The Greatest General in History? Alexander the Great (All Parts)
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2017
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Epic History TV's complete four-part history of Alexander the Great in one video. Follow the incredible story of the Macedonian king as he embarks on the total conquest of the ancient world's greatest superpower, the Persian Empire. With dramatic victories at the Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, Alexander defeats Darius III and claims the throne of Persia. But his campaign to subdue the empire's easternmost provinces and reach the edge of the known world will take him into modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and the frontier of India, where he meets the Indian king Porus in battle at the Hydaspes. This is the complete overview of Alexander's conquests, a 10 year period of immense drama and historical significance, as the young Macedonian king's breathtaking achievements ushered in a new era in European and Middle Eastern history - the Hellenistic Age.
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A high school teacher said to his class ,by the time Alexander the great was a few years older than you he had conquered the known world, a student then said ,but he had Aristotle as a teacher, we only have you .
Boom
Damn what a killer answer
I kind of wondered how the whole class didn't burn from that intense roasting
Aristotle had Alexander the 3rd of Makedon as his student
😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😄
Oooooooo hurtinn
It's amazing to think that Alexander The Great started conquering the world at the same age kids are graduating highschool and making cringey tiktoks.
So true
That's because he was educated by Aristotle, not the public school system...
why do you think the globalists are scared of men they want them beta. they wouldn't want another 1776 or alexander the great thats for sure
@@barrett2724 I wouldn't generalize; but someone has to inspire them and it takes a lot of wisdom and love.
Kids were men back then the life expectancy forced them to mature faster. It is no fault of us younger generation that we are not forced to raid nor pillage.
This narrator was born to narrate. Perfect pitch of voice. The serious and heavy inflection of words 🤌🏻
Someone once told me that humans can reach immortality by living in the memory’s of their glory. To think that we have Alexanders name and his accomplishments more than 2,000+ years after his death makes truly proves that he reached immortality
The dude went for it, his flame burned bright. Fair play to him, nothing ventured nothing gained
This man will not die as long as humanity exists
@@Deri_Seh will see
Yes only this remain .
@@Deri_Seh there were Alexanders before Alexander that are long forgotten. Everything turns to dust eventually no matter how great.
Alexander at 20 : Conquering empires
Me at 18 : *Closing the fridge door slowly to see the light turn off*
🤣
Jesus what a weak willed sissy
you know what? alexander never achieve what you did
You still have two years man! Get to work!
Lance Johnson Jesus what a bitch ass n*gga.
The fact that Alexander the Great's name is remembered even 2000+ years after his death is mindblowing...
Yupe but nor subotai
The Greek Empire was one of the four prophesied by Daniel in chapter 2 of his book in the Bible. They were; Babylon, followed by the Persians & the Medes, Greece and finally Rome.
@@sansarsah2966 and Jebe, Genghis dogs of war
Bradly Martin The Bible includes the Old Testament... Much of which was written long before Alexander was around. If you’re going to be a smartass, the first step is to actually be smart. Otherwise, you’re just an ass.
Good day.
@Bradly Martin because they are brainwashed in schools , they actually think they are decendants of antient Greeks . In reality , Greece exist 200 years .
I’m from Samarkand, where Alexander the Great conquered and ruled.
We really respect him, even they say my grandma’s ancestors are his blood.
That's insane, the distances covered,there are still people in Afghanistan derived from Greeks
I am part Greek.@@howwwwwyyyyy
@@napoleonbonaparte1429 cool
Alexander conquered it but that was not much of importance
I cannot tell you HOW MUCH I enjoyed this. I loved Alexander The Great for a long time, and THIS AMAZING WORK howed me just that! Amazing way to spend an hour!
Can you I imagine that conversation:
"Where is my husband?"
"He died in battle."
"Where is his body?"
"We used it to build a bridge."
I love this
😂😂😂😂
Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
sounds like a monty python skit lmao
@@Universal.. cry in your corner slav. Macedonia is Greek
Achilles: Imagine a king who fights his own battles, wouldn’t that be a sight.
Alexander: Hold my crown
Bryce Laya “hold my crown” lmao
@Bryce Laya
...and Leonidas too.
Hold my diadem.
Afghanistan: hold my hash
Hmm
Crazy how i had little to no interest in this back in school but now im obsessed.
Great video!
When Alexander the Great died, the mother of Darius burst to intense cries and committed suicide.
People dont understand how important this man was and the huge effect he had on people.
Also many parts of his personality are only now coming to scientific attention, such as the fact that he set alot of democratic laws for the governance of cities.
Of course, the macedonians harbored a lot of animosity towards the perisans, she would have been treated very badly, if not outright killed
Democratic !?no bro😂
What a pile of B.S.
He banged darius’ mother 😢
Who taught you that. Your teacher or mother.... Self schooled
Learning about Alexander in college gave me a midlife crisis. This man was conquering the world at the same age where I’m in a battle to not eat too many ramen packets in one day
:))))))))))))
He makes most of us feel bad but some people are destined for great things. That Gordian knot thing really makes it seem like this was his unique destiny. I bet most other 20-year-olds in his day were studying like us. But most of us were never meant to be like alexander.
Same
Completely different world back then, you could consider the west today a dystopian hell in certain ways.
I read Caesar cried when he seen his statue at 41. Alexander conquered the world by 25. He defeated probably the largest army at Guagamela and conquered old Tyre
"His failures towered over the successes of other men" - Ptolemy
God damn
Varun i can’t agree with Ptolemy, Alexander fell prey to the same failure as many men. He just didn’t know when to stop and smell the flowers. He had his war but did not recognize when it was time for peace. Of course hindsight is 20/20 eh
Varun: An excellent quote, Varun. It's hard to identify a failure in Alexander's life. In a military sense, he didn't have one - he won every battle that he fought in.
@@daveroberts2296 ﹰI feel bad that he never lived to see his son.
That's from a movie, not from a historical figure. Ptolemy's memoirs are sadly lost, but Arrian, the chief ancient source for the Alexander story probably had access to the work. Try *Plutarch's The Age of Alexander, or Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander- Oliver Stone is not an authority on anything, except inaccurate historical film making.
The great leader & empire who ever lived on the face of the earth. A Visionary who was able to achieve and see things beyond any average king. A true ideal to be followed and will be remembered for his courage, ferocity, resilience and enigmatic personality. May god bless his soul 🙌
Alexander truly deserves to be remember as The Great.
Still just a pagan...not The Savior+
I literally won’t leave the house without a Macedonian phalanx
😂😂
😭
Right. The best 🤣😂Got my flanks covered.
I'll bring some post-reform Legions with enough artillery to bust them phalanx wide open :D
😂😂
Imagine having a teacher like Aristotle, at his time probably considered a just a popular philosopher among many others, now one of the most important thinkers in our history.
mashallah
Alexander can thank Aristotle for teaching him the Greek language and writing ...
He can thank Aristotle for having educated him to think like a Greek.
Here is what Pultarchus tells us on this subject (Life of Alexander, 51):
- "And whereas all the others
surrounded him and begged him, Alexander jumped, called with great cries in Macedonian... "
(The Greek was distinguished by his language which alone constituted his greekship and his "nationality": was Greek that which spoke the Greek language! )
Alexander adopted the Greek culture...
@@Universal.. Nice try but it's not exactly the accurate historical and archaeological picture we have about ancient Macedonians, Epirots and other Greek tribes. Also your attempt to connect Illyrians with modern Albanians is ''at will'' since we don't have a single author, either Greek or Roman connecting those two in their works: Illyrians-Albanians. Therefore your motives are already suspicious. Unless, you better tell the people here how in hell you connect these, and why since there is zero literature material and zero evidence you make a case. Seriously? You should know also, if you had studied thoroughly the sources, that many ancient Greeks described as ''barbarians'' by certain Greek authors just because they lost all the criteria that characterized someone as Hellene in those days. In other words, they have been Greeks by blood but considered as ''barbarians''.
Lastly there are tons of sources, which you avoid to post for your own reasons that debunk your ''conclusions'' and what you assume about certain topics (maybe you want to manipulate the viewers to a certain ''virtual'' historical truth) but have no relation with actual historiography.
@@Universal.. Well, after all the comments I have to admit it is very difficult to decide what is more absurd... The fyromians' pathetic attempts to create fake "history" and identity with fake maps, statues, costumes and flags or seeing a bunch of slavo-bulgaro-skopjianovskis and albanians trying with rather desperate "arguments" and childish tantrums to show who is more of a fake leftover from Tito's former Yugoslavia...
Rather One of those we didn't lost the work troughout the age
This is by far the best video I have ever seen on RUclips. You have made a life long fan and thank you for what you all are doing!
Thanks! Incredible story telling, great visuals, just brilliant
Once again, a passionate person, with cheap software and a microphone, beats the pants of the History Channel and Discovery combined.
AND RELEASES IT FOR FREE. Thank you.
This totally beats those documentaries that are half "acting" and half historical commentary that History channel puts out.
Pretty sure this guy narrated that TV show that put four people on a team to reinact famous battles using Rome:Total War.
@@Peadeymclovin those are TERRIBLE! Great idea but poor execution. Needs real actors.
@Romeo Tango I run a talent agency here in Japan. One day I will run a RUclips agency that proactively scoops up guys like this and then reach out to History Channel/Discovery/Game of Thrones/Marvel/Product companies etc and get them gigs. The talent out there is amazing. Did you see the guy who using a free trail software remade de-aging scenes of the “Irishman” that BLEW AWAY the “professional” ones? Insane.
@@Ravencos was that a game show sort of deal? Time commanders or something?
”In a place where life is worse than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.”
- Alexander the Great
it is not who wrote ... actually Thomas Browne who wrote this
Shit qoute
Above quote probably written by Chat GPT
Wow!!
😂😂😂
Imagine that much success and power at such a young age. We can hardly blame Alexander for starting to believe he was divine or a god.
That's why the Bible prophesied him in the book of Daniel 11
Lol fr 😂
@@eduardodias983I thought it was Zachariah
@@eduardodias983the bible didnt exist in Alexander’s times bro
Yeah, that delusion is really not that hard when you have a crazy mom.
This man reached immortality while dying so young. He will live as long as the humanity will exist
I think people forget how they must have suffered 8 years of marching,fighting and being outnumbered all the time the Greeks were truly a force to be reckoned with...
Remember, work smarter, not harder.
Alexander figured out how strong his people were, and used them smartly :D. They were so OP
@@aidenornelas6808 yeah true but still love Byzantine empire more they were real Chad's of Greece fought like 5 nations and still kept going
@@THK021 sad to see Istanbul isnt Constantinople
@@fatboibrian9047 it's okay.. One day in an epic battle, we will take it back one way or another. Even if it means a lot of casualties
@@fatboibrian9047 yeah when was the it was like 1200 right i have so much hate for turks haha dont care if its wrong
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
- Alexander the Great
exactly what he did
Immortal
@@huzi936 ye but Alexander's conquest was just revenge for the previous Persian invasions of greece.
War is war, the Persians had the choice to surrender but didn't so you can't fault Alexander
@@chezburger1781
What is it
"for Greece"
my dear ?
Was it yesterday ?
It was European Kingdom's Makedon glory , not Greek glory !
Only when film industry began , Alexander was shouting in the films
"We The Greeks" .
Ha ha ha
It is good stipulated in history what the colonies made by bitter people lately called Greeks .Colonies of pirates and smuglers who invided Mediteranian !
The name "Greeks"is synonym during the time of Roman colonialism not from the Era of Alexander the Great .
And today that Greeks is your nick name retrogradly put on for explanation that you are something not European .
And how it accured
Greek haplogroup is not European .
Nobody in Europe have it .
@huzi936 Well. I think it's pretty stupid to send Ukraine over 500 billion US TAXPAYER dollars. Yes. War sucks, especially when the middle class are paying for it.
Sadly this video didnt express the sheer extent alexanders mom played in securing his position at home it was her who had everyone killed and her who kept everyone in line through his campaign his mom was actually crucial to his success
In his own words "she asks a high price for 9 months in the womb"
سلام دوست من تمام این به ظاهر مستندتان واقعیت ندارد اسکندری که ایران رافتح کرد اهل خود ایران و از نژاد ماد بود اسکندر مقدونی هیچوقت یه ایران وارد نشد چون اگر امده بود اثری مانند مجسمه کتیبه معبد و... از بو باید موجود بود لا اقل یک مورد
@@MehranAmjadiare you trying to say Alexander was Persian and not Macedonian??
As a Greek man I want to thank you all for your nice comments for our Greek symbol.Although our gorvenors and almost all western leaders are fighting to vanish us we are still here and we are trying to survive.The big property that take from our Grandfather Alexander was not gold or glory but some tiny piece of his spirit and that is the reason of the hate against us.
🇮🇳❤️🇬🇷
Man...the distance Alexander and his Army traveled is unbelievable
Truly. Getting back was the really hard part and many men died along the way.
Just the logistics alone during that time period is impressive as hell.
@@dwzenix7954 1500 years later which puts it in a different perspective
@@dwzenix7954 The difference is that not everything conquered by the Mongol Empire was the work of one man. Alexander's Empire was conquered by him alone, many generals and sons and grandsons of Genghis Khan completed the conquest of the Mongol Empire.
Also Alexander did it much earlier, in a less connected world, with less information and less military technology and mobility.
*Fake european history*
Alexander deafeted against Porus. that's why he never come to north india
Porus was the Legend 🔱🇮🇳🇦🇫
My favorite conqueror of all time!!!!!! One of my favorite people all time.
Without a doubt the greatest military campaign led by a single leader in history, but the ending to the video gave me goosebumps about how the old era will eventually be overshadowed by the curtains of a new era.
He did most of this while in his early 20’s. It’s honestly unreal.
In my early 20s, the most impressive thing I was doing was getting out of bed to go to lectures. And even then, sometimes I didn't manage it.
He had a headstart though, he did not need to train his army from scratch. His father did.
Jayson Tatum become an NBA star in his early 20's. It's honestly unreal.
He was trained by Aristotle for 7 years before ascending the throne.
His dad built an army and united a kingdom, much as I love Alexander any ambitious half decent marshal king could have matched his conquests in the situation. His real greatness was the Hellenising an blending of the conquered
Can we all take a few seconds to stop and appreciate the free documentaries he is creating for us 🙌
👏
nothing is free on earth, not even air you breathe ( depends on specific circumstances). guess what you give up to watch these '' free '' documentaries. think deep.. you give something..... INVALUABLE TO YOU.. you would be crying if you would realize what you give....
It's not free!you pay for internet.nothings free.
@@matsmith5800 stop crying
@@matsmith5800 It is because the channel gets no revenue from the internet we pay for.
THANK YOU!!!! For whatever reason, as soon as I saw it was published (Osprey) I knew it would be a great video. Rarely does corporate intervention help, and I'll always praise them when it does. Great job making this video, Epic History TV. Subbed. sounds like an ad but whatever. It's extremely important to document history properly imo
I can’t get enough of this. It was done so well! Amazing!
I’m 75 and none of this wonderful history was taught to me, so enjoying finally learning 😊
I'm 115 and im enjoying too!
@@tanvirbinlokman8576 If your 115 I'm the Pope
@@wesleypepple7525 Hahaha.
@@reliablecarmoving4748LMFAO
@@reliablecarmoving4748 ohhh tell me more
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try”
- Alexander the Great 🦁
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@@deantsar6246 🇲🇰
@@fanelskejovic77 Alexander is a Greek name
@@Psolaras22 I know that, but there have always been discussions about whether he was Greek or Macedonian......
@@fanelskejovic77 Macedonians were a greek tribe. They were Dorians as well as Spartans; Korinthians etc. They were descendants of Heracles. The royal family came fron Argos of Peloponnese; descendants of king Timenos of Argos and their dynasty was called Timenides. In Old Testament 200-300 years before Alexander was born; he was prophesized as the first king of Greece. Indead till him; Greek tribes were divided and some of them had kings( for examble Macedonians; Ipirotans; Spartans etc or tyrrans as Corinthian or democraty as Athenians...). He was the first who united all greeks and after him greeks had several kings. Everywhere in Old and New testament are referred as greeks! You should be proud of your history as slavs and not want to steal others history!
Fantastic video ....Alexander at the age of nineteen he became the Macedon King and swore to free of all Asia minor...infact he became a LEGEND amongst mortal men. In the Aegeon sea in 334 b.C. he utterly beat the armies of Persia. Egypt fell to the Macedonian King as well and he founded the city called Alexandria By the Tigris river he met king Darius again and he crusched him again in the very famous battle of Arbela. He died of fever in Babylon.
This was extensive and well done as a documentary goes. I really enjoyed this. Awesome content. Lots of educational information. I love it.
This actors voice is wonderful!!
Its Antony Hopkins..
@@takemethereoiii3833 xD
@@takemethereoiii3833 mixed with Liam neeson
Sounds like David Wenham from 300
He Is a legend to tell storys jahahaha
The most depressing part isn't that he died, but that his empire died with him.
So sad.
He was a fool in that way, a bit crazy too... Probably got slow poisoned.
@@rishi7629 True. He should have called it a day after Darius and Bessus was assassinated and set about ruling his empire it may have not have disintegrated after his death as it did and his wife Roxanne and son Alexander murdered . He span way too many plates
No when he died so did the empire.
That's cause he was the empire.
@@giorgiturmanidze108 that's pretty accurate.
Thank you for this amazing masterpiece of enormous amount of work and information!!!
Absolutely stunning work I thank your team everyday for keep high quality content free for future generations to see.
I'm stunned by the production quality of this piece. I was looking for a documentary on Alexander last weekend and I wasn't expecting that kind of quality content form a guy making documentaries on RUclips. I'm a serious history buff and have around 3000 documentaries in my collection. This really is Mainstream Cable Channel TV quality level. At 6:03 the explanation of his Army, wow, the combination of music, information and visuals still gives me goosebumps. Strongly considering becoming a Patron. Your passion for History is shining. Congrats man!
Thanks Olivier! Well, I did used to make history documentaries for History Channel and others, but RUclips gives me the freedom to pick topics that interest me and get a bit more nerdy about them. Your support much appreciated.
Olivier Savard
this video is outstanding really a large sum of historic alexanders empire
Better than TV productions. Congratulations to your masterpiece and thank you!
OLIVER: as "history buff" myself and professional tour-guide in Greece (born in Pella !), i think the description is "simplyfied", not mentioned: the North Balcan campain, the Illyrian revolt (Kleitow & Gafkias), the Heroneia battle, the siege of Thives..siege of Tyre, .the Sognian rock, the Aornos Petra ...etc. My mom was from the Municipality "Alexander the Great (Aspro, PELLA). I am specialized in ancient warffare & battlefields in Greece (tourtripgreece.gr ). Well done anyway...
@@athanasiosbairlis5563 Hellenism and Ancient Greece is a MYTH, here is a REAL ancient Athenian: solarey.net/bust-ethiopian-king-memnon/
Enjoy the MYTH so called Greeks, fake nation and fake country created by the west (Germany/Britain) who invented the MYTH of the so called ancient greece.
As an iranian , We truly love the history of persia , the Persian empire under Cyrus and Darius Rule was remarkable, but to think of someone who could beat that kind of army and conquer that much lands in just 8 to 12 years it's just incredible!!
منم هیچوقت فکر نمیکردم یه روز این همه ارادت و احترام به اسکندر پیدا کنم.
@@amirasadi7926 n CT
@@amirasadi7926 this is why he is called great. Even his enemies can love him.
@@lookoutforchris Amin speaks truth
@@amirasadi7926
It is a myth transformed into real history .
Because of long term struggling of
European to get rid of attacks from Assyrians !
Thank you epic history for presenting me like this ❤
This was fantastic!!!! I was just going watch a little, but couldn't look away. Excellent job! 👏👏👏
" His failures towered over the successes of other men "
Aptly said and this is why...
Alexander's age when he defeated the mightiest empire at that time....He was 25....
Julius Caesar wept when he saw Alexander's statue in Spain at the age of 32 ....The same age when Alexander had the world at his feet....
Because of the tremendous successes Alexander achieved at such a young age, his failures also towered over the successes of other men....
⚠️ Albanian unsupported propaganda alert ⚠️
@@Universal.. if it’s not Albanian propaganda why do you keep putting the Albanian flag after every few sentences
He
Didn't even
Have the full extent. Of
Archemid
Empire
Under him
Loool
@@Universal.. bullshits
Pretty sure
No king lived over 80 years
Max life was low at that time
This narrator can narrate and explain like he was there.
yes he loves all that violence now its at a safe distance
Plot twist : he's from 400 bc
u are right bro
He is the only remaining veteran soldiers who campaigned in Alexader's army. From the coast of the Aegean to the Mountians of Kush.
He was cursed in the ancient city of Babylon to never die and wander the Earth.
To speak of all that he saw and experienced.
yes he was thre
It is truly remarkable what Family+Training can create. The life of Alexander was shaped by Philip B, his father. He is considered the first man ever dreamt of the term WEST as an opposing unified space vs the EAST (then Persian Empire). He made a superweapon of his era, the Macedonian Phalanx and made sure his son and the children of his nobles to be educated by Aristotelis. Alexander was grown having Iliade book as his loved one. Achiles was his Hero. And Achilles as we know, was the guy who had to decide, either to live in wealth, kingdom and relaxed life, or go to fight for Glory and principles and ideals and make his name eternal, though he was told that in that case he would die in Troy (by his goddess mother). These ideas and education fed Alexander a character that later evolved to the guy who established politically the WEST and made the Athenian culture the basis of its mindset. From India, to Egypt and Rome (these days small town), nothing would be same again. Rome later took over the same area and built on it. Great men also followed. But....Ceasar did great things and eventually came home, Konstantine, Augustus, All great men did great things and eventually came home. Alexander NEVER went home. When he left Pella, he never intended to come back. He was 100% devoted on his plan to make his father dream come true. There is a reason that WEST is what it is today. It was based on the life and dedication and sacrifice of many people. But if we trace back on WHO was the first who set the basic of all, it was Philip B and later his son. And we may not have found the grave of Alexander yet, but we HAVE the grave of Philip. And his armor. To visit it and stand next to the things that the man who dreamed and made WEST itself wore, is just life changing. The guy who in the forests of Ancient Macedonia, made the macedonian phalanx, unified the Greeks and went after the superpower of the time to say: We arent west of you. You are the WEST.
What a video!! Thank you so much ♥️
I use to hate history in school because it was so boring, now I can't get enough of it.
Right, I had one excellent history teacher in 5 grade afterward it seemed like the history became a study in pottery, and textiles.
Great 4 you fr fr. I ALWAYS loved history...period.
That’s because in school (at least in mine) they rarely talked about ancient politics and warfare. It was mostly about their development and harvest and crap like that
@@luischavez4937 for real! And they made it seem so boring when they did talk about history. Made me sleep often in that class. 🤣
@@TheDarkRaven The text book was interesting to read mostly....I had read the entire book half way through the school year....the teachers were boring ...
how in the hell do you build and/or maintain all these new cities, feed your army, get new soldiers, travel such vast distances, and conquer so much in such a small time frame. its simply mind blowing.
all thanks to extremely well planned logistics. without veteran supply lines. he couldnt do all of this
Blotted Exactly my thoughts.
Determination and dicipline
that is where Aristotle tutorship came in
destroy your enemy, burn everything to the ground then rape the women so they bear your children.
Quite actually the most interesting person in history and arguably top 3 most impactful.
The creativity in your videos is refreshing! I love the unique approach you take to this video
I'm in awe of the sheer production quality of this documentary. This is honestly one of the most amazing documentaries I've watched.
This is literally story mode of Rome Total War 2
@@Milk745 lol i was gonna say the same thing. 😂
And the video doesn't even have realism.mods yet.
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It's awesome
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"He didn't want half the empire, he wanted it ALL!"
He took it too I kinda wish he Invaded india too
"But Alexander didn't want half the Empire, he was coming to take it all!"
And I believe that's what's killed him.
@@dariuszzurek3074 yeah, either that or most likely assassination. His ego and adoption of Persian customs is probably what sealed his fate.
@@johns9556 assassination definitely. He was trying to satisfy too many people at once.
This flew by, it seemed like 20 minutes, I subscribed
Thank you so much for sharing such a great video, I love the history and learned a lot.
“The Greek army was outnumbered as much as 2 to 1”
Ah shit he we go again.
They were illyrians...
@@ilir6746 what is illyrians?
@@tandao6900 Barbarians who lived in Dalmatia and Albania. Phillip conquered them . I am Greek and live in Macedonia. Here are Pella , Amphipolis, Aeges, Vergina, Dion etc. All these ancients Greek cities have nothing to do with slavs albanians etc
@@tandao6900 They are the descenants of the pelasgians and predecessors of albanians and other peoples in the balkans bat the albanians still speak theyr language.i'm not the one to sei it
@@tandao6900 in greece they still speak albanian bat they do not admit it especially the young.
Fun fact about Alexander's conquest of Tyre that doesn't get mentioned very often is that Tyre was an island city several hundred meters from the coast. When Alexander built his famous causeway during the siege, that causeway ended up becoming a peninsula that reconnected the island to the mainland that can be seen to this day. Alexander literally changed geography by taking that city.
The same he/the Macedonians did in Alexandria that he had set up in Egypt.
Man that is crazy, I just checked google map to see how it looks today and you are right. It looks like a tiny peninsula.
The causeway is mentioned in this vid.
Aren't you the guy from RCH's podcasts?
Legendary shit
Amazing documentary!! loved it such nice music at times too.
The greatest general of all seasons!
"Nice island city you got there, would be a shame is someone built a a giant road up to it."
-Alexander the Great
@RAJU PEDDADA THIS. See the siege of massada (Israel) by the 10th legion
RAJU PEDDADA and they were the ones to popularise the name Alexander the Great
RAJU PEDDADA yeah, they idolized him. Personally he is a great motivation for us. 😄 Good day bro
He is muslim
@@kenmasters797 and u are stupid!!
What makes him so great to me was the fact he fought alongside his men in battle. He is a TRUE leader. A REAL leader fights WITH their people in the wars THEY fought.
Source??
@@lampad4549 Every historical record related to Alexander the Great
@@lampad4549 Did you not watch the video? Alexander not only fought in all of his battles, he fought in the VANGUARD, throwing himself into the elite troops of the enemy time and time again. It's a miracle he didn't die in those battles and it speaks of his incredible bravery and skill, not only as a commander but as a warrior.
No great conqueror in all of history has ever been alike.
He sold an entire city into slavery. He wasn't a good guy
In these days all armies were led by thier kings or queens Not like now sit at a desk tell their army how they are the most n exceptional inhe world itteratted by Hitler then every us president todate us citizens do not tell their children Truth hurts to fir the last 10 yrs usa orNATO entered China or Russia air space like easy targets Like all cowards North Atlantic terrorist organisation NATO Gaza Yugoslavia Libya none had nukes Iran still undefeated
This is the kind of video you have to watch/listen to intently because there no useless pieces of knowledge, I hope my premium membership rewards this channel as it deserves 🙏
i feel disheartened to see that this channel is not the most viewed channel on youtube ever. Not anyone can put in so much hardwork in a video as this one guy does. This channel deserves so much more
I would be so scared if I watched someone building a bridge for 7 months just to come kill me.
haha you got a point sir
Honestly 😂
This is the funniest comment ... I can't stop laughing .
Alexander goes back after defeating in india. True history u can watch in the movie also
No one said sociopathy didn't have it's advantages😅
This one hour series taught me more about the life of Alexander the great then my entire school in six years
@@macedonianetymology4069 There is no “Macedonian” language , there is only Bulgarian language with different dialects ! You are Bulgarian in denial
@@macedonianetymology4069 The ethnic Macedonians were considered Bulgarians by most ethnographers until the early 20th century and beyond with a big portion of them evidently self-identifying as such.The majority of the Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia and part of the Torlak speakers in Serbia have also had a history of identifying as Bulgarians and being members of the Bulgarian Exarchate, The greater part of these people were also considered Bulgarians by most ethnographers until the early 20th century and beyond.
That’s because it’s a documentary on Alexander the Great.
Video is effective. Schools should use more videos and more projects (do it yourself stuff), so to have a mix of stuff.
@@macedonianetymology4069 Hebrew name?.... Man, go to school.
Came across and watched many historical documentary but this channel is one of the best and my favourite.
Such great video, watch all 53 mins. Thank you for the video ! 🙌
I remember my deployment to Afghanistan in Qalat Province, outside an old compound was a castle built by Alexander and it still stands strong and undamaged 2000 years later, what a beautiful and humbling sight!
On my deployment in AFG we walked these janky stone roads and I didn’t know shit about history. Later on I learned from my medic that they were the roads Alexander built. Like what??? And they’re still there. 2000 years later.
@@zazzyboy8592 and yall didnt feel bad for destroying this ancient culture to protect business interests?
@@younique90Yeh the Taliban were doing a great job, taking care of those historical sites.
Remember that giant buddha statue they blew up?
@Sinister 1 my point still stands.
@@younique90 culture hasn't been destroyed at all. in fact it's Islamists that have destroyed everything. there were many Budhist sites in the middle-east, all defaced and destroyed now. disgraceful.
Alexander is a motivation to anyone who wants to excel in what he/she has passion for.
he is the motivation for becoming hitler nothing more nothing less and please stop taking that idotic, god complex , narcist as an example
more like alex the butcher
Maćedoniæ (Ma-će-do-ni-æ) Маќедонија (Ма-ќе-до-ни-ја) = Мајка-ќе-донеси-ни-јавето = Mother-will-bring-us-reality(god).
@@kings5274 the Persian Empire at that time were cruel.
@@macedonianetymology4069
Why are you using Cyrillic alphabet, that was invented centuries after the Macedonian empire for the Slavic people, to explain the etymology of the word Macedonia (where your etymology is far fetched at best)? The question is rhetoric as unfortunately I already know the answer...
Anyway, the real etymology of the word Macedonia:
The name Macedonia derives from the Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía), a kingdom named after the ancient Macedonians, from the Greek Μακεδόνες (Makedones), "Macedonians", explained as having originally meant either "the tall ones" or "highlanders". Makednon is related to the Ancient Greek adjective μακεδνός (makednós), meaning "tall, slim".
This is a masterpiece my friend. Thank you for this type of content. May god bless you
Outstanding documentary, thank you
0:41 “To the Persians he was Alexander the Accursed, but to the west he was immortalised... as Alexander the Great”
"Some men simply live in the shade of their olive trees...others, change the world".
@@thunderbird1921 "Even in defeat..."
Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
A Special thanks to Charles Nove who is the narrator for this amazing Epic history tv series. Narration, music, sound effects, editing and visualization makes this truly epic.
They have done quite a few videos like this one. I saw one about the Life of Russia.
I agree man. I just read a 500 page book on Alexander and it took me weeks. At times i was bored and overwhelmed by all the details. But this covered all the major events and was super entertaining. I love the maps and graphics. Awesome job
I totally agree finally learning some history never taught I’m 75!
Mighty, courageous, and with all his army, Alxender was literally killed by the mosquito!
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Back when a King or a General fighting with his army in an actual battle. This are the true men of war.
yeah leader right now are just a bunch of coward
Yes because the instability caused by a leader being killed in battle is just so good for a nation. GTFO here. The people who believe that have no military or governing knowledge in the slightest.
Reminds me of George Bush family😅
This changed because of a new reliance on covert or special operations. Which was available after the introduction of weapons that shoot projectiles known as fire arms. Sun Tsu mentions covert intelligence gathering and covert operations are the key to success in the battlefield in 300 BC. It wasn’t taken to heart until the Russians invented operations for their breakthrough methods in modern warfare. Mind you commando units existed in ancient warfare. It wasn’t a requirement. Now it is.
How Alexander was powerful and great if he didn't fight against magadh emperor Dhana Nand which had largest standing soldiers and was most powerful king of that Time. Why Alexander didn't cross Ganga where dhana Nand waiting with 200,000 infantry, 3,000 war elephant, 10,000 cavelry and 2,000 chariot which has 10 times more army than king porous by whom Alexander berely fight with help of Persia. King porous kingdom was very small like 1/20 part of india. Alexander won against weak and sikh kingdom and they titled him great without greatness.
That's literally me
Hello greatest Greek of them all 🇬🇷🤩
Hello better Griffith
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Holy shit you're right. That's definitely that guy you are.
Mass murder
Around him a desperate conflict enranged...I so love this video
the fact that alexander was in the frontlines the whole time is unbelievable
Damn legend
He took a arrow in the chest in Punjab mordern day Pakistan lost a king and died shortly after due to it
History is my crack cocain.
Μe too
History AND cocaine !
@@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt nah, then you'll be up all night writing a dissertation about imperial footwear only to throw it away in the morning for it's lack of every conceivable justification to exist.
Jacob Hayes# LOL !!!!
Jacob Hayes# I did similar things many times hahahahahah !!!!
It’s hard a to believe a man this legendary actually existed.
Just like Napoleon, hard to believe he ever existed.
A great tactical leader
@Hornyshark
Proof?
Heroes are rare. These days we have no real heroes.
@@ashika1009 true
Please do one of these for the great Hannibal Barca! I know other documentaries exist but this and your Napoleon series is on another level!
Thank you for this very informative post.
Imagine his reaction being told that his stories of great triumph and conquest will be told TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER!!
Actually, this was one of his life goals; the same way he was reading the Iliad stories 1000 years after they happened, he wished he would be as successful and rememberable as Achilees
Yea and even 2354 years later
2030 years later
Alexander The Great " Democracy is overrated "
Immortality
Alexander at 21 takes the world and his name echoes for 2000 years.
Me at late 20s...
Well if I had an army i would also go down in history as the greatest war criminal to breathe
@@Sea-qv4sd Oh yea of course
@@Sea-qv4sd pretty sure every nation did war crimes before, cant blame yourself on that
@@dexsterkevin80 I wasn’t calling Alexander a war criminal
@@Sea-qv4sd an army that originally don't trust you and don't even see you as the actual heir?...Yeah...right!!
Alexander had the balls to prove himself to that army and earn their trust... Remember when his dad died there wasn't even a clear heir to the throne...it's not like he had a piece of cake of a journey!
I literally got goosebumps at 5:16 , i cant count how many times i re listened to that part ROME
Outstanding! Thank you!
I like how in every battle, as soon as the fight commences, Alexander always tries to fight his way towards Darius. That must have terrified Darius 😂
😂😂
To be aware that a lunatic is chasing you to slaughter u.. bad feeling
he was going for the snakes head yes...
** BIG facts
Nah, Alexander was a big fan of Darius, he was trying to get some with him, and make him his satrap but then Darius got murdered.
20 years old leading an army. Me in my 23s and barely doing anything with my life. A damn legend. May his name shall live on till the end of times. Totally deserved
he inherited a powerful kigdom from his father. that was a great start
@@krispi1481 well I bet everything that not a single one would reach what he did even with an army. You could have the world. It’s the way you treat and lead it in order to reach glory. At that age for me he was an extraordinary young man. Today most of 20 year olds barely have basic education let alone lead the world into a new wave.
@Louise Vanessa damn same here bro.
@Louise Vanessa don’t worry after WW3 we will be fighting with swords again
@@krispi1481 Still doesn’t change the fact he created a greater kingdom than what his father had and conquered a good portion of world.
Thanks! Superb storytelling!
Excellent series, Thanks!
A single man with an army of just tens of thousands conquered an entire empire in 13 years and then we wonder why he's remembered 2300 years later... This is still unparalleled in global history, especially in such a short timespan.
The next comparable event was the initial Muslim expansion. The Muslims went up against Byzantines & Persians at the same time. Outnumbered, out equipped, yet still took over Persia & got rid of Romans from the holy land & levant & even later took over Constantinople
@@Leo-wy1by Persians wasnt in good condition after exhausting victory over byzantians and Eastern Rome had their worst recovering from justinian plague and repelling constant barbaric tribes from freshly conquered territories they werent able to withhold financially. It was the only possible time muslims could succeed tbh.
@@souv1aki even due to those factors, the Muslims should’ve lost on paper. The Byzantines and Persians joined forces but still couldn’t defeat the Muslims even though they outnumbered them at least 10:1 and also had better equipment, and more professional armies whereas the Arabs just started ruling themselves for the first time in history
@@Leo-wy1by Wonderfull and thanks to that, after 1400+ years we still have civilization endangered by this black sect, especially Europe with its population exchange.
@@Leo-wy1by Well. The Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire put an end to that. Imagine losing to inbreds. Oh wait, the Ottomans married cousins as well. 🤣😂
Most of us can’t even imagine walking to the next city over from us let alone how far Alexander walked . Think about how far he went on either foot or horse back . No cars, planes , trains or even a bicycle. That alone is impressive before you even consider what he accomplished before many people these days even move out of their parents houses
To be fair he was a well known rider he probably didn’t walk a whole lot lol
@@Oost129 yeah that’s fair
So much death for nothing but his ego
@@ViktorVonGhoulieyou're naive af if you think the other leaders of the age wouldn't have done the same thing if they were able.
He also happened to be a king raised by a warrior. That gives you a big start and incentive in life. Most of the rest of us are just maggots.
Interesting video, and thank you for the references.
This documentary is a masterpiece.
I’m so glad humans started keeping a record of things
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