Alexander the Great: Logistics

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  • We are continuing our animated historical documentary series on the armies and tactics of the Ancient Greeks with the video covering the logistics of the Macedonian Armies. In this video, we will explain how the armies of Alexander the Great and Philip traveled and were supplied.
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    Sources:
    Engels, D. W. (1976), Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army, Berkeley.
    Gabriel, R. A. (2010), Philip II of Macedonia: Greater than Alexander, Lincoln.
    Karunanithy, D. (2013), The Macedonian War Machine 359 - 281 BC, Barnsley.
    Atkinson, J. & Hammond, M. eds., (2013) Arrian: Alexander the Great, the Anabasis and the Indica, Oxford.
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Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +318

    If you need more Alexander in your life: bit.ly/2nZDBVV

    • @denniscleary7580
      @denniscleary7580 5 лет назад +19

      Kings and Generals thanks guys, you know I love my Alexander. He’s one of the very few generals in history to have accomplished so much in so little time. Literally every area he conquered would forever be changed

    • @dannyalex5866
      @dannyalex5866 5 лет назад +6

      We know the names of Roman armies ,Legio 1 something...and etc,what do we know about the Greek armies ,did they call their phalanxes something particularly?

    • @tr1stan007
      @tr1stan007 5 лет назад +16

      each of Alexander's phalanxes were regionally-based. For instance, there was a Macedonian phalanx from the region of Lyncestis, so that battalion was likely called the Lyncestian battalion or something similar.
      There was a similar naming division with Pyrrhus' army where his Epirote phalanx battalions were divided between the various Epirote tribes (for instance there was a Molossian, Thesprotian and Chaonian phalanx).
      We also have references in later hellenistic armies to specific phalanx units being distinguishable from the colour of their shields. There was for instance a bronze shield phalanx, a white shield phalanx, and perhaps most famously (and some might say notoriously), the silver shields.

    • @dannyalex5866
      @dannyalex5866 5 лет назад +2

      @@tr1stan007 what about before Alexander era? What about Sparta ,Athens and other?

    • @Dimitrakoulas22
      @Dimitrakoulas22 5 лет назад +5

      ohh yes we need a lot.!! thanks for these excellent videos they are very rare to be found and are analytical

  • @jamestang1227
    @jamestang1227 5 лет назад +1244

    All hail logistics!
    Like seriously, you can't conquer anything if your soldiers are starving. Wish people recognised its importance more.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +208

      There is a common saying, that more warriors died due to the starvation and illness than at the end of the enemy spear.

    • @jamestang1227
      @jamestang1227 5 лет назад +85

      Probably true to be honest. Although it all depends on which army, which campaign, which general, which region, etc.

    • @davethompson3326
      @davethompson3326 5 лет назад +23

      Even as late as the Crimea & the American Civil War, this could happen

    • @jamestang1227
      @jamestang1227 5 лет назад +28

      Dave Thompson Even in WW2.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 5 лет назад +44

      The Germans had winter equipment. They just couldn't transport it to the troops at the front because food and ammunition were considered more important and the available transportation entirely insufficient to move all the needed supplies through Russia.
      Before the start of the campaign, the German quartermaster general explicity said that the invasion could be supplied for about 500 km before transportation collapses. It was considered unimportant and then played out exactly as predicted.

  • @ProactiveThinker
    @ProactiveThinker 5 лет назад +514

    Even Macedonian army had Kings and Generals t-shirt, so you better get yours as well. ;)

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +38

      Always happy to get a comment from our fellow creator. :-)

    • @cesmicbg2007
      @cesmicbg2007 5 лет назад +3

      @@KingsandGenerals yep

  • @ifyoucanflypancake312
    @ifyoucanflypancake312 5 лет назад +571

    Fun fact: Alexander the Great had thousands of Kings and Generals T-shirts which he would award to soldiers who served exceptionally well during his conquests of Persia

    • @gorgon6680
      @gorgon6680 5 лет назад +4

      If you can, fly Pancake! Darn I need me an Alexander in my life, nohomo tho.

  • @denniscleary7580
    @denniscleary7580 5 лет назад +710

    Alexander also had two great teachers, Aristotle and his father Philip

    • @ww2wall561
      @ww2wall561 4 года назад +26

      Study. 3 . Leonidas

    • @ahmedshinwari
      @ahmedshinwari 4 года назад +26

      Yea, he had. Perhaps the best of the teachers. And yet the only thing he did was to plunder the world around. Such a contrast.

    • @No1reallydies
      @No1reallydies 4 года назад +34

      ahmedshinwari you are mental he stopped Islam from entering Europe for decades and kept peace in Europe ... dumbass

    • @No1reallydies
      @No1reallydies 4 года назад +29

      ahmedshinwari not everyone drinks Starbucks and is a progressive little bitch like u ..

    • @omarashraf9416
      @omarashraf9416 4 года назад +88

      Vincent now that is just stupid since you know Islam was After Alexander the Great’s time by like 900 years

  • @JumpRopeVeteran
    @JumpRopeVeteran 5 лет назад +60

    I'm an Army logistician. I read a book about this years ago. This is a wonderful synopsis. Thank you.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +8

      Thanks for watching!

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 Год назад +4

      It boggles my mind that any ancient army could be sustained for long on the march. The availability of water alone seems enormous... Like where the fuck are they getting so much water so quickly. Are they digging wells every ten miles or something haha!
      How the hell did 100k plus armies exist back before the train was invented! Just insane to me and wish I could go back in time to see...
      Always wondered what would have happened if someone invented the bicycle, gears, and most importantly a decent tire back 3,000 years ago... You'd have small lightning bike units shredding up the country side doing hit and run tactics. I'm sure some would train to use a polearm on a bike too! I mean the Companions could charge enemies without stirrups and stay on the horse while steering it without using their hands!

  • @FlymanMS
    @FlymanMS 5 лет назад +424

    4:02 Aww, look at this cute little red thingie in Western Italy. Who would've thought that one day it'll take over the map.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +82

      I think they will fail!

    • @alecsis882
      @alecsis882 5 лет назад +18

      @@KingsandGenerals Well, Brennus missed his chance. Whatever, it's not like this city will be looted after 8 centuries, right?

    • @enesduraku6087
      @enesduraku6087 5 лет назад +3

      @@KingsandGenerals What about that yellow light in Sicily what citystate does that belong to?

    • @petroskotsomytis5016
      @petroskotsomytis5016 5 лет назад +5

      Well as a history Master I tell you -spoiler alert - they will ;-)

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 5 лет назад +7

      Alexander should’ve marched West not East.

  • @heavenwatcher100
    @heavenwatcher100 5 лет назад +333

    In China, we learned more about Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Homer, and Sophocles in high-school textbooks. Greek Mathematicians, Philosophers, and Authors were truly great. Still, Alexander was the crucial one responsible for spreading that culture. (Later we had diplomatic relations with Greko-Bactrian kingdoms in Han dynasty. )

    • @nakenmil
      @nakenmil 5 лет назад +28

      I heard about the Heavenly Horses that the Chinese emperors got through a western expedition into Greco-Bactrian lands. Cool stuff!

    • @SS-hw1ou
      @SS-hw1ou 5 лет назад +9

      Your maths books are insane

    • @techtheo2970
      @techtheo2970 5 лет назад +1

      Interesting

    • @LandersWorkshop
      @LandersWorkshop 5 лет назад +1

      I know, we remember well the War of the Heavenly Horses Asian one...

    • @anutanastase5687
      @anutanastase5687 4 года назад +2

      Aristotle was his teacher recommend of his father but Platon had some problems as beeing half greek. Jewish refused him as a apostle, because of their hate against macedonian tradesmen which made them competition. Platon was replaced with Paul. But christians monasteries from Romania considers him as apostle.

  • @tr1stan007
    @tr1stan007 5 лет назад +691

    Fun Facts. Did the Macedonian logistical reforms influence Marius?
    Later, with the Marian Reforms at the beginning of the first century BC, the Romans would adopt a similar logistical system to Philip in their own army (reduced size of baggage train, made the soldiers carry their own kit) and the legionaries thus gained the nickname Marius’ mules. Could Philip's reforms have been the inspiration for Marius?
    Macedonian roads: uniting the empire.
    One other area that truly epitomised Alexander's logistical brilliance was his road building. Among his army were specialised surveyors and teams of road constructors - mainly from his light infantry. We hear Alexander tasked these men with clearing obstacles and constructing roads to aid his army through difficult terrain.
    Yet Alexander evidently intended these roads to have a much longer lasting impact. Once finished, they not only aided the speed of Alexander’s march but they also greatly increased communication and feasibility of overland travel throughout his spear-won territory - most notably to his new cities spread throughout Asia. Supply depots were likely also constructed along these new roads.
    All this both provided and secured lines of supply and communication for the Macedonian army when on campaign throughout his empire.
    Alexander had intended for instance, to build a coastal road with intermittent ports stretching from Egypt to the Straits of Gibraltar to supply his future campaign in the west. Yet his untimely death at Babylon in 323 BC, aged only 32, brought a swift end to these bold plans.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +92

      Are you legally allowed to speak about the Romans? :-)

    • @tr1stan007
      @tr1stan007 5 лет назад +26

      I love Rome. Coming soon!

    • @francherogamer5187
      @francherogamer5187 5 лет назад +4

      interesting Fact

    • @DaBTEDI
      @DaBTEDI 5 лет назад +21

      The speed of communication is crucial in any situation - especially in warfare. Telegraph, radios, walkie talkies, remote control, satellite, internet, networking...

    • @palmerfilms8644
      @palmerfilms8644 5 лет назад +28

      in yet he walked through a giant sandbox without water on his way home -- where 75% of the men that earned him that empire perished, because he decided walking through a desert without water was no biggie. Genius.

  • @vuxigeck5281
    @vuxigeck5281 5 лет назад +390

    3:12 If I'm gonna die in battle, I might as well die in style.

  • @KeeperCharlie
    @KeeperCharlie 4 года назад +143

    My experience as a soldier taught me logistics arguably THE MOST important thing in any army.

    • @columbien10
      @columbien10 3 года назад

      Not just arguably

    • @petremitrov
      @petremitrov 3 года назад

      If you haven't read well known European historians and you only have read the Yugoslavians you have to start from point zero . Than you will understand not only 19-20 centuries but also medieval Bulgarian history and ancient history of Greece.I would repeat again for you. The problem is that the people ( Revolutionary's from 1903)- all of them proclaimed that they were Bulgarians from Macedonia.They themselves stated in letters and memories and still alive relatives that they were Bulgarians. So the point is that you can't change their identity postmortem like Tito did in 1945. Or you think that can do it?
      By the way what is your proof that your DNA and DNA of Alexander The Great same? Do you believe in this? If you really believe in this your country should never change the name under the Greeks demands.
      In case with Bulgaria all is clear. THE people declared that were Bulgarians lived not long time ago, how ever before Tito Yugoslavia 1945 .

    • @columbien10
      @columbien10 3 года назад +11

      @@petremitrov ehm, I don't know if you see a comment I am not seeing, but I think you commented on the wrong comment

    • @lelelele5094
      @lelelele5094 Год назад

      What was your MOS

    • @teaser6089
      @teaser6089 Год назад

      @@petremitrov The fuck

  • @luisrebellon4504
    @luisrebellon4504 5 лет назад +44

    Great job as always, many tend to forget how armies were full of mortal men and not just robots that marched for a decade straight behind Alexander

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +6

      True, it was essential to have a good supply chain.

  • @amitabhakusari2304
    @amitabhakusari2304 5 лет назад +104

    In short, Alexander always grabbed the best option for his army, be it getting new troops, adopting new formations and adapting to suit tough conditions. Something tells me History would have been very different if he had alive for a decade longer. If this man had turned his attention to building a kingdom, I think he would have formed an empire that lasted centuries.

    • @karlamay_
      @karlamay_ 4 года назад +27

      I sometimes wake in the middle of the night and find myself imagining 'what if he lived for 20-30 more years...'

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto 2 года назад +6

      Hellenistic kingdoms lasted 3 centuries. But was around 4 kingdoms or 5 instead of one big one.

    • @shreddedwheat5977
      @shreddedwheat5977 2 года назад

      @@karlamay_ same

    • @akashpatro9393
      @akashpatro9393 Год назад

      He was a good commander, bad adminstrator

  • @ihernandez4234
    @ihernandez4234 5 лет назад +156

    @3:12 I didn't realize the Macedonians promoted this channel before it even existed. Perhaps the Oracle of Delphi had a vision of it she shared with Phillip II.

    • @Wolfeson28
      @Wolfeson28 5 лет назад +7

      "The bull is crowned.
      All is done.
      The sacrificer is ready.
      Oh, and make a bunch of shirts with 'Kings and Generals' on them, they'll be important later."

  • @undeadnightorc
    @undeadnightorc 5 лет назад +43

    3:57 awww look how cute little Rome is sitting in that tiny section of Italy.

  • @steve4562
    @steve4562 5 лет назад +9

    I'd forgotten to what extent Alexander owed his success to his father Philip, from whom he inherited the ancient world's #1 military machine. And I didn't know Philip had pioneered many aspects of Alexander's logistics. Great video.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +3

      Thank you!

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto 2 года назад +1

      It wasnt necessarily the best phalanx overall. But the easiest phalanx to train and have it ready fast and effective if you cover it well.

  • @mattaffenit9898
    @mattaffenit9898 5 лет назад +14

    Alexander: _Mentions logistics_
    SPQR: _Looms menacingly in the distance_

  • @ericconnor8251
    @ericconnor8251 5 лет назад +9

    The best part of this video is the upbeat, energetic, tense, dramatic music while explaining stuff like equipment carried by individual soldiers. Lol. Only Kings and Generals could pull that off and make it cool instead of corny! Very informative and entertaining video guys, especially the explanation of how Philip II abandoned ox carts in favor of horses and mules as his beasts of burden, with camels added later by Alexander III the Great. I didn't know about that! Thanks for that!

  • @zee7056
    @zee7056 5 лет назад +89

    Personal Possessions: Kings and Generals T-shirt

  • @DCDevTanelorn
    @DCDevTanelorn 5 лет назад +8

    This is my most desired Alexander topic. His campaign and battles were amazing but it was his logistics that made it possible.

  • @kukumarro
    @kukumarro 5 лет назад +78

    A video on Xenophon and the Ten Thousand would be cool as well.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +15

      On our list!

    • @christermi
      @christermi 5 лет назад +1

      The first time I asked K & G to make a video on it was more that half a year ago . And the latest was on the last video. But nevertheless he never assured me that this was certainly the case.

  • @shaunklatt6264
    @shaunklatt6264 5 лет назад +8

    One of the best videos to date, guys! It is amazing to know how Generals in Alexander's time successfully kept their forces fed and watered.

  • @Peptuck
    @Peptuck 5 лет назад +1

    One of the things I love the most about this channel is how you use these infographics. They're equal parts slick, informative, and entertaining.

  • @Eric-ie7wk
    @Eric-ie7wk 5 лет назад +11

    Donald W. Engels! I've been working my way through his book on Alexanders logistics and it was quite the treat to see this video. Well done!

  • @MaestroRigale
    @MaestroRigale 4 года назад +3

    This is still one of my favorite videos. I’d always struggled to get a handle on logistics, but this video gave me my first insights that really stuck.

  • @tigeschig3000
    @tigeschig3000 5 лет назад +102

    03:10 hahaha the t-shirt

  • @zeusnitch
    @zeusnitch 5 лет назад +4

    Awesome. Battles are the tip of the iceberg, so it's nice to get a glimpse of what armies attend to in the meantime.

  • @vazak11
    @vazak11 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for covering such a diverse range of topics!

  • @RobbertLobik
    @RobbertLobik 2 года назад +12

    The Russian army's logistical nightmare in Ukraine reminded me of this brilliant video. Consistently great content through the years, thanks K&G

  • @shiammm
    @shiammm 5 лет назад +7

    That moment where you start liking their videos before watching it, because you know all their videos are great

  • @Kariakas
    @Kariakas 5 лет назад +3

    Interesting how important the logistics are to a massive conquest. Thanks for the the video, great work as always.

  • @globalcombattv
    @globalcombattv 5 лет назад +8

    Yet another great video depicting ancient warfare logistics. I support you very much to continue a series like this where you will cover other factions as well like Roman, Persian and other.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +1

      Thank you! We will!

    • @theeagle5939
      @theeagle5939 5 лет назад

      Rome Total War-1 Brutii (Roman, glory) VS Julii (Roman, glory)
      ruclips.net/video/eyieXqhkJso/видео.html

    • @theeagle5939
      @theeagle5939 5 лет назад

      Rome total war-1 Julii (roman, glory ) vs Gallic (bravery)
      ruclips.net/video/NGY8qei4rCU/видео.html

  • @Nystrom292
    @Nystrom292 5 лет назад +3

    Perfect, as always. Please, more Alexander videos!

  • @Daruliable
    @Daruliable 5 лет назад +3

    Great video as usual!

  • @lowenergyvideos4658
    @lowenergyvideos4658 5 лет назад

    Got to love that AoE stock animal noises for the clicking part of the video

  • @thatguywhojustwearspowerar7473
    @thatguywhojustwearspowerar7473 5 лет назад +1

    This series on Alexander is amazing

  • @CamoHunt8
    @CamoHunt8 5 лет назад +4

    Loved this episode, few channels cover logistics and I hope its something you do for more periods and generals. Another thing I'd like to suggest is to add timestaps to the description of your season videos. I was enjoying your monghol season video (again for like the 3rd time) but I'd love to know exactly which episode I am watching. Watching these videos really is a treat, few people as much enjoyment for love and history (and you give us a bigger picture than extrahistory that gives a more personal take on history which I also love).

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад

      Problem is, RUclips is deliberately deranking videos like that and we start to lose views.

  • @mpaulm
    @mpaulm 5 лет назад +9

    My father in law did logistics for the Canadian forces in Afghanistan. I can’t imagine how difficult an army of THIS size would be to plan for.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +6

      Yeah, the modern armies are much more organized and the chain of command makes it much easier to follow.

    • @theeagle5939
      @theeagle5939 5 лет назад

      Rome Total War-1 Julii (Roman, glory) VS Carthage (most terrible army)
      ruclips.net/video/Pxay_ZAX_Lw/видео.html

    • @theeagle5939
      @theeagle5939 5 лет назад

      Rome Total War-1 Parthia (glory) VS Julii (Roman ,glory)
      ruclips.net/video/AyvT0dS4LLY/видео.html

  • @christofferjespersen8278
    @christofferjespersen8278 5 лет назад +2

    Awesome explaining overlooked details of Alexander's army! Thumbs up approval! 👍

  • @Thankyouforexistinggodlovesus
    @Thankyouforexistinggodlovesus Год назад

    The quality of this video is outstanding! Makes me fall in love with history.

  • @Zalisnki
    @Zalisnki 5 лет назад +10

    Alexander's trek through the Gedrosian Desert was not a mistake. His logistics were highly impressive, even going so far as not needing the navy resupplies to get his army across. The biggest loss his army suffered wasn't the army itself but the baggage train, which perished not because of starvation or dehydration but because they literally got swept away by a flash monsoon no one could have predicted.

  • @Zantides
    @Zantides 5 лет назад +18

    Great video

  • @maartengoutier2085
    @maartengoutier2085 5 лет назад +2

    I think this is the best one you made yet! It was very intresting and well made. Keep up the good work!

  • @minatodroger7890
    @minatodroger7890 5 лет назад +2

    Kings and Generals spoiling me again thank you so much

  • @GruntTV1776
    @GruntTV1776 5 лет назад +4

    Good work as always. Thank you for the lesson. Admiral yi please!!!!!

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing!!!

  • @Johan_t
    @Johan_t 5 лет назад +1

    Nice video and great animations!
    Good job! Like, as always... 👍👏

  • @robertocabrera2030
    @robertocabrera2030 5 лет назад +1

    I was waiting on this video to pop out, should be good my friend should be good. Thank you for the upload.

  • @franksgreen
    @franksgreen 5 лет назад +5

    “Move swift as the wind and closely-formed as the wood.Attack like the fire and be still as the mountain” “Be subtle!be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business” Sun Tzu-The Art of War

  • @MultiTonyss
    @MultiTonyss 5 лет назад +12

    Next :Logistics of the mongol army!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +6

      It is considered.

    • @OkurkaBinLadin
      @OkurkaBinLadin 3 года назад

      Didnt Mongols "life off the land", that is plunder civilian settlements nonstop? There is reason we never hear about glorious campaigns of Mongols in Mongolia.

    • @columbien10
      @columbien10 3 года назад

      @@OkurkaBinLadin they "lived" in their 10 men squads and would forage the land to restock their supplies, a feat not many armies are really capable of, since this requires quite a lot of mobility which the Mongolian Horsemen of course possessed

  • @dorianmorales
    @dorianmorales 5 лет назад +2

    wow what an amazing video. thank you for your attention to detail. please keep it up!!!!

  • @justinlabrosse8506
    @justinlabrosse8506 5 лет назад +2

    This channel deserves it's own TV show.

  • @ErnestJay88
    @ErnestJay88 5 лет назад +51

    I understand Mongol also bring their livestock during their campaign just like a nomads, but Alexander are using "conventional supply lines" yet they managed to conquer known world.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +5

      Yeah, but it was a bit different. We'll talk about it.

    • @ErnestJay88
      @ErnestJay88 5 лет назад +5

      A55tech, you don't have to be an asshole, Alexander The Great also have a nick name "King of 4 corners of the world"

    • @bigtroll8915
      @bigtroll8915 5 лет назад +5

      Different armies mean different logistics, the mongol empire was one based on size and speed. Most Mongol territory was the open plains and areas where nomadic/horse travel was easier. Alexander's forces moved much slower, but did have more flexibility in terms of geographical dominance, hence why Alexander's army held territory in India that the mongols couldn't obtain in their own conquests.

    • @redtihor07
      @redtihor07 5 лет назад +3

      The Macedonians held nothing. Alexander's Empire was held together by Syrian-Persian bureaucrats & periodic mass-murders that left half the cities in the Middle East in ruins, until the Parthians repaired them 200 years later. They held zero territory in India apart from one city-state that surrendered & another that didn't- both of which Alexander had to return back to their owners when his troops mutinied.
      As it is- there was no more an "Alexandrian" Empire than there was a Hunnic one. The only Greek Empires around the time were of the Diadochi who actually had a plan beyond "Murder everyone & claim to be King." It was good Alexander died when he did at the height of his Power, or he'd had been laughed at today.

    • @OkurkaBinLadin
      @OkurkaBinLadin 3 года назад

      @@a55tech You are such a bitch.

  • @stuckupcurlyguy
    @stuckupcurlyguy 4 года назад +4

    500 miles in 13 days with a 40kg pack is just INSANE to me. That's 60km a day. I remember walking with a 10kg pack over flat ground in Spain and barely being able to walk 40km each day. These phalangites were no joke.

  • @gianlucaborg195
    @gianlucaborg195 5 лет назад +1

    A nice addition to a rather good day. Thanks. Had been eagerly looking forwards for this and, as usual, I am not disappointing. Thanks again! Keep it up. This video is practically flawless.

  • @marcosmartins7581
    @marcosmartins7581 5 лет назад +1

    You really did deliver this time... Bravo!!

  • @Capital2x
    @Capital2x 5 лет назад +7

    AMAZING WORK ! You guy's always Deliver Top-Notch Content & What Better Way to Start my Morning at 8am than an Episode on ALEXANDER THE GREATEST , My Hero , on just How he was Able to Conquer so Much. Thank You for the Knowledge!

  • @calebcampbell9280
    @calebcampbell9280 5 лет назад +10

    The loot in the cart at 5:50. An actual lute. 😂 Good stuff.

  • @jackson857
    @jackson857 5 лет назад +1

    Love your channel and all the great videos! Especially the ones on Alexander, the Romans, and the Mongols!

  • @karlhans6678
    @karlhans6678 5 лет назад

    Omg you made the t-shirt I suggested and showed it in the video! you made my day :D
    I will order the t-shirt this week if it's still available.

  • @trentonslovakia2693
    @trentonslovakia2693 5 лет назад +6

    3:15 one of the most subtle plugs I've ever seen

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +1

      ;-)

    • @trentonslovakia2693
      @trentonslovakia2693 5 лет назад +1

      +Kings and Generals on an unrelated note have you thought about making a video about modern logistics? Something like those of the Third Reich during their early Russian and French invasions.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, considering it!

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx 5 лет назад +4

    I'm loving the icons that you guys use - do you create them yourselves?

  • @tremor3258
    @tremor3258 5 лет назад

    Answering these sort of questions is my jam.

  • @JonEsnob
    @JonEsnob 3 года назад

    Amazing job, thank you!

  • @Dd5yr5g
    @Dd5yr5g 5 лет назад +38

    You could propably find the most mundane thing about the ancient word and still make it sound exciting...how about ancient greek plumbing?

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 5 лет назад +2

      Don't know about Greeks, but Roman plumbing is amazing!

    • @varana
      @varana 5 лет назад +2

      Things like the water supply of Pergamon (carrying water over dozens of kilometres and pumping it to the top of a mountain by a pressured pipe) are actually quite impressive. "They didn't have plumbing" is nonsense.

    • @varana
      @varana 5 лет назад +1

      The water supply in Pergamon that I mentioned, was built in Hellenistic times, though, when the city definitely was Greek (and important, unlike earlier settlements there). Also, I doubt that we can assign ethnicity to the rather few remains we have of pre-Hellenistic Pergamon.
      That Wiki article though - really? :D

    • @yiouliyiouli7941
      @yiouliyiouli7941 4 года назад

      @@LuisAldamiz ο ειδικός στον ελληνισμό μίλησε. κοιτάξετε τους εαυτούς σας. γιατί ασχολείστε με μας; να μας αφήσετε ήσυχους. δεν θέλουμε τη γνώμη σας.

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto 2 года назад

      @@LuisAldamiz Greeks had plumbing. Some of it is even displayed in museums and in the Athenian subway, it was ceramic parts placed one on top of the other. Actually Greeks also had indoor plumbing not only street plumbing.

  • @perinestor2717
    @perinestor2717 5 лет назад +59

    Macedonians,were Greeks,and there not any differences between theme like Athenians ,Spartans,and other Greek kingdoms.Alexandros,is a Greek name from( alexo ) means protect and (andros) means men,the men who protects.

    • @kosovaisalbania3720
      @kosovaisalbania3720 5 лет назад +1

      Peri NestorAale-siander in Albanian means born as a dream .

    • @manapo8205
      @manapo8205 5 лет назад +3

      No alexo doesn't mean protect . It's Alex-andros with andros-andras meaning man as you said and "alex" meaning *repulsion*

    • @user-zf1wb9df8y
      @user-zf1wb9df8y 5 лет назад +1

      @@kosovaisalbania3720 so?

    • @techtheo2970
      @techtheo2970 5 лет назад +2

      @@kosovaisalbania3720 albanians are Ilyrrians, alexander was half epirus half macedonian. Those people who say that he is albanian is the worst think I ever heard 😂.

    • @kosovaisalbania3720
      @kosovaisalbania3720 5 лет назад +1

      techtheo epiri, is was and will be Albanian 🇦🇱👐🇦🇱

  • @rambunctiousmedia3350
    @rambunctiousmedia3350 5 лет назад +2

    This is an episode I needed to see. I'm pooling what I know about Classical Era warfare (a lot of it learned from this channel and Wikipedia) into a board game.

  • @scienceworld7373
    @scienceworld7373 3 года назад +2

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  • @felipellrocha
    @felipellrocha 5 лет назад +3

    Would be great to see a video on the logistics of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад

      Will consider, but I am sure the sources are obscure on that.

  • @horatiobiggins
    @horatiobiggins 5 лет назад +11

    6:24 The Virgin Horse Vs The Chad Camel

  • @nilotpalsarmahsarma8344
    @nilotpalsarmahsarma8344 2 года назад +1

    Nice video

  • @alemorenopaez
    @alemorenopaez 5 лет назад +1

    Once a watcher, always a fan!! One of the first!!

  • @unleashingpotential-psycho9433
    @unleashingpotential-psycho9433 5 лет назад +118

    That's crazy that camels could drink 10 gallons of water a day.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 5 лет назад +50

      It's also amazing how long they can survive without it. Caravan camels that cross the Sahara or Gobi without food and water are in such a terrible shape that they need six months to regain their strength to be able to make the return trip.

    • @pantheonauxilia
      @pantheonauxilia 5 лет назад +18

      Still amazed how people cannit differentiate camel and a dromedare.

    • @nomooon
      @nomooon 5 лет назад +17

      Mauno T. that's interesting point, I looked it up and it says they are both camels, one hump = dromedare, two humps = bactrian

    • @3rdrevant
      @3rdrevant 5 лет назад

      Horses too

    • @bvyup2112
      @bvyup2112 5 лет назад +5

      this is the part of war that no one ever thinks about, but it's really fascinating.
      People had to be extremely smart to have continued success like this.

  • @Koko9333
    @Koko9333 5 лет назад +56

    Heart me, it's my B-day today!

  • @tommy-er6hh
    @tommy-er6hh 5 лет назад +1

    a great show, revealing what is little discussed! Kudos!
    only thing i would like added is a discussion of how Alex secured his water based supply, from Asia Minor thru Tyre to Egypt, before he moved inland into Syria & Mesopotamia.

  • @davenirline
    @davenirline 5 лет назад

    More of this please! I'm more interested in logistics and resources than in the actual war engagement.

  • @triniyoshin
    @triniyoshin 5 лет назад +6

    I see you using the AoE sound effects for the animals!

  • @Anakin66x
    @Anakin66x 5 лет назад +3

    1:50 Philip was like *my army gonna be fast as fuck boiii*

  • @daya820
    @daya820 5 лет назад

    I loved the video, thank you

  • @Ecofriendlyone
    @Ecofriendlyone 2 года назад

    ❤️❤️❤️thank you!

  • @hussainpainter52
    @hussainpainter52 5 лет назад +8

    Seems like the armies OF Alexander and Phillip were fans of Kings and Generals channel

  • @stefanoskarpenisiotis5302
    @stefanoskarpenisiotis5302 4 года назад +17

    fun fact: Even the word "logistics" comes from the greek word "λογιστική". Barbarians copied even the terminology not only the greek tactics (=τακτική in greek).

    • @schnwiedr5503
      @schnwiedr5503 4 года назад +3

      and who says greeks diddn't copy from other civilizations to the eat and south? be proud if you want but there are ons of other great civilizations.

    • @spatusion398
      @spatusion398 4 года назад +6

      @@schnwiedr5503 cry harder germ-an.

    • @blackboi8151
      @blackboi8151 4 года назад +2

      Fun fact: Greeks copied from the Egyptians

    • @johnniegr72
      @johnniegr72 4 года назад

      @@schnwiedr5503 Who?

    • @anutanastase5687
      @anutanastase5687 4 года назад +1

      Στέφανος Καρ When I have been visited India, I saw from where Democrit copied his philosophy. When I have been visited Iran, I realized from where Pithagora mathematics is. When I have been visited Egypt I saw the Bible on the walls of egyptian temples. Byzantium is not founded by king Byzas of Megara, but by anatolian hitits to whom as Istanbul was returned back. The greeks are denominated in history as "corrupts". They stole all indo-arian mythology and send it in derision to prepare the way of christian dogma, which is based partially not on greek gnosticism, which didn't exist, but on tomaite gnosticism. With this tomaite dogma is connected apostel Thomas, as unfaithful apostel. Because he really knew something. The myth of Medeea is a monstrosity in the greek mythology but a methods of enligtenmemt in tomaite dogma, connected to middle way of yoga. And etc.

  • @raymondvaughn9723
    @raymondvaughn9723 Год назад

    Great job

  • @Skadi609
    @Skadi609 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the video 😀. It's always interesting to see the preparation before each great project. King Philip the hard-working paved the way for his son Alexander.
    PS: Alexander war theme from Civ V was a nice touch😉.

  • @lordinvictus793
    @lordinvictus793 3 года назад +3

    “My logisticians are a humorless lot. They know they are the first ones I will slay if my campaign fails.“ Alexander the Great

  • @dorusburk
    @dorusburk 3 года назад +3

    Philip the II is honestly so underrated

  • @caseyhogan2142
    @caseyhogan2142 5 лет назад +1

    Great video more Alexander!

  • @adrianbrunner8
    @adrianbrunner8 5 лет назад +1

    Cool that you show us this part of ,,battletactics" ^^

  • @Aydin97
    @Aydin97 5 лет назад +8

    Can you do one about Caesars campaign in Gaul.

  • @inflx4187
    @inflx4187 5 лет назад +6

    Please do a video about xenophon and the March of the ten thousand

  • @Celebes5212
    @Celebes5212 5 лет назад +1

    Great video!

  • @dennispingalarga4317
    @dennispingalarga4317 5 лет назад +1

    I love your channel

  • @HellenicRambo
    @HellenicRambo 5 лет назад +100

    Fun Fact : Alexander the Great was NOT a SLAV. He was a Hellene

    • @janeza382
      @janeza382 5 лет назад +2

      Macedonian

    • @HellenicRambo
      @HellenicRambo 5 лет назад +26

      Thats correct, a Macedonian Hellene

    • @janeza382
      @janeza382 5 лет назад +5

      Fun fact modern Greeks are not Hellene but Christians

    • @janeza382
      @janeza382 5 лет назад

      As i am not native speker of English, you cant speak any of ancient languages properly which you are claiming as "Greek".

    • @HellenicRambo
      @HellenicRambo 5 лет назад +18

      @@janeza382 let's be honest here, I do not hate Makedonskis. What I do hate is what their country has done to its citizens.
      You can call Greeks whatever you like, at the end of the day The word Greek is in English only. Greece's official name is the Hellenic Republic. Our language and culture has been around for thousands of years.
      Makedonskis have been around for 100years.
      Before that your great Tetos and Babas self identified as Bulgarians.
      I am blessed to have learnt history of Europe and Americas (ancient and modern) in Australia.
      It is only in Fyro Macedonia that they teach otherwise.

  • @Rainbowhotpocket
    @Rainbowhotpocket 5 лет назад +12

    "personal possessions" haha KG shirt

  • @alexleung842
    @alexleung842 5 лет назад

    Great use of those classic AoE2 sound effects!

  • @yashrawat3788
    @yashrawat3788 5 лет назад +2

    Good video.whenever I thought about Alexander ,logistics and reccons never came to my mind.
    Now you tell me about these two aspects.thanks for this.Alexander is the greatest king and General of all time.

  • @parulmodi3465
    @parulmodi3465 4 года назад +3

    Alexander is considered great not only because of his tactics and logistics but also he conquered 5% of the world alone.

  • @salfordshan3545
    @salfordshan3545 5 лет назад +16

    Those animal sounds are from age of empires arn't they?

  • @Vinilupus
    @Vinilupus 3 года назад

    Adoro esses vídeos sobre logística militar!!

  • @connerneu4603
    @connerneu4603 5 лет назад

    Is no one else gonna bring the AOE2 sound effects. Man, you giving me nostalgia!