy to handle, even if Venice didn't capture Constantinople (the pope didn't know about it and he punished the crusaders with excommunication), it was only matter of time when Byzantine would fall, you cannot defend yourself with one city and poor economy.

[@Master_WannaBe_]

Talks about the Byzantine Empire but never talks about Justinian and Theodora

[@RamanShrikant]

What did justinian do?

[@tezz2698]

@@RamanShrikant Reconquered much of the lost territory, including Italy Made the Corpus Juris Civilis, which is still the basis of law in the western world Built Hagia Sophia Improved women's rights Just to name a few.

[@admiralackbar3615]

@@tezz2698 and took Rome back.

[@ElectricAlect]

This might be late but Justinian’s Reconquest led to the massive depletion of Roman Treasury. In fact, it was so bad that many scholars consider it as a fatal mistake as it led to the forces of the Romans being stretched to thin and with no treasury to satisfy the citizenry and the army. While he did allow women’s rights and established basic law. He instrumentally contributed to the Fall of the byzantines by attempting to retake provinces that didn’t pay off themselves. Finally with the depletion of the treasury, it lead to the turbulent times where an emperor had to cut wages to build up treasury and led to his demise and also symbolic treasures being pawned off to build it back up again.

[@nuphhrffe875]

@@ElectricAlect Justinian could've have incorporated the first Italian kingdom into the East Roman empire as it already was a client state for them which would've been much less costly and kept Italy strong to defend.

[@AlLaST0I2]

"Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, so that they may learn that they are dealing with the descendants of the Greeks and the Romans." ( From the final speech of the last roman emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos)

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)....

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

What went up also goes down...same as any empire in those days.

[@tylerellis9097]

kirby march Barcena, actually it went up then down then up then down then up then down then less down then fully down.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Tyler Ellis And I thought it was up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A.

[@tylerellis9097]

kirby march Barcena, lol does that give me unlimited tagmata and political stability?

[@oldcowbb]

except when you get escape velocity

[@alexwang982]

Except escape velocity

[@gregoriusrevo6864]

Born in purple

[@yochaiwyss3843]

gregorius revo Better to Die in Purple than to Live in Rags.

[@espirireis8396]

Ayyy ck2

[@cttsang549]

the animation is amazing omfg

[@cayloseals]

The change from the Roman empire to byzantine has always confused. This video helped so much!

[@sirnave810]

Even though it has collapsed, it’s legacy remains and would never fade away.

[@TheMelopeus]

True.

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)...

[@chaosspork]

This is amazing! So educational and I love the animations that went along with the narration! Thank you for sharing this!

[@orin4116]

This animation is great! Artists Remus & Kiki you are breathtaking)

[@GeneralLee1961.3]

Byzantine history is a part of Greek history 330 - 1453

[@Rakshasa1986]

Greek history is part of world history.

[@OsmanOsmanHan]

Rakshasa No, only europe.

[@OsmanOsmanHan]

Sad.

[@milonydausier4179]

@@OsmanOsmanHan Barbaric greedy you.

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

@@milonydausier4179 You should be more respectful

[@turkturkic7015]

İm Turkisch. Wè have never called Christians Byzantian. Wè always call them "Rum" meaning Roman. Another intresting fact. Turks call the place across Bosporus the European site and all South of Balkan Rumeli meaning Thé land of Romans. Because in that time when it was taken by Turks the majority of the people living their where Roman people of the Roman Empire .

[@vasilis7076]

When ERE fell there was almost no romans there just slavs and greeks, most of the latins left after the retaking of constantinople in 1260

[@hansstrudel9614]

Let's not forget that one time when some random Seljuk decided to declare his kingdom in the Anatolia area "Rum".

[@ylmazirdenyazc8393]

also Anatolian Seljuk state also called him seljuk sultanate of rum

[@theotn2209]

Thanks for the information, knew that if the fourth Crusade did not happen the Turks probably would not exist?

[@hansstrudel9614]

@@theotn2209 Nah, the Seljuks were slowly wearing the Byzantines down hence the Fourth Crusade. All the Fourth Crusade managed to do was expedite the fall of the Empire. (Which technically did happen with the formation of the Latin Empire and the Nicean Empire from the victorious crusaders and Byzantine nobles respectively) The Turkish nomads were extremely prevalent and powerful well before the Fourth Crusade; the Alexiad is about the legendary Basileus Alexios Komnenos attempting to salvage the remains of the Empire after the massive string of defeats at the hands of the Turks in the latter half of the 11th century leading to his coronation in 1081.

[@soniamehta6139]

love these history lessons! please keep making these, as well as riddles and myths!

[@Pedro_Larroza]

The stunning animation (by Remus & Kiki) shows clear inspiration from the UPA cartoons of the 1950s and 1960s.

[@MishpachatAlexander]

Ted Ed is very awesome. The best history video in the AP class.

[@rigira]

This is the BEST animation style ever! Especially loved the Rise and Fall of The Berlin Wall video too.

[@josecorcino9144]

the last time i was this early the Byzantine Empire were still dominating

[@CDexie]

You're as salty as Carthage

[@venezuelanpoodlemoth2853]

In a history exam i had to write an essay about the fall of the Roman Empire. I wrote that The Western Roman Empire collapsed 400 AD and the Byzantine not long after that. We weren't really taught much about Byzantine so i was a bit suprised when my teacher had commented that actually Byzantine existed over 1000 years after that. So i came here to educate myself

[@JuanPerez-sd2it]

Very informative video. I learned a lot in 5 minutes.

[@too-hot-to-handle01]

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations makes so much sense now

[@michaelweston409]

Daniel Singery great game

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)...

[@berry2862]

Woah. You made 5th grade Greek history fun and interesting!

[@karolmaciejewski1102]

It wasn't hard task to make it interesting.

[@catchgenerics8667]

It’s not really Greek history. It’s Roman and Byzantine.

[@TMPOUZI]

@@catchgenerics8667 Α big portion is Greek cultured. Roman is a political term and Byzantine is a misleading term

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)....

[@tasa5463]

​@@catchgenerics8667 it's the same

[@joemom289]

Thank u i needed this for my school work this helped alot

[@user-zy4bs5kk6x]

respect from China. salute to the Roman empire. our ancient friend

[@minzblatt]

?? Roman empire is nothing but ashes.

[@Haasthimself]

@@minzblatt and maybe a few distantly related latin countries

[@SciencewithKatie]

So interesting and well done as always 💛

[@temptemp4174]

You literally watch every video I watch

[@BlacK40k]

You are everywhere, from Pewdiepie to TED Ed

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)...

[@judahtirona9487]

I waited a long time for these... Thanks 😊

[@smiley_oy683]

The animation is top notch like always

[@LetsGoGetThem]

The Greek had a legend of the last emperor of Rome, calling him the "marble emperor" who would return one day.

[@user-lt6os8mq8i]

It wasn't Rome. Rome was the west. Here it was Greek

[@nghianguyenhuu374]

Yes! Byzantines are one of my fav empires in history. And Kudos to the illustrators for making the animations so cool

[@joshsweet8391]

Greece also has contributed so much to the world

[@samuelskogqvist5565]

@torugita johnson Until you realize that todays greeks are just whiter turks.

[@user-nv7jr6gn2e]

@@samuelskogqvist5565 Except there have been numerous DNA tests and modern Greeks are 95% related to Ancient Greeks. Turkish propaganda is just laughable at this point.

[@kopiledon]

@@samuelskogqvist5565 Have you seen ancient Greeks? Do you imagine them having pure white skin in the scorching sun, just like you imagine Jesus Christ with white skin and blonde hair?

[@spngled8654]

Yeah bumming

[@dieselgeezer18]

@@samuelskogqvist5565 until you realise that you extract information from wrong sources.

[@Mastakilla91]

Man this cartoon style is really one of the best I saw lately. You should do some Asterix Byzantium style

[@minhao6269]

Wow, so there is actually a system of beacons running the width of the Byzantine Empire. I remember in the Lord of the Rings, there is also a system of beacons running from Gondor to Rohan. Is there any chance that Tolkien was inspired by this system of beacons of the Byzantine Empire?

[@mortache]

Things like this were relatively common although super expensive to maintain. Its said that under the caliphate from Baghdad, the entirety of North Africa was connected in this way, i.e you could communicate from Egypt to Morocco

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

@@mortache that is not what he is asking. And the answer is more likely yes, considering how there are also plots in the book that is similar to roman history.

[@valentins.2637]

It's facinating how much impact the fall of Byzantium had. The scholars and philosophers fled from the turks to their ancient capital of Roma with the old knowledge thus creating the Renaissance. With the Bosburus in muslim hands the connection to the east broke and the silkroad came to an end. But because nobody wanted to give up eastern goods the europeans sailed to the east by themself creating the age of discovery

[@leto1963]

This animation was so nice! Also, I never knew about this part of Roman history! So fascinating.

[@NinjoTerror]

Roman history.

[@skylinelover9276]

​@@NinjoTerrorit depends on Roman. Roman latin or roman Greek

[@tmurray6812]

Good viewing. Should be shown in schools. Well done.

[@PapagenoDispo]

**talks about byzantine empire** **doesn't mention justinian, theodora, and procopius** ???

[@shaeuwn]

You've read Sailing to Sarantium haven't you

[@gorakoss]

He did not mention Heraclius who made a Herculean effort to beat Persia and recover 50% of the lost empire within 2 decades, the forefather of thematic system which was the backbone of the empire for 500 years. But the narrative is astonishingly vivid and fun and focuses on great points. Justinian was a great legislator that hapenned to have under command a brilliant general, Belisarius.

[@PapagenoDispo]

@@shaeuwn nah i just really like history

[@samuellucena3835]

@Name Here yeah, he also didn't say the names of every byzantine citizen, terrible video

[@halflifeger4179]

It's a five minute KZbin video, do you honestly expect it to cover anything except the very basics?

[@azzz8992]

Happy Orthodox Easter!

[@azzz8992]

Vajstinu voskres! Serbian for:He had rison

[@azzz8992]

Konos P Hristos Voskres! Serbian for:He had risen!

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)....

[@LeoTheI]

Pascha*

[@talebamin3999]

waaaw great animation can you make video about Hannibal Barca please

[@schrodingerscat1105]

I wish we still had artifacts and literature was not destroyed and still be with us

[@dawncolorado2120]

I love what you do Ted Ed keep it up. It’s great work you are doing❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sutapapawar4686]

I really hope you make a video on the Mesopotamian empire or the Harappa Valley Civilisation. By the way, I just simply luv these videos. Please keep making more. At least it teaches me more things than school.

[@ilonasapel3072]

indus valley civilization, Harappa is one of their cities

[@sutapapawar4686]

Ilona Sapel yes but in India we call it the Indus Valley civilisation or Harappan Civilisation

[@jaojao1768]

Sutapa Pawar yes good idea

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Sutapa Pawar Like it's founding myth.

[@savioblanc]

I wish someone decodes the Harrapan script. That's the main reason why no one trylu has a clue about who these people were and what they actually did. All we know is that they don't seem to have had any Kings, they had well planned cities, a Great Bath and that they traded with the other civilisations of that period. Nothing else really

[@the6thcolumn588]

Wow, your animators are epic!

[@hsbusiness7905]

I heard that the Eastern Romans never called themselves Byzantine! Is it correct?

[@LOLnesssss]

Absolutely. "Byzantine Empire" is a name coined by some German historian after the Fall of Constantinople, and the rest of the world just agreed. Throughout the entirety of the existence of "Eastern" Roman Empire, they called their empire Roman Empire (Imperium Romanum / Basileia Rhomaion) and themselves as Romans. "Byzantine Empire" is fake news.

[@nicholaskampouris6343]

@@LOLnesssss Did you even watch the video? It was coined to distinguish The Western, pagan, latin-speaking part of the empire from the Eastern, Christian, Greek-speaking part. It is not "fake news," while the term wasn't coined until later it was used to describe differences that very much existed.

[@LOLnesssss]

Nicholas Kampouris People get confused and think Byzantine Empire is a separate entity from the classical Roman Empire. When the fact is Byzantine Empire / Eastern Roman Empire is the true heir of the classical Roman Empire. Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium/Constantinople, so Constantinople should have been regarded as the true Roman capital thereafter. Pagan/Christian and Latin/Greek divide shouldnt matter as the eastern Romans always called themselves Rome & Romans. But because Western Europeans wanted to hijack the title of Romans. Oddly no one seems to have a problem with Holy Roman Empire. They were definitely not Romans, and should be called something else if they were to be treated the same as “Byzantine Empire” historiographically.

[@nicholaskampouris6343]

LOLness I agree with you! They did call themselves Roman. A lot of the reason why they still did though was because they felt like they could continue the Roman Empire (which was Greco-Roman at its foundation) The problem I have is when nationalists and antihellenes try and discredit the Hellenic influence in the eastern empire. They were spoke and wrote in Greek, especially when the western empire fell. They try and say there is no cultural or DNA connection between modern Greece and the ERE or (Byzantium) which just doesn’t make sense lol.

[@LOLnesssss]

Nicholas Kampouris I didnt know about that. But im sure its common knowledge in the rest of the world that Byzantine Empire / ERE was Greek, hence why the name Byzantine Empire is mainstream. My problem is the name is not historically correct. If they called themselves Rome, we should call them Rome. We dont take it away from them. Just because they are no longer alive.

[@SupremeLeaderyt]

Its funny how the Western European dark ages where during the "Thriving" of the Greeks/byzantines , while Greek/Byzantine dark ages where during the Renaissance and after

[@rhomaioscomrade]

Great video and really captures the Roman spirit that permeated the empire.However, it should be noted that the empire improved upon the ancient one in a multitude of ways, particularly in diplomacy and bureaucracy. What the medieval Roman empire lacked in sheer military power in strenuous times, it made up in cunning diplomacy and political manipulation of their enemies.

[@Boney_M]

im in love with Istanbul...such a great city

[@dieselgeezer18]

constantinopole

[@fathergascoigne1368]

Looters

[@Saaa-ni1uy]

@@dieselgeezer18 No Istanbul 🤍

[@dzikrinasaira3475]

I wish I had history teacher like this, that taught us with fun way :)

[@vindj2391]

This animation style is sooooooo captivatingggg

[@handmadesoftware]

Everybody gangsta til the ships start walking

[@jeremyxiv4667]

Lmaoo

[@enesdolangez8389]

Nobody get this joke because they dont know how istanbul fell they just say my heart broke and I want it back

[@marcellabutay1090]

"The Roman Times" on the newspaper lol

[@theoriginldw]

im no longer in any history (seniors have econ & govt) and i know all of this already, but im a history geek and the visuals are great SO WHY NOT