Battle of Satala, 298 AD ⚔️ Roman - Sasanian Wars
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📝 Special thanks to Byron Waldron for researching and writing the script!
📢 Narrated by David McCallion
🎼 Music, courtesy of EpidemicSound
📝 Sources
Barnes, T. D. 1982: The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine, Cambridge, MA & London.
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Davenport, C. 2019: A History of the Roman Equestrian Order, Cambridge & New York.
De Blois, L. 2016: Rome and Persia in the Middle of the Third Century AD (230-266), in Slootjes & Peachin, Rome and the Worlds beyond Its Frontiers, 33-44.
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Dignas, B. & E. Winter. 2007: Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity: Neighbours and Rivals, Cambridge & New York.
Dodgeon, M. H. & S. N. C. Lieu. 1991: The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363: A Documentary History, London & New York.
Farrokh, K. 2005: Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642, Oxford & New York.
Frye, R. N. 1984: The History of Ancient Iran, Munich.
Leadbetter, W. 2009: Galerius and the Will of Diocletian, London & New York.
Waldron, B. 2018: Diocletian, Hereditary Succession and the Tetrarchic Dynasty, PhD Dissertation, University of Sydney.
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HT, can you make Battle of Edessa-260 CE. It is one of the Sassanid-Roman Wars. If you're free on schedule of course ;) I have been following you since the Battle of Hattin
@@syedazam2568 Most likely will. Thanks for watching.
Sassanid-Roman wars i see my next best serie
A piece of advice... Dont doo too much cartoonish editings. You guys are putting effort .. but it generally tend to make it a little bit unattractive.
War is serious business.. dont change the atmosphere too much. And dont try to bring unnecessary humour into it.
Imagine winning so hard that moving the money you made home is harder than the win itself
Haha, pretty much.
"DRACULUS, I TOLD YOU FOR THE 9TH TIME IF YOU DROP ONE MORE GOLD COIN..."
"Yes, sir I get it... you'll shove it where the sun don't shi--"
DayZ players have this problem lol
Nice problem to have
Sounds like Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Constantine: "I marched with Galerius to the ruins of Babylon. "
Two Armenian nobles: We sold the cabbages with Galerius in the Persian camp.
best.. day... ever :D
Diocletian: I retired in a gigantic palace and farmed cabbages!
@@Nonamearisto *the avatar enters realm*
One persian tried to stole my cabbage!
@@Nonamearisto now I know who is the supplier of cabbage when they sell it at the camp.
Dude just walked in the enemy camp and looked around. the absolute madlad.
Pretty much. "I wonder what our strategy should be. Wait, I know, I'll just walk in there and see what the best course of action is. Brb."
Unconfirmed reports state that as he walked, his massive balls left a trail in the snow behind him
@@LighthawkTenchi What do you think the cabbage cart was for?
@@maximvsdread1610 An excellent point
@@LighthawkTenchi you wouldn't know cool if it came up and bit you in the face......get out of here nebulaon no one likes your style
"But these men were no cabbage traders!"
The Roman Trojan Horse isn't as epic
Hahaha. Fair enough!
@zenigel the emperor's are selling cabbage now they are so poor! Yeah stuff like that can make you a real laughing stock
@@VRichardsn Those were Parthians that did in Crassus but they could be considered to be "relatives" of the Sassanids.
@@somewhere6 True that.
MY CABBAGES!
Galerius was a true badass
@Abdullah Daniyal They should have suspected when the cabbage seller was as huge and fierce as a bear.
good knowledgia .
Ballsy AF
Galerius the military mastermind turned cabbage vendor. This guy deserves a movie.
What a GREAT VIDEO man!!!
A Roman emperor infiltrated an enemy camp in person? That is ... brave, to say the least.
Back in the days when generals were heroes.
yes such a unthinkable and brillant move
@@brainflash1 To be fair it started becoming quite obvious that heroic generals/leaders on the battlefield were a bad idea when entire empires would collapse after their leader's death. Or if it was just a general, many armies wiped out.
@@jeanhunter3538 It's only fair that the man who starts the war fights it on the frontlines. May be bad for empires, but good for the common people.
@@justthunderbolt40 only good if the man doesn't die lmao.
Domitius: Don't do it Diocletian. I have the high grain.
Diocletian: You underestimate my hunger.
I have the high ground (2x) you underestimate my power that’s right
You underestimate my flour*
Never even heard of this epic event and long forgotten tales like this one, is really nice to be told..
Thank you for watching.
Ikr. How many amazing events like these occurred in history. This event itself would make a good Roman movie.
Indeed
Exactly
That's why I love history , so many awesome stories all worthy of a movie script . Endless material which never ends like you expect
Just when I said there was nothing good to digest on RUclips...
A heavy hitter comes thru
Thank you sir.
Epic!
Hey bud! Long time no see.
Hello Pete! Any news on the video your brother promised to upload?
Imagine seeing you here!
Epic indeed. hope you comeback strong. I feel horrible I wasn't there to help.
There is a lot of history channels but no one can top history March in maps and details thank you for your fantastic history videos.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@HistoryMarche I love you together with K&G. Y’all should collab!
Keep doing what you're doing, millions are starved of a legitimate education in history, and you're providing them with what they missed in school.
Couldn't agree more! I hardly learned anything in my formal education other than basic math and English (which you can figure out without school) and a very basic and superficial exposure to science and history (also you can get that without school).... autodidact forever! To really acquire knowledge and understanding requires you learn on your own time and thus be motivated on your own rather than have someone shove it down your throat... also formal education has to leave out a lot and condense the subject, so even if you are a good student you're still missing a lot if you only absorb the content in your class
I sometimes think that all schools in the world deliberately make history boring, so we don't learn of it.
Knowledge is like food for the Brain
@@ilyabykov2437 that's because many places are trying to rewrite history to fit their narrative
Well, focused history to say the least but Im buying what you're selling
There goes my next half-hour. I wanted to edit some data in excel, but now I have to watch this. Not complaining ;)
Haha, cheers man! Good luck with the spreadsheet!
Loll
@@HistoryMarche wholesome
Same I’m like. Now plus 24min my life can continue as normal.
Same here.... I had reached the letter G on my spreadsheet. G for Galerius. ...
G for Glory
Galerius attacked a superior, entrenched enemy.... and whooped his enemy’s ass.....
Sun Tzu: *slow claps*
Entrenched? More like trapped!
Also in winter
But the enemy unprepared, and that made all the difference. You can be behind however strong fortifications as you like, and still be vulnerable all the same.
@abis8 alpha8 I'm guessing you've never heard of the disastrous Athenian Expedition in Sicily😅.
People didn't have night vision goggles back then. The Athenians tried a night attack, lead by a guy who specialized in and spammed night attacks (Demosthenes' solution to everything was a night attack😐). But the Athenians ended up killing each other in the dark, in front of the Syracusian fortifications.😅
While the Syracusians listened to the screaming in the dark, of their enemy killing itself... confused.
Dispite the confusion, the Athenians did employ a password for exactly this. (Obviously, it wasn't really working)
Eventually the Syracusians figured out what was happening and figured that the Athenians were desperately screaming a password while being slaughtered by their own comrades.
Then, the Syracusians went out and used that password to assist the Athenian army finish it's mass suicide😅.
And if you thought this disaster couldn't get any worse...it did. Would be nice if History March did a video.
It was probably the biggest military force Athens ever sent.
While Sparta sent basically one man... to train, organize and lead the Syracusians. Things were going pretty well for the Athenians...until this one Spartan arrived.
@@jjdejag2704 Winter in Iraq is like 99°F
MY CABBAGES!
Haha
Lol I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking this
@@jsudlow12 You're definitely not the only one. Tons of cabbage comments.
@@HistoryMarche you failed to mentioned that Diocletian retired to become a cabbage farmer himself
@@cv4809 That would've been too on the nose.
How many vassals do you want?
Sassanids: Yes
Mongols entire empire was literally just vassals that sometimes had an overseer. Most of mongol Iran was just old Seljuk and Khwarazmian Vassals that surrendered. Same with Eastern Europe and the caucuses
Atilla total war in a nutshell
@@owenb8636 Bloody useless vassals can't even help when they themselves are being attacked.
Domitius: "It's over Diocletian I have the high gra..(remembers that Egypts is mostly low terrain)..in, oh yeah I have the high grain"
Hehe, yeah I was hoping more people will comment on this.
Emperor Diocletian dedicated the remaining years of his life to growing cabbages these Roman emperors and cabbages lol. There is even a famous quote by Diocletian about his love of growing cabbages!
Epitome de Caesaribus 39.5: It was Diocletian who, when solicited by Herculius and Galerius for the purpose of resuming control, responded in this way, as though avoiding some kind of plague: "If you could see at Salonae the cabbages raised by our hands, you surely would never judge that a temptation."
Brassica, my empire for some brassica. -Julius Cezar, maybe
"Got any more cabbages?" "WE'RE CLOSED!!" ....LOL
Hehe.
This is an exceedingly well-produced video, even by your standards. We are lucky to enjoy such content :)
Thank you! 😃 That's very kind of you.
Agreed, I think this is probably the best History Marche video of all time!
The last time i was this early the Republic still exist.
The Republic never dies. It just changes form.
If somebody had made a movie about a Roman Emperor personally entering the enemy camp in disguise, I’d call it Hollywood BS.
Yeah, the story is quite remarkable.
Someone really ought to make this into a film, the story is perfect for a manuscript.
Back when generals were heroes.
Also back when country leaders fought at the front
@@joshuaherbert30 couldn't agree more
@@joshuaherbert30 That went out of fashion for a reason though. See the Battle of Hastings.
@@rockyblacksmith wtf has hastings to do with that? Even during the 1800's were armies led by rulers themselves
@@joshuaherbert30 Yes, but rarely from the actual front lines. Because doing so had a tendency to get that ruler killed, as it was the case with Harold Godwinson.
And in those days, the death of the commander caused the army to rout in most cases.
And so over time, rulers might be present at the battle, but command from the rear.
Perhaps you meant "fought at the front" in a broader sense than the literal one, in which case I misread it.
"time for sunbathing"
Missed opportunity with a cabbage quote with Diocletian's retirement
-Galerius: "I've captured your wife"
-Narseh: Thank's, mate. Take my mother-in-law, too.
It was probably an ugly moment... captured women were raped and killed....
@@engrvarsi3774 not these and not always
@@engrvarsi3774 Not true.
And mens ? Oh i forgot, we are expendables...
@@atafmaalaoui4761 Romans looks down on gay relationship.. if you're the bottom.
@@engrvarsi3774 In this case, not entirely. Galerius was meant to have treated Narseh's female relatives with great respect and had them sent west to live in Daphne in Syria. They remained there until Narseh agreed to the Roman peace terms, at which point they were returned to Persia. This was included in the original script but had to be cut as the video was becoming very long. Of course, it couldn't have been a pleasant experience. It was surely scary for them, and in all likelihood some Roman soldiers did not treat the women well. At the very least one can imagine verbal harassment. To a degree, the sources that relate the honourable treatment of the women are also encouraging a comparison with Alexander and his treatment of captured Persian royalty, and so they may be exaggerating. But based on the sources, the women were treated with the honour due queens and princesses before being returned to the King of Kings.
Galerius was an underrated emperor
His only mistake was making his puppet generals his Caesar’s instead of Constantine and maxentius
Yeah, if he had just accepted the reality that Constantine & Maxentius wanted to inherit their father’s power, that would’ve prevented the Tetcharchy from collapsing so quickly after Diocletian’s abdication & Constantius’s death. His friends wouldn’t have been murdered either. I do understand that Diocletian’s vision was to have competent men inherit the Empire & not sons who (in his view) would be inexperienced but he should’ve also seen that Constantine & Maxentius were bitter over being passed over in the succession. Especially when Constantine was accepted as Caesar in 306 but Maxentius was still twirling his thumbs in Rome
It's always wonderful to have a capable subordinate. And Diocletian had a good one in Galerius. Great video. It read like a historical epic.
Hey BB, glad you enjoyed it! Indeed, Galerius is one of the unsung heroes of the 3rd century.
@@HistoryMarche---I can see that. Thanks for replying.
That's the thing about great generals. They tend to be best of a crop of fairly good officers
@@seanmac1793 indeed
That cabbage seller kinda Sas
Had to slap that cabbage atop the banner! Giggled all the way through the creation process
I'm surprised that The Emperor was able to stay under the radar with those massive steel balls he has.
Ah, that's why Dovahhatty made him into a bear! Also you forgot the quote he said whilst attacking the camp: "Get fucked, ok?"-Galerius in the Unbiased History of Rome!
YES, please do more Persian involved battles.
Will do.
@hani Ghamkhar Doesn't matter lol. Both Empires were humiliated by the other multiple times. To the Romans, only the Persian Emperor was equal to the Roman one and same on the other side.
@magic_turk13 So you're a Turk? Sorry I couldn't tell from your name and pic bro
@@nathanc939 persia didn't have any emperor, he was crowned king of kings
@@ABCD-xg6nr yes that is true
HistoryMarche's voice makes his videos so glamorous and intriguing!
Fun facts: Later on, Narseh's grandson was legendarily crowned while still in his mom's womb in 309 (more likely he was crowned afterward, so the nobles could control him at such a young age), and ruled for the next 70 years as Shapur II, king of kings, and like his namesake, made the Sasanian Empire stronger and paved the way for its first golden age (second came under his descendant Khosrow I).
Also, Tiridates III would later on become the first monarch to officially convert to Christianity, making Armenia the first Christian nation. Although legend has it that it was after he was cured by St. Gregory the Illuminator of an unspecified madness after ordering the execution of a group of virgins he wanted to seduce, it was also for the Arsacids to differentiate themselves from the Zoroastrianism of the Sasanians.
Edit: I made an error: Shapur II was Narseh's grandson, son of Hormizd II, not son. Sorry for the mistake.
Never heard of Gregory the illuminator. Have any sources would like to read further
Shapur I the first was real nightmare of Roman Empire
@@yaqubleis6311
Let's see what he did in his life,
Invaded Rome and defeated a child emperor in battle
Took advantage of the political chaos and captured territories
Romans retaliate and take territories back before getting hit by the plague
Besiege plague ridden Romans and lied to their emperor that he wanted to parlay with him. Broke his promise and captured him like a coward
Then some regional governor decided enough was enough and raised a desert army to fk his shit up and march uncontested to Ctesiphon in a year with Shapur's own wife and harem in tow
All that for no gain and just humiliation 💀💀
@@RexGalilae According to Wikipedia, there have been about 10,624 battles in the history of mankind in my opinion even more battles having been fought in history of the world like 12,000 form old kingdom of Egypt form 3000 BC all the way to today the Battle of Edessa won by Shapur I the Great could be the worst disaster in military history the worst defeat in all 10,000 to 12,000 battles ever fought could possibly be the Battle of Edessa that how bad Shapur destroyed Rome
@@RexGalilae Rome lost 75 % of time vs Iran
HistoryMarche the videos you make are outstanding, you are so specific you make them more entertaining then other history channels because you add some humour, clear information, animations are really well made, hats off to you!
Wow, thank you!
This is better than Christmas.
"the great king's wives, sisters and daughters including his queen of queens fell captive"
Me, a crusader kings player: "so that might be 2 women in zoroastrianism"
You, going on peacefully, a normal day in your normal life
HistoryMarche: BUT...
Market Gardeners: A ruse that worked.
Market Garden: A ruse that didn't work.
Cruel 😂 😂
A very important but an underrated battle in the history books.
You are such a lovely beautiful lady. Are you Iranian?
that melody in the beginning was fire 🔥🤣
I came, I saw, I clicked 😁
I came, I replied, I thanked 😋
Why can’t they make Movies like this?
History is far more exciting than hollyweird fictions.
I am persian and love the history of rome.🇮🇷♥️🇮🇹
Iran is a really fascinating country!
@@Blackdragon1331 Thank you bro, Where are you from bro?
same bruh or I shall say dadash xd
@@Freya27395 😂♥️♥️♥️
@@Freya27395 good one fratello♥️♥️♥️
Dude's! this was so bombastically great, some body has to make a movie about this one!
I don't know how you don't have 10 times the subs, it's really unfair. You have the best history channel on RUclips in my opinion.
That's very kind of you. Thanks. I guess the algorithm doesn't like me or something :)
@@HistoryMarche I can't know the number of subscribers at the time of releasing this video, but the 669.000 subs I see now I think is a lot, and truly well deserved.
The detail in the camp raid. Amazing as always guys!!
Thanks a ton!
I dont think I will ever look at a humble cabbage seller the same way again lol
Haha.
The Persians thought he was selling cabbages, but they ended up buying Ravages.
Absolutely crazy that the Roman Emperor would willingly walk into the enemy camp‼
Indeed.
I live in a city called Constantine in algeria named after the great roman emperor Constantine the 1st, when he ordered to rebuild it after a great rebellion in north africa, changing the name from Cirta to Constantine.
Great video by the way, good luck
And I live in Split, city built arround Diocletians pallace. I had sarma for lunch yesterday, it's cabbage based dish
@@butragenjo007 if you see a cabbage seller as big as a bear, your city might be invaded soon
What a great way to tell the history. Thanks to the team that put much appreciated effort to make this great video.
Thats so Badass! Long live Galerius And let his boldness and Bravery Live on through us!🛡⚔️🔥
Such an amazing episode this was
Great quality as always! Thank you for your work!
Much appreciated!
Wow! All the new stuff you tried, the level of detail. I think this is your best episode yet!
Wow, thanks!
The channel is an absolute treat!
I watch it to learn and relax.
❤️❤️❤️
Excellent video. That was a bold and brilliant strategy by Galerius. What a man.
Glad you enjoyed it! Couldn't agree more about Galerius.
I REALLY loved this one! Well done all around!
Always happy seeing a new video posted, great work!
Wasn't the battle of Edessa that saw the capture of Valerian by Shapur I?
Interesting mix of graphics and drawing!
Yes, Edessa 260 AD. I showed it on the map
@@HistoryMarche I saw the battle put there but not the name of Valerian.
As always top notch job guys, the music & the intro was awesome too, so was galerius's character description. The animations also have improved a lot. Amazing story. Keep up the good work.
Thanks a ton!
Why didn't I know about this? This is legendary.
HistoryMarche never fails to awe me. The quality just keeps getting better!
Whenever historymarche uploads, I get excited like a little kid excited for a toy or candy .. love the channel. Love the narrator. Much love and God bless you
Absolutely beautiful! Great narration as always!
Thank you kindly!
Thx for this episode
Awesome video! Animations were on point, hadn’t heard of this battle before now. Thanks
my day just got better....love the new animations...thank you for yet again another job well done...cant wait for the Constantine video
This sneaky legion learned from Arminius' Teutoburg notes
Its always a great day for history buffs when history Marche uploads. Also, I was partially expecting a beat to drop in the beginning prologue
Hehe, I deliberately kept it calm at the start :)
Too nice historic video with clear explaining of events thanks for sending
Thank you for this video! Was a joy to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The hardest part for Roman engineers was to figure out how to help Galerius carry his massive balls
Omg these new animations! Great man! Loved it 😍😊
Thanks! 😁
What a great intro to the video! Really grabbed my attention and got me excited for the rest of the video
Your production just gets better and better 👌
Great video!!!!! Glad you taught me who Galarius was!!
As always superb video! Glad to be a patreon! Have a great 2021!
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
It’s almost Twelve here. HT makes life all lively again :)
Galerius, what a wonderful leader and general.
Satala, what a wonderful battle and victory.
So, why has there been no novel or movie about this man, and this battle???
It's rousing. It's dramatic. It's just great.
the budget for the directors to properly study and make it historically accurate would be too much for them,
You failed to notice that popular imagination about Romans is limited solely on latest republic,early empire?That is the reason.Most people only had slight idea about that era and nothing else.
Perfect level of clear text, sound quality, animation, best of the best speech speed. Thank's
They gotta make a movie about this ! ! Awesome mate really enjoyed thank-you. .
Glad you enjoyed it
Galerius' Officers: The enemy is holed up to the east and he's got us outnumbered. What's the plan?
Galerius: Gentlemen, we're about to enter the cabbage business...
Let’s start with Galerius, that cabbage seller.
I always think Kings & Generals's artwork as the superior one.
But no one can top the extreme detail of your squares into action.
I had thought kings and generals had the best content till i found history marche
I really like that he stays on subject and the way he shows minor events without losing my attention for a second
K&G videos usually makes me disoriented
such a well produced and written video, thanks
Amazing content, been watching all of your videos while working! Keep it up! Good stuff!
Awesome, thank you!
Best video I've seen on RUclips in a while. Thank you for this :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video,
Intresting how Galerius find a way to neutralize the enemy cavalry, by campaigning on winter against the cathafracts, and forcing the enemy to fight at close range, that neutralized the superiority of the Sassasnid army, the surprise and recon was an important factor, but the way in wich the enemy advantage of mobility and long range archers, was nullified in favor of the Roman infantry was, key, the Sassasnids where walled up, and while the Sassasnids where just taking to much risks, with all the civilian authorities, the nobility, the family the haren, the tressure, moving and encamping far away of their frontier,
Besides the "trojan trick", it was mainly an overconfident leader on the Sassasnids and a great sense of oportunity by the Romans,
I just thinked Why not to take back the Mesopotamia from the Persians, and it seemed a hughe missed oportunity by the Romans, but, neither would had been posible to ensure a victory across the Zagros mountains, so at the end, the terms where lenient, but the Romans avoided the risk of advancing deep into enemy territory,
Phenomenal! Thank you for the video!
Glad you liked it!
Well done here.
Great work everyone putting this together.
That background music started out so good I thought it was gonna turn into a rap beat 😎
cabbage trader actually roman general.
Narseh:Suprised pikachu face
How can @HistoryMarche keep getting better? What a nice surprise for a Saturday. Look forward to more of the late roman empire.
History is so cool! I love hearing stuff like this.
That’s interesting I haven’t heard about this battle
Thx you for showing us the history in wonderful way
Like & support
Hey man. Good to see you here. Thanks for stopping by
@@HistoryMarche
You are welcome bro
Supporting you with like 👍 should be taken as a duty from all your subscribers
This wonderful art needs more support
And clicking on Like is the minimum thing we could do to Support
Because of the beat at the beginning I was expecting him to start rapping
what an awesome story and an awesome video! Thanks for putting this together.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bless you,. I handn't laughed so hard for years. I LOVE your rendition of empror Carus being struck by llightning and then turning into a burned out cinder, but still standing and looking on (@6:22 /24:17)--just as it happens to the naughty cayote in the Roadrunner cartons. Fabulous! Bless you again
No other historical event is as hardcore as a Roman Emperor literally walking into the enemy camp.
Indeed. I too was blown away by the story.
@@HistoryMarche These were a new breed of emperors, from 260 AD onwards, raised through the army, by their own merits, often from the humblest origins - Galerius was a shepherd in the Carpathians, like his father. He is still remembered in folk songs and fairy tales in Romanian folklore to this day.