Why The Dark Ages Are So Misunderstood | Age of Light | Timeline

The Dark Ages have been misunderstood. History has identified the period following the fall of the Roman Empire with a descent into barbarism - a terrible time when civilisation stopped. Waldemar Januszczak disagrees.
In this landmark 4-part series Waldemar argues that the Dark Ages were a time of great artistic achievement, with new ideas and religions provoking new artistic adventures. He embarks on a fascinating trip across Europe, Africa and Asia, visits the world’s most famous collections and discovers hidden artistic gems, all to prove that the Dark Ages were actually an ‘Age of Light'.
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[@James-do4oh]

Long commercials every 5 minutes. Thumbs down

[@meeklynobody3230]

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[@unnamedchannel1237]

Why the music over people talking

[@isabelmac3165]

L@@meeklynobody3230

[@innovocatering7376]

Lovely. It's wonderfull how we are saving & documenting.the past generations to learn from & pass on to our descendants

[@paxnorth7304]

This is why I don't watch the news, I'm still catching up with the Middle Ages...

[@mariangrimsdell1112]

pax north 🤣😆🤔

[@vesnanuspahic7510]

pax north 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mamiemonrovia7654]

LOL Good one!

[@danfield6030]

I hear ya man

[@feralbluee]

beautifully put - and so true. . . i'm so tired of "news" - it's usually so negative. it's a bad influence as far as i'm concerned. but it is human nature at work, isn't it!? sigh. . .

[@syreetabrown8801]

I love the black cat following them at about 8:45. Like, "oh, hi! I come with you?" Adorable!

[@gina928]

Kitty even meowed "thank you, got anything to eat?".

[@TheLdoggett]

One of my favorite memories is my little sister referring to him as Matilda the Hun. I guess she had images of a very ferocious woman.

[@vicsaul5459]

now that should be a spin off sequel

[@brostelio]

How adorable!

[@nedbelberski7919]

Ha,ha

[@sirmatatyahu1261]

Lol

[@siddharthbirdi]

@Southeastern777 That's the epitome of boomer humor.

[@liegesaboya8265]

He speaks so clearly , in such a delightful way that is a pleasure to hear Waldemar .

[@cskarbek1]

i love he is so low-tech as to point to pages in dictionaries and roll out a map on an unkempt shoreline --- just deliciously refreshing and old-school!

[@michael7324]

"Deliciously refreshing." A wonderful term.

[@abielcotto2392]

Yeah I mean the man loves Thee Goonies what more can you say!

[@johngordon5495]

i bet you don't wear panties, do you Christine

[@abielcotto2392]

@@johngordon5495 Fly! fly! fly... fly, fly, fly

[@Bubba22able]

@@johngordon5495 I bet you don't realize what a piece of trash you are.

[@onitasanders7403]

I have seen several of this gentleman’s presentations. I must admit I thoroughly enjoy his most unique way of presenting his documentaries. From the camera shots to the most appropriate music selected. One can not help be caught up in the subject matter.

[@Insectoid_]

Agreed. Very enjoyable

[@onitasanders7403]

Little Dorrit I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know it is off the topic and says more about the person making such a left field statement then the presenter of this documentary.

[@guttormurthorfinnsson8758]

yes so exelant, you shuld se him do rococo.

[@onitasanders7403]

Little Dorrit I have absolutely no idea of which you speak. The essence of who I am has nothing to do with any comments I make. And further more, I do not give ad hominem about people I have never met. It is very easy to throw statements out in the cover of darkness to faceless people. Have a nice day.

[@TheGoldenbay]

@@onitasanders7403 the ring is a thing LOL he wants us to see it and it's kind of childish, But I still like him and the content. As far as the essence of who you are has nothing to do with the comments you make though. Unless you are 'trolling' , which is fine. But otherwise it seems to be a logical disconnect to me

[@jjonestowne]

"Graphics?!" ..."Let's just have him carry a map around!"

[@damocles5]

and catch everyone off guard by switching fingers/ hands he wears the gold ring on ...

[@danielvanloggerenberg93]

Can you even read a map?

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

I kind of like it. It's so raw like the subjects of this series. The only real polish was on their gold

[@jjonestowne]

@@ladycharlenegrace8023 Yeah, totally... I agree...was just kiddin'.

[@KatieDawnJacobs]

He's Dora's brother.

[@restezlameme]

The stray cat at 8:14 makes my day

[@emilyheikkila4302]

Right? I was like HI WHO IS THAT

[@demanda3814]

I just saw the cat and went to comment and yours is the first one is see! Lol. Love it!!😸

[@AlexIncarnate911]

She's probably a barbarian 😐

[@paul6925]

Great documentary! I like the dry humour too: "you can't miss them. They're the ones without any clothes"

[@raunothomas]

Those doc's get old very quikly. Do not drust the narrative in whole! It is purely western vision that lefts out eastern aspect, and space of history. Enjoy, but be careful!

[@brendahomes1178]

rauno thomas moss !

[@MArnoldTN1]

Ostrogoth bling.

[@sunnie734]

"Dry". ... All British humour.

[@patriciacolbert3451]

It is unfortunate that he says Romans only wore Togas, they were ceremonial robes, eve

[@rikardotsamsiyu]

Am I the only one who *LOVES* this guy's narrating?

[@bethbartlett5692]

I'm quite not on the same page, he's really beginning to annoy me, waddling about and speaking English like a Castillian speaks Spanish. I admire your Higher Mind.

[@lordchickenhawk]

@@bethbartlett5692 Well, yeah he's annoying, crass and verbose... ...you're not exactly wrong, but that wasn't exactly nice either...

[@bgs03548]

Oh there’s a narrator...? Music is drowning out. Love all these history vids but omg... the loud music is distracting

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@lordchickenhawk I was at a loss of how to make my point w/o that - I apparently bombed - No ill intentions, intended. Thanks

[@lordchickenhawk]

@@bethbartlett5692 Soz

[@trevorfuson715]

Waldamar could quite possibly be the best art history professor there never was!!!

[@skeletalbassman1028]

Had a bloody good laugh watching these and learned a ton. Well done.

[@janelee5993]

Bought this series years ago. My favourite art documenary ever. Great stuff from Waldemar.

[@angelsinger4574]

Am I the only person who heard the title in John Cleese’s “What did the Romans ever do for us” voice?

[@RustyJerome]

Actually, I hear Eric Idle's voice saying: "There's a whole herd of them marauding Visigoths to see y'all, Mister Hun!"

[@angelobugini6771]

It's a stupendous documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!

[@Tevonification]

This ddude is great! Really made the information lively and interesting. Great personality would love to learn things from this guy any day.

[@proudamerican7662]

Sounds like you have a crush😇✌🤣

[@senau4351]

That's Waldemar Januszczak for ya!

[@TONGATONGA-cr4qm]

"The pump don't work, 'cause the Vandals took the handle..."

[@toniomalley5661]

TONGA9691 TONGA one of my fav lines from young Robert

[@aayyeefsttrr11]

It's Tonga time!

[@bethbartlett5692]

roflol

[@highendservicesbarrieont8347]

Excellent

[@Meine.Postma]

Look out kid I know what you did :)

[@gregb6469]

The thing about history, especially history beyond living memory, is that there is a lot we don't know, and a lot of what we do know really isn't so.

[@athenasilver5099]

This guy has the best art history documentaries out there! They are fun and informative at the same time. His one on rococo art is my favorite!

[@jamabarker4051]

My mother's maiden name is Beard...Barber... Barbarian... my grandfather told me they were nomads who eventually ended up in France/ the Franks, then later entering Great Britain and on to America. Ironically, my family was full of barber's and hair dressers.

[@zackprice8688]

That's a terrible joke

[@bsaneil]

Professor Ward Perkins, in his book 'The fall of Rome and the End of Civilisation' states that in 380 AD the west was at a height of civilisation never seen before - Towns prospered, one could send a letter from York to Alexandria, villas prospered in the countryside, which was safe and free of banditry. Peasents and animals lived under tiled roofs, and ordinary people had access to quality, mass produced consumer items. By 430 AD all this had changed. All over the Western world buildings became smaller , made from perishable materials or reused stone and brick from demolished Roman buildings. Standing armies disbanded, and currencies went out of use. Huge tracts of farmland returned to forest, and roads fell into disuse. The term 'Dark Age' may be out of vogue at present, but there is no denying that after the Fall of the West there was a massive economic crash and population drop (concurrent to the political collapse of the central government) which did not level out until 800 AD. The economy and material culture of Western Europe did not return to 2nd century levels until the 14th century, and trans Mediterranean trade did not reach 2nd century levels until the early 18th century. This is a good documentary, but one cannot say, for example, 'How can this have been a Dark Age? Look at this lovely gold ornament made by the Huns'. Wonderful art can be created in any historical context, and does not neccesarily denote high civilisation. Moreover, the names of the craftsmen didn't make it to the historical record. The Mausoleum of Theodoric is a Roman building in every sense that matters. The regime in Italy may have been run by Ostrogoths, but the building itself shows all the signs of being designed and built in a classical style by experienced Roman builders - no doubt commissioned by the still functioning Roman Senate. High quality pottery may still have been made in a few places, but the general picture in Western Europe north of the Alps was a return to non wheel - turned pottery, of poor quality. Latin inscriptions, very common prior to 350 AD, lost their factual, archival nature and became mystical and church related. Also very rare. Mosaic production ended, stone buildings with tiled roofs did not reappear until 850, and bath houses became silted up and quarried for building stone. In the 530's an epidemic of the plague swept across the former western Roman Empire and its still existing eastern half, killing off an estimated 40 per cent of the population. This led to the final extinction of Roman material culture west of the Balkans, the rise of feudalism, and the conquest of all Roman provinces south of Anatolia by the Arabs. Commentators such as Gildas and Gregory of Tours were well aware that their world was a moribund and grim place compared to that of a century or so earlier. Interesting stuff may have happened, and wonderful art created, between 410 and 600 which paved the way for stuff that came later, but I'm afraid the Dark ages were actually a 'thing'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3nHpoCYlsedfK8

[@Goodspaceguy]

“I discovered this was the site of Atilla’s palace just after I bought it so now I want to make it a tourist attraction”, is, uh, an interesting progression of events.

[@SkunkApe407]

Take a trip to Transylvania. You'll never want to see another vampire movie again. Historical exploitation is a common theme in a lot of European countries. At least Americans have the decorum to create amusement attractions on swamp land with no historical value.

[@letolethe5878]

@@SkunkApe407 Yeah. Right. "Decorum" is definitely what Americans are known for abroad.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@letolethe5878 one, read my comment again, it's called "sarcasm". Two, I was talking about amusement parks on American soil. Three, having literally traveled the world as an American, I can assure you that we aren't the most disliked tourists around the globe. The Chinese and French are pretty well disliked, as are a few other nationalities.

[@level98bearhuntingarmor]

8:16 There's a Cat

[@ShizukuSeiji]

A Hunnic cat. Its dark too, Evilllllllll!

[@cipndale]

Attila the cat.

[@SwatiPatelnz]

Just at out in the middle of nowhere 🐱

[@bellamaz1972]

I think they added a quiet meowing sound, right after he says “goats” :)

[@pinkbunny6272]

Meow

[@filthyapostate4217]

This guy's shade for "Camden Goths" is low-key killin' me 😂

[@missMagbeth]

Great series! The cute black cat is following him at 8:28 :)

[@abielcotto2392]

It was the kid from Hocus Pocus!!

[@jscottupton]

Once again we learn that "a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth pulls on its pants".

[@IzabelParis]

Lies take the elevator, truth takes the stairs.

[@cantbanme792]

the lies have more proof than the truth, funny that. truth is only what you want to hear.

[@jessicafernanda11]

I love this man, his way of explaining and a hint of humor added in a documentary sure is very interesting

[@joshuapotts6361]

Guy: *all those Goths in London wearing black* Also guy: *wears black*

[@raunothomas]

I wear black. Cause i am orthodox munk living, and working in civilian, and i cant wear my robe on streets or in my workplace. Troublesome in streets, forbidden at work place in university. Some have thought that I am old Goth... or satanist (black)... what a fun is living in those modern times!

[@harleybrown6732]

He is not wearing the black like the black he is talking about they wear.

[@pinchebruha405]

@@raunothomas that must actually be very funny to; being mistaken for a satanist, i imagine you silently chuckle in your own head and peoples ignorance. Sorry you are not free to wear what you like but also perhaps it is good that you respect the workplace and have an alternative to express yourself (I’m guessing not your native homeland) i know were talking religion but just for giggles, I’m sure we would all agree that we would not want the Nudist showing up in his preferred garb in the workplace!

[@rickbangkok]

Johnny Cash the man in black. Devout Christian.

[@timfelger296]

@@rickbangkok not the same, apples and oranges

[@maryannemoll]

I really like how this is presented. Such insight from good research.

[@lynmorse4096]

So very enlightening and a joy to learn about the Dark Ages. Thank you!

[@lindahedman3115]

I am enthralled by your lavish descriptions. Thank you.

[@gregmiller9710]

really interesting and informative doc...2nd time i've watched these, thanks for uploading :)

[@adrianseguras.9659]

This is, by far, the best documentary I've seen about the dark ages. So rich with insight and fascinating perspectives, plus a touch of practical realism. That's probably an oxymoron btw.

[@Torahboy1]

Adrian Segura S. YOU’RE an oxymoron.... hehehe

[@trainwreck420ish]

Except they still only have white people 🙄 🤷 in it, when Arabs and berbers were not white

[@FMK1317]

@@trainwreck420ish oh here we go again, can't have anything with just white people in 🙄🙄 Bet if he done a documentary about let's say China, you wouldn't complain about the lack of white or black people would ya 🙄🙄.

[@TEverettReynolds]

@@trainwreck420ish The mosaics from Carthage at @30:27 speak for themselves, you can see some color differences... Considering that most of the "workers" in that mosaic were slaves, you get a much better idea of who was who.

[@jestep9]

You should really do some more studying. While entertaining this is more about entertainment. He chooses his facts selectively to persuade you to believe his point of view.

[@omarmohamed6701]

It is a simple and basic imperfect human trait to assume: 'if they are different from us, they are bad, mad, cruel, savage, rude, inhumane.' Enlightening and intelligent analysis is great presentation.

[@timfelger296]

Wgo said they were human? Revelations 9:11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

[@histguy101]

@@timfelger296 The Goths, Vandals, Suebi, Alans, Burgundians, Franks, et al were most definitely humans beings. lol...

[@timfelger296]

@@histguy101 that is your opinion Genesis 6:4 says different 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

[@omarmohamed6701]

Somewhere in the, even at this age, there are people who are ready to consider you inhuman, because you are so different to them in terms of your belief, culture, religion etc., but it is not them who decide whether you are human or not; it is God who made you a human being. So, please do no deny any other people their status as humans, because some religious book or it's wrong interpretation absurdly calls them non human and gives you the monopoly of being a human.

[@histguy101]

@@timfelger296 I'm not sure what this has to do with these Germanic Tribes, but if it helps you sleep at night, you're probably a descendant of them in some way, shape, or form, especially if you're European or North African.

[@Declan_Moriarty]

"...the Huns had created a complex political system; their huge empire was actually a federation of many nations, a kind of Barbarian EU"

[@jeffreyreynolds4732]

I wish I was mature enough to watch this all of the way through without laughing Hysterically every time he Says Barf House. Took me a few times of his enunciaion to realize he was saying Bath House! I gotta get me a new brain!

[@danfield6030]

Kind like a federation of united states

[@Muguratiu]

I`m on a spree of these Medieval documentaries. I love them! And also I like the narrator! Quite a treat!

[@noverdinho]

Indeed, horseshoe arch was invented by Visigoths and this is what people ought to know centuries ago. Thank you for the great docu here !

[@susomedin5770]

Aotearoa Excubitores Not really. There are horsearches in northwest Spain in Román times and preislamic Syria. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_arch

[@noverdinho]

Suso Medin like in Mor Yakup monastery in Nisibis ? Yeah thats correct too

[@ShizukuSeiji]

But generally speaking the horseshoe arch is accepted as having its origins in Spain in the fifth century - post Roman, pre-Islamic - of Visigoth design. Other examples elsewhere did not result in the form becoming common or standardised. Islamic architecture then improved and perfected the form.

[@francescoguzzetta]

Not true at all. Horseshoe arch has BYZANTINE origins, and was very typical of V-VI century style. It was adopted by Arabs when they conquered Middle East well before they invaded Spain. And coastal Spain (including Valencia) was reconquered by Justinian in VI century and held by Byzantine for another century.

[@johnschmidt2964]

It’s a Roman arch.

[@cherisunday]

Thank you so much for such a great clarification of our history. What wonderful discoveries!

[@CelticSaint]

He hasn't clarified anything. He has simply continued to spread Leftist lies and loathing for Britain.

[@SecretaryBarbie]

Thank you for the upload!

[@regaljohnston3001]

this documentary series is amazing!!!! great perspective and engaging insight!!! very very good, i love it!

[@xyzllii]

Excellent docu. Fascinating. Forgiven for splitting an infinitive at the end...'absolutely unique'.

[@raunothomas]

When i saw that first time in tv - it was like fresh wind! Now, after digging more, and more into subject cause of my thesis.... I must say it is quite awful actually.

[@bambihernandez4387]

I just stumbled on this series and I have to say I love this guy! (what a name eh?!) I think he is hysterical....I imagine he must be a hoot to have around the house...

[@kozagong]

It's polish, pronounced "yanooshtschak". Yes, really.

[@XoXmarcusXoX1]

lovely video. you can see how excited the narrator is to see these things up close

[@karenmilano2607]

I can actually comprehend every word he says and his description is far more articulate then many professors of teaching I've known.

[@zackprice8688]

There are professors who don't teach? News to me

[@Lisa-MarieComplete]

My guy who was helping his friend climb the statue in The Sack of Rome painting has some of the best post battle hair ever!!! Are we sure the didn't invent hairspray along with those trousers. I mean those curls were bouncing and behaving lol

[@ufosrus]

I had no idea that the Huns made such beautiful jewelry and ornaments. Also that they deformed their heads as some of the Incan ancestors did. Great documentary.

[@nuttcase1uk]

@01:19 The oldest known trousers were found at the Yanghai cemetery in Turpan, Xinjiang, western China and dated to the period between the 10th and the 13th centuries BC.

[@dreboerte5864]

Being Mongolian, and learning about my ancestor Huns or Hunnu(in mongolian) from European perspective is amazing. Thank you.

[@HUNdAntae]

Western scolars are barely even interested in even the Black Huns(the western branch), let alone the White or Hephthalite Huns or the Xiungnu. There are quite a few Hungarian academics who are doing amazing research, but i think their findings should be taken with a grain of salt as they tend to find ancient Hungarian history all over the place, as a reaction to the 200 year old finno-ugric fairy tale.

[@williamarthurfenton1496]

@@HUNdAntae I think you are both confusing the Huns for the Mongolian Empire.

[@HUNdAntae]

@@williamarthurfenton1496 im pretty sure i dont tho 😂😂

[@dreboerte5864]

@@williamarthurfenton1496 Hunnu aka Huns are the same ancestors of the steppe nomads. As a Mongolian, we spoke of the Hunnu being our ancestors long before Mongol Empire established.

[@Mr_AlterEagle]

The inaccuracies are overwhelming...

[@stelun56]

Even though there exists so much hogwash on youtube it is always possible to come across enlightening documentaries oozing with quality, such as this one . If the narrator is not American and the music is not overly dramatic then we might be in for a treat. Thank you.

[@CelticSaint]

Just a shame he's a self loathing Leftist who never fails to remind one and all how terrible England is.

[@bethbartlett5692]

stelun56 Well said - ...and from a mind of Conscious Thought - ⚖❤☮

[@Wtfahhhfak]

This is a television program ripped off from Netflix/BBC/PBS. This is not a KZbin created series.

[@ducksinarowpatience3670]

There are a couple of great yank narrators.

[@honeybabou6119]

@@CelticSaint Oh yes? I see him more as a zionist freemason.

[@minagica]

I think those naked Visigoths were just an excuse to paint some naked hunks

[@Moodymongul]

Pffft! ..simply not enough shots of the golden skull ring (if you ask me).

[@abielcotto2392]

The man is a big fan of The Goonies and Onne Eye Willy! He said it in an interview Ha-ha, facts...

[@MrKlingvall]

The Huns was never near to Scandinavia as his map shows. It makes me wonder how much is realy truth in what he is saying...

[@SheikhMawini]

They traded with Scandinavians.

[@SkunkApe407]

Maybe learning proper English would help? What expertise do you have on the subject? How are you so sure that his map is wrong? Are you an archeologist? Are you a cartographer? No? Then your opinion means nothing.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@RolfLongreach you know this how? Nobody is even sure where they came from, let alone details of that nature. Speculation isn't fact.

[@MrKlingvall]

@@SkunkApe407 I am swedish and I know my history. You can look it up in any history book.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@MrKlingvall so just being a Swede is your only qualification? Guess what? That makes me an expert too, since my great grandfather emigrated from Sweden. Also, a quick internet search shows your "it's history" claim to be dubious, at best.

[@RicTic66]

Roman chariot racing must have been a fabulous spectacle. The amount of horses per chariot, the light weight vehicles and confined oval course would have led to extreme speed and excitement. Even though death and injury were fairly common, if there was one sport I'd love to see reintroduced it would be this one.

[@XJonAye]

Well I don't think they are authentic chariots but I've seen similar racing events at fairs in my area

[@YK-dx4ux]

@@XJonAye You'd think wrong, Rome even held enormous "sea" battles orchestrated on manmade lake colloseums. One of the larger ones even having been said to feature more combatants and combat ships than most actual sea battles at the time. Unless you're trying to say that the chariots you saw at the fair were probably not authentic, in that case you're most likely correct.

[@XJonAye]

@@YK-dx4ux you were correct with your latter assumption

[@h.huffen-puff4105]

Fab!! I've grown accustoned to his particular type of enthusiasm. 👍👍

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

Good, good, good. All the good continues from the part one. Marvellous!

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

I need to add this: all information is in-depth and correct. All of it. Bravo!

[@coreys825]

This documentary proves nearly zero of its assertions.

[@justinbradley2865]

Well, the first assertion that "this picture was painted by an arrogant French painter" should just be taken as a given, at least.

[@thisfacebelievesyou8862]

Justin Bradley When he said that I totally thought to myself “you need to be a bit more specific there”.

[@lordkayx]

10:00 When you speak of the hypnotic power of gold I understand exactly. Ive stared at the jewelry passed down in my family, thinking of how beautiful it is, how old the gold may actually well be recycled an untold amount of times and the death and bloodshed it may have been around. There is something strange about our attraction to it.

[@moxiemedia]

I feel nothing for gold unless it's our maple trees blowing in a fall wind. ;)

[@googiegress7459]

26:21 "Leading them, across The Oceans" Rando in boat: "I'm just checking mah crab pots bro"

[@perrymathis4557]

Wow! Loved this. Learned a lot.

[@andrewbolesworth9288]

Pythagoras wore trousers, almost a thousand years prior to the VisiGoths appearing in the historical record, claiming they invented trousers rather throws everything else into suspicion.

[@pseudomantis]

Trousers (anaxyrides) where known to nomadic peoples and to their descendents the Persians. The Goths where in contact with the steppe peoples and Pythagoras was for a time a slave in Babylon, under Persian rule. From there he took his pants, his theories and his magics and presented them to the ignorant Greeks.

[@whothefoxcares]

Pythagoras had a very talented trouser snake that pleased women at acute angles.

[@waynedombrowski7568]

@@pseudomantis Bravo! You beat me to it. Pythagoras,the father of Western music,had some very Eastern ideas. I'm sure we could have a good,deep conversation on the Greeks/Persian influence,centuries before Alexander. Again,Bravo.

[@derycktrahair8108]

@@whothefoxcares he was working out the Angle of the Dangle....then he had a bath...No, that was Archimedes....(no wonder I failed Maths...too busy having a laugh. But that was well spotted.

[@Alejojojo6]

Trousers are a germanic invention... pythagoras did not wear pants...

[@feralbluee]

9:36 - this is one of the most beautiful crown i have ever seen - simple and glorious. . . 46:20 - incredibly beautiful musics. and all in tact. imagine what the ones we see in pieces must have been like before the entropy of time. . . 54:59 the crown - so beautiful - intricate and the colors of the stones. . . ao meaningful just in its being. . . not overdone nor plastered in precious stones, just simple design. the art - "something real and untutored, as if for the first time, we're hearing from the common man." 56:20

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Thanks

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

The work on that gold is simply beautiful, just so beautiful. It gives me a physical feeling of warmth and love 😍

[@futon2345]

Anyone can work gold it’s soft like butter

[@lenevee4925]

I love the narrator/ tour guide's enthusiasm.

[@JanetCaterina]

This fellow is hilarious in his presentation. A very enlightening overview of hitherto obscure history

[@saramgreenillustration]

I like this documentary - only: what's his problem with goths? haha

[@VenusMacabre]

Beats me. :(

[@Abyssic1]

my thoughts exactly ^^ seems like a personal feud

[@meganschandler]

Whelp

[@PeterTierno1226]

LOL he was pretty rough

[@KraljevstvoBosansko]

@@judaprinxbeatz.8008 nah.. original goths came from todays Bosnia... if you ant to learn about real goths, you should learn Bosnia hystory, our anicent tomb stones Stecaks, about aour medival religion pre Islam we adhered Arijan Bosnian Church by the name of bogumilizam, i have video about that on my chanel... and there is our old alphabet caled Bosančica, it is the same alphabet like in this theodorics bible from 4st

[@cherylrayes8015]

Great program. The art and metalcrafts from that time were so detailed and beautiful

[@marshhen]

I love this series. This whole period was skipped over in my university studies. It is much more complex and interesting that professors let on. I am beginning to see that its complexity is why so many were happy to gloss over it and get to the Romanesque and Medieval.

[@Crispvs1]

Luckily it wasn't skipped over by my university studies.

[@kevinmahalko5894]

We had the last of European history taught generally in my university. Covered Renaissance forward. This fascinating age was not taught. I bet 5% of Americans know anything about this. It is why we go into Iraq and Afghanistan knowing next to nothing about their culture and history

[@chuckthurmond]

"Hun bling." Wonderful.

[@jturtle5318]

Atilla, "Scourge of God" and my 44th great-grandfather. Thrasamund, 4th king of the Vandals, my 43rd great-grandfather. Theodoric I "The Great", 47th great-grandfather.

[@Free_Krazy]

And so the bloodline continues: J Turtle, the YT commenter. But seriously, not many people know their family tree, let alone it's roots, that's pretty interesting!

[@LibTardsSuck]

As a genealogist, I can tell you all that, if you are of European descent, you are likely a direct descendant of Charlemagne, Attila, and Emperor Constantine, etc. It's simple arithmetic.

[@jturtle5318]

@@LibTardsSuck I seem to have missed Constantine and Genghis Kahn, at least.

[@jturtle5318]

Gaiseric, King of the western Alans and Vandals, 44th great-grandfather.

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

I love this guy, and enjoy it when he whips out his maps.

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

Totally amazing documentaries!

[@flauwegeit]

Here I was having my own ducktale about the origin of the word Barbarian, I imagined them to be a tribe of hairdressers and when a roman person had his hair cut too short he labeled the barber a barbarian >

[@Mrchelleify]

Hey people passing by your Awesome have a great day.

[@SkunkApe407]

"You're"

[@spiritologysense4040]

Thank you! I needed that. :-). Your heart is beautiful 😍

[@christymccullough7306]

Love this guy's perspective and way discovery.

[@kirchhoffkirchhoff9280]

love those informative programs. Give us more.

[@talkingaboutchange4973]

I wonder how the Goths of Camden would react to him hugging them and pointing up to a mural on the ceiling of a church...

[@Cipher71]

Those cavalry archers were 15% cheaper than for other civilizations

[@kozagong]

didn't expect that, lol

[@m.i.miller8008]

Excellent.. Love his videos. Learn so much.

[@janetmarx9491]

Excellent!! Great historical documentaries. He live to slip the myths away from history in a humorous way.

[@shawnbottom4769]

“Conan, what is the meaning of life?” Conan: “To CRUSH your enemy, and see them driven before you. And to hear the lamentation of their women and children.”

[@SilvaMorasten]

I don't understand one thing about the feminine picture of Jesus, the same which was discussed in the first part of this documentary. In the first part, mr. Januszczak says that such appearance of Jesus is due to lack of female element in the religious system (The mother Mary wasn't involved yet), but here in the second part (at cca 42th min) he says that Jesus' look was based on arianistic doctrine saying that Jesus was less saint than his father - the God. Are both claims true or is it somehow a contradiction?

[@kens.5095]

Although I'm always amused by Waldemar's waddle, I thoroughly enjoy all of his videos. So much depth and insight!

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Love watching documentaries like this.

[@douglasstrother6584]

Lesson from the Vandals: take Carthage on Super Bowl Sunday.

[@warrenpierce5542]

Is the Super Bowl still a thing?

[@SkunkApe407]

@@warrenpierce5542 seeing as how Tom Brady hasn't quit playing, yeah. That's his personal VIP party.

[@markmcbride2583]

A great presentation interrupted and marred by so, so many commercials.

[@MaggotDiggo1]

If you're on a mobile device, you can go to the end of the video then click replay and all the ads are gone. If you're on a desktop, just install a free adblocker.

[@agnesstrzykowska4300]

The film has taught me more about the history of Europe than I've ever learnt at school! Thank you!

[@miloszdravkovic7659]

Dont belive to all documentaries 😉😉😉

[@zackprice8688]

Learned*

[@victoriasalvant5629]

Loved it! Thank you! Victoria🇵🇷🇺🇸 says Hi from the sunshine state, USA

[@elephantride8912]

I love ur videos , can u make videos about Tamil king Raja Raja Cholan.

[@Csilla417]

23:00 Attila drunk to death. Don’t you think this is also a made-up story? He was murdered by the new bride, Ildikó, who was NOT a hun. There are some other points I need to mark: you missed a very important point: the huns were just a part of the much earlier scythian empire from the period for several hundreds of years before. Alans, vandals and other folks were all scythians, and therefore their gold art was similar. Scythian/hun gold treasures exist from a period from long before the Romans. Scull deformation was used by the royals, yes -- but your reference to the Paracas scull maybe is a bit long fetched. Otherwise I am glad to see, that someone dares to talk about demonisation, wich still exist.

[@mehryaarvid]

Well, Scythian were definitly indo-European, their language a subset of Iranian language, and they had very peculiar culture. None of those material is found in hunic world to the best of my knowledge. More evidenced point to more east, into Turkic-Mongolic world. Their horse archery, their armor and appearance is more eastern. Vandals were Germanic, can’t connect them to schytians.

[@villovarga3675]

What else, he shows Hun cauldrons in the Hungarian National Museum, rightly, but unfortunately he hasn't seen the SAME HUN cauldrons all over on China, where the so called Xiongnu people lived, so consequently he misses the origin of "European" Huns. They are the same!

[@Csilla417]

Villo Varga - Xiongnu is the eastern huns in Chinese. Xiungali (the western huns) is Hungary in Chinese - today. He also missed the point that Attila could have destroyed Rome if he wanted, like other barbarians did - but unlike other barbarians he wanted and made peace with the Pope.

[@jamesspackman9819]

@@Csilla417 Attila could have destroyed the Romans like Napoleon could have destroyed Russia. They didn't because they couldn't and they didn't want to because it wasn't in their interest. As the great sage said, "if you go to war it will destroy a great army." Because warring is ultimately a bad thing.

[@Juliet_Capulet]

I love this series. That is all, carry on.

[@megatronmotors221]

Love his documentary on the dark ages! Such a mysterious time, proto Europe! Great!

[@raynor7030]

yes, great documantry, love it. but there is one fact in this episode that is interpretated not correctly. germans in britain were not called huns because of geographic background, but for a speach their empiror held in 1900 to soldiers sent to an expedition in china. he told them to behave like the huns, not grant any pardon and make no prisoners.

[@xxxJensTheNamexxx]

So...no one is going to point out the adorable cat around 8:13 ?

[@umbrafigueroa9738]

YEAH HE WAS JUST HANGING OUT ;^;

[@almightykevon569]

Very interesting how people would’ve thought the vandals were going to destroy Carthage once they took over, but however, they really didn’t. Their reputation is obliterating everything, but really they used beautiful art to tell a different story. Great video!!

[@AlexGarcia-bw9tw]

Almighty Kevon That seems as if it is the depiction of a lot of societies, that once “rebels” take over from whatever power they disagree with that they are going to make things worse and prove why they shouldn’t have taken over to begin with , yet the opposite happens and the passion they had that made them take over is the same passion they have when they lead the land.

[@in.retrospekt]

The Inca referred to gold as the sweat of the sun not the gods. This 'documentary' is full of inaccuracies and inconsistencies in just this episode alone, not to mention the rest of them..

[@nickburningham5143]

The use of a raft to transport the slab for the roof of Theodoric's mausoleum is probably wrong. Rafts have little buoyancy. If it couldn't be loaded into a ship, a ship would have been built around it.

[@meagan1772]

WHY HASNT ANYONE MADE A MOVIE ABOUT THIS theoderic(?) DUDE HIS LIFE WAS SO INTERESTING

[@waynerobinson2236]

Enjoyed that "thanks " good work 😀😀😀