"The bull is crowned, all is done, the sacrificer is ready" *awkward silence* And then I just imagine one philip all of a sudden going "GREAT! Awesome! See you next tuesday"
yarpen26 that might be a part of the strategy honestly. As much as it is dramatic, they could still just be trying to retain legitimacy by giving intentionally vague prophecies.
Oracles often gave vague and easily misinterpreted prophecies. Assuming that the Oracle actually said what she said, and it wasn't invented by later writers as a narrative device, she would have been right no matter what. Macedon wins, kills Persian Emperor, she right. Macedon loses, Persians subjugate Greece, she right . Philip gets axe'd by his angry lover, she right.
I'm honestly a little upset you didn't go over all of Phillip's accomplishments. He's such an underrated figure, and the story of his leading his tiny backwater through a host of trials and tribulations would make an excellent story. Alexander sadly steals all the attention.
@@Euro.Patriot ok this comment is 10 months old so I'm sorry for raising the thread from the dead but Alexander's army was far from weak. It was GREATER than Persia's armys because of Philip
RUclips became what it is today because of amateurs like him that produced outstandingly good content within a limited budget. I'd rather watch this than modern day History Channel. I just love me some exquisitely narrated little squares. 😂
I love how Philip II was fine with such a ominous answer. But that's how these things work, they give you a response that you can interpret in multiple ways and can never be wrong.
well the whole Oracle thing was creepy to begin with. The Oracles in Delphi were believed to have visions after chewing daphne leaves (I obviously mean the plant) and inhaling some sort of incense
Just so you are aware of the effects of your work: when i saw this uploaded my mood suddenly changed to joyful calmness. In the grand domino of emotions, decisions and actions that constitute a human's life, you just contributed with a good emotion. Who knows where that may lead? Anyway keep up.
Phillip was a bit craftier than that. Greece wasn't united with brute force or threats. He created the League of Corinth to invade Persia. Then he sent invitations to the most prominent cities. Then he made the case that instead of fighting each other, they fight the Persians instead. Virtually all present, accepted and joined the League. Athens took a bit longer. Contemplating the decision a bit more seriously, held a popular vote at home and then joined. After the battle of Chaeronea, Phillip was extremely generous to Athensz concerning the terms after the battle. Returning captives without asking ransom. Even returning the ashes of the fallen. Not touching their government. Not establishing any military presence at all. Not even setting foot on their territory. Even giving them territory they had previously lost to Thebes. Phillip sent his own heir (Alexander) to deliver the prisoners, ashes and assurances. Phillip didn't force Athens into an alliance. He offered Peace, and buttered up the deal. Hence the statues that were built in honor of Phillip by the Athenians and why Phillip easily won the popular vote in Athens when he later invited Athens into the Alliance. As to why Sparta didn't join. Right after that peace deal with Athens was established, and before the Alliance existed, Phillip concluded that Sparta is the primary destabilizing factor in the area. And moved to address that problem. Phillip wanted Sparta to abandon lands it contested with it's neighbors. The Spartans refused. Then Phillip marched his army and took the territories by force and gave those to Messenia, Megalopolis, Argos, etc. These guys were very happy. Hence why they joined the alliance so willingly. Sparta's terriories were severely reduced. Hence why they didn't even respond to the invitation Phillip would later send. Nor did Phillip even expect the Spartans to even consider joining. Phillip also redistributed terriories in other areas. E.g., giving the terriories of Thebes, to the past "victims" of Thebes. Phillip helped many cities certain situations. He was buttered them all up just like he did Athens. The Alliance was completely consentual. Phillip went out of his way to make sure it was not a forced alliance in order to maintain it's legitimacy. But, here comes the "but". Like any other League (alllianc), the Corinthian League had rules. Phillip crafted these very miticulously. He created a situation where the city states of Greece maintained full independence, while his carefully crafted rules caused the members of the league to maintain peace and obedience themselves. They were trapped in a prison with no walls or guards. E.g., one rule was that if any member attacks another member, all other members have to attack the aggressor. This rule alone stopped all fighting in Greece. The protection this membership granted, made leaving the league very difficult. (Anyone not a member of the league, was obviously free real estate to attack.) Phillip pacified and subdued Greece with finesse. Without forcing anyone, into anything. (Except maybe Thebes)
@@tylerdurden3722 Wow, that is very informative! I always wondered about the League of Corinth. Phillip was quite the statesman. I wonder how the empire would have gone if Phillip had been in charge.
@@tylerdurden3722 I would say he forced them into joining without being the enforcer: "If you guys join the league, no one in the lead would attack you." "Go on" "Because if you attack another one, everyone else will attack you in return" "Interesting" "And if you have a war with someone else not in the league, the league will move to your support" "Wait but what if I am the aggressor" "Well we wouldn't ask this question if you all signed the deal, no one can be the aggressor" ".........." "Come on you know it's best for you, better not deny my offer and something bad happens later that is out of my control while I invade Persia" "🤷♂️, well better not risk it, you have our support."
I swear, my life improves exponentially with every video you post. This part of history is gonna get crazy, and I can't wait to see the next part of this series ( or anything else you might feel like doing). Keep up the good work
As an avid lover of your channel I am overjoyed with videos covering this topic. As an iranian, I am a bit sad I'm going to have to sit through a detailed telling of how the persians lost this war. But I shall do it nonetheless because this channel is just so damn interesting. Always so well summarised. Also about this assassination. I believe plutarch has reported that Alexander blamed it on the persian eunuch Bagoas right? So are there any evidence that the persians caused this or was it all a ploy to rally macedon against persia? I hope you will be able to cover a bit about whats happening on the persian side of things and not just the alexander side. Since unfortunately there isn't enough videos being made about the persian perspective. If not, maybe a series on cyrus the great?
DBeiki listen to Dan Carlins podcast called hardcore history he has a three part series called King of kings describing Persian history up to the defeat by Alexander the Great. It worth a listen although it's very long (around 13 hours but you can listen to it while you do other stuff.)
I've never lived in Iran, only visited. But I can tell you, they don't want to teach people about anything pre-Islam or anything monarchic since that would threaten the government if the people learned about the glorious past of Iran. Therefore, this is exactly why I want the west to cover Persian perspective since the Iranian government certainly won't. Also, I grew up in France and we didn't hear the Persian perspective of things either. We were told all this propaganda of how the Greeks stood for liberty and democracy when they fought the Persians who were essentially the evil or at least just the enemy of western ideals. Unfortunately, in schools it seems we only hear the ancient history of Iran from the same few sources, which I'm sorry to say most were Greeks who hated Persia. And you never hear stories such as how Cyrus the great created the first declaration of human rights and abolished slavery before any other nation. That Dan Carlins podcast +therandom894 suggested is a tiny diamond in a sea of rough when it comes to coverage about this period of history.
Your end music is such a banger... Ive watched all your videos five times by now, and I still throw my hands up alone in my bedroom and dance it out every time it comes up
I don't think it was Olympias but the Athenians or even the Persians because it wasn't a woman 's kind assassination. It would be easier for her to poison him or to use a servant girl or a love-bedroom-slave (he was very active) than a soldier- bodyguard in public.
Well, you can fix that. Also, I recommend using their praenomen and nomen for Caesar, as there are many Caesars. (I.e. Gaius Julius Caesar; Augustus Caesar; Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, etc...)
So Phillip wanted to create an ancient Greek version of NATO to combat the Persians (Soviets); with himself as the United States. History is weirdly familiar, sometimes.
That is correct,League of Corinth was the checkmate move against Persian empire,Phillip was a military genius.Power through unity,no matter if the rest of Greeks like it or not.. Greeks never lost a major/crucial battle as defenders against Persians,but conquering them?Only by uniting all Greek city-states, that would be possible. History has a tension of repeating itself: Actually ,during the cold war many political and military advisors realized the similarity of the situation between the two major forces (Athens vs Sparta / USA vs CCCP) and started to analyze deeply Thucydides' Peloponnesians Wars.
@@Antonis108 US united the West, Philip united Hellenic cities. Back then many Greek cities hated each other and would not consider each other to be a single nation.
Depends, I hardly know the history of Macedonia and Alexander and yet I follow through Baz's videos as well as I did with this video. I thought it'd be fun to have Historia Civilis narrate the battles and going through the historical details with extreme precision
Make videos about Alexandeeeeer!!!!! Also about the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War and the Wars of the Diadochi!!!! I suggest the battles of: Aegospotami, Lefktra, Gavgamila, Ipsos and Ydaspes
I've been to the Tomb of Phillip the 2nd. It's in a random village in Northern Greece called Vergina. His armour is there and his shield and sword. His shield had an epic wooden carving of Achilles fighting the Amazon Queen on the front.
Vergina is the new name from 1922, when greek goverment brought settlers from asia minor on the property of expelled macedonians. The older name of the place is Kutlesh near Palatitza ( small palace)
your videos are very enjoyable and interesting, you shall make them more often i think, at least two videos in every week instead of one :) next one about marius and sula pls
Thank you for explicitly mentioning the whole Spartan irrelevance thing by the time of the Macedonian Conquests. Many people often have misconceptions about Sparta being powerful and influential for most of Antiquity, when in reality they only embodied those characteristics until the mid-4th Century BCE, when they dramatically and permanently declined.
I have read that the ascension of Alexander to the throne was not without peril, I believe his mother was his guardian in some respects, that Phillip had another wife who’s son could have been an heir and, after some shenanigans, the mother of the competing heir was dealt with in a brutal way: she was roasted to death (not burned, many people burned at the stake actually die from smoke inhalation, when a person is roasted, it’s quite brutal). Maybe that was something that happened before Phillip’s assassination.
I already do (I read far too much on Classics), but the video itself doesn't explain the timeline well. However, your channel does look interesting (it seems so rare to find any other Classics education channels on RUclips, one of my goals is to help fill that void), so I'll definitely check it out.
Awww, it's a shame you can't go over Philip's accomplishments in more detail. When he got the throne, Macedon was in the process of being screwed over by every neighbour they had at the time, and he just went out and cleared them all out, reforming his military, joining the Sacred War, becoming leader of the Thessalian League, ... All this while defeating and catching pretenders to the Macedonian throne, supported by anyone with an interest in the region. Also, 10000 Philippis, Philippopolises and other Philip-named-cities. Because subtlety wasn't his thing, I guess.
Yes. Finally Historia is ready to give the Hellenic period some love. Will he get into the successor states after being done with Alexander ? One can only hope
Great channel with alot of detail..i know you get dozens of requests..i just hope you do alexander ..but continue into the wars of the diadochi. The wars of antigonus and eumenes are such fascinating figures and its sadly overlooked.
Some other history videos say that in the last years of Phillips life he became much less ambitious and more of a drunk which infuriated the officers and Alexander who said that Phillp wanted to conquer Asia but could not even travel from one end of the room to the other or whatever is this true?
That was just one night that he drunk a lot. Alexander also drunk a lot. This does not mean that Phillip the next morning or when he was back sober wasn't great. Phillip is great. There should be a more analytical video on Phillip. He did many more things than the things presented here.
I don't know if I'm too late but I'm covering Macedonia from Philip II to the Diadochi! So far we're just started with Philip and the rocky start of his reign/ascension. Come check it out!
Great video! I suggest for the next video to talk a bit about the military reforms (fighting style, weaponry, technology and organization). Since Alexander inherited (and did not build) a well oiled military machine ripe for his conquests.
Though I wish it too, it's unlikely that he'll ever do it anytime soon, I mean, he's barely at Caesar now, he'd need to get all the way to Trajan for him to get there.
Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did US great harm, though WE had done them no prior injury […] I have been appointed hegemon of the Greeks […] (Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander II,14,4)
Phillip II to the Spartans:"If I conquer Sparta your men will be killed and your women and children shall be slaves!" Spartans:"IF" Phillip II and his son Alexander the Great were like: oh never mind, fuck that!
Somehow we see the extent of the damage caused in combat represented by some boxes.. About time Historia Civilis made another video, I like how he's moving to Macedon now
Philip of Macedonia - the most underestimated and most forgotten person in history. Such genius and great leader, king, reformer, builder, innovator, consolidator, etc... Tribute !
I enjoy your videos but I dont think you gave Philip as good a video as you could have. I am guessing you are hurrying past Philip in order to discuss Alexander instead.
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"The bull is crowned, all is done, the sacrificer is ready" *awkward silence*
And then I just imagine one philip all of a sudden going "GREAT! Awesome! See you next tuesday"
wrg, say any nmw andany s ok
I wonder how many of those prophecies couldn't be applied to any possible outcome.
yarpen26 that might be a part of the strategy honestly. As much as it is dramatic, they could still just be trying to retain legitimacy by giving intentionally vague prophecies.
Oracles often gave vague and easily misinterpreted prophecies.
Assuming that the Oracle actually said what she said, and it wasn't invented by later writers as a narrative device, she would have been right no matter what.
Macedon wins, kills Persian Emperor, she right.
Macedon loses, Persians subjugate Greece, she right .
Philip gets axe'd by his angry lover, she right.
@@yunleung2631 just like zodiac shit today
Dann, the oracle is one scary square.
that graph needs to be reflected in y= -x
She's squary
Holdin McGroin
Okay, you can fuck off now.
wrong, not scary at all, idts
Haven't updated that in a while. Besides, I don't see how it's that scary. Maybe a little to far down for my own liking, but whatever.
This Alexander kid at the end, he ever amount to anything?
He opened up a youtube channel and became a vlogger.
I think he invented the telephone.
Idk, he might've been the first secretary of treasury in the US?
Think he became a librarian.
Nah, not really. Died of poison or something, only lived to 32.
I'm honestly a little upset you didn't go over all of Phillip's accomplishments. He's such an underrated figure, and the story of his leading his tiny backwater through a host of trials and tribulations would make an excellent story. Alexander sadly steals all the attention.
That's because Alexander never lost a battle and took the Persian Empire in a decade with much weaker armies.
I agree very much. There should be a series about Phillip. From birth.
@@Euro.Patriot ok this comment is 10 months old so I'm sorry for raising the thread from the dead but Alexander's army was far from weak. It was GREATER than Persia's armys because of Philip
@@zettic6783 I think he means greatly outnumbered. Not lesser than.
@@Euro.Patriot "Much weaker" lmao, are you a citizen of the Diadochi?
History explained by means of moving squares in 4K 60FP quality. What a time to be alive!
Ha ha ha
If this was school curriculum shit, I would have taken history
RUclips became what it is today because of amateurs like him that produced outstandingly good content within a limited budget.
I'd rather watch this than modern day History Channel. I just love me some exquisitely narrated little squares. 😂
Its like im watching logh
Also political science
I love how Philip II was fine with such a ominous answer. But that's how these things work, they give you a response that you can interpret in multiple ways and can never be wrong.
Yeah just shows the oracle was full of shit who couldn't do that its like me saying if there are clouds it will rain
I mean when a bunch of ladies go huff fumes then you take whatever babbling results as meaningful, you're in for a mindfuck.
@@kalebloshbough1899 "Great, that means my ally WILL show up with their army! ONWARDS!"
@@paulcalixte2223and we never heard of general paul again, for the clouds referred to his men and the rain their spilled blood...
Also the assassin was a Capricorn and we all know what they're like!😮
Everyone at the time was thinking: History will remember Alexanderos as the son of philippos. It's the opposite now.
Philippos the son of Alexander?
@@cc0767 I'm dead.
@@cc0767 LOL
@@cc0767,lol
You have a LOGH profile picture, I see you're a man of culture.
That's some creepy editing on the oracle.
I've been to Delphi. It's a beautiful though quite a creepy place, but that music gave me chills. :-)
Reminded me of the monolith from 2001.
I really enjoyed that video, but I have to admit, that I really dislike the music. Sorry, I find it disgusting. Happy greetings anyway ;)
well the whole Oracle thing was creepy to begin with. The Oracles in Delphi were believed to have visions after chewing daphne leaves (I obviously mean the plant) and inhaling some sort of incense
Yes, it was a nice touch
MORE BOXES FIGHTING
Will the poor box people ever know peace?
The Boxes are a war like people, they don't want peace
Don't worry, they'll be fighting all over Asia soon!
Well, now every time i hear something about Caesar the first thing my mind comes up with is a red box.
Same! :D
Another succinct and intriguing exposition. One hopes this will be a prelude to a series on the Hellenistic Period!
I think it's better for him to let baz do it and focus on Rome by now
He might be trying to set up the background for a series on Pyrrhus and how Rome overtook the Hellenistic cities.
MAKEDONIJA EXIST 25 CENTURIES from KING FILIP.
Oto german make Greece before 190 years.
In Greek, the word "Hegemon" means Leader.A glorious and supreme leader. Something like "Caesar"
"hegemony" has been borrowed into English as well
Yet no Phillip salad.
*Sigh*, *starts up Total War*.
*sigh* *throws essay out the window and starts 3-day total war binge* who needs a job anyway?
4 day weekend? No no, 4 day TW session.
hopefully not the lesser warhammer ones
Original RTW, baby! Where my incendiary pigs at?
Please let this type of comment become standard throughout these videos.
I see a Historia Civilis video. I smile, sit down and watch :D
"I smiled, I sat, I watched" - Julius yo yo, not recounting the events of watching the video but the speed with which it took place.
Mayo because it is true!
And it is great you know and remember :D
When I see another Historia civilis video I sit down and go,"it's been eighty years since that last video." And then I die of a heart attack
wrg, watch , happyx any nmw
Creepiest white square I ever seen
Phillip II of Macedon? I like the way this channel is headed 😄
Baz battles did some Macedonian wars videos.
No he didn't.
Ognjen Garić he did its on his playlist
Jan Erjavec No, he didn't I just went through all of his vids. Not a single video on Macedonian wars.
The playlist is called rise of Macedon and it has 7 videos. If you are that blind that u dont see these videos i don't know how to help you.
I´m a simple man. I followed the mighty imperator historia civilis on his road to glory and divinity through all these years and I won´t stop now.
We are getting "Alexander the great" series :D
You should check out Braz battles. He's been doing a great series on alexander's battles.
Yog Sothoth yeah I saw his videos.
What is Braz battles channel? I tried Braz battles and Brazz battles Alexander but didnt find anything.
@@alexrouhana5754 I did years ago
Just so you are aware of the effects of your work: when i saw this uploaded my mood suddenly changed to joyful calmness. In the grand domino of emotions, decisions and actions that constitute a human's life, you just contributed with a good emotion. Who knows where that may lead? Anyway keep up.
"Guys how about you unite to have big combined army. And who better to lead it and "protect" you than me?" Lol balls on this guy.
The son got it from him.
Phillip was a bit craftier than that. Greece wasn't united with brute force or threats.
He created the League of Corinth to invade Persia.
Then he sent invitations to the most prominent cities.
Then he made the case that instead of fighting each other, they fight the Persians instead.
Virtually all present, accepted and joined the League. Athens took a bit longer. Contemplating the decision a bit more seriously, held a popular vote at home and then joined. After the battle of Chaeronea, Phillip was extremely generous to Athensz concerning the terms after the battle. Returning captives without asking ransom. Even returning the ashes of the fallen. Not touching their government. Not establishing any military presence at all. Not even setting foot on their territory. Even giving them territory they had previously lost to Thebes. Phillip sent his own heir (Alexander) to deliver the prisoners, ashes and assurances.
Phillip didn't force Athens into an alliance. He offered Peace, and buttered up the deal.
Hence the statues that were built in honor of Phillip by the Athenians and why Phillip easily won the popular vote in Athens when he later invited Athens into the Alliance.
As to why Sparta didn't join. Right after that peace deal with Athens was established, and before the Alliance existed, Phillip concluded that Sparta is the primary destabilizing factor in the area. And moved to address that problem.
Phillip wanted Sparta to abandon lands it contested with it's neighbors. The Spartans refused. Then Phillip marched his army and took the territories by force and gave those to Messenia, Megalopolis, Argos, etc. These guys were very happy. Hence why they joined the alliance so willingly.
Sparta's terriories were severely reduced. Hence why they didn't even respond to the invitation Phillip would later send. Nor did Phillip even expect the Spartans to even consider joining.
Phillip also redistributed terriories in other areas. E.g., giving the terriories of Thebes, to the past "victims" of Thebes. Phillip helped many cities certain situations. He was buttered them all up just like he did Athens.
The Alliance was completely consentual. Phillip went out of his way to make sure it was not a forced alliance in order to maintain it's legitimacy.
But, here comes the "but". Like any other League (alllianc), the Corinthian League had rules. Phillip crafted these very miticulously.
He created a situation where the city states of Greece maintained full independence, while his carefully crafted rules caused the members of the league to maintain peace and obedience themselves. They were trapped in a prison with no walls or guards.
E.g., one rule was that if any member attacks another member, all other members have to attack the aggressor. This rule alone stopped all fighting in Greece. The protection this membership granted, made leaving the league very difficult. (Anyone not a member of the league, was obviously free real estate to attack.)
Phillip pacified and subdued Greece with finesse. Without forcing anyone, into anything. (Except maybe Thebes)
@@tylerdurden3722 Wow, that is very informative! I always wondered about the League of Corinth. Phillip was quite the statesman. I wonder how the empire would have gone if Phillip had been in charge.
@@tylerdurden3722 I would say he forced them into joining without being the enforcer:
"If you guys join the league, no one in the lead would attack you."
"Go on"
"Because if you attack another one, everyone else will attack you in return"
"Interesting"
"And if you have a war with someone else not in the league, the league will move to your support"
"Wait but what if I am the aggressor"
"Well we wouldn't ask this question if you all signed the deal, no one can be the aggressor"
".........."
"Come on you know it's best for you, better not deny my offer and something bad happens later that is out of my control while I invade Persia"
"🤷♂️, well better not risk it, you have our support."
This channel is honestly my most favorite I've watched every video like 20 times
*and so begins the story of Alexander the great....*
Yes immediately. Please do more vids related to Alexander. Your channel kicks ass.
I swear, my life improves exponentially with every video you post. This part of history is gonna get crazy, and I can't wait to see the next part of this series ( or anything else you might feel like doing). Keep up the good work
Yeeess!! Alexander is my favourite historical figure, can't wait to see the videos of your take on him, if that's next! Hopefully it is.
What a perfect video to introduce us to an Alexander series. And I love the new mic. Yours is truly quality material, and I hecking love it.
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100th like on this comment. Do I get a prize?
no such thing as discarx or dislx or lovx or not
As an avid lover of your channel I am overjoyed with videos covering this topic. As an iranian, I am a bit sad I'm going to have to sit through a detailed telling of how the persians lost this war.
But I shall do it nonetheless because this channel is just so damn interesting. Always so well summarised.
Also about this assassination. I believe plutarch has reported that Alexander blamed it on the persian eunuch Bagoas right? So are there any evidence that the persians caused this or was it all a ploy to rally macedon against persia?
I hope you will be able to cover a bit about whats happening on the persian side of things and not just the alexander side. Since unfortunately there isn't enough videos being made about the persian perspective. If not, maybe a series on cyrus the great?
DBeiki listen to Dan Carlins podcast called hardcore history he has a three part series called King of kings describing Persian history up to the defeat by Alexander the Great. It worth a listen although it's very long (around 13 hours but you can listen to it while you do other stuff.)
And he covers the Persian perspective
Oh very interesting, thanks man, I definitely will check it out.
DBeiki no problem
I've never lived in Iran, only visited. But I can tell you, they don't want to teach people about anything pre-Islam or anything monarchic since that would threaten the government if the people learned about the glorious past of Iran.
Therefore, this is exactly why I want the west to cover Persian perspective since the Iranian government certainly won't.
Also, I grew up in France and we didn't hear the Persian perspective of things either. We were told all this propaganda of how the Greeks stood for liberty and democracy when they fought the Persians who were essentially the evil or at least just the enemy of western ideals.
Unfortunately, in schools it seems we only hear the ancient history of Iran from the same few sources, which I'm sorry to say most were Greeks who hated Persia.
And you never hear stories such as how Cyrus the great created the first declaration of human rights and abolished slavery before any other nation.
That Dan Carlins podcast +therandom894 suggested is a tiny diamond in a sea of rough when it comes to coverage about this period of history.
Your end music is such a banger... Ive watched all your videos five times by now, and I still throw my hands up alone in my bedroom and dance it out every time it comes up
Sometimes he ends on a pretty dark note and then that music comes, makes me laugh so hard.
I fucking love ancient History, and you make it so much better.
Thanks man.
Olympias ordered Philip killed so that her son, Alexander, would inherit the throne, and not the sons of Philip and his new wife
hey!
How it alexander was the son of Zeus
Is Zeus real exist
I don't think it was Olympias but the Athenians or even the Persians because it wasn't a woman 's kind assassination. It would be easier for her to poison him or to use a servant girl or a love-bedroom-slave (he was very active) than a soldier- bodyguard in public.
@@eleniasimop not all women kill like that
@@amari6229 but a royal woman would have easier access to these methods than a bodyguard
Keep working guys awesome videos!!!
The visuals are very simplistic, which I like because it makes it easy to understand. Keep up the hard work!
are you going to cover ceasers civil war in the ceaser series?
Dds211 the Gaius caeser and pompey civil war, hes done the battle of pharslaus and has done his gaul campaign and britain campaigns
Caesar*
Learn the names and proper spelling before you join the big boys.
Geography Nerd ah shit didnt notice it autocorrects on my phone to ceaser on my phone
Well, you can fix that. Also, I recommend using their praenomen and nomen for Caesar, as there are many Caesars. (I.e. Gaius Julius Caesar; Augustus Caesar; Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, etc...)
So Phillip wanted to create an ancient Greek version of NATO to combat the Persians (Soviets); with himself as the United States.
History is weirdly familiar, sometimes.
I hope your joking
That is correct,League of Corinth was the checkmate move against Persian empire,Phillip was a military genius.Power through unity,no matter if the rest of Greeks like it or not..
Greeks never lost a major/crucial battle as defenders against Persians,but conquering them?Only by uniting all Greek city-states, that would be possible. History has a tension of repeating itself: Actually ,during the cold war many political and military advisors realized the similarity of the situation between the two major forces (Athens vs Sparta / USA vs CCCP) and started to analyze deeply Thucydides' Peloponnesians Wars.
It’s not similar though,
Nato unite a lot of nations. Philip united one nation. The Greeks, actually call us Hellenes, this is our true name.
@@Antonis108 US united the West, Philip united Hellenic cities. Back then many Greek cities hated each other and would not consider each other to be a single nation.
"Phillip wasnt interested in some measly peace treaty, he was interested in domination". *Thinks about steak*
I think you can do a little bit of a collab with Baz Battles about this, I since have watched most of his videos regarding Alexander and his father.
Hear,hear
they have a different style. to watch baz battles you have to already be familiar with the context. here he explains it all
Depends, I hardly know the history of Macedonia and Alexander and yet I follow through Baz's videos as well as I did with this video. I thought it'd be fun to have Historia Civilis narrate the battles and going through the historical details with extreme precision
Isaac DragonDerp I feel like it would be a nice collaboration because one can follow the politics and one can follow the warfare.
Bs video
Pls Marius and Sula
PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Ognjen Garić I second this, I need it BADLY.
I third this. There's so much material out there about Caesar and Pompey but just about nothing on the guys that preceded them.
I fourth this!
Ognjen Garić that’d be dope. I think he’s doing octavian now.
@@yunleung2631 Oh really!?
Historia Civilis always delivers.
Make videos about Alexandeeeeer!!!!! Also about the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War and the Wars of the Diadochi!!!! I suggest the battles of: Aegospotami, Lefktra, Gavgamila, Ipsos and Ydaspes
Anytime I see a new video up I know its going to be a good day.
Thank you for fulfilling my lust of these kinds of videos... time to wait another month
5:34 what is the deal with the land between the green and yellow? Why was isn't it under anyones control?
Awesome!
you're the first non-patron comment congrats
vesteel do you think he should collaborate with alternate history hub or extra credits?
Please never stop making videos.
I've been to the Tomb of Phillip the 2nd. It's in a random village in Northern Greece called Vergina. His armour is there and his shield and sword. His shield had an epic wooden carving of Achilles fighting the Amazon Queen on the front.
Neat
Vergina is the new name from 1922, when greek goverment brought settlers from asia minor on the property of expelled macedonians. The older name of the place is Kutlesh near Palatitza ( small palace)
Lol, Vergina huh? Is there a nearby village called Peanis too?
@@Craterus123 hahah cope hard 🤫
@@Craterus123 you slavs were never there in ancient times greek have always been there
Wow that video filled in a lot of gaps for me -thanks!!
Finaly i can wach boxes figthing in 4k!
your videos are very enjoyable and interesting, you shall make them more often i think, at least two videos in every week instead of one :) next one about marius and sula pls
Thank you for explicitly mentioning the whole Spartan irrelevance thing by the time of the Macedonian Conquests. Many people often have misconceptions about Sparta being powerful and influential for most of Antiquity, when in reality they only embodied those characteristics until the mid-4th Century BCE, when they dramatically and permanently declined.
They were pretty badass while it lasted though, I think that, besides the 300 movie of course, is why people have this conception.
YESSSS NEW VIDEO!!
Love the oracle's creepy song. And your audio sounds awesome - a new mic or something has really improved this episode.
Superb job. I really really like this one.
I have read that the ascension of Alexander to the throne was not without peril, I believe his mother was his guardian in some respects, that Phillip had another wife who’s son could have been an heir and, after some shenanigans, the mother of the competing heir was dealt with in a brutal way: she was roasted to death (not burned, many people burned at the stake actually die from smoke inhalation, when a person is roasted, it’s quite brutal). Maybe that was something that happened before Phillip’s assassination.
Great choice of music during the death of Philip.
Do Hannibal Barca please. Or his father. Or just about anyone from either side of the punic wars actually.
Love the videos you make!
Rather nice, but I didn't get a sense of when these events were happening; the broad timeline in the video title doesn't help matters.
I already do (I read far too much on Classics), but the video itself doesn't explain the timeline well. However, your channel does look interesting (it seems so rare to find any other Classics education channels on RUclips, one of my goals is to help fill that void), so I'll definitely check it out.
Will do!
Excellent work!
Awww, it's a shame you can't go over Philip's accomplishments in more detail. When he got the throne, Macedon was in the process of being screwed over by every neighbour they had at the time, and he just went out and cleared them all out, reforming his military, joining the Sacred War, becoming leader of the Thessalian League, ... All this while defeating and catching pretenders to the Macedonian throne, supported by anyone with an interest in the region.
Also, 10000 Philippis, Philippopolises and other Philip-named-cities. Because subtlety wasn't his thing, I guess.
And all this while also managing diplomacy with Thebans, Athenians, and also the neighboring peoples.
IN ARMY FALANGA --- MACEDONIAN SOLDIERS ! ! !
this absolute banger at the end all the time oh my god
One of the greatest Greek commanders who wanted peace and unity between Greeks... even using war.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT and PHILIP --- M A C E D O N I A N S ! ! !
great as always
Yes. Finally Historia is ready to give the Hellenic period some love.
Will he get into the successor states after being done with Alexander ? One can only hope
I feel another great series coming!
Great channel with alot of detail..i know you get dozens of requests..i just hope you do alexander ..but continue into the wars of the diadochi. The wars of antigonus and eumenes are such fascinating figures and its sadly overlooked.
great work man.
Just asking.... When will the next "His Year" video come out?
Alexander the Great! His name struck fear into the hearts of men!
It actually means protector of men
great video once again
I wish you would upload more.
I love that you clearly enunciated "intents and purposes" GGWP
Some other history videos say that in the last years of Phillips life he became much less ambitious and more of a drunk which infuriated the officers and Alexander who said that Phillp wanted to conquer Asia but could not even travel from one end of the room to the other or whatever is this true?
That was just one night that he drunk a lot. Alexander also drunk a lot. This does not mean that Phillip the next morning or when he was back sober wasn't great. Phillip is great. There should be a more analytical video on Phillip. He did many more things than the things presented here.
@@innosanto........................... zuj .
u S'umadija.
I don't know if I'm too late but I'm covering Macedonia from Philip II to the Diadochi! So far we're just started with Philip and the rocky start of his reign/ascension.
Come check it out!
Make a video about Alexander!!!!
Why do I love these animated history thingies so much...
well, good for Alexander. I'm sure he'll go on to accomplish truly...good things
This is quite possibly my favorite channel on youtube. Please keep this content coming, my day brightens a lot every time I see a new video come out!
OMG an upload, slap my ass and call me Sally thank you Senpai!
simply brilliant. thankyou very much for this...
>sees new Historia Civilis
>grab bowl and weed
>HISTORICAL BOX FIGHT
Almost as uninteresting as your comment
Great video! I suggest for the next video to talk a bit about the military reforms (fighting style, weaponry, technology and organization). Since Alexander inherited (and did not build) a well oiled military machine ripe for his conquests.
will you ever do a video focused on the war with the dacians?
Though I wish it too, it's unlikely that he'll ever do it anytime soon, I mean, he's barely at Caesar now, he'd need to get all the way to Trajan for him to get there.
best thing on RUclips!
Hey, did you get a better mic?
Philip II is so underrated. Thank you so much for making this video!!
BYZANTIUM! YEAH!
YEAH!
The Greek city-state though, not the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire.
well, its the future capital. its the same town
Woundn't it be called Byzantion instead of Byzantium at this point in history?
Connor O'Brien Not exactly. I mean yeah, Constantine built Constantinople on top of Byzantium, he didn't exactly use the preexisting city as it was.
Good strong video. I enjoyed.
Here comes ma boy Alexander!
8:15 "this caused further animosity between the two"
I can't imagine why...
Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did US great harm, though WE had done them no prior injury […] I have been appointed hegemon of the Greeks […]
(Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander II,14,4)
Nice!! I also like very much where this is headed.
*Insert clicking off of Porn joke here*
It's no joke.
Capitalism in action baby!
I did? lol
WHOOOOOOOOA HAHAHAHAHA UR SO ORIGINAL I HAVENT SEEN THIS COMMENT BEFORE ON EVERY VIDEO!
its making fun of people who actually make those comments
Do a long video of Alexanders campaigns please!
Phillip II to the Spartans:"If I conquer Sparta your men will be killed and your women and children shall be slaves!" Spartans:"IF" Phillip II and his son Alexander the Great were like: oh never mind, fuck that!
"Oh never mind, fuck that! Sparta is a shell of its for self"
Spartan soilders when they see a untrained 5 year old begging for mercy: *P A T H E TI C*
Somehow we see the extent of the damage caused in combat represented by some boxes.. About time Historia Civilis made another video, I like how he's moving to Macedon now
Philip of Macedonia - the most underestimated and most forgotten person in history.
Such genius and great leader, king, reformer, builder, innovator, consolidator, etc...
Tribute !
Dude, I'm still not done with my total war campaign that I started 2 weeks ago when your other video came out.
When you play the game of thrones you either win or you die
When are you gonna do more Alexander videos? He was just getting started at Granicus.
I enjoy your videos but I dont think you gave Philip as good a video as you could have. I am guessing you are hurrying past Philip in order to discuss Alexander instead.
Pretty awesome/ creepy editing on the oracle! keep doing shit like that!