The Underrated Emperor that almost saved Rome, but met a Brutal End.

[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

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[@LordWyatt]

Maurice seems almost like a Marcus Aurelius of his time. Overburdened with problems difficult to fix because of people (high debt, raise taxes, rebellions, etc) and surrounded by preying enemies. If he just had a little more time perhaps a somewhat stable arrangement with the Border with the Persians could have been maintained (with Kosrau II aiming his ambitions elsewhere) leaving him free to finish off the Avars and then possibly secure Italy and securing Spain (if he lived long enough to see it) Alas, he didn’t pay a ransom along with his other pay cuts (maybe he wanted to rescue them, order an attack, or hoped they attacked) and that would cost him the Army. No Army, no throne as Septimius Severus would likely say. Too bad Phocas was quite possibly the worst person to replace him

[@lolicusmaximus8169]

Hi! There's a Spanish language channel stealing your content and literally translating you word by word. Is yours? It's name is Conceptos Historicos. If not you need to claim your rights

[@flaviushonoriusemperorofro3903]

in reality majorian was a roman general who ruled the empire with ricimer and aegidius all three generals of rome who were in charge after the death of avitus in 456 ad. this was the case for more than a year with eastern emperor marcian being the official emperor of the west until in late 457 ricimer crowned majorian as emperor of the west who could restore the empire in it's former limits. sadly for my country majorian although initially successful in gaul and spain could not defeat the great vandal king geiseric as his fleet was burned in spain coast due to treachery and from that moment on majorian lost all confidence and he even signed a humiliating treaty with the vandal king an act which made ricimer furious and as a result he beheaded majorian when he returned in shame to italy. all in all majorian tried but at the end failed and that is what matters here mate.

[@GaiusJuliusCaesar.]

Rest in peace Majorian.

[@augustuscaesar8287]

*Requiesce in pace, heres meo Magnus, Maioirianus.*

[@Northumbrian26]

This could apply to about a dozen Roman Emperors like Aurelian, Majorian, Claudius II, Gallienus, Julian, Decius, Probus, Anthemius and probably a bunch I’m forgetting. Late Roman history really is tragic!

[@dantrianon4248]

It is frustrating to read and hear about their misfortunes, not because everything was bad, but because there were moments of recovery amongst their agonizing end

[@rajasekharathuluru6561]

In which way Decius looks better to you ?

[@jaskrip]

@@rajasekharathuluru6561 Was thinking the same thing. I agree with most of those emperors but I've always seen Decius as a bad emperor.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

Maiorian and Gallienus were truly tragic figures. So close, only to be betrayed. Aurelian was tragic, but he succeeded. Similarly witg Probus. Claudius II was little more than a good general who likely was the reason Zenobia turned on Rome (he might have even not defeated the Goths, it might have been Gallienus). Iulian's attempts to fight Christian influence was doomed to fail, so it's somewhat sad, albeit his Persian expedition was a stupid idea. Decius tried, but wasn't a capable man. Anthemius is a bit hard to assess, since he was tragic, but less successful (though it wasn't all his fault).

[@firefoxlani7475]

How could this apply to Julian ?When he took the throne, the empire wasn't in such a bad situation, and we could argue that Julian left the empire in`a worse situation after he died.

[@MetuendusDominus]

I often talk about Maurice, the Strategikon specifically. So it is good to have more people talking about him. Great video as always.

[@dusk6159]

Maurice emperor with his Strategikon! That work is definitely a famous classic that luckily is not seldom heard about.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

@@dusk6159 He likely never wrote it himself. But it WAS commissioned as a part of Mauricius' reforms.

[@dusk6159]

@@aaronTGP_3756 No, exactly, that should be cleared up indeed

[@Morlock1943]

Maurice was an outstanding emperor.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

@@Morlock1943 Imo, he was actually BETTER than Heraclius. Heraclius was a truly great general, but domestically struggled (monotheletism, niece marriage controversy, etc.). Maurice was still a good general, but also a great administrator.

[@heathdionne7717]

Maurice has been one of my favourite emperors ever since i learned about him when i was 18. I'm glad he's getting the attention he deserves

[@CoreyStudios2000]

There should be an alternate history scenario about Maurice of he had survived and where the Frankish and Byzantines ended up having a Cold War in Europe.

[@heinzlilio4612]

The Byzantine Sassanid war could've been well avoided had Maurice not been usurped, perhaps in another timeline somewhere with a Greco-Roman and Persian alliance they can destroy the Rashidun Caliphate preventing it's early conquests and restricting it to just Arabia

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

Wouldn't even need an alliance. Even after almost total war exhaustion the Muslim invaders had a pretty hard time conquering every place in the Levant. Have them face off against non exhausted Rome and Persia would at best lead to a stale mate at worst fracturing for the Rashiduns.

[@starcapture3040]

there was an alliance but they were defeated by the Rashidun Caliphate

[@imperialhistati2348]

That’s Romano short-sightedness for you…

[@tomula2718]

⁠@@imperialhistati2348how so? Arab wouldn’t stand a chance

[@noblenormie1179]

​@@tomula2718lmao blud thinks humans can subvert the Plans of allah

[@billychops1280]

Guys just watch Dovvahatty’s unbiased history of Byzantium, he did Maurice justice

[@CaesarAugustusBasileus]

Maurice was a chad 🗿🍷

[@billychops1280]

@@CaesarAugustusBasileus absolutely

[@historiaestmagistravitae.7051]

Excellent video. I love the emperor Maurice who brought a lot of good reforms and left behind the important work "Strategikon" (although some believe that it is not him, but another person during his reign). He also fared well against the Slavs, Avars and Persians. Unfortunately, Phocas contributed to that end and great disaster because Maurice's daughter Maria married the Persian Shah Khosrow II and the overthrow of Maurice by Phocas led to a great Byzantine-Persian war that weakened both sides. Fortunately, Heraclius repaired it, but unfortunately at a great cost.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Heraclius was a pathetic loser

[@ironduke3780]

Ah Maurice. The Emperor that could have stabilised the Roman Empire after Justin II and Tiberius II Constantine's disasters reigns. Alas, Phocas just had to ruin it for the Empire

[@marvelfannumber1]

Phocas didn't even want to be Emperor, Maurice forced his hand unfortunately.

[@SDArgo_FoC]

@@marvelfannumber1 If he refused, he will be killed and replaced, and Phocas’s sources was written during the Heraclian period.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Khosrow II ruined the eastern Roman empire and the Sassanid empire in the most ironic hilarious way

[@ivanilves]

Tiberius II was not actually bad. Justin II was indeed 😢

[@ironduke3780]

@@ivanilves He just spent too much money to raise new armies, something that the Empire could not afford.The same mistake that many Roman Emperors will do from Romanos III Agyros, Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Michael V Kalaphates, Constantine IX Monomachos and Michael VI Bringas. They spent a lot of money to keep their legitimacy and defend the Empire against the Pechenegs in the West and Seljuk Turks in the East.

[@nikhtose]

Beautifully rendered! Captivating narrative, too. But I don't agree that but for Maurice's "mistakes," the Roman Empire could have been fully restored. The essential problem was the reduced resources of a weakened state available to carry out his huge ambitions. This surely informed his heavy taxation, reduced army wages, and refusal to ransom the captured soldiers that finally brought him down.

[@joshuaalay2295]

Amazing video, I always felt that Maurice was so underrated. I always hated Phocas, because of how evil his murdering of Maurice and his family was. But you have opened my eyes to how catastrophic his actions were.

[@worldhistorycultureposting]

He truly was a great Emperor

[@Onezy05]

"Maurice, I cannot move it move it anymore!"

[@christopherevans2445]

Alright, Emperor Maurice video! Love this channel

[@MrJetlifeallday]

Props to your English it’s coming through clearer and cleaner every video and it’s nice to listen to your progress! Great video too

[@deuteroniusz9222]

Majorian was recognized by Gibbon. Maurice had a genuinely bad luck, Indeed.

[@RedWolf75]

Maurice was on the verge of destroying the Avars. After that he was gonna target the Lombards.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Instead his stubbornness got him killed and the empire suffered 25 years of deadly war with the Sassanids

[@alessandrogini5283]

​@@baha3alshamari152i think that the army could had been loyal even After the pay cut and the order to garrison in Winter tents beyond the danube, if he only he had accept the ransom of the soldiers..in this,It Is kind Alexander severus

[@marvelfannumber1]

Maurice is definitely a very underrated emperor, he took an empire than was on the brink and managed some really impressive and unexpected results. However for all his successes, I can't help but feel he dug his own grave. His taxation policies were ruinous, and his treatment of his own soldiers was despicable. Even worse given the fact that he *should* have known better. The troops had already mutinied in 593 over wintering on the Danube, Maurice should have known better than to try the exact same stunt again, which is exactly what got him deposed. His actions during Phocas' mutiny were also very poor, and he showed poor judgement in dealing with the situation. Glad you mentioned some of that in the video though, far too many people demonize Phocas while giving Maurice a fair pass. Not a fan of the overuse of AI art in the recent videos though, it's very distracting and jarring.

[@Cos_Why_Not]

I personally enjoy the AI art, but more cityscapes and structures both AI and not might be more palatable

[@marvelfannumber1]

@@Cos_Why_Not I can't really say I'm a fan either way. The AI does not know how to make things historically accurate, so everything is either fantasy bs or 1st Century A.D classical stuff. Having the thumbnail be AI too is also a big turn-off, as it's usually a big no-click sign for me. Since AI thumbnails are usually associated with low-effort, clickbait (and sometimes auto-generated) content.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Phocas DESERVES to be demonized and was nothing short of a murderous and purely diabolical madman.

[@ACIron-en6ij]

I mean to be fair Phocas killing Maurice and his family is the reason for Khosrow II to invade the Roman Empire since Maurice helped him get back on sasanian throne though

[@lordfenix17]

I am not too miffed by the ai, we need to continuously use ai generators if they are to become competent at creating accurate imagery.

[@akuljbaba5914]

Press F to pay respect

[@igodaran]

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[@rajasekharathuluru6561]

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[@AlejandroManuelCanul]

Estaba esperando este vídeo del emperador Mauricio,gracias por hacerlo.

[@13gladius28]

Yes, I had forgotten about Phocas. Truly a psychopath in the guise of a demagogue

[@caracallaavg]

"Always attack slavs during the winter" - Maurice in "Strategicon"

[@lerneanlion]

This video makes me change my view of Emperor Maurice. Originally, I thought of him just as this stubborn and arrogant ruler who just wanted to restore the Empire's glory at all costs, which is still true here. However, what changed my view about him is how he rose to power and his accomplishments in the war to put Khosrow on the throne as the new Shah of Iran. So I will definitely be looking forward for a video about the alternate timeline where Emperor Maurice is still alive and have heard of the rise of Islam in Arabia. If the letter from Prophet Muhammad actually received an audience during his reign, how do you think he will response?

[@baha3alshamari152]

He was already old and that was 25 years before the letter so he would've been dead before that

[@lerneanlion]

@@baha3alshamari152 Okay, then which one of his sons will most likely suceeded him then? Theodosius? If so, what will be his reaction upon receiving the letter from Prophet Muhammad?

[@aaronTGP_3756]

@@lerneanlion Five of Mauricius' sons would succeed him. With two senior sons, Theodosius III (East) and Tiberius III (West). Theodosius would likely be the one who chooses what to do with the Arabs, if not the junior Emperors in Antioch and/or Alexandria. As for Theodosius, we have no idea what he would have done.

[@lerneanlion]

@@aaronTGP_3756 And what will the Senior Emperors do about the letter they just received from Prophet Muhammad? Will they take this seriously? Will they investigated? Will they try to halt the possible expansion of the Arabs by sending emissaries to Medina to discuss things with the Prophet and his possible successor?

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

​​@@lerneanlionTheodosius might try to establish relationships if he had become older. Maybe they would've thought of the Arabs as just another barbarian Tribe (they did in real life) but if they took the new religion seriously. Maybe seeing a war in the south as not good for Palestinia Prima & Syria so they may offer Muhammed peace or concessions

[@Eazy-ERyder]

12:09 If only...Maurice was a VERY good one. Such an underrated and TRUE Roman hero. We can only imagine what if Maurice had survived until death by natural cause. Heraclius, who likely would have succeeded him, would have had a much more stable empire to attend to. Snd Viva Maiorianvs!

[@ericponce8740]

Maurice married the daughter of the previous emperor, Tiberius II. He viewed Maurice as a worthy successor to the throne.

[@malicant123]

Some people called him the space cowboy, others called him the gangster of love.

[@chrisparsons2791]

Thank you for all your hard work @Maiorianus_Sebastian. It's one of my simple pleasures to take a break and watch videos from your channel; so informative and compelling. 🙂

[@MarstheAvenger1]

Justinian should have re-established the office of Western Roman Emperor at the conclusion of the war with the Ostrogoths and that emperor should have made priority number one the restoration of Italy which had been devastated.

[@Justinian43]

If you include later Roman History, Constantine XI among other eastern roman rullers are also on the list of brilliant emperors who didn't have enough resources to save the empire or achieve greatness:/

[@giansideros]

Should have paid that ransom, hindsight is 20/20 but damn did it cost the Empire orders of magnitudes more, not to mention the Emperor himself.

[@sillypuppy5940]

We're in very late antiquity here - things are about to change drastically, not least the Roman Empire no longer including north Africa soon. I wonder if Maurice could sense the big shift coming? As for Phocas - apparently the Pope liked him.

[@Ericotheriault]

So well made, thank you for this great work

[@krim7]

Maurice is a goat.

[@unitor699industries]

belisarius was the best attempt to reqonquer italy

[@thehturt5480]

Very informative and very nicely presented. Many thanks😊💯

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for a wonderful video! ⚔🔥🙌

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

I'd say, rather than Antiquity ending with Maurice, it more firmly ends with the end of the Sassanid Dynasty and end of the reign of Heraclius. The entire politics of the Middle East and North Africa would be usurped after that point.

[@niketesambrosiosdelagrece2266]

Oh, I thought it will be about Julian (Apostate). :D But Majorian was also great.

[@SDArgo_FoC]

What is even good about Julian? He’s like as if a redditor reincarnated in the 4th century.

[@dusk6159]

Julian emperor, another overlooked great one

[@TonyFontaine1988]

He's overrated. His writings are good but he wasn't a good emperor

[@deuteroniusz9222]

Make Rome great again!

[@CaesarAugustusBasileus]

We must reconquer Constantinople!!!!

[@CaptainGrimes1]

Where did you get the model for Ctesiphon from?

[@LudosErgoSum]

Focas did some real Ramsey Bolton sh*t!!!😯😯😯

[@LordWyatt]

This is why I hate Phocas more than Honorius or Commodus. He was a usurper and destroyed the empire far more than help it at all. Commodus ended the Pax Romana but the Empire still had time to recover. Honorius made terrible decisions and choices, yet even then the Empire could still bounce back under men like Majorianus. Phocas? He straight up caused the fall of the Empire that Heraclius had a helluva time restoring (and considering the Caliphate’s rise it was more like a quick breath of fresh air) Fock Phucas

[@aidanbarrett9313]

One of the most historically consequential villains that even more history fans have never heard of.

[@LordWyatt]

@@aidanbarrett9313up there with Ricimer.

[@matiamaro5361]

Dope rings and stuff bro 6:47

[@seamussc]

Some people call him the space cowboy, yeah Some call him the gangster of love Some people call him Maurice

[@LordWyatt]

This would make a great show similar to Game of Thrones: First you show Maurice struggling to save the empire both from problems within and without while making plans to further stabilize the Empire (perhaps he had a good reason to keep the army over the Danube such as lack of supplies in the Balkans) but just when he’s at the tipping point his final mistake in not paying the ransom (perhaps hoping for an offensive attack) would cause the coup of Phocas and the next few horrible actions to take place. Then show the Heraclii in Africa learning about these events along with the Persians and the Avars who would jump on the opportunity to invade or revolt. Show Heraclius restore the Empire just before the first Arab invasions.

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

show this, show that, show show show

[@barankhan4491]

That good story telling

[@flaviusstilicho397]

Can you please do a in-depth video on Maurices often overlooked military manual the strategeikon

[@LudosErgoSum]

Maurice has so many of my traits. I need to learn his lesson and not get Focas over because I misjudge people around me.

[@andrewanderson5948]

Incredible. I’ve never knew this.

[@danske613]

Mostly correct, except the implication of Maurice campaigning with his troops as Emperor, which he never did.

[@planets9102]

God the ai art makes this so much better

[@jackmack6217]

Amazing video! Good job!

[@etherospike3936]

His death thogheter with his sons, reminds me of the martyrdom of Constantin Brancoveanu,the prince of Walachia , and his sons , who were executed in Constantinople by the Turks, may their souls rest in peace !

[@Joanna-il2ur]

After the death of Heraclius, the empire replaced the ancient provinces with Themes and switched from an army commanded in Latin with one in Greek. When Liutprand of Cremona visited he was unimpressed and told Otto that the Roman emperor should be termed emperor of the Greeks

[@vladimir_k_bestplayerna1217]

Out of curiosity, do you you know if there was some sort of religious imbalance of power due to the ERE having 4 holy sees, whilst the WRE only had 1?

[@sword_of_sanghelios]

can be talk about Siege of Constantinople by slavs in 860

[@tylerellis9097]

You need to be more specific, various groups of Slavic realms attacked Constantinople

[@sword_of_sanghelios]

@@tylerellis9097 kievian russ

[@aaronTGP_3756]

Interesting fact: Maurice wanted to divide the Empire after his death. Perhaps even a pentrarchy, with capitals in Rome, Carthage, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch.

[@ham472]

I like these videos. Keep up the good work.

[@IguanaSloth]

Phocas is missing a finger at 14:19

[@angelb.823]

The interesting part is that Maurice was among the Roman Emperors who emerged victorious from the wars against the Persians, limiting the tribute the Byzantine Empire had been paid to the Sassanian Empire and integrating eastern lands that were predominantly Armenian to the Byzantine Empire. He was truly the "Trajan" of his era. It is too bad that his poor decisions that were reflected on the army and the citizenry (including the taxation policies and the situation of the army in the Danube frontier during winter) turned against him in the long run. His death was a domino-effect for the loss of the Empire's former provinces in the north and the east.

[@alorikkoln]

For all those that think psychopaths are smart, unemotional smart people, look at Phokas. Unbelievable how terrible the tragedy was.

[@carlosfilho3402]

Excellent Video.

[@chakraborty1989]

Love how history works, Maurice instructing forces to camp in dacia in winter indirectly led to islamisation of half of Asia and Africa.😅

[@colorsred2771]

Do you know how little that title narrows it down

[@johnquach8821]

There was also a "Roman Emperor Too Angry To Live" where he died of anger issues against barbarians... he wasn't a good emperor, but at least he was funny.

[@christopherevans2445]

Is that a comment about how Valentinian I died? If so I have to say Valentinian I was a good emperor

[@LordWyatt]

@@christopherevans2445agreed. He was the last strong Western Emperor to rule the Empire in peace. Then after exhaustive wars the Germans attacked and refused his terms, no wonder he had a stroke. His likely only other alternative was to genocide them😬

[@johnquach8821]

@@christopherevans2445 Thank you. I must have confused him with someone else.

[@christopherevans2445]

@@johnquach8821 you were right though, got to be the funniest way a emperor died

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Activately defending the Rhine & crossing into Germania to deal with the Barbarians directly isn't being a good Emperor? That's Valentinian I you're talking about. He also saved Britannia from the Franks & Saxons (plus the Picts & Roman criminals) by sending Theodosius the Elder to fuck their shit up. Funniest death I've ever read

[@jeremyniles2543]

It makes you really wonder what was the difference between those who rose to power during the late Republic period and those who arose in late antiquity. What are you thoughts on this? What made those generations of Romans so different?

[@fredhercmaricaubang1883]

Ave, Frater Sebastianus! Tell me: Wasn't Maurice an officer under the legendary Flavius Belisarius? Or are they two entirely different men? I would be most appreciative if you would kindly answer this question of mine. Gratias Frater!

[@randomguy6152]

what if majorian lived? hes ur favorite its meant to be

[@Shthophyckq]

Average Persian after being conquered by Arabs: good job Phocas...

[@Jack-pf6lv]

He is good emperor rest asleep maurice

[@dv7768]

As a former soldier, if I heard that 12000 of my peers were left to die, I would have also looked for another leader to lead the Empire.

[@stepanpytlik4021]

This is so depressing.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Phocas is like Putin. He killed everyone off who might remove him. But he left Heraclius senior as Exarch of Carthage because he though he would be harmless as an old man.

[@ironduke3780]

Nah. Putin is like Alexios Komnenos. A man that brought a new lease of life into a collapsing state.

[@TonyFontaine1988]

What? Putin actually gave life to the Russians after the disaster that was Yelstein. Joe Biden is more like Phocas

[@aaronTGP_3756]

12:10 It's naive to say Spania even had a chance of being conquered in the 7th century. The Visigoths had become very powerful due to the reigns of Liuvigild and Reccared in the time of the late Justinians. Spania was in decline from the moment of its inception. After all, it was more of a buffer zone to contain the Visigoths than a full fledged province like Italy or Africa.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

After Liuvigild & Reccared, who else made the Visigoths powerful? As soon as Reccared died, he son was deposed & mutilated. His other son went into obscurity until taking the throne in 621. Once Reccared died in December 601, 6 different Gothic Kings ruled in the span of 20 years. That signals destabilization. Those 6 Kings did attack Spania but they had very limited success until the last one, Reccared's other son Swintila finally ended Roman rule as it was under him that the Goths finally united once again. So if Maurice did live & his son Theodosius succeeded him, I'm certain that they would've expanded the realm (not fully conquer it, that's impossible)

[@harrisonshone7769]

Maurice = A new hope. Phocas = The empire strikes back Heraclius = Return of the Jedi.

[@giansideros]

Return of the Jedi had a good ending last time I checked 🥲

[@paulvmarks]

Alas - Maurice never retook Nisibis (just handed to the Persians by the Emperor Jovian - centuries before).

[@tylerellis9097]

Instead he took most of Persian Armenia so the Empire had free entry to Iran while avoiding fortified Mesopotamia. The Armenian route Heraclius took to defeat the Sassanids

[@paulvmarks]

@@tylerellis9097 Yes indeed.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

The short lived Shah Bahram Cobin countered Khosrow II's offer by offering all of Armenia AND Nisibis. So I'm very curious as to why Maurice went with Khosrow's offer instead of Bahram's

[@paulvmarks]

@@iDeathMaximuMII Good point.

[@lendiantv]

Interesting fact: the Maxentius' insignia are the only example of imperial regalia recovered from ancient Rome kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5LaYY2eetJnl9ksi=83cwgRiH3c5ymp_a

[@thenamesianna]

So,the Western Roman Empire actually fell somewhere around 600? Incredibile.

[@tylerellis9097]

What? No, the codivision plan was never actually implemented

[@zelkovas]

I would actually say Western Rome only fell after the Lombards conquered the rest of Italy. The Ostrogothic Kingdom maintained all Roman institutions like the Senate and the old Roman Aristocracy and was a formal subject of the Emperor in Constantinople. The Lombards, on the other hand, dismantled all Roman institutions in Italy and even the people were not recognised as "Romans" anymore, but as "Lombards".

[@antoniofarinaccio541]

I have never heard about this emperor. Rome was doomed, it lacks ideals that made her strong.

[@jameslegrand848]

Like what ?

[@lionelsurrut4210]

Can’t hang around w fake friends. Just ask Maurice for more information

[@scumskimmer]

Love the channel, it's amazing. However. I'm not a fan of the AI art in this particular video - it gets the armour of the period spectacularly wrong and the characters are wearing fantasy type armour.

[@starcapture3040]

Talk about Rome Influence on Islam

[@NelsonDiscovery]

His inability to judge the evil of normaltrash makes it clear that Maurice was a person with a psychological disability. Obviously only a person with a psychological disability would work tiresly to try and build something. Only a person with a psychological disability would dedicate himself to doing good while not being aware of the evil of the normaltrash around him who are waiting for the first opportunity to terrorize any individual who is weaker than them and destroy everything he worked so hard for out of normal wanton evil.

[@Busson09]

Προκλείς!

[@forianproductions6113]

Emperor Phocas and his consequences for the human race

[@kriskris2625]

He got what he deserved

[@MCorpReview]

How did these inexperienced generals keep winning impressive victories? Is it because Rome was so advanced it didn’t matter who commanded?😅 Super impressive dude I never heard of. Aurelian is so famous 😂

[@anfomi]

Попахує нахрюком 🐽💨

[@wedidntstartthefire1]

hell ye, use dem AI images. One of the best possible uses of this tech

[@LietuvaLietuviams1]

ai art took over

[@reeyees50]

Commodus DID NOTHING WRONG

[@jonathanh5405]

wonderful work and your accent is a great asset, but please the pronunciation of 'slavs' and 'balkans'... please fix it

[@ruslankoval6500]

Слава Укрнаступу

[@carltomacruz9138]

Oh, you're using AI art now?

[@LuisAldamiz]

This channel is quite good but, would it be less Byzantine fanatic, it'd be better. Clearly after the abandoning of Italy as capital and center of the Empire, this was not anymore the Empire of Rome or the Empire of the Romans, it was something else, much as if the Brits moved their Royal Palace to Calcutta or France moved the Elysee to Algiers. As for when does Late Antiquity ends and the Middle Ages begin, I'd say that it's also with Diocletian, who almost single-handedly invented the Middle Ages with his destructive reforms, notably destruction of the monetary system and thus the money-based economy (luxury items excluded), invention and enforcement of serfdom (colonatus). What he began, Constantine completed soon afterwards with the adoption of oriental beliefs.

[@poukaa7047]

Habsburg：Am I a joke to you?

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@poukaa7047 - I don't get it, sorry. How are the Habsburgs even related? Remember that, if what you mean is the last claimant to Roman imperial legitimacy, those were the Ottomans, who did not only survived a bit longer than the Habsburgs (even more as alleged Roman Emperors, because the HRE had been disbanded by Napoleon a century earlier) but even laid siege to Vienna to prove their point.

[@poukaa7047]

@@LuisAldamiz I think you guys are double standard.The Habsburgs started off a minor noble family in a castle , called Habsburg,in the Alps,their name being different at the time .While their power was growing[von Habsburg] was added to their title but then they lost castle in a war and it's now located in Switzerland.

[@CaesarAugustusBasileus]

The byzantine empire never existed. Only the roman empire existed

[@tylerellis9097]

This Channel literally almost exclusively covers Post Diocletian late Rome, surely you know your request is unfeasible

[@Redjoekido]

At this point why bother saving it? It is not the same as under Augustus. The Roman Civilization was bound to die. It's enviable. It was a dying man on life support.

[@KamukuraV3]

This wasn't even the halfway point of its history, it lasted another 800 years

[@eodyn7]

lol stop using ai art please.

[@Norm-ih2rq]

Thumbs up but I'm anti rome, pro goth

[@Busson09]

Why,Romans had Aqueducts,goth had Rivers.

[@Norm-ih2rq]

@@Busson09 Rome was a mafia. Goths wore pants. The world is a much better place after the fall of Rome.

[@ne0nmancer]

This one right here, Legate.

[@Xyrulis]

Attention seeker

[@Xyrulis]

@@Norm-ih2rq just because Roman’s didn’t wear pants it’s a bad place?