Aurelian was known to be a very stern ruler and punished harshly corrupt and incompetent officials and soldiers. One of the bureaucrats at his court mismanaged something and then lied about it, and out of fear of being punished, he forged a document sentencing several of the high ranking officers to death. He presented it to them and they then murdered the emperor to save themselves. Shortly after that, they realized how things really were and were among the first to call for the official's head. You can probably imagine what fate he suffered. However, in the end, it did not save them and most of them were executed by Aurelian's successor Tacitus. At this example, you can see how just one incompetent little weasle can alter the future of the entire world. Kind of worrying isn't it.
totalwarplayer perhaps yes But doesnt that mean if even a Weasel like him could Make such a big diffrence and alternate the Course of history, that we other humans could Do that Too? (positive Manner ofc)
We actually alter the future by every decision we make but it is hard to say how much of an impact we make. Maybe some of us have already done something presumably harmless which can, in the end, alter the future in unimaginable ways and we will never know. From a historical point of view, I find it frustrating how a seemingly minor incompetence, mistake or even bad luck can ruin everything. For example, you can be an archduke's driver who takes a wrong turn, stops right in front of his assassin and therefore fucks up the whole 20th century.
To be fair, that assassinated simply triggered a war that was inevitable. Tensions between world powers at the time were at an all-time high; WWI was bound to happen.
not if he survived his plans were amazing he wanted to aknowledge all ethnic cultures or groups living in the austrian empire giving them their own states he then wanted to create USGA(united states of greater austria) which i doubt would join germany since it would become more republican/imperialism than just monarchist and since the people would be more united the austrian army would have been stronger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Greater_Austria
Were Aurelian to see this today, that people still talk about him and remember him. And think he was a great emperor, he would have been delighted and would say that all his sacrifice was worth it. For a Roman, to be remembered through time was super important.
@@peterongan9655 if you got your information from the movie Gladiator then you are wrong, he wasn't assassinated, he most likely died from the Antonine Plague which was still active at the time, seems as though he had the symptoms during his last couple of days
One of my history profs at university stated that Aurelian was arguably the most successfull emperor in Roman history, at least when it comes to military victories. This video sums it up pretty good :)
he is the greatest military commander rome ever had, he quelled with the gallic and palmyrene empire. Pacified the invading barbarian tribes in the north whilst being in a civil war.
He was a superb military commander and from looking at his reign he was an ok adminstrator at the very least. If he had reigned for a decade more there would probably be no christianity
If only he was given time to deal with the Goths and Vandals. It's funny how they dominated the Empire thereafter, considering that Caesar ate tribes like that for breakfast.
@@ChrisDyn1 "ate them for breakfast" might be an overstatement. Dude was on the brink of defeat many times. The reason he was never defeated is why we know of him as an unparalleled genius. Things did get heated, though. He ate Pharnacus II for breakfast, but Ambiorix and Vercingetorix were a little different
@@baxter987 Caesar only had a small portion of the republic's army and he was able to crush entire tribes, In the late empire the entire imperial army was struggling to defeat them, imagine if Caesar had the legions in the east as well?
My fav Emperor, underrated, only was around for 5 years, one of the best generals, Aurelian Walls, Sol Invictus Temple, sorted the barbarians, sorted the Palmyrene Empire, sorted the breakaway Gallic Empire, showed leadership and mercy by not executing the two rebels of those 2 breakaway empires, changed the grain dole to bread, added salt, pork and wine.. Born in September like myself. And finally from a common as opposed to a patrician background. Put him up there with my other fav emperors
Well, one of my favourites too. Only thing I dislike is that he wanted to attack the sassanian empire. He finally had Rome had under control... and instead of letting it enter it enter a golden age, he was going to put more strain on it. Did not matter as he died sadly died :(
nikola 1809 sassanian/parthia empire was the thorn of Rome, eliminating them would have let them dominate for many more centuries and would stop the rise of islam
Will Brown Persia was an enemy to Arabian tribes. If not for the Persia, Arabs would conquer Rome instead which would be much more disasterous for the christian world. And Arabs had the means to do it, by the time they reached Damascus they had 10000 troops, thats 3-4 legions worth. By the time they reached Spain they had 200k troops, 50-80 legions worth.
Aurelian's seriously underrated. We keep skipping over to Constantine, but the man who technically extended the life of the West Empire for a century or two deserves all the credit in the world. Aurelian did everything he could and managed in 5 years what others couldn't in a lifetime.
Constantine killed more Romans than he ever did foreign enemies. He also led to the persecution of many innocent pagans. Coincidentally the only bad thing to be said about Diocletian was his needless and futile persecution of the Christians. Aurelian live and let live as far as religion goes.
They didn't even teach us about this absolute badass in high school. After Marcus Aurelius, I remember Diocletianus and Constantinus, but other than that, a lot was skipped.
@@akechijubeimitsuhide Aurelian militarily reunited the empire, but Diocletian is the one who implemented reforms to address the systemic issues of the empire.
@@blacktemplar7087 Gauls were already civilised. They were just didn't have any central authority and not a lot of access to important trade routes meaning they were relatively poor (that being said; their skill in metallurgy was superior to that of Rome at the time; just an example). We usually talk about "tribes" when we're talking about the Gauls (but also Germanics), meanwhile many contemporary historians refrain from using that term.
The irony is that the province of Dacia, which was the only province Rome lost to barbarians on the northeastern frontier, became the only part of the former Roman empire east of Italy that actually remained romance speaking (Wallachia/Romania)
Ironically, it being abandoned saved it. The fact it remained outside the empire turned it into a comple poor, backwater, a place where slavs didn't want to settle (as opposed to the rich roman balkans).
@@antoniudraculea4507 some theory says that Slavic influence actually helped Wallachians to keep their case inflections whereas all the rest romance languages were getting rid of them. Slavs were still settling there although not in such big numbers as in other provinces.
Being discarded by the Empire saved it from the Plague of Justinian which is the cause behing the major shift in demographics of Europe after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Eastern Empire remained highly urbanised and interconnected and was rapidly recovering from the 5th century's devastation in the Balkans, but that interconnection and urbanisation proved to be its bane since it helped spread the plague even more rapidly and increased its devastation as the densely populated urban areas proved to be breeding grounds for the plague and the well preserved Roman roads helped carry it far and wide across the Empire's holdings in a matter of days. Persia suffered from this too. Meanwhile, the Barbarian Kingdoms, Slavic tribes, Arabs, Nomads like Huns and Avars and places like Dacia were spared from this degree of devastation as they were neither as well connected nor urbanised in any meaningful form. This made the organised Empires of Rome and Persia disproportionately weakened to the enemies surrounding them, paving the way for 6th and 7th century migrations and conquests of the Lombards, the Slavs, Nomads such as the Turks and the Arabs as well as the collapse of the Persian Empire and the partial collapse of Eastern Rome. It also led up to relatively more minor events such as the disappearance of final Latin speaking strongholds in Eastern Europe such as Illyria as they got overrun by the Slavs. Of course this wasn't the only cause leading up to some of these events but it was definitely a very major factor.
The most fascinating fact here is that in 271AD he got ambushed and suffered a defeat, but was still able to reorganize after and used the reminiscent of his army to win the fight.
Aurelian needs more attention and praise more generally. Your video helps in that endeavor! Thanks for sharing and for putting this together for us. It was an excellent summary of his reign and tragic end.
Emperor that rose from humble beginnings, Vespasian and Aurelian. Great leaders always come from those humble beginnings since they know how the world works at a very young age
Why the F*CK would you murder this guy. Not only was he the "savior of the world" that you live in, but also your commanding officer. He got you threw all these battles we just heard of... wtf
Mojoe Money because he's about to murder your ass for something you didn't do. A shit faced official who was going to be accused of corruption forged up a fake document that put the blame on a bunch of high ranking officers to get them executed. The officers panicked and killed the emperor.
4:13 the battle that ended the Gallic Empire and Tetricus rule in 274 is best known as the Battle of Châlons. The Battle of Catalaunian Fields generally refers to the battle of 451 between Attila and a Roman and Wisigoth alliance. Both happened around what is today Châlons-en-Champagne in France.
i still cant tell if i like flavious aeitius or not, on the one hand he defeated the huns at the battle of catalaunian fields and saved the empire but he also tried to get rid of majorian who was arguably the last good emperor of rome
Plz don't confuse ppl. The Battle of the Cataulonian Fields was the massive Battle of Attila the Hun, Theodoric the Goth vs The Roman Empire led by Aetius and his Barbarian Auxiliaries. The Battle that Aurelian won, was the Battle of Chalons. Technically both are the Battle of the Cataulonian Fields, but due to the magnitude of the one of Attila vs Aetius, it is generally that one the one that is given the Cataulonian Fields. Cadavera Vera Inumera. Countless Amount of Bodies. Probably the bloodiest battle the Romans ever fought.
There has been a lot of places where more than one important battle was fought and those also took the name of the place. Ex: Termopilae, Ardenes, Catalaunian Planes, Paris...
That sucks aurelians sounds pretty cool Never heard of him until the dlc was announced Roman empire has the power to rule the world if it wasn't for it's people xD
Sit down and be quiet. You might learn something about one of the most interesting periods of Roman history there has been. The 'Age of Crisis' which is largely ignored and overlooked in most curriculum's.
That's true Aipe97. But otherwise there were a lot of similarities. Even religiously, Aurelian heralded the solar cult, which he thought would reinvigorate the empire. It had a lasting effect even influencing Christianity as we know it (Christmas day and Saints having Halos). Whilst Stannis championed a new religion, the lord of light.
The achievements of an emperor are not to be measured by his personal life events but by the way he run the Empire. Claudius was a very very capable administrator and a great builder and his reign corresponded to a great period of stability for the empire
Great video! Definitly very well-researched and pedagogical. My one small gripe with the narrative though is the portrayal of the barbarian world. The graphics almost seems to suggest these were unified kingdoms on the border of rome. This was not the case. No one king ruled over all visigoths (The title of King of the goths did not come into being as far as we know until Alaric claimed the title in the early 5th century). The visigoths were not even regarded as a people at this point. There was a people beyond the danube the romans labeled as goths, sure - but they had no institution of state or empire as we would understand it. The same goes for Franks and Vandals. They might have been lead by kings and nobles, some more powerful than others. But these kings were not the leaders of nations, as we see in the middle ages. A frankish king in the 3rd century was no Charlamagne.
Ive always found aurelian to be an incredible figure..for five years he ruled the empire and he went from victory to victory despite an abysmal situation. It is a pity though...gallienus was hardly lethargic yet in twenty years he could do nothing comparable to aurelian.
Great video, i love roman history and this done it justice for sure. When i first learned of Aurelians death years ago on "The history of Rome" podcast i almost cried.
To give some perspective on what Aurelian could have still done if he were not assassinated, imagine of Emperor Augustus was assassinated just after defeating the Senate, and his fellow triumvir Antony and Coeopatra. How much he would not have been able to accomplish.
Had Aurelian lived longer he would've pacified the Germanic tribes but he wouldn't expand. He would've probably installed a puppet ruler. As a child I always wondered had Rome built a mighty wall along it's borders then maybe it woul've continued to live. Aurelian would've definetly stabilised the economy. Which could help him building a giant wall along it's borders
Although I myself am Catholic, I thought BCE/CE was more accommodating to others. It is not something I have strong feelings about. One way or the other, the numbering system derives from the Christian tradition, and lettering choices are not going to change that.
"We´re going to win so much you may even get tired of winning" - Aurelian to his troops, 270 AD
And so sadly… he was right and they did.
And he could do it too.
Aurelian was known to be a very stern ruler and punished harshly corrupt and incompetent officials and soldiers. One of the bureaucrats at his court mismanaged something and then lied about it, and out of fear of being punished, he forged a document sentencing several of the high ranking officers to death. He presented it to them and they then murdered the emperor to save themselves. Shortly after that, they realized how things really were and were among the first to call for the official's head. You can probably imagine what fate he suffered. However, in the end, it did not save them and most of them were executed by Aurelian's successor Tacitus.
At this example, you can see how just one incompetent little weasle can alter the future of the entire world. Kind of worrying isn't it.
it's amazing how traitors changed the course of history at master level. xD
totalwarplayer perhaps yes But doesnt that mean if even a Weasel like him could Make such a big diffrence and alternate the Course of history, that we other humans could Do that Too? (positive Manner ofc)
We actually alter the future by every decision we make but it is hard to say how much of an impact we make. Maybe some of us have already done something presumably harmless which can, in the end, alter the future in unimaginable ways and we will never know. From a historical point of view, I find it frustrating how a seemingly minor incompetence, mistake or even bad luck can ruin everything. For example, you can be an archduke's driver who takes a wrong turn, stops right in front of his assassin and therefore fucks up the whole 20th century.
To be fair, that assassinated simply triggered a war that was inevitable. Tensions between world powers at the time were at an all-time high; WWI was bound to happen.
not if he survived his plans were amazing he wanted to aknowledge all ethnic cultures or groups living in the austrian empire giving them their own states he then wanted to create USGA(united states of greater austria) which i doubt would join germany since it would become more republican/imperialism than just monarchist and since the people would be more united the austrian army would have been stronger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Greater_Austria
thank you, unbiased history, for introducing me to this absolute legend
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@@titansjojo1445 fk yeah
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@@InFiveMinutes He is talking about Dovahhatty, dude.
Were Aurelian to see this today, that people still talk about him and remember him. And think he was a great emperor, he would have been delighted and would say that all his sacrifice was worth it. For a Roman, to be remembered through time was super important.
Sadly, few remember him today. Emperors like Nero and Caligula are more famous than he is :/
Rex Galilae They are remembered easily because both were insane, just that.
@@victuz
Still, I'd rather everyone knew about a genius than a mad emperor
General Mattis just spoke of him on C-SPAN, Yale's Jackson Institute.
May Day 5-1--20.
Here's to some good coming from corona virus.
New conglomerate bruh.
Aurelian’s reign be like: “I feel like the maid! I just cleaned up this mess, can we keep it clean for TEN MINUTES!?!”
It's kinda funny how successful emperors get killed early and the shit Emperors live longer.
Not quite.
The shitty emperors used to last very short until some rival or restorer murdered them.
Not in the third century they didn't, they died like rats.
Augustus, Trajan and Marcus Aurelius : Are we a fucking joke to you?
@@feduntu Wait, wasn't Avrelivs got assasinated??
@@peterongan9655 if you got your information from the movie Gladiator then you are wrong, he wasn't assassinated, he most likely died from the Antonine Plague which was still active at the time, seems as though he had the symptoms during his last couple of days
One of my history profs at university stated that Aurelian was arguably the most successfull emperor in Roman history, at least when it comes to military victories. This video sums it up pretty good :)
he is the greatest military commander rome ever had, he quelled with the gallic and palmyrene empire. Pacified the invading barbarian tribes in the north whilst being in a civil war.
He was a superb military commander and from looking at his reign he was an ok adminstrator at the very least. If he had reigned for a decade more there would probably be no christianity
Definitely the Julius Caeser of his time, I'm sure he was very proud of what he accomplished.
Rob Evans Agreed. Only few Romans could even ride on Caesar's coat tails and even fewer can even be put on the same pedestal as him.
If only he was given time to deal with the Goths and Vandals. It's funny how they dominated the Empire thereafter, considering that Caesar ate tribes like that for breakfast.
@@ChrisDyn1 "ate them for breakfast" might be an overstatement. Dude was on the brink of defeat many times. The reason he was never defeated is why we know of him as an unparalleled genius. Things did get heated, though. He ate Pharnacus II for breakfast, but Ambiorix and Vercingetorix were a little different
@@baxter987 To be fair, Cesar had not a very eficient subordinates to count on.
Just Labienus... Until he backstabbed him.
@@baxter987 Caesar only had a small portion of the republic's army and he was able to crush entire tribes, In the late empire the entire imperial army was struggling to defeat them, imagine if Caesar had the legions in the east as well?
My fav Emperor, underrated, only was around for 5 years, one of the best generals, Aurelian Walls, Sol Invictus Temple, sorted the barbarians, sorted the Palmyrene Empire, sorted the breakaway Gallic Empire, showed leadership and mercy by not executing the two rebels of those 2 breakaway empires, changed the grain dole to bread, added salt, pork and wine.. Born in September like myself. And finally from a common as opposed to a patrician background. Put him up there with my other fav emperors
Well, one of my favourites too. Only thing I dislike is that he wanted to attack the sassanian empire. He finally had Rome had under control... and instead of letting it enter it enter a golden age, he was going to put more strain on it. Did not matter as he died sadly died :(
nikola 1809 sassanian/parthia empire was the thorn of Rome, eliminating them would have let them dominate for many more centuries and would stop the rise of islam
Will Brown Persia was an enemy to Arabian tribes.
If not for the Persia, Arabs would conquer Rome instead which would be much more disasterous for the christian world.
And Arabs had the means to do it, by the time they reached Damascus they had 10000 troops, thats 3-4 legions worth.
By the time they reached Spain they had 200k troops, 50-80 legions worth.
Constantine the Great, my favorite
Holy Paladin What are you saying? Byzantine Empire dominated the Sassanians.
Avrelian is the greatest chad in Roman history
You also watched the video of dovahhatty?
Based
Brian Griffin yep
caesar then aurelian
Aurelian's seriously underrated. We keep skipping over to Constantine, but the man who technically extended the life of the West Empire for a century or two deserves all the credit in the world. Aurelian did everything he could and managed in 5 years what others couldn't in a lifetime.
My sincere opinion about this era:
Aurelian > Dioclecian >>> Constantine >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The rest.
Constantine killed more Romans than he ever did foreign enemies. He also led to the persecution of many innocent pagans. Coincidentally the only bad thing to be said about Diocletian was his needless and futile persecution of the Christians. Aurelian live and let live as far as religion goes.
They didn't even teach us about this absolute badass in high school. After Marcus Aurelius, I remember Diocletianus and Constantinus, but other than that, a lot was skipped.
@@akechijubeimitsuhide Aurelian militarily reunited the empire, but Diocletian is the one who implemented reforms to address the systemic issues of the empire.
@@rotciv1492 Dioclecian divide the Empire, the civil wars Star after his abdication
Another accomplishment unmentioned:
HE. PRAISED. THE. SUN.
Which continued to be the army's religion long after him.
History repeats itself, Caesar and Aurelian, both were great romans, both of them were betrayed.
nah,Aurelian was killed because of confusion.
Wouldnt compare them. Caesar enslaved Gallica for his own benefit, Aurelian kept an Empire together.
@@karthago1469 The enslavement of Gaul is what eventually civilized them into Gallo Romans.
@@blacktemplar7087 Gauls were already civilised. They were just didn't have any central authority and not a lot of access to important trade routes meaning they were relatively poor (that being said; their skill in metallurgy was superior to that of Rome at the time; just an example). We usually talk about "tribes" when we're talking about the Gauls (but also Germanics), meanwhile many contemporary historians refrain from using that term.
A man so perfect can not be allowed to live... what a shame to have the Emperor of the Sun be murdered by his own men.
The irony is that the province of Dacia, which was the only province Rome lost to barbarians on the northeastern frontier, became the only part of the former Roman empire east of Italy that actually remained romance speaking (Wallachia/Romania)
Ironically, it being abandoned saved it.
The fact it remained outside the empire turned it into a comple poor, backwater, a place where slavs didn't want to settle (as opposed to the rich roman balkans).
@@antoniudraculea4507 some theory says that Slavic influence actually helped Wallachians to keep their case inflections whereas all the rest romance languages were getting rid of them. Slavs were still settling there although not in such big numbers as in other provinces.
Being discarded by the Empire saved it from the Plague of Justinian which is the cause behing the major shift in demographics of Europe after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Eastern Empire remained highly urbanised and interconnected and was rapidly recovering from the 5th century's devastation in the Balkans, but that interconnection and urbanisation proved to be its bane since it helped spread the plague even more rapidly and increased its devastation as the densely populated urban areas proved to be breeding grounds for the plague and the well preserved Roman roads helped carry it far and wide across the Empire's holdings in a matter of days. Persia suffered from this too.
Meanwhile, the Barbarian Kingdoms, Slavic tribes, Arabs, Nomads like Huns and Avars and places like Dacia were spared from this degree of devastation as they were neither as well connected nor urbanised in any meaningful form. This made the organised Empires of Rome and Persia disproportionately weakened to the enemies surrounding them, paving the way for 6th and 7th century migrations and conquests of the Lombards, the Slavs, Nomads such as the Turks and the Arabs as well as the collapse of the Persian Empire and the partial collapse of Eastern Rome. It also led up to relatively more minor events such as the disappearance of final Latin speaking strongholds in Eastern Europe such as Illyria as they got overrun by the Slavs. Of course this wasn't the only cause leading up to some of these events but it was definitely a very major factor.
A great study on , Emperor Aurelian. Great job on one of the greatest rulers of Ancient Rome.
WOW! This guy sounds awesome! Why is he not more famous?
Lack of historical records. If the records were more detailed, he'd be seen as one of the great emperors.
The most fascinating fact here is that in 271AD he got ambushed and suffered a defeat, but was still able to reorganize after and used the reminiscent of his army to win the fight.
And saving in the process the undefended city of Rome, whose walls were practically unexistent at this point.
That Guy seems like an anime character a total badass
Thanks for teaching me, man!
Thanks, mate! Stay tuned - I've got another in the pipeline.
@@InFiveMinutes I'm happy to hear it!
Just watch Dovahhatty
Dammn you praetorians
Praetorea delenda est
Persia is just sitting back and placing bets on if Aurelian would beat them all.
*DOOM music kicks in*
Aurelian needs more attention and praise more generally. Your video helps in that endeavor! Thanks for sharing and for putting this together for us. It was an excellent summary of his reign and tragic end.
Aurelian: Make Rome Great Again!
@Horizon585 "They're rapists, they're murderers, and some, I assume, we can conscript into our Legions"
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Aurelian could've had a reign to rival even Augustus himself had that extremely foolish assassination not been carried out...
Emperor that rose from humble beginnings, Vespasian and Aurelian. Great leaders always come from those humble beginnings since they know how the world works at a very young age
Why the F*CK would you murder this guy. Not only was he the "savior of the world" that you live in, but also your commanding officer. He got you threw all these battles we just heard of... wtf
Mojoe Money because he's about to murder your ass for something you didn't do. A shit faced official who was going to be accused of corruption forged up a fake document that put the blame on a bunch of high ranking officers to get them executed. The officers panicked and killed the emperor.
Mojoe Money Because of a secretary and a false document.
4:13 the battle that ended the Gallic Empire and Tetricus rule in 274 is best known as the Battle of Châlons. The Battle of Catalaunian Fields generally refers to the battle of 451 between Attila and a Roman and Wisigoth alliance.
Both happened around what is today Châlons-en-Champagne in France.
....and Ostrogoth alliance. Theuderich was the Ostrogoth King of Italy
i still cant tell if i like flavious aeitius or not, on the one hand he defeated the huns at the battle of catalaunian fields and saved the empire but he also tried to get rid of majorian who was arguably the last good emperor of rome
Plz don't confuse ppl. The Battle of the Cataulonian Fields was the massive Battle of Attila the Hun, Theodoric the Goth vs The Roman Empire led by Aetius and his Barbarian Auxiliaries.
The Battle that Aurelian won, was the Battle of Chalons.
Technically both are the Battle of the Cataulonian Fields, but due to the magnitude of the one of Attila vs Aetius, it is generally that one the one that is given the Cataulonian Fields. Cadavera Vera Inumera. Countless Amount of Bodies. Probably the bloodiest battle the Romans ever fought.
Yeah, except I've seen the Attila battle referred to in some sources as Chalons too. Historians in general don't speak with one voice.
Theodoric was on roman side. He fought against huns
I was going to say that!
There has been a lot of places where more than one important battle was fought and those also took the name of the place.
Ex: Termopilae, Ardenes, Catalaunian Planes, Paris...
Definitely underrated as an emperor
That sucks aurelians sounds pretty cool
Never heard of him until the dlc was announced
Roman empire has the power to rule the world if it wasn't for it's people xD
no empire has the power to rule the world,u can be sure of that
Armin Cal Well if you think about it, humans rule the world currently, so the Empire of Man exist.
Armin Cal And I'm talking about sentient species of course.
If Italians weren't so Italian then they could.
The Roman empire was not The Italian empire. But the generals, it seems, were too often more interested in their own ascendancy
Aurelian was one of the most important roman emperors, and, at the same time, less known.
Who else is here after seeing dovahatty’s video on the third century crisis?
One of the best history videos on YT. Enough said.
Imagine if Aurelian was never assassinated. What a boon that would be
This is a great video. It deserves more recognition. Thank you, good sir!
Imagine getting the title of Restorer of the World that has to be one of the coolest things to get.
Aurelian, the Stannis Baratheon of the ancient world.
Fuck off with your Game of Thrones crap.
Sit down and be quiet. You might learn something about one of the most interesting periods of Roman history there has been. The 'Age of Crisis' which is largely ignored and overlooked in most curriculum's.
you must be fun at parties
Except that Aurelian had a lot more success that Stannis
That's true Aipe97. But otherwise there were a lot of similarities. Even religiously, Aurelian heralded the solar cult, which he thought would reinvigorate the empire. It had a lasting effect even influencing Christianity as we know it (Christmas day and Saints having Halos). Whilst Stannis championed a new religion, the lord of light.
Aurelianus is one of my favorite...if he only lived longer.
Nice map graphics! Thanks for this. The new Total War: Rome II DLC will cover Aurelian.
yup, that's the reason i watched this video as i didn't know much about the crisis
Same here. Now I'm pumped for the new expansion.
Omry Maor Same
one of the best channels on youtube, i love history, please make more on the eastern roman empire
Now thats how you get shit done. I cant even clean my room.
“Aurelian was the only emperor to by luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan!”
Dude you should keep doing videos, your really good at it.
Thanks, pal! Just uploaded a new one. I hope you enjoy it.
One of the best concise RUclips videos out there.
Top 5 Emperors
1. Trajan
2. Aurelian
3. Caesar Augustus
4. Claudius
5. Marcus Aurelius
No Constantine?
Daniel Bratu How?
I would add Constantine the Great !
Not in top 5
The achievements of an emperor are not to be measured by his personal life events but by the way he run the Empire. Claudius was a very very capable administrator and a great builder and his reign corresponded to a great period of stability for the empire
So helpful. I came like a large portion of the recent veiwers due to empire divided total war, and this was perfect.
Thanks for the encouragement!
I fucking love Aurelian and Diocletian. Aurelian died way too soon. Breaks my heart.
Maybe you'll see a video on the latter soon 😉
Diocletian destroyed Rome's economy and society. It was like a communist regime, suscesfull in keeping order but disastrous in the long run.
this video is informative and efficient, i hope you continue this series in the future about a lot of topics!! Good luck.
The encouragement is much appreciated. I have a new video up, and I hope you enjoy it.
Please do more, this is just incredible
Thanks for the encouragement! I just uploaded a new one and intend to do more.
Excellent video. Very well explained.
Thanks! I just added a new one if you're interested.
i sense an UNDERATED CHANNEL! GREAT VIDEO
Thanks man!
I watched this because of the new total war rome 2 dlc to have some common knowlage of the era, thanks :)
If you could make this into a series, I would watch the shit out of it. Each battle of Aurelius deserves a 15 minute video as far as I'm concerned.
9th September today.
Happy birthday, Aurelian. *
Thank you!
This video was great! Keep up the great work! You showld do one on Trajan!
Thanks for the encouragement! I actually just added a new video. I hope you enjoy it.
The best Roman emperor
The entire Roman empire: civil war and barbarian incursions.
The Sassanid empire: Nah. We're good here.
hahaha painfully true
They were having their own problems
@@TonyFontaine1988 As a matter of fact they did. Shahanshāh Bahram I was busy persecuting Manichaeists.
Hanibal
I hope this channel becomes revived sometime in the near future. There is an audience for this simplistic type of content.
I am back, my friend! New video posted today!
not "simplistic" but simplified that is clarified without inutile or confusing details !
@@ezzovonachalm7038 Yes sir
Great man!
Nice video!
Keep it up dude this is great!!
Thanks, man! I actually just uploaded a new video. I hope you enjoy it.
this channel lasted ony five mins sadly. i want more
Thank you! I had no idea people would enjoy the video as much as they did. It looks like I'll have to make more.
New video up! I hope you enjoy it.
GJ dude. Do this more often please
I plan to now that I'm trapped at home again like everyone else! Thanks!
Nice video, wish you'd make more!
I would love it if you'd make more videos like this!
Keep doing it bro,subcribed
Thanks man. I have a new video up because of encouragement like this.
Great video! Definitly very well-researched and pedagogical. My one small gripe with the narrative though is the portrayal of the barbarian world. The graphics almost seems to suggest these were unified kingdoms on the border of rome. This was not the case. No one king ruled over all visigoths (The title of King of the goths did not come into being as far as we know until Alaric claimed the title in the early 5th century). The visigoths were not even regarded as a people at this point. There was a people beyond the danube the romans labeled as goths, sure - but they had no institution of state or empire as we would understand it. The same goes for Franks and Vandals. They might have been lead by kings and nobles, some more powerful than others. But these kings were not the leaders of nations, as we see in the middle ages. A frankish king in the 3rd century was no Charlamagne.
PRAISE THE SUN!
awesome video
Excellent
It is good to know Aurelian stay in Bithynia for a while bcs i am from Bithynia
Ive always found aurelian to be an incredible figure..for five years he ruled the empire and he went from victory to victory despite an abysmal situation. It is a pity though...gallienus was hardly lethargic yet in twenty years he could do nothing comparable to aurelian.
Is it really ostentatious when he reconquered half of Rome? The dude's a legend.
How does he do it? Madman!
Damn I wish you would upload again
Ask and ye shall receive!
Five years in five minutes
Hollywood should make a movie about Emperor Aurelian.
Good idead, although they would cast black dude
Clear and concise information
Imagine if Aurelian ruled for more than 5 years
Aurelian was pretty badass. But the location of Palmyra on the map isn't right. The city is further south.
Great video... But no music
You deserve more subscribers
Thanks! :-)
Great video, i love roman history and this done it justice for sure. When i first learned of Aurelians death years ago on "The history of Rome" podcast i almost cried.
Great video love to see more
This is the only video on the channel I wonder why?
AMAZING VIDEO!!!!!
The brightest candles always burn quickest
Are you going to make more vids? I like these informative channels
New video uploaded! Thanks for the encouragement.
@@InFiveMinutes thanks for the heads up
@@user-uq8nl7mt6r Sorry it took so long.
@@InFiveMinutes dont worry about it, you dont owe me anything
Aurelian is a true hero of Rome!!
So this is where Aurelion Sol comes from. Nice video btw
Thanks!
yes! this was great! why stop?
Thanks for the encouragement! I just uploaded a new vid because of all the positive feedback I got here.
The OG Sunbro
Aurelian was of illyrian origin. I'm so proud of being illyrian descendant and I'm so proud of Aurelian.
The only illyrians left are some dudes in istria lmao I doubt your Illyrian.
To give some perspective on what Aurelian could have still done if he were not assassinated, imagine of Emperor Augustus was assassinated just after defeating the Senate, and his fellow triumvir Antony and Coeopatra. How much he would not have been able to accomplish.
You did the Restitutor Orbis Invictus well.
how did u get those maps? u create them by yourself? if yes, how?
Sol only knows what would've happened had he not been assassinated, potentially even another Golden Age.
Had Aurelian lived longer he would've pacified the Germanic tribes but he wouldn't expand. He would've probably installed a puppet ruler. As a child I always wondered had Rome built a mighty wall along it's borders then maybe it woul've continued to live. Aurelian would've definetly stabilised the economy. Which could help him building a giant wall along it's borders
Why are you using BCE/CE instead of BC/AD?
Although I myself am Catholic, I thought BCE/CE was more accommodating to others. It is not something I have strong feelings about. One way or the other, the numbering system derives from the Christian tradition, and lettering choices are not going to change that.