Why didn't Alexander the Great conquer Rome? (Short Animated Documentary)

Alexander the Great is most famous for conquering the Persian Empire but what drove him to go east instead of going west and conquering Rome or Carthage? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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[@MIKAEL212345]

I 100% believe that this video was made because of the idea for "Alexander the Okay" -> " "Alexander the pretty good" -> "Alexander the notable"

[@xbirdshorts5075]

Considering I have never seen a suggestion for this topic and I don't remember a single ancient history video since the good ol' 10 minute format this is extremely plausible

[@warbler1984]

I Don think so

[@guadalupe8589]

And, Alexander the Great was implied after he fully conquered Persia?

[@Mimi.1001]

@@guadalupe8589 No, he obviously got the title by conquering the afterlife.

[@davesy6969]

Has he made one on Vlad the pincher or Richard the Hamsterheart yet?

[@nonameuserua]

The only man ever who’s never thought about the Roman Empire

[@martintang2885]

Cant think of the roman empire when it doesnt exist yet

[@rebbrown7140]

​@martintang2885 +1 obvious point for you my friend, and -1 for not getting the joke

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

Liberal males dont ever think about Rome or greece. They only think about Africa and palestine

[@MausOfTheHouse]

This meme was never funny

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

Liberal males never think of the Roman empire, only africa and p*lestine

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

A nice, neat combination of "Italy and Rome weren't important in the eyes of any of Alexander's Greek inner circle" and "Boy was already busy, alright?"

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

Which would you better like to reenact, Xenophon's Anabasis or the Athenian invasion of Sicily? Pillaging your way across Persia sounds a lot better than dying of thirst in a quarry.

[@archistoriac6716]

Alexander the G. on oriental sources was a cousin of himself Kirus - the shah of Persia. He didn't even step on the land of the other side of Bosphorus. Medieval sources about him are more interesting than what Vanilla wikipedists willed to mention about.​@@hypothalapotamus5293

[@Booz2010]

ROME Wasn't Built In One Day 👀💯

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Rome, yes, it wasn't that important by then. But the cities of Magna Grecia, in the south of Italy, were arguably the richest cities of the Greek world, and were technically considered Greece (their citizens participated to the Olympics, and many of the most famous winners, and of "Greek" philosophers, came from there). So Alexander conquered Persia, Egypt (that was part of Persia at the time), but only half of the Greek world.

[@archistoriac6716]

@@neutronalchemist3241 This is so ridiculous explanation of why Alexander did not go there :) He didn't go there because he never stepped on the European side of Bosphorus. He has always lived either in Asia Minor or Middle East.

[@guydreamr]

Rome: I feel sorry for you. Alexander: I don't think of you at all.

[@pizzalunch382]

Bravo 👏👏😂

[@NovikNikolovic]

Rome: You lost everything. It's a pity. Alexander: I don't even know who you are.

[@michaellogan9061]

"Conquer the afterlife." That's gold!

[@epicepicmk]

He finally got other worlds to conquer

[@dustinprewitt]

Twould be grand if he did, then returned here with an army of the dead to finish the job

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Maybe that's why Jesus hasn't come back yet.

[@s.henrlllpoklookout5069]

If he can't do it after 2300 years, then no one can

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

​@@dustinprewitt so basically like Nagash from warhammer fantasy

[@AmethystTheFoxx]

his title getting continuously closer to great is really funny

[@paulluka2029]

The: ok The: pretty good The: the notable Then he conquered the afterlife and became The: great 😅

[@Nagizak1]

FR bro this guy humor should be arrested because its always killing me.

[@hentehoo27]

If Alexander had conquered Rome, would he have become _Alexander the Magnificent_ ?

[@tomislavmirkovic1126]

He would've become Alexander the Bisonette

[@fildafernandes4366]

​@@hentehoo27Or the Alexander of all Alexander's?

[@CG-yq2xy]

Alexander the Great: _Doesn't conquer Rome_ His second cousin: *Oh boy do I have an idea........*

[@galanopouloc]

Underrated comment right here 😆

[@Jon14141]

@@BOSIE321Damn

[@texenna]

Underrated

[@beetlebg3759]

Don’t understand do explain

[@texenna]

@@beetlebg3759 phyrrus of Epirus attempted to take Rome 2nd cousin of alexander

[@alejandroparra362]

There's a single, yet important point, that's not mentioned here, and is that Alexander actually went to attack Rome, just not Alexander III but Alexander of Epirus, brother-in-law of Alexander III by marriage with his sister Cleopatra, his uncle as he was Olimpia younger brother, and a very close friend of Alexander III. The greek colonies asked for help against Italian barbarians and Roma, and the answer came from Alexander of Epirus, and previous of Alexander III expedition againts Persia both Alexander made a "pact" in wich one would be the "Eastern Alexander" and the other the "Western Alexander". Alexander of Epirus expedition went frankly pretty good (for the italians) and he died, wich would be one of the major "casus belli" that later Pirro of Epirus would use to invade Italy again. Alexander III after knowing about his uncle/brother-in-law/BFF planned to invade Italy too, but he was soon affected by a major case of death so his plans were permanently delayed.

[@carlosvicedoalbors1200]

I was searching this comment. Pretty cool piece of history.

[@pp38pp]

Exactly!

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Alexander the Third, Alexander the Okay, Alexander the Pretty Good, Alexander the Notable, Alexander the Great, Alexander the Dead.

[@DacLMK]

Later on in the late 20th-21st century "Alexander the Macedon"" Alexander the not Greek but Macedonian who are confused Bulgarians claiming to be descendants of Alexander" It's fun being a Mace- sorry, a "Serbianized Bulgarian who thinks is a Macedonian" Balkan moment.

[@semideiaspranome]

​@@DacLMKIn fact Alexander was macedonic, a barbaric people helenized. Alexander was greek, but ethnic he was macedonic. Its like being a gaulish, being assimilated to the roman culture and then forming your own empire that spread the roman culture

[@Newramsin]

Wasn't he also, Alexander the Butch?

[@Dragblacker]

"Alexander the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad"

[@joachimschoder]

@@Newramsin His boyfriend thought so. (And yes, he definitely had sexual relations with men. The modern concept of homosexuality wasn't really much of a concern back then.)

[@awesomehpt8938]

Didn’t Alexander want to reach the “encircling ocean” by conquering Asia? That was one of his dreams. Can’t do that if you go west and take over Rome.

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[@real_nosferatu]

He could've reached the Pillars of Hercules

[@ldubt4494]

He would have still needed to reach the western encircling ocean as well for World Domination

[@toastyanon8902]

“Taking Rome” was step number 3 after the Oceand

[@westsidermetalhead4997]

When he and his men reached the Hindus Valley to the south east, they tried to find a path through or north east of the Great Hights (Himalayas). They couldn't find anything and the mountains to the north had no end so they gave up and after that he agreed with his men to go back home.

[@RazKoller]

'Unfortunately for Phillip, before this could happen, it was time to get stabbed to death'. 😆 I never get tired of your trademark sarcastic way of telling history. 🙂

[@Techno963]

The whelmed face on the chest plate is a phenomenal detail

[@mightywurlitzer]

Is that from another video? I don't remember seeing it

[@anderskorsback4104]

I suspect it's meant to be Medusa. Anyway, detail like that is peak History Matters.

[@Longshanks1690]

1. He died after going east instead of west so never had the chance to meet Rome in battle 2. Rome was hardly the military giant it would become when he left Greece, he had no reason to consider Italy for a second when Persia was right there. But if he had lived and returned to Babylon to centralise and unify his new empire? It’s entirely possible he would have turned his attention west.

[@lightworker2956]

Indeed. Also 3. I suspect that Persia was much richer than Italy at this point in history. So, better loot.

[@user-vv4gz7lq1e]

​@@lightworker2956 there is nothing to suspect, compared to Persia Italy was an irrelevant backwater

[@trevorbeyer9720]

​@@user-vv4gz7lq1e Achaemenid India alone was more valuable than italy at this point

[@bb1111116]

As the video mentions, going west at the time, would have meant fighting Carthage, which was the major power in the central Mediterranean. Alexander’s biggest obstacle in doing this was that he died young.

[@bernitiel]

When he went in Anatolia he could barely afford to take a small army across. I don't think he could have afforded to go west first, anyway

[@harveya1a952]

It was because James Bisonette controlled Rome

[@TheOGDisco]

Obviously

[@Cyanduck485]

Top 10 greatest generals of all time

[@michaeljcalleja]

these jokes are getting old now

[@TransKidsMafia]

I saved myself for marriage but found out I married a trans woman on our wedding night.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Damn, beat me to it.

[@paleoph6168]

1:21 "...thereby becoming Alexander 'the okay.'" Lmao

[@makarabaduk1754]

If you name your child "Alexander the Adequate" they are bound to overcompensate.

[@ecurewitz]

So much better than Alexander the meh

[@Jon14141]

Indeed

[@LoL_Man_6942O]

I like how Alexander’s name progressively levels up, he really came a long way, from uniting Greece to conquering the afterlife 🙏

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

Fun fact: My name is Alexander Other fun fact: My dad's name is Philip less fun fact: I'm 31

[@orcabeast8006]

You’ve only got one year left man… R.I.P

[@wilhelmbuzzkyll]

You haven’t conquered the world yet so I think you’re safe from bodyguard assassination

[@bork6506]

Soon

[@callnight1441]

now complete the family and have two sons: one named Alexander and one named Herakles

[@010101110100]

Have you considered backpacking in Central Asia

[@HoennMaster]

Didn’t have the financial backing of James Bissonette, Kelly Moneymaker, and Spinning Three Plates of course.

[@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508]

If anyone can get the power of all 3 at once, they can become unstoppable,unmoored, uncaged, downright unreasonable

[@ecurewitz]

Don’t forget Words on Books Podcast

[@balabanasireti]

Boooring

[@anthonyn.7379]

Absolutely love the (possibly unintentional) coordination between History Matters and Jack Rackam on posting Alexander the Great videos on the same day

[@cojakproc293]

I am genuinely amused and thrilled to hear about "Alexander the notable" going on to "conquer the afterlife". Splendid work as always! :D

[@RepublicOfTruth]

Love this channels humor.

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[@aldotorres1983]

Imagine if he would've conquered all of the Mediterranean after Persia. He'd be known as "Alexander the Slightly Greater" and that Oliver Stone movie would've been even painfully longer!

[@silentecho92able]

they gonna need a part 2 for it.

[@analander9222]

There's really no reason to believe the rest of the Mediterranean would fold like Persia. I mean first he need to break through Carthaginian navy at least

[@sorryitsmoops]

Interesting piece of trivia about how Alexander became a Jewish name: "...Shimon HaTzaddik then took Alexander the Great on a tour of the Holy Temple. Alexander, impressed, wished to donate gold to have an image of himself placed in the Holy Temple so that he would be immortalized. Shimon demurred, saying that it was forbidden for the Jews to have graven images, and certainly not in the Temple. He suggested that he instead give the gold to the poor. And as for memorializing the occasion, Shimon suggested an even better way: all male kohanim born that year would be named “Alexander.” Alexander liked the idea, and the Jews, who were very thankful to Alexander for all that he did for them, including sparing the Holy Temple from destruction, gratefully named their children after him. Thus, the name Alexander forever became a Jewish name."

[@lrw6447]

That’s pretty cool actually

[@EvilEgg331]

Where is that quote from?

[@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415]

​@@EvilEgg331 Ward.

[@Brasswatchman]

So he didn't just spare Israel from a rampage, but respected the local culture, gave money to the poor, and -- best of all -- went west and never came back. No wonder they liked him so much.

[@ferretyluv]

I never thought of it as a Jewish name. I always associated it with Greeks and Scotland.

[@ThePelvi]

0:34 "Except for Sparta, which was just there being difficult." Love it. Could also sum up the plot of 300 in a single sentence. Edit to add: This video had so many gems. Thanks for this one!

[@Intranetusa]

Sparta was considered a joke at this point. Alexander's regent taking care of Macedon took a spare army and defeated Sparta while Alexander was away invading Persia....turning Sparta into a vassal state.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

He didn't personally take Sparta just out of respect for its past. That also explains his expansion eastward. He grew up in the myth of the Persian wars.

[@UnJefeDelDesierto]

Summarized: He was too busy with Persia, lacked knowledge on Rome, and kicked the bucket very early.

[@JacobPaul-ix7oc]

Daniel 8 1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. 5 And as I was considering, behold, *an he goat came from the west* on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 *Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken;* and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down. 12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. 20 *The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.* 21 *And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.* (Alexander the Great) 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. (Lysimachus, Ptolemy I, Cassander, Seleucus I Nicator.) 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. (Antiochus Epiphanes) 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Antiochus Epiphanes dies of illness.) 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

[@Jamaicanball123]

Surprised, there isn't a Jack Rackham collab since you two posted the same topic on the same day.

[@Dyknown]

Something something James Bisonette something something. Still that is one strange coinkidink

[@therwfer]

I believe in coincidences, they happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Yeah, I was watching Jack Rackam's (no h) video when this one came up in my notifications. Since neither of them mention the other one, I have to assume it was just a weird coincidence.

[@Mystral42]

@@therwfer Garak quote FTW

[@josephsmith688]

Thanks to all the patreons! You make these quality videos possible and all of us can enjoy them.

[@valmid5069]

This makes me have some hype for that upcoming Alexander the Great series Can’t wait for more great content!!!

[@user-jm3qr5bv4m]

If history matters did another video about Albania he would call it "the land where every bunker ever was" Edit Alexander the notable is very notable

[@emmiannon1266]

He did a video about albania in relation to its soviet and chinese relations where he mentioned the bunkers

[@user-jm3qr5bv4m]

I know but if he did ANOTHER

[@ObliviAce]

I love how you're basically referring to alexander's nickname the same way blue from OSP does

[@mogyesz9]

Your videos are genius. The way you omit parts to frame a 3 minute video are stunning.

[@joesomebody3365]

I was curious to this question for some time. Thanks for making these videos, they are great.

[@Eeve3_Lord]

James Bissonette was too busy advising him

[@TheTimurdempire]

I always love your videos man

[@solar7927]

"*Sparta was just there being difficult*" a great summary of Greek history right there

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Sparta was considered a joke at this point. He didn't personally take it just out of respect for its past. That also explains his expansion eastward. He grew up in the myth of the Persian wars. Alexander's regent, taking care of Macedon, assembled a spare army and defeated Sparta while Alexander was away invading Persia....turning Sparta into a vassal state.

[@Larsemillarsen]

One of the best videos you have ever made. Great work!

[@Marylandbrony]

I like how Alexander's titles steadily escalate.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Alexander, being the giga-chad he was, saw into the future where Rome conquered all. He respected the grindset and headed east.

[@spino-ace]

2 history videos on alexander from 2 history channels in 24 hours? This is awesome!!

[@arleighburnham1790]

I love the videos of ancient history, it’s very refreshing

[@A-The-Great]

Cam you do a video about The an lushan rebellion

[@luket.9113]

That'd be cool. I'm for that.

[@username.exenotfound2943]

he used to do 10 mins videos so a 10 min video on the an lushan rebellion would have been great

[@danielstelmach8456]

Love the video as always! Small nerdy correction: after the battle of Leuktra in 371 Sparta lost Messenia and was only half the shown size at 00:37

[@Bribridude130]

I am glad for finally made a video about Classical history. You should make more videos on ancient history because most of your videos seem to be about Early Modern or Modern history.

[@yazovgaming]

You made the video so comedic. It's Perfect!

[@Caniewaak]

Two Alexander videos in one day? What a conquest!

[@quandangle9397]

Could you do a short documentary on Sweden in the great northern war?

[@wilhelmbuzzkyll]

you stole my pfp

[@quandangle9397]

@@wilhelmbuzzkyll Nuh uh. YOU stole my pfp

[@codyurso3370]

I love this channel because every time I see a new video title, my first thought is always, “That’s a great question.”

[@justahobbiest]

I see someone else is a fan of overlysarcastic productions. Incredible that you once again managed to find your niche on such a heavily covered topic,epic as ever!

[@tenminutes4876]

I've always wondered what the relationship between rome and Alexander was but never thought about it for more than a moment. Ty

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

Rome was an up and coming backwater and the Greek states were well established. Its why Pyrrhus of Epirus tried to conquer rome and despite winning many victories could never conquer all of southern italy. Also remember a failed expedition to italy is what bankrupted Athens in the Pelopenesian war. Italy was to the Greeks what Germany was to the Romans.

[@ChronosHellas]

@@TheAdmirableAdmiralThe Athenian expedition has nothing to do with Italic tribes nor Rome. The Athenians attacked Syracuse which was Greek.

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

@@ChronosHellas hmmm you maybe right. for some reason I assumed Pyrus was associated with the Sicilian expedition but I could be off by a few hundred years. thanks for the perspective.

[@13lackhood]

If Alexander had gone west, and conguered italy, do you think we would had seen another succesor state in italy like the once in the east Antigonid Macedonia, Attalid Pergamum, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt and what would that have changed

[@bobmcbob49]

I don't think there would've ever been a Roman Empire if Alexander encountered the Republic.

[@MaXiMoS54]

You would see a successor Carthage, I doubt Alexander would have resources to take Rome after or the interest.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Another amazing video

[@atminbajs8970]

we enjoy all your episodes please dont stop love it

[@average_rite]

I died laughing when you said Alexander the okay😂😂

[@primesonic4459]

Because Rome was practically nothing in Italy alone much less compared to the MASSIVE Prize that is the Persian Empire

[@channel_lurker]

been a while since i laughed out loud at these, good one sir good one

[@chris1141987]

You and jack rackam both doing alexander vids today.... epic

[@Andrew-sn4tl]

What happened to the the Orthodox Church during the Soviet Union?

[@010101110100]

Good question but the answer is kind of boring. They weren’t destroyed but kept p quiet. The CCCP didn’t dare to have anti-Christian pogroms

[@richardstephens5570]

@@010101110100 Not as boring as you say. In 1995 a Russian commission(Headed by Alexander Yakovlev) stated that 200,000 Russian Orthodox priests, monks and nuns had been killed under Soviet rule. Thousands of churches had been destroyed.

[@titanics.o.s2101]

So after all that time history matters finally reveled us that there were five Alexanders and not one Alexander III Alexander The Okey Alexander The Pretty Good Alexander The Notable Alexander The Great

[@carlosalbertofernandezvele7574]

I like that in Oliver Stone's Film there is a wink at the issue when Alexander states that after conquering India he would go to conquer Rome.

[@Arash1996]

It was great as always, perfect👍

[@michaelowino228]

New video idea: When the British won the 7 years war, why were there more French descended people in Canada than in the regions west of the Appalachian mountains?

[@ianpatterson6552]

Cos the latter was but sparsely populated then, the Alleghany Proclamation prevented the 13 colonies from expanding west into ‘Indian’ Country. One of the causes of the War of Independence.

[@scockery]

One does not simply walk into Appalachia. Its Black Peaks are guarded by more than just Indians. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.

[@jakarnilson]

It was mainly due to the policies of New France. The French government, for more than a century, was focused on transplanting the rural feudal system along the shores of the Saint Lawrence up to the split with the Ottawa river. The lands to the West were left mainly to the fur trade, and thus were not developed further than trading and defensive outposts. The fact that the St. Lawrence was frozen half the year did also hinder the back and forth with the metropole, which slowed down the growth compared to the British colonies further South on the coastline.

[@user-pz4su9fi9r]

Greek guy here. We say "Philip" the English way, not the French way. Technically, we say "Philippos", stressed on the first sylabble. It means "friend of horses" or, more acurrately, "he who loves horses".

[@SiameseOnMC]

Very good vid!

[@heytchap]

“It was time to get stabbed to death” had me absolutely rolling. Hilarious. 😂 Your videos are generally great, but this one was exceptionally funny and fun.

[@user-zj1bf4se7n]

Short answer. West of greece were only unworthy barbarisns, while east of greece were half-worthy barbarians 😅

[@nankam]

Seems like a question for people without even a basic, rough understanding of the timeline of Classical Greece and the Roman Republic.

[@ArthurCSchaper]

Fascinating!

[@makikookamoto1938]

Please do a video about the forgotten overseas territories of Sweden!🙏(I'm subbed to you)

[@charliefarmer4365]

Philip of Macedon: “You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city." The Spartans: “If.”

[@zenzenulous2243]

and then philip invaded and sparta was forced to cede territory, so sparta kinda just talked shit, got hit, and stayed irrelevant until the last gasp of Cleomenes III

[@DominionSorcerer]

Philip took that if as a personal dare and made the Spartans regret saying it. They just had a better PR guy.

[@thorskjelver8564]

wonder how that went for them

[@charliefarmer4365]

@@zenzenulous2243 I thought he just… didn’t attack them?

[@ianpatterson6552]

Hence the word Laconic as Sparta was/is in Laconia.

[@shrimpisdelicious]

Boy, Alexander the James Bissonette sure had a lot of titles, didn't he?

[@shivumganesh]

Yess some pre-Roman History Matters content!

[@throttledan]

This sets up a good background of what was going on in this part of the world at this time, giving interesting context to Oversimplified's ongoing Punic War series.

[@jhon6378]

James Bisonette ❤

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

Rome was nothing at this point

[@PassportReasons]

Could you do a second part where you explain his conquests in the afterlife?

[@Robert-do3cd]

You've got the greatest intro on KZbin.

[@alt1f4]

Brazil

[@jesucristobostero3287]

is being destroyed by lula

[@veldix8858]

brazilians trying not to mention their home country impossible challenge

[@generalbenjaminarrola340]

👍

[@EvelynDayless]

Dude conquers half the known world by the time he's 30 and people are like ya but what about the other half?

[@magnushultgrenhtc]

"Conquering the Persian empire is Great, of course, but how about Carthage, sire? You could advance to become Alexander the Fantastic."

[@antoniomoreira5921]

I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series on the topic

[@susymay7831]

Really good ❤

[@chris2thejmedia]

Its incredible to think that it was a mere 50 years later that Rome began to expand more and start to take shape. Crazy to think what might have been

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

It took Rome around 250 years to go from free from Etruscans to quelling Samnites, to unifying the peninsula. it was a very long process

[@FlorentPlacide]

Wow, for the first time since I follow this channel I had thought about it too, quite recently actually.

[@fairshareofdrownedsouls]

Interesting video! 👍🏾

[@generalbenjaminarrola340]

👍

[@WhoIsCalli]

Very good, thanks

[@David_Crayford]

The subtle references to death make an interesting change from the normal *thud* =drops to the ground animation= in previous videos.

[@makutas-v261]

Finally this is the video we needed

[@windhelmguard5295]

there is one reason not mentioned here: the greek way of doing war, with a phalanx formation supported by cavalry, was very suitable for fighting in large open plains, where maneuvering such a large, continuous and rigid formation is fairly straightforward. which is an issue when you're trying to conquer the Apennine peninsula, which is mostly a land of highlands, hills and valleys. another reason is that, while none of the tribes on the Apennine peninsula would have been able to stand against alexanders forces, the prospect of them unifying against him would have been a real threat to him.

[@kcaleb]

Ya know, it's silly how good these videos actually are.

[@USSResolute]

When i need a laugh, I watch one of your shorts, because they are comedic gold.

[@kevinboyle538]

Great channel

[@christophloffler7150]

More videos about antiquity please 🤩

[@MrMalcovic]

Good question!

[@eamonahern7495]

You know this channel has been going for a long time when Charles I is a supporter.

[@Onlyloss69]

You should do more ancient history videos

[@mahzarX]

My god I love this KZbinr.

[@miladeskandari7]

This is going to ba classic

[@Kpop_stole_foids_fromcurrycell]

I was just thinking about this yesterday lol

[@vonzigle]

Thanks!

[@EmptyShark]

Dude donated and havent received a single like. This is prob my first time seeing something like this. Anyway, take my like and reply.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

The outtro never gets old.

[@tamahodgson7267]

More Alexander the Great videos please!