Theodoric the Great is such an underrated European monarch. He was a great warrior, extremely deft politician and before his death you could argue that he rivaled the Eastern Roman and Sassanian rulers in terms of hard and soft power influence. Justinian and Belisarius are very lucky he didn't have a strong successor. Their legacies were elevated by very convenient timing.
Thank you for this. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's very much into Ostrogothic history I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's relative content. I'd love to see a coop
The 539 sack of Mediolanium may have been the most devastating sack of the entire gothic war. It was the largest city of Italy at that time (125/150k) and had a rich imperial importance. A very bad stain on Narses who hesitated to help Belisarius get reinforcements to the city. Sad day to a beautiful Roman city
The period between western collapse and eastern renovatio imperii is so freaking interesting, particulariliy if you binge late western empire lore before hand.
Amazing video as always, and really exhaustive. Actually learned some new things here, and it's good to see that your main source is a very recent and up to date book. If I were to have a couple of criticisms, and it's mostly just nitpicks: I like the new detail of having the portraits bobbing, but it can be a bit distracting sometimes imo. Would maybe be better if they only bobbed when they're moving, but not when they're standing still? I also think it's a bit odd you used a 15th Century miniature of Amalasuintha and a coin depicting Justinian for Athalaric when we have genuine ivory portraits of both of them on a diptych. But these are just minor things mostly.
Did you notice any names of places and people seem familiar? I have noticed that a lot of the literature of the last hundred years has mined this era and area for names. Narnia, for instance? Or Boethius? Edit: I saved this video to look for more😎
Ostrogoths and visigoths are also roman citizens, but they managed the army side while the ancient roman senate became the pretorians and they voted for a pope. A system that is still today in use
@@ancientsightI can see you have a lot of views now. That’s great. I hope you next video about Byzantium has the same reception. Any idea when will be released?
The old movie comes to mind - The Battle for Rome. Used to love it as a kid. It compresses the timeline but you get the gist of what happened between the death of Theodoric and defeat of Totila
Hands down, this is one of the absolute best and brilliantly erudite history channels on RUclips. The content is well-researched and presented. Great work.
If you enjoy children's boardgames thwn this might be captivating. The imagery is basic and childish the voice is anything but soothing and ad a result I can't even begin to focus on any information even it it happens to be relevant.
Small correction, the Thervingi were Roman federati as well. Being placed in Roman Gothia on the other side of the danube after Constantine the Great re-conquered much of what was the former Dacia Traiana. And in 535, according to Novels XI of "The enactments of Justinian", the Romans reaffirmed their positions on the other side of the danube.
Justinian’s reconquest went well until 540. There was a misunderstanding and miscalculation between Justinian and Belisarius. Justinian wanted peace with the Ostrogoths, so they would become vassal state in the north of the Po river, in order to defend the eastern frontier from the Persians. Belisarius on the other hand, saw that the Ostrogoths were at the edge of collapse, so wanted to continue and finish them all. At the end neither of this happened, no peace, no finished either. Belisarius was recalled to defend the eastern frontier, the Ostrogoths had the time and leader (Totila) they needed. So they started to push back the Romans. The war could’ve ended 20 years earlier if in 540 a peace, agreement could’ve been reached. But the Ostrogoths fought back and it took extra 20 years the end the conflict, and this destroyed Italy.
@@hiskakun2276 - Justinian already had peace with the Ostrogoths. The Ostrogothic king was a Roman patricius and imperial prefect for the lands he ruled, if nominally. Justinian should have left things as they were. The war destroyed Italy as a unitary state and depopulated Rome, which was still a large city before the war.
The Ostrogot😮hs did NOT come from the pontic steppe, but from Skandinavia, the royal family from Amal others from the isle Gotaland. This said, I am admirative of this precise, complete and clear presentation of so many events in a manner that greatly fosters comprehension of this important epocal period for all of us who had very partial, limited or false remembrances of that historical turmoil of events.
I've been waiting for your next video for so long I almost gave up hope! But seeing the length, detail and art in this video really shows why it took a little while. The amount of research required itself mustve been insane!
Thank you for narrating and illustrating this story. Was it a Roman failure to not learn how to deal with the Goths? After the reconquest of North Africa assimilation between the Romans and the Goths could have been possible. A coalition between the Romans and Goths could of form to reconquer Gallia and England.
I have no words. How do you have so few subscribers? You manage to keep me glued to the screen. Anyway, what program do you use to create these animations?
They arent. The serbo-Slovanic words come from the Gothic names. They are later dialects of some of the original languages the eastern Goths had or spread to the populations.
@@ancientsightthis video was really good. Never watched you before but just subbed. Suprised you only have 10k subs when it’s on the same quality level as some RUclipsrs with millions
I live in Pannonia. I am from a village that was about 12 km north of the Limes in Germania Magna. Traiectum ad Rhenum was the name of the Roman castrum. There was also a camp named Fectio. In the Frisian Period (Magna Frisia) it was named Attingahem.
Love these videos about the barbarians and how the land under their control changed, really helps to see what was actually going on in a very confusing and ever changing period. One question I have though is given the size and population of the Roman Empire why weren't they able to conquer the barbarians one by one?
Really interesting question that's hard to answer in a few sentences. But in short, population size is one parameter among many that are able to influence the balance of power among states.
*Bring down the Roman Empire *set up in the same spot as the Romans *Usher in an age of prosperity *fall like the Romans The Gothic experience was wild
I hope this helps to understand why Italians don't like very much war...They had enough already and this period is only one of the many in which Italy was invaded, fought, had his wonderful cities sacked and razed to the ground, rebuilt and on and on for millennia
You embody the legacy of the late Historia Civilis, before he went mad and fell into ironical commentary. I therefore grant you the title of Restitutor Orbis of historical youtube!
I thought that "Theodoric Strabo fell on his own spear and died" was a joke/exaggeration/eufemism for "was murdered by Theodoric Amal", not something that actually happened
I very appreciate your videos. This part of history is always overlooked in history books. PS: Theodemir sounds like a slavic name despite it being a name for germanic man. Maybe this was the growing influence of Slavic people who begun to migrate after the fall of Hunnic empire and great powershift.
The Goths weren't invited in. They kicked down the Roman door and let themselves in. Those that sought refuge were exploited and starving, so the Goths took up arms against Rome to protect their families. History lesson: Never mistreat immigrants, or you'll regret it.
*the strongest rivals to the Romans, as always, were the germanic tribes, teaching the Romans many lessons in all fields of human knowledge, not just war...*
These maps are so incredibly clear. A criminally underrated channel.
I agree 💯 one of the best Channels I've come across!
holy heck the dude Liberius lived long enough to see the "fall" of Rome and the reconquest of Rome by the Empire, what a life he had.
Best Late Roman history content on RUclips
The Ostrogoths were spawned through eastern black magic to destroy Rome. How you failed to mention this unbiased part of history is beyond me.
The Historian's Craft has some great Late Roman analysis if you haven't checked out his stuff.
@@LightxHeaven Rome is the most overrated channel and should not have existed for humanity's good.
Theodoric the Great is such an underrated European monarch. He was a great warrior, extremely deft politician and before his death you could argue that he rivaled the Eastern Roman and Sassanian rulers in terms of hard and soft power influence. Justinian and Belisarius are very lucky he didn't have a strong successor. Their legacies were elevated by very convenient timing.
Honestly I genuinely believe that anytime now this chanel will blow up and gain many subscribers. Any time now
Thank you for this. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's very much into Ostrogothic history I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's relative content. I'd love to see a coop
Video formats of both of us are really different but I'm not closed to it
Best Roman history channel on RUclips. Always high quality!!
For a good day you need a good news like this
Happy to see you upload again brother, quality work as usual. Ave Ancient Site.
I have been looking forward to this. Twice the wait time double the quality!
My quality has doubled since the last time we met, Count.
The 539 sack of Mediolanium may have been the most devastating sack of the entire gothic war. It was the largest city of Italy at that time (125/150k) and had a rich imperial importance. A very bad stain on Narses who hesitated to help Belisarius get reinforcements to the city. Sad day to a beautiful Roman city
This is a such a comprehensive and evocative piece of work. Bloody well done. Really enjoyed it from start to finish
The period between western collapse and eastern renovatio imperii is so freaking interesting, particulariliy if you binge late western empire lore before hand.
Do you know if they spoke Latin too in Dacia? I mean the goths
Extremely useful, beautifully organized overview. Many thanks!
The wait was, in the end, worth it. Bravo!
Goated creator 🗣🔥🙏
Glad to have you back! This video is really high quality, it really is a hidden gem!
Amazing video as always, and really exhaustive. Actually learned some new things here, and it's good to see that your main source is a very recent and up to date book.
If I were to have a couple of criticisms, and it's mostly just nitpicks: I like the new detail of having the portraits bobbing, but it can be a bit distracting sometimes imo. Would maybe be better if they only bobbed when they're moving, but not when they're standing still? I also think it's a bit odd you used a 15th Century miniature of Amalasuintha and a coin depicting Justinian for Athalaric when we have genuine ivory portraits of both of them on a diptych. But these are just minor things mostly.
Thank you for your comment it's very welcome. I will take that into consideration
Great video as always, mate 😊
Please keep up the longer videos! Loving this! Thank you
Amazing as always! Love seeing this channel growing as it should!
Best late antiquity channel out there
We are looking forward.
ROMA VICTOR
Roma Victrix! Non Victor! Nam Romae cauda non est :)
Incredibly accurate and factual! Stick with it. Your channel is amazing
I love the Ostrogoths, they deserve more popularity.
Im so hyped
Are you 10 years old ?
Did you notice any names of places and people seem familiar? I have noticed that a lot of the literature of the last hundred years has mined this era and area for names. Narnia, for instance? Or Boethius?
Edit: I saved this video to look for more😎
@@larryzigler6812 Are you 9 years old?
@@genovayork2468 Are you an embryo ?
@@larryzigler6812 Are you dust?
I've never heard of these guys, thanks for the info! This is all so fascinating!! ⚔️
Ostrogoths and visigoths are also roman citizens, but they managed the army side while the ancient roman senate became the pretorians and they voted for a pope. A system that is still today in use
He’s back!
Perhaps you would make a video in such a convention about the Kingdom of the Gepids?
I have that in mind
@@ancientsightI can see you have a lot of views now. That’s great.
I hope you next video about Byzantium has the same reception. Any idea when will be released?
@@hiskakun2276 Hard to say but I'm working on it at the moment
The old movie comes to mind - The Battle for Rome. Used to love it as a kid. It compresses the timeline but you get the gist of what happened between the death of Theodoric and defeat of Totila
We wait for Lombards as next video !
Amazing job, in top 2 of my historical channels !
Once again fantastic work! Great coverage of the Goths
Hands down, this is one of the absolute best and brilliantly erudite history channels on RUclips. The content is well-researched and presented. Great work.
If you enjoy children's boardgames thwn this might be captivating. The imagery is basic and childish the voice is anything but soothing and ad a result I can't even begin to focus on any information even it it happens to be relevant.
It was a great historical coverage documentary about Astrogothes in the 3rd to 5th AD periods....thank you for sharing
Babe, the new Ancient Sight video just dropped!
Great video,love your mapping style
Nothing but respect for Theoderic
A true towering figure of his age
Small correction, the Thervingi were Roman federati as well. Being placed in Roman Gothia on the other side of the danube after Constantine the Great re-conquered much of what was the former Dacia Traiana. And in 535, according to Novels XI of "The enactments of Justinian", the Romans reaffirmed their positions on the other side of the danube.
Guess who came to genocide them in the 18th century?
Very Very Very accurate and well Done!
i take it back boy knows his stuff and guys his delivery is beautiful realy nice man
Great video as always!!
I dont think they were that barbaric. Theodoric governed Italy better than a lot of the 5th Century Roman emperors.
Absolutely amazing video, first time I actually looked into the Ostrogoths history, was damn worth it, W channel🔥🔥
Justinian’s reconquest was a calamity.
Justinian’s reconquest went well until 540.
There was a misunderstanding and miscalculation between Justinian and Belisarius.
Justinian wanted peace with the Ostrogoths, so they would become vassal state in the north of the Po river, in order to defend the eastern frontier from the Persians.
Belisarius on the other hand, saw that the Ostrogoths were at the edge of collapse, so wanted to continue and finish them all.
At the end neither of this happened, no peace, no finished either. Belisarius was recalled to defend the eastern frontier, the Ostrogoths had the time and leader (Totila) they needed. So they started to push back the Romans.
The war could’ve ended 20 years earlier if in 540 a peace, agreement could’ve been reached. But the Ostrogoths fought back and it took extra 20 years the end the conflict, and this destroyed Italy.
The goths were a calamity
@@hiskakun2276 - Justinian already had peace with the Ostrogoths. The Ostrogothic king was a Roman patricius and imperial prefect for the lands he ruled, if nominally. Justinian should have left things as they were. The war destroyed Italy as a unitary state and depopulated Rome, which was still a large city before the war.
@@belis35the Goths are always a calamity. Together with their best allies the Slavics
happy to see you upload video
huns next ???????
Please do one on the Visigoths!
One day absolutely
What I like about these maps is the way the Romanians pop up when the smoke is cleared
The maps and history were very detailed and very clear. They got around didn't they those goths!
Well, I look forward to watching this one, the late estern Roman period is not very known to me.
The Ostrogot😮hs did NOT come from the pontic steppe, but from Skandinavia, the royal
family from Amal others from the isle Gotaland.
This said, I am
admirative of this precise, complete and clear presentation of so many events in a manner that greatly fosters comprehension of this important epocal period for all of us who had very partial, limited or false remembrances of that historical turmoil of events.
I've been waiting for your next video for so long I almost gave up hope! But seeing the length, detail and art in this video really shows why it took a little while.
The amount of research required itself mustve been insane!
This book helped a lot : Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theodoric the Great - King of the Goths, Ruler of the Romans: Yale; 2023
Thank you for narrating and illustrating this story. Was it a Roman failure to not learn how to deal with the Goths? After the reconquest of North Africa assimilation between the Romans and the Goths could have been possible. A coalition between the Romans and Goths could of form to reconquer Gallia and England.
Are you talking about ww2?
@@eedragonr Germans are not Romans 😂 not even close
@@FieldHoodGamingif I am looking at the Chinese communist party I must agree on
I have no words. How do you have so few subscribers? You manage to keep me glued to the screen.
Anyway, what program do you use to create these animations?
Thanks man, really glad to read that
I use Photoshop and After Effects
Some of these early Gothic names are Serbo-Slovanic. Vidimir in direct translation means" The look of peace".
Is a mess I am from Romania and many people here believe this so called history is bull shit
They arent. The serbo-Slovanic words come from the Gothic names. They are later dialects of some of the original languages the eastern Goths had or spread to the populations.
You can't separate them genetically
Interesting, most maps put the ostrogoths in pannonia from the 450 until their invasion of of italy. Didn't know those lands were ruled by the gepids.
It's not cristal clear who occupied the region right after the departure of the Goths. But the Gepids definitely were the bigger players
I'm watching in 2024,+ I'm finding this program very interesting.
It would be great to see this channel to get 100k followers
Great job 👏
Comment for the algorithm.
nice pod cast and yountube voice slanchivar
I hoped this would be worth the six month wait and boy was I right!
The quality will continue to go up and never again will it take that much time for a video
@@ancientsightthis video was really good. Never watched you before but just subbed. Suprised you only have 10k subs when it’s on the same quality level as some RUclipsrs with millions
I live in Pannonia. I am from a village that was about 12 km north of the Limes in Germania Magna. Traiectum ad Rhenum was the name of the Roman castrum. There was also a camp named Fectio. In the Frisian Period (Magna Frisia) it was named Attingahem.
It is a very detailed historical lecture. Great job!
A superb video. Incredibly well explained, illustrated and narrated. Thank you.
Subscribing immediately ...
perfect work bruvv,continue the good work
You are like woody allen, I don't know what the world would be without you.
Thanks man!
Do one on the Heruli...
Fantastic documentary
Really good done video. Unfortunately this period is little represented in popular culture although no less interesting than classical times.
Love these videos about the barbarians and how the land under their control changed, really helps to see what was actually going on in a very confusing and ever changing period.
One question I have though is given the size and population of the Roman Empire why weren't they able to conquer the barbarians one by one?
Really interesting question that's hard to answer in a few sentences. But in short, population size is one parameter among many that are able to influence the balance of power among states.
Really well explained! What a chaotic period of European history!
*Bring down the Roman Empire
*set up in the same spot as the Romans
*Usher in an age of prosperity
*fall like the Romans
The Gothic experience was wild
I hope this helps to understand why Italians don't like very much war...They had enough already and this period is only one of the many in which Italy was invaded, fought, had his wonderful cities sacked and razed to the ground, rebuilt and on and on for millennia
Great video
thanks bro its worthy of waiting keep it up
Valamir, gave the name to his people as "Valagoths", which eventually changed to Valagh, then to Valach/Vlah/Vlas/Olah.
Video about the period 695-718
GREAT VIDEO!!
The Astro Goths, the best kind of goth.
Simply brilliant work!
When we needed him most, he came!
Theoderic , chief of the Ostrogoths said,
"Utilis Gothicus Imitatur Romanum!"
"It is proper for a Goth to imitate Roman things!"
wow that was fantastic- thank you
You embody the legacy of the late Historia Civilis, before he went mad and fell into ironical commentary. I therefore grant you the title of Restitutor Orbis of historical youtube!
Ostrogoths and Gepids are my favourite barbarians 😊
What map do you use?
I thought that "Theodoric Strabo fell on his own spear and died" was a joke/exaggeration/eufemism for "was murdered by Theodoric Amal", not something that actually happened
4th century ce has much to study and much to reveal
ClearLake Texas is watching!🇺🇸
Peaceful refuges seeking shelter in Roman Empire, what can go wrong
I very appreciate your videos. This part of history is always overlooked in history books.
PS: Theodemir sounds like a slavic name despite it being a name for germanic man. Maybe this was the growing influence of Slavic people who begun to migrate after the fall of Hunnic empire and great powershift.
I mean the first use of language by Slavs was Germanic runes so yes a lot of Germanic influence
So good...thank you.
"Accidentally impaled himself on a lance"........ that's when you know it just wasn't meant to be. Talk about a bad day.
Sadly that the Romans did not do Cannae to those Ostrogoths in the beginning and the to the Visigoths as well.
The Romans gave the Gothic refugees entry - then they ended up raiding the place and installing themselves as rulers… hmmm History echos.
Yes the goths comes as immigrants in Italy and later became Italians.
Oh noes they've taken the 7-11s. It's all over.
Frickin racist rednecks without the blindest concept of power. Go polish your chrome rollbars.
It looks like the Goths are what prevented the Huns from becoming Italians.
The Goths weren't invited in. They kicked down the Roman door and let themselves in. Those that sought refuge were exploited and starving, so the Goths took up arms against Rome to protect their families. History lesson: Never mistreat immigrants, or you'll regret it.
The Romans let the Vandals into their empire as a slave People and they ended up sacking Rome. Those who ignore history are designed to repeat it.
Impressive, very nice
Salve Theodoric...''The Great''king of the Ostrogoths and Ruler of Roma....
Babe wake up Ancient Sight posted a new video
*the strongest rivals to the Romans, as always, were the germanic tribes, teaching the Romans many lessons in all fields of human knowledge, not just war...*
We are so back