The Ten Thousand Immortals - Legendary War Units

Ten Thousand Immortals, in Persian history, core troops in the Achaemenian army, so named because their number of 10,000 was immediately reestablished after every loss. Under the direct leadership of the hazarapat, or commander in chief, the Immortals, who formed the king’s personal bodyguard, consisted primarily of Persians but also included Medes and Elamites. They apparently had special privileges, such as being allowed to take concubines and servants along with them on the march. On coloured glazed bricks and carved reliefs found at the Achaemenian capitals, such as the palace of Darius I at Susa, warriors believed to be Immortals are often represented standing stiffly at attention, each soldier’s wooden spear with its silver blade and pomegranate insignia held upright and resting firmly on his toe. They wore elaborate robes and much gold jewelry. An elite 1,000 of the Immortals were further distinguished by having gold pomegranates on their spears.

[@Uvatha.]

Very impressive! The persians "immortals" are very interesting troops. I have somes suggestions about your next video of "legendary war units": I propose the "vieille garde" of Napoleon , the praetorian gard, or the numidian cavalry... Good continuation to you man ;) Greetings

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks Uvatha, I see people like my new series :) and thanks for suggestions, I will check them(specially naopleon units) greetings

[@liamt7890]

The reason the were called the unit was called the immortals was because they seemed to of had an unlimited supply of people to fill in for the ones who died

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

They had to always have an army of like 10 thousand (?)

[@maiorian4668]

@@LionKing-ew9rm I guess they had reserves?idk

[@alimoz5493]

@@LionKing-ew9rm it was always then thousand, but what happens if one of them dies? This: if anyone gets wounded, sick, die, weaker than before, or even retired, they would replace them. With the one of their strongest fighters (and the would be recommended by their commander) after testing their courage, abilities, and skills the would go onto the reserves, and wait till one of them dies or somthing to be able to replace him.

[@kodesh1674]

If this was a movie I’d pay to see it

[@abol9556]

For this reason, they are called Javida because they wer inexhaustibel, and if someone died, a stronger person would take their place.

[@whitebeardyt3329]

I lov ur vids can u do third age total war

[@SandokanBattles]

I made one movie some time ago, but yes, Im sure I will do more in future

[@ianhing]

bootiful

[@MambaKing]

Well done.

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks man, watch your last cinematic, you improve a lot ;)

[@MambaKing]

@@SandokanBattles Thanks, it's nice when there's lots of assets to use for a more narrative heavy cinematic.

[@UserG-fv1vd]

I love the Rome total war soundtrack.

[@SandokanBattles]

Me to mate, first Rome and Medieval 2

[@shivashankar-xy8zm]

which mod offers this unit, there another units of immortals in Sassanid campaign..can u name the mod??

[@bobthetop3242]

nice description

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks

[@christyji5032]

You should do the companion cavalry or the thracian warriors or even t he foot companions themselves

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks, I will read about this units and think about this

[@enzo6552]

try the praetorian guards, but pls dont use the standart praetorian guard of twr2 btw great video keep up the good work

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks, will do!

[@Anarchy_420]

Request- Massillia VS Baktria!👍 I believe this would be a interesting matchup do to the fact that while both factions have hellenic units they also have diversity. Massillia has Celtic units while Baktria has Eastern units. Just think it'd be cool to see that aspect play out on the battlefield😁✌

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks for the idea!

[@Anarchy_420]

@@SandokanBattles np, thank you for being interested in the idea and creating EPIC content!😁

[@Anarchy_420]

@@SandokanBattles not trying to bother you, I did have one more idea. 2000 Myrmidons lead by Achilles VS 2000 Spartans lead by Leonidas!✌

[@adoscz9812]

It would be nice if you would do cinematic of Battle of Gaugamela. This was made by others, but was not cinematic and not historically accurate it was a game with his friends.

[@SandokanBattles]

I know, im prepering for this battle for years, never have time, but i know is one of the most important battles in history, just need to find time and motivation, greetings Ados

[@adoscz9812]

@@SandokanBattles Hello thanks for respond. I have there movie that i thing is historicaly accurate i don´t know if it is. But it is different from other videos about this battle from youtubers and more detailed kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWWaiYmnm5WInLc

[@CelahiR88]

i rather have that cool narrator back than to read texts since english is not my native language. Listening is easier than reading, i need to pause in order to not stress read the info.

[@SandokanBattles]

I know but this is just short series, one more movie and im back to historical battles with narrator, greetings

[@chitaumoua2396]

Hey can you tell me what unit mods did you use

[@SandokanBattles]

just write in steam workshop - "immortals" there is a lots of mods with this unit

[@9965paul]

What graphics card do you need for it to look this way?

[@SandokanBattles]

expensive one, i have geforce 1080 ti

[@9965paul]

Sandokan Battles that’s weird I have a GTX 1650 and it doesn’t even look half as good

[@jdfdetails258]

for cinematography which tool you use.

[@SandokanBattles]

Sony Vegas 14

[@SanIgnaciodeMborore]

They werent named immortals, it was probably a mistranslation of the persian name for companion Also they were colorful bois

[@buddyboi7932]

Nah I'm Persian. Ain't no mistranslation here

[@buddyboi7932]

An yes they were colorful bois and not coverd with masks like Arabs

[@pempotfoy6206]

Colorful?

[@aztexalcolord3150]

T j

[@SanIgnaciodeMborore]

@@pempotfoy6206 a lot of purple, gold, yellow, red, bright blue... them boys were f a s h i o n

[@joachimjulek9918]

Kolejny dobry odc pozdrawiam

[@SandokanBattles]

Dzięki, również pozdrawiam

[@kopes13]

What mod did you use?

[@christyji5032]

Its not a mod its the sassanid empire

[@SandokanBattles]

Its mod from steam workshop called just "Immortals"

[@kopes13]

@@SandokanBattles thank you

[@zeynepsaydam2153]

Sizde hiç alt yazı yokmu filmlerde,hepsi ing.mi

[@romelnegut2005]

Given the units that fought on foot in that period or close to it, which unit or units could have given the Immortals a run for their money?

[@CelahiR88]

If the movie 300 have any facts what so ever in it, then it seems like the spartan warriors was up for that task?

[@romelnegut2005]

@@CelahiR88 It's sad that they used a comics book to made the movie. The Spartans did have 300 there but as some of us know, they weren't the only ones that fought there and that made the choice to stand and fight to the bitter end while the rest of the Greeks were retreating. Could, let's say, a Roman legion hold their ground? Give another example if you can.

[@jasonlam8823]

@@romelnegut2005 Alexander's phalanx

[@romelnegut2005]

@@jasonlam8823 That's a shout but can the phalanx deal with the archers in such a way that they will not sustain too many losses before engaging the Immortals? I said "archers" because, from what I've heard, they learned to use the bow alongside using the sword or the spear. Maybe not all of them but some of them must have learned that.

[@carlosfurtado1164]

Spartan hopilites, probably Theban Sacred Band infantry, Roman legionaries, I'd even be so bold and say some elite gallic or barbarian infantry can give these guys a run for their money (in melee that is)

[@christyji5032]

Or maybe the oathsworn of the gauls

[@rohamtavakkoli7562]

One more fact to add: they didn't wear Al-Qaeda head gear...

[@cigolsimons1768]

Yeah these models are ridiculous and not what the immortals probably looked like, motherfuckers look like they're in Isis.

[@johnleegresola7346]

Can you send the link of the mod please?

[@SandokanBattles]

Just write in steam workshop - Immortals there is lots of mods with this unit, cheers

[@sauronmordor7494]

gg

[@barbarakasperczycha6255]

Buon lavoro!

[@kentjohnofficial2016]

those hoplites looked like roman and greek combined

[@icysaracen3054]

Immortals did not wear the Turkic Cuman metal face masks

[@prismaticart99]

lol xerxes sent 10.000 regular soldiers to 300 spartan at the thermopylae all of them dead, then xerxes sent his 10.000 immortals then all died still, then xerxes send archers and flank spartan in all direction, they finally got defeated.

[@KingExituS]

Then the history teacher slaps you in the face and says,'' Snap Out of your day dream, try to pay attention to history lesson for once!''

[@iuhjuy1094]

I feel bad for your history teacher.

[@ClearMindedOne]

The mind boggles. There were 7000-12000 Greek troops at Thermopylae of which 300 Spartans were present. The Greek barricade at Thermopylae held for a couple of days at the narrow pass. On the third day the Immortals flanked and killed the remaining Greeks and Spartans. The majority of the surviving Greek troops retreated. The 300 Spartans are remembered simply because they stayed behind (though 1100 other Greeks did as well) to hold the fort as long as possible to allow the Greeks to retreat. As it turns out, they couldn't hold the pass long by themselves. Nevertheless, they are romanticized in Greek history as an ideal for the generations. But the Greeks lost at Thermopylae and Xerxes took and sacked Athens. The Persian invasion however would be repulsed a year later.

[@db.sarvestani6554]

Lol wtf with the Taliban face covers .,,,the immortals used iron helmet and sometime metallic face cover

[@db.sarvestani6554]

@Dizzy Chicko they might as well use Nazi dress

[@louisking5694]

Persia♥️

[@joelturnip4945]

JOEL

[@earlrussell1026]

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[@anhduchoang5880]

No men, they were colorful boys and didn't wear IS mask. And those boys weren't top so much when they met Spartan mens and Alexander's dudes with pikes

[@RoyalRegimentofScotland]

But the immortals beat the Spartans and Greeks at thermopylae

[@nonsensevideos4375]

Dude there aren't any undefeatable war unit in history, persian defeated spartans then Spartans defeated persians then persians defeated romans then romans defeated sprtans and .....

[@whitebeardyt3329]

I'm 2nd

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