The Shocking Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire

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@IonutPaun-lp2zq 7 ай бұрын

I stopped watching after 7mins. So many mistakes, Narses conquered all of Italy. The Lombards waited until his death to invade Italy. The Byzantine empire retained control of the main cities, such as Rome and Ravenna for two centuries. They controlled south of Italy and Sicily for even longer than that.

@Kevin-xk3me 6 ай бұрын

You a historian or something?

@IonutPaun-lp2zq 6 ай бұрын

@@Kevin-xk3me No, but I've read/listened enough to know he's wrong. The History of Byzantium podcast is a much better alternative. If you prefer a book, then the best book is The New Roman empire: A history of Byzantium by Anthony Kaldellis.

@TheRezro 6 ай бұрын

@@IonutPaun-lp2zq Next you tell my that Russia is Third Rome

@IonutPaun-lp2zq 6 ай бұрын

@@TheRezro No, there is no third Rome. There is Old Rome, and New Rome-Constantinople.

@TheRezro 6 ай бұрын

@@IonutPaun-lp2zq No. There was always one Rome.

@ilijas3041 6 ай бұрын

The many comments about mistakes are well deserved. Lets make this a constructive one; Most of the mistakes came in things fairly unrelated to map, mapping and territorial changes. While in important conquests you once literally said "they conquered some territory in Georgia (or Armenia)". If I were you I would focus on events that led to map colors dancing around, and than be much more specific about territories and what the changes meant within historical context. It would reduce your scope for research and also margin for errors. General histories in broad strokes like this have been told and told again and again so many times, and by people with better command of history than you are showing at the moment. In that segment you brought nothing really, except for some funny mistakes. The map looks beautiful, you know your way around it, mapping is your obvious strong point. Play to your strengths and use historiography only as much as you need it to bring maps to life. It will be more original, creative and probably easier for you. And for us.

@vincesettineri 6 ай бұрын

Greats maps but the information is incorrect in quite a few places may be worth re releasing with the corrections but there is potential here.

@agenthunk5070 3 ай бұрын

History of The Eastern Roman Empire is the Proper correct name of the Empire.

@onemoreminute0543 6 ай бұрын

There are so many inaccuracies in this video I don't know where to begin.

@kenster8270 7 ай бұрын

Watching this is like playing the boardgame Mare Nostrum.

@CLP99th 5 ай бұрын

Eastern Roman* not the "successor" the continuation.

@trackgt 14 күн бұрын

It is not mentioned that the title of Roman Emperor was inherited by Thomas Palaeologus, who moved to Rome after the fall of Constantinople. His successor, Andrew Palaeologus, ceded his titles to the Spanish Empire. In legal terms, the Roman Empire did not end in 1453, but lasted for several more centuries under the name of the Spanish Empire.

@thereviewers30303 5 ай бұрын

If you spend as much time on the visuals as on your research your videos would have ben amazing and posibly generate milion of views.

@Greek.history.enthusiast 2 ай бұрын

You didn't mention the fall of the despotate of Epirus and the empire of Trebizond at all

@TheoKolokotronis 2 ай бұрын

“The Byzantine empire was clearly, despite its multinational dimension, a Greek empire while its neighbours considered it so, and whose unity was based on the power of authority, in the dominance of Orthodoxy and the use of Greek as the official language”. Sylvain Gouguenheim, “La gloire des Grecs”, 2017, p. 73

@piedmontatl 16 күн бұрын

Historians, centuries later, called it the Byzantine Empire. Citizens still called the Roman Empire and they called themselves Romans.

@Theodoros_Kolokotronis 15 күн бұрын

Indeed mate. However, whether you call it Eastern Roman or Byzantine, it doesn’t change the legacy of the Medieval Greek Empire. In fact, the term Roman did not determine national identity or ancestry at the time, but citizenship. Roman Emperor Caracalla issued the Antonine Constitution (early 3rd century AD), which granted Roman citizenship to all free men throughout the Roman Empire. A Roman citizen could of Greek, of Israelite, of Armenian, of Georgian heritage etc. The majority of the Byzantines (Eastern Roman citizens), native for centuries in the region of Asia Minor long before the Roman Empire emerged, were of ethnic Greek background. The population in the East retained their pre-existing Hellenic culture and identity. They never vanished from their native lands. That is why Historians made the accurate distinction between the Latin West and the Greek East. Their Roman citizenship had nothing to do with their distinct heritage. An English doesn't stop being English (ethnic identity) because he is British (political identity) and a medieval Greek wasn't any less Greek (ethnic identity) because he was a Roman citizen (political identity). Their citizenship, didn't contradict in any way their distinct ethnic Greek ancestry, determined by race. The testimony of the Byzantine Empire is evident to this very day in all Byzantine Churches and monuments across the region (almost half of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in modern day Turkey are of Ancient Greek and Byzantine origin). The epitome of Byzantine Architecture is the majestic Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople, “Hagia Sophia”, still standing for 1.500 years.

@piedmontatl 15 күн бұрын

Never. It was Roman. Even the invading Turks, coming from the east, called their realm the "Sultanate of Rum (Rome)", not Sultanate of Byzantium.

@Theodoros_Kolokotronis 15 күн бұрын

“Greeks were generally the largest and most influential ethnic group in both Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire, especially from the Hellenistic period onward. By the time of the Byzantine Empire, Greeks were the predominant ethnic group in the urban and administrative centers, particularly in Constantinople and other key cities. Greek became the official language in the empire under Emperor Heraclius in the 7th century. This cemented the cultural dominance of Greek-speaking populations, especially in Asia Minor (Anatolia), which was a vital part of the empire. Many influential figures, such as Byzantine Emperors and Military Commanders, came from Greek-speaking regions”. Arnold J. Toynbee, prominent English Historian, from the notable “A Study of History”.

@piedmontatl 14 күн бұрын

@Theodoros_Kolokotronis And again, there was no such thing as Byzantine Empire, the name was created by historians centuries later. Even the Greeks called themselves Roman citizens.

@arthur-yq4ic 7 ай бұрын

thats emperor leo not theodosius 0:16

@Greensanctuary-c4w 2 ай бұрын

Yet , it was eastern roman empire which had emperors of various ethnic background, it was a huge mess and they were the allies with tribes .

@goat7844 7 ай бұрын

3:22-3:27 He said 452AD but the chart highlighted 542AD

@thathistoryfam794 6 ай бұрын

That’s funny

@SARodriguez-kw7wl 3 ай бұрын

I❤your Channel. 🙏💯

@NicolasCab 7 ай бұрын

Hope your channel blows up bro keep it up with this content! Top quality

@OotsutsukiShibai 6 ай бұрын

Top quality? Really? This video is very bad, a lot of inaccuracies and many things are just incorrect.

@Danterobo 20 күн бұрын

Lazy writing, immense reliance on AI arts, wrongful use of maps. There is always potential to your channel. But by being misleading you cannot profit your works

@davidp7178 4 ай бұрын

You are aware that they never called themselves "Byzantine Empire", are you not. That was a German creation as they wanted to be the successors to Rome not the Muslims.

@WaysOfTheJedis 3 ай бұрын

Byzantium took on the name of Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, romanized: Kōnstantinoupolis; "city of Constantine") after its refoundation under Roman emperor Constantine I, who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 and designated his new capital officially as Nova Roma (Νέα Ῥώμη) ' ...

@Not-Ap 10 күн бұрын

Neither Germans, Muslims, or the British, French, or the modern US is a successor to the Romans. People need to get that through their heads. If African state adopted chinese social customs, chinese language, chinese government structures, but kept their own religion and spiritual beliefs would that make them chinese in same sense as ancient or modern China? The answer is a big fat no. You can't put on dress of another culture and claim to be a native when you can't even recall the orgin of where that dress came from.

@turky6834 4 ай бұрын

Ottomans were never an EMirate but a Beylik. Other than that it is a nice video. But you also skipped some important battles and states. Like battle of Levounion and the state of Tzachas. They are very interesting and changed a lot of things.

@GeorgiosLeo 7 ай бұрын

Very bad video today. Poor research that just scratches the surfaces and in many instances is just outright wrong.

@TheIronChancellor 6 ай бұрын

Not even half of its history was shown here

@Greek.history.enthusiast 2 ай бұрын

The roman empire was split in 330 AD but the de facto split was in 395 AD

@icywaters1457 2 ай бұрын

Guys I know it’s annoying but Byzantine = Eastern Rome after the fall of the western empire ok . Until that changes cross the board try to live with it for your own joy lol

@giannisgiannopoulos791 6 ай бұрын

I really don't have time for your BS. Your narrative is full of inaccuracies.

@TipuAhmed-ym3xo 6 күн бұрын

Want chronological history of Roman,Byzantine, Ottoman Empire history

@Steven-dt5nu 6 ай бұрын

Khosrow II declared war on the Romans seven years before Heraclius came to power. Because Phocas rebel against Maurice and murdered Maurice and his family. Khosrow II a couple aspects to look at. One Maurice helped Khorsow II obtain his thorn in the past. Khorsow II may have really felt to avenged Maurice ot used it as a pretext to invade Roman territory. Cool maps.

@Greek.history.enthusiast 2 ай бұрын

The despotate of the Morea fell in 1460 and not 1446 AD

@betsyduane3461 4 күн бұрын

What a mess, the term "Byzantine" to describe the later years of the Roman Empire wasn't coined until 1557. It's the eastern Roman Empire.

@Samuel1M 7 ай бұрын

Dude I wanna talk to you

@paprskomet 4 ай бұрын

"Army become mainly mercenary and consisting mainly of foreigners"...that is not truth.Majority of regular army was still from Roman born recruits and since Maurice there was even intentional state drive to prefer natives over foreigners and mercenaries.

@Ghostrex101 Ай бұрын

Ottomans were not a Emirate, which is reserved to Arab holdings. Ottomans were Beyliks

@jylefranzcayabyab Ай бұрын

It's not defeats that led the empire to decline, it's the arrogance. They are winning battles but losing the war.

@Theodoros_Kolokotronis 2 ай бұрын

One of the most thrilling historical novels regarding the Greek Byzantine Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari. Truly epic.

@trevorcontreras7617 7 ай бұрын

bruh literally distinguished himself as a weak ruler by showing a picture of Leo I as Theodosius 1

@TheManCaveYTChannel 6 ай бұрын

So much misinformation. Couldn’t watch past the two minute mark.

@thinkinaboutpolitics 5 ай бұрын

Do you think these scripts are generated by AI? I'm starting to think they are, but I could be wrong

@TheManCaveYTChannel 5 ай бұрын

@@thinkinaboutpolitics sounds like something ChatGPT would say about the “Byzantine” empire.

@Bruh-cg2fk 6 ай бұрын

very cool

@natheriver8910 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting

@cliffpinchon2832 6 ай бұрын

Great content but please leave out the background music.

@gunnergibson4317 6 ай бұрын

It’s crazy to me how this one part of the world has never been chill

@thealgerianbochevik3149 5 ай бұрын

The world has never been chill

@gunnergibson4317 5 ай бұрын

@@thealgerianbochevik3149 ehh that’s not really true. There are actually many places on earth that haven’t had non-stop armed conflicts.

@gunnergibson4317 5 ай бұрын

@@thealgerianbochevik3149 also I should clarify that the people who live there are not to blame for any one cause of these recent conflicts. Other countries have meddled in their affairs for decades if not centuries. So it’s hardly their fault.

@Greensanctuary-c4w 2 ай бұрын

Romans . Byzant was just a small town.

@gerasimostsakalozos4171 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see a video about the greek revolution. Greek here!!

@ciccioiona4591 6 ай бұрын

Roma no Byzantine

@Greek.history.enthusiast 2 ай бұрын

😂

@Greek.history.enthusiast 2 ай бұрын

Byzantine/eastern roman empire 🇬🇷

@DanSam48 3 ай бұрын

Hey dude, it was not Persians who conducted a genocide of Christians in Jerusalem. It was some local Persian allies who betrayed the Roman Christians. The same people still live there and they're still doing genocides.

@ScentsOfSouthJersey 6 ай бұрын

The Romans **

@djtechs3456 7 ай бұрын

There eastern Roman’s bro

@pipeyto7 Ай бұрын

And also byzantine empire

4 ай бұрын

it s not byzantine empire, they were imperium romanum. use it correctly. dont use made up history.

@WaysOfTheJedis 3 ай бұрын

@antivirus_protection 2 ай бұрын

While the Byzantine Empire is indeed a continuation of the Roman Empire and thought of themselves as the last Romans the term "Byzantine Empire" is still correct and is commonly used by historians to distinguish the medieval age from the classical age. Another term for the Byzantine Empire would be "The Kingdom of Greeks" or the "Greek Empire" which was commonly used by medieval people outside of the Byzantine Empire back in the days.

@Theodoros_Kolokotronis 14 күн бұрын

Correct. All true.

@str5485 6 күн бұрын

Belisarius was never blinded, this is a known myth.

@AnthooOkp-xs8co 7 ай бұрын

#Freebiafranow 💫🙏😇

@newjones1754 18 күн бұрын

Seems like the Byzantine lacked one key component of the Romans. veni vidi vici

@Muramasa1794 4 ай бұрын

So many inaccuracies, and there was never a “Byzantine” Empire. They were the Roman Empire until 1453.

@WaysOfTheJedis 3 ай бұрын

To say there was never a Byzantium empire is incredibly ignorant

@Muramasa1794 3 ай бұрын

@@WaysOfTheJedis explain go on

@Muramasa1794 3 ай бұрын

@@WaysOfTheJedis the state was never called the Byzantine empire that’s the point. They were the Roman Empire that’s the point.

@bryce89x30 5 ай бұрын

The information in this video is very inaccurate. Recommending the (don't recommend this channel) button.

@Joanropo 3 ай бұрын

Bro I'm so tired of people calling it Byzantine Empire. These people were romans. Great visuals tho.

@niklauscabero626 Ай бұрын

A lot of mistakes and ommisions, I know you can't compress all Bizantine history in 30 min. but it was a lacking video anyway

@meeeeeebojo 2 ай бұрын

Stop the boats God damn it 😂

@CaptainGrimes1 4 ай бұрын

Fake news

@aliakbaryahya583 3 ай бұрын

Many genetically different people speak Turkish with different dialects where some do not even understand each other. Same goes with Saljucts. They spoke Turkish but they can not be called Saljuc TURKS. There is no Turkish nation the same as there is no Iranian nation. Iran and Turkey are the name of countries were genetically different people live in them. Saljucs lived in Iran and were Iranians.but they were not Persians but Uyghurs. Under their influence Turkish language spread from east to all across present day Turkey.

@Meme_Deity 7 ай бұрын

The bad ending

@rosennikolov6313 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤BULGARIAN EMPIRE ❤❤❤

@Bruh-cg2fk 6 ай бұрын

Heraclius the chad

@Greek.history.enthusiast 2 ай бұрын

Byzantine/eastern roman empire 🇬🇷

@Fallout3131 Ай бұрын

Mistakes galore

4 ай бұрын

if you use constantinople instead of istanbul, then you cant use the name of byzantine empire. learn some history.

@WaysOfTheJedis 3 ай бұрын

Wtf lol Constantinople was named by Constantine the great, who Justinian looked up to.. I suggest you do some history lol

@WaysOfTheJedis 3 ай бұрын

@Trontotario 7 ай бұрын

I think Justinian was an Illyrian or paeonian

@RootGroves-hl8kt Ай бұрын

He was from modern day Croatia.

@piedmontatl 16 күн бұрын

Hold on. There never was a Byzantine Empire. That was something historians called the eastern half of Roman Empire, centuries after its ending. Citizens called themselves ROMANS until the end.